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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH Hand-Crochete- St. Lawrence Seaway Plan Would Open Hat, Bag Sets, To Be Popular This Summer d Great Lakes Ports to Ocean Shipping By CHERIE NICHOLAS NEW YORK. More than 70 per cent of the worlds merchant shipping will be able to enter Great Lakes ports if the St. Lawrence seaway project is approved by congress. Only 67 miles of canals are needed to waterway into open a 2,350-mil- e of North America. the heart Vessels with a draft of less than 14 feet are now able to enter the lakes, but their small size has greatly limited their Propocargo carrying capacity. nents of the project assert that it would prove a valuable aid in national defense. The St. Lawrence seaway was approved on March 21 by a joint board of engineers and diplomats representing Canada and the United States. Congress is expected to accept or reject their agreement in the near future. Test Borings Made. Since November, 1940, United States army engineers have been working in the International Rapids section of the river, making surveys and test borings and drawing up plans. Construction work can begin soon after congress and the Canadian parliament approve the agreement. The job to be done immediately will cost $266,170,000. It consists of damming the St. Lawrence at the foot of the International Rapids, where the river drops nearly 90 feet in 48 miles. A control dam would be built some 40 miles up the river to regulate the level of Lake Ontario and provide an even flow of water into the deep pool created by the main dam near Massena, N. Y. A canal with a minimum depth of 27 feet, equipped with locks, would be built on the American side. Powerhouses would be built under the main dam, and would produce approximately 2,200,000 horsepower, c making the St. Lawrence development the largest in North America with the exception of Grand Coulee in the state of Washington. Completion of this project, which will take about four years, will remove the last important obstacle to deep water traffic from Great Lakes ports to the Atlantic. With a few other minor channel improvements and canal enlargements a seaway extending 2,350 miles into the heart of the continent, from the Atlantic Great Lakes ports would be made available to seagoing ships in four or five years if the St. Lawrence seaway is approved by congress. The map above graphically illustrates the work required to complete the project. ters, where factories already are im- for four years, it is pointed out in porting power from Canada, and Washington, it still would be in opwhere residential consumers rates eration before many of thq other are among the highest in the nation. defense projects are finished. Another defense factor recently The project itself is not a new one. Ever since 1895 Canada and advanced is that the seaway will the United States have worked to- provide a protected supply line for gether at the job of making the the new defenses which the United Great Lakes, their connecting chan- States is building on Newfoundland, nels, and their outlet, the St. Law- which guards the mouth of the St. rence, economic assets to the conti- Lawrence. Newfoundland is an isnent. Canada completed the biggest land approximately as large as the link in 1932 with the opening of the state of Pennsylvania. The St. LawWelland canal, enabling freight ves- rence disgorges the waters of the sels to Niagara Falls, which St. Lawrence into the Atlantic was the chief navigation obstacle through two channels, one on either side of Newfoundland. up to that time. Newfoundland is accessible only Small Canadian canals on the St. Lawrence now carry freight direct by water or air. For several cenfrom the Great Lakes to the sea, turies military tacticians of evbut their minimum depth of 14 feet ery nation have regarded the St. limits traffic to small vessels. Never- Lawrence valley as the logical intheless these shallow canals have vasion route into North America. been operated at capacity for sev- Strong bases at Newfoundland, superal years, carrying some 9,000,000 plied from the interior by a protecttons of freight last year. The new ed water route, military men say, seaway will be limited in capacity will block any possible invasion of only by its canal and locks system, North Americas vulnerable waist but it is estimated that it will carry line. In peacetime, proponents of the at least 25,000,000 tons of cargoes anproject point out, the seaway will nually. Roosevelt Supports Project. give agriculture and inPresident Roosevelt has urged the dustry the benefit of water-haimmediate construction of the St. freight rates to any port in the Lawrence development as a neces- world. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) sity for continental defense. Shipto Duluth, Minn., and which will yards, in the protected waters of the Great Lakes could produce a accommodate any vessels of Voting Is draft or less, will be completed. large percentage of the warships needed for the NCTC navy, and Save Freight Charges. of every type. Lakes A recent survey by the departhave the further advanment of commerce indicates that ap- shipyards of being nearer to the source Ballots Help Nation More tage proximately 70 per cent of the of steel and other materials, it is Than Knitting Needles , worlds freight vessels would be able pointed out. to use the seaway, and that it will The national need for more elecWomen Advised. save $80,000,000 a year in freight tric power already has brought charges to shippers of the Middle about an increase of production at CHICAGO. The American womWest. Boulder dam, Bonneville, TVA, ans right to vote, gained two The International Rapids section Grand Coulee, and other big hydro- after the close of World War years I, now of the St. Lawrence is the largest electric plants. The President re- for the first time with her provides undeveloped .source of waterpower cently pointed out that St. Lawrence an opportunity to be more than a back-seremaining in North America. It has power is badly needed particularly driver during a period the further advantage of being lo- to produce more aluminum. of national peril, Mrs. Melville cated near the heart of the United Even though the St. Lawrence de- Mucklestone, president of the NaStates biggest manufacturing cen velopment would not be completed tional Consumers Tax commission, declares. In a message to the 2,500 units of her organization in 43 states, the SOUND BUSINESS former national president of the American Legion Auxiliary said that if we women seize our opportunity, we shall find the ballot a far more effective tool to use in patriotic service than the knitting needle ever was. A crying need in the U. S. is thoroughgoing improvement of state and local governments, Mrs. Mucklestone said. By cutting costs and lowering local taxes, such improvements would make it far easier for the taxpayer to bear the national defense burden. Declaring that this is an important job which the men, in the main, have left undone, she urged organized women to adopt a program for civic betterment and then to put the program through. This is possible, she said, because since the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26, 1920, women have had the franchise. The 10 points proposed are as folby-pa- ss hydro-electri- mid-weste- rn ul Patriotic Leader Says 25-fo- ot two-oce- cargo-carrie- an rs that dame fashion has given a high rating to d garments, it behooves every woman to stop, look and listen to what is being said and done in regard to this very smart trend. Via a simple crochet hook, a spool or so of crochet cotton, or perhaps a skein or so of washable cotton' yam, styles may be made. You could search everywhere and it would be difficult to find anything more fetching in hat and bag sets than the masterpieces in crochet artistry such as here pictured. Even if you have never crocheted before, with a little application and a willingness to live and learn, you can crochet for yourself a whole collection of accessory items every bit as pretty and wearable as those here shown. A fascinating pastime you will find it, too, for the work is easy and the cost of crochet cottons low. Doesnt the very sight of the cunning fashions illustrated make your fingers fairly tingle to crochet and crochet until you have acquired a number of accessories to wear with your summer outfits? Have you ever tried crocheting with heavy cotton rug yarn, boilfast and washable. The work just speeds along. In no time you can finish a new hat and bag. The atturban-and-ba- g tractive twosome shown to the left in the picture is crocheted of heavy OW hand-crochet- ed style-minde- , lovely-to-look-- at , high-crown- ed New Sports Fabric at For municipalities and counties a budget plan, (2) preparation of. an understandable annual report, (3) reduction of debt, (4) adoption of centralized purchasing, (5) adoption of the merit system, (6) preparation and adoption of a long-terplan; for counties (7) centralization of authority, (8) consolidation of small counties; for states (9) elimination of state trade tax barriers, (10) reorganization of state administrative machinery. (1) adoption of m star-trimm- ed ing. As clever a headpiece as any modem school girl would want is the It is really very pigtail calot. similar to the popular schoolgirl beanie and is worn on the back of the head in exactly ' the same manner. The novel and amusing part is a long braid of yam that starts from the crown center of the calot and dangles to the waist in back, just like a Chinamans pigtail. To add more interest, the' braided yam is tied with a hair ribbon in school-gi-rl fashion. If it is a hat you want, it may be crocheted in a lacy open-wor- k stitch and when finished, starched very stiff. . lace-trimm- ed (Released by Western Newspaper Unloa.) Whims of Fashion nt lows: cotton rug yam. It also comes in colors. You will be surprised and delighted at how quickly this set can be made. Theres nothing intricate or tedious about it! For the crochet pillbox and matching round bag to the right, use mercerized cotton thread. The star detail is somewhat military in effect, as so many fashions are this summer. Mercerized cotton thread, was used also for the beret in the inset below. Note the colorful crochet emblem which adorns the front of the crown. Describing other attractive crochet themes, a prim little Gibson sailor is worth noting. It is crocheted of mercerized cotton in a firm, even, single stitch and is so manipulated it keeps in perfect shape. A cluster of crochet berries in self color is its only trim. Be assured this sailor is very good lookwhite This very frock is made of a new and unusual sports fabric, which, because of its outstanding attractiveness plus its dependable wearability, may be regarded as a real find for women who seek reliable materials. It is a rough crepe, one of a number of new creative fabrics done in Celanese rayon and silk. Woven with a special twist in the yam, a, pleasing unevenness is produced best described as a splash effect. This charming frock will be well liked both because of the ripplesurfaced crepe that fashions it and because of the promise it carries of Note satisfactory wearableness. how smartly it is styled, with the new accented hipline. good-looki- ng Red, purple and green are vying for top place in springs vivid accessory colors. The new raincoats weigh next to nothing and pack into a very small space. A new bathing suit, in the manner of the gay 90s, is made of cotton or taffeta with rickrack trimming. The little bloomers are ruffled to show beneath a flared skirt. New Paris hats are bursting into curls. Felt models have their brims clipped and curled up like a babys ringlets. Straw boaters are trailing organdy streamers that fall into corkscrew curls off the back. The addition of white to late spring and early summer costumes is done with a hat or with flowers that trim dark hats, with veils, in neckwear of all kinds, in the new plunging neckline or ruffly jabot blouses, and in gloves. Week-En- d Matchmates Practically a complete wardrob within itself is the c matchmate cottons now sellin throughout stores the country ovei Very practical and very attractiv are these ensembles made up of fiv pieces pajamas or slacks, short bra-tobutcher-bo- y smock an knee-dee- p coat. five-pie- p, |