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THE GOLDEN VALLEY NEWS
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Thursday, March 30, 1944
Washington, D. C.
LOOKING 'EM OVER
The other day, the White House
called WPB's production wizard,
CharlM Wilson, to come to see the
President, Wilson went, not know-
Lug what it was abottt and not know-
trig he was to stay to lunch. When
he got there, he found himself lunch-
~ug with FDR, all alone.
The conversation ranged over ev-
erything under the sun, from the
problems of business management
to Far Eastern trade to Latin Amer-
ican relations to war plant recon-
version. When the President asked
for Wilson's views on world trade.
the former General Electric execu-
tive replied:
"Mr. President, I'm a manufac-
turer, not a merchandiser." ,,
The luncheon lasted more than two
hours and. after it was over, Wil-
son didn't know quite what to make
of it. because no very important
problems regarding war production
had been discussed, When he ex.
pressed bewilderment to close
friends later, they replied:
"Why, Charl/e, you're just a po-
litical neophyte! Don't you know
what he was doing? Looking you
over to see how you would do as
second man on the ticket."
Embarrassed, Wilson replied:
"'People don't seem to know that
I'm a Republican."
NOTE--Some politicos figure that
trim President is now looking for a
,conservative running mate with a
~Republican background who would
=wing votes from business. Under.
zecretary of State Ed Stettinius is
an active bidder for the Job. Some
C~aservative groups also figure that,
they can pick the vice president,
~FDR will resign shortly after the
•var and they will be in the saddle.
ANZIO ORDNANCE
Although the problem of supply on
the Anzio beachhead has been em-
phasized, another factor which the
public doesn't realize is the prob.
lem of ordnance.
Inside that slender foothold h~
Italy, there must be not only kitchens
and t~mporary hospitals but, even
more important, ammunition dumps
and repair shops. This is the |ob of
`ordnance. A tank is no good unless
it is kept in repair and it is the Job
of ordnance not only to build tanks,
but to train men to .~. along with
~hem into the field of battle to see
~hat they are kept running.
The same is true of artillery and
every other type of weapon. That
is why the Anzio beachhead hqs to
Maintain machine shops and repair
zarages, plus "a large number of
~trained ordnance men to keep the
weapons at the front operating. All
,of this has to be done under the ter-
rific hazard of enemy artillery fire.
because Nazi big guns are never out
of range."
Paradoxical fact is that Lhe man
responsible for the good job being
done by ordnance is a former navy
man. He is hard-hitting Maj. Gen.
Levin Campbell. chief of ordnance.
who graduated from Annapolis but
later joined the coast artillery and
has been in the army ever since.
It was Campbell who decentral-
ized the somewhat moribund ord.
~ance department shortly after
Pearl Harbor. moving ammunition
to St. Louis. automotive vehicles to
Detroit. safety and security to Chi-
cago, artillery carriages to Rock Is-
land, Ill.. and getting things away
from Washington where, as he says.
"'People are always breathing down
your neck,"
It was Campbell who cleared the
decks for the famous bazooka anti-
tank gun. Though l~e has been
criticized for not developing an air.
plane rocket gun similar to the Ger-
mpns' weapon, it was really General
"'Hap" Arnold. chief of the air
:farces, who failed to take action on
~he airplane rocket gun when its
ceasibil{ty was proposed several
years ago by Arnold's arch.cr.itic.
Major Seversky.
Actually, the ordnance depart-
ment has to be guided by what the
£ghflng services want. "They never
get credit for the new inventions
~ey develop," according to Assist-
~nt Secretary of War McCloy, "but
if they ever miss one, they catch
~eLL"
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' - MERRY-GO-ROUND
41[ Mystery recently surrounded the
apartment of the Argentine assistant
.air attache. Lieut. Ronald J. Rossi-
~er. His rooms at the Marlyn apart-
ments were charred and burned, In
the diplomatic corps, the gossip was
that dirty work had taken place be-
,cause of Argentina's anti- U. S. pol.
icy • • • Solution of the mystery:
~Lieutenant Rossiter went to sleep
~moking, had to be rushed to a boa.
'.pital, and was kept under an oxygen
tent to recover from carbon money-
- ide poisoning.
41 The warning that more farmers
must be dra/ted comes on the heels
,of another warning that Italian pris-
.oners no longer can be counted on
~cr farm labor. The status of Italy
:u a to.belligerent will soon take
~tallanS out of the prisoner category.
~. Rarold Hopper, recently resigned
plank at
YELLOWSTONE PROSECT CROP
VALUE OVER $55 PER ACRE
The wide difference between re-
turns from irrigated lands and dry
land farming, as practiced in North
Dakota, was commented on in a
recent broadcast by Charles L.
Hlnze, engineer in charge of the
Bismarck office of the Bureau of
Reclamation.
ND
The average value per acre for
crops raised on the Lower Yellow-
stone irrigation project in 1942 was
$50.89. While t~e crop records for
1943 have not all been made avail-
able, it is known that the crop
walue was better than $55 per acre.
(The Lower Yellowstone Project
lles along the Yellowstone River,
partly in North Dakota in McKen-
zie county, and partly in Montana.)
The gross value of crops produced
on land served by reclamation
works (irrigation) In 1942 was
slightly greater than $272.000~000 or
an average of $70.17 per acre, Hinze
said. For comparison, the 17,854,-
000 acres of cropped land in North
Dakota tim sam~ year is reported
,by the Department of Agriculture
to have produced crops valued at
$297,689.000 or an average of less
than $17.00 per acre.
Fifty-two of the Reclamation
Bureaus' 71 wroJects were generat-
ing power or supplying water for
irrigation and other beneficial uses.
On or near practically every recla-
mation projects are air bases, other
military establishments, and war
industries.
Dry land and irrigation farming
of project lands will not mix stated
Hinze. This has been proved on
the Lower Yelowstone and other
irrigation projects in similar locali-
ties. "In the west, where dry land
farming practices are out of ques-
tion, Irrlg~tlon has been demanded
and is unquestionably successful.
It can and l~ successful in this
region as is evidenced by the Lower
Yellowstone project. The exper-
ience gained on this project m~ht
well be the criteria on which other
projects in the area will profit."
In the esrly history of the pro-
ject, settlers were reluctant to
change entirely to irrigation prac=
rices, but ettempted to continue
their former practices on project
land by ralsin.g of grain crops par-
tlally bY dry land methods, irrigat-
ing only when the rains failed to
"If you wished to follow such
practices, there is no place for you
on an irrigation project," Hinze
continued. "Not until the drought
period of 1939-1940 d~d the settlers
really appreciate their good fortune
in having irrigation facilities a~
hand to carry them through the
critical period, when other cropped
lands adjacent to the area were
failing •for want of water.
"Dry farming practice has been
forgotten on the project, even dur-
ing the past three years period of
ample ramfall for most dry farm
crops but insufficient for diversified
agriculture."
-- -V
OUTBREAKS OF MILK-BORNE
DISEASE IN UNITED STATES
For the ten year period from
1932 to 1941. inclusive, 408 milk-
born outbreaks were repotted in-
volving 16,305 cases and 213 dvaths,
deports K. C. Lauster, acting direc-
tor. division of sanitary engineering,
State Department of Health. ac-
cording to recent information from
the U. S. Public Health Service. In
t~ese outbreaks 137 deaths were
attributed to typhoid fever involv-
ing 1.870 cases. The above figures
do not include 910 deaths attribut-
ed to undulant fever alone and in-
volving over 39.000 individuals from
1932 to 1941. It cb.n be safely as-
sumed that over one-half of the
undulant fever cases and deaths in
the United States are due to in-
fected raw milk, the balance of
$l II
WHEN .Functional Nervous
Dt~turbsne~ m~h as Sl~ep-
leuneu, Crm,kin~m, Excitability,
R~tlemmm~ or N~v~m H~mdache
interfere with your work ~r spell
your good times• take
Dr. Norvino
(Liquid or Effervescent Tablets)
Nervous Tension can make you
Wakeful, Jittery, Irritable. Ner-
vons Tension cau eau~ Nervous
Headache and Nervous Indiges-
tion. In times like these, we are
more likely than ueual to become
overwrought and nervous and to
wiah for a good sedative,. Dr,
Miles Nervine is a good sedative
--mild but effective.
If you do not use Dr. Miles
Nervine you can•t know ~lmt it
will do for you. It comes in
Liquid and Effervescent Tablet
form• both equally sootmng to
tense and over-wrought nerves.
WHY DON'T YOU TRY IT ?
"Get it at your drug store,
Effervescent tablet~ 35# and 75~,
Liquid ~t~* and $1.00. Read dire~
tioim and ,am only as
Two hours after the ill-fated destroyer Hammann was sunk, leer
URGES 1944 FLAX
GOALS BE GROWN
"North Dakota farmers who have
land suited to the production af
flax have an urgent responsibility
this year to grow that crop," Dir-
ector E. J. Haslerud of NDAC Ex-
tension Service said this week.
"Flax goals have been established
under the war crop production pro-
gram for every county in flax grow-
ing areas of the state," he pointed
out. "These goals are based on war
requirements and our farms are
be~x,g depended upon to grow flax,
the same as other crops and live-
stock. A support price for U. S.,
No. 1 flaxseed based upon $2.95 "per
bushel at Minneapolis has been
announced. '"
Haslerud recommends that flax
growers obtain a good adapted vari-
ety, use suitable land free of weeds.
seed as early as possible and make
a determined attempt to meet 19i~
flax goals. Information on flax
varieties and production problems,
suited to the locality, is available
from any county extension agent.
skipper, Comdr. Arnold Ellsworth True, was/-escued from the water --.V-~
and found to be supporting two enlisted men. He himself was so He: "Since I met you. I can't ea~,
exhausted that he did not realize both men were dead. Comdr. True, I can't sleep, I can't drink."
who was awarded the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal She (coyly) : "Why not."
for heroism, typifies the spirit of our men in arms. They give to the
limit of their endurance. Do YOUR part! Buy more War Bonds He: "I'm broke,"
and Stamps! -W"
i l [ . The present style of dress at
least indicates that the female sex
..... i~e -p~gs ~d 387 stands on very firm foundations.
which are attributed to direct con-Ipounds at the end of the trial,
tact wl~h infected animals. !and those fed grain alone averaged ='
The great majority of all cases 324 pounds.
of disease occurred in small corn- The weight of the two lots aver-
munities which do not have ade- aged exactly the same, 17P pounds,
quate and proper pasteurization at the start of the trial. A total
facilities and local ordinances re- of 603 pounds of feed per hog
quiring pasteurization of a Grade A was fed to both lots. Only dlf-
milk. In North Dakota there are ference was that in the one lot a
twenty-six villages and cities which total of 87¼ pounds of protein sup-
are operating under a comprehen- plement was substituted for the
siva milk ordinance. In these vil- same amount of grain.
lages and cities there have been It took 456 pounds of grain alone
no reported milk-borne outbreaks to produce 1O0 pounds of pork,
since the ordinances were put into while 283 pounds of grain plus 40
effect. Lauster states ~hat the pounds of supplement produced I00
effectiveness of an adequate milk pounds of pork. Grain used was
control program, as outlined by the a mixture of wheat and barley.
U, S, Public Health Service start- Pigs fed grain alone gained an
dard ordinance which these cities average of 153 pounds during the
have ~dopted Ls shown by ~he above trial. Pigs fed grain and supple-
figures, ment averaged 216 pounds gain.
V .The trial covered a 65-day period.
PROTEIN SUPPLEMENT Pigs ate an average of 107 pounds
BOOSTS PORK GAINS of feed per day.
The value of feeding protein to The flying adult clothes moth
pigs has been demonstrated in a lives only a few weeks, but during
feeding trial carried on by the that time lays from 100 to 300 tiny
NDAC Experiment station, soft white eggs in such secluded
Owe lot of pigs was fed only places as Cracks, folds and pockets
"grain and the other lot was fed or the nap of clothing, or in the
grain v~lth protein supplement, pile of upholstery fabric~.
S
What is the Chades A. Coffin Foundation?
THE PURPOSE of the Charles A. Coffin
i z- Foundation is to encourage and reward
distinguished achievement in the electrical field
by "prizes to employees; by recognition to light-
ing, power, and railway companies for improve-
ment in service to the public; by fellowships to
deserving graduate students; and by th~c grant
of funds for research work at technical schools
and colleges."
Establishment of the awards was announced
twenty-two years ago in a statement issued by
President Swope and dated December ~, tg~:
"'On May t6, tg~.~, Charles d. Coy~fn in Ms 7&h
year re//red/rein the active leadership of the General
Electric Company. Mr. Coj~n ha~ ~en identified
wit~, the d~velopment of the electrical industry ,inee
Zo%°~. He WaS t/w founder and creator of tA¢ Genera/
Electric Company, of which he ires &wn t&r in-
spirdtion and ieadcr /or thirty years.
".4,~ an expre:sion of appreciation of Mr. Coffin's
'~at work not only for the General F~etrie Com-
~l~fl_Y ,6ut also for the entire electrical industry and
wit~ the desire to make tMs appreciation enduring
and ¢onstracti.e as Mr. Co~in's liJe wnd t~ork
/ua. #een• the Board of Directors of the Genera/
Elearie Company, created on his retirement and
,nom desires to announce the 'Charles .4. Co~n
l . • p,
Foundation..
Gza.av Swop~, President
Im~-os4~ in Your C{m.lm/'lg~.l
">--BUY WAR BONDS
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NO SAVING IN BARGAIN SEED
"You don't save money by bUy-
ing low-priced, poorly cleaned, or
un-labeled seed," says W. J. Leery,
NDAC Extension Service agrono-
mist. "If you take the trouble to
nvest~gate and make actual tests,
there is nearly always some reason
why the price is so low.
"This is especially true of low-
prLe alfalfa and other legume seed,
and of grass seed."
Pay no attention to price unless
the quality is also accurately des-
crtbed, Leery advises. This is no
y~ar to risk high crop production
by bargain hunting or being care-
less about seed. Good seed from
reliable dealers will be labeled
with the correct variety name,
amount of weed seeds and other
crop seed. and the germination of
the seed.
V
Among the peas and beans for
home gardens, vegetable soy.bear~
are outstanding in food value, rank°
ing tops in protein, fat, iron and
calcium, according to recent De-
partment of Agriculture studies.
Lard will keep its fresh flavor
only if it is stored in a dark. cool
dry place and is closely covered.
V
There's money to spend and
money to lend, but too little tO
buy and that's too high.
HAVE YOU SEEN
Armour's
Increased Production Contest?
Liberal Prizes Awarded Each Month
Write For Further Information
ARMOUR CREAMERIES
Bismarck, N. D.
to the People who Produce
your Electric Light
and Power
6 a'r/es./t. l undation )
conies a ecia/ citan'onj6r
% /it guisr ed war/ime achievement
on t/w
ELECTRIC HGHT AND POWER INDUSTRY
"'Faced with unprecedented demands• the Electric Light and
Power Industry ]~as met every war.~roductiou reauiremtnt
without delay and without imhairm~t of its.~eacetime serpice$
to the #ublic. This achievement mt~its the a~hr~ciatioa not
only ol American industr~ but of th# ~ntir# nation. ""
~FROM THI~ CITATION
THIS CITATION is richly merited--for here is a
branch of industry that has done a remarkable
war job that has not been generally recognized.
If electric power should fail, or if it be too little or
too late, the disastrous effects would startle all America.
Vital machines would be motionless. MiUions of homes
would be cold--and an eerie blackout would descend
over the land.
But, electricity has not failed. Rather, in I943 twice
as much power was~ produced as in the year before the
war--with the minimum of new facilities~and despite
large losses of skilled employees to the Armed Services.
In the wards of J. A. Krug, Director, Office of War
Utilities of W.P.B., "Power men--public and priv~tc--
should be proud of the job that has been done in provid-
ing power supply. Power has never been too little or too
late."
of General Elcet~c, who have built a large part
of the electric equipment which generates, distributes,
and uses the electric power of America, take pride in
the way this equipment is standing up under the strain
of "forced draft" wartime operation,
Many of the men and women responsible for this
remarkable record are your neighbors~the manager
or meter reader who lives across the street, the girl in'
the accounting department who is in your bridge clubs!
the lineman with .~ horn you bowled last night. A word
of appreciation from you to them will lend added sig-I
nificance to this wall deserved dtation. General F_,/ectri(
Company, Schenectady, Nero York.
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