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Easy-to.Do Bedspread
Knitting with two strands of
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long you'll have enough to
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GOLDEN VALLEY NEWS
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE
Ill I ,-?
Late-Term Congressional Bolt
Looks Like Foretaste of 1940;
G.O.P. Expect Victory in House
(EDITOR'S NOTEmWhen opinions are expressed in these columns, they
are those of the news Analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
, Released by Western Newspaper Union.
CONGRESS :
Get Out o~ Town
As congress neared term's end,
F'ranklin Roosevelt sat at his Hyde
Park cottage with Democratic
Chairman James Farley, talking
and thinking. He could afford to do
both, also to wish congress would
get out of Washington in a hurry.
Reason: The New Deal was being
ground underfoot unceremoniously
and indiscriminately in a manner
that boded ill for any 1940 campaign
plans the President might have.
Moreover, everything indicated the
MARY NORTON
Shs misht have stayed abtdk
poisonous Republican" upsurge of
recent weeks would rise to new
heights in 1940. Expecting the 49
additional seats they need for a
house majority, hoping for 16 new
senate seats to make themselves a
formidable minority, Republicans
had the makings of a versuasive
argument against the President's
third-term ambitions. For if this
happens, neither Mr. Roosevelt nor
any other New Deal President could
do much.
Equally important was what had
already been done, not only by Re-
publicans but conservative Demo-
crats who found strength in coali-
tion. The record of one week's in-
surgence:
Labor Board. New Jersey's Rep.
Mary T. Norton got out of her sick
bed to swallow bad medicine.
Strongest foe of the bill offered by
Virginia's Rep. "Howard W. Smith
to investigate the national labor re-
lations board, she examined the rec-
ord and found Mr. Smith had never
cast a vote in favor of organized
labor. Thus, when the house voted
253 to 135 to probe NLRB and (by
custom) to place Representative
Smith in charge, she felt justified in
charging that he was "the last man
in the world to pass on labor legisla-
tion or problems." New Deal poison
here is that NLRB's alleged short-
comings publicized this summer and
next winter will focus attention on
the White House.
Hatch Bill. Passed by both sen-
ate and house, the "clean politics"
measure of New Mexico's Sen. Carl
M. Hatch is designed to keep relief
out of political hands, and vice
versa. Far more significant is that
portion which forbids federal office
holders from participating in na-
tional political conventions. Since
400 jobholders attended the 1932 G.
O. P. paw-wow, and considerably
more the 1936 Democratic conven-
tion, it is obviously the custom for
pro-administration wheelhorses to
write platforms and make nomina-
tions. Thus the New Deal will suf-
fer at next year's Democratic con-
vention because Mr. Roosevelt's best
supporters may be absent.
Logan Bill. Passed quietly b~ the
senate, this measure gave federal
courts power to review acts of all
federal quasi-judicial bureaus (like
NLRB), striking the moat severe
Japan's Vicwry
blow at agencies created since 1933.
Result: Administration and execu.
tive power would be badly crimped.
Though last-minute senate reconsid-
eration was possible, the bill was a
cinch to pass if it reached the house.
Lending. Labeled by critics the
"pump-priming bill of 1939," the
President's pet $2,800,000,000 lend-
ing program fell to $2,490,000,000
passing through the senate banking
committee where Federal Loan Ad-
ministrator Jesse Jones became so
exuberant in his praise for the bill
that his tongue slipped. When he
told the committee Reconstruction
Finance corporation could handle
the program two years with its pres-
ent borrowing authority, smart Re-
publicans jumped into the breach
with a suggestion: Why, then, should
congress bother legislating an en-
tire new program when the sam,
purpose could be accomplished by
giving RFC a few new loan powers?
In a sense this proved a Godsend;
such action would put a hasty end
to the last major measure still be-
fore congress. That done, the Presi-
dent's friends could get out of town
until next winter.
DOMESTIC:
Nose Count
On August 15 someone in St. Jos-
eph or Marshall county, Indiana,
will hear a knock on his door. The
1940 census will be under way, test-
ed at a cost of $20,000 prior to the
most complete statistical inventory
of the nation's resources ever at-
tempted. Not until April will the
official count be made by 140,000
enumerators working two weeks in
urban centers and four weeks in
rural areas. But from preliminary
Indiana surveys the department of
commerce will pick key questions.
No. 1 aim of the 1940 census is
to check social trends. Since the
depression changed social and eco-
nomic status of most U. S. citizens,
special emphasis will be placed on
the following points:
Employment. Status of every citi-
zen over 14 years of age during the
week of March 24-30 will be checked,
answering queries of many federal
agencies.
Fertility. Great changes in repro-
duction rates among regions and in
social classes have taken place since
CENSUS CHECKER AT WORK
She'll record social trends.
1929. The census bureau hopes to
verify its hunch that few U. S. cit-
ies are reproducing themselves.
Internal Migration. Depression
brought big population shifts as peo-
ple sought new jobs in new places.
Not only will the 1940 residence be
checked against 1935's, but the bu-
reau will specifically check an away-
from-the-farm movement.
Education. Replacing the custom-
ary illiteracy question will be one
asking the highest grade of school
completed, since illiteracy's prob-
lem is rapidly disappearing.
MISCELLANY:
Recall Recalled
In Michigan, 80-year-old Gay.
Luren D. Dickinson added a radio
speech to his earlier warning about
s~/and high life evils, then took his
critics by surprise to endorse heart-
ily a recall petition circulated by
Detroit Republican John B. Corliss
Jr. The petition was withdrawn.
... Her Sorrow
In preliminary discussions at To-
kyo, British Ambassador Sir Robert
LesIte Craigie recognized the necee-
sity of extraordinary Japanese de-
fensive measures in China, and
abandoned Britain's program of aid
to China, mitrking anabout-face.
British policy in the Far Ea~ ma~
will pave the way for ultimate Jap
domination of all China and expul-
sion of British (and probably other
western nations') commercial inter.
NtS thexe.
Meanwhile Japan's economy--al-
ready sorely pressed by the long war
in China--suffers from an unprece-
dented drouth in central and south-
ern areas, threatening the all-im-
portant rice crop and causing a
~'mrtage of hydroelectric power. The
electricity shortage is especially se-
rious because Japan needs power
for her speedup program of key in-
Trend
How the wind is blowing . . .
REVENUE~U. S. tax collec-
tions for fiscal year 1938-39 to-
ta~ed $5,181,573,952 against $5,-
658,765,314 the previous year, a
decrease of $477,191,361. Biggest
drop: Income taxes, which de-
creased $434,869,356.
FASHION--International Asso-
ciation of Clothing Designers
forecasts gaudy clothes for men
next spring, with daytime suit
hues ranging from taupe to ma-
roon. Trousers are expected to
be narrower, showing contours
(and defects) of the male leg.
BUSINESS---Retail trade has
taken its expected midsummer
slump but wholesale buying con-
tinues at high level, an indica-
tion of good business expectations
during the autumn months.
EUROPE:
lVohltat and Dove
Sailing across the English chan-
nel one hot July day were Ger-
many's Dr. Helmuth Wohltat and
the Spectre of Peace. Headed for
conversations with Britain's R. S.
Hudson, secretary for overseas
trade, the man who cemented Ru-
mania's pact with Germany last
spring needed only to wink his eye
before European peace rumors be-
gan sprouting like wild oats:
'Positive' Plan. First rumor came
from a "reliable informant" wh~
SECKETARY HUDSON
Peace flew with his visitor.
said Secretary Hudson would ask
Germany to disarm in exchange for
a large British loan to transform her
industry from a war basis to a peace
basis--to hammer her sword into a
plow share. Germany's war-lost col-
onies would either be returned or
internationalized. The reported loan:
1,000,00~200 pounds. A few days lat-
er London papers discovered Mr.
Hudson actually had made unofficial
loan proposals to Herr Wohltat. For-
eign office, London newspapers and
Commons immediately howled for
his resignation.
Siren of Berlin. With French-Pol-
ish-British solidarity apparently an
actuality, there is every indication
Germany m "testing the atmos-
phere" with one thing in mind--fur-
ther appeasement. One government
spokesman said Berlin "rejects
warlike solution" to tl~e Danzig
problem, thereby inviting peace con-
versations. Nothing is definite, only
the time-tested "give-us-what-we-
want- and -there-will-be-peace" for-
mdla which has never failed Der
Fuehrer yet.
Philadelphia Plan. From its Wash-
ington bureau, the Philadelphia In-
quirer published mysterious news of
a five-power plan which had leaked
from diplomatic circles. The plan:
Britain, France, Germany, Italy and
Poland would get 25 years of peace
by (I) returning Danzig to Germany
~ut leaving it a free port; (2) put-
ting Italy on the Suez canal board;
(3) neutralize African territory op-
posite Gibraltar; (4) guarantee all
existing frontiers; (5) limit armies
to 300,000. Within 24 hours every
nation concerned had denied the
rumor and gone back to its mid-sum-
mer grumbling.
Denials notwithstanding, rumors
would not float with such utter ~tbar~
don without some inspiration. Inter-
national observers took them as a
good omen of peace conversations,
but shook their heads in fear Of
more British appeasement.
... Her Worry
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Jap Ambassador to Russia Shi-
genori Toga (shown with wife),
shadow boxes in Moscow with a
touchy issue. Jap and Soviet troops
are figbting bitterly on the Outer
Mongolian - Manchukuoan border,
while closer home Tokyo refuses to
psy fines assessed against Jap cosl
and oil concessions operating on the
Russ portion of Sakhalin island.
HOWT SEW
Path Wyeth Spears
C
Design luncheon mat
WATCH any class of kinder-
gartners cutting patterns
from colored paper, and your fin-
gers will itch to pick up the scis-
sors and try it yourself. Why
not? The luncheon mat and nap-
kin shown here offer a suggestion
for a way to use your cut-out de-
signs for simple but effective
applique work.
The long sides of the mats are
hemmed and the ends faced With
one-inch bands of green, as at A.
The napkins are also hemmed on
two sides and faced with green
bands on the other two. The stem
for the bright red cherry follows
a circular line embroidered in
green outline stitch. The leaf is
of the green material.
Experiment with cutting the
cherry and leaf in paper. When
you have cut a design that pleases
zou, make a pattern in lightweight
cardboard. Cut the fabric a little
and napkin yourself.
larger than the pattern, clip the
edge as at B; then press it over
the pattern with a warm iron as
at C to make a firm crease. Re-
move the pattern, and sew the
pieces in place with fine hemming
stitches.
NOTE: Readers wbo have not
secured their copies of my two
books should send in their orders
at once. Your choice of the
CRAZYPATCH QU I L T leaflet
showing 36 authentic stitches; or
the RAG RUG LEAFLET will be
included FREE with orders for
both books, for the present. Ev-
eryone should have copies of these
two books containing 96 How to
Sew articles that have not aP-
peared in the paper. This offer
will be withdrawn soon. Send or-
der with 25 cents immediately to
Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St.,
Chicago, Ill., and both books will
be mailed postpaid.
When Making Blueberry Pie.-
Mix one teaspoon of ground nut-
meg with two tablespoons of flour
and sprinkle the mixture on the
berries, then add sugar.
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For Mosquito Bltes.--A little
household ammonia added to the
water with which mosquito bites
are washed will remove the sting.
Oil Up!--Don't forget to oil your
vacuum cleaner and electric
washer. Oiling keeps them in
good condition, and they wear
longer.
A Household" N;eessity.--A knife
sharpener is as essential a piece
of household equipment as the cof-
fee pot. Not even an expert
carver is able to do much with
a dull knife.
Tipless Shoestrings. -- If metal
tips come off of shoe strings dip
them in mucilage. This will stif-
fen the ends and make it easy to
put them through eyelets.
Chilled Fruit Juices.--Store:
Jar of fruit juices in the refriger
tar for emergency' use in hot
weather. Add a few mint leaves.
Then serve the juices in chilled
beverages or mix them into des-
serts to be frozen. Such juices
may be stored for four or five
days without impairing their
flavor.
For Salty Gravy.--Put pieces of
toasted bread into soups or
gravies which are too salty, take
them out in a few minutes,-and it
will be found that the bread has
absorbed a good portion of the
salt.
L.
Glorious Shipwreck
They make glorious ship-wreck
who are lost in seeking worlds.-
Leasing. •
Always a Duty
It la an everlasting duty~th@
duty of being brave.--Carlyle.
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THE world-famous i~-
vor of Kellogg's Corn
Rakes come~ from a se-
cret recipe known on/), to
Kellogg. No one has ever
been able to match itl
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