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rff? <v Thursday at Me. liny. &, hf Charles P. twhfc. 4. & Intend aa seeond-elass suttv at tbt poatofflce at McHenry, E, ibe wjt of May 8, 187V. One Year NATI CDIIOMALSOCIATtON EOEbET We cannot accept news after Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Please turn your items in before the deadline. m mnwt vpfifcAM comes »«lUwJ by Western Nawspaptr Union. ^By VIRGINIA VALE WHEN Jackie Coogan was five he skyrocketed to fame in "The Kid." He was making his second picture, "Peck's Bad Boy," when the car taking him to the studio crashed; he was taken to the hospital with a iractured skull, and he's been totally deaf in one ear ever since, a fact he's just revealed. He faked his way into the army, made an ^en- Veterans who left the service with their teeth in bad shape rftay be able to Secure treatment from local dentists. Illinois Veterans Service Officer William R. Cairns in the Murphy Block, Woodstock, will assist in filing the necessary application (on Veterans Administration Form 526). If the veteran has been granted a pension for service-incurred wounds or other disabilities, he applies for dental repairs in the same manner as he files a request for other out-patient treatment. When contacting the service officer of the Illinois Veterans Commission, veterans should bring with them all letters received from the Veterans Administration as well as their discharge certificate or a copy. Birth of a Profitable Merchant Marine Trade The West Indies and Canadian trade had been a profitable! one, it was-a trade where even small ships could earn a profit. It provided an outlet for much" of the surplus of our produce. With these ports closed to our ships over 89,000 tons of shipping were idle. American ingenuity und congressional action came to the rescue of the shipping interests. Larger ship* were built, ships to sail to the East Indies, to China, to Europe, to. Africa. Congress passed the Navi-'. Ration act, closing our ports to the imports of countries that closed ports to our ships. Almost immediately, our shipping responded to the impetus, started to climb upward. By 1829 our total foreign commerce •mounted to $145,000,000. Our merchant fleet was steadily growing and our flag was a familiar aight in most of the world ports. We were off to a period of shipping prosperity that was to last lor some timer' JACKIE COOGAN GtwnAND Grantlaod Rice viable record as a second lieutenant in the army air forces. Now 31, he's been discharged, and is on the air with his own radio show, "Forever Ernest," on CBS Monday nights. He broadcasts from Hollywood, and is all set to return to pictures-- has a new film scheduled to start in June. Pretty good for that . wistful infant, "The Kid"! -- ^ ; David Rose, 20th Century - Fox T*HE argument broke into a rash concerning the easiest position to play on a baseball team. We put the debate up to Joe McCarthy, who knows what it is all about, no matter what the position might happen to be. "Why don't you ask a lot of ball players," Joe said, "and get their slant? After Stirnweiss had played third three or four days, I asked him how he liked the job. 'Great,'he said, 'but do I still get paid on the first and fifteenth for playing third?' " •We accepted Manager -McCarthy's challenge and soon lined up the viewpoints of all the earnest athletes we could corral. In the concensus that followed, the catching assignment was rated the toughest by an extensive margin. What about the pitcher? The pitcher only works every fourth or fifth day, and too often only toils four or five innings. But the catcher, the better catchers, get few vacations. Yon might talk to Bill Dickey some time about this and discover the beatings they take aronnd the plate. Catching a hundred ball games a year is harder work than playing any other position for three hundred games. All of which leads up to the easiest or softest job on the team. This is where the argument started. Veterinary Preparations _ veterinary preparations that keep livestock healthy are some more uses of salvaged fats. musical director, never goes to bed before 5 a. m. -- can't compose in daylight. Yet he thinks a good musical piece can be dreamed up on a street corner or a bus! That new composition of his, "Gay Spirits," which you heard on his Wednesday night radio program, is the result, he says, of playing his popular "Holiday .for Strings" backward. Doreen Taylor, who for the past four years has done the singing for many a famous non-singing movie queen, at last sin^s in her own rieht on the screen in RKO's "From This Day Forward." They Anally tested her and discovered that she's very photogenic. For Universal's "So Goes My Love," Myrna Loy had to get used to moving about in the burdensome costumes of 1870, but she says it needed no adjustment to play the young woman who planned to marry a rich man, won Hiram Maxim, the famous inventor, piloted his career and raised thdir children. For, says she, girls employ those same stratagems today. UNNEA'S GAY GIFT PACKAGES are welcaf.ie everywhsre. Cheerful ond exciting PERFUMES at $1.00, $2.00 and $3.50. COLOGNES at $1.00, $2.00. GIFT SETS $1.00, $5.50. FINE SACHETS, POWDER MITTS, VANITY BAGS, CREAMS. LOTIONS and MAKE-UP. BULGER'S DRUG STORE GREEN ST. SAVE McHENRY M O N E Y TIME d,u! BOTHER » "Exactly four years ago," said Gregory Peck on his recent birthday, "I spent my birthday washing dishes in a New York restaurant." Now he's on top; David O. Selznick has signed a new contract with him, will star him in "Benedict Arnold." It will go into production late this year, will be done in technicolor, and on the same scale as "Gone with the Wind" and "Duel in the Sun." The story of radio since its Inception will be the basis for a, two and one-half million dollar film tentatively titled "Magic In the Air." Jerrold T. Brandt, who produced the Scattergood Raines" series before he entered the service, and made 151 training films while in the navy, will produce the film, bringing to the screen the top personalities of radio since the days of crystal sets. --*-- Anne Francis, 15, who plays "Kathy Cameron" on NBC's "When a Girl Marries," has been signed to a seven-year contract by MGM. Anne made her radio debut in 1938 on the children's program, "Coast to Coast on a Bus," and has been acting ever since. --*-- When Mutual comes on the air with its four separate broadcasts W»# friendly Slot# Authorized Dealer Geo. Collette, Owner Phone 459 St, West McHenxy ji k»KS?jfc of the Indianapolis Speedway race on .Decoration Day, a record number of nine announcers will be on hand at various positions around the track. Bill Slater and Ford Pe.fi;-, son among them. --*-- When Fred Waring and his Penn-' sylvanians take over the Fibber Mc- Gee and Molly time on NBC for the summer, starting June 18, Fred will probably be setting a record; with his five morning programs, he'll be doing six half-hour shows a week on a network. --*-- ODDS AND ENDS--In Suddenly It'« Spring" Fred Mac Murray hmd to take six fails--and said: "This picture*» misnamed', it should be 'Suddenly It's FaW." . . Bur it Karloff play* a dramatic role in e comedy for the first time in the Denny Kaye picture, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. ... A fan who asked Perry Como for his script after a recent 44Supper Club" broadcast was told he'd need it for the repeat for the West Coast, but she could have the script if she wanted to wait; to his astonishment there she was, four hours later. . . . Paul l*t>alle has been given three dachshund pups, named Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. *Hot Corner9 Easiest We talked with the Cardinals, Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers, Indians, and several others about the easiest position to play. From the start the players began voting for third and first bas£. The consensus finally settled on third base. As one veteran expressed it--"I'll tell you about playing third base. On a general average when they slap one at you, it is either a hit or an out--but nearly always a hit if you don't handle it. Yes, there are bunts to cover, but as a percentage proposition, third basemen get few errors thrown into their records. It always happens in a hurry at third base and it is all different at short and second. They have room enough and time enough to move around- The third baseman doesn't." , The nextv soft job consensus went Ito first base. But a first baseman is supposed to be one of the best hitters on the club. Charley Comiskey was the first of all the first basemen who left the safety of the bag to cut down a' few drives slashed towards right field. That, 50 years ago, was a daring innovation. It remained for Hal Chase to prove how an artist could handle first. But Hal was too great an artist for his own good along certain devious lines we won't discuss here. Now here Is a peculiar angle. Baseball has known more great first basemen and more great second basemen than it has ever known shortstops and third basemen. Just how can you explain this? At first base we have had stars from the days of Fred Tenney on, through Frank Chance, Stuffy Mc- Ianls, Hal Chase, George Slsler, Lou Gehrig, and Bill Terry. Many Stars at Second Second has the longest parade of stars -- Lajoie, Collins, Elvers, Frisch, Hornsby, Gordon, Doerr. But outside of the enduring Honus Wagner, shortstop has given the game few outstanding names. There have been such good ones as Bancroft, Jackson, Jennings, Tinker, Long, Wallace--but only a limited list ranged below Wagner's fame. Third base, voted as the easiest job on the club to hold, should be arrayed and bedecked with great names. The list of good ones is fairly long. The list of great onea very scant. Jimmy Collins, Pie Traynor, Art Devlin, Heinle Groh, Red Rolfe, Bill Bradley, these were among the best. In order to ward off indignant and protesting letters we'll admit in advance that many good names have been left off the list, due mainly to a zigzag memory. , The tough spot and the most important spot on the infleld is the combination of short and second. Two fast men here can take pretty good care of the infleld, especially those of the Rizzuto-Gordon and the Pesky-Doerr type, not to overlook Marion and his mate on the Cardinals. Third base may be the "hot corner" but it also requires less terrain to patrol. Be f"«yored for Spring Meltons, Wool Crepes Also Popular With Designers. By CHERIE NICHOLAS Hone wore to judge by the suits aelHng to weal- under fur coats at the moment the answer to what's doing U edor and fabric could easily ho given in two words--gabardine and pastels. At any rate, the magic word "gabardine" is again resounding throughout the length and breadth of fashion's (fomain. Groat emphasis is placed on beautiful wools this season that are styled with finesse which gives the new suits and daytime dresses a patrician air bespeaking the lovely lady look. The colors themselves are just that way, most subtle and refined. This is especially true in regard to the eye-appealing neutrals that include pale grays'and beige so liglit it looks closely related to the elusive off-whites. The big play this season is on suits, coats and dresses made of' beautiful wools in beautiful colors. Gabardines, meltons, wool crepes and su»»de-type fabrics are running ace-hish. for spring. They come in delectable soft neutral tones that •suggest color rather than emphasize it, and in high colprs, -Which exploit a new bright copper brown, also a series of fresh gay green tones. Competing with the now-so-fashionable Victorian beige and Victorian gray and the new parchment shades are the new green cast aqua, Chinese red, colonial blue, peacock, sea-cap green, jade and a list of eye-appealing browns, also lovely ice blue, bright yellow and exquisitely soft rose tones. There's news in lavender. It is Well worth watching this color as designers think well of it. As to navy, it is triumphing anew in the spring fashion picture. Interest holds good in smart black suits, the new cape-type suits being outstanding. In prints the new themes stress neat daytime patte'nings and for dressy and formal wear this season's prints are gorgeous. There's flews in medallion prints, each circle displaying a dancing figure, or birds or flowers. Again emphasis is on white-background prints. The whole trend in the new patternings is light-hearted and gay. Dancing scenes, animals, birds and such original motifs as a lighted candle, tea cups and saucers in Dresden colorings, butterflies on the wing and other conversational themes galore. The florals are stunning this year, some widely spaced, others strewn in pretty confusion over the background. The big news is in wool prints. Gay chintz prints for girls' party frocks age enhanced with a scattering of colorful sequins at strategic points on the dress. For party frocks debutantes are looking their loveliest in dream gowns of floating chi&pn. "mi Common vegetables on * tveryman's dinner table contain germkilling agents whiohmayhelp to prevent and cure numerous human and animal diseases in the postwar years, according to first results of new research by an American veterinarian and others announced in the current Journal of the American Veterinary Medical association. Rhubarb, onions, white currants, chives and garlic are among the common vegetables containing substances that prevent the growth of disease-producing bacteria, according to the Journal's summary of findings by I. Forest Huddleson, Jean DuFrain, K. C. Barrens and Marjorie Giefel in the division of veterinary, medicine and department of horticulture of Michigan State college. Among the germs whose growth is inhibited by -these plant agents are typhoid bacilli, the pus-forming bacteria which cause "strep" infections, and those responsible for undiilant fever in human bfi^gs; and such animal diseaseproducing bacteria as those which cause anthrax, and brucellosis, or Bang's disease, the report stated? ACCIDENTALLY SHOT John Bongard, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mathias Bongard, Rural Route 4, Elgin, was accidentally shot through the right ankle last week while hunting- crows in a sand and gravel pit near the Twin Galbes tavern, two miles east of Elgin. Bongard dropped his own .22 calibre rifle ana the weapon was accidentally discharged hte bullet passing entirely through his leg at the ankle. OVERCOME BV SMOKE Gene Trenner, residing on the Donald Hitchinson farm, south Miljwaukee ave., near Libertyville was | overcome by smoke at a fire on the ; farm one recent' morning. A chicken house caught' fire and Trenner had jmade his way into the smoke-filled building to save some of the chickjens. He revived after some minutes. IA number of chickens smothered and ! there Was some damage to the building. Wgi wayside wfateh was n integral part of Ufb ofnturias ago--into the modem toe*- Shotel was 4 gradual p&eoeo in country. Until the ft* ltthcentury, SO rooms had bean N WMiBHMa size for an American Ifm. fit early Colonial days, in spite of their limited size, the public inns played an important part in the national life and were second only to the meeting house as a focus for community life and warm refuge for the traveler. Communities had a vital Interest ifa the public house. In 1086, for example, the general court Of Massachusetts made towns Habit to a fine if they did not maintain a public house or "ordinary." American inns in pre-Revolutionary days kept pace with those of Britain and were generally modeled on the London style. % Modish Vast Lumber Volume Used by Armed Forces Today the army is spending approximately a million dollars a day or some $30,000,000 each month, for lumber. The office of the chief of engineers buys all lumber for the armed forces, including the army, navy, marine corps and maritime commission for direct military needs. This does not include lumber bought by contractors for use by the military forces. For instance, a contractor who ships tractors or other heavy equipment, requires lorge quantities of lumber to crate this equipment properly. About half of the total amount of lumber produced is now required for shipping. The crate for each halftrack personnel carrier takes over 2,000 board feet of lumber and about 206 board feet of lumber are needed to crate a jeep. Every 10,000-ton cargo ship of the Liberty type leaving the U. S. ports requires 10 carloads of lumber, approximately 250,- 000 feet, merely to fasten its supplies in^place in the hold. Since 1940 the armed forces have purchased 20,000,000,000 board feet. MAKES 1946 YEAR BOOK Mrs. Cecil Paxton of Barrington is listed in the National Piano Guild yearbook for 1946, it was disclosed last week. She is one of the twelve persons out of 18,000 people Who ?assed the stiff requirements for the oung Artist Diploma, which entitled her to a place in the yearbook. Her name is listed in the yearbook as Lolita Paxton. Mr. Paxton is an employee of the Barrington postoffice. MYSTERY SHOOTING A coroner's inquest was scheduled at the Danielson funeral home in Palatine" concerning the mystery shooting of Charles Lytle, 33, of Quinten road, between Barrington and Palatine, last week. Lytle was found about 8 p.m. by his sister. He was shot through the heart with a revolver bullet. Lytle was recently discharged from the service after serving three years. Friends say that he has been nervous and despondent since his return from war. r ,* ' :--™ frimrose Keqoires Mgftt Primroses require ample light, even moisture and fairly high humidity. Another holiday season ornamental, the Christmas Begonia, likes warm, humid atmosphere, daily watering, and . plenty light.;',-. mM Order yoar, rubber stamp's «i Hii" Plaindealef. ^ Food Storage Store onions, potatoes, and foods canned in glass in a cool, dry and dark corner. For meat, the best rule is: Keep it clean, keep it cold, keep it covered. A temperature of 45 degrees or lower is the best. Wash poultry thoroughly inside and out, pat it dry, and store in a very cold place. If your eggs have some soiled spots on them, wipe off with a dry, rough cloth, but won't wash them before storing because the water destroys the protective film on the shell that keeps the air out. Vegetables also need careful handling to preserve, their goodness. Wash, drain and store your salad greens in a covered pan and keep cold. Cauliflower, brussels sprouts and broccoli lose freshness faster than cabbage. Leave them uncut and keep cold "but not too dry. Keep your root vegetables--beets, turnips, rutabagas and carrots--in a cool ventilated place and it's all right to 1 cut the tops to two inches in ordei j to save space. $1,000 FIRE DAMAGE The fire department was called to the Chas. Cohn house in Crystal Lake last week, where fire caused an estimated damage of $1,000. The house is tenanted by the Roewer family. The flames were in an upstairs room, which was badly burned, and other parts of the second floor were charred. The smoke was very dense and firemen did a remarkable job in spite of this. Onlookers were certain they could not save the house. Stainless Steel Pans Stainless steel does not darken in cooking alkaline foods as aluminum does, but once darkened by overheating or scorching, it cannot bo brightened as aluminum can. Valuable Ivory Ivory of the greatest value is found in the tusks of the hippopotamus. It is worth about *hree times that of the ivory procured from the elephant. Damp Walls Bb occasional instances, mofsttrre which has accumulated behind siding or other types of walls, may exude and cause paint blisters or paint peeling--for no oil paint can be expected to properly adhere to a damp surface, no matter how strongly it may resist exterior moisture. Such a condition promotes rotting of the wood as well as injury to the paint. When such a condition is found to exist, the affected wood should be removed and the damp surfaces completely dried out, the inside surface painted, the wood then replaced, and the exterior surface painted, thus sealing the wood against moisture, both from within and without. Seek Mote Space Urban development in peace should follow the already established^ trend toward lower-priced dwellings and more open planning. Findings show that light and space are no longer found exclusively in the high-priced suburbs. At least one beneficial result of the possibility of air attacks is likely to be the intensification of this trend toward decentralized open planning. HIADQUAKTm POft Lee RIDERS the Cowboy Fsnts that wouldiit stay home on the range! As Advertised * USE m McGEE'S McHENRY • '!• • M 111 V •!' I M BAT AT BILL'S DINER on U. S. 12 at Channel Bridge -- FOX LAKE "Me BULOVA 11 a.m. to Midnight Wm. M. Scott, Prop. (Formerly West McHenry) 4 I I M M n I M I I I I I I I > 1 1 H I I HUM Varieties of Cheese There are 400 varieties of rinmfratic and foreign cheese. Only exporters are familiar with all of theSL-. Lantern Hook The safest place to put a lantern in farm buildings is on a hook put up especially for that purpose. Make sure that it is a stout hook, securely fastened, and away from cobwebs, hay. straw or olUier flammable material. No Room for Alibis The box score is a national institution that has been attracting more and more popular interest in the United States for 70 years. It carries compa^ news to countless millions from uie smaller hamlets on to the greater cities and the smaller hamlets furnish most of the stars who gather their fame in big league centers. Here it is again with a complete record of runs, hits, errors, strikeouts, stolen bases. It offers no space for alibis or excuses. Stripes of all widths and in a riot of multi-colors makes this, smart ensemble so very stylo right tor now and for Uter. The fabric is the smart new one-denier exceedingly fine rayon that has made such an excellent record for itself as the first practical postwar fabric. It washes well and wears well, having passed scientific laboratory tests for both of these qualities. The hat of matching stripes is a gay little flatterer. The redingote coat tunes the costume to early spring wear. Fads and Fancies SS.SSS Acres on a Ship The equivalent of nearly 30,000 acres of grain were carried aboard the "Col. J. M. Schoonmaker" when she set a Great Lakes cargo record this seasdn, reports Slips magazine. She carried 525,000 bushels in a single trip. Based on a yield of 18 bushels to the acre, that represents the total harvest of 29,200- acres -- more than 45 square miles--of land. Subscribe for the Plaindealer It's becoming quite a fad to attach a lovely rose, real or artificial, to the bracelet you wear at your wrist over the long evening glove. Violets or a cluster of tiny sweetheart roses are worn in the same way. Latest Jewelry ensemble for evening matches a gorgeous necklace with an ankle bracelet. Then there's the set that includes a wide cor selet belt embroidered with Jewels, which are color-matched to those set in the earrings and bracelet which complete the ensemble. • Uses'of Petfar Peanuts are now being manufactured into meal and flout, as well as salad oil, oleomargarine, peanut butter and candy. MEN'S SHOP Phone 19 516 Main Street McHENRY | 21 jewels A mwiw iM(i st M S52M 8now Removal Hot water pipes are being imbedded in newly constructed concrete pavements. After a snowfall the hot water is run through and the snow melts away. It is expected to find use in airport runways, filling stations and railway platfornqfc V I SI T ing*s Sift Studio Five blocks north of State bridge, on Riverside Drive, McHenry Home of Beautiful Gifts-- l>OTTERY and GLASSWARE LAMPS and TABLES BEAUTY COUNSELOR COSMETICS a macros SkEto «57* What could be finer lor a ;T> M graduation gift? We have them for both ladies and men. The girt graduate would greatly appreciate a beautiful j ring. Look over our line. Or i possibly one of those nppr | identification bracelets. - 1 j _ I •For the young man let as suggest a Schick Shaver. M. A. STEFFAN Jewelry -- Music -- Eadio Phone 123-J. • " • ^ Main St., West McHenry •-.iM i 14a y r \s * V. _i*