The Herald-Press from Saint Joseph, Michigan • 46

THURSDAYDECEMBER 31, 1942. Pcta Si THE HERALD-PRESS, ST. JOSEPH, MICH. sua Trail Topped Politics union, which received 37 'A points, and the dismissal of federal fraud charges against Republican National Committeeman Frank D. McKay, 34.

Other point rankings included: army bomber crash near Hastings kills nine, 28; Pontiac1 grocers' pick, cts close war plants, 27; Michigan industries develop synthetic rubber. 22; University of Michigan's football victory over Notre Dame, tM CHANGES ill BERRIEN'S FARMS JOTED Operators Have Kept Up 'With Improvements Of Modern Day if JH graders are also common equipment on many Berrien farms. The Berrien dairy man has the use of electric milkers, pasteurizers, bottle sterilizers, and bottle Allen. The poultryman hatches the eggs with electrically heated equipment, feeds and waters the chickens and other poultry on an exact, time schedule, also by scientific machinery, i All of these developments are comparatively recent, and the Berrien farmer of four decades ago who took care of 60 acres of land can now easily care for four times that area. The county farmer of today Is a capitalist in his own right with thousands of dollars invested in machinery, and with a Hgh overhead, but witn the new methods, new machinery, and new crops 'his return easily takes care of his in harrows the ground around the plants, and a fertilizing machine gives ihem food, and the Berrien county strawberry crop is well on its way to market.

New Machines New machines aid "the farmer In harvesting small grains. Small combines have been developed which cut, bail, and thresh the grain crops, removing almost the entire manual labor irom what had previously been a tiresome ordeal. With the advent of the machine age to the farm, new, lighter ana faster tractors were introduced into the county farming area. The rubber tired tractor can be seen on almost every Berrien farm, pulling cultivators, dragging spray rigs, and other forms of machinery which the farmer has utilized to lighten his burden. The machine age has also been adapted to the fruit industry for which Berrien county is famous.

Peaches are graded by electrically RECALL TEN BEST STORIES OF 1941? DETROIT, Dec. 31 (AP) A year ago editors of Associated Press newspapers selected the "ten best Michigan news stories of 1941." Remember them? Here are: 1. The strike in the Ford Motor company's Rouge plant that led to the auto industry's first closed shop contract. 2. Michigan industries change to armament production.

3. Bridge collapse blocks vital ship channel at Sault Ste. Marie. 4. Dispute between legislature and governor holds up effective late of many laws.

5. Jury deadlock in fraud trial of Frank D. McKay. 6. Graft convictions of former Detroit and Wayne county officials.

7. Hank Greenberg enters army: Tigers collapse. 8. Fishermen adrift for hours in Lake Superior storm. 9 and 10 (tie).

Murder In a church at Grand Rapids, and the investigation of the death of Mrs. Ada Loveland Torrance, wealthy Kalamazoo widow, while on a Mexican honeymoon. 5 -1 W'7 driven machines, and they are dust ed and packed by still other powered machines. Apple washers ana SATURDAY A 6 BROADCAST BY HENRY 4 GUST Vol. 8 December 2n- Pontine'i rar-Doolinz Dlan spreads, 16; record tonnage hauled by lake carriers, 14; cio pay dis putes witn big auto companies settled by War Labor Board.

11: Detroit Tigers select new manager, 10. Scattered votes were cast for the row over changing clocks to war time; expansion of army air fields in tr.e state; tne Tnree Rivers tornado; the radio "debate" between Senator Brown and Homer Ferguson over station WJR; the surplus in the state's general fund; nd the expediting of housing projects in war-busy production centers TELLSlOWHElUlLT TWO GOIHIHTIINES NEW YORK. Dec. 31 Twice in modern span of a colorful life Jack Harris has crossed the Atlantic ocean prectically broke and on each occasion he has risen to affluence in a short time. On 1927 he arrived in London at the head of a band with little besides his maestro's baton and a double order of ambition.

A few years l8ter he was the darling of society, Hi- rvrtnr. nf Wales' favorite and his bank account had increased ac cordingly. Then came the blitz and Harris mi hnclc to his native United States. He reached here with $3 in his pocket in 1940. Today he owns a night club.

Harris doesn't look like a double-foahir Aiffpr hero. He is small and so genial most people miss those 1.1 1. sharp green eyes, aui ouier nigm rlnh nivrntors attest tliat his busi ness ability is second only to his talent as a violinist-maestro. How does a man make two quick fortunes? "You have," Harris said, "to come in on the crest of a wave. Like mv first trin to London.

I got there just as American Jazz was sweeping the country. Almost Deiore i Knew it the wince of Wales and half the peerage were among my fans. "wnen tne war arose i naa a town house, a country home nH fmo nlcht-. plubs. I soent $85,000 redecorating one of them and it was bombed out." That took care of one fortune- in escrow (till the war ends.

So I got nere witn tnree crumpled Harris continued. Walker got me a job at a club with a pick-up band. I was touched at how many society folk rerrwmhejvrt me. After I had a fol lowing I got more and more club vestments and overheads. The Berrien farm has become big business in the last twenty years, and with even more crops and new machinery being constantly devel oped, the farmer of the nation, will play an ever Increasingly large role in the America of tomorrow.

NIGHT 31, 1942 No. 52 ACHTERBERG 1412 St. Joseph, Mich. Berrien county fanners have advanced with the American farmer to keep pace with improvements and speedup of the modern day world. The farmer has utilized new and improved crops to increase his revenue, adapted better types of ma chinery to his farms, and devised scientific methods of crop rotation and fertilization to increase his yield.

Only a few years ago, the Berrien county farmer had never heard of the soy bean. A federal crop specialist, aided by Investigating Ford scientists, brought the lowly bean to American soil from China where it was a main food and feed crop. The bean took root first in the aorn belt where It was used as a silage crop, for no one knew what to do with it. Scientists tested, retested, and devised uses for tWs bean crop, using It first as a lubrication oil, for mixing paints, and making oleomas -gerine, and lard substitutes. The meal was also used as a basis for a new structural material, bakelite, now used in many forms.

Soy Bean Comes into Own The Berrien dairyman first took! up the soy bean a.s a hay crop, using it for cattle food. During the last i three years farmers have cultivated soy bean crops in every available! bit of land, using it to build up soils, and exporting the beans- to; the industrial centers. With the Jap 1 controllng most of the sources of vegetable oils, the soy bean has be come a staple product, and Berrien farmers will benefit by their early cultivation of this now necessary crop. Berrien farmers have also utilized a new hybrid corn to increase their yield. The county average was for merly about 30 bushels per acre, but with the present average acreage has grown to 60 bushels, and in some cases as high as 100 bushels, meaning an increase in the revenue of the farmer.

Machinery has come to the fore to save Berrien farmers labor and time. The planting of strawberries, a menial task requiring long hours, is now accomplished in a fraction or the time by a tractor drawn ma chine which digs the hole, sets the plant into the ground, and even adds a dash of water to start the young plant on its way. A cultivator WncttdDiryn THAT'S ALL WE ASK FOR THE NEW YEAR Henry and Gust with 112 points, was the capsizing of a fishing boat in Saginaw bay hi August, and the amazing rescues 0t many of its occupants after hop for tneir survival had virtually been abandoned. with 111 points, was the tragedy that struck swiftly at a Detroit-Hamtramck grade crossing the morning of Oct. 28, when a passenger train sliced through a crowded motorbus killing 16 persons, several of them high school students on their way to classes.

Other High Ranking Stories Other stories ranked by the editors among the "ten best" were: 5. President Roosevelt visits Michigan war plants, 107 points. 8. Industries producing armaments surpass peace-time peak output, 95. 7.

"Home front" war activities, such as gasoline and oil rationing, civilian defense organization, blackouts, 62. 8. Dominic Piccone's Oakland county murder spree and life sentence, 42. 9. State troops guard Detroit's Sojourner Truth housing project as negro tenants move in, 41.

10. The John Duval Dodge death mystery in Detroit, 40. Of these stories, only the Sojourner Truth and Dodge death stories failed to receive at least one editor's vote for first place. Narrowly missing inclusion In the "ten best" list were the stories of the ban imposed on broadcast of In-terlochen camp music programs by James C. Petrillo of th; musicians' Michigan Republicans scored their most extensive victory since the advent of the New Deal last November by electing Harry Kelly to the governorship, defeating the Democratic incumbent, Murray D.

Van Wagoner. Kelly is seen (top photo) with his six children and wife after learning of his victory. Judge Homer Ferguson, Detroit racket buster, and his wife read the news of his win over incumbent Prentiss Brown for the U. S. senate seat.

Two months ago Conrad H. Carl-sen, 58-year-old junior engineer on a merchant vessel, was rescued off this resort after his ship had been torpedoed. Recently he returned to visit the coastguardsmen who had saved his life and entered the surf for a brief swim. Caught in the breakers he was drowned. work until I had enough to buy a small part of the La Conga.

Grad ually I've acquired complete control." Saved After Torpedoing; Lost Visiting Rescers BARNEGAT, N. Dec. 31 UPSET VICTORY RATED ID BY EDITORS Two Stories Dealin With Tragedy, 3rd and 4th Choices 5 By T. E. APPLEGATK DETROIT.

Dec 31 (AP)-Ger-1 man-born Max Stephen's traitorous iald to an enemy or hla adopted I country, Ws trial tor treason and I sentence to be hanged, Is the choice lot Michigan editors a the outstand-ring news story developing in the An Associated Press survey of opinions of the men who daily de-Hermlne the front-page news in a score of Michigan cities disclosed that ths story of Stephan, first man i convicted and sentenced to death on ija federal treason charge in 148 Uears. gained top ranking by a small margin over the Republican election sweep that ousted Senator Prentiss M. Brown and Governor Murray D. Van Wagoner, Unanimous Choices These two stories were outstanding in the survey. They were the only unanimous choices of all the -m-f for places in a list of the "Ten Best Michigan News Stories Uf 1942." i Wartime disloyalty and Intrigue i colored the story of Max Stephan 'from the time Nazi Lieut.

Hans 1 tiotor vnitr fmrlHve from a Cana- I prison camp, flipped furtively across the international douikhuv lihere In a rowboat last April and was harbored In Stephen's water- frAnt. Stephan supplied food, clothing money to Krug, who later was in Texas. A federal court found Stephan guilty of 'trea-json; Judge Arthur J. Tuttle sentenced Wm to be hanged, i The editors' recognition of this i'atory's blunt warning to other war-time traitors was evidenced by their (preference for it. Twelve editors (named it the year's top story; five ranked it second.

i Trie Associated press asked the to name what they consider, led the "top ten" Michigan stories, fend scored their choices on the bas-Ms of ten points for first place, nine jfor second, etc. Of a possible 230 points, the Ste-iphan story received 197. The Res' publican election victory was a close fsecond with 183tt. Two stories, both dealing with tragedy, also were accorded high Tanking. I- The third-place story of the year.

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