TIMES. W ILLAM INA. OREGON
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
By Edward C. Wayne
Great Britain’s Loss of Crete to Nazis
E n d an g ers M e d ite rra n e a n P o sitio n ;
P re s id e n t’s P ledge to ‘H elp B rita in ’
S purs Study of Aid Being E x ten d ed
/ E D I T O R ' S N O T E — W h i n o p in io n « a r e e x p r e s s e d in th e s e c o lu m n s , th e y
a r e th o s e o f th e n e w s a n a l y s t a n d n o t n e c e s s a r ily of th is n e w s p a p e r .)
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THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1941
R e le a s e d by W e s te rn N e w s p a p e r U n io n
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U. 5. Acts to Encourage
South American Market
Endeavor to Prevent German Trade Foothold:
Famous Men Mingle in Washington;
Railroaders Neglect Annuities.
ByBAUKHAGE
National Farm and Home Hour Commentator.
Y o u Guess
“ Can I kiss y o u ? ”
“ W hat a m I — a m in d -re a d e r? ”
B a c k T a lk
.4 little worm was feelinti lonely, so
he popped out and looked about for
someone to play with.
4t last he noticed another little worm,
and said, “ If ill you come and play?**
I he other little worm replied: “Don’t
be daft. I'm your other end.**
“ W om en w ill s u ffe r m u ch to be
b e a u tifu l,” says a w r ite r . T he re
m o v a l of e ye bro w s, fo r in sta n ce ,
re q u ire s a lo t o f p lu ck.
W NU S ervice, 1343 H S tree t, N-W , e r to shoot a m an w ith a s ilv e r o r a
W ashington, D. C.
golden b u lle t tha n w ith a s te e l-ja c k
W A S H IN G T O N —The o th e r da y eted one.
ru m o rs began to spread around the
M ethod n u m b e r 3 is also unpleas
T H A T SORT
c a p ita l th a t the U n ite d States had ant, b u t s t ill i t is f a r th is side o f
d e cla re d a w a r th a t nobody knew “ sho otin g” in the lite r a l sense. I t
a n y th in g ab ou t—a w a r m a rk e d “ p r i is, to g ive one e xa m p le , re fu s in g
va te and c o n fid e n tia l,” the k in d th a t to buy fro m a c o u n try unless you
nobody m u s t ta lk about.
can buy on c e rta in te rm s — one o f
So e v e ryb o d y ta lke d about it. A t w h ich w o uld be th a t th a t c o u n try
c o c k ta il p a rtie s , in the Press clu b, w ould not s e ll to any o th e r c o u n try
in the c o rrid o rs o f the solem n b u ild whose m etho ds you d id not care
ings w ith th e “ closed do ors.” You fo r.
have h e a rd o f th e m — the closed
T h is in a v e ry s m a ll n u t-sh e ll is
doors b e hind w h ich a ll the re a l econom ic w a rfa re , and if i t w ere
Spree—C h u g w a te r m ake s very
th in g s ha ppen th a t are not supposed not s till m a rk e d “ p riv a te and c o n fi
sure of h im s e lf before he floes any
to.
d e n tia l” I ’d te ll you th a t it has a l
b ra g g in g .
F in a lly , sin ce th is was a h ig h ly re a d y s ta rte d .
W hiffen poo f—A h , he’s a sal«
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p riv a te and c o n fid e n tia l m a tte r i t
b lo w e r, th e n !
f
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en
soon got in to the papers, labeled
B illo w s of sm oke rise fro m the E rie ra ilro a d te rm in a l in Jersey C ity ,
“ econom ic w a r ." Im m e d ia te ly the M in g le in C a p ita l
T h a t’s Love
to fo rm a cloud th a t palled the e n tire c ity o f New Y o rk . F r a n tic a lly the idea was ro u n d ly denied, d is p a r
" A pony w ill be a d o lla r, s ir . ”
“ I f you lo ve w o rk , w h y don’t
tin y fireh oa ts below play tin y stre a m s of w a te r on the g ig a n tic fire w h ich
aged, and g e n e ra lly abused.
The voice th a t spoke w as s o ft, in
you look fo r it ? ”
de stro ye d ove r five m illio n d o lla rs w o rth o f defense and o th e r m a te ria ls .
So I s ta rte d out to t r y to locate g ra tia tin g , w ith a fo re ig n accent.
“ Alas, lad y, love is b lin d !”
A lth o u g h a u th o ritie s had been w arned of sabotage and were w a tch in g , it. T h e re was smoke. W here was
He seem ed a litt le s u rp ris e d a t the
the fire broke out fo llo w in g an explosion in a hay shed.
the fire?
p rice . So w as I. F o r th e “ po ny”
Since econom ip w a rfa re is d o lla r he was g e ttin g fo r a d o lla r w as an
w a rfa re , I w e n t to see the m an who oversize th im b le fu l of b ra n d y .
SUPREM E CO URT:
has a w h o le a rse n a l fu ll of d o lla rs
In a m o m e n t a g ro u p o f m en
w h ich cou ld be used as a m m u n itio n cam e in, one’s face f a m ilia r . The
A Retirem ent
A Question
in such a b a ttle , n a m e ly , Jesse ge ntle m an w ho had pu rcha sed the
S eve nty-nine -ye ar-o ld C hief Ju stice
C ongress and m a n y new spapers Jones, fe d e ra l loan a d m in is tra to r pony rose be a m in g .
C h a rle s E van s Hughes o f the U. S. w ere b e ginning to question how m uch and s e c re ta ry o f com m erce.
“ W ell, how a re yo u g e n e ra l? ”
S up rem e c o u rt is re tir in g fro m the lease-lend aid w as re a ch in g B ritis h
I fou nd h im in his office. The he said.
bench, J u ly 1 o f th is year. In a te le points, and th is question the P re s i ta ll,
good-natured,
h a rd -w o rk in g
F o r ju s t a second th e re was a
g ra m in answ er to the request on dent p ro m ise d to an sw e r “ in round Texas m u lti- m illio n a ir e w as frie n d
b la n k look on the g e n e ra l’s face.
the p a rt o f Hughes to cease a ctive fig u re s .”
ly , h e lp fu l, s ym p a th e tic, as he a l
Blind Im pulse
H e p u t o u t h is hand and said w ith
d u ty a t th a t tim e , P reside nt Roose
B ut one of H a r r y H o p kin s’ asso w ays is. B u t w h a t he d id not say a ll the w a rm th o f a good p o litic ia n :
U n h a p p ily , in th e scales o f h u
v e lt accepted the re tire m e n t and cia te s, in answ er to a se n a to ria l in about eco no m ic w a rfa re w o uld have
m a n ju d g m e n t th e c le a r d ic ta te s
“ W ell, w e ll, w e ll, how a re you,
spoke o f “ the splen did s e rv ic e ” re n q u iry , w ro te a le tte r w h ich tended ( fille d a vo lu m e .
o f reason a re too o fte n o u tw e ig h e d
M r. Jones, and ho w ’s the m issu s? ”
d e red . The “ g ra n d old m a n ” o f the to the be lie f, expressed by Senator
V is its Le ad ing E co n o m ist.
by the b lin d im p u ls e o f th e pas
Jones beam ed a g ain, m u m b le d
c o u rt has been e lig ib le fo r r e tir e B y rd o f V irg in ia , th a t the aid thus
So I w-ent to an othe r m a n , who if and sat dow n satisfie d.
sions.—S ir J a m e s F ra z e r.
He had
m e n t since 1934 but he con tinu ed to fa r sent had been “ in fin ite s im a l.”
such a w a r is going on r ig h t now is been gre eted b y one o f th e gre a t.
se rve in a re g u la r ca p a c ity up to
B urn s, the H o p kin s associate, ex s ittin g on th e board o f s tra te g y . I N ot, how’e ve r, by a h ig h o ffic e r o f
the pre sen t tim e . I t is know n th a t plained the de la ys re q u ire d to set m u s t n o t m e n tio n his nam e, b u t he
the a rm y as th e title he used m ig h t
M rs . Hughes has been u rg in g h im s tu ff aboard ship fo r B rita in , e x know s the te r r a in p e rfe c tly . He has
in dica te, b u t a fo rm e r c a b in e t m e m
fo r some tim e to r e tire and spend p lain ed th a t m uch o f the m a te ria l been a ll o v e r the g ro un d w h ich, I ber.
BY YOUR L A X A T IV E -R E L IE V E
h is tim e in re s t and tra v e l.
He being tu rn e d out w as re q u ire d by m ig h t m e n tio n here is South A m e r-
J u s t then a head w a ite r answ ered
C O N STIPA TIO N T H IS M ODERN W A Y
gave age and h e a lth as his reasons “ o u r ow n fo rc e s ,” and suggested | ica . He has served as a govern-
• W hen you feel gassy, headachy, logy
fo r w a n tin g to re tire . H is c a re e r of th a t the few weeks since the pas I m e n t re p re s e n ta tiv e and as a busi the phone a t the d in in g ro o m en
due to clogged-up bowels, do as m illions
p u b lic service has few p a ra lle ls in sage o f the b ill had been needed ju s t ness re p re s e n ta tiv e , and in o th e r tra n ce . “ Y es,” he said, in a voice
d o - t a k e Feen-A -M int a t bedtim e. N ext
q u ite a u dible , “ ta b le sixte e n fo r M r.
U S. h is to ry .
He has served as to s ta rt th in g s in m o tio n .
morning — thorough, com fortable relief,
c a p a c itie s w h ich I cannot catalogue R o c k e fe lle r.”
g o v e rn o r o f New Y o rk , s e c re ta ry of
helping you sta rt th e day full of your
S en ator B y rd got the idea th a t w ith o u t id e n tify in g h im .
A group o f la die s trie d not to look
normal energy and pep, feeling like a
sta te , p re s id e n tia l can didate , m e m not m uch had gone, in fa c t the B urn s
“ E c o n o m ic w a rfa re ,” he said, “ is im pressed and w ere so lo u d ly s ile n t
million!
K een-A -M int doesn’t distu rb
b e r o f the w o rld a rb itra tio n trib u n a l le tte r had a tte m p te d to e xp la in w h y im p o ssib le , w ith o u t w a r .”
your night’s rest o r interfere with work th e
th a t I could not help n o tic in g th e m .
and was tw ic e ju s tic e of the Su he c o u ld n 't give fig u re s on how m uch
next day. Try Feen-A-M int, th e chewing
W hat he d id not say was th a t un
One was a litt le b it m o re hum an
p re m e c o u rt.
gum laxative, yourself. I t tastes good, it’s
had been sunk, w h ich w as w h a t B y rd
d e cla re d eco no m ic w a rfa re is im th a n the oth ers. She w o re a p e rfe c t
handy
and econom ical. . . a family supply
w a nted to know . B u rn s said the re
possible w ith o u t w a rtim e conditions, red h a t and a lit t le less con
co u ld n ’ t have been m u ch sunk be and r ig h t now, we seem to have descending a ir.
cause m u ch h a d n 't gone.
enough o f those to m a ke possible
Its Mean in;’
“ B u t c o u ld n ’t th is defense p ro
B y rd p o in te d to fig u re s o f 400 to som e e a rly s k irm is h e s . T h is is the g ra m have been m u ch b e tte r p re
The B a ttle of C re te , an othe r o u t
600 c o m b a t planes a m o n th being situ a tio n as it was “ u n -re ve a le d ” to pa red fo r ? ” asked a b e a u tifu l c h ild
sta n d in g v ic to ry fo r G e rm a n y, won
R easonable F a cts
b u ilt, m e d iu m ta n ks ju s t sta rte d , 90- m e ( o ffic ia lly ) by a c e rta in o ffic ia l. o f 20.
a lm o s t w ith o u t Ita lia n aid exce pt in
I t is n o t ne cessa ry to r e ta in
m m . cannon fo r a n ti- a irc r a ft fire
In the fir s t place, e x p e rts here
The Red H a t sm iled.
the c lo sin g stages, was not o n ly a
fa c ts th a t w e m a y reason c o n ce rn
ju s t s ta rte d , and he a vy ta n ks not are con vin ced th a t even if he takes
“ Oh, p e rh a p s ,”
she answ ered,
se rio u s loss fo r B rita in , but it was
in g th e m .— B e a u m a rc h a is .
s ta rte d ye t. He voiced sharp c r it i A fric a , H itle r cannot feed and clothe " b u t th in g s a re going ra th e r w e ll.
m a rk in g an epoch in w a rfa re fro m
cism s o f the P re s id e n t's p ro du ction G e rm a n y and its a c q u ire d do m ain
O f course so m a n y o f m y hus
se v e ra l standpoints.
and lease-lend set-up, and it was w ith o u t a strong tra u e foo th old in
b a nd’s frie n d s com e do w n here to
The G e rm a n c la im a p p a re n tly was
fo llo w in g th is c r itic is m th a t the South A m e ric a .
s ’ Help to Relieve Distress of
ta lk to h im ab ou t p r io r itie s .”
ju s tifie d th a t it was the firs t a ir
P re sid e n t p ro m ised a re p o rt.
As one G e rm a n econom ist re ce n t
bo rne c a p tu re o f an island where
The
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B ut it was lik e ly th a t th is re p o rt * 1 ly put it to a fo rm e r A m e ric a n rep-
the a tta c k e r did not have c o n tro l of
p o lite to ask w h a t k in d o f s o c ia lis tic
would not com e u n til the 90-day re- ! re se n ta tive in B e rlin :
the w a te r lane se p a ra tin g it fro m
th in g a p r io r ity was o r w h e th e r it
q u ire d pe rio d was up, 12 weeks and
"S
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PER IO D IC
the m a in la n d .
m e a n t m o re taxes. A nd a fte r a ll
m ore a fte r the passage of the b ill.
p le m e n t fo r the expansion o f in du s th e ir husbands w ere o n ly m illio n
In the case o f the N o rw eg ia n in
A t a ll events it was p la in tha t the tria liz e d G e rm a n y in the field o f fo r
vasion, w h ich in some w ays was
a ire s. M rs . Red H a t was ob vio u sly
hiatus between congress vo tin g sev eign tra d e .”
Try Lydia E. P in k h a m ’s V egetable
s im ila r to C rete, the G erm an s did
the w ife of a d o lla r-a -y e a r m an.
Com pound to help relieve m o n th ly
en b illio n s o f d o lla rs to im p le m e n t
A
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but
it
I le ft th is c o lo rfu l c o rn e r o f the
c o n tro l the w a te r d iv is io n between
p
a in , h e a d a c h e s , b a c k a c h e a n d
the lease-lend b ill and the settin g
w ill ta ke a long tim e to e x p lo it the m .
ALSO calm Irritab le nerves d u e to
th e m se lve s and N o rw a y.
m o n th ly fu n ctio n al disturbances.
down in B ritis h hands o f the seven The N azis cannot w a it. Hence, South em e rge ncy scene. “ I f U n cle Sam
B u t in to C rete the y had to send
P ln k h am 's C om pound Is sim ply
b illio n s o f d o lla rs ' w o rth of w a r m a A m e ric a becom es the goal o f th e ir pays a d o lla r a y e a r fo r a m a n ,” I
m arvelous to help build u p resist
and su p p ly an a rm y in to a co u n try
m used, “ the frie n d o f the g e n e ra l
te r ia l was going to be considerable.
ance
ag ain st d istress of "difficult
tr ip le th re a t: econom ic, p o litic a l and ou gh t not to o b je c t to p a yin g a d o l
o ccu pied by the enem y, p re su m a b ly I
days.” Fam ous fo r over 60 years!
The consensus o f opin ion s as to m ilita r y .
H
undreds
of th o u san d s of girls an d
la
r
fo
r
a
p
o
n
y.”
an en em y in position to send re-
defense p ro d u ctio n was th a t the
women rep o rt rem arkable benefits.
N ow w h a t are we going to do
• • •
in fo rc e m e n ts and supplies by ship
WORTH
TRYING!
co u n try had done “ p re tty w e ll” in about it?
R a ilw a y E m p lo y e e s
to th e ir own forces.
the firs t y e a r, but th a t the c o u n try
T hree M ethods Open.
The hand-to-hand fig h tin g at the
N
e g le c t A n n u ity B en efits
was going to have to do "m u c h bet
T h e re are th re e m ethods w h ich the
b e g in n in g o f th is ca m p a ig n should t e r ” in the fu tu re .
W N U — 13
24—41
H ave you "b e e n w o rk in g on the
U n ited States can use to keep the
have been m ore to the ad van ta ge o f
r
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and
fo
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about
to ta lita ria n businessm en, the to ta li
the B ritis h , yet the p a ra c h u tis ts and
T im e o f L ife
ta ria n tra d e m ethods, the t o t a lit a r i it?
A lo n g life m a y not be good
g lid e rs a rriv e d in such force th a t
S trange as it m a y seem 300,000
an p o litic s out o f the W estern w o rld .
A
fterm
ath
the ad van ta ge ra p id ly w ilte d aw ay
enough, b u t a good life is lo n g
We can de a l w ith South A m e ric a ra ilro a d em ployees who w e re em
and the B ritis h found them selves
enough.—B e n ja m in F r a n k lin .
Some new spapers who had praised
ployed before 1937 have fa ile d to
by m eans of:
being pushed back by su p e rio r the P re s id e n t's fire sid e cha t to the
file sta te m e n ts w h ich w o uld e n title
1. \ o lu n t a r y co-operation.
forces, s u ffic ie n tly w e ll arm e d and highest, in the days th a t follow ed
th e m to fu ll a n n u ity s e rvice when
2. E n tice m e n t.
w e ll supplied to hold out and a w a it began to w r ite e d ito ria ls c r itic iz in g
Today’s popularity
the y re tire .
3. Pressure.
of Deen’s Pills, a fte r
th e ir a ir borne re in fo rce m e n ts.
the P reside nt fo r not c a rry in g out
THE
The r a ilro a d re tire m e n t bo ard in
N u m b e r 1 is not w a rfa re
N o r is
many years of world
T h a t the G erm an s them selves had his im p lie d prom ises.
wide use, surely must
it the old-fashioned "d o lla r-d ip lo m a - \ \ ashington has been sending out
be accepted as evidence
litt le confidence in the e x p e rim e n ta l
The P re s id e n t's press conference c y ” w h ich e xp lo ite d South and Cen notices and w r itin g le tte rs , u rg in g
of aorix/artorj use.
w a r was shown by the fact tha t both on the W ednesday fo llo w in g the t r a l A m e ric a n c o u n trie s fo r the good eve ryon e to spread the w o rd and
A nd favorable public
L
£»IM P L Y
opinion supports that
they and the Ita lia n s w ere ready
1 uesday o f his speech had been a of the fe w and m ad e us hated as s t ill a long lis t of nam es re m a in
of the able physicians
TOLD
w ith shiploads o f e x p e d itio n a ry sol shock, and it produced some pretty- the Colossus o f the N o rth .
who test the value of
I t is, w ith o u t the check m a rk ag ainst
d ie rs , and the G erm an s, at least, b itte r e d ito ria l com m e nt.
Doan’s under exacting
ho w e ver, " d o lla r s P L U S d ip lo m a th e m th a t shows they have sent in
. . .
laboratory conditions.
trie d to land th e irs and lost an an
1 nese physicians, too, approve every word
th e ir statem e nts.
The P re sid e n t, who had de m an d c y .”
of advertising you read, the objective of
nounced 5,000 men.
T h is m ethod is a lre a d y a t w o rk
ed "fre e d o m o f the seas” and had
Congress a u th o rize d the bo ard to
which is only to recommend D oom ' s Pills
B u t th is v e ry a tte m p t proved an p ro m ised any and a ll m easures nec I t consists o f loans to South A m e r i d e te rm in e in ad van ce o f a ra ilro a d
M.
.<««*«>« treatm ent for disorder
o th e r th in g —th a t fleets are v u ln e r essary to achieve this, tu rn e d around
of
the kidney function and for relief ot
c a ; c u ltu r a l a c tiv itie s and good w ill em ployee s re tire m e n t the am o u n t
“ e P « n and w o r r y it causes.
able to a tta c k fro m sw a rm s o f a ir and said th a t he d id n ’t m ean th a t pro paganda, genuine co-o pe ration c re d ita b le to his a n n u ity. The m a
If more people were aware of how the
planes.
R eports showed th a t the A m e ric a n ships had to go w here they
kidneys must constantly remove waste
in fin d in g c o m p le m e n ta ry ou tlets c h in e ry to do th is was cre a te d and
that cannot stay in the blood without in-
G e rm a n s
a llo tte d
hundreds
o f m ig h t be sunk, and he d id n 't th in k
w h ich w ill encourage a no rth -an d- a lre a d y n e a rly a m illio n ca rd s have
ju ry to health, there would be better u n
S tukas to th is a tta c k , and s u rv iv o rs he w ould a .K repeal o f the neutrality- south flow o f goods.
derstanding of why the whole body suffers
been filed.
when kidneys lag. and diu retic' raedica-
o f the plane-ship b a ttle , B ritis h s u r act, w h ich fo rb id ju s t th a t.
When we com e to n u m b e r 2. we
In th is d a y and age when so m a n y
t»cn would be more often employed.
v iv o rs , told storie s o f 20 Stukas
Burning, scanty or too frequent urina
m
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people are a n xio u s to c o lle c t m on ey
The A m e ric a n press began to won
tion sometimes w arn of disturbed kidney
a t a tu n e being assigned to each der w h e th e r the P re s id e n t's speech ■ w ill n e ve r be m e n tio n e d in any th a t is not co m in g to the m it seem s
Junction, you may suffer nagging back
ship, and th a t when they w ent aw ay had been ju s t w ords, and th a t his ! o ffic ia l sta te m e n t. We ha ve to figh t a sham e th a t people w ho have
ache, per«:stent headache, attacks of diz
ziness, getting up nights, swelling, puffi
th e ir places were take n by 20 others
po licy was going to be m uch w eak- j fire w ith fire , o r to be m o re lite ra l, earned an honest c re d it a re not ta k
ness under the eyes— feel weak, nervous,
N ow , the dive -b o m b e r is a p p a re n t e r than w h a t had been expected by | fig h t m a rk s w ith d o lla rs .
all played out.
in g ad vantage o f it.
L se Dean s Pills. I t is better to rely on
ly ab le to h it o r com e close to its o b the p u b lic fro m the speech. E ven '
In p la in u n va rn ish e d language, a
Ju st to help m a tte rs along, I s h a ll
*. medicine that has wen world-wide ac-
je c tiv e and it m akes a poor ta rg e t the a n ti-in te rv e n tio n is ts w ere fra n k la rg e p a rt o f m ethod 2 is “ g r a ft . " be g la d to fo rw a rd an y le tte r sent
l aim t ^ lan oa aorarthing less favorably
known. A sk y e w neighbor!
fo r a n ti- a irc r a ft fire , so great is its ly su rp rise d by the tu rn events had | You s lip a few w ell-chosen " g if t s ”
to m e in W ashington, to the p ro p e r
speed and so na rrow the a p p e a r taken, though th e ir th u n d e r d id not in to the rig h t pa lm s. I t is not nice
persons. So i f you w ere w o rk in g
ance o f its approach
b u t a fte r a ll w e a re ta lk in g about on the ra ilro a d before 1937 d ro p m e
lessen.
w a r-tim e co n d itio n s and it us fa r n ic a line.
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