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Newspaper Page TextOTP T0 1 U1MM OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918 Number 49 35th Year OREGOM CITY CO NEW ERA TEACHER FORGED MRS. JENNIE PETERSON LACKS PATRIOTISM IS REQUEST ED TO RESIGN WAS "CITIZEN OF HEAVEN" Woman Refused to Aid in Patriotic Movements Among School Children "I am not a citizen of this or any other country on earth. I am a citi zen of heaven." This is what Mrs. E. Jennie Peterson, teacher of the New Era school, told the school board last Thursday night when it met with Sheriff Wilson, Deputy U. S. Attor ney Earle C. Latourette and County School Superintendent Calavan to hear charges of disloyalty preferred against her. "That being the case, it is probab ly better that you get your reward in heaven than from the funds of the county," decided the board, and de manded her resignation on the spot. The trouble started several days ago, when Mrs. Peterson flatly re fused to aid the Thrift Stamp cam paign being carried on. throughout the schools of the county. "I cannot conscientiously do anything to pro long the war," she told Rural School Supervisor Brenton Vedder when he visited the school in the interests of the Thrift campaign on Wednesday morning. Mr. vedder decided to give her a chance to explain her stand to federal and county officials and her own school board, cbmposed of Elmer Veteto, Joseph Andre and Mrs. Minnie Anthony. Mrs. Peterson, whose husband lives in Portland, told the officials that she had offered to resign three weeks ago because she believed her acknow ledged lack of loyalty would be un popular. In view of this fact, she was allowed to present her resigna tion instead of being summarily dis missed. The resignation read as fol lows: "Secretary School Board. Dear Sir This is to tender my resignation from your school, taking effect Feb ruary 15, 1918. My reasons are on the religious grounds that I cannot participate in the selling of war stamps and otherwise enter into other activities of the war expected of schdol teachers at the present time. Very truly, MRS. E. JENNIE PETERSON." MRS. LIEUTENANT PARKER LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON Mrs. Lieutenant Charles Parker, formerly Miss Hazel Russell of Port land, a niece of ex-Mayor Albee, left for Washington, D. C, Friday night, to join her husband prior to his de parture for France. Lieutenant Parker has been in training at Camp Meade, Virginia, a few hours' ride from Washington, and telegraphed his wife to meet him at the national capital before he went "over there." Mrs. Parker has been living with her mother, Mrs. May Russel, here at Oregon City since her husband was called in the officers' reserve. SUES FOR EXTRA EXPENSES Askwith Files Against Richardson, et. al., for $453.00 " H. A. Askwith last Thursday filed suit against C. F. Richardson, First State Bank of Milwaukie, Richard W. Scott and the Highland Plumbing company for an aggregate sum of $453. Askwith is a contractor and", the complaint alleges, entered into an agreement to build a house for Rich ardson for a certain sum. For this Richardson gave him a note on the First State Bank of Milwaukie, to become payable oh the completion of the contract. In the meantime Ask with and Richardson made another agreement for additional expenditur es in the construction of the house. When the dwelling was completed, Askwith alleges, the bank and Rich- ardson would only advance him cash on the original note. Therefore he asks for $348 for the extra labor, $100 for attorney's fees and $5 for filing costs. Are You Guilty? "That person who wilfully hoards any necessities shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding $5,000 or be imprisoned for more than two years, or both. Necessities shall be deemed hoarded when either held, contracted for, or arranged for by any person in a quantity in excess of his reasonable requirements for use and consumption for himself and depen dents for a reasonable time. U. S, Food Administration Act, passed Aug. 10, 1917. Moral Character High But 2,001 men have been exempted on the ground of "moral deficiency." This phrase was defined by the Pres ident's regulation to include persons convicted and sentenced for felony in any court of record. Tl QUIT YOUTHFUL PICKETS HAILED INTO COURT FIVE SCHOOLGIRLS, AGES 8 TO 12, TAKEN UP FOR ANNOY ING MILL WORKERS After a strict lecture from County. Judge Anderson Monday . evening, five girls, ranging in age from 8" to 12 years, were temporarily released from custody, after being charged with making themselves obnoxious to non-union papermill workers. The girls are Bertha, Bittner, daughter of Mack Lake; Stefina Martinjak, daughter of Frank Martinjak; Ste tina Sajovic, daughter of Frank Saj ovic; and Leone and Cozette Ice, daughters of Raleigh Ice. The youngsters had established a picket-line on the suspension bridge, and awaited the crowd of non-union workers returning to Oregon City from the Crown-Willamette mills at West Linn. Oregon City has strict ordinances forbidding strikers and unionists from interfering with the papermakers or annoying them in any way. Knowing that the children, if arrested, could not be punished under the regular law and could only be held to account by the delinquency law of the juvenile department, offic ials believing that the strikers them selves are responsible for the organ ization of tho youthful picket-line. This theory is further strengthened by the fact that several of the little girls' parents were with them at the time of the arrest; had, in fact, been with them when Court Matron Mrs. M. E. Church had previously warned the children to go home. Matron Church, seeing the line or ganize during the afternoon, advised the children to leave the bridge and go home, but they refused, several of them impertinently. When the paper mill workers began crossing the bridge, the children did everything possible to annoy them, calling "scab!" and "rat!," accompanied by much hissing and cat-calling, to the great enjoyment of the strikers. When Matron Church finally marched the septet before Judge An derson, one and all vigorously denied their guilt. Whether or not juvenile court charges will be preferred is not known. HUNDRED MORE CALLED FOR DRAFT EXAMINATION Upon receipt' of telegraphic orders from the Adjutant General's office, the local draft board last Thursday sent out calls for one hundred more draft registrants to appear for phys ical examination. The men are to re port today and Friday. Approximately 300 young men have been examined here so far for the second draft. The examinations were halted abruptly by orders from headquarters several days ago. Now they are ordered continued, so that Clackamas will have its share of men ready for the "Ninety-Thousand Call" that Uncle Sam will issue early in March. FOUR MORE CLACKAMAS COUNTY BOYS ENLIST Four local boys voluntarily enlist ed in different branches of the serv ice Monday. Sam and Albert Mar tin, sons of a well-known family in the Hoff district, joined the Spruce division of the aviation corps Mon day morning and left in the after noon for the Vancouver barracks. Oliver Leek and Roy A. Jones ob tained their release from the local draft board and enlisted in the Unit ed States Marines. They left Tues day, presumably for the Mare Island naval station in San Francisco bay. HIGH SCHOOL TO UNVEIL GREAT SERVICE FLAG The Oregon City high school will unveil a service flag of 45 stars at 2 p. m. Friday. An appropriate pa triotic program will be presented. The high school is at present at work on a big frame containing the photographs of all its boys who have enlisted in the army or navy. The dedication is to take place in the near future. Rev. E. E. Gilbert, of the Metho dist church, will be the principal speaker tomorrow. Look Who's Joined Our Staff (Ed. note The Courier has always been modest about singing its own praises, ui course we have, on occasion, admitted that we publish the best weekly paper in the entire state, but there has always been some good cause, as at the present time when we print the following contribution from Mary Frances Cox, poet laureate of Bend, Oregon.) "What are you knitting, my pretty maid? She purled, then dropped a stitch. "A sock or sweater, Bir," she said, "And 'darned' if I know which." Cook Sues Shaver W. H. Cook brought action against W. A. Shaver Monday in the circuit court, to recover $93 alleged to be due on a former lease existing be tween the two parties on a large tract of land near Molalla. GERMAN EGOTISM SHIN 81 LETTER GERMAN GIRL DEMONSTRATES SPIRIT OF NATION IN LETTER TO FRIEND CONCEIT IS UNBELIEVABLE Even Adam and Eve Were Dutch men, German Preachers Gravely Assert The following letter taken from the Harness, Shoe Findings and Leather Record, brought to our attention by Mr. F. H. Cross of this city, is pub lished with the view of broadening the vision of some of those who might find it in their hearts to give Germany the benefit of a doubt in the present war and also to show what an educated German young lady real ly thinks about the conflict: "Frankfort on Oder, July 20, 1916. "My dear Louise: The contents of your last letter would have hurt me had I not known that your thoughts of our glorious war resulted from sheer ignorance. You are in a coun try rendered effeminate by the influ ence of old-fashioned ideas of liberty a country which is at least two cen turies behind ours. You are in need of a good dose of Prussian culture. "It is evident that you, a Swiss girl, can not understand how my heart, the heart of a young German girl, passionately desired this war. Speaking of it some years ago, my father said to us: 'Children, Germatiy is getting too small for us; we shall have to go to France in order to And more room.' Is it our fault if France will not understand that more money and land are necessary for us? "And you reproach us that our sol diers have been very cruel to the Belgian rabble, and you. speak also of the destruction of Rheims, and of the burning of villages and towns. Well, that is war. As in every other undertaking, we are past masters in the making of war. You have a great deal to learn before you can come up to our standard, and I can assure you that what has been dont so far is a mere bagatelle compared with what will follow. "As a matter of fact, there is but one race worthy of ruling the world, and which has already attained the highest degree of civilization. That race is ours, the Prussians; for though we Germans in general ara the lords of the world, the Prussian is undoubtedly the lord par excellence among the Germans. All other na tions, and among them, unfortunate ly, the Swiss, are degenerate and of inferior worth. That is why I have always been so proud of being a true Prussian. "Yesterday, again, our pastor ex plained to us convincingly that our first parents, Adam and Eve, were also Prussians. That is quite easy to understand, because the Bible tells us that the German God created us all after his own image. If, then, all men are descended from Adam and his wife, it follows that only Prus sians, or at least Germans, ought to exist in the world, and that all who push on and prosper ought to belong to us. You must admit that that is logic; and that is why our motto is 'God with us; Germany above every thing.' "You -know now why we wished this war. Is it not shameful that other nations, who have no right to existence on the earth, wish to dimin ish our heritage? We are the divine fruit and the others are only weeds, That is why our great emperor has decided to put an end to all these in justices and to extirpate the weeds. Do you understand that now? "I remain, your school friend, "Katie Hamel." Prof. Bowland Heads Auxiliary At the organization of the Fathers of Soldiers and Sailors last Thursday night, Prof. J. R. Bowland was elect ed president, and E. H. Cooper secre tary. A committee to draw up a con stitution and by-laws was also nam ed, consisting of the following: J. W, Draper, Rev. W. T. Milliken, O. E, Freytag and A. M. Sinnott. Three Enlist in Spruce Division Three more Clackamas county men recently enlisted in the spruce divis ion of the aviation corps. They left for the Vancouver barracks last Thursday. They are Emile L. Kleino, Oscar, Gunderson and Willie Fisher. All were in class I of the draft. Sues to Collect for Labor R. D. Morris last Wednesday filed a complaint against J. E. Morgan for the sum of $236.01, alleged to be due Morris for services rendered be tween October 20, 1917, and Febru ary 4, 1918. Attorney J. F. Clark fil ed the suit for the plaintiff. - K. of S. In New Home The Knights of Security have mov ed from the Moose to the Woodmen hall. Hereafter they will meet on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, commencing on February 19. CLUB IS ORGANIZED BY SOLDIERS' DADS t . - FATHERS OF SOLDIERS-SAILORS EXPECTS 200 MEMBERS BY NEXT MEETING The fathers of the soldiers and sailors who have entered the army from Clackamas county met on Tues day evening, February 19 to perfect an organization. The personnel of the membership is expressed in sec tion one of the by-laws, which reads: "The fathers, grandfathers, broth ers and foster-fathers of any of the enlisted (drafted included) Clacka mas county men engaged in active military service of the United States of America and its allies, shall be eligible to membership in this organ ization." The purpose of the organization is expressed as follows: "The purpose and object of this organization shall be to gather as ac curate information as can properly and reasonably be obtained concern ing the conditions and circumstances of the Clackamas county, Oregon, enlisted boys, and to work continu ously during the continuance of the present war for their well-being." Temporary organization resulted in-! the election of Prof. John R. Bow land as chairman, and E. H. Cooper as secretary. A committee on the constitution consisting of Messrs. J. W. Draper, O. E. Freytag, A. M. Sin nott and W. T. Milliken, was chosen. Some 19 fathers have signed the charter, which is still open. The regular meetings of the asso ciation will be held at 8 p. m. on the first Tuesday of each month, the next being on the evening of March 5. Four standing committees are to be appointed, an Executive commit tee, consisting of president, secre tary and three other members; a Membership committee; a Finance committee, and a committee on Co operation, whose duty is to get into touch with all other organizations with similar objects and with mili tary and Red Cross officials. An annual membership fee of one dollar is all the expense connected with the body. Any father of a sol dier or sailor Bon in thi cpunty may become a member. . The charter will be held open until after the next meeting, and it is expected that it will start off with at least a couple of hundred members. LAW SEIZES ANOTHER LOT OF FIRE-WATER BEN JELLENS AND 8 QUARTS OF "DAGO RED" RUN AFOUL OF AUTHORITIES Another booze haul was made here Tuesday when Ben Jellens, a Slavon ian lumberjack, was nabbed with eight quarts of that doubtful concoc tion known as "Dago Red." "Mebbe you get my eight quart. the somewhat inebriated Mr. Jellens gravely informed the officials, "but I got two quart' more you don't get, yes." "Where's that?" Deputy Sheriff Henry Hughes, who made the arrest, wanted to know. "Already I drink her, yes," stated Mr. Jellens, with apparent satisfac tion. Circumstantial evidence and the gentleman's breath combined in substantiating his statement. The arrested man is a resident of Oregon City. He had been employ ed in lumbering operations at Falls City, Oregon, and upon his return set out to celebrate. He was waiting to board a Portland interurban car when Deputy Hughes, noting the man's condition and the suspicious appearance of the big grip which he carried, placed him under arrest. THRIFT STAMPS ARE BEST AMERICAN INVESTMENT Seven reasons for saving and in vesting in Thrift stamps and. War Savings stamps: I 1. Save for your country's sake, because it is now spending millions a day, and must find most of the money out of savings. 2. . Save for your own sake, be cause work and wages are plentiful and, while prices are high now, a dollar will buy more after the war. 3. Save, because, when you spend, you make other people work for you, and the work of everyone is needed now to win the war. 4. Save, because by saving, you make things cheaper for everyone, especially for those who are poorer than you. 5. Save, because, by going with' out, you relieve the strain on ships, docks and railways, and make trans portation cheaper and quicker. 6. Save, because, by saving you set an example that makes it easier for the next man to save. A saving nation is an earning nation. 7. Save, because every time you save you help twice, first when you don't spend, and again when you lend to the nation. "Economy makes happy homes and sound nations. Instill it deep." George Washington. ATTEMPTED DRAFT El GIRL WIFE OF WELL KNOWN YOUNG FARMER CUTS OFF HIS TRIGGER FINGER BOTH NOW FEDERAL PRISONERS Jesse Merle Jones Tries Extreme Measures to Get Out of Serving in Army When Jesse Merle Jones, a young farmer living near Mulino, was plac ed in class I by the local draft classi fication board, he promptly went home and got his wife to chop off his trig ger finger with an ax. He has now been turned over to federal authori ties. , " Jones is 22 years of age. He and his wife have been living at the home of his father, W.. H. Jones, a pioneer of the Mulino district. When the local draft board, after having put young Jones in the first division, discovered that he had mys teriously lost his trigger finger since being examined and passed, they sub-, poenaed him and his father to appear and explain the matter. Their sep arate statements, heard in Deputy District Attorney Burke's office, were at wide variance as to how the acci dent occured. Young Jones was then placed in jail to await further exami nation. Friday night he lost his nerve and made a complete confession to Deputy Burke, Assistant U. S. At torney Latourette and County Cferk Harrington, admitting that his first statement was false. "I thought I would be of more use at home than at the front," he told the authorities, "so I asked my wife if she would cut off my trigger finger so I could not serve in the army. She said she would. She cut it off with an ax. Then she fixed it up tempor arily for me, and I came in to Ore gon City and got Dr. Strickland to dress it." . . .. In Jones' first statement, he said that his wife had been cutting wood and that he, standing near the chop ping block, slipped and grabbed the block to catch himself just as the ax came down. His father, on the con trary, swore under oath that he had accidentally cut off his son's finger. The conflicting statements ' landed young Jones in jail until the matter could be threshed out: When the authorities, after hearing Jones' statement, confronted him with that of his father, he broke down and made a complete confession. The young man was married but a few , months ago in Vancouver. Soon after his marriage, he says he read that men who had married after the draft would not be granted ex emption or even deferred classifica tion. A relative of his, he says, also under the draft, suggested to him: "You cut off my finger and I'll cut off yours." The authorities are look ing up the young man referred to. "I knew they'd get me for some kind of service," Jones stated to fed eral authorities at Portland, where he was sent after his confession, "but I thought if I had my trigger finger gone they'd probably put me in the spruce division, or something (Continued on Page 12) RED CROSS TO HOLD EN TERTAINMENT AT STONE The Stone Red Cross auxiliary will give an entertainment and social February 22 at the Stone church. W. T. Milliken of the First Baptist, church, Oregon City, will give a pa triotic address. Baskets and refresh ments will be sold by the ladies. Proceeds are to be used to buy ma terial for the Red Cross. All are invited. Don't forget the date Feb ruary 22, 1918, 2 p. m. "CLAIRE" IS LAUNCHED Third Steamer Is Added to Willa metta Fleet When the river steamer "Claire" was launched at the Portland Ship building company's ways Friday af ternoon, the Willamette Navigation fleet plying between Oregon City, Portland, Camas and way points was increased to three carriers. The "Claire" will start on schedule in three weeks. She is a sister craft of the "Lang," operated by the same company. Chief Lavier Renominated Fire Chief Ed Lavier was Wed nesday night nominated to succeed himself as head of Cataract Hose company 2. The annual election of chief, assistant chief and three com missioners is to be held Monday, March 4. Small Paper Money Issued To meet the shortage of small silver change in Norway a large issue of 1-crown notes (at normal exchange the Norwegian crown is worth 26.8 cents United States currency) has been put in circulation. FAILURE COMMISSION WILL REDUCE PHONE RATES COMMITTEE FROM LIVE WIRES IS SUCCESSFUL. IN EFFECT IMMEDIATELY Resulting principally from the ac tivities of the Oregon City Live Wires the Public Service Commission at Portland yesterday ordered the Pacific Telephone company to reduce its long distance rates between Port land, Oregon City and Salem. The reduction is material, amounting to 50 between Oregon City End Port land. On January 1 the telephone people decided it was time for them to horn in on the popular idea of boosting the price of everything and blaming it on the defenseless war, so they doub led their long distance tolls between here arid Portland. Under the new ruling of the commission the old rates must be restored immediately. M. D. Latourette and E. E. Brb die represented the Oregon City Live Wires at the hearing of the com mission in Portland on Wednesday. Milwaukie, Oak Grove, Oswego and other towns were represented by delegations. New rates to go into effect are: From Portland to Milwaukie or Oak Grove, 5 cents for first 2 minutes and 5 cents for each additional 5 minutes. From Milwaukie or Oak Grove to Portland, no charge for first 5 min utes and 5 cents for each additional 3 minutes. Oregon City-Portland rates will be the same as before the increase of January 1. "WEWANT0URC0WSAND VICTROLA" WAIL THE KERRS Suit to recover possession of al most a hundred different articles, ranging from 3 head of livestock down through a shoving-mug and ending up with an oak-finish Victrola, was instituted Saturday by Alex M. and Annella Kerr .against C. G. and Ella M. Ellison. The property involved amounts to $175. The plaintiffs ask in addition $25 damages for having their prop erty illegally withheld from them. . How the Ellisons , came to be in possession of all this property, w hkh, from the lists, looks like an inven tory of one of the well-known Wool- worth establishments, is not set forth in the complaint. It is merely stat ed that the property is being held on a ranch two miles from the town of Butteville, Clackamas county. BILL BLACK WILL OFFER LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY The local classification board last Thursday received quite a jolt when it deciphered the following statement from the questionnaire of one Wil liam James Black, a husky young farmer of the Estacada district: "I am a pacifist and constitutionalist who holds the law unconstitutional and immoral." Sheriff Wilson decided that it would be a legal and physical im possibility to make a man fight when he doesn't want to. However, they can get him as far as the first-line trenches, and then, to quote the words of the vaudevillian, "let him use his own judgment." William James Black is now in Class I. COURT VOIDS NOTE Fred Moser Wins Decision From Brother In Recent Suit Fred Moser was awarded a .decree voiding a note signed by him and held by his brother Samuel in the circuit court on Saturday. Fred Moser gave the note to his father originally as a guarantee that he would keep the latter's farm in good condition. The note was to become payable immediately if the maker should allow the farm to de teriorate during the life of the elder Moser. Fred Moser is admitted to have kept the property in good con dition up to the time of his father's death, when his brother, appointed administrator of the' estate, found the note among his father's effects and threatened, to have it appraised as an asset of the estate. Britain. Loses But Few Soldiers Now that American troops are tak ing their places in the trenches, at tention is again directed to an esti mate by the Secretary of War, that the losses up to June 1, 1917, of the British expeditionary forces from deaths in action and from wounds amounted to but 7 per cent of the total of all men sent to France since the beginning of the war. The ratio of losses of this character today, be cause 'of improved tactics, isiless than 7 to every 100 men. Soldier's Claims Protected Secretary Lane has recommended a bill for the further protection of men engaged in the present war who prior to entering the service had initated claims on public lands. A second training camp will be held at Porto Rico, starting Febru ary 1. The attendance of 400 will be selected from citizens and resi dents of Porto Rico. PICKET LAI DIES THIRD Til ANOTHER FLAW IS FOUND IN NEWEST ANTI-PICKETING ORDINANCE COUNCIL HAS BUSY SESSION Raises Junk Licenses Kills Ordi nance Postponing Election of Fire Chiefs For the 'steenth time Oregon City's fabled anti-picket ordinance has gone on the reefs again. The latest wreck occurred at the special meet ing of the city council Monday night. This time it was the substitution of a period for a semi-colon that punc tured the good ship and sent her down to a watery grave, where al ready lie her two predecessors. According to precedent, the city dads have got to kill at least one anti-picketing ardinance at the begin ning of every session. The same time-honored custom requires that before the meeting comes to a close, they must introduce another new anti picketing ordinance for first reading, so they will have something to kill the next time they meet. An ordinance modelled after that in vogue in Portland, requiring all second-hand and junk dealers to keep an accurate record of all goods pass ing through their hands was created at Monday night's meeting. The object of the ordinance is so that stolen goods, if released in these channels, may be easily traced. Junk dealers' license fees were increased to $5 per quarter. In official recognition of a petition signed by some 60 firemen, the Coun cil allowed the fire department elec tion ordinance, now. up for considera tion, to die a natural death. In consequence the regular annual election of officials of the fire depart ment will be ' held early in March. The late lamented ordinance1 aimed to abolish the coming election, and let the officials elected in 1917 hold forth for another year. ' The Council also 'passed a resolu tion requesting congress to enact protective legislation that the water supply of the city may not be en dangered. Under the lieu land act, a part of the Oregon City water reserve on the Clackamas river recently fell into the hands of a railroad company, and, knowing the natural tendencies of great railroad corporations and al so the fact that : the town is dry anyway, the Council wishes the assurance of protection for the city's water supply. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS CLACKAMAS CIRCUIT COURT The Supreme court Friday upheld the decision of the Clackamas coun ty court in rendering a judgment of $1687 in favor of O. C. Purdy against I. C. Underwood. The supreme court further allowed Mr. Purdy interest at the rate of 6 per cent on the money ever since the circuit court's decision was given on September 12, 1916, $44.60 costs were assessed against the appelant and $35 against Mr, Purdy. W. F. Harris and Fred B. Madison, who acted as sureties for Mr. Underwood on his appeal were held as parties to the judgment. ORDNANCE CLASS TAKES HALF MILLION INSURANCE When the war is over and Lieu tenant C. C. Jeremiah returns to civil life, he may qualify as a life insurance agent. Lieutenant Jeremiah has charge of the ordnance class in the University of Oregon school of commerce. Last week he received a circular from the war department advising that his men are eligible to take out insurance under provisions of the law recently passed by congress up to a maximum limit of $10,000 per man. He presented the plan to the men and that night he sent in an applica tion for $610,000 worth of insurance from the sixty-five men in his class, so it is easy to figure that nearly every man went to the limit. "EVERYBODY'S DOING IT;" , EVEN MEN KNIT 0CKS B. A. Anderson has the honor of being the first man in Clackamas county to solve the mysterious art of knitting sox for the soldiers. B. A. invaded the local Red Cross head quarters Monday with a pair of hose of his own manufacture proudly tucked under his arm. Mr. Anderson is 61 years of age. He was taught the "knack of knit ting" by his wife, an active member of the local Red Cross, who herself has already turned in 21 fine pairs of woolen sox. Uncle Sam wants you to get the Thrift stamp habit so that you will go on saving just the same after the war ends.