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By FRANK MELONtsT' '
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher ; ! ,
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Portland's Nurseries
Readers may recall that some weeks ago The
Statesman protested against
and operations of huge nurseries at the Kaer
shipyards in Portland. It seems that Portland
women interested in child welfare. Protested
and carried then-objection to.the chndren.
bureau in Washington, with the result that the
architect's drawings of the great and expensive
nurseries remain architect's drawings only
At the recent meeting of the State Federation
of Woman's dubs, Mrs- Saidie Orr Dunbar in
resoonse to queries, related the facts which led t History is full of instances of surrender of f or
J r shivinff of the projects.' The nurseries ! tified cities in the face of overwhelming sea
were proposed for children from six months to
six years of age. How would the babies be trans
ported on street car or bus when women go to
work? Women work at various shifts; would the
children be brought home at all hours? ! Why
group 500 children in one spot (and that in the
immediate vicinity of a prime bomb target)
when experience shows the wisdom of gather
ing children in much smaller groups? Consider
ing the number of nurses and other persons re
quired for transporting and caring for children
for three shifts a day, five days a week, what
expense, both in woman-power as well as mon
ey would be incurred. What about the use of es
sential materials, lumber, wiring, plumbing
fixtures, nails, etc., for building these nurseries,
as well as use of badly-needed carpenters and
mechanics in erecting them? f
Instead of two or three big nurseries, what the
Portland women are planning is a great many
' small nurseries scattered over the cities of
Portland, Vanport and Vancouver, to take care
of small groups of children, as near to home as
possible. These are financed in part by feder
al funds, with part of the cost coming from the
wages of the parents of the children. The cost
will be far less than that of the giant nurseries,
and the results are expected to be better, j
Mrs. Dunbar emphasized this, however, that
mothers of children under 14 should not take
jobs in war industries, unless they have some
one who will take good care of the children.
The country needs to conserve its children as
well as employ its man and woman-power in
war production. The temptation of high wages
should not lead mothers to neglect their fam
ilies. Others without such, family responsibili
ties should take the war jobs. j
Mrs. Dunbar and the other good women of
Portland have rendered fine service for j their
country and for our children by insisting on
sound programs of child care: first, proper care
in the home; second, where the mother must go
' out .to;work, suitable nursery schools and play
centers for children.
War Song Stil'Lost Chord' 1
. Alternately red, white, and blue in the face
but never all three at once, is Tin Pan Alley. For
more than eighteen months the United States
has been formally at war. And even yet the war
song the big one that everyone will sing, whis-
tie or hum; the one to whose music the boys will
march into Rome, Berlin and Tokyo in that or
der; this war's successor to George M. Cohan's
Over There" hasn't been written. The Alley
by now is downright touchy about it.
-Corroboration of one's judgment in "artistic
matters is gratifying. The Statesman proved to
be right in its opinion that not one of the flood
of songs turned out over the Pearl Harbor week
end would hit the jackpot. It was right again
in heralding "Praise the Lord" as the nearest
thing to "the" song up to the moment of its ap
pearance. The little jingle has sold half a mil-
- lion copies of sheet music and a million' and a
half phonograph records. On both counts it is
topped slightly by "White Cliffs of Dover" to
which this column has also paid its respects but
which for three reasons may be considered in-
eligible. First, it is a British song with British;
references; second, it belongs to the war period :
before United States entry; third, it is one of
the "depressives" which the men in service
won't sing. That last objection applies also to
"When the Lights Go on Again," which ranks
just below "Praise the Lord." ;
Ahead of "Praise the Lord" in sheet music
sales but far below it in phonograph record de
mand are "There's a Star Spangled Banner
Waving Somewhere" which hasn't been plugged
much but is outstandingly popular in the middle
south, and "Army Air Corps" which was writ
ten before the war broke out in Europe. Con
sidering the relative lengths of time these lead-,
ers have been on the market, "Praise the Lord'
has been the biggest hit to date but as every
one knows,, it has slipped badly. It isn't being
sung much now. A;';,5! '
Critics concede that conditions are unfavor-
- able for the appearance of an "Over There" for.
this war. Any song needs a , lot of plugging,
which costs money, and song publishers are like
Hollywood in their dislike for gambling. They'd
rather stick to a tested recipe love songs. Yet
'the success of these few is proof that the public
wants war songs, so it's practically certain "the"
was song isn't merely hiding in soma pigeon
hole. It just hasn't been written yet, 3 i
Long Service . i
There art very few ministers who labor in
one field for a quarter of a century. That Is the
remarkable record of Rev. H. C Stover In the
Keright " Memorial church in Salem. 3 He has
served here since 1914, with the exception of a
four-year; period spent, in another charge.
Though he was given permanent tenure by his
; congregation a few years ago, he is resigning
to enter a new-field of labor at Enterprise. When
a good man goes, it is conventional to say that
his works follow him. In the case of Rev. Mr.
Stover his multitude of good' works, in his
church and in the community, remain as proof
of his worth. "
Adding the new income tax law to Oregon's
community.property law will give tax attorneys
and accountants the heebie-jeebies for sure.
"No Tavor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Au
From First Statesman. March 28, 1851
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Navy and Blockade
The surrender of Pantelleria and Lempedusa
is hailed as ihe first triumph of air power, the
successful reduction of enemy-held territory
without the'use of landing parties In the former
style' of invasion.. '; ; . I "
While airpower may be counted as decisive
in point of time due credit must be given to
surface and ' sub-surface vessels of (; the , navy,
Sunnlips and reenf orcements could i not reach
them. Without air
undoubtedly have
power. Malta, on the other hand, is an example
of where a citadel under heavy air attack was
able to hold out because the British were able
to get supply ships through.
Air power Is a vast and terrible force, but it
does require coordinate arms on the surface,
ships at sea and foot soldiers on the land. It has
been the navy slugging it out with the enemy
which has kept control of the ocean, has brought
up supplies for the army and air force, has
transported men and equipment. " . i :
In hailing the victories at Pantelleria and
Lampedusa as proof of air power, do not forget
the contribution of the fleets both in blockading
the enemy and furnishing supplies to our own
forces. The same combination can be relied on
in future actions; navy to blockade and convoy,
air force to pummel and foot soldiers to occupy.
This will doubtless be followed in clearing the
Mediterranean, and in cutting Japan's life-line
of empire, the island chain which is no stronger
than its weakest link. - i , .
News Behind
The News
By PAUL MALLON
(Distribution by King reetur 8yndicat. In. Repro
duction tn whole or fn Dart strictly prohibited.)
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WASHINGTON, June 14 The significant thing
about the Crinese successes on the central front is
that' they herald the first occasions in which the
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power the surrender would
occurred, but at a later data.
Chinese have . ever enjoyer a
superior air force over their
group troops.
The short-clipped, unreveal
ing communiques from 'Chung
king, therefore, incidentally
have disclosed that the Chinese
at last have put into the field
a small but growing air force.
In times past General Chen
nault, the f great American
fighter, has been able to ac-
faai Manom cumulate a superiority for raids
upon specific localities, particularly in the south,
but he always had to operate on a hit and run
basis. Never in all the five years of China's strug
gle have her troops been able to get air protection
front the terrorizing scream and demoralizing at
tacks of the Jap dive bombers in battle. ;
This time, th Chinese strafed the Jap vehicles
and troops. The turn of air affairs in China should
bring a sharp improvement of morale among the
ground troops.
Aside from this phase, however, it is necessary to
report that the successful Chinese actions do not
indicate the imminence of a general Chinese of
fensive. The Japanese general at Hankow, who has about
eight divisions under his command on the central
front (roughly about 120,000 - men), decided to
strike out for food," without receiving. 'reinforce
ments from Tokyo. His objectives were to seize
storehouses of rice and press into the mountains, .
exploiting any military advantages he could find.
The attack was hot an all-out offensive on his
part either, but the Chinese were able not only to
resist his advance successfully. They forced him to
retreat even behind the last line he had marked off -for
retirement in case his plan went wrong. !
What has happened to the Japanese war effort?
It is now exactly a year since the last major Jap-
anese operation (attack on Midway June t.) The
large Japanese army and navy have done nothing
momentous in 12 months. Particularly, Tokyo has
failed to develop any of the promised and threat- .
ened lines of attack. l'-i il X
It has not reinforced its occupational army in
China sufficiently to start a general drive. Its big
army in Manchuria has been sitting on the Soviet
border inactive. - J ,
Indeed, this army disregarded the golden oppor
tunity presented last summer when its ally Hitler
was hammering at Stalingrad, and the Soviets were
so hard pressed that Stalin had to withdraw troops
from the Manchukuo front. ' 1 '
The promised thrusts at Australia and India have
not been made, nor has any threat been made to
Alaska. , r-; ;J; ; . ; "i - - l::;f-
Has anything happened internally to the Japan
ese war machine to demoralize it and make it break
down? Has the lack of merchant shipping prevented
Tokyo from' organizing new drives? Has the Jap
anese air force suffered so severely as to reqpire .
, its reorganization? .: ."-'s
Authorities here do not know the answers to
these questions, but the strange continuing status
on the far Pacific front afords room 'for heavy
doubts that the Japs have everywhere accepted a -,.
defensive strategy voluntarily.
Never before Pantelleria raised the white flag
has any island fort or stronghold surrendered to
air attacks. Such capitulations always have been -made
before to surface, land or naval assaults. X
Malta held out for years against intermittent
axis bombardments, although these were nothing
like the intensity of the final 48 hours of the fort
ress bombardments of Pantelleria. Corregidor fell :
only after the Japanese made a successful landing
in force.
The spot of Pantelleria itself amounts to little In
our scheme of military affairs. It has only one air
field, which will help us In providing more combat
plane protection for bambing the Italian mainland,
but this phase of Its capture is not significant
The real importance is the suggestion of what
may now be done in Italy and elsewhere on the
continent Any small place of our choosing appar
ently can be made untenantable by the concentra
tion of our air power. 1 "
This power is vaster than anything known before
in bombing war, and perhaps can continue to bring
results beyond any known before and beyond our
former expectations.
Yankee 'Bell Ringers'
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KSLM TUESDAY 1XM Ka.
T Nws.
T ASRIM'S' Shine.
t30 Nvws.
t?S Morntni Stooda,
8 0 Orcbaatra.
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S J Tango Tim.
rOO Pastort Call.
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9:90 Farm Hoot Programa,
t .45 Music
10 World la Review.
19MA Song and A Dane.
11 JO Hit of Yesteryear.
11 My-JCSLM Praaanta.
110 MUlaraette C. ChapeL
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11:15 Newf.
12 J30 Hlllbbllly Sarenada.
11:35 MaUne.
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1 :15 Announcer's Cbolc.
1:45 Broaa way sana wagoav
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4.-00 Mexican Marimba.
4:15 Nawa.
4 :SO Teatima Tub.
5 W Hotnaspun Trio.
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SdO Novalettaa.
.-00 Tonight's Headline.
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8 M Evening Serenade.
6:45 Soldiers of the Praaa, '
I 0 News.
T.-05 Texas Jim Lewis.
10 Keystone Karavan. ,
S AO War Fronts In Review.
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AO News. '
9 IS Don Allen and HU Orca.
t:30 Guest Nigh U
10 AO Serenade.
10 JO News. v.
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SAO Northwest Farm Reporter.
S:1S Breakfast Bulletin, x
6 JO Texas Rangers.
5 KOIN Klock.
7:15 Wake Up News.
T JO Dick Joy. News.
1:45 Nelson Pringla. News.
S AO Consumer News.
- 8:1 Valiant Lady.
8 JO Stories America Lovea.
85 Aunt Jenny.
S AO Kate Smith Speaks.
8:15 Big Sister.
JO Romance of Bales Trent
9:45 Our Gal Sunday.
r 10 AO Llf e Can Be BeauUfui.
10:15 Ma Perkins.
10 JO Vie and Sad.
10-45 The Goldbergs.
11 AO Young Dr. Melon.
11:15 Joyce Jordan.
II JO We Love and !sra.
115 News.
12 .15 Bob Anderson. News. .
v 12 JO William Winter. Nawa.
12 AS Bachelor's Children.
.- 1 AO Home Front Reporter.
I JO Uncle Sam.
1:45 Mountain Musi.
, 2:00 Newspaper at the Ah.
; 2 JO This ULi Is Mlnev
ls Keep the Horn Fire Burning.
SAO News.
1:15 Songs.
1 JO Concert.
:-1:45 News. -
4 AO Raffle. '
4:15 Sam Hayes..
4 JO American Melody Hour.
SAO Songs.
, 5 JO Harry Flannery. ' -8:45
News.
85 Cecil Brown.
AO Burns and Allan.
JO Report to the Nation.
- TAO Suspense.
V:30 Congress -Speaks.
' IAS John B. Kennedy.
1 SAO I Love A Mystery.
S:1S Harry James Orchestra. .
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9:O0 Al Joison.
JS News.
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10A0 Five Star FtnaL
10:15 Wartime Women. r .
10 JO Air-Flo of the Air.
10r45 Music.
II AO Orchestra,
1130 Orchestra.
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11 AO to 8 a. m Musle and Ha
KEXBN TUESDAY lite K. .
AO We'r , Up Too. ; . .
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JO NaUonal Farm and Hoase.
85 Western Agriculture. ,
' 7 AO Life and th Land.
s 1:15 Music f Vienna.
. 1 JO News.- .-
1:45 Gene and Glenn,
SAO Breakfast Club. : "
: AO My True. Story.
JO Breakfast at Sardfa, .
10 AO Baukhag Talking.
10:15 Th Gospel Singer. '
18 JO Andy and Virginia.
15 Th Baby Institute.
11 AO Woman' World,
lias Th Mystery Chef.
11 JO Hank Lawson's Knights.
12 AO Songs. - ..
lias Mews.
13 J8 Livestock Repartee.
115 News. s
. 1 AO Blue Newsroom Revo.
1 AO What's Doing. Ladl.
1 JO Uncle 8am.
1:45 Music
2 AS Labor News.
1. AO Steve Merrill. . -
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4 AO Music "
4:15 Men. Machines end Victory.
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45 Archie Andrews. ,
SAO The Sea Hounds
5 as Dick Tracy. .
S JO Jack Armstrong.
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Next day's programs appear est
comics page.
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7 .TO Music. .
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I JO Red Ryder. -
S AO Earl Godwin. News.
8:15 Lum and Abnar.
8 JO Duffy's. '
AO Talent - TUn.
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Down Memory Lane.
10:15 Music.
10:30 This Nation at War. ..
11 AO This Moving World.
11 a5 Bal Tabarin Cafe Orca. -11
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KOW NBC TUESDAY M at,
s 4 AO Dawn PatroL . s
8:55 Labor Newa.
8 AO Everything Goes. '
8:30 News Pared. . .
38 Labor News.
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T:18 News Headlines St Highlight.
1 :30 News Parade.
1:45 Sam Hayes.
8 AO Stars of Today. . .
S :1S James Abbe Covers the Hews.
8:30 Rose Room.
845 David Harum.
AO The O'Neills.
8:18 Louis P. Lochner.
JO Mirth and Madness.
10 AO Music.
10:15 News.
10:30 Gallant Heart.
105 Homckeeper's Calendar.
II AO Light of th World. .
11 J5 Lonely Women. S
11 JO The Guiding Light.
115 Hymns of All Church,
12:00 Storv of Mary Marlin,
12:15 Ma Perkins.
12 JO Pepper Young's Family.
11:45 Right to Happiness.
I AO Backstage Wife.
1:15 Stella Dallas.
' 1 JO Lorenzo Jones.
I 5 Young Widder Brown,
S AO When a Girl Marriea.
SaS Portia Faces Life.
S JO Just Plain Bill.
15 Front Page FarreO. "
3 AO Road of Life. .
3-15 Vic and Sade.
S JO Snow Village.
. 19 Judy and Jan.
4 AO Dr. Kate.
4:15 News of th World.
4 JO Romance.
43 H. ' V. Kaltenborn.
SAO The Personality Hour.
8 JO Horace Heidt Treasure Chest.
AO Battle of the Sexes.
, 8:30 Fibber McGee and Mony.
1 AO Bob Hope. ; i -
t JO Red Skelton.
5 AO Fred Waring In Pleasure Time.
8:15 Fleetwood Lawton.
JO Johnny Presenta.
AOf-Mr. and Mrs. North.
: JO Salute to Youth.
10 AS News Flashes.
10:15 Your Hem Town New. - .
10 JS Labor News. ;
10 JO The Taylor Maid.
10:48 Music.
II AO Unci Sam.
-11:15 Blltmore Hotel Orca,
II JO War News Roundup.
11 A0-1 a. m. Swing Shift. -
EafliftDiniaD (DdDinniiniiieinift
TOO COMPLICATED
; The Lewis and Clark expedl-
. tion cost the United States gov
emment only $2500. It was a
simplified operation in that the
men in charge were really in .
charge ; and had power to act
They were not obliged to con
sult 57 .different government ag
encies everytime they made a
; mve.:7:': '-.. ':Z- -.
, Life today is more complex, of
course, and we cannot expect af
fairs to be handled as they were
In the days of Thomas Jefferson
yet we could do with more sim
plicity. ::.;f r
. We are thinking about th
Harris heights street w o r k in
Pendleton. It is urgently needed
and the property owners are ea
ger to pay the costs. They do not
ask for any financial aid fronv
the government, the city or any
one else.----
. What is needed is authority to
go ahead and in war time it is
only right that there should be
rules with reference to construe-,
tion work that is undertaken,
However the 1 o c a 1 - street job
seems to be in the clear as fares
government requirements are
concerned. The district engineer
for the bureau of public roads
approved the work and when
that was done the city officials
thought they were ready to gov
But word from Congressman
Stockman is that we are not yet
out of the woods. The regula
tions ' call for action by various
people and, they move slowly.
The engineers who are familiar
with what Is involved do not
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TAO New. -1:15
Texas Ranger.
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AO Haven of Best.
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8:45 Old Songs. ,
AO Boake Carter.
9:13 Woman's Side of th New.
9 JO US Marin Band,
10 AO News
10:18 Stars of Today.
10 JO This and That.
II AO Buyer's Parade.
11:15 BUI Hay Reads the Bible.
11 JO Concert Gem. - --
12 AO Music
12 JO News . ..
11:45 On the Farm Front.
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15 Music.
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15 Wartime Women.
. 8:50 Around th. Clock.
3 AO Philip Keyne-Oordoa.
3:15 Oohnaon Family.
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35 Jerry Sears.
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9:30 General Barrows,
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10:30 News.
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11 AO Return of Nick Carter.
11 JO Yank Hous Party.
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10 AO News.
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11 AO Music of the Masters.
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11 J5 Noon Farm Hour.
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8 JO Memory Book of Must.
1 AO News.
1:15 Adventures la Research,
1:30 The Concert HalL
' 4 AO Neighborhood CalL . '
4:15 Echoes of Walkild.
4 JO Stories for Boys and Girl.
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8 JO Vespers
1:45 Its Oregon's War.
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1 JO Education fr Freedom, :
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AO Stop. Look, Listen.
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5 Uncle Sam.
have authority. Apparently the
final word rests with some one
who may or may not know what
it is all i about ; If there is too
much delay the contractor may
take his equipment elsewhere
and the work may be postponed
for the duration, v;
There is much to be stid for
simplified control. If Meriwether
Lewis had been obliged to de
vote his time to battling against
red tape his expedition would
not have: cost (2500. It would
probably have cost $2,500,000
and would not have been as suc
cessful as it was. ;:;'7'
It is not a good thing to have
- various agencies handling a job
that a single outfit could handle
more competently. Multiple con
trol is much .like requiring a
fisherman to carry seven pairs
of rubber boots with him when
he is wading a stream, though
he has need for but one pair.
Pendleton East-Oregonian. ' :
PRICES AND PEACE ;
Unless America can go to the
peace table with its price struc
" ture somewhat In line with that
of the gaunt nations, can it enter
the economic collaboration : so
necessary for peace? Mr. Baruch
points out that with a low price
structure the United States can
insist upon living standards
.everywhere being raised,
so That America's ; will not
be destroyed. "With higher
living standards and wages, the
purchasing power for fuller
world trade wiU be provided.
What greater preventive cf war
Chapter 22 Continued
"No inconvenience at all,"
Christopher returned politely.
"Oh,- but' it is an inconveni
ence. I would have had my sis
ter moved immediately to a hos
pital on my . arrival, but ": Drv
Matheson Insisted that she stay
here." ' , - '
' "Of course she stays here," ,
Christopher agreed.- "It's " her
home, and you mustn't feel that
It's an imposition of any kind." -4
"But; surely Mrs.- Wain must
be inconvenienced?" 4 -
-Hot at all," he assured . her.
noncommittally. ' , .
Helen was stumped. She was
n't ' getting anywhere. She made ,
one last , effort to establish the
situation on a fitting basis of im
propriety. ."Nevertheless," she
wound up, "you can . appreciate
how distressing this all is for
Mr. Barton, When Dr. Mathe
son comes this morning, X shall
have to make him see the good,
sense of getting Ann back to
town at once. In the meantime"
Helen smiled as she swept to
ward the stairs -"thank you for
everything you've tried to do."
Christopher looked after her,
scratching his head.- This was
something else again. What did
she mean, 'distressing for . Mr.
Barton? Who was this Mr. Bar- '
ton? - " - 1
He turned to the door of .
Ann's bedroom, and . tapped
lightly. The nurse slipped out
"Oh, good morning, Mr. Wain. -She's
better; quite a lot better
today., Temperature's almost
normal."
"Thafs wondtrful Any
chance of my peeking in at her,
do you think?"
"Dr. Matheson said she may
have just one visitor if her fe
ver went down."
"Oh." Christopher Wain knew
conflict "Perhaps the one vis
itor means her sister?" he haz
arded. Ohi no. Doctor Matheson said
- it would be better if Mrs. Hus
;'ton did not see Miss Rivers for
; the time being."
Christopher commented 1 with
a disarming smile, "I dare say
that leaves a clear field for me,
' doesnt it?"
Miss Drew smiled too, and
- opened the door wider. "Just for
a minute or two. and dont let.
her talk too much."
Christopher walked in, enjoy
, ing the sense of having scored
first on Mr. Thomas Barton.
"Oh, hello," Ann smiled.
J' "Well, you are looking better,"
he essayed, as matter-of-factly
as he could. .
"You mean I've looked worse
than v this?" she demanded,
i r Were people permitted to come I
"around and stare at me?" . she
pursued In mock outrage.
"Oh, I Just poked my head in
now and again," , he soothed.
"You didnt really look so ter
rible. I mean you weren't dan
gerously ill." - . .
"Oh, I wasn't was I? Do you
know what I had?"
He shrugged. "A touch of
grippe."
"A touch of grippe nothing! I
almost had pneumonia!" she
" sputtered indignantly. "I was at
death's door. IH have : you
know." - .
"Oh, "stop boasting. There's no
such thing as almost having
pneumonia.' You either have it
or you haven't it If you haven't
it it's grippe. And as for being at
death's door" He gave a snort.
"You're talking too much." ,
"People with touches of
grippe can talk as much as they
like." Ann" pouted. 1
Christopher turned on his
heel. "Very well, good-bye. You
just go on and talk to yourself." .
"Wait a minute, please. I have
something I want ot get off my
mind.". .
"What is It?"
"What did I do, or say, when
I was out of my head?"
"You didn't open your mouth,"
he fibbed, "when I was around."
She looked up at him, won
dering if .' he really, thought he
- sounded ; convincing. She had a
vague memory s- that ; he t had
picked her up In his arms out
in v the barn, T that , she had
screamed like a schoolgirl, and
acted like the heroine of a Vic
torian I play. She had probably
cried, "Unhand me, sir!"
And very distinctly Ann had a.
recollection of having had a lot
to say r about men who ran
around carefully concealing the
fact that they were married to
women ' caUed Brenda. She re
membered having babbled, too,
about reading Brenda's letter--or
had she? At any rate, she felt
horribly exposed as he stood
beside the bed gazing' down at
her. What did. he know, and
what did he know she knew?
can you effect?" asks Mr. Ba
ruch. Just as plainly, with a high
price structure America will lose
its foreign markets a n d m a y
once more take refuge behind
the artificial high tariff barriers
that foment political isolation,
that emphasize the disparity be
tween various segments of its
ecoonmy,- and ; that fail to pro
vide full employment
Summed up, the battle to keep
prices down on the home front
to make sacrifices in purchasing
power, to buy bonds, to pay
higher; taxes, - to curtail profit
eering, to construct a lean, hard
economy, in America are all
steps toward winning the peace.
Individuals who help effect this
end are contributing toward a
more peaceful world. Christian
Cclcnce Heritor. - - ,
The only thing to do was to find
out .-. ! . - '
"How did I get in here that
night?" she' asked, trying to
sound casual. r ; -; ,
"I carried you."
"Good Lord, did I faint?",
-. "No, you just wobbled."
- "You have a way of punting
such attractive- pictures. And'
how did I get into this?" She
gestured about the bed.
You fell into Jt" It was one
of those succinct self-contained
statements. Listen YouTe-talk-'
Ing ' entirely too much." He
glanced toward the door as if he .
wished the nurse would reap
pear and stop the conversation. '
"So I just fell into bed!" Ann
faced his gaze squarely. "Didn't
I put up any argument or any
thing?" , "
Naturally. It's your' middle
name. Ann Argument Rivers." ?
She detected evasion in his ra
' ther heavy handed : repartee.
"Please," she appealed to him
seriously, "see this my way, Af-"
ter I'm up, thereH still be mat
ters well have to talk over
about the farm."
"I don't like to call you names
. when you're ill, so" Ann no
ticed a little tightening of the
lines about Christopher's eyes.
"No more gabbing. I might as
well confess that there's some
one downstairs who ought to, be
standing here In my place." V
"You 1 mean Helen! You
phoned her? Why did you?" r
. "WelL weren't you at death's
door?" . i y . .. '
"No, I wasn't" -Her tone was
ImmiiMit T nnl-v had a touch
; of grippe. There was no need to
call the whole militia!"
The whole militia is right.
Mr. Barton's here too,"
"Oh." She slumped back on
her pillows. "It's going to be a
bore but XH see them."
"You cant said Christopher
smugly.
"Why not?"
j "Because I'm seeing you.
Doctor's orders that you were
only to see one person." M
A dimple came slowly. "Well,
if It was doctor's orders, -I can't
do anything about it can I?" I
He studied her. Somehow, that
wasn't the right answer. "What
is Tom Barton, anyway?" he de
" manded. :3T " :
"I mean what Is he to you?"
"Oh."
"Oh, what?"
'"WelV Helen thmks '!
' gaged to me, and Tom thinks se
too." ' ' ? "
' (To be continued)
Today's Garden
By LILUE L. MADSEN
Mrs. G.Id. asks by what other
name Chinese cabbage is called.
She writes that she has heard it
called by an "odd name" which
she has forgotten. -
Answer: I believe that it Is
sometimes called Pe-tsai. It is
listed as such in some books. I
know of no other name..
S. F. asks when and what to
spray for grapes.
Answer: Shortly before the
blossoms open use Bordeaux
t . Mm rn r f
just sixer me xruu is sei ana ica :
to fourteen days after the second
spray. If berry moth, mildew, or
: rot is serious, bordeaux with 14
pounds of arsenate of lead to the
same amount, In two to three
" weeks. ' - i "- i '
Mrs. F. Rr aiks when and with
what she should spray currants.
Answer: Currants like goose
berries, should be sprayed soon
after the fruit sets with lime-sulphur
diluted 1 to 40 and ltt
pounds arsenate of lead in SO
gallons of water (or 1 ounce to
1 gallon.) A second spraying
should be made right after the
harvest is done. '.
Mrs. S. O. asks If it is injurious
to cut the roses with long stems.
She had been' told this was hard
on rose bushes, ' :
Answer: One summer prune
the roses by cutting the flowers
and it Is definitely not damag
ing to the bush. Cut long stems
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quipvient....
- la every dapecrtmant from Coat
blender to delivery trucks, only
Modern, Sanitary exruiptaent ft
used in produdao; Master
Bread.
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