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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, September 5, 1940
G eneral
Sham Battles Give Boys Strenuous \\ orkout
HUGH S.
Pretty Flowers Fill
Crocheted Baskets
JOHNSON
ulnn
WASHINGTON.-Mr. Hitler hasn’t
liquidated England, but he hai pret
ty well disposed of the predictions
of military “experts" as to what
turn the war will take and how soon
this or that campaign will start or
finish.
It is not Hitler alone who has
made this war-casting business dan
gerous. It is also the almost com
plete lack of dependable facts and
the puzzling conflict of rival war
bulletins from London and Berlin.
Making a prediction carries even
1 more hazards than sports writers'
dilemmas on the outcome of an
I evenly matched football game or a
prizefight. There are no hotter spots.
This column has had fair luck in
this dangerous military field of crys
tal gazing For a special reason, it
is going to shoot the works on an
Pattern No. 6681
other guess with all fingers crossed,
and the desk piled high with rabbits’
FLOWERS in simplest stitchery
feet.
Below is shown an infantry group of 400 West Point cadets marching on the new Storm-King by-pass, for a * fill these easily crocheted bas
Mr. Hitler is not going to dispose
ket edgings. Take your pick of
of England this year. He probably week of sham battles in the Orange county hills, New York. Fifteen hundred cadets with anti-tank guns and
pillow cases, towels or scarfs.
cavalry
scout
ears,
simulating
tank
cars,
participated
in
the
sham
battles.
Upper
right:
West
Point
cadets
is not even going to try a lightning
man
the
guns
in
a
combat
car
during
maneuvers.
The
combat
car
is
equipped
with
50-calibre
machine
guns
war invasion by land or, if he does,
Pattern 6681 contains a transfer
it will not succeed.
< and two guns of 30 calibre. Upper left: A well camouflaged scout ear of the Twenty-first Reconnaissance com
pattern of 12 motifs ranging from
pany
of
New
York
city
is
shown
near
the
road
in
the
vicinity
of
Pyrites,
New
York,
scanning
sky
and
road
As Napoleon did, when he stood
5 by 15 to 2 by 4 inches; chart
on the channel just before Auster for invading “BUck” forces marching down the St. Lawrence valley.
and directions for crochet; illus
litz, he may suddenly shift the war
trations
of stitches; materials
to the south and smash Gibraltar
needed. Send order to:
and the Suez or something else un
pleasant to the British empire, but
I have a strong hunch that the rec
Sewing Circle Necdlecraft Dept.
ord of 874 years since William the
82 Eighth Ave.
New York
Conqueror is not going to be broken
Enclose IS cents in coins tor Pat
now by whatever name Hitler will
tern No..
take in history.
Name
It is more than a hunch. To risk
Address
an army across the great wet ditch
of the channel, the Nazis must have
clear command both of the air and
those narrow seas and beach heads
for a considerable distance inshore.
JOIN THE ARMY
The channel itself might be cleared
With the biggest ballyhoo in 25
by fixed shore batteries that would
years, the war department is en-
A General Quiz
keep naval vessels at a distance,
treating young men to join the army.
but British counter-batteries could
By bil'boards, radio, movies, every
make landings in force difficult if
conceivable publicity device, even
not impossible, unless the back coun
The Questions
including paper matches, the depart
try is completely dominated from
1. Why is Colorado called the
ment is spending $28 a head to get
the air.
Centennial state?
recruits for the fighting forces.
It isn't. I don’t know why the
2. To what type of road did a
And this will continue, regardless Germans, with their supposed over
Scotch
engineer give his name?
of the new conscription measure. whelming air superiority, didn't use
3. What two great Oriental cities
This recruiting is for the regular it to reduce British air-power to im-
were founded by the British?
army, to bring it up to a strength of potency—since any quick decision
375,000. Conscription, on the other depended mostly on that.
4. What is the most widely used
They
word in the world?
hand, aims to get roughly a million didn't. Doubtless the reasons were
men for a one-year training period, good. Most of their reasons have
5. What is the line that follows
to form a trained reserve.
“Lives of all great men remind
been good. I’m not guessing about
us”?
The publicity drive is getting re that. I'm only guessing that in view
6. What is the name given to the
sults It yielded 23,444 in June, a of the rapidly advancing season of
present royal house of Italy?
new record for peacetime The July fogs and rough weather and all the
7. Which of the United States
figure surpassed the June figure, and other considerations I have men
has the greatest water area, Cali
August, in turn, surpassed July.
tioned. Mr. Hitler is going to eat
Marshall Held, chairman of the committee for the care of European children, gets acquainted with fornia, Minnesota, or Michigan?
The cost of $28 a head for enlist no meals in London, this year.
The Answers
ments is low compared with other
There are other guesses—maybe Gwendolyn Kell, 6, of London, and Geoffrey A. Newbold, 6, of Middlesex, as the children arrive on the Samaria.
1. It was admitted into the Union
years. In 1930. the department paid better ones. One is that he actually Homes are available for them, and according to all Indications, they were happy because of the hospitality
$56 for each recruit; in 1931, the prefers the fogs as a sort of natural extended to them. Right: Bunks were at a premium, and at times during the voyage some of the 138 refugee in 1876, the Centennial year.
2. Macadam.
figure was $66 Today recruiting is smoke-screen for attack. Another children from Great Britain slept in lifeboats. Clyde and Trevor Davies (shown) are so doing. They were
3. Hongkong and Singapore.
on a “mass production" basis, also is that with most of Europe in his sent to a home in Boston.
4. “Amen” is believed to be the
a lot of the publicity is obtained clutch, he is prepared to offer the
most widely used word, being em
free of cost.
British empire a peace so firmly
ployed by 1,000,000.000 Christians,
For instance, express trucks, rail buttressed and asking so little of
Jews and Mohammedans.
roads and chain stores are carrying Britain that she can't refuse. I just
5. “We can make our lives sub
posters free of charge, while 350 don't happen to trail along with
lime.”
trade associations are making a those guesses.
6. Savoy.
gratis display of preparedness slo
I didn't make my own guess for
7. Minnesota.
gans. Radio stations are donating the chance of being right at the risk
free time for transcribed "join the of being wholly wrong. I made them
army" programs, and 15,000 bill- because I know the barometic char
boards are pasted with recruiting acter of our public opinion. A good
posters at half price.
deal of our almost panic urge to
Most novel device is the mobile prepare is due to our being told that
recruiting station, a truck and trail out national life depends on the Brit
er specially designed to carry a re ish navy; that it is in immediate
Read This Important Message!
cruiting sergeant and staff about the danger of being lost, scuttled or
Do you dread those “trying years” (38 to
transferred
to
Hitler;
and,
above
62)?
Are you getting moody, cranky and
countryside, park in the town
NERVOUS? Do you fear hot flashes, weak
square, and sign up youngsters for all. the monstrous absurdity that the
ening dizzy spells? Are you jealous of atten«
tions other women get? THEN LISTEN —
the army
Twentyseven mobile Atlantic ocean is no longer an ob
These symptoms often result from female
"stations" are built or building, two stacle.
functional disorders. So start today and taka
I
don't
agree
with
these
extreme
famous Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
or three for each corps area
pound. For over 60 years Pinkham’s Com
Result is that voluntary enlist- views, but I do agree that our de
pound has helped hundreds of thousands of
fenses
are
deplorably
weak,
that
we
grateful
women to go “smiling thru" difficult
ments are proceeding at the rate of
days. Pinkham's has helped calm unstrung
must
get
into
a
position
to
defend
about 8.00(1 a week, which should
nerves and lessen annoying female func
tional “irregularities.” One of the moM
mean that the regular army will on ourselves with reliance on nobody
tisa “woman'i” tonics. Try ill
its quota of 375.000 men before snow else—and that we aren't doing it.
My fear is that, if the present
flics
popular pressure is greatly relieved,
Limited View
by a demonstration that Hitler can't
Who stays in the valley ne’er
GETTING TOGETHER
sees over the hill.
Bushy-browcd John L. Lewis and hop even the British channel -mu«h
Artist James Montgomery Flagg
shrill-voiced William Green still are less the Atlantic ocean—we are like
is shown beside the poster he has
glowering at each other, but the ly to lapse into a lethargy as dopey
just completed as a contribution to
A F. of L and C. I. O. members as our immediate past.
the work of the “Wake Up, Amer
of the Labor Advisory commit
The whole of recent history should
ica’' committee, of which he is a
tee. appointed by Defense Commis prove how silly and perhaps fatal |
The situation in the nation’s biggest peace-time army maneuvers is member. Aims of the committee are
sioner Sidney Hillman are co-operat that could be. Let's keep on going I
regardless of the momentary fluctu- | explained to President Franklin 1). Roosevelt by General Hugh Drum physical and moral preparedness
ing with real harmony.
May Warn of Disordered
at Norwood. New York. The President, who is seated In Ms car. and the with mightier force, and the pres
Their weekly Friday afternoon ations of the news from Europe's general carefully go over a map of the terrain over which the maneuvers
Kidney Action
ervation of peace In the Western
war.
meetings with Hillman are like a
Modern life with its hurry and worry;
were held.
Hemisphere.
irregular habits, Improper eating ana
happy family The labor chiefs ad
drinking—it* risk of exposure and infec
REGISTER MEN NOW
dress one another by first names
tion—throws heavy atrain on the worli
The
basis
of
any
successful
sys
of the kidneys. They are apt to become
■ nd lean over backward to iron out
over-taxed and fail to filter exceas and
tem
of
equitable
selection
is
the
uni
differences between their organ
and other impurities from ths life-giving
blood.
izations. Illustrative of the good feel versal registration and classification
You may suffer nagging backache,
ing Is their sly jesting about A. F. of our whole manpower into about
headache, ditxinesa, getting up nights,
seven groups in accordance with
leg pains, swelling—feel constantly
of L -C. I. O. peace
tired, nervoua, all worn out. Other sign*
their relative ability for military
At last Friday's conference, R. J.
of kidney or bladder disorder are some
training and service with the least
times burning, scanty or too frequent
Thomas, head of the C. I O. United
urination.
possible
interference
with
desirable
Auto Workers, happened to take a
Try Doan's Pill*. Doan’* help the
kidneys to pass off harmful excess body
seat on the A F of L. side of the domestic, educational, industrial and
agricultural relations.
wests. They have had mors than half ■
table Wisecracked Dan Tracy, en
century of public approval. Are recoin-
You can't do anything intelligently
mended by grateful users everywhere.
ergetic A F of L. electrical work
Ask gone neighbor?
ers* chief. "Aha, pulling a little and scientifically in the way of de
termining quotas, exemption and
peace stuff on us. eh!"
All the laborites joined in the deferments or Anal selection until
you have that information.
laughter
• • •
To debate further steps before we
MERRY-GO-ROUND
have it is ignorant and futile
Friends of Henry Wallace think he
I don't know how long it will take
may come back into the job as sec this fumbling, blundering generation
retary of agriculture between elec to do that preliminary job In 1917,
tion day. November 5, and inaugu we did all that it requires in 90
ration day. January 20. This means days. I doubt if that record can be
Claude Wickard would step down beaten or even approached In any
ADVERTISING is a great vigi
• gain.
event, that essential process if start
lance committee, established
In the senate conscription debate ed now will overlap the election and
Sen. Alex Wiley. Wisconsin, Isola- leave us infinitely better prepared
ut through a test by its two inventors. William Hale and Durand
Claude R. Wickard. who has been
and maintained in your inter
tionist, gave thia thought:
"We to decide
Beam, this rifle tired 10.000 shots per minute—with absolutely no noise. nominated by President Roosevelt to
The solution is easy. Quickly pass
don't have to take any ideas from
est, to see that the men who
The rifle operates with compressed air. It reduced three-inch oak planks succeed Henry Wallace as secretary
the Nazis. They may have their a simple bill authorizing the regis to kindling and turned airplane armor plate Into steel mosquito netting. Il of agriculture. A nomination by the
aspire
to sell to you will
tration
and
classification
of
all
men
blitzkrieg, but we have our intui-
resemblrs a sub-machine gun, and when it starts firing the barrel gets President is tantamount to appoint
between 18 and 80
Ron."
always be worthy of your trade.
ment.
cooler Instead of heating up.
WASHINGTON.—It is interesting
to note the manner in which certain
congressmen
have
consistently
squelched attempts to investigate
the state department's co-operation
with the British tin trust and certain
U. S. business firms to prevent the
United States from acquiring suf
ficient supplies of tin.
With Japan now able to seize the
Dutch East Indies and the Malays,
the United States may have her
tin supply cut off in a few weeks'
time
Yet up until recently, the
state department played in with the
British tin monopoly, did nothing
about the situation.
Now Sol Bloom, energetic chair
man of the house foreign affairs
committee, has introduced a resolu
tion to investigate the tin situation.
But he faces the vigorous opposi
tion of Representatives Cochran of
Missouri and Faddis of Pennsyl-
vahia, both Democrats.
Interesting fact is that Congress
man Faddis comes from Pennsyl
vania's twenty-fifth district,
in
which is located the Standard Tin
Plate company, which is tied up
with Continental Can and long has
done business with the British
monopoly.
Also
Representative
Cochran
comes from St. Louis, where the
National Lead company operates the
St. Louis Smelting and Refining com
pany. National Lead owns part of
Patino Mines, which is the keystone
of the British tin monopoly
Until
recently National Lead has lobbied
against all efforts to establish tin
smelters in the United States, thus
making this country independent of
the British tin trust.
Child Refugees Met by Marshall Field
Jlsk Me Jlnother
President Roosevelt at Maneuvers
To Arouse Ameriea
That Nagging
Backache
Fires 10.000 Shots a Minute. Silentlv
Sueeeeds AV;i
D oans P ills
VIGILANCE