Illinois Valley News. Thursday, March 13, 1941
Deceptive First Sight
Watchful Waiting Off Dutch East Indies*
Things are not always what they
seem; the first appearance de
ceives many; the intelligence of
few perceives what has been care
fully hidden m the recesses of the
mind.—Phaedrus.
Washington. D. C.
.Notes of an
GUNPOWDER EMERGENCY
Innocent Bystander
In the public mind America's Na-
The Wireless: Elmer Davis tipped
tiorial Defense Problem No. 1 is pro
off Tokyo the other round-up that a
duction of airplanes Actually, how
country can get hurt listening to
ever, it isn't
Berlin. The last nation that played
War department chiefs haven't
a sure thing in the war. he remind
been advertising it. but their great
ed, was Italy
War and Broadway
est worry is gunpowder. You can't
find that the softest chump is some
fight a war without powder
And
body looking for something for noth
up until recently the annual powder
ing . . . You can cheer the spirit
,-reduction of all (J. S. factories was
of the Free Company, offering Sun
A^ly 12,000.000 pounds, which would
day p m. plays Its aim is to slap
last us a few short weeks in war
down alien propaganda and plug for
time.
our way of life
Nancy Kelly,
In comparison, the United States
Burgess Meredith and John Gar
produced 500.000,000 pounds of pow
field donated perfect acting to the
der at the end <d the last war, and
first. But that flood of film credits at
had partially built factories which
the finish will make their show a
would have produced another 500.-
trailer if they don’t watch out . . .
000.000 pounds a few months after
Sen. Gillette <Ia » is offering a bill
the Armistice.
I making the sponsors of smear hand
It happens that nitrate is the key outs tell their name and address. It
U> gunpowder production. Manufac was the same plan advocated by
ture of powder is a simple and Morris Ernst, with no takers, on a
speedy process. But it is made from recent Forum.
explosive nitrate, and nitrate pro
The Dutch East Indies, eyed greedily by Japan, is the new danger-spot in the Far East. When Holland
duction is far more difficult.
The Front Pages: Dot Thompson fell, Dutch warships went to protect these colonies. L'pper picture shows the fleet and air fleet at Sourabaja,
There are two kinds of nitrates, ' kept Senator Wheeler after school naval base in Java. Below, Heft) two subs of the Netherlands navy on patrol, and, (right) the first group
natural and synthetic Major source because he seems to know less about of American-built planes of the East Indies air force on guard.
of the natural is Chile. But it has English gov't than a colyumist. The
two big drawbacks: <1) the desper Senator said Canada was a colony
ate shipping shortage. <2> the prod- I and that only the King can declare
uct’s inferiority to synthetic nitrate war—a remark that would flunk him
for powder purposes, although good in any history course . .
It is
enough for fertilizer Use of synthet sickening to learn that some of our
ic nitrate for explosives is far more so-called leaders are afflicted with
efficient, less expensive and mili Intellectual anemia
Bumito
tarily more desirable.
Mussolini, who used to bellow about
In the United States there are only the glory of Fascism, has now been
two big producers of synthetic ex relegated to boosting the strength of
plosive nitrate- Allied Chemical and Naziism. In short, he’s no longer
Dye corporation, at its giant Hope- an Axis partner—just an Axis press
well, Va , plant; and duPont.
agent Hitler's Gayda. Gayda warns
First hitch was objection to the the British to give up the futile fight
That reminds us of the ■
government's plan of importing Chil in Africa
gag about the gink dowm on the
ean nitrate, thus permitting Allied old
1
Chemical's Hopewell plant to stop floor, blo'Xly and swollen from a ter- I
He looked up at
making fertilizer and devote its en rifle shellacking
tire capacity to explosive nitrates, if his victorious opponent and mum- I
bled: "Have you had enough?”
necessary.
The chemical industry fell on this
plan like a ton of brick Backed by
The Story Tellers: One man's idea
certain army officials, it hotly de of no reading at all is the just-pub
nied that the nation faced a nitrate lished book on the Maginot Line. It's
shortage. Hopewell's full facilities, like handing a swimmer—going
it was argued, would not be needed down for the third time—a copy of
for powder purposes.
"The Life of Johnny Weissmuller"
Good describing of a man by
The defense commission then
turned to developing new plant fa Ellis St. Joseph, in Story mag: "His
cilities. Here good fortune seemed long fleshless frame was anonymous
Io smile
TVA still had Ha World as a clothes tree on which hung a
war nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals silk hat, frock coat, striped trousers.
When the defense commission But the man's sharp angular face
moved to use this government-owned was memorable- a veritable blue
plunt, it again ran into powerful op print of intelligence."
Goose-Steppers
position from big business, particu
larly from the dui’onts, tactitly en
couraged by the army
However,
weeks later, the defense commis
sion Anally had its way and the plan
was approved.
Defeated, the du-
Ponts did the s|a>rting thing and of
fered to sell TVA latest types of
oxidizers, ill us expediting renova
tion of the Muscle Shoals plant
TVA and defense commission
heads were delighted
But their
pleasure and duPont's willingness
— was short-lived. When it came to
installing the machinery, duPont de
manded a guarantee that it would be
used only to produce explosive ni
Irate and ne ver fertiliser, in which
duPont is heavily interested.
This was rejected flatly by TVA.
which pointed out that even If It
wanted to, It couldn't accept such a
restriction under the law. Further
more. it didn't want to.
Typewriter
Ribbons:
Dorothy
Parker: Love is like quicksilver in
the hand. Leave the Angers open
and it stays in the palm; clutch it
and it darts away . . . Anon: It
was the kind of a show at which op-
portunity might've knocked, if the
critics hadn't . . . Mark Twain:
There are two times when a man
shouldn't gamble. When he can't af
ford it and when he can . . .
Simeon Strunsky.
A dining room
table with children's eager, hungry
faces around it, ceases to be a mere
dining room table, and becomes an
altar
Anun: Now is the time
for all good Republicans to come
to the aid of America
. Isn't it
strange that Lindbergh, whose his
toric flight helped make the Atlan
tic narrower, doesn't realize how
narrow it is?
Over There
e!
Left: Citizens of Padova. Italy, welcome arrival of German troops. Right: Members of the school band
of Sag Harbor, L. I., goose-step by a •'dictator" on "dictatorship day." when totalitarian rule was estab
lished to illustrate the advantages of living in our free democracy instead of under the rule of a dictator
%ST
g OIL
Seems that our isolationists are
mighty ignorant of history when
they claim Geo Washington refused
to have any foreign alliances How
about George's alliance with the
French in 1776?
Hunting the Giant Hares of Ontario
without
opiata» or quinine
GARFIELD
HEADACHE POWDER
IOc-25c
(See doctor
_____
If headachy* periut
One's Best Light
It pays to follow one’s best
light; to put God and one’s coun
try first, and ourselves after
wards.—Samuel C. Armstrong.
QUINTUPLETS
CHEST CUIUS
use MUSTEROLE for
Mother—Give Your CHILD
This Same Expert Care!
At the first sign of the Dionne Quin
tuplets catching cold—their chests and
throats are rubbed with Children's
Mild Musterole — a product made to
promptly relieve the DISTRESS of
children’s colds and resulting coughs.
The Quints have always had the
best of care, so mother—you may be
assured of using just about the BEST
product made when you use Musterole.
MORE than an ordinary “salve"—
warming, soothing Musterole helps
break up local congestion. Also made
in Regular and Extra Strength for
those preferring a stronger product.
Vitamin Makes Plants Grow
Tests made at the California In
stitute of Technology show that vi
tamin Bl gives new vigor to plants.
Political Advertising
Political advertising on the two
major radio chains amounted to
more than $107.000 in 1938.
Three Wise Men
According to legend, the three
wise men were Gaspar, Melchior
and Balthasar.
Autos in World
World registration of automobiles
in the world as of 1940 is estimated
at 43,819.929.
from common colds
That Hang On
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous metre
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Nothing From Nothing
Nothing can be born of nothing,
nothing can be resolved into noth
ing.—Persius.
She Turned Him Down!
tVith big drives by a hundred hunters or more on Ontario's giant
hares, which weigh up to 18 pounds, legislation is sought to limit driving
parties to IS persons. In top picture a hunter aims at an unfortunate
rodent, while below a couple of hunters seek the elusive hare whose
speed matches the best of man and dog.
A fellow can't get anywhere when
he looks uncomfortable! And he’s
bound to, when heartburn, “fullness"
and acid stomach bother him. Have
ADLA Tablets handy for quick re
lief. Get them from your druggist.
George Fischer, of New Paltz, N.
Y., who was rejected by the army
because there was too much of him!
George weighs 470 pounds and is 6
feet 4 Inches tall!
Memory Clings
Experience teaches that a good
memory is generally joined to a
weak judgment.—Montaigne.
If ye rd were requested to suggest
who should get the Pulitzer Prize
for "public service." it would cer
tainly go to S. Boehm of the New
York Journal-American for his
writeups which convicted Kunze and
his Bundists He got his evidence
after being shellacked bv them
twice, too
Mussolini's
newspapers
and
schoolmasters want to eliminate ail
foreign words from the Italian lan-
guage They'll put themselves in a
heckuva fix if they outlaw the Ger
man equivalent tor "Help!"
Prompt Relief
Beware Coughs
COLDS
scie
LIQUID
tablets
SALVE
son OR on
COUCH CROPS
BEACONS of
SAFETY—
>n
Ml RR4 GO KOI'ND
The hew TV A picture, "Power for
Defense," will have a wider distri
bution than any Alm ever produced
by the government. It will be shown
in more theaters than "The Plow"
and "The River" combined.
Brig. Gen. Raymond I l ee, keen
tl S. military attache in London,
la now home on leave and jumps
over
every time a plane zooms
I
Washington airport.
Tobacco-chewing Sen Rill Bulow
<4 South Dakota, sports the biggest
hats on Capitol Hill.
Fer
Men. Blame Marlene Dietrich
Marlene Dietrich is credited with
making trousers popular for women.
DuPont remained adamant, re The Village News-Press
fused to lend its machinery without f/’rop. and Editor If ult W
the guarantee
So TVA had to go
Ex-Gov. of Penn. Earle, who
into the market, order new ma socked that Nazi over there, was a
chincry for the government,
good pal of the late Dolfuss when
• • •
Earle was stationed in Vienna.
Earle prob'ly wanted to smack
NO MOKE HARDTACK
Hard tack, that celebrated butt of somebody for that murder, anyhow.
doughboy jibes, will be largely elim
inated front army field rations if
Our esteemed rival. Lee Wood,
Donald M Nelson, energetic co of Roy Howard's Bugle, got off a
ordinator of defense purchases, has good one the other noon when he
his way
sent one of those collect cables to
Nelson has worked out a novel Hitler, saying "God save the King
scheme to make U. S. army field —and God help you!"
rations the best in the world.
The defense purchasing chief and
bls aides have discovered u substi
tute - canned. Irradiated bread
Large quantities of this have been
ordered for the army.
Hermet
ically scaled in small tins, suitable
for carrying in a knapsack, the
bread will remain fresh indefinitely.
In addition, every soldier in the
field will carry a second tin of a
meat and vegetable mixture contain
ing all th« essential vitamins The
two cans together wilt give him a
balanced diet away from camp.
GARFIELD TEA
Sou'll llk» iho »sr II »naps you bock to iho
feellnS of "rsrta* to to" fltncaa and Inimol
»lesnlineM Kot a mirarla work»», but K
temporary constipation la causing Indlgoo-
tlon. headache«. llailaMneaa. Garfield Teo
«III certainly "do wonders." raes MMFLtl
I Sc — IV at drugstores
Although facing the triple threat of submarines, mines and bombing
planes, these men of a British patrol vessel can still grin cheerfully as
they watch one of their number give a shipmate a trimming. These
Utile patrol ships are In port only for brief spells to refuel and take on
ammunition and supplies.
• Like a beacon light on
the height—the advertise
ments in newspapers direct
you to newer, better and
easier ways of providing
the things needed or
desired. It shines, this
beacon of newspaper
advertising—and i< will be
to your advantage to fol
low it whenever you
make a purchase.
Members of Circus Saints' and
Sinners' Club of America must be
able "to take it.” Here Rear Ad
miral Woodward dohs his best with
tub and paddle after "shipwreck?*
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