Illinois Valley News. Thursday, November 13. 1941
Page Two
Bulbs Bloom All Winter
If You Start Them New
Official Pictures of Torpedoed U. S. S. Kearny
MERRY-GO-ROUND
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EW YORK.—We are quite cer
tain that there is a chipping
sparrow out our way which didn't
stand still long enough to be count
ed. but at any
Stuffed Bird Cult rate Roger
Peterson’s Count Tory Peter
son's national
To 5,750,000,000
bird count of
5.750.000,000 receives respectful,
even admiring attention, and no
challenges or quibbles about it.
Concurrently the National Audu
bon society, of which Mr. Peterson
Is educational director, begins a
drive for the protection of birds and
other wild life in defense areas.
At the age of 26, Mr. Peterson
proved that bird lore can be
made to yield a lot more than
mere bird seed. That was in
1934, when he published his
hook. "Field Guide to the
Birds." As bird hooks go it was
a best-seller, warmly praised
not only by the somewhat eso
teric cult of bird-fanciers, but
by a much wider public, which
appreciated its clarity and sim
plicity. There came ether edi
tions and then his "Field Guide
Io II ih S Ilf till- West." anil Ills
"Junior Hook of Binis." of IMS.
All in all, Mr. Peterson’s books
and magazine articles were so
successful that he has had plen
ty of time to count birds—even
live billions of them.
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& DREW PEARfON
W £ ROBERT ALLEN
Washington, D. C.
NAZI SABOTAGE
The man to watch in Europe to
day—next to Hitler—is a suave and
charming
diplomat
in
Turkey
named Franz von Papen. It is al
ways a significant omen when Hitler
sends Von Papen to a country, It
means he has dire and potent in-
tentions regarding that area.
It was Von Papen who went to
Austria as ambassador to soften
it in preparation for tlie Nazi oc
cupation. It was Von Papen who 26
years ago tried to do the same
thing here. And now. with weath
er getting cold in Russia and Hitler
running lower and lower on oil, a
Nazi squeeze on Turkey becomes
almost inevitable. To prepare for
it. Ambassador Von Papen has been
working overtime in Turkey.
Almost forgotten is Von Pnpen's
attempt to soften and sabotage the
United States during the last war.
But his operations here indicate the
lengths to which he may go in Tur-
key to bring that country into the
Axis.
In 1915, Von Papen was German
military attache in
Washington
when Count Johann von Bernstorff
returned from England with a
satchel containing $150/100.000 in
German treasury notes.
Von Papen, then in Mexico City,
hurried north, and immediately
I began organizing a network of
spies.
Invasion Via Canada.
After selecting his agents care
fully, Von Papen laid the following
plans:
No. 1. To invade Canada tnrough
British Columbia with the aid of
German warships in the Pacific and
German reservists in the United
States. This plan was vetoed by
Von Bernstorff.
No. 2. To blow up the Welland
canal, This scheme likewise was
abandoned, because the canal was
too well guarded.
No. 3. To blow up Canadian rail-
roads in an effort to prevent trans
portation
of
Japanese
troops
through Canada.
(The Japanese
were fighting with the Allies.)
No. 4. To blow up the Internation
al bridge at Vanceboro, Maine.
This was accomplished through an
agent named Werner Horn.
Von Papen was so industrious and
unscrupulous that he over-reached
himself, and Wilson demanded his
recall. But when he reached home,
both he and Bernstorff were award
ed decorations, and both promoted.
Subsequently, Von Papen became
chancellor of Germany and he took
part in the conspiracies which
brought Hitler into power.
He not only writes but illustrates
his books, having emerged from the
New York Art Students' league as
a highly qualified decorative artist.
He is known as the best American
authority on field identification of
birds.
Mr. Peterson had an adventure
at the convention of the society at
Cape May last year, which, so far
as we can learn, was not picked up
by the news hawks at the time, It
seems a group of ornithologists. Pe
terson included, got up at 4 30 to
clock a scheduled hawk migration.
It didn't come off and all were
downhearted until a rumor got
around that a black-necked stilt had
been seen near the lighthouse pond
There had been no stilt in this sec
tion since 11170
The parly act out for the spot,
Finally far across the pond,
inaccessible to any dry land ap-
proach, the bird was sighted.
RUSSIAN REQUEST—A DRIBLET
Mr. Peterson said it would be
Averell Harriman's confidential
necessary to approach as near
report on Russian requests for aid
as possible, disturb the bird, was vastly different from British re
anil then observe Ils Hight care
quests after Dunkirk, in compari-
fully. lie and William Fish vol
son with the British, the Russian
unteered to brave the inuil and
orders seemed a mere driblet,
«old. They waded in, and at
After the Lowlands debacle, the
times were up to their armpits
British had to start from scratch,
in slimy mud. Finally Peterson
having lost practically all their
w a veil his arms at the stilt. It
armored equipment and most of
didn't move. Approaching near
their field artillery. The Russians
er, they discovered it was as
have lost tremendous quantities of
stiff as a plank.
material, but judging from their
relatively modest l requests, they
ran
down
Tile convention finally
left,
I
still must have a lot
the story. The National Academy
One of the chief things they asked
of Sciences nt Philadelphia had had
for was 75 and 105 mm. guns.
n housecleaning and heaved out a
which, luckily we can supply, Pro-
lot of stuffed birds Some rival bird
duction figures are a military
fans of the Delaware valley had re
secret, but these cannon are now
trieved the stilt and set it up across
rolling oil assembly lines in quan
tiie pond.
tity. The Russians also asked for
machine guns, which we can furnish
IP IN M.vne, on last summer's
also in large numbers, since ma
- holiday, tl is writer talked with
chine gun production is at a high
an old road-side philosopher who
level
was concerned with problems aris
One of the biggest, and pleasant
ing from the est surprises to Harriman was that
Prof Perry Boldly lengthening
the Rui ians do not need machine
Trumpets an ’Old bfe span in tools, at least for the present, This
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took a big load off his mind, as
A < hi e Movement
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land.
both the U. S. and Britain have few
‘ They don’t do much dyin* up
tools to spare right now.
here.” he said
“Down at West
Note: U. S military experts <
Newton, they had to shoot an old
sider lack of co-ordination betw
feller, just to start a graveyard.”
tlie three Russian armies to be one
l*rofcM«Mir Ralph Barton I’rr-
of the principal reasons for the
ry, of the faculty of philosophy
break through in the center against
ot Harvard university, is simi
Moscow
Although there has been
larly coticrrncd about old age.
a shift of Russian general*, doubt
but (or .i different reason. In .1
still exists about the co-ordination
brilliant essay in a recent Issue
of the three armies under a cen
of the Princeton Alumni Week
tral command
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ly, be rallies the oldsters against
being "hustled around by their
INFLATION t I RE
juniors in polities, he notes the
Here is the inside lowdown on
capitulation of wise old age* to
Price Administrator Leon Hender
bumptious youth.
anil chal-
son's own private preventive against
lenges ll.ibbl Ben I tra hr in
inflation.
stating that there*« no use grow
He disclosed
ing old with him, er am body
Charlestown. W V
else, if old-age is to be merely
during a speech
>i r gt'
a tolerated short-endrr in the
t ine
of
runaway
price:
life sweepstakes.
"The most
audience asked He
h<
striking evidence of the down
business man c OU d b t pt
fall of the aged,” writes Profes
If gams infl
sor Perry, "is to be found in
the rompt
rk like h 11."
tiie domestic' circ le.’*
reg arly."
‘ The authority of the father was
first broken by the mother, and the
Ml KK1
children poured through the breach
I
ritish production
The last remnant of paternal au
rt. w
just completed
thority was the period tn which the
rv ey
defense plants.
fa thcr was an ogre . who carne home OPM boss Wil
1 Knudson took
at the end of the day to dealI with him o ff hts feet by inquiring "What
m ajor offenses. H e was no 1 unger imprv «seti you least?”
A siports coni nentator, s ponsored
a agistrate, only e X ecut loner.
"But even this role dtsappeared by a i (having cn a in. called the duke
of Windsor in Baltimore, inviting
when domestic criminology was
him to appear as guest tar on the
modernized and the child's insubor
radio program, the m :iey to be
dination was regarded as a person paid to British chanty. The duke
ality problem, to be solved by love, declined even before he was told
hygiene and psychoanalysis "
the otter was only >100
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Official pictures released by tlie navy department show the damage done to the U. S. S. Kearny when
she was torpedoed by a submarine off Iceland. At left, crew members look at twisted wreckage below decks
after the torpedoed destroyer steamed into port. Right: the Kearny, tied to sister ship, is shown limping into
unnamed port. Arrow points to the hole made by the torpedo.
A Lesson or Two in Preparedness
A SUCCESSION of lovely blooms
** in your home all winter!
That’s your reward—if you start
potting bulbs now.
Clever to choose stunning “show
pieces” that flower at different
periods—white callas start bloom-
ing in January, colorful amaryllis
and daffodils a little later.
Before these and in between you
can always have the fragrant nar
cissus. Just start a fresh batch
every two weeks in a bowl of wa
ter and pebbles. Keep in a dark
spot until growth starts and be
sure the lower third of each bulb
is in water.
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I lster County Gazette
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The Ulster County (New York)
Gazette of January 4, 1800, be-
came famous because it carried
the first complete account of the
death and funeral of George
Washington. More than a millioif
reproductions of that issue have
been printed and sold, many still
being regarded by their owners
as historic treasures.
However, there are only two
known original copies—one owned
by the American Antiquarian so
ciety, Worcester, Mass., the other
by the Library of Congress.
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On
Marines of the royal Netherlands navy, still loyal to their exiled queen, are pictured above crossing a
river, fully dressed, during maneuvers at Sourabaja, Netherlands East Indies. Japan is their nearest Axis
enemy. Inset: A “casualty" is floated across a river on a makeshift raft during demonstration staged by
Britain's royal army medical corps. Buoyancy is given by empty oil cans.
They Watched the Tanks Go By
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Creomulsion 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 mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion 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
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Friendship is the highest degree
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Standing at attention while the national anthem is being played at
the Schenectady, N. Y., plant of the American Locomotive company
during a defense day inspection of the plant. M-3 medium tank is
shown at left. Another tank, on fiat car in background, is about to
be sent on its way to army proving grounds.
Turkey Dinner in the Oiling
Not to market, but to San Fran
cisco's grand national livestock ex
position. is the destination of these
two little pigs, chosen as her en
trants by Miss Milo Kimmerle. The
exposition will present a livestock,
horse and radio show of national
character, November 15-22.
After Record Leap
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Turkey, with alt the trimmings, will grace the festive hoard at
army camps throughout the country on Thanksgiving day. These sol
dier* of t amp l ee, V *., could not resist their battle training as they
« reep up on the all-unsu»peeting turkeys al the Wlppernock farm. South
erland, Ya.
Arthur Starnes is greeted by his
wife and son, Robert, on right, aft
er plunging six miles in record
“free fall” chute leap. He para
chuted less than 1.304 feet in th«
six-mile drop.
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