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Illinois Valley News, Thursday, February 5, 1942
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AUTO RATIONING
Washington, D. C.
UTILITY SENSATIONS
The hard-hitting Truman commit
Q —Why did you want a new car?
tee hasn't got around to the
A.—It'» the only way I can get
matter yet, but some hot sensations five new tires
are in store when the committee
Q—Are you aware of the restric
digs into the dollar-a-year-man han tions?
dling of the power phases of the war
A.—No, but I knew something was
production program.
all wrong. I called up several auto
For years one of the hottest issues salesrooms yesterday and in no case
In Washington has been the power did a salesman show up at my
lobby. It has been repeatedly inves home inside of five minutes.
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tigated, and several years ago, aft
er fierce legislative battles, the fed
Q. — You already have a car?
eral power and holding company
A.—Yes.
laws were enacted to curb the lobby.
Q.—What's wrong with it?
The Truman committee has con
A.—Nothing
fidential information that today this
Q —Then why do you wish a new
lobby is more powerfully entrenched model?
in the capital than ever before
A.—My wife thinks our next-door
For months, it has been operating neighbor's car looks better.
directly inside the government, for
Q.—The kind of car your neigh
mulating and running the power pol bors have is of no importance.
icy of the OPM. which was until
A.—That’s what YOU think!
last week the key war production
agency.
Q.—Only certain classes of people
The OPM power division is not are eligible for new cars. Are you a
only manned with utility officials, doctor?
but they are still on the payrolls of
A.—No, but my feet are just as
private power comp^n'es. In other tender.
words, while presumably working
Q.—Are you a farm veterinarian?
for the government, they are actu
A.—Is this a car rationing bureau
ally paid employees of the utilities. or an Information Please program?
After being deluged with com
Q —Are you engaged in fire fight
plaints that the utility-ruled OPM ing?
power division was secretly aiding
A.—No; that's just an impression
independent rural power co-ops, the some people get from the way I
house
appropriations
committee drive.
questioned J A Krug, head of the
division, on these charges.
Q —Are you engaged in crime pre
Krug defended his staff, but the vention?
committee,
unconvinced,
ordered
A.—No, but if you’ll let me have
him to submit a detailed report on a new auto I'll give any cop a
his dollnr-a-year assistants, includ from now on.
ing the amount of salaries they are
Q —Are you engaged In law
drawing from utility
companies forcement?
while working for the government.
A.—Yes. I'm a lawyer.
Two months have elapsed since
Q.—I said '‘enforcement,’’
Krug promised to produce this im
‘‘evasion.’’
portant information and so far he
A. —I didn't come here to be
has not done so.
suited.
All Ute committee has received
Q.—That’s all right; we don't
was a cagey letter from John Lord
nnnd doing it
Listen, do you re
O’Brian, former corporation attor gard a new car as a necessity?
ney who is OPM general counsel,
A.—Positively.
giving a list of the power division'»
Q -Give three reasons.
personnel, but has nothing about
A
W<-II. m t of all, 1 live font
their private salaries. However, the blocks from my office, and without
little information O'Brian did dis*
a car 1 would have to negotiate the
close speaks volumes.
entire distance on foot. Second, we
it shows that no less than 18 key use the cur to go to church.
officials in Krug's division are dol-
Q.—How far is the church?
lar-a-year and "WOC" (without com
A—It's almost an eighth of a
pensation) men, who arc still on mile!
private utility payrolls.
Q.—What's your third reason for
Note:
Appropriation committee
regarding a car as indispensable?
members estimate that the total pay
A —My third reason is the most
these men draw from power com important of all.
panies is more Hi an $250,000 a year.
y —What is it?
War Production Chief Donald Nelson
A.—If I didn't have an automobile
lias privately indicated he will where would I store all those out-
houseclean Krug's unit.
dated road maps and useless tools?
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BAI» FILMS FOR GOOD
NEIGHBORS
Young Nelson Rockefeller, who on
the whole has done a good job for
Pan - American cultural relations,
has bogged down badly on films for
our Pan-American neighbors.
His
Museum of Modern Art. which was
supposed to do tins, has been labor-
■ng for nine months at a cost of
$15,000 per month to the govern
ment and finally has brought forth
a mouse
Rockefeller and Jock Whitney are
getting a large dose of criticism
atHHit tins because they personally
are interested in the Museum and
have permitted an amateur group
to run the show into the ground
Without benefit of competitive bid
ding or any system of checks and
balances, amateur after amateur in
the Museum has tackled the job of
deciding what kind of films should
be cent to Latin-America Here is a
cross section of the results so far.
Better Dresses Fifth Floor." "A
Child Went Forth. " "The City," and
' Power and The l and"- all utterly
unsuited and without objective tor
South America
Some reasonably giHnt commer-
films have been donated, such
MS * U S Steel." "Greyhound Bus,"
’ ’Ge neral Electric Excursions in Sci-
and "The American Can
CIIC<
Company's Silver Millions " Also
Holl) wood ha is handed over a group
of pictures, i such as "Eyes of the.
Idlers of the Sky." "The
Navy.'
Battle.' which are the best pictures
that have gone to South America
Meanwhile the amateurs continue
to chatter and muddle over uplifting
the films for our G< hh 1 Neighbors
all at the expense of Uncle Sam
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MF RKI GO KOI Nl>
Secretary Knox has a bust
of
re Roosevelt on his desk
in the
quartermas*
C
are experimenting with
read.” made by adding to-
• tom ati
or canned tomatoes (rich
mate ju
si to the baking dough
rk air ra^ wardens are
C N v w
ig that every order they
com pl a i
receive IS countermanded live min*
utes after it is given.
Montana radio man
C E B Ci IV
who is a close friend of Senator
I r ri rent tv promoted, financed
and successfully
ess fully completed a Red
Cross relief drive netting over X50, •
(MM) in 24 hours
< Rep \\
.
> H .1 of Col At «do
ti it'd to drum up trade tor pm to
•< an growers during his recent visit
to Britain He look with him a large
bag of the beans and distributed
u.em among British officials.
“I
h> ped they might include pintos ui
lend lease orders,” Hill grins,
but
the British still prefer their white
beans.**
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always jumping up to
get this and that. She wait»
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on them all. So she »wallow«
CAT /M her food too hastily, and after-
^2’ '-J ward — EXCESS ACID in-
. digestion, heartburn, sour
' stomach. The Bismuth and
1 Carbonates in ADLA Tablets bring QUICK
relief.
Ask your drug- A
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RIMES ON Pl ltl.lt III TY
Folks who buy
Defense stamps gladly
Speed the day
Our foes run madly.
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Barred Girls From Schools
Although Indians were being ed
ucated at Harvard as early as
1642, the white girls of New Eng
land were not admitted to public
schools until almost 1800, or more
than 150 years after the first one
was established.
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MOTHER
give
YOUR child
same expert care used when
First meeting of the new National War Labor board. Among the members attending (seated, left to right):
vice chairman, George W. Taylor; Chairman William H. Davis, chairman of national defense mediation
board, and Frank P. Graham. Standing, left to right: E. J. McMillam; Matthew Woll; Walter C. Teagle; A.
Hawkes; Roger D. Lapham; George Meany; Thomas Kennedy and R. J. Thomas.
QUINTUPLETS
CATCH COLD
At the first sign of a chest cold—tha
Quintuplets’ throats and chests are
rubbed with Musterole — a product
made especially to promptly relieve
the DISTRESS of colds and resulting
bronchial and croupy coughs.
Musterole gives such wonderful re
sults because it's MORE than an ordi
nary “salve.” It helps break up local
congestion. Since Musterole is used on
the Quints you may be sure you're us
ing just about the BESTproduct made!
IN 3 STRENGTHS: Children's Mild
Musterole. Also Regular and Extra
Strength for grown-ups who prefer
a stronger product. All drugstores.
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Purposeful Minds
Great minds have purposes, oth
ers have wishes. Little minds are
tamed and subdued by misfortune;
but great minds rise above them.
—Washington Irving.
FOR W0MEN>
The tanker far below (shown in picture at left) can feel somewhat safer now. It is under the watchful eye
of the navy blimp squadron, an important adjunct of the U. S. navy which patrols the Atlantic from dawn to dusk.
Right: the interior of Uncle Sam's blimp roost on the Atlantic seaboard, with patrol blimps seemingly lording
it over the smaller training ships. The blimp squadron carries bombs and some machine guns.
:
If you suffer from monthly cramps,
headache, backache, nervousness
and distress of "Irregularities"—
caused by functional monthly dis
turbances—try Lydia Pinkham s
Vegetable Compound — famous for
relieving pain and nervous feelings
of women s 'difficult days."
Taken regularly—Lydia Pinkham's
Compound helps build up resistance
against such annoying symptoms.
Follow label directions. WORTH
Our Own
We must not blame God for the
fly, for man made him. He is the
resurrection, the reincarnation of
our own dirt and carelessness.—
Woods Hutchinson.
DON'T LET
CONSTIPATION
Ed Pearson, who has evidently
been fiat hunting, says he can't un
derstand why the ads don't group
apartments under three headings:
furnished, unfurnished and under
furnished.
• • •
SLOW YOU UP
• When bowels are sluggish and you feel
irritable, headachy and everything you
do is an effort, do as millions do — chew
FEEN-A-MINT, the modem chewing
gum laxative. Simply chew FEEN-A-
MINT before you go to bed—sleep with
out being disturbed—next morning gentle*
thorough relief, helping you feel sweH
again, full of your normal pep. Try
FEEN-A-MINT. Tastes good, is handy
and economical. A generous family supply
The United States department ot
agriculture is working on a motor
fuel made from corn and potatoes
Juliet Colt says it is going to seem
funny to ask the station attendant
for six bushels of high test.
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FEEN-A-MINT
< t NTH DATES FOR till
F IKING SQl II)
A guy on whon: I'd pour
Is always asking. “Where's
navy?*’
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Liking One’s Duty
The secret of happiness is not
in doing what one likes, but in lik
ing what one has to do.—James M.
Barrie.
CAN vol RDIF JIBIR-
Away hack w hen a pusi-oftice
but
postage
clerk
sold
I nothing
stamp* at the ■ stamp w indow ?
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lint Dodo bought one of those
U S. auto tax stampi» today and »he
says she is going to buy one every
day and save them until maturity
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Canned beer may be discontinued
It is okay
due to the need for tin
with us. We never did like reach
mg into the icebox for a glass ol
beer and coming out with a can ot
tomatoes
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Maj. Bernie Bierman of the V S. marines iletti who
several Minnesota teams to football titles, is shown here
the leathernecks at Quantico. Va.
Right: Because the
has a Thomas Hart, and also because this Thomas Hart of
is onh 10. he will have to wait until Admiral Hart retires.
has generated
ready to join
navy already
Reading. Pa.,
Boston Red So* ball
retired troni the dia
ambassador to Pau America
Is most encouraging We have
had a distinct impression that
team In that area was weak
in the held and at the bat
Berg
r rankiin Roosevelt makes
Jier annual visit to Children's hos
pital in Washington, cheering up the
tiny victims of infantile paralysis.
Photo shows Florence Speis, seven-
year-old
victim.
showing
Mrs.
Roosevelt her toys while being treat
rd in a whirlpool tank.
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The giant ?4*-millimeter portable howitier built tn a Milwaukee fac
ta r y to shewn as It was being prepared for U« trip east to the ordnanee
proving grounds at kberdeen, Md.
The howltter Is the largest fully
mobile gun ever built.
That Naming
Backache
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action
Modern life with its hurry and worry.
Irregular hab ts. improper eating and
drinking—it« risk of exposure and infec
tion—throw» heavy »tram on the work
of the kidneys. They are apt to become
over taxed and fail to filter exreea acid
and other impurities from the life-giving
blood.
You may suffer nagging backache,
headache, dimness, getting up nights,
leg pains, »welling—feel constantly
tired, nervous, all worn out. Other signs
- bladder disorder are some
times burning, »canty or too frequent
urination.
Try Doan*» Pill». Doan'» help the
kidneys to pass off harmful excess body
waste. They ha\e had more than had a
century of public approval. Are recom
mended by fateful user» everywhere.
Aik your nrxghbor'
D oans P ills
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We favor more oa
our diplomatic ft trees
name on«
diplomata
speed, p
mg arm
envoy is really g
some kids surrouna
tor an autograph
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Why baa those radio quia pr^
grants* If the enemy gets as much
wrong information from them as
the American people do everything
will be jtssl ducky.
Tot
Private Joe Louis puts on his
army brogana at Camp Upton, L. I
as he begins army life routine. The
champ entered the armv day after
he pinned bark ear» of Ruddy Baer
TO ORDER
• Advertising creates new
wealth by »Sowing people new
and better way» ot linng, and
as it creates new wealth it con
tributes to the prosperity of
evrrvone touched by the flow of money
whuh is »et up. In this way, don't you
•re, advertising is a MX al force which is
work ng ia the interest of every one of us
every dav of the year, bringing us new
wealth to use and en;oy.