Illinois Valley News, Thursday, January 17, 1946 Playful Kitten Rolls Spool Between Paws MADE WITH ACTUAL-SIZE CUTTING AND PAINTING GUIDE M1SSOI KI SNOW SHOVELERS WASHINGTON - The problem of snow removal from the sidewalks around the "Summer White House" created something of a problem just before President Truman paid his Christmas visit to Independence, PATTERN £91 > Released bv Western Newspaper Union. Ol'R TOWN. L'.S.A. NEEDS CORRECTING OUR TOWN. U. S A. — Our town At first nothing was done about is developing new peculiarities of HIS cutting gray and white kit­ the snow around the Truman man­ postwar life like many another in sion. Secret service agents guard­ 1 the nation, I suspect. ten with a bright red bow is so Our E bond campaign really ing the house said it was their job life-like that it charms everyone, failed this month for the first time to guard, not to shovel. Finally young and old. It is designed so James T. Hopkins, aged 59. got in history, although we extended that it playfully rolls a spool be­ out his horse Dick, aged five, and the time two weeks, and the cam­ tween its paws, yet it is very sim­ with a home - made snow plow paign leaders worked harder than ple to make. It is just layers of cleared the snow from the North ' usual. They got less than half their wood fastened together with brads. Delaware street side of the Truman quota. Nearby in rich and swollen An actual-size pattern for all the home. But he didn't have time to 1 Washington, E bond sales ran only parts gives an accurate guide for clear the West Van Horn road side 66 per cent of the quota. cutting the pieces either by hand The leaders tell me the fail­ because he had *o clear the walks or with a power jtg saw. ure here was almost entirely in used by children. • • • bonds of the smaller denomina­ NOTE—Pattern 291 with actual-size cut­ One day before Mrs. Truman ar­ tions. The lower income brack­ ting and painting guide and complete di­ rived, however, George Dodsworth, ets did not embrace the cam­ rections for this kitten is 15c. Write di­ president of the Independence rect to: paign this time. In one business p MM b ' fc . • chamber of commerce, called out where the employees had pre­ the chamber’s six new directors. He MRS. RUTH WYFTH SPEARS "COME IN, THE WATER’S FINE Hardy members of the Polar Bear club took their annual first of viously bought as much as told them that the snow around the Bedford Hills New York the year dip in the icy water of Lake Michigan at Milwaukee and agreed that the water was fine. But $2,000, only $400 was purchased. "Summer White House" would Drawer 10 they failed to convince the spectators on the snow-capped shore. The temperature was 16 degrees above. Yet the people have as much have to be cleared and their initi­ Enclose 15 cents for Pattern No. 291. money as ever, and are vying with ation into the chamber would be to each other to spend it; one civic Name ■ — ■ do the job. organization had a dinner at the They did a good job. The walks best restaurant, and when it came ! Address------------------------------------------------ around the Truman home were •time to pay the bill, the treasurer thoroughly shoveled. pushed forward a balance of un- i They did not, however, tackle the counted bills and said: ZF; \ • *'"• ’oofu'« 5»MHA4» An 'w* drive in the rear of the house. So "Give this to the help.” next morning, two employees from A waitress made a $7 tip on an the highway department arrived to other small dinner for seven. * F promptly relieve coughs from clear the driveway. They had shov STORES ARE HOLDING eled for about 20 minutes when the BACK SOME SUPPLIES first lady appeared on the back Bank deposits are up. Sales are Jrjk Great For Grownups, Too! porch. up. There is no unemployment; in­ "You are shoveling gravel on the deed still a shortage of help every­ aA\ rub on | ” 11 bf |3 Ul] I ] OUI OH grass,” admonished Mrs. Truman, where. I would say now, four months 1/ always a meticulous housekeeper. after the Japanese capitulation, the There were some explanations employment crisis of the war had that they had been sent by the high­ been relieved only 25 per cent. No way department to clear the snow. competition in labor is anywhere in "I don't care who sent you,” re­ sight. We are getting more food in the plied Mrs. Truman. "I want you to stores than in some years, but a quit." peculiar situation has developed Which is exactly what they did. about this. Although some stock Mrs. Truman left instructions with shortages are evident in every line a secret service agent not to let in every store, some dealers have anyone scoop snow from the drive. been hesitant about bringing up to And no one has. the counter what they have in the basement. THE OTHER La FOLLETTE. It seems that the income tax When the name LaFollette is men reduction goes into effect Janu­ tioned in Washington, most people ary 1. By holding back goods think of the senator from Wis­ until next year, sellers can not consin, who succeeded his crusading only avoid the highest war bull-moose father. But another La­ WHEN CONSTIPATION makes y«T feel taxes on ‘the Income from it; Follette. from Indiana, not Wiscon­ punk as the dickens, brings on stomach they can save about 15 per cent upset, sour taste, gassy discomfort, sin. who sits in the house of repre­ take Dr. Caldwell’s famous medicine or ’ more in taxes next year. ARTIFICIAL HELPING LIMBS PVT TO WORK ... Of course the artificial hand worn by this veteran (left), sentatives, not the senate, is also to quickly pull the trigger on lazy “in­ There will be a flood of food and nards”, and help you feel bright and Lawrence Dilworth, is not to be compared with the one he lost. But he can use tools with it. Vincent attracting more and more attention. goods on the market after the chipper again. Empty chairs fill up quickly when Yannonc, right, also knew the horror inspired by the word "disability.” He now wonders why he ever let first of the year, they say. DR. CALDWELL’S is the wonderful sen­ It scare him. He has pulled up his trousers to show his artificial leg. Bota vets are among a group now Rep. Charles LaFollette takes the na laxative contained in good old Syrup Ours is not a strong union town floor for a speech. Colleagues may employed in a North Bergen manufacturing plant. These men now spell "disability"—a-b-i-l-i-t-y. Pepsin to make it so easy to take. sometimes disagree with the two- We have no large factories. Yet MANY DOCTORS use pepsin prepara­ everyone is talking about the unions, flsted Indiana Republican, but they tions in prescriptions to make the medi­ and attributing to their leadership cine more palatable and agreeable to agree that what he says usually is take. So be sure your laxative is con­ interesting and never fails to pack the new psychology everywhere evi­ tained in Syrup Pepsin. dent here — that of doing as little a wallop. INSIST ON DR. CALDWELL’S—the fa­ work as possible and charging as In fact, one of his recent speeches vorite of millions for 50 years, and feel much for it as possible. This is estab­ that wholesome relief from constipa­ packed such a wallop that conserva- lished routine not only in the few tion. Even finicky children love it. tive colleagues on the Republican unions but among too many employ CAUTION: Use only as directed. side almost swooned. For LaFol- ers as well as employees. lette attacked that super-sacred The electrician and plumber com­ ■> cow. states' rights, and before he plain their small-union men just was through had virtually de-horned stand around and smoke cigarettes the animal. eight hours a day, ignoring work as much as possible. "There are no such things as "Once they join a union you can­ states I» ’ rights. states' rights. ♦ ” » declared the not get any work out of them," one red-headed Hoosier. “There are says. rights of citizens who live with- with­ A PROBLEM OF HELP in a state. The man who speaks In OR EXCESS PROFITS of state sovereignty speaks the •* The men who own small busi language of totalitarianism. nesses must do, and are doing, all There is Anily Atnly individual sover- sover­ their important work themselves eignty." No one else will carry the work Colleagues on both sides of the load There is no such category as aisle listened in amazed silence the small business "executive" here Only congressmen to answer were any more. two Republicans: Jensen of Iowa A friend of ours had to stay over­ X and Bates of Massachusetts. Signifl- f cantly. no whimpers came from night at a nearby town a few days back. Arising with his wife, he southern Democrats. asked the innkeeper where he could "Did not the sovereignty of the get breakfast. states exist long before the fed­ “You cannot get it in this town, eral government was established?” the innkeeper replied V I asked Bates. His own dining room was closed ' except for lunch and dinner, because "Yes. but man existed long GOBS DON NEW I NIFOISMS ... Bell bottom trousers, suit of navy HERE COMES THE BRIDE . . he could get no one to work more before the state of Massachu­ blue, the traditional uniform worn by sea-faring men since the 14th cen­ Hushed whispers, accompanied bv than eight hours, and said he could setts.” shot back LaFollette. tury. arc soon to fade into oblivion. left to right: blue, white and gray, varied expressions, came from on­ not get sufllcient help for two shifts "The state of Massachusetts did with shirts to match. The blue and white arc dress uniforms, while the lookers when they glimpsed th There were six dining places in not create its citizens and does gray is pi.uiaii . the working uniform. White trousers may be worn bride, Mollie Wyndham-tjuin, and the town Each one was doing the not own them. The citizens own with the blue battle jacket in warm weather. The sailors will keep her groom. Hon. Robert Cecil, alter same thing Some claimed they were the state. In the continental con­ their "pea coat." The new uniforms will be given a threc-months test. ceremony at Westminster abhev. closed because of shortage of points gress and the convention which but you do not need points for created the constitution . . . the orange juice, eggs and coffee issue was not states' rights. Local citizens said the restau­ "The Issue was. ‘Shall the rants were all making so much people determine that they can money with two meals, they all be better served by a ifederal) just lazily decided two were government with power over enough to serve the public. My the state.' That is the constitu­ friend went 20 miles before he tional answer, and it is the only got his breakfast. answer that parallels with any Some new businesses are idea of the innate dignity and opening, with good service, try­ honor of mankind. From that ing to establish themselves with premise I do not yield, nor shall popular support; and many old I ever yield. God giving me the ones