Illinois V a lle y N ew s. Thursday, F e b ru a ry 5, 1948 L in c o ln — H is S p ir it Is w it h t h e A g e s Martyr, Emancipator, Myth, Abe Is Builded Forever’ HR By BAUKHAGE /Veics A n a ly s t a n d C o m m e n ta to r . Like everything else in this political year, preparations for Lincoln s birthday in 1948 are chiefly a m atter of scram ­ bling through the G reat E m ancipator’s writings to find a text for a highly-partisan outburst. But F ebruary 12 is the oc­ casion for more than a barrage of political speeches. PEARL: COME HOME I t gas a ll m y fa u lt, Pearl. I a d m it I was su rly and grum py. N o wonder th a t even the kid s were scared of me. B u t e ve ryth in g ’s better now. I ’ve found o u t th a t constipation caused by lack o f b u lk in m y d ie t ran be licked! Believe me, I advise others who suffer the same way to do w hat I d id : ju s t eat a bo w lfu l of K E L L O G G ’S A L L - B R A N every day and d rin k p le n ty of w ater. T hey say i t ’s Am erica's most famous laxative cereal— believe me, i t sure gets my vote. O r make i t up in to m uffins — they taste grand too . . . Come home, dear, and find a bran new man w a it­ ing fo r you. T h a t's m e— y o u r ever- lo v in ' husband, JO E. I T WAS easy enough to understand | • w hy E w e ll B la c k w e ll was base- , b a ll's best p itc h e r in 1947. and w h y | he m ig h t easily be base ba ll's best I p itc h e r in 1948. A fte r m eeting B la c k w e ll again out here in Los Angeles, I began to study his p h y s ic a l , m ake-up. Six feet I five and a fra c tio n , fo r a s ta rte r he j looks s lim m e r than a q u ill, th in n e r than a d rin k o f w a te r, i Your firs t guess w o u ld be th a t the 1 Red's able sniper w ould w eigh in at 160 o r 165 pounds. I " I do b e tte r th a n i G ran tla n d Rice 1 h a B la c k w e ll said. “ M ake i t 198 pounds, and y o u 'll be r ig h t.” W hich means there is a lo t o f fib e r and m uscle on those long bones. " T h is co m ing N a tio n a l league race should be the best in baseball h is to ry ," the Red bean pole said. "T h e A m e ric a n league race » i l l be a tw o-club scram b le — Red Sox and • Offensive cough due to colds, sm ok­ Yankees. In the N a tio n a l league, ing? G e t th is p re scrip tio n -ty p e form ula they a lre a d y are ta lk in g about the of proven cough-relief in gredients long Dodgers, Braves, C a rd in a ls and G iants. These w ill a ll be tough. But used by doctors. Q uick, long-lasting re­ lief 8 im p o rta n t w ays: the Reds won’t be any push-over. " W e 'll be s tron g e r than we were i I , lo ses th ro a t tickle la st season. We’ ll get m uch b e tte r I 2 e Soothes ra w , irr ita te d m em b ran es p itc h in g . W e 'll score m ore runs. 3 e Helps loosen p hlegm We’ ll bother m ore team s. Johnny i STILL ONLY M a Neun is p la n n in g a d riv e at th a t firs t d iv is io n and we won’ t be fa r a w a y ." " J u s t how do you figure the race?” I asked the hum an s ky­ scraper. " A v e ry tough ra c e ,” B la c k w e ll said, "to o tough fo r me to pick. B u t I can prom ise you this. Boston is going to m ake a b ig e ffo rt to have a Boston w o rld series I t could hap­ pen. W ith the new stars b ro u g h t in, Stephens and K ra m e r and o th er help, the Red Sox have the edge Wears Size 12 Again in the A m e rican league. N ot a b ig Once 180 11)9 . D orothy J . Miller, * X*.'J edge, but a m a rg in to w o rk on. I t 2<«»3 W. Toth St.. Chicago, lost «f J would be a k illin g m a rg in i f we 5 lbs. re e k I y for 13 weeks, with th e r e m a r k a b le N E W A Y D S knew th a t Hughson, H a rris and Fer- C andy Reducing P lan an ns. aches, urges once thought e n tire ly d u e la p ro m o te r o f pro-Eisenhow er senti- 4 ? for 'lu i’ker. lo n ger-lasting relief, co m m itte e is a co m m itte e of three w a r.” There were m any oth er le t­ i m ent, now says he d e fin ite ly w ill e v e r seen. so.'Me bidder as well as stim u late kidney action. w ith tw o m em bers out of tow n Is Do this: use Foley (th e new kidney-bladder) te rs . One fro m the niece o f o n e ' not. 1 ft a Ty a ^ ° h ave direct sedative like action Tiger Hurling Pest co rre ct, perhaps M a rsh a ll is rig h t. of I in ro ln ’s cabinet m em bers, R oberts' p re d ic tio n was that the bladder A t y o u r druggist I nleea y o u find "W h a t about F ra n k Shea — one 1 on W illia m P itt Fessenden; an­ M u " EY b T * "*u ’i,ctor>r' D O V B L E Y u UB Rubber Bill general soon w ould rem ove h im se lf o f the best young p itch e rs I ever I Ja n u ary saw three p re sid e n tia l o ther enclosing the announce­ fro m a ll consideration along those saw? H is a rm was O. K. again at ! messages presented to congress. m ent shown in the cut. lines. Said R oberts: Each docum ent had m an y a pas­ L e g isla tio n to establish a pe rm a ­ the end of the season and th is should ■ " I ' l l ve n ture a guess th a t before Those were tw o sequels to the sage born only to waste its f r a ­ nent, go ve rn m e nt-reg u la te d A m e ri­ m ean a t least a 22-game w inner. June the general m ay take h im s e lf sto ry of the little g irl and her weep­ grance on the desert a ir of an un­ can ru b b e r in d u s try w ith a 675.000- We l l have a b e tte r p itc h in g sta ff I try this if you’re in g m other. I th in k the e ve rla stin g sym pa th e tic m a jo rity . ton annual ca p a city and a required co m p le te ly out o f the p o litic a l p ic ­ than the Red Sox. and th a t w ill I • • • sequel can be read again and again annual p ro d u ctio n of at least 225.000 ture. I am sure the message w ill m ake a big difference. in the story of A m e rica, as the story Too bad the R epublicans d o n 't tons a ye a r has been Introduced by come when he lays aside his m ili­ " I know it's tough to beat out a I ta ry u n ifo rm F e b ru a ry 15.” of L in c o ln is p ro je cte d fa r on Into care fo r M r T ru m a n 's budget. The Rep. Paul Shafer (R e p , M ic h ) . club th a t has Ted W illia m s , Vern He emphasized, though, th a t he h is to ry . I th in k I have seen it p ro ­ budget message was p rin te d up so On ‘CERTAIN DAYS’ Of Month- Stephens, Johnny Pesky, Dorn D i- ' The b ill refe rs throughout to the je cte d In the crow ds who come to n ice ly, bound so neatly, and it IS p ro d u ct in question as "A m e rica n - was not speaking fo r Eisenhower. Do fem ale fu n c tio n a l m o n th ly d is tu r b - M aggio and so m an y o ther good W ith A lf Landon, 1936 Republican an ces m ake you feel nervous. Irrita b le , W ashington, a vid w ith guidebook unique—unique in th a t it Is the b ig ­ m ade ru b b e r." The word "s y n ­ p re s id e n tia l nom inee, Roberts had ones, but we had a p re tty fa ir b a ll bo w eak a n d tire d o u t—a t s u c h tim es? and cam era to c o lle c t "s o u v e n irs ." gest peacetim e budget ever p resent­ th e tic ,” as the te rm fo r fa cto ry made club, too. We ran up 19 in a ro w I T h e e do try Lydia E P tn k h a m ’i Vege­ been doing m ost o f the p o litic a l w ith our tw o best p itc h e rs on the j ta b le C om pound to relieve s u c h sy m p ­ O nly th is week, the g a rru lo u s cab ed to any congress. ru b b e r, is not mentioned. d ru m beating fo r Eisenhower to m s. I t ’s fa m o u s tor th ia! T a k e n re g u - d riv e r who c a rrie d me fro m Union bench o r in the hospital. We also J*rj7 — P in k h a m 'e C o m p o u n d help« sta tio n was fu ll o f a s to ry o f "South have a few fellow s who can h it b u ild u p re sista n c e a g a in s t s u c h dle- tre^a Also a g re a t s to m a c h ic to n ic ! A m e ric a n s " who spent endless I when you need hits. hours (a cco rd in g to his tim in g * at "T h e T igers m ay have the best the L in c o ln M e m o ria l. The m em o­ p itc h in g in e ith e r league. T h e ir in ­ r ia l rem a in s a shrine fo r a ll v isito rs, field doesn't look any ton hot and W N U -13 05— 41 n a tiv e and foreign, a place « h e re th e ir outfield is a guess. C leveland flip p a n t c h a tte r Is s tille d before that w ill be a m uch tougher team to You lik e to have holidays fa ll on alm ost liv in g re p lica w a rm e d to life | weekends? Then 1948 should be a beat. Bob F e lle r w ill have or should both C h ristm a s and New Y’ ear's out of cold m a rb le by the inspired y e a r o f gre a t prom ise. So, the last tim e F e b ru a ry 22 have a m uch better ye a r a fte r a Day (1949* fa ll on Saturdays. hand of D a niel C hester French. M a y 30 and J u ly 4 a ll fe ll on Sun- m uch longer rest. B ut the ra re M ost o f the m a jo r holidays this O f the th re e re m a in in g holidays, days in the should be between the Yankees and ye a r w ill fa ll on Saturdays and Sun­ same ye a r was in 1920 It lives as the spirit of Abra­ tw o come on weekdays w ith o u t the The next ime a fte r thia ye a r w ill the Red Sox. days, w h ich Is e ith e r good o r bad. ham Lincoln lives. aid of any tdiosvncracies on the pa rt be in 1976 "The deciding facte depending on how you feel about ng fa c to r is o f the calendar the e x tra day iF< To the little c h ild beside the cata­ g e ttin g tim e off down at the old '•»ry 29) every L a b o r Day, Septem ber 6 this seven leap years. The Pennant Paves falque. except fo r her m o th e r's m i l t You c a n 't blam e the west coast year, a rriv e s on M onday s im p lv be­ SORETONE Linim ent’s te a rs there was no m o u rn in g in Sunday», whereon fa ll W ashing- Now thia is the pla cause It alw ays fa lls on the firs t . . f°r someone tn ta k in g a deep in te re st in the two H e a t i n g P a d A c tio n th a t m om ent. O n ly som ething sol­ to n ’ s b irth d a y. M e m o ria l , Day . and . , M onday o f Septem ber instead o f on who knows calendar law to argue b ig league pennant races. emn, so m e th in g im p o rta n t, some­ Independence D G iv e s Q u ic k R e l i e f ! aren t too bad | any one n u m e rica l day in the th a t since the com ing y e a r 2000 (a The west coast gave the tw o DI- th in g th a t touched old and young because the governm ent and moat m onth. Same goes fo r T ha n ksg iv­ c e n tu ry ye a r ¡visib le by 400* is not M aggios. Joe and D om , to the ° f *che’ ,r° m a lik e because it had in it the cosm ic o ther em ployers observe the Mon- ¡¡¡¡¡¡* ™ ! L P"’**10 du< ,o »«- in g on Thursday A rm is tic e Day a leap year, It w ill be 32 m ore Yankees and the Red Sox The west rh y th m i f the epic, and, as w ell, the I d«y» fo llo w in g as legal h o lid a ys and E-h s y m iX '" 1'" * '" w '* '* m’ d' 10 ” ° " * ju s t happens to come on Thursday years, or 200) a fte r 1976 before the coast sent Joe G ordon and Johnny sim ple, u l-to u ch ltig m elod y o f the »o exlend holiday benefits to th e ir thia year. three holiday again appear on Sun- Pesky to the Indians and the Red u ^ a e,On* p n,'T, » "i“ « « • This is only a beginning. Ted WiP spend m uch ity of » h a t L in c o ln did. o r w hat his on » Saturday, fo r it doesn't b rin g worrying about Sunday holidays can happt mor« back ’Oc Economy rr"J j i n si 00 >» r«"» « wenev Besides, w h o 'll be ■live to taka a lia m a le ft Saa Ilie g o to jo in the Character has etched into the hia- an a lte rn a te day o ff. A nd thia ye a r onca every 28 years Red Sox and he s till stands as the Try Sorttone for AiMzus Fool Kills ifl I h o lid a y in the y e a r 2008? O tty of common fungi — - on contact’ best a ll-around b a tte r tn baseball. PROGRAMME Funeral Ceremonies.1 yygff'5 REV!KW Nazi-Soviet Pact Told; Too Much Aid: Hoover Get Mt's qa/cA: 3tFAF RSUSF.t EA TS New Kind « of C A N D Y Loses 6 5 Lbs. i.Z B ew are Coughs from common colds That H ang On C R E O M U L S IO N SPEEDED-UP COMFORT KIDNEY SUFFERERS GIRLS! WOMEN! NERVOUS H APPY HOI IDA YS This Won t Happen Again Until 1976 m t a [. n s asah ' s nivin BACK ACHE TORTURE? I