Friday, Sept. 27, 1940
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
GENERAL
HOUSEHOLD
QUESTIONS
HUGH S.
JOHNSON
TRIBUTE TO BANKHEAD
Washington, D. C.
NEW YORK —This is pretty late
NAZI CENSORSHIP
It's not being widely publicized, for a piece about the passing of
but Nazi Germany already holds a Speaker Bankhead, but if it were
tight rein on all messages sent by even later, I couldn't let the going
the stale department to its diplomats of a great man pass without at least
in parts of Europe. In fact, the the tribute of a sigh.
These Bankheads have been south
state department is unable to com
municate at all with certain sections, ern public men in the very finest of
and oommunications to other sec American traditions — father and
tions must be relayed through Ber three sons. The father of the late
speaker and present Senator Bank-
lin
The department has its secret head also was a senator. A third
codes for transmission of official brother was a cadet at West Point
messages, but codes are no good if in my time ana became an able
and beloved officer in our army.
the messages don't move.
If Mr. Hull wants to communicate They were all much alike in ap
with a member of the U. S. diplo pearance and more alike in charac
matic staff in Paris, he cannot do so ter—courteous, considerate, brave,
directly, but must file to the new loyal, gentle and kind.
Those are a lot of adjectives, but
French capital of Vichy, and from
there, subject to the whim of the I considered every one before I
Petain government, the message wrote it, and I couldn't fairly or
accurately have omitted any,
I
may be moved on to Paris.
A short time ago, messages had never met anybody, associate or op
to be sent via Berlin, with the hope ponent. in public life or out, who
that Nazi officials would permit didn't have about that opinion of
the U. S. embassy there to relay the these men, which is a remarkable
message to Paris by courier.
circumstance indeed.
Both Brussels and Antwerp are
The late speaker was noted for all
completely cut off, except through these qualities and, notwithstanding
Berlin, but oddly enough. Rotterdam intense party loyalty, for leaning
and Antwerp are open for direct over backward to be fair to the
communication. Any messages from opposition minority.
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Washington to Norway's capital,
Oslo, must be routed through Stock
RED CAPS
holm.
Mayor LaGuardia wants to mo-
Note—Though this has meant a bilize the Pullman porters for the
reduction in official messages to Eu New Deal third term. I don't know
rope. the total of cable messages about the Pullman porters. They
clearing from the state department are railroad employees.
Neither
is breaking all records for volume, NRA nor its successor labor laws
chiefly because of heavy communi could help them much. Certainly
cation with Latin America.
the mayor would have harder sled
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ding with the station porters. Both
SMOKELESS POWDER
the red caps and the public are reg
SHORTAGE
imented by the wages and hours ad
Destruction of the Kenvil, N. J.,
ministration and they don't like it
powder plant was a far more seri
Before the more abundant life
ous blow to national defense than
cauie to llieiii, while there was no
anyone in high official circles want
body to guarantee their maximum
ed to admit
hours and minimum weekly wage,
It now leaves the United States
and no compulsion on the passengers
with only two smokeless powder
to pay them 10 cents for every pack
plants in the entire country—the du-
age toted, they found the traveling
Pont plant at Carney’s Point. N. J.,
public reasonably generous. A two-
and the government-owned Picatin-
bit tip was usual for a real load.
ny arsenal at Dover. N. J., not far
Sometimes it was only a dime and
from Kenvil. It produces only a
sometimes nothing. But these cases
very small amount of powder.
1 were exceptions—usually old ladies
Real fact is that powder plants
and country bankers of the David
ere slow and cumbersome to build,
Harum type.
requiring a series of buildings in
A compulsory dime for every
which the powder is gradually dried.
Two new plants are being rushed to package carried was an untried ex
completion by the war department, periment. Now the red caps wish
but they will not be finished until it had never been tried, even if
when the public doesn't collectively
next spring.
One of these is near Charlestown. i pay their minimum wages in full,
Ind., and will be opera led by the their employers—the terminal or
duPonts. though built by the gov railroad companies—have to make
ernment at a cost of $25,000.000. The up the difference.
The boys variously estimate to me
other will be at Radford. Va.. and
will be operated by the Hercules that it has reduced their incomes on
Powder company, though built by the average 10 to 25 per cent. They
would prefer Adam Smith’s doctrine
the government at the same price.
How serious is the powder situa of laissez-faire to the Henry Wal
tion was illustrated by the fact that lace thesis of "regulate everything.”
one day after the New Jersey ex They want their rugged individual
plosion. the war depart ent issued ism restored.
"speed-up" letters to both duPont
Formerly, and because he didn't
and Hercules, whereby they are or have to, the average passenger with
dered to increase powder production one man-sized grip willingly gave a
from 200.000 pounds a day to 300,- quarter for carrying it Now Uncle
000 pounds a day in the Radford Sam tells him that 10 cents is enough
plant; and from 200.000 a day to 400,- | and that the porter must take it.
000 a day in the Charlestown. Ind., ; Sometimes, as in a recent experi
plant. This means that the plants i ence of our First Lady, who left a
will be bigger, but it does not mean train with seven parcels, what with
they will be finished earlier
the hurry and bustle and this and
Day after the New Jersey explo that, the passenger forgets the new
sion. also, the war department sent rule and, as in that experience,
a confidential memo to the White hands out half a buck and thinks it
House on the seriousness of the pow generous. It used to be, but now
der situation.
the tariff should be 70 cents. The
Note—German intelligence agents carrier-for-hire relationship has not
unquestionably knew the exact ca yet been sufficiently established for
pacity of American powder facto these small enterprisers to demand
ries. and how limited our present the extra dimes. Just the same, they
production was—namely. 20,000.000 get debited by the company exactly
pounds a year. They must have as though they had been collected.
known also that the destruction of
This also may be imagination, but
one factory would throw the Unit some of the red caps think they see
ed States off its preparedness sched a tendency to fewer but larger
ule more than any other single in pieces of luggage.
cident.
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MERRY-GO ROUND
The state department is still try
ing to keep the muzzle on Mrs. “Dai
sy” Harriman, forthright minister to
Norway. Apparently Mr. Hull fears
she will tell what really happened
there.
Sen. Joe O'Maboney polled the
highest vote ever received by a
Democrat in the recent Wyoming
primary. With less than half of the
normal vote cast in this election,
the Democrats figure they have ■
good chance to carry the state in
November.
Jesse Jones, the Texas banker, who Joined the Reconstruction Finance
corporation under Herbert Hoover and became Its chairman during the
Roosevelt administration, will succeed Harry L. Hopkins as secretary of
comme-ce. He is here shown at the White House receiving the oath of
office from Justice Stanley Reed.
Canvas Citv for Mobilized National Guard
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The conscription bill is a law and
it Is high time. But because of the
last-minute rush and the sheer poli
tics and demagoguery of part of the
debate, a perfectly unworkable, un
constitutional and almost unintelli
gible provision was jimmied into it
—the provision relating to compul
sory orders and, in the alternative
or in addition, the condemnation of
plants.
It provides that either the secre
tary of war or the secretary of the
navy may place an order with a
manufacturer at a price fixed by
the secretary. If the manufacturer
doesn't proceed to fill it at that price
and give it priority over all other
orders, it shall be deemed a felony
punishable by three years' impris
onment and a fine up to $50,000.
Also, in case of a failure not only
to take but to fill the order, the
plant may be seized and operated
by the government.
As this column has repeatedly
urged, the government must have
power to commandeer not only man
ufacturing plants but also supplies,
warehouses, wharves, roads, docks,
ships and even railroads. The pres
ent provision applies only to com
pulsory orders for manufacture and
to manufacturing plants.
I am aware of no experienced
authority who contests the granting
of such a power to the President
when properly defined, For the rea-
gon of its almost total inzufflciency
as just explained, the provision is
not properly defined.
During the last stages of buking
a cake u piece of greased pu|>er
on the top of it will ullow the in
side to cook through and keep th«
top from burning.
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Wilted green vegetables cun b«
freshened by washing in wuter
a little vinegar, and
containing
then left to soak in this solution
for an hour before cooking.
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Remember that a cracked egg
cun still be boiled successfully if
u teuspoonful of vinegar is added
to the water or the crack is rubbed
with salt.
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A good way to test whether a
fern requires water is to give the
pot a sharp tap. If it sounds hol
low it needs water, but if u dull
sound is given out the ■oil is wet
enough.
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When a wire basket is used for
Maj. Urn. Allen Gulliun, advocate
frying croquettes, dip the basket
general of the I'nltcd Slates army, into the hot fat befcj« placing in
who will be nominated by the Presi the croquettes.
The croquettes
dent as chief of national draft board. will not stick to it when done, and
will be easy to remove.
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Apples may be used in almost
any salad recipe to give added
crispness and crunchincss.
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«
Wanted by Nazis
Keep the comb clean by wash
ing it regularly in warm soap wa
ter to which has been added a
little ummonia. The ammonia will
aid in loosening the dirt. Ilins«
thoroughly and dry.
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Speech of the Soul
Utterance is not confined to
words. Our souls speiijc as sig
nificantly by looks, tones, or ges
tures—the subtle vehicles of our
more delicate emotions, as they do
by set words and phrases. Indeed,
the soul has a thousund wuys of
communicating itself. —TurnbulL
INDIGESTION
An aerial view of the tent city at Camp Dis, N. J., where some S.200
National Guardsmen will be housed until construction of wooden barrack«
is complete. A total of S52 buildings, to handle al least 20,000 men, are
being built. 60,500 guardsmen have just been mobilized for federal duty
I
as the opening move to put 1,000,000 men under arms by January 1,
Adolf Hitler has Ju»t placed a
price of Sia.000 on the head of "Ru
dolph,** Austrian patriot now in
America, who was chief of the Aus
trian freedom station in France. ,
may aSr, « «he Heart
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han «nager -a U.. beer, Al the Orel
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Using Every Moment
Recovering
Every moment muy be put to
some use, and thut with much
more pleasure than if unemployed.
—Chesterfield.
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JUST A
0A»H IN WATWRg■___________________
One Road
Of all the paths of life but one—
the path of duty—leads to happi
ness.—Southey.
Child of Mho will
•vsrgst
That'» what YOU think, MothaH
Jane, Jacqueline and John, three pitiful little inmates of the East
Grinstead (England) sunshine home for blind babies, hurry to tbe home’s
air-raid shelter as Nazi bombs roar overhead during one of their “morale
softening” raids on non-military objectives in England. With the coming of
channel storms and inland fog, military targets in England will be hard
to find from the air, but the Nazis have lately acquired the habit of drop-
ping their lethal cargoes almost anywhere over Britain.
Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo, ex
president and “strong man” of the
Dominican Republic, who Is recov
ering from a long Illness, plans to
vacation here for his health, after
a complete physical checkup. He is
shown on his arrival at Miami, Fla.,
by chartered plane, en route to New
York for medical attention,
Weighs Nearly a Ton—but Harmless!
U. S. Drops Cliarges
DRAFT LAW
SECRET AIRPLANE CONTRACTS
The public is not going to get any
more information about airplane
contracts let by the war department
The army is putting the lid on as
a military precaution.
Inside fact is that news of recent
contracts was released only to offset
the impression that the work was
not getting ahead. Secretary of War
Stimson had stated on August 9 that
contracts had been let for only 33
planes 'of the 4.000 authorized in
June.
Just a month latdr, September 10,
the war department released figures
that told a different story. Instead
of 33, the number of planes contract
ed for was 2,797.
These figures were put out to re
assure the public. But from now on
there will be no talking, The war
department is following the lead of
General Marshall, who says, “You
can’t play poker with everybody
looking at your hand."
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Use potato water (a) when milk
ing stock;
(b) when making
gravy, und (c) if you are u brend-
muk<*r, use it for mixing the bread
dough.
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Nobody 1« Immune to round worm« Chil
dren can pick up I his naaly Infection front
■Mooked vegelal.lra or bad water, from
other rhlldrun or dogs.
II nri, are soma of the dangrr liana that
may moan IIring, crawling round worms
are inside your child Kldgi-tlng and miulrm
Ing. t noaay atomach Itching nose and
seat. Krwllraw sleep. lilting nails.
If you even auanrrt that your child has
round worms. g«H J A YNK H VKitMI KiMlE
right away I JAYNK'H la the lawt known
worm cx|H<llant In America. It la luM-kni
by modern aclenUflc study, and has been
uaod by millions, for over a Century,
JAYNE S VKItMirUflK has the abil
ity to drive out largo round worms, yot II
taabw good and acta gotitly. ft doos not
contain aanIonin If thorn arc no worms It
works merely as a mild laaatlva Ask for
JAYNE'S VEk-MI-FUGEat any drug store
FREE- Valuable modlcal book,"Worms
Living Insldo You." Write to Dept. M-s
Dr. D Jayne A Hon, 2 Vino Ht., Philadelphia.
ADVERTISING
• ADVERTISING
represents the leadership of
a nation. It points the way.
We merely follow—follow to
new heights of comfort, of
convenience, of happiness.
As time goes on advertis
ing is used more and more,
and as it is used more we
all profit more. It’s the way
advertising has —
This hlgh-explosivd shell, being unloaded for display at the British
pavilion. New York World’s fair, is an unfilled and harmless duplicate
of those which the British royal railway artillery are hurling across the
English channel in answer to the shells of the "Big Berthas” being used
by tbe Nazis.
Charges against Dr. Herbert
Hoehne, seized in Los Angeles with
German papers in his possession,
have been dismissed by the U. 8.
of bringing a profit to
•vorybody concornod,
tho contumor included
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