Friday, September 19, 1941
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
Beautiful Glass Garden
From Old Jug or Bottle
Washington. D. C. ,
8. BASES IN AFRICA
The public doesn’t generally know
it. though Nazi agents do. but the
United States is very quietly and ef­
ficiently building up a series of stra­
tegic bases along the coast of Af­
rica to guard against a Nazi air
putsch from Dakar to South Amer­
ica.
First of these bases will be air­
dromes at Freetown, in the British
colony of Sierra Leone, now being
developed by Pan American Air­
ways on the airplane ferrying route
to Egypt.
Second will be an important air­
drome in Liberia, the Afro-American
colony just south of Freetown.
Equally important will be a subma­
rine base in Liberia.
The Liberian airdrome is now
being built in co-operation with the
Firestone Rubber company.
Purpose of these bases is to take
the place of the U. S. fleet in the
South Atlantic.
Long ago, U. S.
naval strategists figured they could
reduce materially the number of
U. S. warships around Hawaii and
California, if there were enough big
bombing planes on the Pacific island
bases to patrol the Pacific.
So now U. S. bombing planes op­
erating from the African coast will
do the same thing for the South At­
lantic in order to guard against Nazi
moves
from
Vichy • dominated
Dakar.
The problem of shutting off a Nazi
blitz in the South Atlantic is much
harder than in the Pacific, due to
one factor: distances in the Atlan­
tic are about one-third less than
those in the Pacific.
BAD EGGS
A member of the British air mis-
aion in Washington, back after a
flying trip to England, has a report
on food conditions that is a com-
bination of humor and hard, unpal­
atable fact
Regarding the food shortage in
England he says that eggs in most
places are unobtainable. The ration
is one egg per person per week.
Some millions of eggs shipped from
the United States were all bad.
"Bacon and eggs” today is un­
known in England. The nearest ap­
proach is bacon and “egg.” and if
the day you want it is not egg day,
you have to be content with bacon
and tomato instead.
Sugar is limited to half a lump
per person per meal. At Claridge's,
one sardine per person per day is
the most sardines anyone can ob­
tain. Next in scarcity at this swank
London hostel is butter.
At each
meal, you get a vast dish in which
you may be able to discern two little
dabs, each smaller than a penny.
Fresh fruit is nearly non-existent.
There are no oranges at all. The
returning Britisher also reports that
the general shortage of clothing re­
sults in sloppy dressing.
The report urges that England im­
mediately import thousands of small
home-canning machines to be used
by housewives in preserving current
crops of fruits, vegetables, rabbits,
and meats of all sorts. He advo­
cates "that the women of England
be obliged to preserve food, instead
of devoting themselves to the hope­
less hip and tummy development
that results from continual knit­
ting.”
STUDIES IN THE GAS SHORTAGE
Out of luck
Is Wilbur Wrenn:
He thought of gas
At 7:10.
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Sad indeed
Is Arthur Bott:
’Twas 8 p. m.—
And he forgot!
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Plants, Flowers Grow Rapidly
Shed a tear
For Minnie Wray:
Her friend used all
Her gas by day!
Weep for John
J. Applegate:
The gas man said.
"You're just too late!
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Sympathize
With Nell's friend Joe:
He only said.
"My watch was slow!”
Do not laugh
At Johnson (Will):
He called on her
With just one gill.
Shown above arc two ships which figure in the five sea incidents men­
tioned in President Roosevelt’s “shoot first” address. Pictured at top
is the American-operated 8. 8. Scssa, former Danish freighter, torpedoed
and sunk off Iceland. Below: American freighter, Steel Seafarer, shown
at Baltimore dock, which was sunk by an Axis bomber in the Red sea.
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The ladies' pride
Is Wallace Wright:
He saves his gas
To drive by night.
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Wliv Invent Words?
Oh lucky egg
Is Luther Mix:
The gas shack clock
Had stopped at six!
And wottaman
Is Barnett ("Puggy”):
He never sold
That HORSE AND BUGGY!
HINTS FOR GAS SAVINGS
SLOGANS
Harold Ickes has labored and
come forth with a sticker, "I Am
Using One Third Less Gas” as a
terrific weapon in the drive to save
fuel.
Well, to this department it
seems feeble, trite and ineffective,
President Roosevelt as he delivered his momentous message to the
especially when dealing with human world, following recent attacks on American shipping by Axis submarines.
beings who have shaken off their The President warned Axis powers that he had issued orders to the navy
real skin and donned the tough hide to shoot first if Axis war craft are sighted within American defense
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of automobilists. Nobody reads the zones. He pledged protection of all shipping.
stickers on a windshield, not even
the fellow who pastes them on.
If they are to be used, however,
why not put a kick in ’em. Some­
thing along this line:
“I Am Not a Hog, Even When in
an Auto.”
"I Wouldn’t Cripple Uncle Sam
Just for a Few Extra Miles of Tour­
ing.”
"I Put Patriotism Above Petro­
leum.”
"America First. Picnicking Sec­
ond.”
"I’m Stepping on Hitler, Not on
the Accelerator.”
"I'd Rather Lay Up My Car Than
Lay Up My Future.”
Of course in this crisis there is
bound to be the fellow who takes
the attitude, ”1 only regret I have
but one limousine to give for my
country.”
F'rrguoon,
i ork
model, one of several girls ques­
tioned about shakeup of G-men in
New York city. She threatened suit
against the FBI for its treatment
of her.
Curtain Falls
The idea of tipping railroad por­
ters ten cents per bundle or bag is
now being denounced by both por­
ters and railroads. But nothing they
can say would equal the strong lan­
guage being used by the traveling
public. It has never believed there
was an iota of fairness in paying 40
cents to have a porter carry a coat,
a brief case, a hat box and a book
while the fellow with the bass violin
and the doghouse got off with 20
• • •
The best way to And out what to
send soldiers in camp is to ask
the soldiers themselves. Surveys
among the men with the colors
show cigarettes and smoking to-
bucco head the list. Actual sales
ret ordfi from service .stores in the
Army, Navy, Murine Corps arid
Coast Guard show the largest-
selling cigarette is Camel. Prine«
Albert Smoking Tobacco is well-
known as the "Nntional Joy
Smoke.” A carton of Camels or n
pound tin of Prince Albert is al­
ways welcome, doubly welcome
around the end of the month. Local
tobacco dealers are featuring
these brands as ideal gifts for men
in the service.—Adv.
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In top photo Avila Camacho, president of Mexico, delivers his first
annual message to congress. He stressed the attitude of the Mexican gov-
I ernment as favoring democracy, and pointed out the Mexican intention
of co-operating in the defense of America. In lower photo labor union
adherents to the O.T.M. stage demonstration as evidence of their support
of the president's announced principles.
To Whom It May Concern
Ima Dodo calls her auto an Ickes-
mobile because it has become just
a day coach.
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Men henp together the mistakes
of their lives and create a mon­
ster they call Destiny. — John
Mr*. Sara
Delano
Roosevelt, Oliver.
mother of the President, who died in
her home on the Hudson river, at
Hyde Park, N. Y., at the age of 86.
Mrs. Roosevelt, famed for her
beauty in youth, was from an era
of grand dames and dowager duch­
Cranky? Bratleaa?
esses and she ruled her household
Can't sleep? Tire
in a regal manner. She was burled
esally? Because of
beside her husband, James, who
dlatreas of monthly
functional disturbnncea? Then try
died in 1900.
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Pinkham’s Compound is famous
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Those Churchill photos in confer­
ence with Mr. Roosevelt must make
a lot of advertisers wish they knew
what kind of a cigar he smoked.
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Eleven oil companies are to send
billions to pump oil to the East. It
sounds like a pipe dream.
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SUCCESS SECRET
NO GAS TROUBLES
The shortage of gasoline in the An author's life is often hard
East raises no problems in the life Until he gets a book that’s barred.
—Merrill Chilcote.
of Hattie Caraway, though, as rank­
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ing member of the senate commerce
The United States Golf association
committee, she plays an important
role tn the investigation of the al­ has rescinded its rule prohibiting
golfers in regular tournaments from
leged shortage.
The motherly senator from Arkan­ ceasing play during a lightning
sas is one of the few members of storm. “They may now stop tem­
the upper chamber who doesn’t own porarily if they think they are in
danger,” it says. Boy, there’s what
an automobile.
Mrs. Caraway depends on street we call consideration, even if it does
cars and buses to get to and from expose an unnecessarily slow back-
swing.
her office.
Some writers go to the trouble
of inventing words, which few out­
side their own circle can under­
stand. The English language is
extremely rich in words, and not
impoverished. In the unubridged
edition of the English dictionary
there are some 500,000 words, far
more tliun any man cun hope to
use. Shakespeare had a vocabu­
lary of only 15,000 words, com­
pared with 60,000 used by the edu­
cated adult today.
Milton used
' 17,000 different words, and the
Bible contains only 7,200 different
words.
DON'T BE BOSSED
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Washington announces that bone­
OFFERS FARM FOR DEFENSE less beef is making a hit in the navy
John H Perry, president of West­ It's better than beefless bones.
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ern Newspaper Union, has offered
Defense bonds and stamps are to
his 2,500-acre model farm in Owen
county. Kentucky, to the Royal be sold through dry goods stores,
Canadian Air force as a pilot train­ etc. And we know a lady who is
ing center. The rest of his large going to wait for them to advertise
estate has been offered to the U. S. a special sale.
government.
“I am for national
“What this country needs is unity,”
defense,” said Perry, “and Uncle
Sam can have my place, lock, stock declared the orator as he proceeded
to insult all who disagreed with his
and barrel.”
personal opinions on the crisis.
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One of the uncomfortable facts
disclosed by the selective service
system is that thousands of young
men in this great country of educa­
tional opportunity are unable to pass
a simple test of reading and writing.
In a recent two-months period, May
15 to July 15, a total of 91,919
draftees were "excused” on account
of illiteracy. Of these, 37,217 were
white, and 54,702 were Negro.
The southern states have the
heaviest percentages of illiteracy.
In Louisiana. 4.8 per cent of the
whites and 23.7 of the Negroes were
rejected on this score, In Georgia
and Florida, the percentage was
only slightly less. Other states of
high illiteracy are Virginia, Missis-
sippi and North Carolina.
Partly to offer the benefits of edu­
cation, partly to increase the num­
ber of men fit for military service,
WPA is setting up a project to teach
reading and writing to the rejectees.
A DELIGHTFUL mystery I Ile-
** liotrope with sweet clusters of
tiny flowers, graceful palms and
Ivy-striped pundanus- all growing
merrily in n small-necked jug. Ad­
miring friends ask "How on earth
did they get there?”
Bottle terrariums are almost as
simple to make as the more usual
kind. Pour in some drainage ma­
terial, pebbles perhaps, and then
add soil. Shake und tilt the bottle
us you pour in each luyer until
it lies evenly.
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Constantine A. Ouinansky, Soviet
Our 33 page booklet gives complete di­
ambassador to the U. H., arrives
at the While House for a conference rections tor making terrariums and dlah
with the President and Secretary of gardens of sll kinds Including landscaped,
gardenia, orchid terrariums. Tells how
Stale Cordell Hull. It is believed to grow kitchan window herb gardens.
they discussed the Chief Executive's Send your order to:
radio address to the world.
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The 16-inch rifles on the No. 3 turret, aft, of the 35,000-ton U.S.S.
North Carolina cut loose with a roar as they hurl shells about 26 miles
to sea In the greatest broadside of history. This soundphoto was made
from the stern of the nayy’s superdreadnaught during recent firing tests.
The North Carolina Is under the command of Capt. Olaf M. Hustvedt.
The crown of Miss America of 194
was placed on tile blonde locks of
Miss
California,
Rosemary
La
Planche, at Atlantic City, N. J. The
19-year-old, hazel-eyed beauty, re­
sides In Los Angeles, and was a run-
nerup In last year's beauty pageant.
You can depend on the spe­
cial sales the merchants of
our town announce in the
columnsof this paper .They
mean money saving to our
readers. It always pays to
patronize the merchants
who advertise. They are
not afraid of their mer­
chandise or their prices.