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ThuiHday, July 16, 1942
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JANET CUPL4B
WOMAN of the Week: You may
never have heard of Eleanor Smith,
who died recently in Michigan at
the age of 84. She was a great
woman. The late Jane Addams
called her one of the three “crea-
tive geniuses" who helped make
Chicago's Hull House, founded by
Miss Addams in 1889. one of the
most helpful and forward-looking
settlement houses in the country.
Not content to merely keep under
privileged children off the street,
the Hull House group has always
stressed the need for developing
their skills and talents. Miss Smith
established the settlement's music
school, the first of its kind in Amer
ica. in 1893 and continued to direct
its activities until 1936, when her
sister succeeded her as director.
OPA EXPERIMENT: The Office
of Price Administration is trying
out, in New York, a volunteer
housewives’ brigade to see to it that
.local merchants selling “cost-of-liv-
|ing commodities” post their ceiling
prices. Whether or not the experi-
iment will be tried elsewhere de
pends largely on the outcome of
the New York group’s work. OPA
officials say, however, that this does
|not mean a change in the OPA's
attitude toward unauthorized "med-
Idlers.” You will be called when,
and if, your services are needed.
JOB BLUE BOOK: If you want
to
know __________
what war «____
jobs (and non-
_ _____
ferar jobs) are open to women and
ow your war training influences
your chances ol post-war employ
ment you will find the answers in
'a book compiled by the U S em
ployment service and called "Occu-
ipations Suitable for Women.” It is
now in your public library, or will
ne soon.
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NO MORE XXXX: Be careful,
say the censors, about those xxxx
you send to service men overseas.
you know and he knows that they
have nothing whatever to do with
sailing schedules, gun emplace
ments or the price of tobacco in
Timbuktu. But the position of an
"x.” or the number of symbols
used, has been known to reveal im
portant information when used by
clever spies.
Washington, D. C. (NWNS>— ’T.
¡ties more than ever” seems t
have replaced "politics as usu
in both the house and the senate
with the arrival of the election» v.
inc season.
litis was clearly demonstrated in
the senate in the recent vote con-
| ’~ming Thomas F. Meanev as a
j i -deral district judge of New Jcr-
! • ey. Mr. Meaney had been nomi-
t ated by President Roosevelt clear-
j y because the President wanted
the election backing of boss Frank
•4igue. powerful New Jersey politi-
cal machine leader, who wanted
Meaney appointed.
In a three-hour speech in the sen
ate. Senator Norris said: "This is
no local matter; this is a national
issue. Confirmation of th;s nomi
nee of the notorious Hague machine
will be received with shame and
condemnation by the liberty-loving
people of this nation." Those favor
ing this nomination were challenged
to give their reasons, but except
for a few remarks by Senator Me-
Carran of Nevada, they remained
silent.
Senator Smathers of New
Jersey, chief supporter of the can
didate. said that he would not make
a two-hour speech he had prepared
in order to save time and permit
the senate to vote. When the vote
was taken, only one Republican vot
ed for Meaney and only one Demo
crat voted against him. The nomi
nation was therefore confirmed by a
vote of 39 to 20.
An equally pointed example of
“politics first” was displayed in
the house of representatives when
its members agreed to lop off more
than half of the appropriation re
quested for the Office of Price Ad
ministration. Leon Henderson, head
of the OPA. had estimated that he
would need $161.000.000 to carry on
the work of his office during the
next year, but after only a cursory
analysis of his needs the house vot
ed to cut his appropriation to $75,-
000.000.
It was evident that this cut was
made, not as a means of reducing
government costs, but to punish Mr.
Henderson for his unwillingness to
play politics.
Mr. Henderson now employs 34,-
576 people in Washington, in the
field and on rationing boards and
estimates that to do his job ade
quately he will need to employ 88.-
000 people during the coming year.
But Mr. Henderson, in handing out
these jobs, is accused ot the un
pardonable practice of picking peo-
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SAME OLD STALLS
A Denver. Colo., dairy, return
ing to horse-drawn wagon deliv-
I eries. decided to install a 40-horse
j bam. In a junk yard dairy offi
cials found the same iron-partition
stalls that the dairy had sold to
the junk man about 20 years ago
SUNNY SIDE UP: You can buy when it abandoned its horse equip-
a protective hand cream that's I ment.
greaseless and can be rinsed off
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with water. When it is removed,
The man-made Lake of the O-
the dirt comes off with it . . . The
WPB, unable, apparently, to resist zarks in southweqt Missouri has
the charms of the very young, has more shoreline than Lake Mich-
agreed to allow ruffles on some irait.
types of children’s clothing . . .
Now you can eat your proteins and
wear ’em, too. Some of the new
“victory fabrics” are said to con-
tain as much as 40 per cent pro-
tein fiber.
SUGAR BOWLS BACK
One large restaurant in Denver
is putting sugar bowls back on
the tables. The management dis
covered that when the sugar was
doled out in paper envelopes some
persons who didn’t use it for cof
fee or ceteal took it home with
them.
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VICTORY LITTER
Each kitten in a litter of five
bom to a cat owned by an Ath
ens Ohio woman, had a “V" on
its forehead.
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according to their ability u
• id of their party affiliation:
I e politically minded house men»-
cis can't see permitting such a po-
i entially juicy vote-getting orguni-
| zation to be kept out of politics.
Mr. Henderson said that the dras
tically reduced appropriation would
necessitate his cutting his present
staff and that "unless additional
staff is available there will be ut
ter disorganization and anarchy in
the distribution of scarce commodi
ties as supplies run out."
"I am convinced that I failed."
he said, "in presenting the budget
to the appropriations committee, to
[ bring home to the members n full
realization of the enormous admin-
i istrative job embodied in rationing
scarce goods to 130,000.000 people,
in fixing rents for 90.000,000 peo
ple. and holding down the cost of
living by price ceilings affecting
3.000.000 business enterprises."
But Mr. Henderson, and practi
cally everyone else in Washington,
realizes that the funds were cut
off, not because house members
thought they weren’t needed, but
because Mr. Henderson
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hasn’t been
"playing ball” with the politicians.
Realizing the eye-on-the-election
attitude of both houses of congress,
and knowing that congressmen think
taxes hurt votes. Secretary of
Treasury Morgenthau recently re
leased a clear presentation of the
state of the nation’s finances and
pleaded for higher taxation during
the coming year.
He said the expenses of the gov
ernment in the fiscal year winch
ended June 30 had been $32.397.000.-
000, about 80 per cent of which was
for war activities. Net revenue re
ceipts during the year were $12.-
799.000,000, leaving a deficit for the
year of $19,598,000,000.
He estimated, because of the
greatly increased war expenditures
planned for the new fiscal year, the
deficit for the year ending June
30. 1943, will be almost three times
as much as this year's deficit, based
on revenue from taxes now on the
books.
"The magnitude of this figure."
he said, "emphasizes the urgency
of obtaining additional revenue This
indicates clearly that the tax bill
now before congress should be the
start, and not the conclusion, of
the wartime revenue program. It
is evident, however, that no matter
how vigorous the tax policy, it will
still be necessary to borrow many
billions luring the fiscal year 1943.’’
PIG A YEAR
Divide and Conquer’
If someone harshly criticizes un internal, or inter-allied, friction, Is
Ally during wartime, it docs not "out" for the duration, It Is not
necessarily indlcute that that some difficult to Imagine how the people
one is a saboteur in the direct pay of Germany feci about their Ally
of the enemy und that he should Italy or vice versa; but the prob
be shot before breukfust
But if ability is that these feelings are
that criticism tends to weaken the not even discussed in the bosom of
unity which must exist between Al n fumily.
lies. if they arc to be successful;
Americans don't need to be shot
then It aids the enemy to the ex- iiguinst walls to stop them "dis
tent that It Influences those who cord breeding": All they need is
hear it.
the knowledge and realization that
While the British were fight in« the Axis cuii win this war if th.-y
Maj. Gen. Dwight I). Elsenhower,
u desperate unci successful battle can create a sufficient amount of
tank warfare expert, who, accord I to prevent an invasion of their nntugonlsm between the Allies, or
ing to a war department communi I homeland, they were all "super if they can breed serious Internul
que, has been placed in command
men" and "superwomen” but at discord in one of the more power
of American troops In the "Euro
the time of this writing it is the ful of the Allied countries
pean theater of operations.
It is very difficult to refrain from
popular pastime to abuse them
daily and vitrlolicaliy for their fail jumping all over an Ally when he
ure to stop the drive of Rommel '1 tukes what seems to the layman
forces in North Africa In fact the to be an avoidable beating from
"picking" has at turned u volume the common foe. It must huve been
und a complexion out of all reason difficult for the British to refrain
able proportion, and it Is quite pos from subscribing to the very sum«
sible that subversive persons are self-criticisms in which we indulged
It must be
I trying to make a regular campaign after Pearl Hurbor.
hard for the Russians und the Chi
out of it.
nese to "lay oil'* the British und
This sort of thing is one of the the Americans for the mistakes
most troublesome enemies a na which they muke
It must be an
tion has to combat in time of war awful strain on the Germans to
In a Democracy, where free speech keep their mouths shut every time
is fortunately still the vogue, it can the Italians "flop." But it is dor.e
only be controlled by the efforts in the other countries und it has
of the individual patriot with the got to be done here: und the soon
common sense to realize that wars er we leurn this oldest lesson in
are won by creating discord in "the warfare—the sooner we will win to
camp of the enemy."
victory We Americans would much
In a nation like Germany, where rather go without sugar und gaso
instant measures can
—and are line for the duration than stop talk
—taken against an>c ,e who inter ing But if we don't stop talking—
feres in any way with the war ef thoughtlessly—we may never huve
fort. the solution to problems such uny sugar or gasoline.
as this is quick and simple. The
It is up to the individual
Each
government merely lets It be known one of us should constitute himself
that the act of breeding or fostering or herself a "hot-air raid-warden "
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Not with guns and bullets and
tanks and planes alone are wars
won. Typical of the 8.000,000 Ameri
can farmers holding the line on the
food front today is John Stiles of
Rockville. Md„ who Is shown In this
symbolic photo which might be en
titled "The Man With the Hoc, 1942.”
1. If you see an army officer with a gold leaf on his shoulder he
is a (1) captain, (2) colonel, (3) major, (4) lieutenant colonel? □
2. One of the following agencies was killed recently by con
gress: (1) PWA, (2) ODT, <31 CCC, (4) OPA. Which one was it? □
3. Of the eight Nazi saboteurs caught by the FBI, four landed
on Long Island, and the other four landed at (1) Miami Beach,
Fla., (2) Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., (3) Shoal Landing, Fl»., (4)
Jacksonville, Fla.? □
4. The length of the Suez canal is (1) 35 miles, (2) 85 miles,
(3) 54 miles, (4) 104.5 miles.
5. Last year, which one of these baseball teams ended in fifth
place in the National league? (1) St. Louis, (2) New York, (3)
Cincinnati, (4) Chicago. □
ANSWERS:
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QUESTIONS
QUESTIONS
1. What great European
pire arose in the 8th century
2. What wax the purchaxe
of the Panama Canal zone’
3 What country produces
newsprint than any other?
4 How many miles
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em
7
price
more
rail-
has Egypt ?
A Who Invented
the
sewing
machine 7
8. Name four famous writers of
mystery stories.
7 Who first discovered the law
of gravity.
8. What wax the first book
printed with movable types'*
9. Where did the Society of
Erlends or Quakerism, grow up’
10 How <li<l the term vaudeville
originate 7
Is It Not a Great
Satisfaction
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A pig a year is the price farm-
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er Charles Flint of Tumbridge,
Vt., pays for the care ot his fam
ily’s teeth. It costs Mr. Flint
about $12 for each pig he turns
over to to Dr. J. W. Fowler a
Randolph dentist who looks after
about 250 teeth in Mr. Flint’«
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family of eight.
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The Humbolt river in Nevada
has no mouth, but disappears in :
to the desert in the western part 1
of the state.
TISKET A TASKET
Yellow Basket, tne registered
Palomino mare of a Duncan, Okla.,
man, foaled twin colts .The mare’s
owner lost no time in naming the
colts—Tisket and Tasket.
HULLABALOO
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