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"THE TRUTH WILL^^
SET YOU FREE"
THIS PRACTICE WOULD NOT BE MISSED!
N America at war must have some relaxation and
the Miner is not inclined to throw cold water on
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any legitimate type of enjoyment. There is one practice
that could be dispensed with, we think, without doing
injury to the town’s morale. There was a demonstra­
tion of it Tuesday evening when a charivari party pa­
raded the streets for possibly one-half of an hour.
Such spectacles go unnoticed in peace time when
there is plenty of rubber and gasoline. But now it is dif­
ferent, and it is our belief that if the practice is not
voluntarily stopped some official action should be ta­
ken to check it. On every hand we are told to conserve
rubber. The government is preparing to ration gasoline
with the direct object of saving rubber. Can it be that
the people who indulge in this bit of prodigality have
never heard of the rubber shortage? Or, if hearing
have no intention of heeding the pleas to save it? How
are they going to save if they continue to use their cars
as they have in times of plenty of automotive supplies?
Apparently this lack of cooperation comes from
young people who perhaps for the first time in their
lives have earned enough money to operate a car at
their own expense. When dad was footing the bills he
could put his foot down—but now dad has nothing to
say. The young spriggins will drive the rubber off the
tires before the old bus is morgued, unless some official
action is taken to curb their nefarious conduct.
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UNEMPLOYMENT SHOWS RAPID DECLINE
IGURES released by the State Unemployment Com­
pensation commission show that unemployment has
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taken a rapid decline in recent months. The decline has
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TOOTS FOR VICTORY
HE next time a speeder passes you on the road try
giving him three toots of your horn.
The other day a radio announcer told about his suc­
cess with the treatment. He was driving along at 30
miles an hour when a car went whizzing by him. Real­
izing that this driver was wasting gasoline and rubber,
the announcer tooted his horn three times as if to say,
“Don’t be a Nazi.”
The car went speeding on past a second conserva­
tive driver. That driver took up the cue and blew his
horn three times. Both watched as the speeder showed
he realized what it was all about by pulling to the side
of the road and taking it easy for the rest of the trip.
Whether it’s three toots of the horn or any other
signal, it’s a good idea for all of us. to have a way we
can express our resentment against anyone “speeding
as usual” these days. Since the three toot signal has
started let’s carry it on.
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"How to Win Friends and
Influence People”
No one cun ever prophesy coi- , th«« line« themselves,.
Tlieix* lire two xlundnrd but ex­
lectly
whut will iiuppcn in u Will.
AFRAID OP IT? THEN TRY IT!
KomutimvM u weaker an luge sum I cellent «’xuniplvx of u niatlirmali-
This is the story of "Mabel, the Child Who Was Afraid of the will "romp" over a much stiongci eul principle. Without doubt inc
Dark."
one and settle tile conflict m snort xiinie principle is functioning nor­
I came across it when 1 was lecturing in Wichita, Kansu« While older.But if the weaker side cun'*, mally today. The Gel man na-
I was there I met Dr. Edwina T. Cowan, director of the Wichita Child win In a short time and the ton ] lion without any very gieat hu*
Research laboratory, and she told me the story.
leal becomes long diawn out, its man or material assistance has
Mabel was a bright, attractive child, and was jolly and laughing more |H>weiful foe will almost al­ been using up Inn iiippin-.M for
during the day, but when dark came she was haunted by a sense of ways wear It down and defeat n year and a half she has been lav-
fear. She would twitch in her sleep, and utter terrified screams. It Among the many instances of thia ixiily throwing Into the Ituxxliin
was always about the dark.
obvious principle, we are all famil­ campaign the fury ttower of her
Why? Because when she was an infant, -die was knocked over by ial with two iecent ones t|ie Am­ fighting manhood Hitler wu« in a
a dog in the dark. The dog was large and the child wax terrified.
erican Civil war and the so-called hurry to "clean up" when he
Later, the dog was brought to the child during the day. and Mabel First World war.
turned on RuxMa, and we may
was asked to play with it. She did. but seemingly made no mental
text axaurt«d that no army com­
In
the
Civil
war
except
foi
the
connection between her fright and the good nature«) dog. This fear­
mander
lives or hax lived who
complex grew. She was not only afraid to go outdoors at night, but campaigns In the west the Con­ can resist th«* urge to uxe his best
even to go into the next room. The mother reasoned with her ami federacy had about everything its truopx when he lx in n hurry to
own way the flixt two yeais. ano guin a vital point. The proliablllty
tried to reassure her; but Mabel was not to be reassured.
The laboratory studied the case and decided that it would do no upon several occasions it loosed us ix that the German army has loat
good to try to reason her out of her fear. The laboratory decided to loough its efforts to create a se­ 25 per cent of Ita efficiency, and
replace Eear with Liking. They asked what she liked best in the parate union would be successful. that the morale “back of the linea”
Union unny aft« i Union anny
world. What do you suppose it was? Gumdrops. That was the key
and reorganised crum­ hua weakened In like proportion.
The mother was instructed to place a gumdrop on a chair just organized
There are two way« In which
pled
befote
the su|>erb strategy of
Inside a dar krooni, which opened off a lighted hall, and to tell Mabel
G *r riany cm win thia war: hirst
Gen.
Robert
E.
Leu
and
the
mag
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the gumdrop was there. Mabel wanted it with all the longing of her
by a miracle.
Second by stu-
fighting morale of the
childish being. She started to walk past the door, but was so fright­ nificent
pidlty on the part of the Allies:
Southern
forces.
All
thia
tin»',
ened that she broke into a run. She came back a few moments later,
the army of the rich and mid bv atiipidlty ia meant lack
kept hold t>f the doorjamb and peered in. Then she made a lightning I however,
populous
001111 was growing larg­ of foreMight, bad military manage*
snatch at the gumdrop, got it and came pitty-patting back. The er and stronger
as it becomes con­ ment. squabbling among ourselves
mother pretended not to notice.
tinually more apparent to the peo­ and between our Aillea. overcon­
The next evening the game was repeated. This time the chaii ple
that they must sacrifice and fidence and relaxation, destruction
was placed a bit further inside Again Mabel approached the door;
sweat
be beaten. But th«* south by government« of the confidence
again she raced by. But she returned in less time than she had had no or more
man power to call of their people« and their arnilea,
before.
upon
and
when
a soldier tiled his unwtliingnea« on the-part of th«*
Each eventnK the game was played, the chair farther and farther place was left unfilled.
As with people to xacriflce Jack of realiza­
inside the dark -------
room. At the end of ten days it was placed against
her
manjxnver,
so
it
was
with
1 tion of the danger of defeat, group
the far wall. T Mabel * walked slowly towart! the gumdrop,
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seized it. material strength. Slowly she het
wlflshnexs. buxines« ax usual and
be-
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and raced back Bit by bit she gained confidence, The gumdrop was
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politic« ax usual.
came
weaker,
and
finally
at
the
left on the swing on the dark porch. Mabel got it. The fear-cohiplex Battle of Gettysburg ah<* received
which had been built up in her began to wane It had been replaced the mortal wound.
Tin* <>|x>aaum, when caught, us­
by something she liked.
ually makes iirlleve he ia dead,
The
First
Great
war
was
almost
A splendind suggestion for mothers. Not only is the psychology
the expression, "playing
of dealing with fear workable for children, but it can be used by won in its initial year and by the I whence
adults. If you fear anything, replace fear with something you like Germans. The second year again ‘possum .”
found them strong and threaten­
It will drive out fear.
Said Emerson: "Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is ing The third year they had begun
to lose strength but the Allies
certain.” Try it.
didn't really grasp this fact until
near the very end of the war
MEAT RATIONING
DENTIST
The first two terrifically destruc­
Hour« 0-12 and I-A
O meat is to be rationed. Maybe it is necessary and tive years had impp«xd the lim­
manhood and the limittxl
Medical Bldg.
Phone Bill
maybe it isn’t, but the two and a half pounds per ited
material strength of Germany.
person quota which is to be allotted to all of us isn’t Her "crack" divisions hail be-
come “crack” in name only. The
anything to stay awake nights over.
fine fighting men who once
For a family of four, that means ten pounds of meat made up those great shock divi­
were either crippl«*d or
Chiropractic l*hy»lclan
a week. There are probably few families which consume sions
dead. Her commissary was in bail
Chiropractic service free to En­
that much meat now—and if they do they can still shape. Food shortage was under­
listed men
mining the health and morale of Office 21< llargadine Ph. M21
supplement it with fish or fowl.
the people behind the lines Ma­
There isn’t another country in the world where terial shortage was weakening
Dr. L. W. Stoffers
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Dr. C. C. Dunham
peeople know what it is like to get that much neat each
week. In Germany and Italy the people are lucky if
they get a few ounces of tneat and even in the countries
with which we are fighting that much meat has be­
come something unheard of.
It would be interesting to know how much meat is
consumed by the average family in this country. But
it is a safe bet that two and a half pounds per person
per week would be an extravagance which many fam­
ilies have never enjoyed. It hardly seems as though we
* eed rationing to keep our consumption down to this
high quota.
been more noticeable in recent weeks and may be cred­
ited to the harvest season. But the decline started far
enough back to lend some emphasis to the fact that
wartime employment is influencing the reduction in
compensation payments more than other causes.
Only $29,530 was paid to those without jobs in Aug­
ust, compared with $42,871 in July and $60,973 in June.
A steady drop has been shown since the year’s high of THIS AND THAT
(By Old Timer)
$525,898 in February.
To the Editor:
The previous low month was September, 1941, with
of a strict enforcement
$77,554 in benefits. Unless an emergency develops, it is of Instead
the present B o'clock curfew it
pointed out, this month will hit another low, as only is now proposed, for no valid rea­
about $3,000 was paid last week to unemployed. With son, to extend the time limit to 10
even 10:30 o'clock. What a tra-
strict scrutiny being given to all claims because of* I or
vesty! Such a change, it seems to Í
premium . |
widespread labor shortages, most benefits are going to us, would be putting a ptuuuu,
on juvenile delinquency. Why not I
special workers in industries slowed up by temporary
weiV’enough^onV'
material shortages or seasonal conditions. Only 40 Ore­
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Remember back in the distant
gon workers filed claims from other states.
past when every well regulated
Oregon’s decrease in July benefits from the same household had its own curfew?
month in 1941 was 75 per cent. For the nation an in­ Juvenile delinquency wax curbed
by father's razor strop and mo­
crease of 11.8 per cent was shown, largely because of thers hair brush, Juvenile courts
loss of work-days in changing over to wartime produc­ and reformatories, now considered
necessary, were then not even
tion in large cities. New York, Michigan, Illinois, Indi­ envisioned.
ana, Wisconsin, Missouri, Connecticut and Georgia paid
zee
Chief Talent’s suggestion that
out from 9 to 126 per cent more than in July 1941.
women organizations furnish vol­
Shipbuilding in the Portland area has absorbed unteers to observe conditions in !
the city from 10:30 p. m. to 2:30
thousands of workers from various parts of the state, in
the morning and make written
as well as from other states. Harvests are absorbing reports of their observations is
to fall on deaf ears and
other interests, leaving the number of jobless to the 1 likely
rightly so. Women have recently
clasp termed as normal unemployed.
been molested in their homes by
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frûestdly, cosHfLlett.
DIAL 4511
DEPUTY COUNTY CORONER
Litwiller Funeral Home
Wc Never Close—Phone <511
A purchase recording "a cream
machine for ice” is in George
Washington’s ledger, dated May
17. 1784
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Have you checked over the
lighting system in your
home to assure yourself that
your child will have the very
best light for night study?
If not, do so immediately.
Eyesight Is
Precious
night prowlers and many are
chary about leaving their homes
nights without an escort. Why
women should do police duty is
a mystery to us since Talent an­
nounces that "we have the situa­
tion well in hand.”
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By the way, how would you like
for you to fill the pout of an
observer?
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If the city firemen would shake
a leg and bum the grass and what
not that adorn«!?) the site of
their projected Rew quarters, ad­
ditional parking space would be
provided for motorists and inciden­
tally eliminate an eyesore.
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The Bowman duo who wrecked
the city bastile ought to be sent
to the Solomon Islands where the
work of destruction is on a.n im­
proved and larger scale.
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More tinkering on the Plaza
bottleneck and the sponsor of the
project is not yet satisfied. Ho
hum!
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Too large a percentage of
children are forced to wear
glasses because of working
under improper lights. You
will be doing them incalcul*
able injury if you neglect to
provide proper lighting.
LOOK AFTER IT TODAY!
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Ashland Light Department
“Your SERVICE Department”