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By LYTLE HULL
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victory
Some readers may think I have
written too many columns lately
| on the subject of "Junk."
I'll admit those rusty tools down
in the cellar, the broken-down
lamps in the attic and the battered
toys in Junior's room wouldn't or­
dinarily constitute a very inapiring
subject to read about or to write
about.
But my apology for writing so
much about junk is presented in
thousands of slogans which all of
us see practically everywhere we
look—slogans which all say, in dif­
ferent words. "Junk is needed to
win the war.”
By now, most of us have done
something about junk. Some of us
have really searched our houses,
barns and yards and have turned
in enough scrap to do some real
damage to the Japs and the Nasis.
But there are still plenty of peo­
ple who, if they realise the need tor
scrap at all, don't yet comprehend
the fact that they may be indirectly
responsible for the death of Ameri­
can soldiers because they are let­
ting a few pounds of iron rust in
their back yards instead of mak­
ing it available for making more
tanks or shells.
A man we know has been trying to raise grass tn his lx «.
yard for years. Every time he gets it started, school chil­
dren walk across the lawn and ruin it.
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So one day he put up a simple sign reading “please.”
When that didn’t work he began to toughen up his lan­
guage. His next sign read, “Positively no trespassing.”
When that failed he put a little string fence around his
yard which was knocked down the next day. Then he
planted a hedge, buried a barbed-wire fence in it and still
some of the children trespassed.
Finally he reached the solution. He sat in the window
each morning and when a boy touched foot on his grass he
went shouting out of the house wielding a big club. Now he
has nice green grass and the children walk on the other side
of the street.
Somehow this story reminds us of the rubber situation
as we read about the rubber shortage and still see hundreds
of cars being used for non-essential purposes. Signs, and
messages probably won’t improve the situation. Mr. Hen­
derson needs a club.
OFFENSE . . . furnaces
No matter what a civilian may
be doing to aid the war program
or to build up a local defense or­
ganization, there Is no work right
now which is as important as get­
ting in the scrap.
Defense work is important Air
raid warden organizations should
be built up. Auxiliary firemen and
policemen may be very necessary
later on and we should have them
in every town. But those are all
defensive measures and the war is
going to be won by offense.
Collecting scrap is the first op­
portunity the civilian population
has had to aid in the offensive—
and the strength of our offensive
will depend to a large extent on
what we do right now to furnish
the scrap which will keep steel fur­
naces going Ml blast
For blast furnaces to operate. It
is necessary to feed them a diet of
at least one-third scrap iron. If
there isn't enough scrap Iron to
keep feeding them this proportion
day and night there is nothing to
do but close down the furnaces.
Some already have been closed
down and many others will be un­
less scrap collections are speeded
up.
I don't know why It is that steel
can't be made entirely of raw ma­
terials Instead of necessitating the
use of scrap. But that is because
I don't know much about the steel
business. Those who do know tell
me there is no other solution—they
must either have scrap or stop
making steel.
WHO WILL BE DRAFTED WHEN?
It is pretty hard, based on the almost daily conflicting
reports from Washington, to determine just when each
classification of men will be subject to selective service.
But all the stories you read on this subject are what
might be termed “guesses based on fact.” The facts included
figures on the speed with which the army is able to handle
new men at present, the plans for speeding up induction in
the future, and the size of the army we will finally need to
win the war.
The best guesser, however, should be General Hershey,
in charge of selective service—and he admits predictions
he makes are merely good guessing. His guess is this:
The 18 to 19 year group will be taken as soon as it is
legally possible. The married men with children will not
be taken until the last quarter of 1943. The draft of married
men without children will begin by Christmas.
PROBLEM
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HONESTY STILL BEST POLICY
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Justified Homicide
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AN ENFORCEMENT LESSON
Not so long ago, a tall, gawky, overgrown, long-legged
boy was working in a drugstore in Magnolia, Arkansas.
His duty was to sweep out the drugstore, run errands, paste
labels, and wash bottles for re-filling.
His name was Harvey Couch, and he had been born on
an Arkansas farm a few miles away. He had come to this
town to get “store work.” His pay was 60 cents a day.
Living in this same town was a doctor who had his pre­
scriptions compounded in the drugstore. His name was
Dr. H. A. Longino. He was also a partner in the ownership
of the drugstore. The money was kept in what was called a
“cash register”—the store could not afford a real cash reg­
ister. One day the doctor went to the cash drawer to see
how the receipts were coming along, and among the change
he found a slip of paper on which was written “Charge me
six cents for stamps. Harvey Couch.”
The doctor was impressed, for the boy could have taken
the stamps and they would not have been missed. The doc-
tor’s thoughts were: “A boy who is honest is worth trust­
ing.” But he said nothing about the incident. The boy did
not know his IOU had made any impression on the doctor.
Harvey was ambitious and soon was able to get a job for
himself on^a railroad as mail clerk. As he was riding one
day in the 'mail car, he saw men putting up tall poles. He
asked what this was for, and was told that it was for a tele­
phone line. He thought, “That’s a good idea. Maybe I
could get in on the building of such a company.”
He managed to get a job with a telephone construction
company, studied the work, saved his money, and then
launched a telephone construction company of his own.
He got the wire on time—and the posts. Then came a crisis.
He had to have $1,500. Where in all the world could he get it?
The richest man he knew was Dr. Longino. So he went
to see him. He hoped to get a loan, but he had no guarantee
whatever that he would ever be able to pay it back. But
the doctor remembered the debit slip in the cash drawer!
His loan pulled young Harvey Couch over the crisis. The
company began to boom. It became one of the most pros­
perous companies in Arkansas. In 1911, Harvey Couch sold
the company to the Bell interests for $1,500,000. The doctor
received $70,000 for his original investment of $1,500.
What the doctor had really invested his money in was
the boy’s character. He had shown himself honest in small
things; it was natural to assume that he would be honest in
big things. “Honesty pays” is a trite, old saying, but how
ABOVE J" HULLABALOO
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SET YOU FREE"
Author of "How to Win Friemb
and In/lMcncc People.”
Aces Up
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FRED MILTENBERGER
Publiaher
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Thursday, Oct. 1, 1942
SOUTHERN OREGON MINER
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Why didn't the man who invented simian collections in the various
war provide for the disposal, by municipal menageries.
The results of this wise legisla­
torture or otherwise, of that par­
ticular variety of shopkeeper, or tion are easily predictable. The
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store clerk, which Informs the cus­ American shopper la now buying
tomer that "there's a war going everything in sight with the "easy
on" whenever he gets short of mer­ money" which he should be invest­
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I chandise—or of his temper? What ing In war bonds or tucking away
I cruel fate decreed that suffering in the savings bank against the
humanity should be compelled to hard times which always follow
("apt. Eddie Rlchenbacker, Amer
bear the burden of a thousand wars war. A few "run Ina" with Types
ica's ace of acee In thr fir»t World
plus the existence of this fishy-eyed One and Two, and we wouid soon
w*r. pava a vlait tu his old flyins
"consequence" of military strife— be avoiding the entire shopping dis­
buddy, MaJ. R. W. ( "Shorty"!
this "eruption" from the volcano trict in order to preserve our men­
■x-nieeder. now recovering in llineo
of social unrest, which advises the tal equilibrium or to stay our hand
hospital. Chicago, and exchange»
shopper of the current political from murder.
réminiscence» wlth hlm. "They
The probability Is that this in­
status of the world every time he
necd you now, Shorty,” he aaya;
himself happens to run out of valuable suggestion will not be en­
"you can't keep a good filer down."
acted into law, because congress is
canned beans.
We haven't legalised murder at too busy thinking up new taxes,
yet in this country. That pastime and the president doesn't have to do
is still solely an international privi­ his own shopping. So the correc­
lege. But among the scientific tive becomes the obligation of the
giants of this modern age there tortured people.
Philosophers and scientists have
must be one genius who could In­
vent a spray, or some other in­ come to the conclusion that ridicule
secticidal implement which would Is the surest antidote for this bane­
relieve mankind of this fungus on ful malady. They suggest some of
the following crushing rejoinders to
the "body politic."
There are two varieties of this the "statement" of Type One: "So
pernicious rash: Type No. One— what," or "I can scarcely believe
which merely states that "there Is my ears," or Just plain "No??ll”
Jerry Notowitz. a back on Mis­
a war going on"; and the even Type Two might be temporarily
souri's 1939 Big Six conference
more noxious Type No. Two. which squelched by "Yes—Is that the rea­
champions, was killed on a routine
creates a superfluity of adrenaline son they had to employ you?" or
(light in EnglanJ
He was a bom­
in your system by asking you If you "I have known that for a long time
bardier in America's first air at-
are aware of this fact. These ba- —did you Just hear it?" or simply
tack on the Lowlands
Three
cilli-pestae are deflnitely retarding "So 1 hear."
American league clubs—Cleveland
Fellow sufferers—let us arise In
the war effort by causing mental
St. Louis and Washington, never
and physical anguish In those whom vociferous revolt against these de­
ave won 100 or more games in u
they advise, or question, on the stroyers of the proverbial American
ason.
This year the Yankees
"Gentle Disposition " Let each one
war situation.
pped that mark for the eighth
Now the only way to effectually of us help to win the war by crush­
ne.
arrest the present trend toward in­ ing these termites with our most
Baseball attendance In the South-
flation is to keep people away from scintillating sarcasm. Let us rid
rn association totaled 743,385 this
the shops. So why not pass legisla­ war forever of this smirch upon its
year, an increase of almost 60.000
tion compelling every store in the otherwise glorious name, so that in
over 1941
. Ken Krouse, for­
nation to have at least one of these the future nations may tight happi­
mer Penn State back who was
"there's a war going on" clerks ly on in the knowledge that those
drafted by the Giants, now is a
behind the counter The death rat>- ; behind the lines" don't have to
naval ensign, stationed at Boston
Would undoubtedly be high, but th<- i learn about the war from those
. . . When the current season ends.
ranks could be refilled from the I “beiund the counter.
Danny Fortmann, now playing his
seventh season of pro football with
the Chicago Bears, will be in the
army medical corps.
Unable to g*-t a linotype oper i ■ i
Bob Hanley, son of Maj. Dick I tor In time to get out thia week's
Hanley of the marines, is a candi­
date for freshman football at 1111- laaue. «c are having moat of our
nois . . . Ted Lyons, veteran White I typo art by the Central Point Ain-
Sox hurler, once went through 88 I crlcan at Central Point.
consecutive games without an error
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The Dodgers and the Cubs
During World War I. airplane
have finished last less than any
other clubs in the National league, englnea needed overhauling every
each having occupied that spot i 50 hours; today's engines go too
I hours without repairs.
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A lot of scrap is obtained from
large manufacturing plants. War
industries are turning in every
ounce of waste metals and all other
factories are now gearing them­
selves to see that no scrap is wast­
ed. Old machines are being dis­
carded to feed the steel furnaces..
Industry is doing all it can to help.
But surveys make it clear that,
no matter how much industry co­
operates, many furnaces will have
to close down unless millions of
tons of scrap can be collected from
the homes and farms of America.
And all surveys indicate that the
major part of this job must be done
in the small towns and rural areas.
In one reliable analysis of the
situation, it was found that proba­
bly 80 per cent of the scrap which
is available from homes Is located
in the rural areas—the unincorpo­
rated farm villages and the towns
of under 10,000 population.
So, as far as this scrap phase of
winning the war is concerned, it)
looks as though the victory depends
on the country people.
If the people don't get in the nec­
essary scrap it is hard to say what
the government will do about it—
but If the problem gets tough
enough It may be necessary tqr the
government to confiscate our metal
belongings—to demand that every
man, woman and child turn in at
least 50 pounds of scrap, or elsel
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I have talked to a lot of people
who think it is ridiculous to imag­
ine that they might be able to turn
in 50 pounds of scrap. At flrrt
thought some of them can’t think
of a pound of metal they might
have which Isn’t being used.
But if you go into detail with
such people it is amazing to find
how scrap is discovered. They may
begin by admitting there are a few
old keys around that don't unlock
anything. Then there are three or
four flat irons which have been ly­
ing about since electric irons came
into use. In fact, maybe there is
an old electric iron that has been
discarded.
They go up in the attic to look for
the electric iron and maybe bump
their heads against an iron bridge
lamp. Then there’s a broken grate
and some old fire tongs they used
before they got that brass set of fire
tools.
Go through any home, in which a
family has lived for some years,
and there are few which can’t yield
100 pounds or more of sersp metal.!
But let’s not think of it as a game—I
a sort of new fangled peanut hunt.
This is a serious business.
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