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' HEW PAPA'S NOTE (Press Dispatch) Triplet sons, their first Children, were born at St. Raphael's hospital today to Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. Man,- gler of Hamden. "The father, virtually speechless today, is employed at the Winchester Repeating Arms Co." Comes a weird tale from Nev ada of a Scoutmaster In charge of a group ot Boy Scouts on an overnight hike battling mys terious "little brown men" In an Isolated Colorado river can yon, who live In caves dug In the sides of cliffs. Nobody knows what to make of It all. The "little brown men" might be strays from the radio Invas ion from Mars, that scared the daylights out of thousands, a few years back. AAA The people have started serv ing notice on their statesmen In the national capital they are weary of serene straddling of vital war Issues and domestic problems, and further pressure from the "pressure groups." The happy days of being a rub ber stamp and scooting into of fice on the presidential coat tails are over. AAA The Jack Walker boy and the Dick Phair girl, both three years old, are that way about each other, a kid society rumor says. AAA IS THAT SOT (Red Bluff (Cal.) News) "One of the Sunday col umnists says that President Roosevelt who was married on St. Patrick's day has no difficulty In remembering his wedding date. I will go the columnist one better 1 11 bet that the president has no dif ficulty In remembering that he is married either." AAA A shortage of wool, more ex tentive than at first feared, looms. The condition leaves none to pull over the people's eyes. AAA "He played all four games, and though only a Singapore, was the leading scorer of his team. (Weed News). A lino typer lets his thoughts wander to the Far East. LAUNCH FREIGHTER Portland, March 18 tP) The Oregon Shipbuilding cor poratlon yesterday launched the Fisher Ames, a maritime com mission freighter named fur an early-day American lawyer and statesman. As To Bands and Parades In opposing any corrective legislation regarding the 40-hour week and labor strikes in war produc tion, President Roosevelt told his press conference yesterday: "Let's not rush things, when they are going pretty well. I would rather see instead a few more parades and a few more bands playing. I think it is time to wave the flag and get lot of enthusiasm in our work." But nothing would put more enthusiasm into "our work" than the assurance that for the duration of the war there will be no 40-hour week for ANYONE. There will be no strikes, or lock-outs for anyone. There will be no privileged classes either in the realm of labor or capital, no excessive wages for one, no excessive profits for the other. But the entire country, regardless of classes, sects, politics or what have you, shall join shoulder to shoulder, in the common effort to win this war, and make the world a peaceful and decent place to live in, in the shortest possible time. A A FINALLY it is the feeling that this ISN'T being done, that the country isn't so united, that there are far too many people concerned first with what they can get OUT of the war, rather than what they must put INTO it, that brass bands and flag-waving parades are so conspicuous by their absence. A A A FEW outstanding U. S. victories, of course, would greatly help. But it isn't their absence, or any inability of the rank and file to "take it" that accounts for the prevailing atmosphere of doubt and dissatis faction, but the widespread feeling from coast to coast, that what should be done ISN'T being done. A A A VES, as we see it, President Roosevelt has got the cart before the horse. Flag-waving parades and bands playing don't create enthusiasm. Enthusiasm creates the parades and the music Who Is When Donald Nelson was placed in charge of war production there was a widespread belief he would be in supreme command. In fact, it was stated at the time he would have more autocratic power than even Barney Baruch had in the first World war, the enabling act being so far reaching and drastic, that according to report, Prime Minister Churchill intended to follow the same re volutionary line in England. But if we correctly understand the present situa tion, the new war production chief, if he does have supreme power, has not as yet been able to exercise it For at the time of his appointment Mr. Nelson declared the 40-hour week was out, and war produc tion was to go on a 168-hour week basis. Quite obviously that hasn't been done, and there is no likelihood it will be either by capital or by labor. In fact, in his talk over the air last night Director Nelson admitted his failure in this direction and placed the blame about equally between the workers and management We quote : "Yet some manufacturers have come to the war produc tion board to plead for Just a few extra months before going Into war production. Some ot them want to delay over de tails. Some of them argue before awarding a sub-contract. I know ot a case where 28 days were wasted this way. You and I will not stand for that. "Then, too, I know of cases where workers In war plants have been told by other workers by men in their own unions to keep production down, to take It easy, not to hurry, to spread the Job out and make the work last. You and I will not stand for that either. 'These cases are not typical. They are becoming fewer and fewer. In my opinion they simply reflect the fact that a few people Just haven't got It through their heads that this Is a life-and-death matter. 1 pledge my word to the American people that I will knock down such Indifference or inter ference wherever I find it." Mr. Nelson's assurance that such things will stop is comforting, but in view of the record since he took over the job, a certain scepticism may be justified re garding his ability to effectively exercise the power in tins direction that has A Wise Step The most cheering news in today's wire report is a dispatch from Washington that the U. S. "High Command" will soon begin issuing authoritative gen eral reviews of the military situation. It's about time ! One of the chief causes of the general doubt and confusion, throughout the country, has been the con viction that the real facts regarding the progress of the war, have not been told. As a result there has been widespread fear, even more widespread speculation, and a general lack of confidence in the way the war to date has been con ducted. From now on, according to this official report, the people will no longer be Kept in ignorance or sus pense, they will be given the facts. We quote: The new policy will be to make public the maximum of information on military naval production and other matters concerning the war which can be revealed without giving aid to the enemy. This action is based upon the firm conviction that the people of a democracy are entitled to know the facts whether they are good or bad, cheerful or depressing Casualty lists will also be given out under the new dispensation, not on a nationwide basis, but for each locality involved. All this is a great step in advance, and we predict will mark the beginning of an entirely new era in this World war No. 2, with the "High Command" showing confidence in its people, and the people hav ing confidence, once more, in its "High Command!" Boss? been given him. Personal Health Service Br William lined tottAfs pertaining to pawul Realm aaa Hjiiada. mt u siaaaaa StAfnuAl. at mauncat. will ke enMrafwA) ay Dr. Bra4r It a sumpe aaII 6dmAt4 envelope IA mrlaArC IMItn skeoM s bnf ana (rrttua ta Ink Owing to the targe A amber of IMtrrs rweein eniy a few can be aniwArta hrra. No rapt? ean be maoe to eoertta not eonlormlns to InAtraetlem AdUrtAA m. William Braey, tea U Camlne. BatatI; Bills, calif. rOOD FALLACIES So many times, writes a read er, it seems that the very thing we wish to know about is n s w ered in your column without having to write, is it true that the pear is on fruit a diabetic can eat? Our local doctor said he didn't know. I read an article some time ago that stated the sugar in peart is the same as that in artichaka and hence is not harmful to dia betics. Does rye flour contain any white flour? (Mrs. K. A. O.) Mrs. G.'s inquiries are typical of many others received from people who have erroneous ideas about food or its digestibility or suitability or assimilabllity, par ticularly in regard to certain disease conditions, such as Bright's disease, arthritis and diabetes, and certain functional weaknesses such as retarded di gestion and constipation. How these wrong notions originate Is a question, but there Is no ques tion that some ot them are in dustriously propagated by com mercial interests in order to maintain a demand for certain foods or food products. It is true that a diabetic may eat pears if he may eat green peas, apples, currants, apricots, cherries, artichokes, huckleber ries, blueberries, raspberries, hickory nuts, walnuts, filberts, pecans or parsnips. A diabetic may eat any of these only if his physician so Instructs him and' tells him precisely how much of the food in question he may take in a day. The physi cian is able to so Instruct only if he has determined the patient's carbohydrate tolerance. Car bohydrate is any kind ot sugar or starch. Pears and the other items mentioned above are clas sified as containing approximate ly 13 per cent of carbohydrate, or say 2Vi ounces of sugar or starch or both In each pound of food. Other foods containing even more starch or sugar are classi fied as containing about 20 per cent such as potatoes, baked beans, lima beans, rice, banana, prunes, walnuts, marcaroni. Some foods are classified as containing 10 per cent sugar or starch, such as carrots, onions, squash, turnip, grapefruit, oranges, cranberries, strawber ries, pineapple, peaches, lemons. Still others are five per cent, such as asparagus, lettuce, rhu News Behind The News by Paul Mallon :Coe.lnued Prom Page One) ingrad to the Caspian, the Mo hammedans and Mongols to share the Intervening deserts, and the Italians (as befits a worthless ally) to get scraps from other tables elsewhere. It has Its propaganda aspects so far as the Turks, Persians and Egyptians are concerned. They long have sought an Islam state, and they may be too short-! sighted to appreciate that the God they would have to wor ship under such a setup would be Allah Adolf. ' PEOPLE ordinarily use words to convey their thoughts, but Hitler uses them to make you think whatever he wants you to think at any particular moment. To a greater extent than any politico alive, he has severed the connection between what he thinks and what he says. He is not an ordinary liar. Truth and untruth have merely been banished from thinking pro cesses. He uses words only as political weapons. So when der fuehrer hinted his spring offensive will be de layed and the red army anni hilated this summer, few au thorities here even went to the extent of State Undersecretary Welles in accepting the opposite as probably true. To them, it was only a propaganda answer 10 siann i we nave nuuima anaitiM the German people, only their fascist leaders") for domes tic consumption and utterly meaningless otherw ise. Reports of extensive prepare tlons Hitler Is making on the pany representative that It south Russian front are mormight v4 im-ooi for the trustworthy. A nazi attack county to obtain asphalttc road within a month Is confidently : 0n materials this veer, al- expeoeo. ur.irss me rru c them first. . 1 maintenance purposes. ONLY one soldier of the united - nation, h.e .olt.fl near the!. Closing t-iee t rMMfWd Ads Russian lighting front since the - Brady. M. O. OF DIABETICS barb, sauerkraut, cauliflower, cabbage, string beans, broccoli, ; mushrooms, tomato, celery, rad-: ishes, eggplant, spinach, beet , greens, brussels sprouts, butter- j outs. There is not the slightest ground for the notion that sugar or starch from this or that food source is more suitable or more assimilable in any way than sugar or starch from any other source, in diabetes or other dis ease. This applies to pears, arti chokes, honey, beat sugar, cane sugar, cornstarch, rye. oat or other cereal meal or flour, or breads mad from these. Answering Mrs. G.'s question about rye flour, if It is rye flour it contains no wheat flour, if that is what she means. Rye or rye flour is virtually equivalent to wheat or wheat flour in starch content. Rye bread is a good wholesome food if you prefer it to wheat bread. QUESTIONS ANSWERS Scabies We have acaMaa. a doctor's pre scription for an ointment has tne most Atrocious odor. (M. B.) Answer Advice on management of the itch given in booklet "Save Your Skin" for copy, lend twenty-five cents and stamped envelope bearing your address. All In the household muat take treatment at the same time. If they have any Indication of cables. Chanre of Lire I am a veterinarian but I get a great deal of good health Informa tion and advice from your column. Mrs. D. Is suffering with hot flashes and ehane of life. (L.W.O.) Answer Aend a tamped envelope bearing your address, ask for mono graph The. Menopause". Weight In the past two years I have lost about twenty-five pounds. There la no apparent reason. Kindly send any advice you may have on gaining weight. (B. H. T.) Anawer You should have a oom plete medical examination. Bend stamped envelope bearing your ad. dreat. for pamphlet "How to Gain wetght.- Glass versus Can Which Is better as regards vitamin content, food packAd in glass or In cans' (Mrs. B. B.) Answer. Ho difference. Calories What Is the caloric value of pota to skin? Artichokes? Iced milk? (R. H. a.) Answer rotato akin Itself has no calorlo value, but skins of baked po tato are healthful food end should generally be eaten with the potato Potato yields 440 calorlea per pound. Artlchokea 805 calories per pound. Milk. Iced or any other way. ISO calories per Urge glaas (half pint). (Copyright 1943. John P. Mile Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady. M. D- ?69 El Camlne, Beverly Hills. Calif. war began. A British marshal I was conducted on a Cook's tour by the reds, but not allowed to get too close. I The Russians thus have kept their military secrets better than any nation. For seven years they are supposed to have been building a second trans-Siberian railway north of Lake Baikal, but no one outside of Russia yet knows If it has been completed. No one knew they were building a canal from Leningrad to the White sea until It was finished. Yet the reds have a fairly good underground communist movement still working In Ger many, an excellent one in Yugo slavia and other Balkan states. DATE TABS ONLY FOR AUTO PLATES Washington, March 18. iP) F u t u r automobile license plates will be "small date tabs,' not more than four inches square, attached to present li cense plates to bring them up to date, under a war produc tion board order Issued today. The board prohibited the states from Issuing more than 10 per cent by weight of the usual number of plate; and these only for new licensees and to replace plates lost or de stroyed. Noting that it would be ad visable to be sparing of metal. WPB gsv notice that there was no guarantee mat tne state or other local governments will get sheet steel sufficient to mee( the 10 per cent requlre- ; ment ROAD MATERIAL SCARCE Salem, March 18. i.-P The Marion county court was ad vised vesterdav bv an oil com though the county court said It horjes to set at least enoush for A m 1 JO 1A'. 0 liAAAUT 1J fU i a. m. Kelly's Comment From WasUagtea. O. C. Milking Machines May Be Scarce Lipstick Plant Making Shells Holman Offers Racket Curb By John W. Kelly Washington. D. C, March 18. Dairymen are in for a Jolt the dairymen who use milking machines, as many of them do in the northwest. Such modern dairies are up against a short age of critical materials, for material required in milking machines is also required for war. A delegation of manufac turers of these machines came to Washington and conferred with the metals division of war production board. The metals division refused any priority and finally declared that it did not consider a milking machine as essential in the war status of the dairying industry. Cows ean be milked by hand, declared the board, in refusing metal for the manufacture of milking machines. In fact, the chairman of the board testified that he could qualify as a milker, as he was raised on a farm. Told by the manufacturer that machine-milked cows have never been milked by hand, the answer was "learn the cows." , With this attitude of WPB expressed, dairies using milking machines will have to be extra careful in keeping their equip ment in perfect repair. No at tlon was given by the board to the extra burden that will be imposed on dairies which use machines to save man power. O A A IF the dairy business has been turned down, the chicken In dustry has been helped. The metals division has favorably considered the appeal of the makers of incubators for metals. On the large scale chicken ranches the incubator is vital; no Incubators, no chicks. This being the case, a priority rating was granted which will assist the chicken raising business in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, AAA theke is a small concern which has been making lipstick containers. As these containers are "out," the manager made a desperate appeal to save his little business. The metals di vision, which knew nothing of lipstick containers, asked ques tions and discovered that the small manufacturer had exactly the machinery necessary to make copper cartridge shells for rifles. The little plant, as it stood, was ready to start making shells within 24 hours. The pro duction department gave the visitor a contract, with priori ties for copper. This case is un usual; most of the small busi nessmen who come to the na tional capital return home empty-handed. Prohibition of the manufac ture of radio sets has been de creed, but every set in use will have tubes to keep it function ing until after the duration. Knowing that the radio Indus try has to be curtailed, the makers turned all their facili ties over to the making of tubes, for nickel and other scarce metals are used for tubes. WPB has learned that there are suf ficient stocks of tubes on hand to last for three years and that there are enough radio sets in the United States to provide one for each of 90,000,000 people a radio set for every family in the land. AAA THE decision of the supreme court in the teamsters' union case placed congress in the po sition of condoning and author izing the use of force and vio lence to enforce demands so long as It Is practiced by labor organizations. The chief justice dissented and called the team sters highway robbers. To cor- rect the law or rsther make It more definite and clear congress of apparently being the tool of the unions, Senator Holman of Oregon has offered an amend ment to the anti-racketeering statute. This proposed amend ment is expected to be the cen ter of a controversy before con gress is given an opportunity to vote on It. AAA WITH the Increasing Import ance oi me rugei souna ana i Columbia river regions as head- quarters for ship construction. tne government is maxing a study of the facilities available for repairs and drydock work. Puget sound Is reported as fair ly well equipped, but the Col umbia river has only one dry dock (the navy refused to ap prove of a floating drydock at Astoria last year) and this must be enlarged or another drydock built. After waiting a week for officials to make up their minds as to what they want, repre- ; sentatives of the Port ft Port UnH r.,rr,m,..i.,r, r.ti,ni k,m. In these two harbors, Puget sound and Columbia river, more tnin 600 lhlD1 lr. now und.r i - 'contract, and ail to be com ) pleted by December, 1943, ac cording to present program. This means more workers be ing drawn in from outside points and -an increased hous ing shortage, especially in local ities adjacent to the shipyards now that automobiles and tires are on the way to oblivion. War department is looking for a spot in the northwest for an important development which can be reached by all railroads. Spot has not been found yet, and to meet the re quirements some railroad ex tensions may be necessary. fif Frank Jenkins TJITLER, speaking In Berlin at memorial exercises for Ger many's war dead, warns his peo ple of a hard struggle ahead, ap peals for new sacrifices and promises a "crushing victory" over Russia this summer. He adds: "If the Bolsheviks couldn't crush us during the unpreced ented hard winter Just pass ing, when they had the chance, we'll annihilatingly defeat them this summer." AAA HIS speech Is a purely routine Affair rfoallnff with what he would be expected to deal with on such an occasion. If he had said (or intimated) that Germany might LOSE this summer, it would be hot news. AAA HAVE no doubts, however, as In IhlA- Russia Is the HOTTEST SPOT IN THE WORLD. If, with such help as we and the British can give them, the Russians can lick Hitler this summer, thus releasing the forces we now have to scatter all over the globe, we can handle Japan. O A O DURING the present relative lull in the fighting (there is no lull in Russia) here are the places to watch: Australia. India. ' The Amur river In Siberia. Norway. Finland. Turkey. AAA THE" Japs have to make up their minds whether to con solidate what they've already taken or GO ON. They're afraid of Australia, which, If untaken, will always be a threat on their flank. Australia expects invasion in force. Premier Curtin appealed on Saturday for unlimited help from us, pointing out that with Australia gone our west coast will be on the front line. To day, General Bennett, speaking in Sydney, says: "Every man in the Australian imperial forces (including those overseas) is NOW NEEDED for defense of the commonwealth." AAA DRESENT fighting in India is in Burma, which Is the back door to China by way of the Burma road. As long as China remains unconquered it will be a potential base for air attack on Japan. (That is to say, a threat on the flank, like Australia.) AAA A JAP drive down the Amur river would cut off Vladi vostok, another threat to Japan. (Consult your map.) There Is much uncertainty as to the forces Russia has in Si beria. Dispatches to the London Dally Mail say Russia has three million men there, with im mense reserves in training. Other sources have indicated movement of a considerable part of the Siberian army to the Russian-German front. rHE dispatches say Chungking thinks the Japs are likely to strike Siberia as suddenly and In The ' Dap ' " News Old Oscar Pppp .fm,n tcittiiet, 4T"C grmi nntrml tpirih Fmn. JtrtDuUlima, lmc.,LmmtiU & BUimn. M.15 APT, $2.25 they struck GERMAN-HELD Norway Is on the flank of the SHORT supply, route to Russia by way of the Arctic. Getting British and American help to Russia this summer is all-important You must have noted the dis patches the other day telling of arrival of the Tirpitz, Germany's biggest battleship, at a Nor wegian port. That would Indicate that Ger many is planning flank attacks on the Arctic supply route to Russia. AAA THERE have been new lntl-- mations of late that Finland may be getting ready to quit fighting. Your map will tell what that would mean. It would clear the Murmansk-Leningrad railroad, making possible thftj RUSHING of British-American' supplies to Russia by the short, est route if the Norway flank can be protected from German attack. AAA AS to Turkey, a straw appears " In the wind. British war. ships and planes bombard the Island of Rhodes. Rhodes is just off the southwest coast of Tur key, where the Aegean sea joins the Mediterranean. The British didn't Just stumble onto Rhodes and start shooting. They'd heard of a nazi hen on there and were trying to blast It off the nest before anything could be hatched. Turkey lies in the way ot the expected nazi drive for Cau casus and Middle East oil. Any thing that happens anywhere around Turkey is significant. A A A ( EXCEPT in Russia, the fight." " ing has quieted down for the moment. The lull won't last long for this is the spring of the BIG year. If you'll keep your eye on the places here mentioned, you won't miss much. Flight o' Time Mrdford and Jaekion Comity History from the run ol the Mall Trlhune 10 and 0 reere aco. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY March 18, 1932 (It was Friday) Col. Lindbergh holds secret meeting with police over kid naping of his baby son. All clues fail. Chauncey Olcott, famed Irish tenor, passes in Paris. Palmberg, Astoria hoop star, protested as over age, but no. action taken by state basketballl board. Rain predicted. High 54, low Literary Digest poll shows Kansas only dry .state in nation. Orchardists again urged to have their thermometers tested. Maurice Scheel of Medford among high scorers at state bas ketball meet at Salem. Jobless relief needed her now, city council is advised. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY March 18. 1922 (It was Saturday) Food costs for the average family drop 11 per cent past year. Henry Ford announces, "if it's the last thing I do. I ll keep thnj hands of Wall street off Muscle Shoals." Senate leaders demand that American army on the Rhine be withdrawn, and insist that $214,. 000,000 costs for keeping them there be paid. North Ireland ready for war with south Ireland. House military committee de clares cutting of army is "false economy." The radiophone craze is grow ing in the valley and two more have been sold. Ashland W.C.T.U. condemns dancing in public schools. Local citizen is victim of Ku Klux Klan party. He is taken to the Table Rock area and told In l.au. n.n Fair and clear. 35 degrees. nign a, low OLD OSCAR PEPPER I a. i y A OT. devastatingly as Pearl Harbor. 1 v m srW M