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VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON ----- Weekly News lleview----------------------- Netv World Crawls Into Shell As Revitalized Reich Expands ------------------------ By Joseph W. La Bine---- International The U. S. has long maintained splendid trade relations with West ern hemisphere nations, has more over done this without resorting to heavy armaments. Until five years ago the U. S. was similarly strong in China. Reason: European and Asiatic nations have always been busy at home, not daring to risk in vasion of the Western hemisphere. But since Japan became supreme in the Far East, the U. S. has been forced to expand her Pacific fleet. If this was cause for worry, a much greater cause is the Munich pact which sheared friendly France and Britain of their power. Dominant in Europe, anxious to increase their foreign trade, Italy and Germany that city’s capture easier; (2) to cut the Hankow-Canton railroad and stop war supplies; (3) to force Can ton into an independent peace with Japan. But if Japan hopes thereby to force surrender of China’s General issimo Chiang Kai-shek, she will be disappointed. Though 70 per cent of China’s war materials have come through Canton, General Chiang has foreseen that city’s fall and devel oped four alternative lines of entry. Two railroads enter from Indo-China and highways can carry supplies from both Burma and Russia. More over, Chinese are resigned to a 10- year struggle if necessary. Far more likely than Chinese ca pitulation is a breach between Great Britain and Japan. Not since the siege of Japan has the British lion been so imperiled. Canton lies a scant 75 miles from the crown col ony of Hong Kong, whose prosperi ty depends largely on trade with Canton. The maddening air of right eousness surrounding Japan’s inva sion of South China, coupled with warnings to Britain, France and the United States, shows clearly that Japan now considers herself the Far East’s No. 1 power. Politics On Tuesday, November 8, the United States will elect an entire house of representatives, one-third of its senate and a host of gover nors. Since U. S. politics swings back and forth from Republican to Democratic domination, since the Democratic swing which began in 1933 has reached and passed its peak, the safest prediction is that Republicanism will start swinging back into power this year. Obviously, it is Franklin Roose velt’s ambition to stymie a Repub lican comeback. But his chief in- terest in last summer’s primaries was not Republicanism, but the con struction of a coherent liberal party through so-called "purge” tactics. Since “purge” failed, since preser vation of New Deal gains already made is now more important than WHAT to EAT and WHY I I I I Races BRAZIL’S PRESIDENT VARGAS His door is closed to Germany. can now be regarded as a serious threat to U. S. commerce. Of the two, Germany will be a greater threat because she has adopted an aggressive foreign expansion pro gram, moreover because her new Sudeten territorial acquisitions bring glassware, leather and tex tiles into the Reich for export sale. Focal point of German expansion will be Latin America, which last year gave the Reich 14 per cent of its trade, compared with 34.7 per cent to the U. S. In this trade war, it has become apparent the U. S. will attempt to sell South Ameri cans on democracy, while Germany sells them Naziism. Today, as the war gets under way, the U. S. ap pears to hold an upper hand. Long favored in South America through her Monroe doctrine, the U. S. has just helped preserve West ern hemisphere peace by joining in settlement of the 100-year-old Chaco dispute between Paraguay and Bo livia. Indirectly, the U. S. could place another feather in her cap when Brazil called home its ambas sador to Berlin, apparently break ing off diplomatic relations with the Reich. This is President Getulio Vargas’ answer to Chancellor Hit ler’s efforts for Brazilian Nazifica tion. Aiding the U. S. will be increased domestic desire to woo South Amer ica. Already a campaign is under way to boost our consumption of South American goods. A natural result of this activity has been growing American disin clination to complete the long-pend ing U. S.-British trade pact, a senti ment resulting from the rebirth of isolationism which followed Mu nich’s peace treaty. The greatest stumbling block is that isolationism calls for strengthened trade rela tions with Canada, a plan blocked by Great Britain's renewed efforts to tighten her dominion bonds. A U. S.-Canadian trade treaty is bound to hurt American agriculture; a U. S.-British treaty will hurt Amer ican manufacture. Therefore econ omists are betting the “most fa vored nation” agreements now pending with Canada and Britain will never be consummated. Meanwhile, Germany is cocksure of her position. Busily flitting from one European capital to another, Economics Minister Walter Funk has completed bilateral accords based on barter of goods with sev eral Balkan states. In this way the Reich hopes to increase its econom ic orbit. But when Minister Funk optimistically announced he would next attempt a barter treaty with the U. S., state department officials made it clear that optimism is un founded. War A large part of China’s war sup plies for defending Hankow have come up the railroad from rich, southerly Canton. Moreover, Can tonese troops have shown remark able bravery, reportedly wiping out 10,000 Japs near Tehan early this month. Although Canton has there fore been a thorn in Japan's side, Tokyo feared to move into South China lest Great Britain might ob ject. But since Britain capitulated in the Czech crisis, Japan has be come bolder. Result is the land ing of 35,000 troops near Canton for any or all of three purposes: (1) to force frightened Cantonese to with draw troops from Hankow, making During the World war Great Brit ain helped liberate Palestine’s Arabs from the Turks, thereby win ning Arabic support against Turkey. Although Arabs expected they would be rewarded with complete domi nation over Palestine, England’s Lord Balfour led a successful cam paign to establish part of the Holy Land as a haven for the wandering Jew. Since then world Jewry has sent 400,000 persecuted Hebrews to Pal estine, investing $385,000,000 to build a national home. But disgruntled Arabs have protested with warfare, keeping harried Britain busy polic ing the land over which she was given a mandate in 1923. While blood ran freely through the streets of Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jaffa, Colonial Secretary of State Malcolm MacDonald has led a commission in search of amicable settlement. Meanwhile, Jew-hating Germany and Italy have given restrained cheers for the Arabic cause, cheers that need no longer be restrained since the Munich peace treaty has placed Great Britain on the defen sive. Faced with threats of Italo- German intervention unless Arabs were given a square deal, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has been reported ready to “sell out” the Holy Land’s Jews. Thoroughly miserable, Prime Min ister Chamberlain and Secretary MacDonald (son of the late Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald) were bombarded with protests the minute their weakened position was ru- mored. To make matters worse, Dr. Chaim Weizmann of London, president of the Zionist federation, has aroused U. S. Jewry to such an extent that President Roosevelt has been deluged with pleas to inter vene. Thus Great Britain risks los ing a measure of badly needed U. S. sentiment if she capitulates to Arabic demands. As Prime Minister Chamberlain prepared to act, the least harmful settlement Hebrews could expect was a heavy restriction on Jewish immigration to the Holy Land. Even this, commented Jews, would al most make Great Britain an acces sory to the Italo-German race perse cution program. 'Quotes’ MISS MARGUERITE WELLS of the National League of Wom en Voters, on aroused inter est in world issues: "One of the things about the dangers facing the world today is that it makes us in America real ize how well off we are.” DR. WILLIAM L. LEAP of Bir mingham (Ala.) university, on divorce: “The remedy does not lie in making divorces difficult to obtain. The problem should be met from the opposite di rection—by making marriage requirements more stringent.” PAGE FIVE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT At election time, a peacemaker. party purification, November’s elec tion has resumed normal political color for the first time since 1930. As in 1936, this year’s Republican candidates can base a strong cam paign on New Deal failure. Unlike 1933 and 1936, this year’s Democrat ic campaign becomes essentially a defensive proposition. But develop ments of the past month show that the New Deal’s defense will not fea ture such argumentative points as AAA, relief and budget-balancing, will attempt instead to shift public interest on Franklin Roosevelt’s ac complishments as a peacemaker. Three points of peace: World Peace: The world may nev er know if President Roosevelt helped smooth over the Czech-Ger man crisis, but his final message to Adolf Hitler and simultaneous pleas to every other world power came only a few hours before the Reichs- fuehrer called his historic Munich parley. But, coming when it did, Roosevelt intercession looked tre mendously successful. Thus, prais ing the administration’s foreign pol icy as a safeguard to world peace, Democrats hope the voting public will overlook the fact that Munich’s meeting did nothing to help democ racy’s cause, was instead a blood less victory for Germany. Business Peace: If the adminis tration’s foreign policy helped win world peace, it also helped U. S. business. Upshot has been a tre mendous stock market upturn, greater steel and automobile pro duction, higher railroad carloadings. But part of this uptufn is also due to governmental “pump priming,” which is just beginning to show its effect. Nevertheless these signs of optimism came at a time when U. S. business decided to quit warring on the administration, choosing instead to play ball until a Republican gov ernment throws out New Deal meas ures which it considers oppressive. President Roosevelt has asked for less “saber rattling” and more co operation between government and business. Charles Hook, president of the National Association of Manu facturers, has assured him that business is eager for co-operation. Thus, Franklin Roosevelt looms as a peacemaker with business. Industrial Peace: When the Amer ican Federation of Labor convened in Houston, Texas, the President messaged his desire for a settle ment of the factional war between A. F. of L. and John Lewis’ Com mittee for Industrial Organization. Obviously a solid labor front, thor oughly New Deal, would be a potent vote getter. How it could exercise this solidified strength against em ployers is an unpleasant thought, but the average business man is in clined to hope a patch-up will bring more conservatism to labor. Al ready the Rooseveltian business up turn has brought men back to work, resulting in fewer disputes between labor and capital. Though the Presi dent's efforts for peace between C. I. O. and A. F. of L. have been unsuc cessful, the nation may well appre ciate his gesture. Despite the political connotations these peace efforts must certainly carry during election season, the President's self-chosen role of arbi ter wins favor with a war-we/iry U. S. populace. Whether this popu lar appeal will overshadow Republi can criticism on November 8 is any body's guess. Navy Few navies have a definite sys tem for naming their armor-clad war chariots. Even England's huge ' navy mingles historic and geograph ical names with unconcern. But the U. S., having started its gigantic naval construction program, will not permit such confusion. The new nomenclature system: Battleships named after states, cruisers after > large cities, aircraft carriers after historic ships and battles, destroy ers after naval officers. tamin G. This is found most abun dantly in meat, milk, eggs, fruit and vegetables. Were she concerned about pro tecting the blessing of good eye sight alone, that would be suffi cient reason why every homemak By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS er should plan meals that are rich OR a number of years, scientists have stressed the im in vitamins. But it is not only portance of a well-balanced diet as a means of maintain the eyes which are dependent vitamins, for they have ing health, promoting growth and preventing disease. Re upon many other functions to perform. cently, an even more significant development has occurred. An improper diet may cause It has been determined that a carefully chosen diet is absolutely people to drive automobiles blind necessary to preserve the general health and efficiency of every ly at night so that they are dan ------------ gerous not only to themselves and bodily function and that there is sightless. But under normal feed their passengers, but to everyone s close relationship between a ing, the same animals produced on the streets and roads. A de good diet and good eyesight. litters of pigs with normal eyes ficient diet will also send them and vision. This experiment justi through life with half-efficient bod Your Food and Your Eye« fies the conclusion of one of our ies, half-efficient brains, half-effi Many people regard their eye- most noted food scientists, that cient senses. That is why I urge you to sight as one of the five senses the deficiency of essential food ele which operate in ments may so alter vital processes learn everything you can about some mysterious that even pre-natal changes may food, so that in planning meals you will not only feed your eyes, manner of their occur. your husband's eyes and your ¿hil- own! If they suffer dren’s eyes, but will take advan from indigestion, Cause of Other Eye Disorders tage of the wonderful discoveries they recognize that Night blindness is not the only of nutritional science to make ev it is quite apt to be due to something eye disease caused by an improp ery member of the family so effi they ate. If they er diet. Xerophthalmia or con cient that they will enjoy the best are troubled with junctivitis, characterized by ex of health each day of their lives. stomach, liver or cessive dryness of the eyeball, kidney complaints, has long been known to be caused Questions Answered they quickly ap by a vitamin A deficiency. It is preciate that pro also well known that a liberal longed dietary indiscretions may amount of this vitamin will pre Mrs. G. C. L.—Yes, indeed, nu be at the root of the trouble. But vent that serious disease and will tritionists do approve of a mid It never occurs to them that what even effect a cure where destruc afternoon snack school they eat may affect the eyes just tion of the cornea has not pro children. A glass for of most milk and a as profoundly as it affects the in gressed too far. This suggests the tremendous slice of buttered bread with jam ternal organs. preserves; fruit juice and oat It is not uncommon, during an importance of including in the diet or meal cookies; or a chocolate milk attack of biliousness, to suffer a foods rich in vitamin A—cod- and shake and graham crackers will disturbance of the vision. But that other fish-liver oils; milk and oth provide fresh energy for late aft er dairy products; green leafy and disturbance usually disappears play. Without the between- with the disorder that caused it. yellow vegetables; and egg yolk. ernoon meal lunch, some children become On the other hand, a deficient diet Experiments with rats, whose so fatigued that nerve strain re may produce eye troubles that dietary requirements are similar sults. Take care, however, that have a far reaching effect upon to those of man, show a close the snack not destroy the health, efficiency, and even per connection between cataract and a appetite for does the evening meal. sonal safety. deficiency of another vitamin—vi- ©—WNU—C. Houston Goudiss— 1938 -33. C. Houston Goudiss Discusses Vitamins And Vision; Explains How and Why You Should Feed Your Eyes F Night Blindness Explained For example, it has been estab lished that there is a definite re lation between your vision and the vitamins in your diet; between your ability to drive a car safely at night, and the amount of vita min A-containing foods that you consume. To understand this astonishing fact, it is necessary to know that vision under faint illumination is accomplished by means of chemi cal changes in the pigment at the back of the eye. This is known as the “visual fiurple” of the retina and one of its important compo nents is carotene, which is the ac tive form of vitamin A. The visual purple might be com pared to the film in a camera. When you are in a dim light and the eyes are suddenly exposed to bright light, the visual purple is greatly reduced or bleached. This change results in a stimulation of the optic nerve and enables you to see clearly. When an adequate supply of vi tamin A is present in the body, the visual purple is rapidly re generated. But when the supply is inadequate, a much longer pe riod elapses before the corrective chemical change takes place. Dur ing the intervening time, many people find it difficult to see. That is the condition known as "night blindness.” And it accounts for the fact that a large propor tion of serious motor accidents oc cur at night. Victims of this de ficiency disease are first blinded by approaching headlights, then cannot quickly readjust them selves after the oncoming car has passed. Their ability to drive safely is subsequently impaired for they cannot clearly see the road ahead, and they may miss dangerous curves, pedestrians or other vehicles. A Common Complaint Unfortunately, the prevalence of night blindness is not generally recognized, though it is held that arban dwellers are more conscious ef it than those living in the rural areas. This is borne out by the fact that ocular disorders from vi tamin deficiency are less common in urban than in rural areas. Children Often Victim* Since the discovery of the close connection between vitamin A and (he ability to see in dim light, sci entists have tested large numbers of school children to determine whether vitamin A was present in their diet in adequate amounts. It was revealed that fgpm 26 to 79 per cent of the children examined had incipient night blindness. The same deplorable conditions were found among adults. Mild to moderate degrees of vitamin A deficiency were present in from 10 to over 50 per cent of each group tested. Yet here is the remarkable thing —in nearly every ease, a diet rich tn vitamin A for a few weeks re stored the vision to normal. A Significant Experiment An even more striking example of the power of food to affect the eyesight is to be found in the re port of an experiment in which Breeding sows were given food in abundance but lacking vitamin A for 160 days before and for 30 days after breeding. In three lit ters of 35 pigs, all were blind. In another litter of 14 pigs, all were ”T~\EAR Mrs. Spears:—I want U to thank you for the clear diagram of how to hang draw cur tains in' your Book 1—SEWING for the Home Decorator. This was just what I have been needing as we have casement windows and no shades in our living room. With a pull of the cord my new curtains shut out the light or the outside view. I wonder if you would help •me with another problem? I do not want to make the curtains for strongest color in your room coloi scheme. A contrasting valancs may be either plain or gathered. Let Father and Young Son and Little Sister help you make the home a center of interest. Book 1—SEWING, for the Home Deco rator contains many useful things that every one may take a hand in making. Book 2 shows you with pictures how to make many novelty gifts. Books are 25 cents each. Order both books today and get the patchwork quilt leaflet pic turing 36 authentic embroidery stitches free. Address: Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chi cago, Ill. HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Save Salty Water.—When water in which salt has been boiling is poured over coal, it makes good coal last longer and improves bad coal. • • • To Press Ribbons. — Dampen ribbons and iron them between tis sue paper. • • • Flowers and Vase for Sick.—It is an excellent idea when sending cut flowers to a hospital to send an inexpensive vase with them. Nurses often find it difficult to find vases enough to hold flowers. • • * Salt Improves Coffee.—The fla vor of coffee is improved if a little salt is sprinkled on the bottom of the pot before the coffee is put in. the rest of the house. Thought I would buy ruffled net ones. Do you think they would be too com monplace? J. T.” Answer: Here is a suggestion for hanging ruffled curtains that will make your windows a little different from those of your neigh bors and lend no end of style to your rooms. Double curtain rods are needed to give the crossed ef fect and a valance board is added to the top of the window as shown. Here the valance is the sort that comes with ready made curtains and the top is folded back to make it double. In thumbtacking it to the valance board, do not stretch • • • it—just "ease it on” so that it When Cooking Greens. — If a hangs well. If you feel that the windows need color, the valance piece of fat about the size of a and tie backs may be of plain nutmeg is added to the water in glazed chintz that repeats the which any kind of greens are be ing cooked there will be no boiling over and no stirring will be re We Hope They Got Home quired. • • s Before Moon Came Up! Bright Clothes for Children.— A young farmer had bought a You may not like vividly colored horse which was a wonderful clothes, but they are the safest jumper, and was riding him home thing to wear in traffic. It is ad They came to a gate 10 feet high. visable to dress children in such The horse pricked up his ears, costumes to help protect them wagged his tail and gracefully from accidents. jumped over. A little farther on they came to a gate 14 feet high, and again the horse pricked up his ears, wagged his tail and sailed over with equal ease. Farther on still they came to a railway bridge. Again the horse pricked up his ears, wagged his tail, but the squire shouted nervously. “Whoa, under this one, not over.” UMITED STATU DIMT AL COMPAMT iswas. ism »»■■■I n i ..»«. sl So Realistic After the young singer had fin ished her second encore, the old lady leaned toward her and said: “Thank you so much for your songs, my dear. They took me back to childhood days on my father's farm. There were times when you sang that I could shut my eyes and fairly hear the old front gate creaking in the wind.” —Montreal Star. MERCHANDISE Must Be GOOD I to be Consistently Advertised BUY ADVERTISED GOODS
