VERNONIA EAGLE, VERNONIA, OREGON
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Netv World Crawls Into Shell
As Revitalized Reich Expands
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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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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.
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To Press Ribbons. — Dampen
ribbons and iron them between tis
sue paper.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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