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Si*?1'* =v»^V*' ,--* Thursday, July 16,1942 -• '. Ms * - *r,;. i*..' "*~« * : $ vf nl <* *' - . " %* *• m * , " - t ' • •^5>^ % w.^»T^r. .,} / ' » ' S •& • ' * •» Vtf V * - •*•-' ' THE McHENRY PLAINT) EALEB 'is? "'S i Page Thrw ' Owr a* *'«. - Washington . f Letter '• -By- National Editorial Association TBE RECOR0 -.r -t • n!i %: <88 - Washington, July 15 -- Buckling I, down to the serious business after a series of short recesses, Congress is . "wrestling: this week with figures and . politics. The tax bill wkich emerge*, I from the House Committee on Ways • '.and Aleans is admittedly a patchwork of Treasury and Congressional ideas as • to methods-' of raising necessary revenue from the public. The House must settle on a policy of a sales tax before . sending the revenue bill to the Senate; i^Confjonted with an estimated deficit of sixty billion dollars' in. the fiscal year of 1943, government fiscal ageh- , : cies point out that the huge tax bill may be considered as a start, ratheSr than the Conclusion, of the nation'*; wartime revenue program." The Sen,-- ate is likewise doing large-scale arith^ ;metk with the 'cfrntfoveraiai farmjag-ryj ^j.'ty bill and the Price Anrmiiistration s ^ •' appropriation meastlfca* Within a yeiMt Vf,*our natonal debt has jumped from <4®, v^to 72 billion dollars.. ? Though 0,P.A.'s Henderson has frequently denied politics figures in hm operation, there is a strong political smell to his gasoline rationing regulation "giving lawmakers unlimited supplies of the motor fuel during a campaign year. The Senate is expected to accede in part to his requests for 160 millions with which to administer price control laws. The House -- Which cut the amount to 75 millions may follow the Senate's generous' mood. The preferential states of .sifc- = ting legislators, extended to candid- dates seeking the job, "may place the contestants for high public office in a dilemma. They probably need extra gasoline ratings^ to tour their „dis- -- tricts in the electioneering days ahead. The question arisej? as to the re- -- action -of, the automobile operators among the vofers who do not enjoy the "dr'ag" of office-seekers. Some, smart politicians advocate a strategy ^of utilizing conveyances to impress the car owners that the candidate is one of the common people--playing for the resentmbTtC angle as a vottgetting -device. The nostile public response in the issuance of l'X" cards to solons makes the incumbents wary of accepting Henderson's gift of an unlimited card. No amount of oratory can overcome the conspicuous display of privilege when voters are denied the ordinary use of their cars. Conscious of the people's feelings about favored classes probably accounted for a bill by Representative Celler, of New York, requiring publicity as to deferments and exemp-' tions in the draft. It is reported thousands of men of military qualiications have secured snug berths in ederal agencies with the expectation they will be granted occupational . Selective Service deferments/- A few samples of publicizing their activities has resulted in explanations by their superiors in the government service as to their deferment. Presumably' the Army Specialists Corps which b& , gan to function recently will release large numbers of commissioned officers from clerical and non-combatant to service in the field. Famines ... whose sons were in combat divisions have loudly protested the side-tracking of neighbors' boys equally fitted for active duty to civilian posts Of . swivel-chair officer assignments obtained allegedly through political in- . fluence. , Few persons have grasped the grave implications of another stated ment from Philip Reed, Chief, War Industries .Division, War Production Board, that 24,000 small manufacturing plants are likely to shut down by. October 1. The recent legislation creating the Federally-financed Smaller Pliants Corporation is apparently helpless to rescue these establishments. The type of manufacturers facing shutdowns are those unable to participate in war production and unable to obtain materials for nonessential civilian products. The annual sales of these firms three years, ago amounted to four billions. They are located in all sections of the country so the economic effect will be nation-wide. The fact that these plants lack the equipment to covert . and qualify for war contracts indi- """ eates a heavy impact on corifmunity life as the establishments now employ hundreds of thousands who must seak work elsewhere. In some instances particularly in small towns; the prospective' business casualties are the sole source of payrolls. Suggestions have been advanced for the government to subsidize these manufacture ing companies by defraying the fixed ° carrying charges pending resumption of peacetime operations. The country's productive capacity »•" for war materials has been geared to a point where plaps must be cl&anged. It seems that vast quantities, of • supplies are cluttering the warehouses and docks along the.coast awaiting transfer by ships. Faced with delays in shipping, the production policy- : makers are turning essential metals to other war ^ses rather than' permit storage over an indefinite period. The scarcity of ocean bottoms due to sinkings and limitations of convoyed cargoes may, for instance, divert steel which -has been going into tanks to warships and thus avoid delays through accumulations of finished -suppHgS f t ports. The feacher was teaching 'a kindergarten class and was making! her pupils finish each sentence to show that they understood her. _ "The idol had eyes," Ihe said, "bu\ it could riot " • "See,'^ cried the children." ""It had ears but it could»not-- i«Hear," was the answer."" = "It had lips but it could not---•" "Speak," noncie more replied! the 'children. - - "It had - a nose but it could "not " * , . ' "Wipe it," shouted an enthusiastic puoU^ •VMp- \t -Kathleen Norris .Says; Mjoung Marriage Is Unbalanced Busine& Colossal - The fellow had just got back from Hollywood.1 He had been dazzled by the display of glamour, and bigness in the movie colony. "Everything is done,on a tremendous scale," he related to friends. "I, attended dinner at a movie producer's home OAs evening and, instead of using finger ° bowls at the end of th'fe meal, all the guests took showers K' . THERE'S A WILfc "So you are going to throw me over for that Will Biggs, are you?" "Yes. Papa says I haven't a will of my own, and so I'm going to get one." But Not Dumb Wttey (dufing the storm,)-^*facious! That was an awful clap of thunder! It frightened me terribly. Hubby -- Nonsense, my dear! Thunder can't, hurt you. Wifey--Indeed! Didn't you ever hear of people being thunderstruck? <B«U Syndicate--WN-U Service.) W by OR. NATHANS. DAVIS, III INFORMATION FOR THOSE j WHO ARE OVERWEIGHT j True obesity is a constitutional ] disorder in which there is a compulsory tendency to gain weight un- J less the "Intake of j food andv^expendi- | ture of energy are*! kept under control all of the tinje. In this condition, the body tissueT~trai(e a -greater tendency „than normal to deposit fat. Fo r t una te 1 y m,any people who are overweight do not have this abnormal condition^ JDuring childhood, adolescence andi early adult life, a high calorie, high vitamin, high protein diet containing adequate minerals is" necessary for normal .growth. At this period of life people "•re rriost activjs physically and need more calories. Thus they become -aecustomed. to^atiiig large amounts of food, are not satisfied with smaller quantities. When they stop growing and go to work they are apt to be less active physic,ally and require ktes food/ But they continue their usual high calorie diet and the Dr. Nathan S. Davis III Illustration ^ ! • , Teacher--You - know th&i heat causes an object to expand and cold Causes it to contract. Now, can anyone give „me a good example? Bobbie--Wellv teacher, in the summer the days are long and in the winter they are short- - to ' 50-50 "Do yoO ever have to hurry catch your moaning train?" "Well, it's about 50-50, you know.- Either I'm standing on the platform while the train puffs in, or I' puff while the train is standing at the platform." Gon/ult the Too Ambitious Harriet--What kind of a husband do you think I should look out for? Marion--You'd better stick to single men. You're just asking for trouble when you-start looking for husbands. " *• Proposal Young Thing--We've been waitihg a long time for that mother of mine. He--Hours, I should say. Young Thing--Oh, Jack, thi* is so sudden. , (LOVE)Lx Youngster -- Yes; Mary and 1 agree fh everything. - ^ • Qldster--I see, you are only.' eo- her \^eddine gown. gaged. Poem Mow doth the-Sunday scholar show - .Strong symptoms of conversion;., In order that he may butt id • On every boat excursion. Wisdom "The mistress says she will be ready in Ave minutes." "All right; I'm going to lie down for a while. Call me in an hour and a half." - Bad Newt Brown--I hear your you? Jones--Thut oame back. ain't wife Jeft the worst, she Come OB Alfalfa--I'm a afaf/ neighbor of yours, Miss. I live just across the river. Lass--I hope you drop in aome •time. Camouflage Historians tell us that wotrtein used cosmetics in the Middle Ages. For that matter, women1 in the middle ages still use them. ^ Distressing > * --:- Aunt--I can tell at a glance what jther people are thuiking of me. Niece (absent-mindedly) -- How very disagreeable for you, auntie! In the Lead?' Suspicious--Have you stbge experience? | Ambitious--Well, I had a cast once. had any my leg it * Experienced 'V- 'fDon't you bielieve that the years teach us more than books*4*"- ' "Well, you ought to know, dear." Poor Boy \ Doctor--How is the boy who cwal> towed the half dollar? : Nurse--No change yet, Doctor. coat would be moth-eaten anyway. has smart little calling cards /'Mrs. Peter Arnold Baker" engraved upon them, at 1#. But at 19, at 20, the glow begins to pale. It isn't that she doesn't love Peter and dear little ridiculous Patsy, but Betsey isn't the center of attention any more. The other %irls„ wKo looked on impressed and perhaps «a little envious, two years ago, arer4n_the full swing of life's happiest, days now. v Betsey is missing all of this; she is married. Peter has changed from the carefree sweetheart of a few years ago, he lias a wife and baby to support now. "I was married at 18," Betsey can still say proudly. But it doesn't seem to matter any more. She is beginning dimly to perceive that the very young wife has an obligation that sits badly on young shoulders. ^ Hers Must Wait. - Janet is 36 now; she married at 18 and has two daughters of 16 and 13. Her husband had two girls by his first marriage also; they are now in their early twenties, going out a good deal, and never s6 happy as - when their handsome father shares their social engagements. He gives them dances at the country, club, little downtown dinners, and now that Emily, the oldest, is engaged to an army captain, the house is in a flurry Qf wedding preparations. ' " "From the moment I married Emmet/' Janet writes aggrievedly, "everyone seemed to regard me as a settled old woman. I am not old, even now, but with two great girls at the awkward ages I am not included in any young parties" Emmet wants Emily and Isabel to,have everything; I thought, when we were When a girl of 18 marries everything i* joyous tumult. Presents pour n; a dizzying number of frocks are bouxhl. Grandmother's veil is brought out of the iinen chest; a photographer takes pictures'of little Betsey. - .. ^ By KATHLEEN NORRIS OST girls like the id&a of marrying young. At 17, a normal girl, walking home from high school between two girl cbums, feels in her soul that if she could have the1 excitement and glory of quietly announcing that she and Peter Baker are going to be married on her graduation day, she wouldn't care much what else happened or didn't happen in all the years to come! ' ".- "Betsey engaged!" gasp the aunts. "Why, mercy on us, how old is the child!" "I'll be 18 in June," Betsey reminds them demurely. But inside her nothing is demunev- Everything is joyous tumult. Pride, thrill expectation, love of the nice boy who loves her so madly, all these keep •Betsey's spirits at high level d'tring her last weeks as a girl. Other things contribute. Presents pour in; dizzying numbers of frocks are bought; parties are given. There is an adorable little apartment to furnish; there is a «sparkling ring; Grandmother's wedding veil is brought out of the linen chest; a photographer comes to take pictures ;«f little Betsey half-hid behind the folds of it. The Miracle of Marriage.* In all of this Peter's image becomes somewhat fogged in Betsey's mind. He is there, of course, loving and happy, but he is really much less important, in the eyes of an 18-year-old girl, than the fit of Betsey in all her life has never been lonely, ignored, doubtful, hungry for friendship. By no possibility can she value Peter's affection rightly, or estimate thi6 miracle that is marriage «at its true worth. No, it is all fun, for her- Betsey * OU> AT 20 You cunt expect, twenty years from now, to recapture the youtR you lost by marrying at 17 or 18. If you>try, you will probably become one of those pathetic middle- aged u-omen tgho refuse stubbornly to grow old gracefully, thereby ktsing not only the joy of youth but the harm and peace of the later years. Not all such marriages turn out badly. But more often than not, when the novelty and glamour wears thin and marriage becomes the serious business it really is, the bride of less than 20 years begins to realize that the is no longer a girl. She is, at 20, already too old for her age. married, that I would have the managing of his house and his children, but from the first Emmet's sister who lived next door, practically ran our house, and the girls were in school. "When they came Emmet was. so delighted to have two young lady daughters to spoil that I was reduced to a working housekeeper's position, and anything my own girls wanted had to wait until their halfsisters had had a chance at the social... whirl, a chance to go the right places and meet the right meh. "Just to give you an idea: Isabel,, when she leaves the house, will call up to me, 'Two extra for dinner, Janet!' Emily borrowed » fur coat my aunt left me, just for this once' and has been wearing it all winter. When I spoke to Emmet about it and said I had intended to cut it into mufts for Jane and Diana, my own girls, he laujghed and said that long before they were ready for muffs the Infant Deaths in the United States Deaths pc *UttQ iw» Biftfcs 1 A f 1919 1929 ' 1939 . 86.6 67.6 4&2 Ice for Summer " The Couderspopt Ice mine- in Sweden Valley, Potter* comity, is a vertical opening 40 feet deep which is phenomenal for the heavy ice formation which occurs fn summer and disappears in winter. • • > ' It was discovered about 1894 by Billy O'Neil, a prospector attempting to locate a silver/mine with the aid of a divining rod. The ice differs in formatio i from that of winter and the late Edwin Swift Balch, scientist, explained that the ice mine had true glacier formation and was caused by cold which sank into the rock fissures of the mountain the previous winter freezing the waters released by the spring thaws. The summer heat gradually melts the ice, completing the process by fall. During June, July and August the.tnme is open to tourists. problem in Meteorology < » ' The earth's atmosphere makes it icult to correlate solar radiation with terrestial weather. \ Tn diffic VICTORY BUY UNJTED^ STATES WAR BONDS AND STAMPS Seedless Watermelon A seedless watermelon has beert;"^ developed by • a Chinese scientist^ Working at Michigan state co!l«»gejC,,»; :.V * -•\Vtr portion no longer needed for the production of heat and energy is converted into fat. Sometimes sttclr a gain in weight does not comeuntil the individual changes from hard manual labor to some less arduous type of work. - Gains During Pregnancy. During pregnancy and while nursing their babies, women have to eat enough to nourish two and so eat much more than they did formerly. Then when the baby is weaned they continue on the high calorie diet." As they no longer require the extra nourishment, they gain weight and lose their lovely girlish figures. The change of life in some 20 or 30 per cent of women so affects the balance between the various glands that their diet causes them to gain weight. ' " - It is relatively easy for those who are overweight because they eat more calories than they require, to reduce. Those who have the hereditary abnormal tendency to accumulate fat, water and salt find it much more difficult. Many believe that exercise, even violent exercise, is necessary if weight is to be lost. Those who have never engaged in athletics or who are too old to engage in them, consider passive exercise or massage indispensible. While exercise is good if started gradually and not carried to extremes weight can often be lost more easily and rapidly without it. Exercise increases hunger and thirst and makes it more difficult to stick to a restricted diet and,so hardfr Wfi lose weight. . Low Calorie Diet.' and it's our fo% to keep it in tip-top running order ; Tbbke's NO telling how long you're going to have to drive that faithful car of yours. Maybe you think it's --j0*K. right now--but to make sure- ( you'll be smart to drive it in here and let our experts go over it, with factory- approved diagnosing tools. .That's the way to keep little troubles •from growing big. Oor BUDGH PLAN appffesM afl Strict. Drivt Slowlf-Sav« Igas, oil, tires and* your car ETON DS Phone One West McHenry, 111. Inconsiderate Demands. •*| feel as if I had thrown away my lif^j no girlhood, really, no" young-larlyhood of dancing and good times, maternal problems with thf children of a man more than twice my age when I was only 18, and now nothing but slavery in a family of six, with constant problems of company, meals, parties, late hours, and the inconsiderate demands of two spoiled girls. Except for occasional help by the hour, my girls and I do all th£ work. "just now,* the letter concludes, "Emmet is asking me to put a mortgage on our own home so that he can make the down payment oxTa home for Emily and Martin." Well, little-girl marriages don't always mean total eclipse. But they almost always present problems that can be solved only by the sudden and painful growing up of the little girl. She doesn't long hold the proud position of a young queen, adored by her older husband, and hardly older,1 Rerself, than thos» children she is mothering so charm ingly. For a few months or a year she does bustle about, identified in the shops as that pretty girl-wife of Doctor Brown; for a few years she talks with precocious wisdom, li'^e a" grave little girl playing mamma, about what she and Harry mean to do fdr Toddy and Nancy. But very shortly she learns that even Titania, when she marries, has tb'keep a house comfortable and a cook pacified, that Toddy is an unpleasantly spoiled little boy who runs to his grandmother with all his troubles and makes a partisan of his father, and that Nancy doesn't like her and never will. A low calorie diet (1.000 to d.^OO calories) is absolutely necessary 76rwe^ht reduction. Such a diet can often be best tolerated if -a cracker, a glass of fruit juice, or of skim milk is taken between meals- Thus low blood sugars that cause ravenous hunger are avoided. Any reducing diet must contain enough vitamins, minerals and proteins to satisfy the body requirements, i It should contain one pint of skim milk,, one egg, two ounces of fish, meat or fowl, three servings of vegetables (one of them raw) including potatoes, two servings, of fruit (one of them raw) and one and one-half patties of butter. It should contain a minimum of fats, sugars, sweets and starches and the fluid intake should be decreased. To make it quantitively more satisfying, eat more meat, cheese and leafy vegetables may be taken. When you have thus lost enough, add to your reducing diet just enough to enable you to maintain the desired weight. If you go back to your old diet, you will again rapidly put on the pounds. "The constant drip will wear away the stone; the constant imperfection of nutrition, thoiigh this be relatively slight, will wear away the bod*,"---Sir. Robert Mc- Carrison. \ QUESTION BOX Send mw*ttoru to Dr. Nathan S. Davis 01 Winnctka. 111. (Enclose a sell-addressed. . stamp*J envelope.i Q.--What is vitamin B, and what vegetables or foods 'are highest- in this vitamin? S. L. A.--Vitamin B is a complex mixture of chemical compounds rei quired to aid the utilization of foods ' by the cells off the body. Lima, < navy, kidney and soy beans, buck- 1 wheat, whole wheat flour, ham and | pork, beef, kidneys, liver, yeast, | peas, aid various mrta contain tfcia i vitamin. » T CALL • vv Saving Beau From Boetle Beans can be saved from destruc tion by the Mexican b«an beetle. Spraying or dusting the plants with a quick-acting insecticide is" neces- ««y. "~j Editions Denominations ! Of their 100,000,000 population Ja- Speed of Elephant An elephant can run 24 miles an hour. The fastest mammal is an antelope, which can run 70 miles an hotar. pan has 12 Buddhist sects with 40,- 000,000 adherents; 13 Shinto sects with 16,000,009. adherents and qbout 500,000 Christians of 30 or morp denominations. Oar fighting men an doing" their share. Here at home the least we can do is put 10% of our income In War Bonds fer oar share In America. ' Coo most rrounc , The,, cod is one of the most prolifl| offish--a female 39 inches long pr& due 1 ft out 3,000,000 eggs. New Use for Grapefruit A new lise for grapefruit as the source of lactic acid, widely used io medicine and industry, has been de* veloped. ' War bond sales must be doubled. Are you budgeting your household money to bury W»r Savings Stamps every' ~ _ • Meanest Insect - One of the meanest insectt on earth is the hornet who waylays the homeward bound honeybee and robs it of all its honey. unless you must ! i9- With, the war effort of 27 United Nation* (j#Bntere<l upon it, Washingtofi-ia probably the jbusieat city in the world. It/is outgrowing ita physical limits--and its telephone facilities. Since Pearl Harbor, Long Distance telephone traffic in and out of Washington ha* jumped 48'/2%- Calls of vital importance Muieuuiett get caught in the crush. Rew construction would normally take care of the increased load. But copper, rubber and aluminum are even more critically needed for the fighting fronts. So we must ask jou ta c«t £>iPii o« «wry possible ff'dshington call--so that Army. Navy and Government can have clear "talk-tracks'* to get America's biggest job done. We know we can count on your co-ope ration. These suggestions, offered especially for Wash-* ington. also apply to other busy cities across the country. \•' 7 ' 1. As far as possible, avoid all Long Distance: calls rot directly related to the war effort. ; i 2. If you mast make a Lon| DitUiies call, place it in the off-peak -- , 12 NOON TO IP. M. t f. M. TO 7 P. U. f P. M. TO * A. M. It's flat Down Ond The highest point in- Au^tralfa, 'Mount Kosciusko, is only 7,328 feet above sea level. By contrast, the highest in North America is Mount ! McKinleV which reaches to 20,300 ! feet and \ highest in the world is I Mount Bverest at 3»,14i feet/ Illinois mt mfrii®*f ttntm ^ HIT V. S. . WAI «0*AI A*9 STAHPS • p p