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' v-*-s, •••• 'Jt 'K ' * W . '- 7 ' "> f #. " f w Mrr^y V* ;"-^>.;:^'i-> ': -a«i i fsf^-^v•wj*** *. T ^ ^'J*v "*1®1 TWO THX M6H11V1T PUaNDXAUBK RINGWOOD JOHNSBURG (By Helen Johnson) Mrs. Roy Sutton and Bob and Margeerite Covell of Richmond spent Saturday in Milwaukee. Mrs. John Wolf, Jack and Jean of Woodstock called on. Mrs. Jennie Bacon Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Neal and daughter, Violet, of Oak Lawn were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Neal over the weekend. Viola and Alice May Low were Sunday callers in the James Low home *t Hebron. Mrs. Oscar Berg-was a Woodstock caller Monday afternoon.. Mr., and Mrs. John Hogan and children attended the Man on the Farm program at Libertyville Saturday. Jackie Hogan won five dollars in the cow calling contest. (By Mrs. Arthur Klein) Little Arnold Freund, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard A. Freund, suffered an attack of appendicitis last Friday. Our sympathy is extended to the family of John J. Schmitt, who passed away Monday of last week. ' Our community was saddened with the death of Mrs. Katherine Jungen, one of our olaest residents. Our sympathy is extended to her husband* Burial services were in St. John's church, Tuesday. The twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. May were christened Wedi nesdflv evening. Sponsors for "Artis ; Carol" were Miss Mae Justen and Joe i Jackson; for "Arlette Susan," spogt- | sors were Mrs. Esther Schneider and ; George Jackson. i Mrs. ArtSur Klein attended the Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peet were Sunday, Xmas party given by Mrs. Catherine dinner guests in the Ben Fount home ; Kagan at Charles Westlake's, Solon Allies Prepare T? | Great Surprise United Stales and Britain Making Secret Weapon* ; Says Gen. Barnes. £ Mills, Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Weber are rejoicing over an 8 lb. 14 oz. girl, bom Wednesday, Dec. 15. The little lady will answer to the name of "Elaine Agnes." Mrs. Hugh Weber and Herbert Freund were the sponsors. Mrs. Jos, J. Freund entertained her club with a Xmas party Friday after- Lake spent Sunday afternoon in the noon. Cards furnished the entertainin Spring Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer of Wauconda were callers in the Ed Bauer home Thursday afternoon. Bobette Cristy is spending the holiday vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cristy. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Treon and Mr. and Mrs. He&ry Heinze of Crystal Butler and wedding of Eddie Spi££- Harrison-Peet home. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. daughters attended the Rose Mary Butler and bart4at Woodstock Saturday. Mae Wiedrich was hostess to the Bunco club at the home of Mrs. Lester Carr Thursday afternoon. Mrs. George Shephard and Mrs. Georgia Thomas received the prizes. ment with prizes awarded to Mrs.. Albert Pepping, Mrs. Jos. J. Freund, Mrs. Jos. M. Schaefer and Mrs. Catherine Smith. After exchanging of | gifts, a delicious luncheon was served. Misses Thelma Lay and Anne Schaefer spent the past weekend in Chicago visiting with Mrs. ^3ee Mary Carson. * A large crowd attended the school Loren Harrison and Frank Wied-|Xmas play Sunday evening. After a rich were callers in the R. E. Frank I most successful performance, St. Nick home at Lake Wood Sunday after- j and his helper gave each kiddie a gift, noon. | Rev. Charles Reiglesperger has re- Mr. am) Mrs. Leo Yoting of Johns- j turned to Geneva after spending the burg spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.j past few months assisting Father Nick Young. Neidert. Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr.. and Bobby I Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Smith enter- Brenni. i spent Saturday at Janesville. tained Messrs. and Mesdames John Howard Shephard, who attends Weingart, Anton Freund, Joe G. Hue- Parks Art College at East St. Louis, mann and George Michels in their is spending a two weeks vacation with home Saturday evening. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klein entertained Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rose, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Schaeffer of Fox Lake; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lewis and son, Tommy, Mr. and Mrs. Hank Britz and Norman Britz of Rockford in their home Saturday evening* of Shephard. Mr. and- Mrs. Henry Marlowe and family of Huntley and Mrs. Frank Wattles of McHenry were Sunday dinner guests in the Chencey Harrison home. Mrs. Jack Leonard and Helen Johnson spent Tuesday in Woodstock. John Smith spent Sunday with friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Abensdroth Elgin and Mrs. Jennie'Bacon were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson at Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Young spent Friday in McHenry. ° George Young is a patient at St.; Therese hospital in Waukegan. j Mrs. Robert Sutton of Richmond spent Saturday in the Roy Sutton home. • Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Harrison and Edyth were callers in Woodstock Saturday afternoon. Guest/ in the George Shephard home on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Leon Grosby and son, Peter, of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Aingert and son, George, of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wiedrich and children called on Albert Schultz at Genoa City Sunday. The employees of ° the Ringwocd Chemical plant and their wives and the employees of the Ewald Chemical company of Chicago were entertained at a seven o'clock dinner and Christmas party at the Talk of the Town in Chicago Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Bacon and Mrs. Lester Nelson and son of Anticch and Mr. and Mrs. Lou Abendrath of Elgin were Sunday supper guests of Jennie Bacon. Jean Muzzy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. N. MuzzyfTs ill of bronchial pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller and children of McHenry called on Mrs, Roy Wiedrich Monday. 'States' blowers' Range From Violet to Goldenrod They are: Alabama, goldenrod; Arizona, Sahuaro cactus; Arkansas, apple blossom; "California, golden poppy; Colorado, columbine; Connecticut, mountain laurel; Delaware, peach blossom; District of Columbia, American beauty rose; Florida, orange blossom; Georgia, Cherokee rose; Idaho, syringa; Illinois, wood violet; Indiana, zinnia; Iowa, wild rose; Kansas, sunflower; Kentucky, goldenrod; Louisiana, magnolia; Maine, pine cone and tassel; MarylancJ, blackeyed susan; Massachusetts; mayflower; Michigan, apple blossom; Minnesota, moccasin flower; Mississippi, magnolia; Missouri, hawthorn; Montana, bitter root. Nebraska, goldenrod; Nevada, sagebrush; New Hampshire, purple lilac; New Jersey, violet; New Mexico, yucca; New York, rose; North Carolina, dogwood; North Dakota, wild prairie rose; Ohio, scarlet carnation; Oklahoma, mistletoe; Oregon, Oregon grape; Pennsylvania, mountain laurel; Rhode Island, violet; South Carolina, jessamine; South Dakota, pasque; Tennessee, iris; Texas, Muebonnet; Utah, sage lily; Vermont, red clover; Virginia, American dogwood; Washington, rhododendron; West Virginia, rhododendron; Wisconsin violet; Wyoming, Indian paintbrush. ' v ~ LONDON. -- Brig. Gen. G. M. Barnes Of the United States army ordnance mission is quoted as saying that the British and Americans both were producing a secret weapon that would prove "a great surprise" to the Germans. , The type of the secret weapon was not hinted but General Barnes said some of the new British weapons now in production were real "eyeopeners." Speaking after a toi|r of British munitions factories, he declared that United States and British armament production was sufficient both in quality and quantity for "the support of a full-sized army in any enterprise." The general, 56 years old, is chief of the war department's design section and an expert on the design and manufacture of heavy ordnance, particularly anti-aircraft guns. "H® arrived in London recently at the head of a technical mission to work with the British in correlating Allied fighting material. _ Germans Not Superior; He pointed out that the nature of his work, concerned chiefly with developing advanced types of munitions, must be secret, but declared neither the British nor Americans had to concede "any superiority to the Germans in qualitive weapons." "It is no longer a question of ordnance production as far as supplying a vast army is concerned," he said. He was quick to point out, however, that the transportation of weapons from the United States to Britain was not in his field and said he could not comment on the shipping situation. "A three-week tour of British factories has convinced me that America has a lesson to learn in the employment of women in munitions making," the general said at a press conference. "We employ women, but we are going to have to employ many more. The British are using women in tasks such as boring guns, which in the United States is done only by 'skilled mechanics," General Barnes expressed belief that American industry must train women for similar tasks. Women Do the Work. A spokesman for the ministry of supply, under whose auspices the general came to Britaiii, interrupted to say that in production of certain parts of a new British anti-tank gun, 80 per cent of the work was don*) by women. ^ The spokesman said the ministrjf' was considering sending a group of. British munitions workers to the* United States to instruct America^, women in certain types of work. "" British and United States ordnance, already is rapidly being used intei^ changeably by the two armies, Gen» eral Barnes said. H€*cited such devices as anti-aircraft artillery and gun mounts. > He described himself as astonished at how little bombing had damage<$f British industry. The general said his mission,, would leave soon to return to Washington. In the Deep, Dark Sea 'H's hard to see deep down in the qcean, and under the difficult conditions of seeing Nature, has evolved aome curious creatures. One of the most remarkable of the deep aea animals Is a type of angler fish that lives about a mile below the surface. Floating about in the darkness of tee deep where sunlight does not penetrate, it is apparent that a mature woman angler fish would have a hard time in finding a mate. In fact, scientists hunted for years before they discovered a few male deep-sea angler fish. The difficulty of courtship in the darkness of the under-ocean has been Solved by the angler fish in a hovel way; The male fish are very, very small, and soon after they are born swim about in the dark. If a female swishes by, the male hooks on. He hangs on for his life, both figuratively and literally. He be. comes a parasitic gigolo of the deep, permanently attached to his mate. Apparently many males peris& j^bile Can't Replace Parents A college may be expected to teach thinking, but it cannot be offered to parents as & nostrum for the mental ills of their children, as Richard Fechheimer points out in his article, "Education Isn't 'Patent Medicine* " appearing in Hygeia* Many a parent has been deluded into thinking that college could remake, in four crowded winters, a personality that had been 17 years in formation. Of course, the Job of a professor is not to remake his students' characters. His function (and the object of general education) is to train students' minds in intellectual activity. To ascribe any other function must surely result in confusing students, teachers and parents. Like "patent medicines," education has been advertised as a cure for all ills. "Does your daughter lack poiseT Send her to finishing school." "Let military school discipline your son!" "Develop charm and personality--take a mail order course in personal magnetism!" j. Famous Cardiff Giant Was Proyed to BeaHoax The Cardiff Giant, strong contender Cor the titte of. "greatest hoax of all time," was the contracted figure ef a giant more than 10 feet tall. Uncovered by welT diggers on the farm of a William Newell in Cardiff, N. Y., it was rumored to be the petrified figure of a prehistoric man. It was exhibited (for an admission fee) to thousands of the curious. Paleontologists, physicians and art connoisseurs offered theories on its origin,ranging from petrification to a buried Phoenician statue. Andrew D. White of Cornell and Dr. O. C. Marsh of Yale proclaimed it a hoax and, pressed by. the result* ing inquiries, neighbors recalled the arrival of a big box to the term. Eventually the "giant was discovered to have been carved by a Chicago sculptor from a block of gypsum. The hoax was perpetrated by Newell's brother-in-law, George Hull, partly to make money and partly to gull an Iowan clergyman with whom he had arguments pxjL jfcianis in Biblical .times. Active Movement of orchard grass seed from farms continued active during the first two weeks of August, and by the middle of the month 69 per cent of the commercial 1942 crop had been. sold. "'v ' Copper for Cartridges Copper for 4,187 rounds of .50 caliber cartridges is contained in the typical household bronze door hjnge, check, and door stop. And ^ * The phrase means, "the end," and there are various theories on its origin. The best known is that the first message sent by a telegraph operator to the first press association in, this country, which was organized during the Civil war, contained 30 words. This figure, the words "good-night" and the operator's name were placed at the bottom of the sheet. Some other versions are: When newspapers were handwritten, "x" designated the end of a sentence, "xx" the end of a paragraph and "xxx" (Roman numerals for 30) the end of a story; linotype machines cast type slugs of 30 ems maximum length, hence "80" means the end of a line; when the Associated Press was established -each member paper was entitled to 30 telegrams per day. Last of the day's quota was labeled "30." BIS BU8UTX88 I8 QOOD BUSIHK8S New York Taxi Restrictions Restrictions on use of taxicabs in Hew York dity will save 107 million taxi miles annually, as well as 428 tire miles, 15,000 new tires, the same number of recaps and 10 million gallons of gasoline? ; . Who's a Dim-Wff? Because half of the adults "in the United States who should wear glasses fail to get them," Walter B. Pitkin, author of "Life Begins at 40," calls such persons "dim-wits," adding that "seeing little, they learn little." % / (By GEORGE PECK) ft nad become a favorite pastime in recent years to pick on Big Business. "Our big industrial corporations -have grown too big--they have Wormt unwieldy--they are the real cause of the depression," was bandied from mouth to mouth until a lot of people came to believe this supreme. fallacy. And the4" company selected me for the greatest calumny, quite naturally was the largest -- United States SteeL Today, I wonder if there is a single patriotic American--man or woman-- who does not feel a warm glow of comfort and a strong sense of security because we have Bufeh a corporation as United States Steel ? This giant company did not come into existence when the Japs struck at Pearl *fr*cbor. For a great many years, hundred, of thousands of investors had beerkpourinjj fReir sav* ings into its cofferL its management had been planning \and building its many plants, and training its army of workers. ' And so, United States Steel was ready "when war came. On the basis of ihe latest information available, this ONE -company has produced more steel since Pearl Harbor than all tstas? steel mills of Germany and Japan combined. Do we hear anyone now say: "UNITED STATES STEEL IS TOO BIG"? Space does not permit enumeration here of the many outstanding production achievements of United States Steel during the past year but we would like to mention just a few. United States Steel, through its subsidiary, Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., has delivered 24 destroyers and 2 cruisers since Pearl Harbor, in addition to many merchant ships, tankers and auxilliary vessels. We suspect that the Navy Department does not consider that "UNITED STATES STEEL IS TOO BIG." From the 174 laboratories of United States Steel have come new inventions to speed the war. One of these led to the production of steel runways by which even a boggy pasture can be converted into a landing field for our heaviest^airplanes. We cannot imagine any of our aviators saying: "UNITED STATES STEEL IS TOO BIG." In one week a single United States Steel subsidiary produced enough steel for 7,000 light medium tanks; another turned out 1 million anti-aircraft shells 62 days ahead of schedule. Can you hear any one of our doughboys complaining that "UNITED STATES STEEL IS TOO BIG"? And for use here at home,~fir "one Thursday, December 24, 1942 ^ ^MtT'p!»BtsTunite<^ta^^ only 4 months, made a 550-mile pipe piv line which soon will be speeding oil east to ease the burden on ships and fi\ trains. We fail to hear anyone in the .! eastern sector of this country say: *1^' "UNITED STATES STEEL IS TOO lp BIG* ' lift'-. - These are but a few of the many' , production miracles United , States * *' Steel has wrought. The chairman of > * is its board, Irving S. Olds, in a recent said: "Management and workers of United States Steel have co-operated in attaining these noteworthy production results. Beth properly can be proud of their joint contribution «*snring the first year of the war. The same is undoubtedly true of American industry in general." Yes, twould seem that "BIG BUSINESS IS GOOD BUSINESS"--that is for us Americans. We rather suspect, however, that for Shickelgruber Hirohito, our "BIG - BUSINESS 18 BAD BUSINESS." " " * ~x: Attracted ReHgleus Pilgrims The oil that now lures warring Nazi armies to the Caucasus ones attracted peaceful religious pCFgrims. The natural gas foungi along with oil deposits fed the mysterious Eternal Flames of the Caucasua which Fire Worshipers visited 3,909 years ago. The Caspian. shores of the Caucasus were headquarters for Fire Worship even before Zoroaster, considered by many a Caucasus native, popularized the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. There pilgrims were awed by flames hovering over the cold Caspian waters, burning natural gas bubbling up from the sea bottom. Oil derricks 70 years ago around Baku closed in on the last of the domed temples where sacred gas fires burned for the pilgrims, mostly Par sees from India. • -oy,' fn ^ * *""• *\ ' a V v !? V I3S Si- •tew*--.: The Repeal Amendment The prohibition repeal resoltftSBil was passed by the senate February 16 and by the house February 30, 1933. President Roosevelt took office on March 4,. 1933. The resolution was sent to the secretary^ at state on February 21, who immediately sent copies of it to the governors of the states for ratification or rejection by the convention method, as provided in the Constitution. On December 5, 1933, it was adopted by of th^ entire number, when the amendment became efffective. President Roosevelt proclaimed adoption of tee amendment on this date* Order your Rubber Stamp* *at 'Tfcie Plaindealer. ^ k' Institute Founder Was Cradle Rocker Inventor The first self-rocking cradle in America, with a device for producing its own lullabies, was invented in 1815 by Peter Cooper, founder of Cooper Union, free educational institution for the advancement of arts and sciences. Cooper's nursery aide was operated by a crown wheel, similar to the main driving mechanism of a clock. After the initial impetus was given by hand, the cradle remained in motion until a pendulum-like weight, suspended from the wheel, had run down. Describing his contrivance in a letter to a friend, shortly after receiving a patent on March 27, 1815, Cooper said: "When I was first married, my wife did all the housework; and after our first child was torn, I used to find her rocking the cradle when I came home from work. • "I used to hasten to relieve her ^ a»d while I was rocking the cradle It occurred to me that the cradle ought to rock itself. I went right to work and made one of the prettissst cradles you ever saw, with a * musical attachment. "A ratchet wheel and a heavy Weight operated it. Everybody admired the cradle. A Yankee peddler came along one day and was ao pleased with it that he gave me s all his goods, and his horse and afagon besides, for the right to sell H in Connecticut and Massachusetts." Konigsberg Raid Marked Allied Aerial Junction ; Russia's first bombing expedition Jjk months against German cities liiad for its targets the shipyards, locomotive and tank shops, chemical plants and over a mile of wellequipped docks of Konigsberg. This historic city of 300,000 people is at the eastern "end of Germany's fialtic sea coast. It is capital of the province of East Prussia, which was separated from the rest of Germany when the Free City of Danzig and the adjoining land corridor for Poland to the Baltic was set up by the treaty of Versailles in 1919. ' The Russian raid on Konigsberg marked a virtual junction of western and eastern aerial attack by United Nations bombers on German Industrial centers within a week's time. A few days earlier, Royal Air force raiders had set themselves new distance records in reaching all the way to Danzig, a mere 80 airline miles west of Konigsberg. Formally an important outlet for Russian grain and timber, Konigsberg is 695 miles southwest of Moscow. It is 330 miles northeast of Berlin. The distinguishing industry of Konigsberg, says a National Geographic society bulletin, is the manufacture of necklaces, brooches, prayer chains, cigar holders and countless trinkets and ornaments from amber of the nearby seacoast. Navy Dogs Spot Raiderg; Gunners Train on 'Point'! LONDON.--The commanders of British warships on North sea con* voy duty have discovered that dog mascots, mostly mongrels, seem to detect aircraft long before their en» gine vibrations reach the men's ears, it was disclosed today. The skipper of one ship insists that he h^s instructed his men to watch the dogs "point" and keep the guns tentatively trained in the direotion of the point. "It is unfortunate," he said, "that dogs cannot tell the enemy from our own lads." The same skipper is convinced that cat mascots aboard scent land through the murk long before land is visible. Yanks in Great Britain T Curb Vacation Travel LONDON.--British civilians were asked to curtail their vacation travel so American so'.diers and sailors could be moved to and from camps. In newspaper advertisements the railway executive committee said "Their journey is necessary. The American Expeditionary force has a new priority hn transportation in Britain, so passenger travel must be reduced still further. Before you travel ask youiself whether your journey is more necessary than those of many thousands of American troops and their equipment now arriving in Britain." f-r •sr - , &J Signs! Corps rbtto Masks turned Now, Private! Private George A. Gransburg was en kitchen police duty again at Camp Hulen, Texas. But this time it proved well worth his while. For in the midst of his laboring he jrelled: "Why, these are potatoes 1 grew three years ago!" And he could prove it. Neatly imbedded in Sue of the potatoes was a ring he lost three seasons back while digfing lus ootato crop! IM&e Want Ads! -V ;-Vv'v In gas mask training the soldier wears a mask in a chamber where fumes are produced to simulate actual conditions in gas attack. Time for Everything A prospective officer was up before the anti-aircraft officer candidate board at Camp Stewart, Ga. He had been given the problem of moving a platoon of men from one point on a piece ef paper to another point at the end of the paper, by giving them the proper commands. The candidate jumped to attention and began reeling off the com* mands: "Platooon, attenshun! . . . Right shoulder arms! . . . Left face! . . Forward march!" Suddenly the soldier stopped. A board member inquired, 'AWhat are you waiting for?" "Why, sir," came the reply, "I was waiting for the platoon to get to the end of the paperI" , Need Rubber Stamps! Order at The Plaindealer.'v-. Six-Mile Run Helps to Get Men Into Clouds KANSAS CITY.--The Heflin twins. Clarence and Lawrende, puffed into the naval aviation cadet selection office, rushed to the scales and weighed in at 171 pounds each--one pound under the limit, "They'd tried 10 days before but each weighed 185 pounds. The last seven of the excess pounds disappeared from each twin in a six-mile run on the final day. , • Brilliant Record ^ MaJ. Logan Felaiid achieved < of the most brilliant records *in World War I when he commanded the Fifth marines in some of the hardest fighting ef that war. Doable Life The newspaper man is, mere than most men, a double personality; and his person feels best satisfied in its double instincts when writing in one sense and thinking in another.-- B-tary Brooks AdamS'*- va* Electric Power In equipping the millions of men in our armed forces --in providing gas masks, helmets, guns and clothingelectric light and power are indispensable factors. Electric light keeps the war production plants aglow day and night--illuminates the machines and assembly lines for easier, better seeing. Electric power runs the weaving, cutting and sewing machines -- increases efficiency and daily output. Twenty-four hours a day electric light and power "help spfced the outfitting of our ever-growing fighting forces--help provide every man in every branch of the service with the best possible clothing and equipment. - - SfysSlj-' •* " W i ' • ' i '--•'I*. 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