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^ f r-^ *?SL- "• Page Mcft*»ItY PIJUNDIAtttl Thursday, September 9, 1943 ' \ Our • Washington Letter < _/- --By--* National Editorial Association Washinprton. September 8. -- What the war means TrT terms of personal sacrifice, as emphasized in the opening1 of the Third War Loan Drive, is expected to have widespread effect Not alone will the campaign extract pillions from citizens' pocketbooks, but it is' hoped the sales talk will • Have a chastening; influence on unfounded optimism now prevalent because of a few relatively* important ^ , rhilitsry and naval successes. • Slow- ,.-<downs in production of vital war matfrials attributable to the expectancy /.of an. early victory is a psychological • iiVistacel that must be hurdled in bond ' 'fales . and continuance of high productivity. Hence, the grave, warnings ^/J-orr President Roosevelt,' -and other • Federal top-notchers that something ' lijore than money-raising is involved current war financing programs. Congress itself will be faced with a Ifiiow-ilown on' the question of relax- •-ifcg wSr controls when an Attempt Vwill be made next week to force by ^legislative. means the deferment of ,\|athers called in the draft. There is "s'm< concern, that the controversy over: this selective service policy may gravitate to a point where the national compulsory service issue will ,'be thrown open. The politicians Would prefer, to stall action in this quarter. 'They may ho required to handel it as the latest Wtir Manpower Commission regulations for the Pacific Coast area are considered just short of arbitrary job control. The plan io require an employer to hire anyone sent to him from the U. S. Employment Service and refrain from obtaining •workers in the open market is raising Havoc with bosses and the employees. The manpower matter is becommg more complicated and Congress 'will soon take a hand in an effort to bring /order cut of chaos. The fact that wounded war veterans are gradually filtering back to civilian employment is not without significance. Besides giving work to deserving members of the armed servcies, the presence of the men in shops and offices could have a healthy and stimulating influence on morale. It is reported that about 9,000 men will l>e released each week, including war casualties. The government is speeding their vacational training to equal veterans for civilian jobs. Even those whose injuries have resulted in physical handicaps will be re-educated to j.- take their places in important war production posts. 1 Despite the ballyhoo, women are not flocking to war industries at the anticipated rate of employment. Dur- . ing 1942-43 the public schools of all states in war production training - programs trained 679,000 women. W omen have entered all types of courses offered except heavy electric welding, forging and blacksmithiivg. The largest number have been jp Aircraft, machine tool, shipwelding and radio communication. One of the factors tending to discourage women, in particular, from accepting high-price nobs in factories is the housing problem. The government is working hard ! to provide adequate facilities. War housing is built exclusively as a war; facility, geared to the -needs of specific w^r plants for additional workers not already housed in the locality. Housing officials pointed out that all temporary housing would be demolished within a reasonable time after the war emergency. As war production schedules are completed, these temporary structures will be vacated as rapidly as possible and then be dismantled to obtain all the materials which can be salvaged. Probably few will notice the change, '• but paper products used in home and office will be much thinner. Allaround scarcity of paper and the need for spreading available supplies accounts for War Production Board's latest edict. The conservation measure brings about a reduction in weights. The social usages of stationery and school tablets will share. in tbe economy drive. Wedding invitation sets can no longer have two envelopes per set, but may have only a single envelope. Grocery bags will be limited. Envelopes with linings are fto longer permitted, ,and limitations as to boxing and packing are also imposed. Even mucilage is conserved because envelopes with mechanical fasteners or closures may not include adhesives on the flap. All publications, with the exception of newsprint. which cannot be thinned out, will hereafter be printed on lightweight paper. In effect, the'amende^ W. P. B. order will materially increase thp number of sheets available to serve the greatest number of essential users. One thing seems certain. Congress will not feel obliged tt> authorize: bounties as a means of bolstering the farmer's income. Latest official report shows a 12 per cent increase in the total income from farm marketings in July over the preceding month. The sharp rise is due mostly to the marked increases in receipts from food, grains and vegetables and is considerably more than seasonal. , These increases reflect the substantial gains made in all phases of agricultural production by farmers throughout the country in adjusting their operations to meet war-time needs. The 1 income for July, 1943, as compared ^ with July of last year, showed sharp rises. Those making the greatest gains are meat animals with an increase of 86 million dollars or 24 per cent, poultry and eggs with a gain of 65 million dolalrs or 50 par cent, dairy products with a gain of 54 million dolalrs or 26 per cent, and vegetables with an increase of 51 million dol lars or 32 per cent. Higher prices have been responsible for a large part of the added income to farmers from meat animals. Effect of meat rationing is noted in that the percentage increase in income was greatest in. Delaware^ where receipts for vegetables ' and for broilers were more thah double the amounts received last year. * HNSBURG SPRING GROVE (By Mm. Arthur Klein) Mr. and Mrs. Jos.,Jfrett and family, Mrs. Bert Cassey of CJhicago and Mr^ and Mrs. Frank May and daugh-! ters were guests in the Ford Jackson, home. Pvt. Jos. Jackson of Orano, Maine, and Richard Frfett of Great! Lakes were the honored guests. j Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Schaeferj were called to Teckny, Monday, dye to i the critical condition of Mrs. Eliza-j beth Thelen. . . I Misses Thelma Lay of Waukegsn* and Phm. Mate 3rd Class Kenneth ( Hampshire of Great Lakes were Sunday guests in the Mrs. Tena Lay ! home. I Cynthia^ and Walter Frett spent the j past three weeks in the home of their j aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Bert; Cassey, in Chicago. * t Mrs. Jos. Frett returned home"; Thursday after spending the past ten days in Waukesha, Wisconsin. , Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grube, and ahd MrV William Otto' of Chit chgo fcin.d 'Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wagner and daughter. Joan of Grayslake were Sunday callers in the Jo^. Kf. Adams home. ! St. John's school opened its doors Wednesday morning to a throng of happy youngsters. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schaefer and sons of Fox Lake were Monday evening callers in the Arthur Klein home. „ j Mr. and Mrs. William Freund, Mrs. | Jos. M. Schaefer and Mrs. Ben Thelen were W'aukegan callers last week. Mrs. Arthur Klein and daughters, in company with Miss Evelyn Michels arid Mrs. Vincent Adams of McHenry,• motored to Waukegan Friday. J Many friends and relatives attend-1 ed the Clemens Adams-Marguerite1 Freund wedding at St. Mary's hall, ; Saturday. . , * Flea Beetles Garden Menace Most common of the many kinds of flea beetles are the black ones, about the size of a pinhead. As they are small, gardeners seldom notice them until ffley have done much damage by eating leaves. They feed on both the upp^r and lower sides of the foliage. \ They make up iii numbers what they lack in size, \ind riddle the leaves with small (Voles. Injured leaves turn yellow or browp and dry. Young plants maty be severely stunted or killedjT»mato, potato, eggplant, and pepper are favorites of the flea beetle, and cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, radish and other plants are often injured. 'By Mrs. Charles Freund) Roy Westman of Woodstock spent the past week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Senders. The Firemen's BCarnival held iR town on Saturday night was a huge success. A large crowd was present ftx>m here and neighboring towns.; Those wining the war bonds were B. j V. Marks and"S£dward Parfrey. j Mrs. Helen Fredericksen of Chicago; was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Fred! Weber over the weekend. ' j Mr. and Mrs. Albert Britz, Bud. Oxtoby and Norman Britz and friend enjoyed the ball game between the Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates' at Wrigley Field, Chicago on Sunday I afternoon. j Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kutish of Chicago ^ were visitors in the Arthur Kattner' home on Sunday. j Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myers, daugh- j ters,. Marilyn and Lois, spent the weekend in Chicago. While there they attended the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson's daughter. - Leigh Kagan celebrated his fourth birthday on Monday by inviting sev-, era! of his friends to his home in the afternoon. Games, were played for, the amusement of the children." A de?'}•' licious lunch was served which included a large birthday cake. Those present were Herbert and Richard Wagner, Terry arid Tommy Britz, Tommy and Charlotte Freund, Eugene May and Billy Kattner. Mrs. Frank May and daughter, Lor-1 raine, are enjoying a trip to Alabama ( and Louisiana. Tney will visit Cap-1 tain Arnold May in Louisiana and Private Frank May, Jr., in Alabama.1 They expect to be gone several weeks, j Among those from here who at- > tended the Firemen's Carnival at Wil- j mot Sunday night were Mr, and Mrs. | Paul Weber and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur j Kattner and son, Billy. Miss Berniece Nimsgem of Sharon, Wisconsin, spent the weekend at her home here. . „ e Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nelson and children of Rockford were visitors ni the A1 Schmeltzer home this weekend. St. Peter's school reopened on Tuesday, September 7, with approximately sixty pupils registering to resuine studies. Mike Wagner of Chicago spent the holiday with his children in the Frank Wagner home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freund and family visited in the home of his, mother, Mrs. M. J. Freund, in McHenry Sunday night. Shock Grain by Night . j Night grain-shocking parties by lo- ' eel business men and other town volunteers helped save the grain crop in Walworth county, Wisconsin, ! last year, as many as 10 grain fields being cleaned up in a single night. Look! L i s t e n ! Live! One automobile pushing another J •crosa a railroad grade crossing is a dangerous pastime, and that is the way it turned out in the accident illustrated here.- A truck was immediately behind the automobile and there was evidence that the truck had been pushing the automobile as it approached the crossing. Whistle signals were sounded almost continuously in this case and the signal^ were heard by several witnesses. Regardless of whether the automobile was being operated iinder its own power or was being ! pushed by the truck, reasonable precautions would have averted • the accident. . The National Safety Council is • conducting a special campaign to stop these grade crossing accidents, which every day delay 38 trains a total of 22 hours--a big blow to the nation's wartime transportation facilities. Driver carelessness i3 lue cause of almost all grade crossing acciden^ a, according to the Council. I--the Council asks you to be sure To help win the war--to save your- the track is clear before you start self and others needless suffering [ across. Biology Id Business Whether sugar is scarce or plentiful, honey is always attractive and valuable, and its production by the honeybee a most interesting example of biology in business. The flower- pollinating activities of the honey- i bee, estimated as worth at least ten times the value of the honey arid wax produced, contribute in no small degree to the size of our agricultural crops, and through these to the number of people that can live on a given amoupt of land. Thus in an indirect way, the honeybee is a factor in civilization. The value of the honeybee is so important that high priorities are given for j materials needed to cairy on their work. Without honeybees in the; groves, orchards and fields, there > would be no useful production of many foods, including fruits, vegetables, berries and nuts. Electric Eye The "electric eye" or photocell translates the energy of light into electric current. A glass bulb is coated on the inside with a thin film of potassium or other photo- , electric material which emits electrons freely when light falls on it. . A wire which makes contact with the film is sealed into the glass, and a second wire leads to an insulated electrode. A battery has its negative terminal connected to the film j and its positive end to the other ! electrode. When light shines upon the sensitive coating through a "window" in the glass a small current flows, owing to emission of electrons from the film. This is called photoelectricity, and the amount of electricity is proportional to the intensity of the light. This process is used iri sending pictures by wire or radio. U. S. Camp Like - Up-to-Date City Modern Conveniences Make JUCc Agreeable at Big Army Center. HEADQUARTERS, U. S. ARMY FORCES IN CENTRAL AFRICA.-- A year after its establishment, this center of American army affairs for a vast area has been f|irned into a little piece of U. S. A. for thousands of men who may have to call, it home for the duration. Their job is to keep open the aerial supply lines which lead to North Africa, the Middle East, Russia, India, Burma and China. They must see that planes, urgently needed supplies and high-priority personnel get to the right place at the right time. ,\ j The tremendous camp has no name--just an army postoffice number. Yet it is quite a ^metropolis of concrete, wooden and canvas homes, of mess halls and cafeterias, of power plants, telephone exchanges and steam laundries, of hospitals, churches and movies, of barber shops ;ind tailpr shops, qg stores and w^rehpufses, of baseball field#, tennis courts, clubs and bars. . . Live Comfortably»• ; It likewise is a city with electric lights, with mcdern plumbing and j sewerage, fire and police departments, bus lines and free taxis. Officers live comfortably in the concrete block buildings, one, two pr three to a room depending on rank. There are screened porches and easy chairs, rugs on the floors, reading lamps, comfortable, nonarmy beds, showers, and even plugs for electric razors. Black-skinned house boys, paid and supervised by the army, wash and lay out the officers' clothes, shine their shoes, scrub, sweep and dust their rooms, air their bed linen and run their errands. The privates and "non-coms," for the most part, are less fortunate. Theirs are the scores of prefabricated hutments, harracks and "winterized tents." Theirs also are the canvas and the tope cots. Mess facilities range from a cafeteria capable of feeding 3,000 enlisted men to a small, nobly equipped dining hall for officers with the rank of major or higher. The men use their mess kits, the officers enjoy the attendance of waiters and dine much as they would at home. Food obtained locally lends >variety to the army rations. y Thousands of natives report each morning for work of a dozen different types and are paid from 40 to 60 cents a day. Storage for Food. • A score of large warehouses, arriong them "reefers" where frozen food may be stored, receive supplies for the soldiers as fast as they are brought in by plane, truck and boat. There are fruit, vegetable, fish and poultry buying departments, and even an egg candling room. A hospital with 150 to 200 beds receives any injured man, laboratory and pharmacy staffs work around the clock to meet his needs, along with X-ray and other technicians, he gets a bed in a roomy ward and receives the attention of American nurses as well as doctors. On Sunday the soldier can go to church at any one of the three-chapels. He may see a movie .in either of two large outdoor cinemas any night in the week, or lounge in one of several recreation halls where njagazines, pool and ping pong tables, radios, phonographs and, above all, deep, soft chairs, await his pleasure. He can check out books from a library of 1,200 volumes or get the free use of cards anu chips for a little game. If he's looking for sport, and is good enough, he can get on one of the ten baseball teams in the camp league, or he can play tennis, volley ball, basketball and badminton. CHURCH SERVICES Pasture Supplies Feed Needs Legume pasture furnishes piJV with protein, vitamins and mineral*. Good pasture will reduce by onethird the protein which otherwise would have to be supplied in grain. Hogs raised on rotation pasture ar« much less likely to acquire parasites or diseases. Alfalfa is tops for hew pasture and red clover ranks next. St. Mary's Catholic Church Masses: - .,.0 Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:10. Holy Days: 6:00; 8:00; 10:06. ^ Week Days: 6:45 and 8:00. First Friday: 6:30 and 81OO. Confessions: Saturdays: 3:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. Thursday before First Friday--1. Affcr 8:00 Mass on Thursday; 8:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. Msgr. C. S. Nix, Pester, St. Patrick's Catholic Gliarefc , Masses: Sunday: 8:00, 9:00, 10:00, ll^ 3 Weekdays: 7:30. First Fridays: 7:io. On First Friday, Communion distributed at 6:30, 7:00 aad before and during the 7:30 Mass. Confessions: Saturdays: 4:00 to 5:00 p. <& and 7:00 to 8:00 p. m. llbursdsy before First Friday. 4:00 to 5:D0 p.m. and 7«Kt tr.8:00 Rev. Wm. A. CRourV e, pastoA DR. R. DeROME -- Dentist-- • :'iteil«er Bldff^ Green St. "Phone 292-J. McHenry Office Boars: 9 to 7 Thursdays, by appointment only Office Hours--Daily Except Than. 10 to 12,1:30 to 4:30, MOIL, Wed* Fri. Nights: 7 to 8. Other Hours by Appointment ; H. S. VAN DENBURGH > . D. C, Ph. C-, Chiropractor 120 Green St. Tel. 292-R. McHenry - c* ' . •i'..* » St. John's Catholic Church, Johnsb^rg Masses: . • ^ »•; Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:15. Holy Days: 7:00 asd 9:00. Weekdays: 8:00. ' First Friday: 8:00. Confessions: Saturdays: 2:30 and 7:80. Thursday before First Friday: 2:30 and 7:30. . >liev. A. J. Neidert, pastor. Zion Evangelical Lutheran Chareh Divine Service -- Nine o'clock. Sunday School -- Ten o'clock, ^fev. R. T. Eisfeldt, Pastor. Phone 43 Vernon J. Knox ATTORNEY AT LAW -- OFFICE HOURS -- Tuesdays and Fridays Other Days by Appointment McHenry - - - .Illinois •:;vV •• •t-;. f::V; Community Church Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Worship Service: 11:00 a.m. junior League: 6:30 p.m. Epworth League: 8:00 p.m. Rev. J. Heber Miller, pastor. DR. H. S. FIKE Veterinarian- Richmond Road Phene 31 MCHENRY, ILL. o « . • < St. Peter's Catholic Chnrch. Spring Grove Masses: Sundays: 8:00 and 10:00. Holy Days: 6:30 and 9.-00. Weekdays: 8:00. First Friday: 8:00; Confessions: Saturdays: 2:30 and 7:15. Thursday before First Friday: 2:80 and 7:15. Rev. John L. Daleiden, Pastor. McHENRY FLORAL 00. -- Phone 608-R-l -- One Mile South of McHenry on Route 31. Flowers for all occasions! ;o Wonder Lake Ev. Luth. Church (Missouri Synod) Sunday school--10:00 a. m. Divine services--3:00 p. m. H. L. PFOTENHAUER, Papier Grace Lutheran Church Richmond ' . Sunday School: 10:30 a. m. Adult Service: 11:00 a. m. 5 John W. Gable, pastoft .. Ringwood Church Ringwood, 111. Sunday--Public worship, 9:30; Church School, 10:30. ' • Choir Rehearsals--Wednesday evening. Mrs. Kenneth Cristy, director. &. WORWICK PHOTOGRAPHER , Portraiture - Commercial Photography - Photo-Finishing Enlarging - Copying - Framing Phone 275 -- Riverside Drive McHENRY. ILL. McHENRY LODGE A. F. & A. M. McHenry Lodge No. 155 meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at the hall on Court street. INSURANCE FARM L1FB EARL R. WALSH Presenting Reliable Companies When yon need insurance of any Phone 43 or 118-M Green & Elm .McHenry IT0U6HT To mt mdup&IN AtooPLkPM ILL PICK. 1 tr „ , 5UNPAy 'Bear a Hand' "Bear a hand" is a term used in the U. S. navy meaning "hurry up." What you Quy 14JUU WAR BUNDS SIcJc Bay In this war our wounded fighting men have a greater chance for re^ Dog Flew Out to Combat ^ 50 Times in a Bomber SANTA ANA, CALIF--Six hundred hours in the air, including 50 combat missions in the South Pacific, is the rerQrtf-of an 18-monthold Scotty named Skipper, the .canine mascot Sergt. Joseph Angelini of Philadelphia picked up in Albuquerque, N. M., when the pup was six days old. • /Sergeant Angelini and Skipper iWCre aboard the first B-17 b»mber to fly over Guadalcanal. Skipper whined a bit on the first trips, but he quit that when he got used to the noise of the guns, Angelini says. Skipper had a cut-down oxygen mask that he gratefully wore at high altitudes and a life jacket that saved him once wh&n the plane crash-Tanded off the Solomons. Later they named a bomber for Skipper. Sergeant Angelini is now a pilot padet, Skipper is with him, living a sedate life «t last and dreaming of the deer and gooney birds he used to "chase on Guadalcanal. Malaria Follows Wars Following everjs war there have been outbreaks of malaria in regions where malaria was not formerly recognized. Russia had eight million cases after World War I. Phone McHenry 677-R-l --- Basement Excavating -- NETT'S SAND & GRAVEL Telephone No. 300 ; jj: Stoffel &. Reihansperger Insurance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHENRY - - ILLINOIS € Special Rates on Road Gravel and Lot Filling . . Black Dirt . . Power Leveling and Grading. J. E. NETT Johnsburg P. O.--McHenry A. P. Freund Co. Excavating Contractor . Trucking, Hydraulic and Crane Service. --Road Building- Tel. 204-M McHenry, HI C WANTED TO BUY We pay $5 to $15 for Old or Injured Horses or Cows Standing or Down if Alive. Matt's Mink Ranch Johnsburg - Spring Grove Road Phone Johnsburg 659-J-2 CALL AT ONCE ON DEAD HOGS, HORSES & CATTLE We pay phone charges. S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Our Experience is at Your Service in Building Yqor Wants. Phone 56-W McHenry previous^conflict because of .the medical aids and services that have been developed by the War end Navy Departments. One of these aids is the Hospital Transport Plane service that has been bringing our wounded back from Africa. s = ! Horses Wanted . I B u YOld and Disabled Horses. Pay from $3 to $14 --^-- ARTHUR W. WERRBACK Phone 844 439 E. Caihoun St. Woodstock. III. TEt. WONDER LAKE 158 DR. C. L. WATKINS Dentist j - Office Hours - Tuesday & Saturdays: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. j Evenings and Sunday Mornings by Appointment! € * , Lookout Point Wonder Lake, lit Str'ngin* Along for 36 Years; Ready for Hitler BUFFALO.--Saving string from one linen supply company for 36 years has netted Joseph Greco, a barber, a ball one foot in diameter and weighing about 20 pounds. Greco says the only purpose for which he would part with the striifg, Which he estimates is 12 miles long, Would be "to make a nice strong pe to s'.ring up Hitler or Mussolini." Blueprint Construction Thirty tons of blueprints are needed to plan a battleship and 5(1,000 blueprints are required for one combat plane. . Vour inciVa.sci and corimued purchase of War Bonds is required tQ- help the- Treasury.. Department finance this hospital transport service. , "Back the attack with War Bonds." (/, £. Tr*mry Dtf+rtrntnA ^ Aggressive Geniqs The eager, brilliant, progressive genius of George Westinghouse gave the world the airbrake, developed the alternating current system for light and power, originated radio broadcasting. Farmers and War Workers are "Essential" Workers The car you own must be kept on the highway . . , and care is the only thing that will keep it there! Our trained mechanics will test your brakes, check your motor, lubricate parts, inspect tires and eliminate harmful wear before it has a chance to prove dangerous to your car. For. despite the fact that you're driving less . . . . it's now more important than ever to yoar car in rood condition*" CENTRAL GARAGE FRED J. SMITH, Prop. Phone 200-J ; Towing • Johnsburg