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•W I. .>MJ - rA" J . 1", -y % ' ] Ii" - • •>.* . t ', . "•J.'iiii' McfflHfRY > ' • • • . ' ' : ^ • r-:;;r'4 1!- - « A Page Sevei* '* Man Won't Take Bath, So Wife Wins Divorce HOUSTON.--"What did he do that was so cruel?" asked Judjge Kenneth McCalla. "He just never would take a bath," was the woman's reply. "When I got after him he'd just go in the bathroom and splash some water around." Her , 41-year-old husband didn't contest the divorce, Judge McCalla gave the decree. Washington Dipestj 'A Season of Surprises'--^ And Still More to Come Soldier Fare ; A soldier or sailor qeeds pounds! of food a day. 8% Fake Hero Must Buy War Stamps Sentence Fixed by Court for Attempted Arsons ^ v. Government Control of Railroads and National Service Act Complete Surprise ^ > Many Quarters. ' % Average Incomes £& 1942, bettqr than eight mil. of ten families had incomes of more than $20 a week. The middle area of incomes from $1,000 to $5,000 embraced 74.1 per cent of all families, and only 18.5 per cent had i incomes of under j top group wi I $5,000 embrac ider S2&/& week, ith^lncomes of «l 7.4 per cent. The over By BAUKHAOE Ntws Analyst and Commentator. SALEM, MASS.--Jailed sfrietr he set a fire in & Lynn building where he was a night watchman, William . E. Holmes, 21, a special policeman and a former member of the nation- | al guard, gained his freedom when he promised Judge J. Arthur Baker he will purchase $5 worth of defense 1 stamps every week until the United j States is at peace again. j A suspended sentence of two years was imposed by Judge Baker when ; he pleaded guilty to attempted ar-: Son. Absent without leave from j Camp Edwards at the time of his j arrest, the youth was instructed by ! the court to "do something for your ; country" by buying defense stamps, j Holmes failed to return to his out- j fit, the 102d field artillery, after a | furlough last October, the judge was J informed, and army authorities re- I cently informed Probation Officer ! Fred M. Barr here that they do not I want him back in the ranks. The young man obtained a job as a night watchman for a notification service in Lynn while AWOL, it was brought out. The former soldier set fire to a box in a Lynn lumber company's j building the night of December 12, i according to police, and extinguished j the blaze himself to impress his su- | periors with his ability as a watch- i man, hoping he would receive an in- j crease in pay. '• 1- No Rhyme or Reason for It, but IL Really Works ' FINDLAY, OHIO. -- William D. Robinson of near-by Rudolph, Ohio, began to whittle with a purpose three years ago and now he's displaying his handiwork. "rtie gadget is a serlfes of engineljjce parts--60 of them--which cover about 20 square feet. The units, made entirely of wood and all handcarved, are assembled in such a manner on one base that they run when the power is turned on from a small electric motor. Robinson calls the gadget his "unfinished symphony" because it will never be completed. He intends to add wheels and more connecting rods until the energy, furnished by the small motor, gives out or his gadget outgrows his barn. He estimates that there are 500 working parts in the gadget, including hand-carved cylinders, crankshafts, wrist-pins and pulleys. Look Out Schickgruber; Catawbas on Warpath! ROCK HILL, S. C.--The Catawba Indians, once a powerful nation, have declared war on the Axis. Chief Robert Lee Harris said the tribe delayed its declaration long enough to "work up a good mad" before telling anybody about it. Meanwhile, he said, just about every man of the tribe of fighting age has already enlisted in Uncle Sam's army. The Catawbas, now living on a small reservation near here, fought with the palefaces in early wars with hostile Indians, in the Mexican war, the Civil war and World War No. X. . The reservation has a population of a little over 200. Snake as Air Mascot? Owner Has a Problem SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS -- Pvt. John Heaps, 1344 South Spring-! field avenue, Chicago, former snake- { act artist in a circus and now a 1 mess hall butcher here, has grave I problems today. They are: ! Keeping his friends friendly while trying to make a home for his fa-1 vorite harmless bull snake, Sinuous Sylvester, in his barrack. Promoting the position of mascot j of the 40Jst school squadron for the ! snake, termed a "Bull Airacobra" ; by air corps enlistees here. i Cops Get Orders to Obey Portland's Traffic Laws PORTLAND, ORE. -- Portland's cops have been reminded that they must obey the laws themselves. Here's what Chief of Detectives John Keegan had to say: "You will have to obey all traffic rules and regulations whether or not you are using your cars for police work." Tfjftth Life of Cat Is Saved for Tenth Time BOSTON.--"Get the ladders, boys .--it's Red Lily again." That was the cry at. the Animal Rescue league office. Red Lily, a cat with a yen for high places, was marooned on a South End roof. The agents got her down safely--for the tenth time in five years. WNV.Serrlee, Men Trust Building, „ Washington, D. C. 4 This is the season of surprises--I Won't mention at this moment the big one which will cause your eyebrows to go up at an early date (if they haven't alreaidy). I'll mention two others--on the labor front--since they represent tWo of the neatest problems with which congress still has to deal and which 6re particularly full of dynamite because of the coming elections. And elections are bound to color the acts of every public man from now until the ides of November! We are used to it now because it happened some time ago, and the effects were not visible to the naked eye--but one big surprise that shook Washington as the year ended was ;the sudden announcement on a balmy Monday evening in December which ordered the army to take over the railroad^. All over Washington the Say before, that day too, as a matter of fact, you could have collected fine odds against such a thing happening. Not that people were betting on that subject itself; what they were betting on, those who ought tp have been (and I still believe were) in the know, was that there would be no railroad strike. ' The second big surprise is still having its sharp repercussions although it happened not so much more recently than the other event to which it was closely linked. Rational Service Act The first, I discussed ill a decent column in connection with the seizure of the railroads. Then the second, the President's demand for a national service act as a part of his legislative, program outlined in that annual message, came tumbling after, and-we haven't gotten over either yet. One astute and neutral observer of affairs in Washington--an oldtimer, who sees parties come and go without loss of sleep over his job, said something to me after the roads had been seized that I have had occasion to ponder upon often since. He is one of the men who was ready to give odds that there would be no strike and he knows all of the people who participated in the conferences, employers, union heads, officials, by their first names--except the President, of course, whom nobody but his mother as far as I know, perhaps his wife when she is here, first names. One just doesn't first-name Presidents. Anyhow, this friend of mine, aghast at the suddenness of the seizure of the roads, remarked: "Do you realize this? Overnight, instead of being the object of all attacks for babying labor, the President suddenly is in the position now of defending the people against labor?" That was the quick reaction of a technical man to whom politics is only an interesting sideline. When- the President's message was droned out by the reading clerk in congress and the President came to point five in his five-point legislative program, there was a sharp intake of breaths. You recall the first reaction. Hardly anything but a frigid reception for. the suggestion for what was immediately called "the labor draft." Cynics' Reaction* Then came the cynical observation of ihe anti-administration politicians. It sounded a little like the comment of my first-quoted observer except that it was flavored more heavily with party tabasco. "Pure politics," they sneered. "He had n6 labor program. He knew it. So now he tosses the hottest controversial question on the boards-- la„bor draft--into congress. He probably hopes-jire won't pass it. If we don't, he'll say: 'See, I give them a labor program and they turn me down!' " Well, there are the^ two surprises Which are scheduled to breed others in their trail, and you and every- •txJdy else will interpret them in terms of your or their prejudices, sharpened to a knife-edge of devotion or -hatred in this year of the ballot. What is really behind these two sharp and unexpected moves? It is pretty hardto -fee really 6fy|ecii*e. Anyone who has watched political campaigns in the making, has a hard time not to attribute a partisan motive to any act or word spoken in Washington in an election year. Commercial Planes Before Pearl Harbor 434 planes were in commercial operation within and beyond continental United States. Of this number, 358 were in service within the country, 10 were in transocean service, 6/were in Hawaii, 7 were in Alaskjb, and 53 were operating between this country and; Latin America. Brighten Plate Cooked carrots brighten any dinner plate. Use the carrots by themselves. Boil them with the outside leaves of celery. This makes a mighty good dish and so does cheese sauce poured over cooked carrotfc Used Seaweed Chinese literature tells of the "pondweed" and "duckweed" gathered, boiled, and eaten centuries ago. It was also used as a "throat" med^ icine' long before iodine was recognized as an effective treatment for Gas Consumption Flying Fortresses at cruising speed use 250 gallons of gasoline an hour, and at full throttle Ihe rata is almost doubled. SLOCUM LAKE (By Mrs. Harry Matthews) • - .. Grass 0*1" *' • Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesl Before the war, the Netherlands ney, were business callers at Liberty- "i§ tH Indies had a monopoly on valuable grass oils, such as vetiver, the base of many perfumes; and citronella oil and lemon oil, used in making menthol, soap, pharmaceuticals and insect sprays. Lack Food Normally a producer mainly of oil, cotton and minerals for the export markets, Peru never has been over-supplied with food. Her mountainous terrain, with the transportation obstacles, has hindered largescale growing of food crops. Scaled Grenades During World War I, Ciermangr Canning Peaches Peaches may be canned mtcccsal Hemispheric Standardization ' Mexico is the latest nation to jobl *he inter-American standardization movement, aimed at uniform standards and specifications for industrial equipment. Scientists and engineers here are workirife to eliminate variations which often make apparatus „ ,, „ . , , ... manufactured in one country unsuit-. ^a,!e:.s Sa'ur^ay„at the home of Mr f able for use in another, j an£ Mrs' 5\,H Hamjen- •---• . , . p-,.. \ and Mrs. Wm. Burkhart, Mr* P ~ r~ and Mrs. Walter Krueger and Mrs, Famish Ramos ^4 Frank Oswald were entertained Ias| ville Monday. Mr. fnid Mrs. Walter Kruger of Williams Park were entertained al the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burk-f? hart last Tuesday evening." Pinochle was played and a delicious lunch served. *** Chesney Brooks was a dinner and afternoon guest Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Harris at Waoconda. Lieutenant-Commander John L. Allen and Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Atten and Mrs. Allen. Sr., of Roseville, were a # ., j i used seaweed to seal ,I,ay 09 cannea SUCC««|k | PardphPr who keeps up ttS 'Friday evening at the home of Mr; r.ailroad8?V_<:r • fully the .?P*? Settle method if fert'.My afh^soil is the gardener aM Mrs. E: Schmitke at Williami goes, that might have been prompt who keeps uo the humus content of Park. Pinochle was played and ed by a real and honest fear that transportation would have been interfered with st a moment when it was as vital to the war effort as a division of fighting men. What pos- i sible excuse could there be for let- j ting such a thing happen? " I Again, whether or not there was t to be a strike,, there was a strike1 threat. At the same moment, there was a strike threat in another vital industry--steel. That was called off by putting pressure on Phillip Murray, head of the C. I. O. But could that pressure have been applied un less Mr. Murray could have been told: "Remember, the chances of j acceptance of your demands by the steel men will be a lot better if they are afraid the government will take their industry over too. The railroads are a warning." And then, if you want to take one highly unofficial explanation from a nobody as far as officialdom goes, but from a man who has fought in his own little sphere for things he believes in, I'll throw it in for good measure. The comment was applied to thf> President's call for a national service act, not the seizure of the roads, but it applies to both. This observer observed; "Politics? No. The guy just wants to win the war." And come to think of it, that might have had something to do with it [ too. . . \ ir • Note* From « Broadcaster's Diary The following two viewpoints received recently are interesting. Here j is the first: j "Neither slavery nor involuntary j servitude except as punishment for t crime whereof the party shall have I been duly convicted shall exist with in the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction."--from the Constitution of the United States The President swore to uphold the Constitution--the national service act or the labor draft is involuntary servitude or human slavery. That's what he called it in Berlin and Tokyo and he wants it here. What are we fighting for? And now for the second viewpoint! General Eisenhower said we can win the war in 1944 but everyone must do his part. Something must be wrong somewhere for him to say that. He knows it is not the armed forces. So it must be on the home front. For the armed forces operate on a function al alignment--from con manding of ficer down, orders are given and obeyed. Servicemen cannot bargain with' their commanders as to wages hours, fighting conditions or make contracts on a cost-plus b^sis. Their objective is to win battles. But on the home front, the objective is to make money (see Truman Report). Ships, planes, tanks and guns are secondary. We can have a functional operation at home by installing toU) conscription of men, machines, materi al and money. These boys were conscripted to die. Then why not conscript the ones at home? If it's good enough for the armed forces,. it's good enough for the rest of us. Who can say he is entitled to more? v - dry wrinkled substance expanded when it struck water or was exposed to high humidity. The expansion pushed a small metallic point against the ampoule containing the explosive and the grenade exploded. - Find Oil Seepages Rich in deep coal seams, England and Scotland have been thoroughly studied and charted by geologists. Oil seepages have been found in many places from Edinburgh to Southampton, yet nowhere has a natural reservoir been found that will feed oil in quantity to flowing wells or "pumpers." The geologists agree that Britain's heyday for petroleum paced many thousfhd years ago. care is exercised in sterilizing the jars and lids by 15 minutes' boiling, if the fruit is boiling hot when placed in the jars and then properly sealed. ' Night Blindness v • More than 2,000 years , ago Greek philosopher, Aristotle, called attention to night blindness and advised that sometimes it could be corrected by eating liver, which- we now know is rich in vitamin A. his soil by sowing and working into llciou8 ]unch 8erTed the soil cover crops; or if this $ Mr. and Mrs. Wm., Burkhart of Wil- , convenient, furmshes humus m ^ ^ attended the lions Cli,#: • the form bf .peat moss, manure, or V „ T Ij ;-. hufmis;frbrri hr is own compost^ite. ^ f ^ School-; ; - ... ) Saturday evening. •• • v . Robert D. Matthews Cooking Soybeans _ Drain soybeans after soaking* since some varieties are a little 6trong in flavor. Add three cupS; fresh water to cover them and a little salt. Simmer ovf?r low heat about two hours, or cook in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes at 15 pounds pressure. One cup of dry beans will plump up to about three cups during soaking and cooking. Keep temperature low and d<n't boil. Production Maintenance ; Congress has authorized $300,000,- 000 for an agricultural conservation program in 1944 designed to help aijd encourage farmers to utilize those production practices which will increase and maintain productivity of their land. Tomato Leaf Roll Tomato leaf roll may result irom pruning of the side branches or practices which cut or disturb the plant's roots, such as deep cultivation or hoeing too close to the plant. Lower leaves of the plants roll up and twist, then the rolling progresses gradually upward until those near the top are affected. was a dinner ^ ' guest Sunday at the home of Mr. -aiwjf:-: •Mrs. Forrest Grunewald and wat; among the guests entertained at 4? birthday dinner * In the evening-, in honor of Mrs. Grunewald. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davies.at the Golden Bull farms. Pressing Corduroy If you press corduroy, press It oh the wrong side over a thick pad. Several thicknesses of turkish towel* ing make an excellent pad. Use moderate heat and press only as much as necessary. If you are so fortunate as to have a steam iron, use it by all means. As you press the pieces of material lay them on a flat surface--do not stack them-- until they are thoroughly dry. - Master Camouflager "Hie beasts, birds and reptileS of the world, in many instances are outstanding examples of effective camouflage as hunters know from experience in trying to distinguish them from natural backgrounds. These creatures have become examples for the camouflaging of many types of war equipment under varying conditions. Toxic to Cold Blood Rotenone is an insecticide base which has the peculiar property of being toxic to insects and other coldblooded creatures but not to warmblooded animals. Thus rotenone destroys enemy insects without impairing the edibility of green vegetables or fresh fruits. *Boxing the Compass' The term "boxing the compass" derives from the Spanish boxar which means to sail arourd Quebec Means Strait The name of Quebec is said to some from the Algonquin word for :**teait.'}--• Stored Safely Grain to be used for feed for livestock usually can be kept for one year without serious damage from insects. The presence of a few weevils or bran bugs will not reduce its value as feed. However, grain held for sale later for milling should be kept entirely free of pests, for even a few will reduce its market ! value. Judge Worth Painting, varnishing, enameling or iacquering of surfaces need not be a .complex, difficult or expensive job in order to properly protect surfaops and promote sanitation, health, sSKety and morale. For example, it would be ill advised to put multiple coats of finishing material with many intervening rubbings down on a cheap piece of furniture made of an indifferent quality of material. For such a piece, just cleaning, sanding and, if the wood is porous, application of a filler coat before painting, varnishing or enameling should "fill the bill" and save wasted labor. Seed Source Well-shaped fruits of' squash, pumpkin, cucumber, pepper, egg* plant, and tomato may be taken from healthy plants for seeds. Fruits, should show no rot spots or blenvrishes. Fruits to be kept for seed should be allowed to ripen. WAR BONDS Jottings From May through September, j 1943, various government agencies j placed 2,706,000 volunteer farm lar J borers to help harvest toe nation's j crops. ' ' f • • 4 • j During 1943 Massachusetts home- j makers canned fruits and vegetables which were worth an estimated 900,000,000 ration points. • • • Every ton of scrap iron .and steel used in our blast furnaces saves two tons of our reserve of high-grade iron ore. • •• - fill a War Stamp book sgsgagg B R I E F S by Baukhage Through a series of phrase books supplemented by phonograph records. American troops are learning to speak the essentials of as many as 30 different languages.' Peasants of Nazi-ocJlipied France have been asked in a broadcast from Radio France at Algiers to save city children from famine by adopting them. The armed forces of the United States recently received approxi mately 53,000,000 pounds of coffee from Brazil. This gift, freshly roast ed, now is going to the Americar soldiera stationed in all parts oTthv world. - • • .• v- Mexico is expected to supply 000 workers to the United Slates ir 1944. ; • Food Yeast A hew food element known as •food yeast," with a slightly meaty flavor and as much as 50 per cent high grade protein content, has been developed in Britain. Mexican Independence Augustin de Iturbide and his revbhitionary followers made' their triumphal march into Mexico City in 1821, thus completing for that nagun in 1810.' j Nation's Drug Stores Approximately 58,000 drug stores located in every community in the United States compound 250 million i prescriptions a year. J ; " first Paper ! First newspaper in North Amerj ica, "Publick Occurrences," was I published in Boston in 1690 by Benjamin Harris, who planned to issue his newspaper once a month, "or , oftener, il any glut of occunafloe* happen." Banned Dance in White House When James ,K. Polk was President, from 1845 until 1849, Mrs. Polk abolished dancing at White House receptions. Hemp Durabia Manila hemp is used fer making wate^resistant, salt-resistant, shockabsorbing rope. Hemp comes from the stem of a banana-like tropical plant called abaca, formerly grown in the Netherlands indies and the Philippines. V First-I £ot Mom's permission, then we searched the attic ... and found an electric toaster and router Mom no longer wanted I Second-We searched Mom's cupboards .. . and she let us have the old elepric percolator and iron we found! Third -We searched our basement •od garage... and came out with an electric clock and old vacuum cleaner! st*** ZE Then-We took "em to our Electrical Appliance Dealer, with the red, white and blue sign in his window...and Sivapp*d em for War Scamps! Regardless of the age or condition of your idfe dectric appliances, your Electrical Dealer is ready and willing to pay you their value in War Stamps -- through* this patriotic Swap Plan! Your war-busy neighbors are seriously in need of work-saving appliances! And your dealer can fix up these idle appliances, so folks who need them can get them! So round up ali your idle electric appliances, ind taiK thctf to jour nearby Electrical Dealer today! . C'mon boys and girls, SWAPyout idle electric appliances for War Stamps WILLIAM H. ALTHOFF HARDWARE West McHenry V ^ fAREY ELECTRIC 119 Green Street Pg^VTCTOiff BIT INTO® STATSS WAR jfe BONUS . ST VMM itrs ah SACK TMi ATT ACS