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;-w yjrr T r ^ .T» • { , ™ v™ ™r" • ™- Thursday, March 16, 1944 THE Mo&EMEY PLAXHDEALEE Page Thr«l 0 f /'K'i.'v; 9 ESS MEN IN BENTON, ARK, HEARTILY DISLIKE 'RED TAPE' -Party Affiliation Matters Little With Opposition to ^ - Regulation; Labor Still Backs Government. ; By BARROW LYONS (EDITORS NQTE--This is one of a series of article* written for Wis paper by Barrow Lyons, staff correspondent of Western Newspaper Union. He has just completed an extended trip through the nation and in these reports gives his first-hand impressions of what rural America is thinking as we enter the third year of war and the first weeks of a presidential election year. Any opinions expressed are the writer's and not mecessarily those of this newspaper.) BENTON, ARK.--Ava, Missouri, is traditionally Republican. Benton, Arkansas, is traditionally Democratic. ' Yet in both towns they are saying virtually the same hard / things about the New Deal. Administration of the OPA and AAA comes in for the most severe criticism. What appears to be Unnecessary red tape, regimentation, multiplication of federal Jobs and arbitrary exercise of authority have irritated the folk "of these two smajl towns, especially the business men, to high * inflammability. • > -- - •Perhaps the Republican farmers Iffound Ava are less inclined to be Violently inimical to .the New Deal than the Democratic farmers around Benton. :• Oppositon to the New Deal springs fir less from party affiliation than it does from resentment against multi- .Y'file restrictions and regulations. ' ' Opposition also rises from a deep-seated idea that the Democratic leaders in Washington are more Interested in building power for themselves than in rendering practical service to the people--at least to the hardest working and most intelligent elements of the people. ' These attitudes may be right or ^Irrong--but they are the way more and more people in rural districts feel about it.. In fact, in Arkansas feeling has risen so high among those who have voted the Democratic ticket all their .j lives that the situation has aspects of an incipient rebellion. Farmers have openly written defiant letters to federal authorities challenging them to come and enforce the law. Lawrence B. Burrow, a Little Rock attorney to whom Benton merchants go for legal advice, summed up the aituaticn thus: "Many small business men are jletting their affairs in shape so the^ #fen quit after the war. They are • the.. backbone of this part of the Country, but' Washington hasn't learned it yet. Between high taxes and all kinis of restrictions, Washington has built up a psychology of presentment that in every way is comparable to the attitude of the American* colonies toward King George III. You can go back and •' tead the speeches of Patrick Henry, and you'll discover -that he felt exactly as most of the merchants and farmers of Arkansas feel today." . Arkansas farmers and business men have gotten to the point where they pay very little attention to many federal regulations. Bootlegging of grain and other farm commodities above ceiling prices is said to be the usual practice, rather than the 0 1 MO, Xv. r OKLA.i ark. * 1 - l.»TT».t ROCK*-- I ^--BENTON% DALLAS j T"" \ MISS r TEXAS \ LA. "~X,~ >,HEWORLFANS<ii OHIO'S GOVERNOR BRICKER AND FAMILY McCULLOM LAKE Turin Industrial Hub In Northern nary Turin (Torino)* is at the foot of Hie Alps near the French border. It was peacetime Italy's Detroit. Fiat automotive factories, among Europe's largest, turned out sleek pleasure cars and sturdy motor trucks, 1 Aircraft production also ranked high among its manufactures. Other rolcl falm important prewar products were are parents of a babjK daughter, born chemicals, high explosives, railway n f Cf A VIM Vt AAMi^nl «M Ma am in on J 1 £ A (By Marie McKim) p > Steven Ruska, Jr., passed his physical in Chicago. He now is one of the U. S. navy men. His dad was a navy man in the last war too. Bob Struck, who enlisted in the navy two weeks ago, left March 8. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Palm (Bud) at St. Ann's hospital in Chicago on March 8. She weighed 6 lbs. 7 "bz. The young lady's dad is in the U. S. navy on an aircraft carrier in the S. W. Pacific. Mrs. Palm is a cousin of Mrs. McKim. His parents have a home next to the Art Burgs. Dick Nimtz; who will leave in a short time to become a sailor, was the guest of honor at a party given for him Saturday evening at 'he Feiereisel home. A party was, given in honor of cars, shoes and uniforms. Axis war lords had converted all the factories to war production, just as Detroit has been made an arsenal of der mocracy. * Turin's position at "head of navigation" on the Po river means little in its industrial rise. The Po admits only small river vessels as far inlands as Turin. No American industrial city of comparable size (600,000) is on commercially unnavigable water. Waterpower, how«v- Defend Your Right *1 do not agree with a word jr**» say but I will defend to the death your right to* say it" is usually at« tributed to Voltaire, • but scholar* have not been able to find it verbatim in his works and it apparently was attributed to him in S. G. Tai» lentyre's (E. Beatrice Hall) "Thf Friend . of Voltaire," published in 1907: Miss Hall in a letter in 1935 confessed that she invented it.aS a paraphrase of Voltaire's words in the Essay on Tolerance--"Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so." Leading Edit"* Walter Williams, 1864-1935, at Boonville, Mo., was the first president of the Press Conference of the World and held that position from 1916 until 1925. Williams began his journalistic career in 1884 as part ow'ner of the Boonville, Advertisef. He later edited the Columbia Her-' „ . the Saint Louis Presbyterian.,: Kay Thompson's seventeenth birthday ®r» available from many nearby ' and the Daily State Trib me, and in at the home of "her parents in Chi- Alpine streams. , • ' • 1895 founded the Country Editor. He cago last Saturday evening. Allan Railroads and roads, converging became professor and dean of the was among, those present at the on Turin in greater numbers thjui school of journalism at the Univerparty. on any other Italian city except Mi- ; sity of Missouri in 1906; giving this Keith Bain* was "inducted into thfe , !®*1) take the place of watier trans^- ^r or^J,uP_ *9 , *° or8^n^e the navy last wefek. -- Il^taaEion facilitiesU" Passes through World s Press Parliament. Williams Dave Reid left two weeks ago for tlie Alps allow connection with a1*0 wrote a ^number ; of, books on Florida. Now that he is tKfere he is France's systems, while a skein of .Jouraalis^.and:.;was'.the author of « worrying how he is gbihjj." to get roa, anc* ra'l arteries coversthe'^ ^ 0 issouri. back. .v nch farm and factory area pf the Eq --*---^-- • o Hugh McDonald has not been feel- va^ey to the east. a usual 3,Q00 bales. He didn't even bother to cut his soy beans, they were so dried up. "In this case," he declared, "there is no reason in .the world why prices Governor and Mrs. John W. Bricker of Ohio, and their son Jacli wito bis dog "Duke" on the front steps of the Governor's Mansion in Columbus. The Governor and Mrs. Bricker, the former Miss Harriett Day, of Urbana, O., are graduates of Ohio State University, family life at the Bricker home is characterized by simplicity and hospitality. Her charm, friendliness, and cense of the fitness of things has endeared Mrs^ Bricker to the people of Ohio. Fdr her, home and family come first. ing well for a week or so. Mrs. Thomas Kane" wns hostess to: the Pinochle club last week. Those present were Irene Sales, Florence Larson*- Agnes Goranson, Elsie Feier- ! eisel, Jannett Halley, Olsra Scheubert, Phylis Nimtz and Ethel Smith. • Turn to steam : By th# 1840s all the naval powers were turning to the new marvel of steam propulsion. - : . Sergeants Omitted . v - When the Peace Establishment let' was passed in 1817, the strength of the U. S, marine corps was set at &18 officers and men. Due to an oversight, however, sergeants were hot included in the appropriation. City Council Proceedings Necro May Be Cured j By Sulfarju^ircfine Evidence is increasing" to show that bacteria belonging to the Salmortella group play a very important i part in the cause of infectious enterit lis or necro in swine, one of the most -- --a- common and destructive diseases ' jwith which hog producers have to (By Mrt Arthur KVvhi- contend. The Salmonella bacteria Mrs. Walter 'M. Smith celebrated are associated with numerous dis- JOHNSBUKG - March 6, 1943. The City Council met in regular semi-monthly meeting with Mayor Overton presiding. Aldermen present: Buss, Ferwerda, Frtfund, Nye, should be restricted. We have .so . Regner, Tonyan. Absent: None. ^er birthday anniversary Thursday eases involving the intestines, ard little to sell that the money we re- Motion hv Rocrnpr ' vith Mr. and Mrs. J<»lin it appears that the necro germ is ceive could hardly cause inflation. ; ferwerda tj,at t^e minutes of the ^einboldt an! daughters, Lorraine closely related to the Salmonella On one farm I have a renter who . v ~J T " ' ** worked the farm from February to ^ T^T meetin*,b(? approved as the third week in October. He read" ; Motlon carnedgrossed about $1,000 by the end of Motion hy Freund, seconded by jos q Huemann. Cards furnished October. When his crop was in, he Tqnyan, that the treasurer's report the evening's, entertainment and a took a job in a near-by war plant be approved as read. Motion caruied. delicious lunch concluded a pleasant and earned $66 a week. Which of ; Motion by Nye, seconded by Reg- evening. these occupations do you think is ner, that the collector's report be. Cadet LeRoy Hettermahn received approved as read. Motion carried. his winjrs at c Christi Xexa;, Motion by Ferwerda. seconded by Wednesday. March 8. and is now an Nye, that the clerks report ap- cnsfgn proved as read. Motion carried. with his father, Henry Hetterniann. more likely to cause inflation?*' Mr. Sawyer talked at length. His unhappy experiences were many and distressing. <• Deep strip mining for bauxite near Benton, Ark. exception in some regions. Minor federal officials are frequently insulted, •nd when they resent it, they are charged with being arbitrary and •ippressive--and it may be that they are in sortie instances. Names and cases are related freely. Complaints Are Economic lis Well as Emotional The complaint of the Arkansas farmer has a strong econofnic as well as emotional basis. A. R. Sawyer, who farms about 150 acres near Benton, told this story: >• This year because of drouth he' obtained only about 400 bushels of torn from 35 acres. The OPA ceiling price at Benton is $1.15 a bushel, . but corn is selling in the bootleg market at $1.65--and little is obtainable at that price. Mr. Sawyer's fields yielded a hay . Crop of about 1,000 bales, as against Mrs. George D. Downing, secretary and treasurer of the C. W. Lewis Lumber company, had much to say about the government handling of lumber. When wages were frozen, the pay of lumber workers was fixed at a level so far below that of local war plants that the company has lost a very large proportion of its employees--and is unable to replace them. In 1941 it produced about 9K million feet of lumber; in 1942 about 5V<> million feet, and this year it will produce less than 3V& million feet--despite the fact that lumber is a critical material. and Joanne, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hue- germs that produce pullorum and mann, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rein- paratyphoid diseases in chickens boldt and daughters, Mr. and. Mrs. an(^ turkeys: Infectious enteritis is a disease that affects chiefly the large botvvel and to some extei t the stomar h and occasionally also the small bowel. The disease occurs in both acute and chronic forms and runs a course of a few days to several ... ,. , , weeks. In the acute form the pifis After spending a few . days Uye pnly fcw days In such ca?i,s Motion by Ferwerda> seconded by vLntrTn'^ vvh^'w a Severe diarrhea . usually occurs Rejrner that th« following bills 4 - 5 T- . ' • he Kegner,.. in loiummp, was oe ,g now stationed. r lwahrgiceh inoteftsetnin ec ionn tthaiensse cbals#to sd .i s -oTfthene paid as approved by tne finance com- nvt T lnvd Opfrlino nf r«mn fVon+ , u"e in incse cast s> is ouin mittpp Motion pirripH I vt. Llo>d Ueffling of Lamp Grant very red and may shirtm los's of the Mik^WinlJS water S 04 oil *Pent the weckelui w?th his pairents, lining of the bowel which gives rise Mr- and Mrs- ^ter Oeffluin, ; .to the appearance of blood in the Howard Cairns, salary 124.60 . Mr ancl Mrs. George Michels and droppings. ' -Small ulcers may often Peter W irfs> salary J04.40 a„d Ml s, .1os. G. HuenUmn ^speM be found. *r' S,y Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Experimental studies on sulfa- M. M. Niesen, salary r .-Jo.40 pet.,r H-,'. Smith,' the occasion being guanidine have given very gratify- Earl R. Walsn. office expense.. 80.OO .pgte's birthday anniversary. ing results. It is bel ieved that from Mr. and Mrs. William Kiift of ®0 to 90 per cent of the sick pigs can Burlington, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Paul be1 brought back to making formal CLARENCE'S SHOP Bird Houses, Lawn Chairs, Pier Benches, Swings. Trellises. Wheelbarrows, Wagons, etc. Barn and Hoiu e Brooms, Market Baskets and Wash Baskets, hand wo.ven; genuine Leather Belts, Billfolds, ttc. " r . ' CLARENCE j. SMITH •T0HNSBUE3. ' ILLniOIS 58.43 4.50 Labor Regulations Trouble Merchant H. J. Gingles, general retail and wholesale merchant at Benton, feels particularly resentful over the Wage and Hour law and unemployment compensation. One employee who was discharged for drunkenness received unemployment compensation. Two women who remained away from work for several months to have babies drew unemployment compensation, quite illegally; but the fact that they could do so with impunity disturbs him. But all'of Benton is not against the New Deal. The town is close to the bauxite mining region dominated by the operation of the Aluminum Company of America. In this area are several thousand people who work in the aluminum mines and the great government alumina plant near the town of Bauxite. To this region the Aluminum Workers of America, a CIO union, sent a young man by the name of R. W. Goddard about two years ago. Under his leadership as business agent, Locals 23, 28, 32 and 33 have been organized. He says they include most of the aluminum workers of the area. r "I can't speak officially about th6 politics of our members," said Mr. Goddard. "But I think I can say unofficially that for the most part they are satisfied with the New Deal. A big percentage are native to. Arkansas. I came from Tennessee. They were born Democrats and re- ; main so. I think they feel that the New Deal has truly tried to protect the workers' interest." 91 .8.04 65.40 , 85.00 Mayme Buss, clerical and commissions George B. Kane, decorating city hall ^. *71.72 Alexander Lumber Co., coal <*»„ 453.70 Carl Rietesel, repair*--- police c»r Jack Smith, labor, .waterworks Downs Motor Express, * shipping water meters Western United G. A E. service at city hall Van Denberg Supply CO., supplies for waterworks ...... 227.95 Earl R. Walsh, freight .88 Thomas P. Rolger, supplies .... 2.96 Holly's Service Station, gas and oil for police car Buss Motor Sale§, repairs-- police car John J. Vycital Hardware, supplies 1.18 The McHenry Plaindealer, printing and publications . Ruddy Bros., cleaning sewer R. I. Overton Motor Sales, tire and tube, police car % G. P. Newman, equipment rental Freund Oil Company, distillate Illinois Bell Telephone Co., telephone service Public Service Company, , nower and light. Carey Electric Shop, street light repairs Special Sewer Fund: Fred C. Feltz, salary Mayme Buss, clerical ..... Freund Oil Company, •,> distillate ...... Paul E. Gerasch, labor at disposal plant, Republic Flow Meters Co., charts and supplies Public Service Company, power 'and light Carey Electric Shop, • service call - Weber and dauphter, Judy Ann, of gains for marketing if the treatment Spring Grove spent Sunday evening 's followed by changing to new with Mrs. Lena Hettermann ^and family. • Mr. and Mrs. Vincent KnOirst of Art Chicago spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. G. Huemann. Pfc. Donald Hettermann returned to Baer Field, Ind., after spending a sixteen-day furlough with friends and relatives. Miss Thelma Lay and Kenny Hamp- wet gro,und and proper sanitation to prevent reinfection. The dosage found most satisfactory is 0.75 to 1.5 gr'ams of the drug per day for each 10 pounds body weight. This amount is divided between morning and evening for a period of 5 to 7 days. For those pigs which are eating their fjed, the dru^T may be administered by mixing in a small amount mash or thick swill. The sher Phm. 2-cl of GreatLakes re-1 & which are not eating should be turned home Monday ofcSfrst week , separ£rted {rom the drove and given , after spending an enjoyable weekend j the drug by capsule or bolus until ; 3.00 A report was- giveii of & meeting of .the Mayor and Street and Alley Cwnunittee with Township Supervisor Math N. Schmitt and members of with his rrtother in Flint, "Michigan. Miss Evelyn Michels celebrated „ her birthday anniversary by serving *a chicken dinner to a few friends Saturday. Later the party spent an enjoyable evening at Joe E. Miller's, Richmond. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Klein t was christened Margaret Ann, with Rev. A. J. Neidert officiating at the ceremony. Mrs. Regina Schaefer of Fox Lake and Norbert Klaus of .Spring Grove acted as sponsors. Mrs.. Klein is the former Veronica Britz. Dinner guests Were Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schaefer and sons, Mrs. Paul Lewis and son, and Norman Britz of Fox Lake, Henry Britz, of Navy Pier, Chicago; Mrs. Henry Britz and daughter, Christy Lee, of Delavan, Wis.; Norbert Klaus and family of Spring * * ' Grove; Miss Shirley Bri-tz of Chicago; and Mr. and Mrs. William Britz. A _fl Mrs. Mamie King, Mrs. Catherine . Smith, Arthur Klein, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Britz, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Klein, Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Smith, Eugene King, Mrs. Tena Lay, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Michels, Mrs. John E. Nett and Misses Bornice and Edna King visited Mrs. James Geier and Mrs. Arthur Klein in the Woodstock hospital the past week., Mrs, Anna Geier, Mrs. Alex Freund, Mrs. Mamie King, Mrs. Joseph Regner, Mrs. Herman Kreutzer, Mrs. Barbara Horrick and Mrs. Peter H. 22.30 12.60 '70.00 563.09 23.75 7.90 4.33 235.45 3.52 14.40 22.5 r. 47.47 they are eating well -enough to go back in the drove receiving the drug in mash or swill. Vectis Old Name The ancient name for the Isle of Wight was Vect's Need More Cooking. Outer leaves of cauliflower need a little more cooking than the flower, but they have a very nice flavor. DAY AUCTION 1:00 p.m., sharp Wednesday, Mar. 2 2 At Gaulke's, Sale Barn--Route 47--Woodstock, Illinois Charles Leonard, Auctioneer. 300 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK 50 HEAD OF CHOICE HOLSTEIN AND G0ERIT$21r COWS Either Close Springers or Fresh 200 HEAD OF FEEDER PIGS ALSO USUAL RUN OF DAIRY HEIx^RS, BULLS, STEERS, BEEF COWS, HORSES, VEAL CALVES AND HOGS 2 10-20 McCORMICK DEERING TRACTORS PLUS OTHER FARM MACHINERY Call Woodstock 572 or 499 if you have livestock to consign All consignors make arrangements to get your livestock , in. either the day before the sale or bring same morning of sale. Terms: 25 per cent down, balance tii monthly installments. ...1 to 16 months time at V2 of 1 per cent interest. Woodstock Commission Sales Company WILLIAM E. GAULKE, Owner Phone 572 As Benton, Arkansas,-Views It. the County Road and . Bridge Com- acted as hostesses at a shower mittee for the purpose of inspecting Union Leader R. W. Goddard says even before a labor voters league be*. ame active, workers were being urged to pay the $1 poll tax and qualify themselves to vote in Benton. He thinks the result will be a vote three times as big as ever before^ dominated largely by the aluminum workers. In recent weeks 500 of the 1,200 workers in Benton engaged by one . . given in honor of Mrs. James Geier and determining advisable repairs on jje^termann's Tavern Sunday afterthe river bridge crossing Fox river noon 8t the east end of Pearl Street. „ aluminum company have been laid Motion bv Ferwerda, seconded by off. They were told, according to to adjourn. Motion carried. MW «r• . Godsd-9 na kr,dJ , tAhLantl 1l o^w er wages i.* n V _ _ ^ Brazil made it possible to bring bauxite from South America more' cheaply than it could be mined here. The workers fear the Arkansas mines will be closed down. They realize their new strength fit the Benton polls will be impaired, if they return to their farm homes. R. I. OVERTON, Maycfr. JBARL R. WALSH, City C!er£ Blood Donations Tooth Pressure At the present annual rate of blood With the strong back teeth, usedf Gas Consumption The daily gasoline consumption of the U. S. army and navy woulcTTHl 2>7|5 lEurge-size railroad tank cars, afternoonT or 46 trains of 60 tank cars each Mrs. Geier was the recepient 6f many beautiful gifts> Cards and hu(nco furnished the entertainment and prizes were awarded to Mrs. .Frank Freund, Mrs. Rose Landgren, Mrs. Elizabeth Laures, Mrs. Ethel j Hagberg, Mrs. Clarence Stilling, Mrs. tjoseph G. Huemann, Mrs. Eleanor Motorhack and Mrs. Frank Weingart A delicious lunch concluded an en Tea a. Shrub * donations to the Red Cross, the blood donated in a year's time would fill a 50-car train of large railway tank cars. for- chewing tougher foods and cracking nuts, as much as 300 pounds of pressure have been known to be exerted. Tea is an evergreen shrub which grows , from 3 to 5 feet high. It thrives in a subtropical climate, with cooious rainfall:; v ^ . Needed for Growth , Hffcoflavin is one of the vitamins. You've heard it called G or B2 perhaps. Cells need it to use the oxygen brought to them by the blood. Good eyesight and healthy skin call for riboflavin. Children need it for jpowih. Shells for Knife Handles Marines often use empty .80 caliber anti-aircraft shells to make knife handles. A foreign coin frequently is used at the hilt and another is usually welded to the side of the shell as an ornament. After a good polish, a very neat product resulta. j KEEP ON Seek Dry Roi* Before using rope which has been TStowed away for any length of time, * look at the core and inner strands lor dry rot. Planee Camouflaged" ~ The color of paint used to camouflage war planes depends upon the 1 areas in which a plane is to be used. Liberators for anti-submarine patrol have the underside of iheir wings painted to blend with the sky and clouds while planes for use over deserts receive a special camouflage jftainUng, THE OLD JUDGE SMTS.m "Sorry Judge, my shipment of suspenders stfll hasn't come in. Some articles are mighty" scarce these days. I don't get anywherenear as much as I could sell." " With the war going on, Frank, we've got to expect those things. It's true of luxuries just as it is of necessities. Take whiskey, for example. There's a real shortage in that. It's to be" expected when you realize there hasn't been a drop of it distilled in this itry since way back in October, 1942. <nasa xoun' "The only thing distillers have been making during that time is war-alcohol for the Government. So, I wasn't surprised a bit to read how bootlegging and black markets have sprung up around the country as a, result of the dwindling supply. Our 13 years of prohibition proved that if folks can't get legal whiskey, they'll get illicit whiskey. Sure hope the shortage doesn't last too long. I'd hate to see this com^r turned over to the bootleggers again.**" , ' . Tktj »drrrtis*m**I spemarmi aj Aka&ut I mitatrim. tmf. 'VI << '