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' .* * -1 ' ' 1 * < * " • * - * ; , * - - Kp- ^ •? **b* < & • m ^ x ^ n -r :& * r-*~ -1' v*'« *>' ' > ^ • >-• * "? '7 " •Tor;>' *' -33" • ** • ,' ,ti»u v • -H< w r^TTF- \" •>= :- >:, _ . -.+ ;. TUB Page Thref: 4MSTH COLUMN IS REALLY THE THING . TO WORRY ABOUT By George Peek ~ The depression and the second World War have introduced an epidemic of new words, terms and phrases into the English language, one of these being "Fifth Column." Your columnist humbly begs pardon for having fallen a victim to the contagion for he is about to inject still another new caption into the plethora Of recently coined names. "Fifth Column" activities in Europe with their paralyzing and devestating effects upon Poland, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and even upon France and England, have aroused America to the danger which threatens this country from the strangers who are within our gates. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other governmental agencies are fully aware of the jeopardy; are actively combatting it, and it is reasonable to assume, have the situation well in hand. We need have no fear that what has happened to so many European countries, will happen to us. But the "Sixth Column" (here is yocsr columnist's new designation) is the thing to be reckoned with, the thing to fear because ds a nation and individuals we are not cognisant that it exists. Even most of its members would'be indignant if accused of belonging to it. As far as they are concerned it is a secret organization and they are not even in on the secret. "And pray what is this Sixth Column??", you ask. Well, its ranks are made up of three principal groups, the first of which comprises those countless thousands of native-born Americans who see in the present situation, a failure of our American System of Free Enterprise and are demanding that it be scrapped; who . have come to the conclusion that "Capitalism Is Dying On Its Feet;" that "The Profit System" is outmoded, and that we must substitute for it, a "System of Production-For-Use-Not- Profit" Second and very prominent in Sixth Column circles ate the millions who sit idly by, failing to exercise their electoral franchise, who are too lazy or too indifferent to put forth the simpte~"effort of going to the polls. The third group which rounds out the Sixth Column is the most dangerous because its components are in positions of power and influence. We refer to the demagogues who have succeeded in centralizing more and more power in the Federal Government which our Founding Fathers so sagely and studiously were at pains to lay down rules for the avoidance thereof. This is the group which Is mainly responsible for the failure of the American System of Free Enterprise to lift the nation out of the doldrums, for it has left no stone unturned to hamper legitimate business, which had it been left to its own devices, wouM long ago h«re put the employable unemployed back to work and have restored prosperity to the land. The first Sixth Column group, made up of the defeatists, by application of common-sense educational methods, can be weaned away from their false ideas and delusions of futility; the second comprising the "Laissez- Faires" and the "Don't-Give-a-Darns" can be aroused from their lethargy. The group we have to fight is the third, the bureaucrats. We successfully can do that by making sure that we elect a Congress next November that will oust every last one of them from the nation's capital. This having been done, the Sixth Column "Will fold its tents like Arabs" and steal away, perhaps not so quietly as depicted by the poet, Omar. And with its migration from Washington, our major and social problems will be well on the way to a peaceful and equitable solution. Mrs. Edith Sherwin of San Francisco jtakes her pet cat to a dentist twice a year, and on the last visit one of its teeth was filled. Eyes Examined Dr. Paul A. Schwabe Phone: MfHenry 123-J Woodstock 674 A. E. Nye Bldg. West McHenry OPTOMETRIST THURSDAY MORNINGS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Our Repair Department Is at your service for any troubles you may have will your car or truck. It is One of the best equipped garages in Northern Illinois. Drive in and let us check the car and give you an estimate on the necessary work. Have your truck tested at this garage, which is an official testing station, and receive your state sticker. We have a well equipped repair shop to take care of your correction to comply with the law. CENTRAL GARAGE FRED J. SMITH, Prop. Phone 200-J Towinf Jehnsburg Your 1940;Summer|YacationJTrip Set the West and all the &wt in a grand An J trip in 1940. Pick one of them for your bast vacation. < ) YELLOWBTONE NATIONAL PARK plus a visit to Beartooth Lake Lodge high in the Wyoming Rockies. Take an all expenses paid vacation trip with everything planned, see all of Yellowstone, stay at National Park Hotels. In via the Northern Entrance, leave via the famed Red Lodge Highway. The cost is low, only $124.00 up from McHenry. ( ) PACIFIC COAST TOURS including gftetwriw Canadian Reck- '^es, all the Pacific Coast from Vancouver to Los Angeles, Seattle, "-"Portland and Columbia River Highway, San Francisco Exposition, Hollywood, Catalina Island* San Diego. Tia Juana s^nd Agua Caliente in Old Mexico, ride the streamliners. Cost only |206.00 up from McHenry. ( ) ALASKA with choice of three tours, just a cruise for a short trip, or inlaad to Mt. McKinley National Park, Anchorage, Matanuska Valley, Fairbanks, or up the Yukon to Dawson and Whitehorse. Escorted by DON ECK in person. Every item of expense paid before your journey, even the tips are paid. Cost only 5298.00 from McHenry. ( ) HONOLULU and the HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. See these tropical Islands on a planned vacation trip, all reservations made and naid for before you start, travel on American Liners, stop at fine fiotels. Cost only $325.00 from McHenry. ( > NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR with all expenses paid, many schedules and routes to choose from. Cost only $37.00 up from Chicago. ( )COLONIAL AMERICA. Here's one ytitt liaVe been looking for -- see Old New England, Boston, Concord. Montreal, Quebec, down the St. Lawrence, 1000 islands, all you have been looking for and more too. Cost only $145.00 up from Chicago. ( ) GREAT LAKES CRUISBS, June, July and August, many sailings, rates lower than ever, a short four to seven day cruise -- see Mackinac, Georgian Bag. Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls. Cost only $89.50 from Chicago. ( ) OLD MEXICO South of the Border. See MEXICO this Summer but make your reservations now, all expense, escorted tours with everything paid, rail and motor tours for economy or deluxe tours, cost only $157.50 up from Chicago. ( ) TRAVEL AMERICA this year. See our natural wonderlands. The cost is low and the service great. Make your reservations . or inquire for schedules now. If you wish to check the reliability <of DON ECK TOURS see your local newspaper publisher in whose paper jroujre reading this ad; he knows us. DON ECK TOURS Suite 121$ -- Daily Times flUf. -- 211 W. Wackor Drive CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ( ) Check trip wanted. Clip this ad and mail for free information. TOE McHBNRY PLAINDHAUB, McHeary, Blnefe Talented' Frog Will Chirp In Tune With Radio Music.' Outdoing the pig and his squeal, it may now be said of the frog that even his croak is of interest to ingenious man. Frog experts, advocating the musical talents of such pets, point out that the cricket frog will often tune up and perform with chirps, along with your favorite radii program. "As a familiar item of diet,* adds the National Geographic society, "frog legs long have made a nutritious and palatable food. Modern experiments with adrenalin-producing glands of the toad indicate that the evil tasting potions yvhich amateur doctors once made up from frog and other secretions were less fantastic than it would seem." From some species have come poisonous substances used in tipping the arrows of South American Indians. while other Indians use this same frog in dyeing parrots' feathers to increase the value and salability of their jungle birds. Most recent use in the United States was reported from style centers, as women's novelty frog skin shoes appeared. The skins were obtained from giant species found in Brazil In the Far East, such skins were already familiar in purses and belts. , Not often mentioned is another valuable service which the frog performs for the benefit of mankind As insect eaters they eliminate pests, such as the sugar beet webworm, that might otherwise destroy crops. Early Explorer's Route Is Traced by Experts A party of historical experts, using a specially constructed, highaxle automobile, is traveling across northern Mexico to find the place where Francisco Vasquez de Coronado first set foot on American soil some 400 years ago. The site, when found, will mark the spot where a $10,000 Coronado memorial will be constructed by the Coronado Cuarto-Centennial commission, which is financing the trip. No one, not even members of the expedition, cared to predict how long the investigation might require. Most of the route is over nearly impassable trails and unmarked desert. In some spots pack mules will be used. Members of the Coronado commission decided to erect the Coronado memorial on the United States- Mexico boundary, but complications set in when they tried to find the right spot. Residents of Douglas, Ariz., believe Coronado and his conquistadores journeyed up the San Pedro valley, through Douglas, while citizens of Nogales assert the explorer went up through their Santa Cruz valley. The cities are about 75 miles apart, both on the international boundary. * English 'Hocus Pocus' A collection of nearly 20,000 books and pamphlets of magic and the supernatural has been installed in the University of London library. One of the books is that published in 1634 and bearing the title, "Hocus Pocus Junior: the Anatomie of Legerdemain, or the Art of Jugling." It was the first book of its kind ever published in England. Among other exhibits are pieces of a Coptic paper dating back to the Sixth century and containing fragments of a potent magical formula; a description of a seance, believed to have been written by Oliver Goldsmith in 1762; and Ludwig Lavater's treatise in 1752, "De Spectris," what ponderous title reads: "Of ghostes and spirites walkyng by nyght, and of strange noyses, crackes, and sundry wamynges, whiche commonly happen before the death of menne, great slaughters, and alteration of kyngdomes." • Michigan-Texas Hospitality <* It cost John Halmer of Pontiac, Mich., $700 to prove to a visiting Texan that Michigan boasts hospitality of a type as good as that of Texas recently. Halmer, standing on the street, was approached by the Texan who complained Michigan people were lacking in hospitality-- he couldn't find any entertainment, poker games and such. As they talked another man came up and asked for a match. Soon the group was enlarged by another bystander and the four rented a hotel room and began playing poker. Halmer said he got four aces, four kings, and four queens among his first hands and had dug deeply into the Texan's $4,000 bankroll before he began to lose. The game ended with Halmer's savings of $700 gone. Mrs. Halmer said the money was being saved to buy a farm. Cleaning Enameled Furniture White enameled wooden furniture should not be washed with soap and water but cleaned with sifted whiting, applied with a slightly damp cloth. Wipe off with a piece of old, soft flannel wrung out of clear, cold water. Polish with a piece of old silk. Professional cleaning is best for white leather-covered furniture unless the articles are known to be washable. The only joy in white furniture or accessories is that they be white--so the whiting method is recommended for the paints that might turn yellow with soap and water, and a good bath with mild soap and warm water for the lamp bases, small boxes and other objects that are known to be scrubable. • Family Post Office Hie Potosi, Wis., post office has been a family affair for 86 of the last 102 years. The Kaltenbach family--father, son and grandsonhas held the postmaslership 102 years continuously except for two intervals of eight years. In applying for a divorce, Mrs. Paul Costello of New York City stated: My husband was selected to judge a bathing beauty contest and now he never comes home." BE.M'TIFUL PICTI RK He was noted for the efforts he always made to attract to himself any strange young woman who came into the district, the local girls avoiding him as a bore. One night at a dance in honor of her arrival, he sought an introduction to the new school teacher. Grasping her hand tightly in his moist palm and gazing soulfully into her eyes, he said: "Ever since 1 heard of your arrival I'vtf had a beautiful picture of you in my mind." "Really?" answered the teacher, icily. "How small you make me teeii*h:v? • \ uji mi Little Wifey--Goodie! Home early, aren't you? Little Hubby--Yep. Glad to see me! ^ Little Wifey--Ofscourse. But did you stop at the drug store and. get that box of rouge tasked you to get? Little Hubby -- Mo, dearest; I couldn't. You see, I happened to remember that I promised never to do anything to bring a blush to your cheek. DIFFERENT GUIDE "When I go slumming I always hire a guide to show me everything I should see." "Well, when I go slamming It's the things I ought not see that Interest me." Talked to Death _ Boogy--Do you believe that people can be talked to death? Woogy--Sure--the census figures prove that they can be and are. The feminine population averages nearly two years older than the masculine. So that proves that the women must outstay the Flying Too Low A tourist speeding along a highway at 100 miles an hour was stopped by a patrolman. "Was I driving too fast?" asked the tourist apologetically. "Heck, no," replied the patrolmatt. "You were flying too low." Pro and Con Sonny--Say, dad, what does argument pro and con mean? Dad--Well, my boy, pro is your convincing and unanswerable statement, while the con is the contemptible dribble of the other fellow. Simple Gift Problem Dots--Oh, dear; tomorrow is Joe's birthday and I don't know what to give him. He doesn't smoke, or drink, or play cards, or . . . Ruth--That's simple. Give him a hot-water bottle. Not a Chance Sweet Young Thing--Do you believe in the old saying that marriage is a lottery? Married Man--I certainly don't. A man is supposed to have a chance in a lottery. Newest RelaUves Johnny--Mother, are you the nearest relative I've got? Mother--Yes, dear, and jrour father is the closest. PUZZLES OF ANOTHER KIND "Do you still work crossword pussies?" "I would like to, but the parking ordinances leave me no tint*." Punishment Aplenty ~ Harriet--In case one 8f' your members gets married, does your bachelor club prescribe a penalty? Frank--Oh, no! His punishment is severe enough without prescribing more. Gbaruit thi 5§1 By L. L. STEVENSON Loss: Before going back to her little old home town to have her tonsils removed by her family physician, a young professional woman not only bought a lot of silk things for hospital wear but also had a beauty specialist add to her glamour. The operation was a success and soon the patient demanded a mirror. To her surprise the nurse refused to bring one. Naturally she wanted to know the reason, but didn't get it until after she had become quite upset about the matter. Then the nurse, who'd had a conference with the doctor, explained that "something terrible" had happened. "It's your beautiful eye lashes." •she continued with her "hand on the patient's shoulder. "When I washed the vaseline from your eyes they came off on the cloth." Despite her sore throat, the patient laughed. Those beautiful eyelashes had been pasted on by the beauty specialist. • • • Street Scene: A gray-haired colored man pushing a rickety cart p i l e d h i g h w i t h o l d p a p e r s . . . A vegetable peddler singing the merits of his wares in a rich baritone . . . A milk wagon horse standing with its forelegs on the sidewalk solemnly eyeing passersby . . . Youngsters playfully throwing ashes, taken from a convenient can, at one another ... A fat woman, her arm;*loaded with bundles, shrieking a s s h e s k i d s on a b i t o f i c e . . . A shawled woman slipping out of a saloon with a foam-crowned pitcher . . . A blind man tapping his way along slowly and chanting monotonously, "Pencil, please buy a pencil" . . (. A girl in a thin coat and skirt taking a discarded newspaper from a corner trash can and hurriedly turning to the "Help Wanted" columns. . • '• • Insurance: Ed Hart told me about three high school lads who got on a trolley car on Webster avenue. Two of them started riding the third about not dropping his nickel in the farebox--chiseling a ride in other words. The young fellow's face reddened at the charge. "I did pay my fare," he announced. "Do you think I'd want anything like that on my conscience with examinations today; and I went to church yesterday, too!" Ed is keeping a sharp lookout for the lad. He's curious to know if he got passing marks. • • Questions: Bob Hawk, who conducts one of those radio quiz programs, maintains a suite of offices where 12 girls do nothing but sort mail. More than 500,000 letters have been tallied and 1,290,000 questions indexed. Analysis shows New Yorkers are sports minded; questions from New England trend toward history and, curiously, Midwesterners ask the most cosmopolitan questions. Sixty per cent of those who mail quiz queries are women. Three per cent of the questions are gags and the leading question-- more than 6,000 have sent in --is, "What three Presidents were assassinated in office?" • • • Information: Having a free day between two recent New England concert dates, Erica Morini, violinist, now in the process of becoming an American citizen, thought she might add to her knowledge of her adopted homeland by visiting a few of the local points of historic interest. Before an ancient colonial house, her guide stopped and asked, "I suppose you have heard about Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys?" "Well--no," Miss Morini confessed. "You see, I seldom listen to those mountain music quartets on the radio." • • • End Piece: All that is Russian is not anti-Finnish. Inside the doors of the Russian Kretchma a basket has been placed for funds for Herbert Hoover's relief campaign and the entertainers have unanimously agreed to turn over a percentage of their weekly salariesfto that same fund. < Bell Syndicate--WNU Service.) CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS by Congressman Chauncey W. Reed Events of the Week With Congress in adjournment during the pisst week and with the eyes of the nation turned toward Philadelphia where the Republican party nominated its national ticket, activities on Capital Hill have been confined to routine procedure. However, several events have transpired during the past week which are causing a certain amount of uneasiness. The unconfirmed report that the bulk of our fleet, which has been stationed for some time in the vicinity of Hawaii, has been ot-dered to the Panama Canal has started a flood of rumors that trouble is expected in Panama. These rumors have been strengthened by the announcement that both entrances to the Panama Canal haVe. been mined by our government and that heavy railroad artillery has been rushed across the Isthmus to the Atlantic side. Military authorities f) dismiss these rumors with the statement that these moves are merely in the nature of war games. Another matter which is causing considerable speculation is the announcement that the President has issued a proclamation which will apparently give Customs Collectors the power to seize foreign ships which are in U. S. ports. Well informed Capital sources say that this move is apparently the ground work for the seizure by our government of the liner Normandie and other French vessels which are in American ports as well as those belonging to other nations which have been overpowered by Germany. A White House statement remarks that this move was made in order to protect U. S. rights and interests. Work for Congress When the Congress reconvenes on July 1 it will have plenty of work to keep it busy. Additional defense bills are expected and a number of important bills which it has been working on during the session are still awaiting final Congressional action.' Amendments to the National Labor1 Relations Act are still awaiting Senate consideration. .. Proposed amendments to the Hatch Act have not yet been considered by the House, and, amendments of existing Wa«re and \ Hour legislation are still awating final Congressional approval. It is also expected that the President will, in the near future, send a message to Congress requesting Enactment of a proposal which will regiment American boys and GIRLS in a TOTALITARIAN labor program under the direction of Sidney Hillman, C. I. O. labor leader. Reports are also being circulated that Congress will be asked to consider a proposal for universal military conscription. Raw Material Purcnases^ It is reported that our government will soon be well on its way on a program to stock up on raw materials which are vital to our national defense. Well informed sources say that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation will spend over Two Hundrsd and Fifty Millions on the purchase it Tin, Manganese and Rubber as we# as other vital raw materials. We believe that this program should be started as soon as possible. We hs|d better stock up on these vital nece§- „ sities while we have an opportunity to - do so as our sources of supply mightbecome unavailable to us in the future. It's better to be safe than sorry. Our Own Defense Cones First Apparently the protests of Senator Walsh (^Dem. Mass.) Chairman of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, - and Congressman Vinson (Dem. Ga.) V Chairman of the House Naval Affairs •. Committee that the sale of Twenty of our own Naval Torpedo Boats to. Foreign nations was detrimental to our own national defense and dangef*v% ous to our own security, bore fruit. " It has been announced that the Presf* dent has countermanded an order of the Navy Department which would: ;' have released these boats to another." natidri. It is said that the President . issued his coutermanding order afte^ an opinion by Attorney General Jack- ; son had declared such a sale illegal;-* The chairmen of both Naval Commit-v" tees were of the opinion that our own national defense must, in justice to our own citizens and taxpayers, be considered first. 1 •» _ Egyptian Engineers The engineering ability of the Egyptians of ancient times is indicated by the fact that the Great Pyramid outside Cairo is built of approximately 2,300,000 stones, each weighing more than a ton. Each of these was quarried some 300 miles up the river Nile and floated down on barges. -. , Rev. J. C. Storey of Baltimore locked the gates of his estate, imprisoning five women picnickers until they had picked up rubbish they had 4 strewn over the ground. DE. JOHN DUCEY Veterinarian Treating HQESES, CATTLE, DOGS, , CATS, ETC. Telephone Richmond 16 Richmond, 111. Vofessor Tells Students To Open Minds to Truth HOLYOKE. MASS--Prof. Walter Kotschnig told Holyoke college students to keep their minds open-- "but not so open that your brains fall out." He condemned the purpose of students who go to college merely to learn skill and urged his listeners to find the "real aim of education, to acquire a philosophy of life, intellectual honesty and a constant search for truth." DANCING EVERT SATURDAY EVENING PINK HARRISON'S at Pistakee Bay Fried Chicken, 80c Assorted Sandwiehea Hot Roast Beef and Pork with Frtnoh Fries -- 35c Divine Music Perfect Mixed Drinks BARBARA HORICK'S ORCHESTRA UNMATCHED QUA LIT* A New BARGAIN VALUE! Sparkling Crystal. SALAD BOWL and PLATE Sparkling "bubble" pattern crystal glass- ware. The ideal set for serving salads, etc. Eight-inch diameter bowl, 9%-inch plate. A real Value! 15 C set L I M I T 2 SETS TO A C U S T O M E R SPORT and CAMPING GOODr Three Blocks--2,30t Miles " MINNEAPOLIS, MINN--A transfer company went to great length-- J,300 miles--to move a piano three blockj^effor A. M. Shearer. When Shearer's stored furniture was moved the piano was missing. Investigation revealed it had been sent by mistake to Dallas, Texas. Bermuda 'Hog-Money' Bermuda copper coins issued In 1815 bear the profile of a wild hog on the reverse side. Called "Hognaoney" by numismatists, these tfoinB are "now very valuable. ' When Cornelius Denhartog of Onkaloosa, Iowa, celebrated his fiftieth wedding anniversary recently, he smoked the last half of a cigar that had been given him on his wedding dmj. Outing Jug Croquet Set Soft Ball , T.Y. Boit 98c 11. *1.49 sit 49c 11. 25c 11. Sturdy 1 -gal. tire. Regular 5" mallei?^ 11 inch. Long fibre Darting, wobblajg.. Crock white glazed striped in 4 colors. ' V. Yarn wound. Floats at rest. Whip* stoneware. Cork in- 3" balls. Stakes are Pearl grain cowhide and red head. Gia« su la ted. Enam. finish, striped in 4 colors, cover. Well stitched, eyes. M us tad hooka. Sun Glasses Ten. Racket Tennis Balls Fish Line ^ 25c pr. SI .95 it. 3 for 98c 75c spial Meal frame. Pro- Wilson Olympic For Lively and true in Japan silt; water* tection against sun, young players. Ash bound and flight, proof. Braided over dust, wind. Amber, frame,' green finish. Regulation size, wt. silk core- 19-lb. lest blue, green, smoke. Black leather grip. Regularfy 3 for $1. 50 yards on spool. WM. H. ALTHOFF HOWL Phone 284 West McHeary a";