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Show THE PAYSON CHRONICLE, PAYSON. UTAH WEEKLY MEWS ANALYSIS gtoh ,.,n BlPHMP J book on Pulitzer, the great newspa- Joseph per publisher: A journalist In JPs (Pulitzer) conception, is a statesman as well as a writer . . . The basis of it was something more profound than persistent curiosity about people and things. JP, of course, was the most incorrigible busybody of his day and age. His habit of asking questions about everything under the sun and demanding accurate as well as immediate answers was an amusing and often annoying trait, but it was only a mechanism through which an eager, prehensile mind was kept supplied with He had an obworking material. jective which he refused to put aside. As long as he lived, he wanted to inform and mold public opinion not just for the sake of profits, but for the sake of progress in the direction where he thought America ought to be heading Our Incorrigible Busybody Dep't.: Doesn't Army Intelligence think that Great Britain has a severe case of brass-ha- t poisoning? . . . Arent the members of the Supreme Court now all pulling one way at each others hair? . . . Did you know that the President changed the nickname for Morgenthau to Six Per Cent Henry? . . . What two Cabinet officers are suffering from make-u- p poisoning? (Their friends make up the stories, and they do the poisoning) . . . What invention can drop, a sandbag dowm a chimney at 20,000 feet? And what Secy of War would like to do it to what Washington Why do the Supreme Court Justices call their edifice "the Mausoleum when It Isnt that lively? . . . Hasnt photography helped the British censors more than it has Hollywood? Wouldnt this be an aid to Britain: To mail the photostats to your friends and let His Majestys govt keep the originals? . . . Wbat Canadian official, who believes the war can be won by lowering wages, will shortly be elevated by a kick in the tall light? What size tank is giving the Gen- Washington, D. C. NAZI INTRUDER There is a German smuggler operating in the Caribbean off the coast of Mexico. This was the inside reason for the President's sudden tranbfer of the entire coast guard to the navy the coast guards ships and planes are needed to track down the Nazi intruder. Sensational feature about the smuggler is that she is a former d U. S. vessel the yacht that once belonged to A Atwater Kent, Philadelphia radio magnate. The pleasure ship now is being operated under the Panamanian flag out of Vera Cruz, Mexico, by Nazi agents in that city, and is being used to transport high test gasoline and mercury to small Caribbean islands where Japanese ships collect the smuggled strategic supplies. The yacht recently unloaded 1,000 flasks of mercury at an island winch for military reasons must be name- turned in an honest days work recently? . . . For what Cabinet post are there more volunteers than for the Marine Corps? And which Sec'y of State is vastly amused? . . . Isnt it true that Jesse Jones loaned his brother $1.50? Anyway, Isn't Jesse wearing his brothers gold watch? . . . Dont they call Secy Ickes personality plus since his secretary said good morning to him? . . . Who defined a liberal as a guy who will forgive anything but a contribution to his campaign? . . . Arent the officers of the Pacific Fleet split squarely on the question of whether it will take three weeks or a month to solve the Jap navy? , . . What prominent Britishers have the jitters since the Govts inquiry into The only foreign-ownebonds. thing in which Noel Coward was small fry . . . And isnt It true that Americans brag certain about their ancestors landing on Plymouth Rock and act as though they had just crawled from under it? d self-calle- d Man Abont Town: Fisher Memos of a Miiknlgliter: men have told authorities that off the theyve actually seen New England coast . . , That lovely Red Cross nurse in those new posters (shes marching with four men of the armed forces) is Hazel French Plantaof the Powers Pretty-Pretttion. Hazel won the nod over all tire models who wanted the assignment because of her beautiful brown So what happened? The orbs artist painted her eyes blue . . . There have been five new ditties with the title of Zanuck's hit, all How green was my ending with: valley how blue was my heart ... Thats going to be quite a scandal over the refugee racket, dearie . . . It'll involve naturalization and Immigration high jinks which have a pretty terrible stench. Itll WTeck some prominent politicos , . . Are the authorities following up the sensational charges about the Anew star, a woman llegedly quite friendly with Quisling, Goering, et al . . . How goods that talk about Marshall Field bidding for the Times and Post after his Chicago paper is launched? , . . Anything to the rumor about his PM taking ads, changing its format and price to 3c? Met-opera- 's Chicagorillas, who were imported FhilJy and N. Y. years ago to help in circulation wars are now being recruited fsr action in Chicago - in case, etc. . . . Add comical Ironies: A B'way guy who pulled almost every major sin on the st itutes, and never served a single dav is now 'r. the Bastille for getting caught in a fioatine crap game! . . . The cnlvuin cer'nmlv hopes that Japan will sihct ns htr fmnd the Fleet nr"d"d American Navy, instead of the licit footed Uahn'n Army. nte MILK EXPERT e Tiie most novel type of lend-leas- g operation thus far was the of a man named Adolph. Adolph Eichhorn went over to help the British against Adolf Hitler. Tiie British are suflering from msufficient production of milk, be-- I cause of diseased cattle, and Eieh-- I horn is the man who knows all the He is director of the cow cures. animal disease station under the department of agriculture. Thiee principal diseases afflict British cattle: tuberculosis, which makes the cattle loan; Bang's disease, which results in the loss of die calf; and mastitis. Eichhorn was obliged to tell the British that tuberculosis, which afflicts 35 per cent of British cattle, cannot be cured during the course of the war, unless the war lasts for It took the another generation. United States 22 years to get tiie disease under control. Bang's disease is more readily cured. By vaccination, a calf can be immunized so that its adult life will not be afllicted with the disease. Meantime, tiie British are importd ing great quantities of dry and milk from the United States. Flesh milk is wuth a king's ransom. -' pow-dtie- OR John McCormack of was elected Derno tiat.c lloor leader of the house, one of Ins strongest and most unexpected suppotteis was Georgia's Gtne Cox. fuiy New Though tiie two men were polis apart on economic views, Cox nevertheless backed McCoimock and did yeoman woik for him. Recently MeCorn aek returned the favor Before leaving on a trip to Massachusetts, McCotmuck named Cox tloer leader during his absence, There's one condition, however, You 11 have Gene," he grained to retrain from those hot speeches on the Moor I don't want my stand-itaking swings at the administration. It would look bad " McCoitruck wished the Georgian luck and it It the chamber. Hardly had he dt p.u ted when Cox jumped up ami permission to address the house for one minute. New Dialers held tht r breath, expecting him to um ik one of his scoreh-- ' When Hep. issaUiusetts g e n blasts. Rut they relaxed vv.th a sigh of rthif wiitu Cox launched into a e In ado against John L. Lewis. ter-r.li- nrL t chief Capt Jules James, commandant of the U. S. naval base at Bermuda, of is a nephew Stmison White to lx I li x i a ii.i" e M- M i si ue H of mtu rage n I 'v ran on 1 has rs ami ueiived t o Mix I S, oi, uv t:i j of War Seintary ii I .v am v 'or iu I ov nidi par , ;,n it if i i f C i Li e JAPAN: Carrying the Iiall? Treading gingerly, much as a novice would attempt to walk barefooted over a Hindu fakir's bed of spikes, were Secretary Hull and Kurusu as they had staited their conversations looking to a bet- o smashing North Africa Ik i Im sources denied London's ter understanding between America misunderclaims that (1) the attack was a and Japan or a better standing it (2) and that really surpuse Kurusu, using a familiar autumamounted to a second front. Berlin term in the United States, had nal said that what Russia had been hop-nthe ball for was not a drive in Africa said that he was carrying to he that and for hoped Japan, the continent on but a campaign a touchdown" make f Europe so that Nazi forces would But neither he nor Hull were sethave to be diverted from their any speed records in their broketing Moscow against Leningrad, n-field running Early stages of and the southern Russian fronts. But Britains campaign in Lybia did take most world capitals by sui prise and first reports indicated that 750,000 British troops aided atby the R.A F. had started their Gerand all Italian to drive tempt man forces from North Africa. First objective was the relieving of the besieged British forces at Tobruk, Libya. Here a British garrison had been holding out against the Nazis and Italians since g LEND-LEAS- E Dcal-hatm- - when they opened drive into Libya in a ts y Eleanor Roosevelt they Oil b NO 1 1- When o pinions are c s prewar d in these column of the new analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper ifUlt tsed by Western Newspaper Union tiie Axis powers ping company that bought the yacht. Subsequent investigation revealed that all the stockholders of tins company were Germans, also that the two top officers were Spaniards, one a naturalized Mexican and the other a naturalized American citizen. Now, every movement of the yacht is watched, but there is nothing tile United States can do about the ship unless she enters American waters. So far the vessel has been very careful to stay within Mexican territorial waters. M I Bnlish tank units armed with U. S. military supplies opened what London termed a second front against less The former luxury craft came into possession of the Nazis by a circuitous route which intelligence perts uncovered only a few weeks ago The purchase was made by a shipping company whose main office is in Vera Cruz and has a blanch office in New Orleans, where transfer of title took place. The price was $18,000. Fortunately for intelligence the payment was made in U. S. bills of $1,000 denomination. From the serial numbers, the bills were traced back to a Vora Cruz bank. There it was leurned the money had been withdrawn from the account of the leading Nazi business house ui Mexico, and turned over to the ship- RUT URN LD EA b Dl jlilUTISII: Second Front one-tim- e erals a bigger headache than the Privates who steer them? . . . What Ambassador ( are those Diesel-engme- 800-to- n Edward C. Wayne British Open New Offensive in Libya In Attempt to Divert Axis Attention And Create Second Front for Russia; Demand for Strike Legislation Grows IfJ Ofiew PAtSON Holes of an Innocent Bystander: From James W. Barretts By mid-Apri- l. CHANCE: In Leaders The reply of the British government to demands that changes be made in the war leadership, which had frankly meant members of the war cabinet, came in the form of a change in generals, effective Christmas day Gen Sir Alan Brooke, 58, a specialist in mechanized warfare, was to replace Gen. Sir John Dill as chief of the imperial general staff. Dubbed a wizard" in this form of warfare by his fellow officers, General Brooke had been commander of the home defense forces CORDELL HULL Mr. Kurusu carried the ball. the talks were "exploratory," both said, and if there was anything sinister about the affair it came from Kurusu, who asked reporters, "Why are Americans so This brought a smile to the corre? The Red army had taken the offensive in the northern and central sectors, but on the south W'as losing an important battle to preserve connection with the Caucasian oilfields. vital to her armed forces The Nazi invasion force in the Crimea had taken Kerch, last port on .the eastern tip of the Crimean strait peninsula, and only a separated her troops from a foothold on the Caucasus itself. Yet it was to be a difficult foothold to gain, and even more difficult to hold, military observers agreed, especially a hard point with which to establish lines of communication and supply Unusual reports were coming from Moscow, once more supplanting Kuibyshev in the datelines of dispatches, including stones of Germans on the retreat in one sector so rapidly that they fled through the snow in their underwear, leaving their uniforms behind. ALo the unpreparedness of the Nazis for winter warfare was described as most desperate and it was recounted that prisoners had been taken wearing womens fur two-mil- MISSION: number American have a close-uif the actual conduct of the German blitz against Russia. It had been learned that a big military mission was being formed and will be sent to Archangel, Russia. Plans are being kept secret large p officers view soon of will about the mission, but news was ob- e tained that Maj. Gen, John N. Greely of Fort Sam Houston will head it The mission not only will observe the war, but will be actively in charge of the distribution of Amer coats leu's lease-lenaid to Russia, seeA Daniel Brigham to the ing that the goods and materials go Times from Bern despatch satid that one to the proper spots to do the most Red outfit had d been equipped tntir'dy automatic r,fles (whether Garands nr not could not be ltarned) and that m the Kalinin district this organization had dealt a crushing blow to the Nazis London had reported an effort on the part of the Germans with heavy mechanized forces to cut the raiivvav line between Rostov and Moscow, and that the air force also was heavily aivolvid The Red air force, on the other hand, was repoitodly filling itself out with British and American planes, and was rapidly meeting tiie numerical superiority of the Gerfinally with good August 26 a similar mission was sent to China. Tiie sending of one to Russia emphasized the close cooperation with the Soviet that was now Americas full policy REWARD: Slaying Suspect For the first time since the slayings of German soldiers of occupation started in France, the German authoiitics named a murder suspect, identified him, and offered unusual rewards for his capture. The name, oddly of German sound and spelling, was that of Gilbert mans Brustlein, 22. and he had been described as an exceptional danger ous evildoer Any informant of ms whereabouts was offered not only large sums of Blankeuberghe, Belgium: Five ex monev, but also the Nazis offered hunzted British fliers on a rubber to set free any prisoner of war raft were saved from death by Jean Guillini, Belgian that the informant might name swimming Biustlem, it had been lepmted chamuion. who battled icy waters was the man res) ons.ble for the of the English channel for 50 minkilling of Lieut Col Paul Frtedrieh utes to tow them ashore. The men Hot, German commandant of the were made prisoners by the Germans d strict of Nni tes Thus after 188 Frenchmen had Washington: Observers here saw paid wth their lives for this ciime. ev, deuces of heavy pressure on and the execution of anotlar 100 Feta m to make Vichy become a had nr'v hem averted after there f.il Axis ( nrtnor The pressure was had bten a wt rldw.de condemns; on both fiom the Nazis and from within i co-- i emphasize the importance of on a resources our ordinating all of community basis to serve us now and in the future. NGE REPORT strange report comes to me from New England It appears that volunteers are reluctant to go to work unless they can do some work ocwhich is distinctly a war-timthat not realize do They cupation. improving social services in a community is basic defense work. Every time any volunteer takes a course in nutrition or child care, and sees that the community as a whole is better fed, she has done something which will be invaluable if we are attacked, and useful in the future as well. After the meeting, everyone came to drink tea and coffee at the White House and to talk over the day The consensus was that Miss Davidson had provided a very stimulating program. STR A e In the evening, my cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Robinson and some other friends, went to see a It is light new play, Junior Miss. and amusing and I can think of no better way to take your mind off serious matters. In Lenore Loner-gaI am beginning to look for the It must perfect enfant terrible. be almost second nature for her to My only other play these parts. friend in the cast, Mr. Alexander Kirkland, seemed to me to do his part very well. In fact, the whole cast was good. WAVE OF ECONOMY RUSSIA: Offensive To Soviet A were thinking in terms of Japan's record as opposed to that of the United States After the first conversation with Hull, the Nipponese envoy was Still think you'll make that asked, touchdown?" He answered gravely, "I dont know. since July, 1940. There was little significance to be found in the change except for the fact that General Brooke was two years younger than Dill. Sixty was described in the British press as a normal retirement age for an army general Brooke was a winner of the D S O in the last war, is a steely eyed, dark mustached northern Irishman, and was commended for his brilliant direction of the Second corps during the battle of the Low Coun tries in 1940 He is credited with being the in ventor of the barrage map for arHe also is quoted tillery fire with a statement that he would welcome an invasion attempt as it would afford an opportunity of throwing the Nazis into the sea. army who spondents WOMENS ACT1MTIES One day from 10 oclock until after five, the heads of many women's national organizations met at die Labor Department audit rium. who has Miss Eloise Davison, been lent to the Office of Civilian Defense by the New York Herald Tribune, and who is in charge of all arplans for women s activities, was ranged this meeting I think it one of five most interesting that I have ever attended. Tiie speeches given in the morning by the vauous government officials were informative and interesting, and brought hi me many facts we need to know if we are going to do constructive work in our communities. I do not feel that we can over- I received a rather pathetic letter from a woman who runs one of the small specialty shops in New York city. She sells dresses and millinery, and I imagine such things as costume jewelry, bags and accessories of all kinds She is worried for fear that a wave of economy will sweep over our people and that small businesses such as hers will be ruined. She says they do not want charity, they want to earn a living, and they want to keep their people at work, many of whom have been with them for several years. There are undoubtedly going to be economies practiced along many lines, but perhaps these small businesses, as well as bigger ones, will be able to find ways in which they can adapt themselves to the making of certain things needed in defense. They should apply at once to bureaus set up in Washington, under OPM, for the purpose of giving them advice and consideration. Many of their employees may have to go into defense industries. If we go into high gear in defense production, there will undoubtedly be a shift in the type of employment which many people have, and a more general possibility of employment for people of middle age, as well as for young people without experience. I hope that no one, for the present at least, will curtail their usual buying, except where it is necessary. The kind of economy which is undertaken because of a vague feeling of fear about the future, is bad psychology for us all. STUDENT SERVICE One day in particular here was very busy. First, at the office, then at the White House. A number of people came to lunch and then back to the office and finally home to entertain a group of people at a reception given in the interests of the International Student service. I am always amused when certain writers insinuate that this organization must have something wrong w .th it because I am associated with it. Of course, it existed long before I went on the board, and that board chose their general secretary. Mr. Joseph Lash, before I was asked to be one of their number The names of those who sponsor this or- ganization and are on the board, should guarantee its complete respectability. That afternoon, Mr. Archibald MacLcish gave the explanation for his interest m the International Students service, and an interesting talk. This was followed by an account of the work we hope to do in ,he Washington bureau. Finally, the general objectives and activities were explained, covering aid to refu-e students, work camps, conferences on the campuses designed to awaken the young people to an intrust m exploring their reasons for a beitf m democracy, and to bung t gi ther students and faculty in hilpful discussions (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) WHICH THE ATTIC-- IN MEMORIES, TOO, ARE STORED home should EVERY have an attic as a place for the storage of memories. In the attic tiie memories will lie dormant until there comes a moving day. When d that time comes, its ti ensures will be revealed and the problem of disposing of those treasures will be a serious one There will be found the crib and high chair the babies used years ago. Those babies are now grown They have to men and women. homes and families of their own in What memories places. of their days of babyhood the days when the home echoed the happy prattle of little children those simfurniture ple bits of bring back. There can be no more babies to use them, but it is hard to let them go. In a litter of the attic are found the school and college dance programs of the daughter. Written on them are the names of boys, many of whom we have long forgotten, but those names recall memories of hopes for the daughters future, of evenings when one or another and Ma and I retired called from the parlor or living room and watched the clock for the appropriate hour for the young mans departure. Ransacking the attic gives one an opportunity to live over again those cherished days of the n far-awa- y t t. the Sihe ta away waning sp glance at the keysy tell look tricky to you, if ye;ifio he seeker without such traonaway Really, touch typing's e than 80. you can teach it to a keyboard chart liketj-ontb our sketch. f set trip, h Prepare for a job wi j, etics I T.r I new booklet e di IlaktjWtrgt exercises, speed drills j, touch typing. Includes English; business, social ssjJ, teis, tables of figures. Sen4jt,:' ' READER HOME Minna St. San Frane,, Enclose 10 cents in coin, 117 copy of TEACH YOURSEIT TYPEWRITING. Name. . . Address. i Lincolns Xi long ago. dig out of the clutter the uniform you wore as a soldier before the turn of the century and with it the sword that was your badge of office. They remind you of the comrades of those soldier oi M, xica You days. Then Lincoln didnt like tht, business letter inquiry, man he knew. He replyn pointed: Yours of the 10th First of all, he has a r baby; together they ou$ worth $00,(100 to any iri ondly, he has an office jp m, there is a table worth drives three chairs worth, say wjn of all, there is in one which large gg a looking into. yes i i wedding you find "Mas dress and hat and marvel at the style and size of the dress. You recall incidents of that happy day when you took her from the home in the little Iowa town to a new home in the city. You recall those vtho were present at the wedding ceremony. Most of them you have not heard of for years and you wonder at what changes life may have brought to them, what suocess or failure may have been their lot. These are but typical of the thousands of incidents the contents of the attic will bring back to you. Each item, as you dig it out of the accumulation, presents a problem. Can you discard it? Can you throw away the old lamp beside which you spent so many pleasant evenings? Should you not keep the old and worn quilt your mother badly and quilted so many, pieced many years ago? There are the pictures of friends of the long ago, some of which are now hard to recall, but when you do, they live again. Should you not keep each and every one of them, as well as the thousands of letters you spend hours and days rereading? Yes, the attic is a storehouse of memories. A storehouse that offers more problems when you move than does all the rest of the house together. In the end you keep much of it to be stored away in another attic that becomes another storehouse of memories and presents other problems should you ever move again. ONE WAY OF GETTING THE FACTS TO PEOPLE SECRETARY MORGENTHAU is asking congress for another heavy tax increase, one that will produce an additional seven or eight billion dollars each year. He also asks for legislation that will collect all federal taxes at the source, that the taxes be deducted from the pay envelopes of employees and from the checks to stockholders. dividend Such action by congress would give the mass of the people a better understanding of what they pay for what government provides. It would give them facts our system of hidtaxes has long denied the den greater portion of the American people. It would make for a more intelligent citizenship and more intelligent voters. Let us hope the politicians may accept at least that part of the secretary's recommen- J rat-hol- e, 1 What to give the men neith Sams services for Cta already solved for you byig h made in the Army, Navy10 Corps, and Coast Guard. Ma rettes and smoking tobatleft 8C the list of gifts the rrye tha most. This naturally placet Ken s Cigarettes and Prince Smoking Tobacco in the i . g, since actual sales reccr ou the service mens storses and ashore, show the faider arette is Camel, and ttalonel vorite among smoking toy d Prince Albert, the Naas one SmokeIealers are alre t)e him a cartot .. Send turing els or a Pound tin oIPV bert for Christmas. Ac,le - . has nel " Mentholatum brings del soothing relief from: 1. Discomforts of colds. ICJ Slcln. 3. Stuffy Nostrils. 4 Nru Headache. 5. Nasal Irrltatioi k, colds. 6. Cracked Lips. 7. Ci Scratches. 8. Minor Burnt tb: Nostrils. 10. Sore Throat, k 8 colds. Jars or tubes, 30c. T I L i 'Alphas One-Lett- er Egotism is an alphabet letter. English Proverb. 4 timulate an Bit out tomach synipts bei cause heartbuflf eral stomach The Bismuth 0t, J atea in ADLA lieve sour indigestion Your druggist has ADLA Tablets. Amenta ne ftl HOTEL FEDERAL MAIL WASHINGTON tells us we must economize in our use of paper, but the federal government has ordered one billion, four hundred million envelopes for 1942. That represents 11 envelopes for every individual in the nation, including the babies. Those envelopes will be distributed as franked mail. At the normal postage rate of three cents, it would mean a postal revenue of 42 million dollars. There is one reason for a postal deficit. HAIR CURLERS THE LADIES cannot buy Amei ica kind. LOU BEN equ OGDEN, UTAH made-in-Ameri- hair curlers, the kind they wear to bed. The reason is the factories making them cannot get necessary material as it is needed for the war munitions we are proBut cheer up, ducing for England ladies, the stores will sell you exactly the same th.ng, with a trfle different name, made in and imported frnri England. English hair curler lactones aie st.ll operating. The price, incidentally, is just half of the made-- c Ri dation. 8 til M.ittd 15 Room. 350 Bath Family Room, for 4 Per,nBI j--, inl Air Cooled Loonre Dining Roam Coffee Shop of j. Kiwanis Rotary Exehange OptimuteCommerce Chamber of Hotel Ben OGDEN -' , jjanli .as. Loffl1 car LTAS Hubert E. VUIft Mck be 3 a 11 |