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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH. UTAH How America Treats Axis Prisoners of War In Concentration Camps Throughout U. S. "- - Good Treatment . v .. v t. .v.- Pays Dividends To Captor Nations Boom and Collapse in Farm Land Foreseen High Incomes, Boom is our treatment of of war? Are overpaid? Do they have to work? These and many other questions are being asked as the total of Axis prisoners mounts. As a matter of fact, the prisoner problem has become a real one since the mass surrender of Italians in Tunisia. After Sicily capitulated, Gen. Eisenhower had on his hands the staggering total of 135,000 Axis prisoners. Quite a job for any mans army. While it is true that prisoners are enemies of this country, and many have been directly responsible for the loss of American lives, they cannot be treated entirely as enemies, but must be treated as soldiers rather than as criminals, always with this thought in the background the treatment we accord enemy captives will, in some measure at least, determine the kind of treatment given American soldiers who have been unfortunate enough to fall into enemy hands. There are at least two other reasons for the good treatment of prisoners, aside from humanitarian considerations, one based upon a treaty made at Geneva on July 27, 1929, and the other . a purely psychological y one, namely, that and underfed troops may be tempted to lay down their arms to an enemy who feeds them generously and gives them safe WHAT As Young Ladies Do, This One Had Her Choice Psychology Are Causes offi--ce- rs (Editorial From Pictured here are some of the 2 ,000 German prisoners of war who are housed at Camp Breckenridge, ly. They are marching to the mess hall. German prisoners are closely guarded at all times, for, unlike the Italians, they refuse to play ball s .nd are confidently arrogant. Most of them are glad to work to relieve the boredom of inactivity. 1 titude has been far from satisfactory. A case in point was the shooting of the U. S. fliers who bombed Tokyo with General Doolittles squadron which took off from Shan-gLa (aircraft carrier, Hornet) and who had the extreme misfortune of either being shot out of the skies or forced down for other reasons. These prisoners, it was later announced by the Japs, were shot, contrary to all the rules of war, as a deterrent to other American fliers who might engage in the bombing of Japan. This violation of the international rules of war has not, however, worked, and Japan may well tremble in its boots for the day of reckoning which is drawing closer with each dawn. Bombing perimeters are drawing closer to the heart of the Japanese empire day by day. The bulk of the work done by Axis ri Generally haven. Geneva Conference. At the Geneva Convention, which was ratified by 37 countries (which, by the way, did not include either Japan or Russia) certain rules on treatment and behavior were formulated. Under the provisions of the Geneva Conference soldier prisoners are required to work, but officers are not. The amount of time a prisoner must work is based on the number of hours put in by free labor in the adjoining territory, and one day a week is to be a day of rest. Food and clothing must be provided by the detaining army. Occupational classification is determined by the prisoners physical makeup. For instance, the prisoner who was formerly engaged as a clerk or teacher should not be put at hard labor. This provision, however, has been largely ignored in Axis countries, where many a scholarly soldier grinds out a day that taxes his strength sorely. In every concentration camp many different crafts and trades are plied by the prisoners, but in no case do they work on projects directly connected with the war ef- fort, as a precaution against sabotage. Payment for labor is at the rate of 80 cents a day for the ordinary soldier, here in the United States, where we have some 70,000 Axis prisoners scattered throughout the country in 22 camps. The rate of pay for officers ranges from $20 a month to $40 a month. Officers who have been assigned no work get paid anyway, at the regular scale. At some of the camps prisoners are kept within by double barbed wire enclosures. Armed guards pace back and forth outside to make sure that all is well. Fed Army Rations. Prisoners in the U. S. army camps are fed the regular army field rations. In this respect they fare much better than General and his gallant band of defenders who laid down their arms on Corregidor only after food and water supplies had been cut off. The Japanese diet consists mainly of rice, and there is reason to believe that the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor have suffered considerably from malnutrition since they fell into enemy hands. The Japs evidently have nothing much better to offer, for even the warriors of Guadalcanal and New Guinea have been forced to rely upon rice as their mainstay. Kiska and Attu furnished mute evidence of the Japs utter dependence upon rice as a fighting staple. While the Japanese government tentatively agreed to certain proposals from this country with regard to the treatment of prisoners, their at-ht The Chicago Daily News) The boom in farm lands is under rather tersely. I did, she replied, but I preway, following almost precisely the ferred your son. of boom War the World I pattern that ran from 1914 to 1920 and collapsed with disastrous repercussions. Unless controls are set up REGULAR" AGAIN to curb the boom, it may get out of hand at any moment, in the opinion of William G. Murray, professor of AFTER WEEKS! agricultural economics at Iowa State college, whose pamphlet, Cereal Brought Relief from Land Boom Controls, has just been published by the Iowa State Long Siege of Purgatives! College Press. Three factors are responsible, acHeres a sincere, unsolicited letcording to Professor Murray. They ter every disappointed doser g are: (1) the in will want to read: comes received by farmers since I was a sufferer from common constipation. Took pills or medicines of soma 1939; (2) interest rates and loan kind, but got no lasting relief. Finally, I low, making tried KELLOGGS Hava charges at an e been eating it about 2 weeks now, and it easy to buy on credit; (3) a land have stopped taking pills and things. My boom psychology in which the same bowels move regularly every day. 1 am a 2 record-breakin- all-tim- ALL-BRA- KELLOGGS eater from now on I Mr. Burl Brown, Warren, Ark. ALL-BRA- How do scientists explain S KELLOGGS amazing relief, so familiar to thousands? Simply thus: Lack of certain cellulosic elements in the diet is a common cause of ALL-BBAN- Based on increasing demand for purchases of more available items gift items it is estimated that over- yrill more than offset these. seas servicemen and women will reThe number of gifts to come from ceive 20 per cent more Christmas service personnel abroad to relatives presents per capita this year than and friends at home is expected to last, and the home folks may ex- be larger per capita because manupect an even larger percentage of facturers and distributors, who sell reciprocal gifts, mostly of the luxury to army and navy exchanges, and sentimental type. This forecast particularly in the'post Mediterranean was made by John C. Goodall, gen- area, already report rising sales to eral manager of the Merchandise servicemen and women. More post Mart, Chicago, following a checkup exchanges, greater opportunity afamong gift item manufacturers and forded servicemen to buy direct distributors, including those who sell from the natives, who also sell to PX, is a factor now boosting sales. Other sales stimulants are that overseas servicemen and women, in high spirits themselves, are not so sure about the morale of the home-fol- k and seek to bolster it by gifts. Flusher with cash, and conscious of accumulated favors from home, the overseas contingent find themselves in an ideal spot to reciprocate. Among American made gift items most popular at overseas post exchanges are pins, clips, earrings, vanity cases, many bearing the insignia of the various branches of the Ornate- pillow tops and service. - handkerchiefs, which embody delicately worded sentiments, come to the aid of thousands of less articulate servicemen. Such 'items are gentle-a- cting, speaking, Axis prison- ers, with the exception of the Jap, of whom we have only a very small number, are a contented lot. They have better food, clothing and shelter than they had under the Nazi banner; in a certain sense they have more liberties, and for them the war is over. More Gifts for Overseas Servicemen war-wear- Wain-wrig- captives in the United States is agricultural. This field, of course, ' offers the least opportunity for sabotage. When captives engage in this work they do not in any sense compete with native labor, but are simply supplementary to it. Farmers arrange with their county farm agent for the employment of prisoners. The number is usually small and the prisoners are scattered over wide areas, thus removing from this practice all element of hazard. The manager of a business firm who was a widower had noticed that his son seemed rather interested in his pretty secretary. The young man had only recently entered the firm, and the boys father did not care for the prospect of an early engagement. He determined to speak to the young man, but was forestalled by the girl, who entered his office and announced that the son had proposed to her and that she had accepted him. Well, I think you might have seen me first, said the parent, KELLOGGS constipation. Farmers have been paying of their mortgages with their increased incomes. Total mortgage debt outstanding is now about six and billion dollars, while in 1939 1; one-thir- d Was about seven billions. Natures is one of ALL-BRA- N richest sources of these elements which help the intestinal flora lighten and fluff up the contents of the colon, for easy, natural elimination. Not a purgative, that robs the system of water. Not roughage that acts by sweeping is a gentleyou out ! acting, regulating food! Eat KELLOGGS regularly. Drink plenty of water. See if it doesnt give you the relief youve dreamed of. Insist on genuine made only by Kelloggs jn Battle Creek. ALL-BRA- N ALL-BRA- N ALL-BRA- N, farm may be sold several times during the year, each time at an adWords in Reverse vanced price. A high percentage oil sales are to absentee owners. In the language of a sect of peoThis absentee owner feature might ple in the Caucasus, daddy mean9 warrant the listing of a fourth rea- mother and mama means father. son for the bbom a "fear psychology coexistent with the boom psyProfessor Murray notes chology. that many of those who are buying land for investment are doing so as a hedge against inflation. To what extent this fear may figure in the Open breathing passages. national picture cannot be deYou breathe freer almost instantly, feel termined; but certainly it is a conthe difference. Caution: Use only as disiderable factor in inducing many rected. Always use Penetro Nose Drops. city folk to invest in farm lands as insurance against the evils of inflation. Another motive is to buy a Get Your War Bonds farm as a hedge against excessive income taxes. Surplus income that To Help Ax the Axis would otherwise be heavily taxed can be put into farm improvements or operations, and thereby escape taxation. These two aspects of Relieved In 5 minutes or doable Money beck hedging are sufficiently prevalent When excess stomsch add ceases painful, suffocatstomach ehd heartburn, doctors usually land buyers to ing gas, sour among medicines known for the warrant listing fear psychology as a prescribe symptomatic relief medicines like those in Tablets. No laxative. comfort In a fourth major factor in the rush to jiffy or double your money back brings on return of bottle to Of. 85c at ail druggists. lands. farm buy To the extent that they exist, the fear motives might tend to lessen the purely speculative angle of the boom and to ameliorate its evils; but the danger of a runaway land GIVE HEAD COLD THE AIR cold-clogg- Gas on Stomach non-farm- er fastest-actin- g Bell-an- Bell-an- a a prime favorites overseas as well as at post exchanges at home. Necklaces, embroideries, pipes, boom cannot be overlooked. Emest J. Kreutgen, Chicago post- laces, opal and topaz jewelry, metFarmers are urged to buy war master, (left) explains to George al and leather handicraft of Latin bonds, or pay off their mortgages McCarthy, foreman in charge of and Oriental origin, is also in high with their surplus income, not to foreign mail, how packages should favor. Watches, one of the top pref- purchase more land. Bonds are a be wrapped and addressed to get erences among all ip the service, sound investment, and they can be favored delivery service to men in are relatively easy to get in the Med- turned to cash readily when the war Cologne Cathedral the armed forces overseas. iterranean area, since many of them is over, thus providing liquid as- cathedral at Cologne took Thecome direct from Switzerland. sets at a time when farmers will 600 years to complete. to retailers and army and navy post The gifts servicemen may expect have most need of them. The de- nearly exchanges. followed that has war from the home folks parallel some- pression every Reasons given for the expected in- what those sent last year, although in history always hits the farmers crease in the number of gifts sent there will be a wider selection to first and hardest. this year overseas are: choose from. Furlough bags, small official mailing date, September 15 to October 15, extended to November 1, for those in the navy, marine corps and coast guard, will stimulate early shopping, and the five pound limitation on gift packages means more will be sent. 2. More stores have installed special gift counters or departments which means more display, advertising, and sales. 3. The home folks are now better advised on the gift preferences of servicemen and women, and know more specifically where they are stationed, hence can make their selections more intelligently. 4. The overseas forces, operating on more fronts, and facing more varied climatic and geographical conditions, become eligible for a wider variety of gifts. The tendency to send more gifts to those furthest from home also favors increased sales. While shortages at home are developing in such items as watches, leather novelties and jewelry, it is thought heavier 1. The moved-u- p and sewing kits, duffle bags, wallets, religious medals, identification bracelets, photo cases, pen and pencil sets, shaving equipment, insignia pieces, and of course cigarettes, are high on the preference list of servicemen. Money belts are not expected to be as popular this year as last, while watertight pocket-siz- e holders for miscellaneous personal things are in high vogue. Pocketsized games such as checkers, cribbage, gin rummy, backgammon and acey ducey are similarly popular. While these gift items have general popularity among the forces overseas as well as at home, a variety of gift preferences is developing. A large number on the Pacific front, for instance, show partiality to such articles as knives, sun and bug lotions. glasses and anti-su- n of service number The growing women is dictating the installation of women departments in post exchanges. Heavy orders for toiletries, apparel items,' and the more esthetic type of gifts are reported. carry-a- ll Vitamin D Doubles Hatchability of Eggs With the government demanding 57 billion eggs and 4 billion pounds of poultry meat this year, the increased fertility and hatchability reported by two New England poultry-me- n is considered a valuable contribution to the program. These men attribute the decided increases in the last few years by their older hens to use of feed containing adequate amounts of animal sterol. The hatchability of the eggs from these hens averaged only between 40 and 50 per cent at certain seasons of the year, reported the brothers. Today 80 per cent hatch-abilit-y is not uncommon. For more than two yeans the feed they used has been fortified with vitamin D, the ingredient that prevents rickets and promotes health and growth of poultry. ll texture is also much improved, they say. food-for-victo- ry high-quali- ty Egg-she- GOOD-TASTIN- TONIC G Scotts Emulsion contains natural A and D Vitamins often needed to help build stamina and resistance to colds and minor ills. Helps build strong bones and sound teeth, too Give goodtasting Scotts daily, the year-rouGood-tasti- 1 1 nd Recommended by Many Doctors '0(33Gff QGHDDSBO lijMl-lt- ) (J'l I I' ' u |