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Show THE IUTIXETiNK'Nr.HAM. UTAH Proud Skipper f " V ' v5 fl J, . ; o o a if! A proud commander is Capt. Olaf N. Hustvedt, shown standing beneath one of his 16-In- gun turrets during the commissioning ceremonies of the new battleship, "North Carolina," at New York Navy yard. The ship car-ries nine 16-in- rifles. Final Tribute to Dean of Hill i, rim., The body of Sen. Morris Sheppard (D), of Texas, being carried from the flower-banke- d senate chamber, where it was placed on s caisson In a military procession to Union station, en route to Texarkana, Texas. Funeral services were held at Texarkana, where the dean of congress and the author of prohibition lived. 1J I li'WKU h,rv,i 5 d r i Notes of an Innocent Bystander: Croadway Small-Tal- k: H. V. Kal-tenbo-described him as "Von When we used it the air officials gave us a spanking . . . There's a Society for the Preven-tion of Disparaging Remarks About Brooklyn with headquarters in Manhattan . . . The East 35th Street station house is going after the clip-join- that "took" several visiting R.A.F. lads ... If Sec'y of the Navy Frank Knox wanted to scoop the world, imagine all the daily beats (about naval matters) he could tip off to the editors of his Chicago newspaper. ' Sallies In Our Alley: Hettie Cat-tel- l, the reporter, records the one about Charles MacArthur and an-other scribbler who worked with him on the same gazette. They were at the funeral of a pal (and almost as stiff as he was) when the minister intoned: "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away" ... To which MacArthur yelled out: "Well, wot could be falrer'n that?" ... The ' present feuding of the drama critics has started rumors that the Prize Play, Instead of getting the custo-mary plaque, will be awarded the Gene Tunney Belt . . . NBC wouldn't permit commentator John B. Ken-nedy to use this on the network: "The only thing left for Mussolini to do Is go over Niagara Falls In a balcony." Manhattan Murals: The 14th Street bookshop which prominently displays Earl Browder'a book: "This Way Out" . . . The Impoverished looking gink on 42nd Street who ped-dles "ten-doll- bills" three for a dime . . . The middle-age- d swish who carries a woman's large purse, and stops in the street every few minutes to powder his nose . . . The sign in the Tenth Avenue mis-sion house lobby: "People Who Don't Write Home Don't Rate One!" . . . The midget usher at the Rox who stands in the center of the huge lob-by with a spotlight on him. Looks like a fugitive from a totem pole . . . The 50th and 6th Ave. restaurant which invites epitaphs about Hitler for the window display . . . The 9th Ave. place which placards: "We trust our food pleases you. Other-wise we don't trust" Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: Strikes and lockouts may deliver the knockout punch to the American way of life that the PanEer divi-sions cannot. It is time for plain talking. Democracy depends upon the individual ... It cannot survive upon the blood and sweat and tears of The Other Fellow . . . Unless management and labor are each ready to yield a point. Democracy will be forced to yield the field. By June, one and a half million Americans will have left their homes and Jobs for the Army and Navy . . . These boys are an example of sacrifice to both labor and capital . . . Their livas mav deDend UDon Amer- - lean factories producing materials in time . . . Because Hitler's ware-houses already are bursting with ammunition for use against us alL These American boya know that the Battle of the Argonne was not fought on any six hour day with time and a half for overtime . . . And they know, too, that the Minute Men never wasted a second waiting for a dividend check . . . The hnur is too late for bickering . . . The time has come for all of us to think of public duty instead of private right . . . Every strike in the nation could be settled at once if the execu-tive in the front office (who gets $21 a day) and the man in the over-alls (who gets $42 a week) would re-member this: That the American soldier (who gets $21 a month) Is ready to die for (hem both! George Holland and George Mac- Kinnon were bitter rival chatter-colyumis- ts on Boston newspapers . . . MacKinnon eventually quit and came to New York ... He Is now at Medical Arts Hospital, where he underwent a major operation . . . He almost had a relapse the other day when his estranged wife (also a Boston newspaper writer) wrote him that she was very sorry to learn about his being so ill by reading George Holland's column! A Union College prof has predicted that in ten billion years the sun will lose the fuel that keeps it going . . . Goshl Another thing for Miami hotel-- keepers to worry about ... An Omaha reader writes that he asked a local German storekeeper why he opposed Hitler and Naziism ... He replied: "Even Hitler's Aryan air-castl-have bars on the windows." Arthur Krock got agitated over the threat of Gov't censorship, and yelled "Boo!" In his New York Times colyum. One neighbor he failed to scare was the Topics of the Times pillarist, a column to his left The Topicker, the very next day, kicked off: "Freedom of the press was nev-er more widespread or more secure than it is today" . . . Hollywood re-porters are ganging up against a cen-sor threat. It would violate the free-dom of the press, they feeL if they were made to agree on whom Betty Grable is eating her dinners with. WWW Washington, D. C. EGGS AND STEEL The senate could learn a lot from the house about brevity In public ad-dress. Members of the house have learned to express themselves with-out taking two hours In fact, some of the best speeches last for only one minute. The other day Congressman Wi-lliam L. Nelson of Missouri rose In the house and said, "Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to speak for one minute." Then he delivered himself of the following, within ex-actly 60 seconds. The gavel fell In the midst of applause from the other congressmen: "Mr. Speaker, headlines and foot-notes are always interesting and thought-provokin- In the metropol-itan press I note such headlines as these: Indiana Standard Clean $33,- -' 597.342. Record Breaking Backlog by Republic Steel. $20,076,739 Earned by East- - man Kodak. General Motors has Sales Record with $1,794,936,640 in 1940. Anaconda Copper Earns 9. United States Steel Reports 26 Per Cent Business Rise. And so on. "Then, in contrast, I notice this footnote in a country weekly: "Eggs, strictly fresh, 14 to 15 cents a dozen." LABOR SHORTAGE A totally different labor problem than strikes gives increasing worry to defense chiefs. Some even con-sider it more serious eventually than disputes between management and unions. It is the problem of securing trained workers for vital defense oc-cupations. The Army-Nav- y Munitions board has Just completed a confidential re-port listing 661 occupations in which serious labor shortages are likely soon. The report warns that the tre-mendous increase in production, as high as 60 per cent in some indus-tries, is certain to aggravate the problem. The training program of the Na-tional Youth administration and oth-ers will afford some relief, but the labor shortage is so urgent that au-thorities have quietly taken steps to cull skilled workmen out of the draft. Over 500,000 men are slated to be called to the colors by July 1. And although the Selective Service law bars "group deferments" so des-perate is the need for trained labor that draft boards have been advised to exercise the greatest care in in-ducting certain groups. Among these are experienced merchant seamen, also apprentices in highly skilled occupations lens grinders, toolmakers, chemists, air-craft mechanics, and other crafts which the Army-Nav- y Munitions board calls "occupations that have special significance in the national defense program." AMERICAN RUBBER When a government bureau moves fast, that's news. A bureau of the department of agriculture, begin-ning last August, has completed a survey of potential rubber produc-tion in 11 Latin-America- n countries and is now moving into two more. But more important than speed, the survey, is the first step in an important long-rang- e plan to make ihis country independent of East In-dian sources for rubber, and in-crease trade between the Americas. Earlier this year, congress appro-priated $500,000 to the department of agriculture "to develop rubber production." First objective is to establish two permanent experimental stations, one for Central America, the other for South America. It Is almost cer-tain that they will be located in Costa Rica and Brazil. Brazil originally produced most of the world's rubber, but the seeds were smuggled out of the country by the British, who set up their own rubber plantations in Malaya. The present drive is to restore to Lat-in America her birthright in this es-sential product. THRILLED A FARMER A home town farmer friend was kidding homely Claude Wickard, secretary of agriculture, about sit--' ting next to Clark Gable at the President's defense "fireside chat." "You know, Claude," the friend said, "there are a lot of young la-dies back In Indiana whose hearts fluttered when they heard you were paling around with a movie star." "Well," replied Wickard ruefully, "that's just about the closest I ever came to getting the ladies excited." MERRY-GO-ROUN- D In the caste-boun- d British navy en-listed men can rise to the rank of lieutenant commander, but the U. S. navy does not permit enlisted men to take examinations for permanent commissions except in one branch the supply section. Dr. George A. Buttrick, former preeident of the Federal Council of Churches and a supporter of Herbert Hoover's plan to feed Nazi-occupie- d Europe, claims that Secretary of State Hull also approves the idea. Embroitfo That's Easy to Pattern 2791. 'T'HIS handsome pane; ered in wool or silk ing needlework and a' beauty of any home. Pattern 2790 contains h of picture 15 by JO Incha of stitches; color chart a quired. Send order to: Sewirif Circle Needleen 82 Eighth Ave. Enclose 15 cents in ck tern No Name ,., Address RAZOR BLAI ASK YOUR DEALER T OUTSTANDING BLAD ii KENT KXAX BLADES "TAKING THE COUNTRY 8 KNOWN FROM COAST CUPPt.ES COMPANY It. em m CONSflPAXlOU WW' CORRECT THE CAOStj TKOU0LE MTU A CEREAL, KUOC6'$U ALL-0RA-H. . . EAT IT EVERY CM i ll AUDDMHK. flWTylM OF WATER. 13 tsssssssTSj We Can M EXPEI BUYE( In bringing ui buying lo price that or bM' what we Intend lo buy. quality we can expec.1 eolumni of this eipP worth while iervlc wW many dollar a year habit to fr It I, a good J of consulting lh. odv.rt!'3 J time we make a pur j have already dci'lel1 I . want and where we or F J It. It give u the moit Pj In the world, the adequately prepared- - j When we go Into c j beforehand wi knOwW offered ond at vrfw' j"1, i an expert buyer, 'dJ,i 1 dence.lt I a pleawntW j the feeling of odeqJ j unhopplness In Ihe worW lo a lack of thi. I tiling howcnothr' facet. .how !'" 01 Vf 4 making all our bto more tecure and ple ssssssiifI (Keleased by Western Newspapw Union.) THE TOMORROWS OF AMERICA THE TOMORROWS OF AMERI CA will be radically different ai compared with the 150 years of ye terdays. We have changed our phllosophj of living, our way of life. Whethei for better or for worse, only tlm will tell. We are sailing a socialistic sea, but what specific form of so-cialism is not yet apparent That the tomorrows of Amerlci will produce another Henry Ford ii improbable. Individual initiative will not be encouraged as It wai during the yesterdays. The effect such a course may have on our con-tinued increase in national wealth ii today unknown. During the 150 years of yester-days, government was supported by the people, it was the servant of the people. For the tomorrows, the peo-ple expect support from the govern-ment; they are willing that govern-ment shall be the master. Will it work? Only time will telL Within another year America will have a national debt of $100,000,000,. 000 or more. That is approximately one-thir- d of the total of our national wealth. It is much more than the total of national income for one year. To what extent can government continue to support the people of America? To what limit can such a system be financed? Can, and will, government create wealth as the American profit sys-tem has created it during the 150 years of yesterdays? The change from the yesterdays we have known, and under which we have prospered, to the question--! able tomorrows has come to us Dangers Suira Man is never watch! against dangers that tt; every hour. Horace. through a revolution which we asked for and insisted upon, but which we did not recognize. By classes vo-- ! cations we have demanded special consideration. We have asked for and received class legislation to benefit one minority after another. Those of each class or vocation have considered only themselves, not the American people as a whole, and have been given what they asked for. We can look forward to the path of the tomorrows with trepidation, but with a hope, at least, that it may lead us to a desirable destination. It is a path we are to follow regard-less. TOOK BALLYHOO TO SELL LIBERTY BONDS THE UNITED STATES will offer us war savings stamps, "baby" bonds, and regular government bonds, the sale of which will at least partially pay for our own prepared-ness and our aid to England. Will the American people buy In any considerable quantity without an accompanying sales ballyhoo? The first World war was financed largely by the sale of government bonds, but that sale was effected only by a vigorous and spectacular sales campaign. The effort was to sell to the people, not to the banks. The government wished the people the Toms, Dicks and Harrys to have a direct financial Interest in the war, to have them feel it was actually their war and that they were the fellows who wanted to see the Kaiser properly licked. With spectacular showmanship the government put it over in the large cities for the first loan. It did not work so well in the country, where big parades, scores of "minute men," speeches and other spectacu- lar methods could not be applied. For the second and future loans, the government appealed for sup-port to the country press. It pro-posed to publishers that they sell un-derwritten advertising to local mer-chant- s, banks, churches, lodges and to individuals. Country newsDaoer publishers did that to the extent of I more than 500,000 pages from the second to the Victory loan. In re-- sponse to that advertising, people of rural America bought Liberty bonds. The national treasury can sell gov- ernment bonds by telling the banks how much each must take. But can it sell them to the extent of several billions to people of America with-out arousing through some method an enthusiasm for preparedness and If'"o'r aid to England? That is a ques- - tion to be answered. My guess would be "no." We would all like to see the Euro-pean dictators licked. We do not approve of them, but we should like to have some idea as to what the result of such a licking would be Will it result in a better world for all concerned, or will it be but a prelude to more rivalry, more self-ishness, more greed, and in the end. mce war? What a we paying for, and possi-ol- y fighting for? HAWAII IS AMERICAN A DISTINGUISHED California al in a recent speech told of the import from foreign lands" of the P.neapple juice now consumed to billion and more dollars in fortify-ing that "foreign land" that protect California and the reTt continental United States .f possible enemy. The Zd referred to i, the United Cii ntory of Hawaii. We do not "i from California or Iowa. j Italian Crew Arrives in New York JJSfefflWt; W;ly4W3. ;Hiwij.wiyv , , s t ' ' m a : ' .if 'gF T - - V c . Italian seamen give the fascist salute from the deck of a U. S. troop transport, the "Leonard Wood," on arrival In New York, after being taken off the steamship Conte Biancomo, luxury liner of Italy, which was taken over by the United States at Panama. U. S. troops are guard-ing the prisoners. Roosevelt Romance James Roosevelt, the President's eldest son, and Romelle Schneider are shown applying for their mar-riage license at the Los Angeles marriage license bureau. Strikers Make Use of Satire Awfete-- MJft?vFef&S&F ,- -' , Xtfjf-- i ftl The coffin represents the rs company. It is perched on a Junk wagon, and a striker, wearing a gas mask, gives a satirical address showing the connection. This was one of the lighter angles of the Allis-Chalme- rs strike in Milwaukee, Wis., as recorded by the News of the Day Newsreel. Inspects Shelters Mrs. Anthony Drexel Biddle, wife of the United States ambassador to the European governments In exile, in England, shown while Inspecting some British bomb shelters In Lon-do- n. Mrs. Biddle is studying the women's services during the great war. U. S.-Mexi-eo Pact j Somner Welle, (left) and Mexican Ambassador Senor Dr. Najcra SSm?" pact 5w. nse Mexicail air bases, and vice versa. Trailers for Defense Workers The first of 2,000 trailers purchased by the Farm Security adminis-tration with funds from the $5,000,000 urgent deficiency appropriation voted by congress to provide temporary shelter for homeless defense worker are shown leaving the nation's capital for Wilmington, N. C. They will be used to house defense shipyard workers. |