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Show ppwwg EMERY COUNTY CASTLE DALE. UTAH mm Increased Food Demands Face Nation Bill Spurs Consumption As Lease-Len- d By RAYMOND MITCHELL Washington, D. C. Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: MISS PERKINS ON THE COAL Inner circle clamof for replaceIs name Ills Capt. Jean Georges ment of Secretary of Labor Frances D'Ary of the French air force durPerkins is an old story, but its hoting World War I and up to the He refused to ter now than ever before. time France quit ... Actually, Roosevelt did move last year to get a new labor secretary, offering the post to Mayor LaGuar-dia- . But he declined, insisting on the war department or nothing. But with labor a key problem. White House advisers had been urging that the President renejv the offer to LaGuardia. Miss Perkins was criticized sharply for the delay in certifying the prostrike to the tracted National Defense Mediation board until rioting broke out, also the coal negotiations before they deadlocked and John L. Lewis shut down the mines. Both the President and other cabinet members bluntly called Miss Perkins attention to the fact that the purpose of the board was not only to settle strikes but tp avert them. With some feeling It was demanded of her why the board, set up expressly to handle "hot potatoes," was not used in, these two major cases. sui render and left France before the Nazis came escaping to Lisbon . . . There he feK sure the British consulate would help him return to Britain so he could fly again for England . . . But something went wrong . The consulate was busy or something, and he managed to get to Martinique on a freighter . . . When Captain D'Ary was tipped that the Martinique regime was planning to ship him back to France as a fugitive, he escaped to a port in the U. S. . . . "I am in a sympathetic country, he mused, I will not live under shadows. I will tell everything to the authorities . . . And he did, adding: "Please deport me, but deport me to Canada, so I can get to England and help fight . The man In charge . , again said: Why, this is against the law! And he was jailed . , . Some of us read about it in the papers . . . Some of us appealed to Washington . . . "If he is deported to Martinique he will be shot! we explained On the morning he was to be returned to Martinique came a telegram: "Deport DAry, it said, "to Canada. ... The Other Week-en- d The Second Bomb Wing from Langley Field, Va., flew 30 bombers to Miami under command of Gen. A. Krogstad On the way, one of the bombers lost its elevator and started having other trouble . . . The general ordered the men in the plane to ball out . , . "You never saw six men jump so quickly. In less than six seconds! The two pilots, however, decided not to Jump, and with expert handling brought the bomber down without mishap to it or themselves We found out why they refused to Jump , . . That morning both had squandered $12 each on two silk shirts which they were wearing . . . "We realized, said one of the boys, "that if we bailed out those shirts were sure to get dirty." ... ... HITLER HOLDING OFF U. S. Those who are steering U. S. foreign policy on its present difficult course privately offer four important reasons for not anticipating a break in diplomatic relations with Germany for some time. One is the memory of the German people regarding American entrance into the last war. For years Germans have contended that they won the last war until the United States entered; so the psychological effect of American entrance now is the last thing Hitler wants. Two is the effect upon American morale. At present, U. S. draftees cant get enthusiastic about their service while industry and labor could be much more patriotic about production. But once Hitler precipitated a declaration of war, sentiment here would be far different and he knows it Three is the large amount of German property in the United States which would be seized in case of war. Four (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) '- - - v ' (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) , $ t tomorrows theAMERICA I What will the Lease-Len- d bill and Uncle Sams own fast moving de- OF American agriculture? With $7,000,000,000 for aid to Britain now added to the pyramiding total of all-o- ut in congressional appropriations for defense and rearmament, this question is assuming growing importance. $33,000,000,000 in America Every farm family has a stake in the situation. Food is as much a weapon as planes, tanks and ships. The extent to which it is used is a matter of close concern to everyone on or near a farm. Three fairly definite answers have already emerged. These are, however, dependent on a big "If If Britain is able to stand the batterNazi air raids, if she ing of all-ocan stave off invasion and survive the deadly attacks on her shipping life-lin- e until American aid can become really effective: 1. Americas farm export market-lost since Scandinavia, the and France fell may be "Feed partially restored through the Lease-Lend Britain provisions of thS bill. 2. The demand for farm products at home will be considerably increased. 3. Price levels will move upward. Food Increasingly Important. Lets look abroad, first Under bill, the terms of the Lease-Len- d Britain does not need to consider either price or ability to pay In making food purchases here. Up to now her expenditures have been for munitions only. Food has been imported from the Dominions. The job of feeding Britain is in the hands of the Surplus Marketing administration of the U. S. department of agriculture the same agency that superintends distribution of food for emergency relief here at home. To provide supplies ordered by Britain it merely has to increase the food orders being constantly issued for domestic relief. British authorities have placed pork, lard, evaporated and dried milk, cheese, dried fruits, fruit admin of feeding Britain is in the hands of the Surplus Marketing supplies isiration.1 This providing considerable had has experience organization but a small part of the huge foe domestic relief. This carload of oranges is their supervision throughout under quantities of food constantly being moved the country. now at the highest point since the juices and vegetables on the top of their shopping list. The number of outbreak of the war. All of the foregoing factors will items will be expanded as opportuniprobably combine to boost the cash ties arise. farm income of American farmers Aid. Ask Countries Other above the 1940 totals. Some of this beneBritain will not be the only income gain will, of course, be offfood needs Finland badly ficiary. Low-Countri- and has already negotiated a $5,000,-00- 0 credit with the Export-Impobank for food purchases if shipping is available. That is just a beginning if further credit can be provided. Spain and unoccupied France are on the list, too. How much they get will depend on British blockade policy. Indications are that it will be tempered by American opinion. Now lets glance at the home market. Agriculture has already felt the defense programs stimulating impact. It will feel it even more in months to come. There is an increasing demand for farm products. Americans are buying more and eating more because they have money to spend. Still more cereals, meats, fats, dairy products, fruits and woolens will be needed. Reports from the U. S. department of commerce show that a rise in employment is invariably ac- companied by a rise in the consumption of meats, dairy and poultry products along with fruits and vegetables. Defense Spending Rises. How the defense program is industrial activity, employment and consumer income is shown by the fact that defense expenditures rose from an average of $7,000,000 a day last September to more than $21,000,000 a day last month. These expenditures have not hit full stride yet, for many appropriations have been slow getting into circulation because contracts had to be let. When it is considered that payrolls represent from 45 to 70 per cent of defense expenditures, the future level of industrial activity may be gauged. Thus the consumer buying power generated by the defense program is likely to be felt in the form of a bigger cash income on most American farms this year. It is natural that the increased demand for food and raw materials should be reflected in a rising trend in wholesale prices. A recent bureau of labor statistical report shows that wholesale commodity prices are swinging upward and are rt ... fair-haire- er Roose-velt-Walla- ar by-lin- chief-of-polic- k n n, mild-manner- D k one-thir- set by the higher costs for farm labor and for the products the farmer buys. Fertilizer is about the only commodity that has not registered a sharp price rise since 1933. Overexpansion Dangerous. How long the defense programs stimulus to industry and agriculture will endure is problematical. This hinges to a good extent on how long But the European war continues. in months to come American farmers will have an opportunity to strengthen their position and fortify themselves for the future. To do this some straight thinking will be required. Of essential importance is that farmers avoid overexpansion and the pitfall of easy profits that may later turn into losses. The first World war taught us some bitter lessons about that. Surpluses that have burdened agriculture ever since can be traced to World war days. What can farmers do to make agriculture one of the most effective weapons in Democracys ar senal? For one thing, they can develop ways and means of making their production more efficient. An im portant step in this direction is to take stock of their soil fertility. For with the country-wid- e the AAA program, fewer acres are being tilled. This means that farm' ers should employ soil management methods that will produce higher yields from fewer acres. Such a procedure will reduce production costs and improve the quality of the crop. Such a program means excare in concernercising ing the fertility of the soil by practices which not only prevent waste of fertility, but actually help restore it Sacco-Vanzet- MERRY-GO-ROUN- THE TOMORROWS OF AMERICA will be radically different as compared with the 150 years of yes terdays. We have changed our philosophy of living, our way of life. Whether for better or for worse, only tima will tell. We are sailing a socialistic sea, but what specific form of socialism is not yet apparent That the tomorrows of America will produce another Henry Ford it Individual initiative improbable. will not be encouraged as it was The effect during the yesterdays. such a course may have on our continued increase in national wealth is today unknown. During the 150 years of yesterdays, government was supported by the people, it was the servant of the people. For the tomorrows, the people expect support from the government; they are willing that government shall be the master. Will it work? Only time will tell. Within another year America will have a national debt of $100,000,000,-00- 0 or more. That is approximately 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 system 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 questionable tomorrows has come to us through a revolution which we asked for and insisted upon, but which we did not recognize. By classes vocations 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 fense program mean to Lady Police Chief Preserves Order In Missouri Town ... vjnx: CHICAGO. fact that Germany is now about to receive a certain amount of goods from the U. S. A., The Story Tellers: The Commy sent via Russia and Japan, which Charlie McCarthys over here keep she could not get in case of war. no theres bragging unemployment Therefore, U. S. diplomatic exin Stalins kingdom. Freda Utley, are convinced that Hitler will perts who hpd six years of the Soviet, do nothing rash toward the United tells why In the Atlantic Monthly: States until after June or July, by "There is no unemployment pay or which time he should much poor relief; unemployment in the So- know whether he is prettyto take going viet Union has been liquidated by or not. PARMA, MO. The only police ofthe simple device of liquidating the England Nazi policy after that will be guid ficer on duty here during the day who" must to starve unemployed, ed by intervening events.,. and the chief of the police force at . . . Joseph Harringtons death all times thats Maggie Porter, atpiece in Cosmopolitan begins: "I FARM BUREAU FEDERATION tractive "gun toter" who think newspaper people are crazy. Moguls of the powerful American not only preserves order in Parma, I mean goofy. The screwiest peoFarm Bureau federation are ready but whos an expert cook, as well! In American to ple I ever met say "uncle and make peace with Folks in Parma claim, so far as E. D. Lehman and Brown Magazine administration. the they know, that she is the only worn' collab on "Hack Writer." which inUp to a year ago the farm bureau an chief of police in the U. S. A. dicates the authors are hardly . . d was the boy on farm But Chief Porter disclaims any The new mag for men is dickering due to the suave as- credit for her unique role. policy, largely with three titles: "Sir, "Swank tuteness of Ed ONeal, federation "I was appointed town marshal and "Beau Brummel, when the and his personal friend- after the death of my father, John president, last mentioned tells the story! . . with Roosevelt W. Porter, who was serving his secE. Hemingway, Look reports, is go- ship But at heart most of the federa- ond term in that office, she ex to some Whom of his "For ing give generalissimos never were plains. the Bell Tolls royalties to China. tions hot about the New Deal, and very It all sounds simple, but what Miss The dough came out of the fight for last year they began demanding Porter fails to say is that all he of some Democracy, figures, and greater local control aimed at run- through his administration she was it is going back in. ning the program themselves. And her fathers "right hand man,' in a showdown over domination of keeping his books and even helping The Front Pages: Just what got the Federal Land Banks, Wallace him on the street when the town was Heywood Broun fired from the World rapped them over the knuckles and crowded with visitors. is cleared up in a book of his col the battle was on. When Mr. Porter could no longer umns collected by the younger Hey Soon it spilled over into the politon his duties, his daughter ti carry wood. It wasnt his ical arena when cqrnbelt Farm buthe badge of authority on pinned most as us of pieces, thought It reau leaders, led by ambitious Earl her coat lapel, strapped his was a piece done a year later for Smith of Illinois, dumped the around her waist, and prothe Nation, which accused the World ticket and put in some ceeded to do. everything from makof lacking moxie . . . Ray Brock, a licks for Willkie. e ing arrests to handling the $10,000-a-yeto these orbs, turned in heavy new Willkic's defeat knocked the props tax collections that "go with" exciting news from Belgrade to the from under the e boys. duties in Parma. the Times when the uprising started So, reverting to the old realistic And after his death, the city counIt wasnt so many weeks ago that Mussolini was quoted as boast axiom, "If you can't lick em, join cil of this community of 1,200 pering: "I am not a man I am an em," the boys have propositioned sons voted to make her successor Clifford Townsend, defense agricul to Mr. Porter, and she'll hold the event! . . . Tsk-ts. . . Remem ber how the experts told us that tural advisor and former New Deal job at least until the next election. March would be the month when Governor of Indiana, on being their Chief Porter, who works with Adolf went to town? Well, March peacemaker. W. B. Morgan, business-mamayor Townsend was one of the organhas done come and gawn, as the of Parma, and four male council izers and first of leaders the farm saying goes down South . . . Boomis the towns only daybureau in the Midwest Yet when members, erang Dept: A1 Williams, the miliofficer. She has a night time police stumped that area for Roosevelt marshal and often tary "expert, recently wrote a book he appoints a deputy and Wallace last fall he bumped up in which he predicted that the Fasto work with him. And on Saturthe bitter opposition of many cist air force would knock the Brit- against day nights, she remains on duty unof his old associates. ish out of the Mediterranean. til nearly midnight, ready to direct the work of law enforcing. PROBE Typewriter Ribbons: The Thom-astoTrouble? Occasionally, Chief Sen. Harry Truman is a friendly, Ga., Times: Dont risk your Porter says, "when some outsider Missourian, but to comes to town, eyesight by looking straight at the gets drunk and starts sun, or your illusions by looking certain defense brasshats and One off. showing Men hes an ogre with horns straight at a friend . . . Olin Mi- Dollar Asked what her most exciting duty Truman is author and chairman of llers: Uncle Sam is so busy watchhad been. Chief Porter said, withthe senate to committee special ing the wolves in Europe he cant Tracking see the rats at home . . . Balzacs: probe defense contracts, and be is out much hesitation, determined that what happened in down the criminal who shot my A husband should always know what W. T. Wormack, on is the matter with his wife, for she France wont happen here. He al- night marshal, December 22, 1940. ready has some interesting data. always knows what is not She hopes the time never comes when she has to use her gun, but The Wireless: Dorothy Thompson admits that if that time comes, When he was assistant secretary Included a memo to Hitler the Hun. of labor, brainy Edward F. Me shell be ready. A countryman of his, she warned, It's not at all unusual, say local who also made a hobby of slaugh Grady used to work 15 hours a day to see her collar some citizens, now is and he ter, lies buried In Jugoslavia. His doing the same thing law violator and march him off to labor adviser to War name was Attila . . . Jose Morand as the towns jail. (if thats the spelling) comes at you Secretary Stimson. Chief Porter lives with her wid1 November is a long way off, but with Latin American musicking owed mother. She was bom in Misthese midnights. Its soothing, which the Affiliated Young Democrats souri, .but attended business college is the way it ought to be late at New York, leaders in the draft in Michigan. night when youre too tired to fight Roosevelt movement, already have raven-blacHer hair, cut back at the brasses . . . You have booked Madison Square Garden for mans straight, and combed in a pomstyle a. to be a frenzied baseball fan to get giant Draft LaGuardia" rally on is Miss Porters outstandmuch out of the broadcasts of the that night, the last Saturday before padour, characteristic. physical ing the mavoraltv election exhibition games. Notes of an Innocent Bystander: is the A f I cnS New potatoes than older son do not bak!? Chief of Iolice Maggie Barter, who not only handles a policemans run of the mi jobs with ease and effectiveness, but manages a boys baseball team and likes to cook, too! If Tongue May Hold Proof of ? Promptly, rinse warm aaliO Jerusalem efcLj twice uch plants, water fret come up. of pot let stand , nubbles up Chopped onio browned in chopped. Prove the flavir" stewed tomatoes I tg Add tablespagj creamed butter tnii addmg milk, when mi This coats the fatJ -- eps the mixture v 1 Any place that hk" aur hand is too hot kerosene, solutely safe only Always marinate to let stand for at least (J in an hou i vegetables, tu when preparing saW Scald the it has been a" coffee week soak ing powder and hot tion, and then rinse j of boiling water, wipe out cloth. fo, carefully i Jim' T OR! ' Aid datyfi JlNG ;ie iVe really cant uy. hr ADLERJKA oien uy way after ADLEKIttif of bad breath, hetdai gaa pains brought oaly' stipation. Try ASIA. DOUBLE action I relief f gas paint; QUICK action. The corner has DEI SLA 1C0U m c UMNY ngers :ever ADLE1IU TODAY. igers -Ho TOOK BALLYHOO TO SELL LIBERTY BONDS THE UNITED STATES will offer us war savings stamps, baby and regular government bonds, 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 effortr 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 spectacular methods could not be applied. For the second and future loans, the government appealed for support to the country press. It proposed to publishers that they sell underwritten advertising to local merchants, banks, churches, lodges and to individuals. Country newspaper publishers did that to the extent more than 500,000 pages from the second to the Victory loan. In response to that advertising, people 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 without arousing through some method an enthusiasm for preparedness and for aid to England? That is a ques tion to be answered. My guess would When Truth h When the truth ci made out, what creased through Curtius Rufus. PRODUCTION BRED, l( ACCUM BRED, AND mens: ' g Soil Fertility Declines. America has used up the original fertility of its soil much more rapidly than it has replaced it. Constant croppings, generation after generation, have removed vast quantities of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash We have lagged far behind Europe in soil conservation. Nations abroad use from 214 to 20 times as much commercial plant food per acre as does the United States for fertilizing crop land and plowable pasture. Based on the average rate of depletion, American farms will lose 29,000,000 tons of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash in 1941 due to the removal of plant foods by growing crops, through livestock grazing and by leaching, according to an estimate of the Middlewest Soil Improvement committee. In the effort to defend and build up the productivity of their soil, farmers of the United States have one advantage they didnt possess 25 years ago during the first World war. Then we faced fertilizer shortage because we were almost entirely dependent on Germany for potash and on Chile for natural nitrates. Today, thanks to the team-wor- k of science and American industry, we are producing our own plant foods and we can maintain our independence in this respect for an indefinite period. If national emergencies grow more acute and American farmers hear the "Be to signal prepaid their land ready for get any eventu-alitthey will know it can be done if they have enlisted under the ban-ne- r of soil Improvement y, be "no. We would all like to see the European, dictators licked. We do not approve of them, blit 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 prelude to more rivalry, more self' lshnest, more greed, and In the end iT Hatched RIGHT. alcht 4eUvry ta H Mammoth Broun Priced J6c to Write, Wire Cjpjjj R 5 AM SHI R PIONEER UTAH SALT LAKI Cm,' Helpful -- Mistake, error, a through which Charming. ti MIDDLE WOMEN! HEED THIS Ajj SfB? 1st to ftnmlV ? made' helped feeia! tgwi hot a Ni WNU-- W toil Cannot He that is fall, he that Bunyan. !b ! d is w Ml toy edht 18 more war? What are we paying for, and possibly fighting for? hr kt id, Child-Paren- t Relationt-hi- NEW YORK Mans highly sensiwhether a similarity of tastes tive tongue may turn out to be the not be an excellent guide in might g generation to - generation fingerpaternity. which jurists have long print Blakeslee research detersought as a means of proving rela- mined that certain chemicals are tionship between parents and children. Following experiments several years ago by Dr A. F. Blakeslee of Carnegie institute, scientists working with the "taste buds tiny nerves nestling underneath the surface of the tongue are wondering estab-lishm- 3e. iliP'iifi HAWAII IS AMERICAN A DISTINGUISHED California fleial in a recent speech told of "import from foreign lands of pineapple juice now consumed America. We have spent half -billion and more dollars In fortifying that "foreign land" that It might protect California and the rest continental United States from possible enemy. The "foreign land referred to is the United States territory of Hawaii. We do not "import from Hawaii any more than from California or Iowa, ( d plant; So "A when alf upsej With Lo left M ssSf.s neighbor! II |