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Show 1 t FROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1944 Editorial Bat be ye doers of 'the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yonr own eelvea. jamea i:zz. - We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. LaBruyere. Merry-Go-Round The Washington A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Affairs Br Draw rcanee (Col. BMf a. inn ww iiy ituit uiu uviiict American railroads today are doing more than two and a half times the passenger business they did before the war. American Ameri-can buses are carrying half again as many passengers as they did a year ago. In normal nor-mal times we'd call this (rood business. Ac tually it's a crisis. Here's why: The railroads must carry 1,500,000 a month on regular troop movements. move-ments. That takes half the Pullman sleep ing cars and almost one-third of the day coaches. Furlough travel, which means boys seeing their folks before they go overseas, takes more cars. Necessary war activities, including movements of war workers, require re-quire cars. In Europe and in the Pacific fighting is going on. The wounded are being brought home. They need railway cars and will have them whoever else, or his uncle or his, aunt or his friend with a pull, has to get off. Buses get a good many short hauls, some of the long hauls, and the overflow. On buses as on trains we are at a point where if a man who doesn't have to travel gets on a man who has to travel is crowded off. Little new equipment can be provided. The old is wearing out. So what to do? The answer is simple if not sweet: Stay at home if you possibly can. If you insist on travelling when you don't have to, expect to be delayed, expect to stand in aisles of crowded cars, expect to miss meals, expect to carry your own baggage, bag-gage, expect to be dumped off if the railroad needs your space be prepared, in short, for a mild little hell on wheels. If you get fun out of it ask yourself, was it eight and did you deserve it? The man or woman who stays home this summer is serving the country. The man or woman who goes gadding in public conveyances convey-ances on needless errands isn't. Let's suppress sup-press that migratory instinct. HI other is Too Smart The reaction is beginning to set in to the various phoney "mothers clubs'' which sprang up in the early months of this war. We are now able to distinguish between the bona fide, honest, patriotic, usually long-established long-established mothers organizations and these sudden, vague and trouble-making groups who use the shield of motherhood to disseminate dis-seminate a propaganda line which, not by coincidence, you make sure, systematically favors our enemies. It was clever of our enemies to discover and attempt to exploit for their own benefit bene-fit our American reverence for motherhood. But it won't work. American mothers are not the heroines they are because they are stupid. Their fame rests in part upon their good solid common sense which they pass on to their children. It is very easy to recognize a phoney mothers club. Just look for these traits: 1. Recent establishment. 2. Advocacy of an easy peace for Ger many. 3. Attacks upon our Allies but never upon our enemies. And remember this: the German shortwave short-wave radio hammers one idea day after day, their great need and overwhelming desire for a negotiated peace. Unconditional sur render gives the German high command goosepimples. They are worried about not being able to reorganize to start another world war in another twenty or thirty years. Hence they keep playing on their radio the American song "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off." The patriotic mothers clubs of America will not fall for such nonsense. The other - kind of mothers clubs are being increasingly spotted for what they are proNazi. Our Factory Fighters The furloughing of experienced men from the Army to work in tire factories does not mean that our labor shortage is becoming alarming. It simply means that tire manufacturing manu-facturing is heavy work. Much of it can't be done by 4-F's, the aging, or women. Before synthetic rubber was sufficiently plentiful, tire factories had to lay off men. They went to other factories or into service. Today, with ample rubber, it is easier to bring back former workers from the Army than to alter present employment regulations. regula-tions. And these men will still be in the fight. As the enemy retreats and destroys railroads, rail-roads, these supplies must be moved by truck. Trucks mean tires. And since synthetic tires wear out more quickly than those of natural rubber, and are frequent casualties along with the trucks that they carry, there must be added production, and quickly. Q. E. D. . Prof. Albert Einstein has disavowed the authenticity of much material in the new biography of him written by his former son-in-law. Somehow it makes the distinguished distin-guished scientist seem much more human to know that though he may understand relativity, relatives present about the same problems to him as to the rest of us. Daring venture of patriotic Pole helps Mikolajczyk in Moscow talks; Sikorski's ex- aide parachuted into Poland, got valued in formation; Gen. "Pa" Watson seen aiding Dewey by needling FDR against Willkie; German voters in North Dakota renomin ated isolationist Senator Nye. WASHINGTON The late General Wladlslaw Sikorsk! premier of Poland, who favored cooperation cooper-ation with Russia, had a. faithful aide and secretary secre-tary Hieronlra Rettinger. who accompanied Sikor- skl almost everywhere. However, fate ruled that he was not with the Polish premier during: the letter's fatal plane crash. After Sikorskl was killed. Rettinger was not happy over the trend of Polish affairs. Finally, he went to Premier Mikolajcbyk,, told him he wanted want-ed to leave the Polish government-in-exile and return re-turn to Poland to help the underground. Mikola jcbyk was sympathetic but asked how Retting-er ex pected to return. "I can return by parachute," was reply. "But you're too old for that," argued Mikola- jcyk. "That's a hazard only for young men." Rettinger countered that he was 67 and plenty young enough to take a parachute jump for the sake of his homeland. Finally, the Polish premier yielded to the point of advising Rettlnger to go up to Scotland and take two or three practice lumps in order to be ready for the big jump over Poland. But Rettlnger replied: re-plied: "No. After the first jump, I would desert and run away to London. At my age, I have one Jump in me. I can jump from a plane over Poland, but that is all. No practice jumps in Scotland." - So finally, last February, Rettinrer did jump over Poland and did join the Polish underground. The amazing thing, however, is that, when Premier Mikolajczyk recently left on his all - important im-portant mission to Moscow, Polish officials managed man-aged to get word to Rettinger Inside Poland via the underground; also managed to get him out of Poland and bring him to Cairo. In Cairo, Rettinger met Premier Mikolajczyk and had a very important conference, during which he gave a first-hand report regarding the sentiment senti-ment of the Polish people toward Russia, the status of their resistance, and other information needed by the premier for his conference with Stalin. DEWEY'S WHITE HOUSE FRIEND Best friend Governor Dewey has Inside or around the White House today is not Bernle Ba- ruch. who tries to win friends for Dewey, nor even Fred Searls. Jr., ex-aide to Justice Byrnes who contributed $2,000 to the Dewey campaign. Actual ly, Deweys best White House friend in the opinion of other presidential advisers, is General Gen-eral "Pa" Watson, FDR's own closest secretary. Pa is not for Dewey, but he is accused of playing Into Dewey's hands by needling the president presi-dent against Wendell Willkie. Other White House intimates have been reminding re-minding the president how Willkie went down the line for him on taxes, on foreign policy and on every phase of the war, say that he could swing a million or so votes if he were brought closer to the White House. But their work is undone by genial Pa Watson, the man who sees the President most, and who doesn't hesitate to give the Presi dent his views. If Roosevelt and Willkie get together, it will not be Pa Watson's fault. Meanwhile, the Dewey camp is still sending all sorts of ambassadors of good will to Willkie, trying to win him over to support for the Republican ticket. Latest report is that Willkie can bp secretary sec-retary of state if he Joins up. So far, he hasn't budged; but If Pa Watson keeps on, he may. GERMAN VOTE NOMINATES NYE When they got through counting the ballots for and against isolationist Senator Gerald Nye in North Dakota's Republican primary, they found that it was one intensely pro-German district, Mcintosh Mc-intosh county which put him across. Mcintosh county is largely controlled by the Wlshek family, plus other Germans who have kept strong sympathies with the fatherland. The county voted almost solidly for" Nye with one unique exception giving him a 1.368 margin. At the last minute, election authorities almost held up the county's vote on the ground that no auditor's election seal had been placed on the abstract ab-stract of votes. Had the 1.368 votes finally been thrown out, Nye's leading competitor, Lynn Stam- baugh. would have won, since he trailed Nyc by only 972 votes in the over-all state tally. UNIQUE EXCEPTION Unique exception to Nye's sweep of Mcintosh county was the fact that Congressman Usher Bur-dick, Bur-dick, who ran a close third, carried the town of Wishek, the county seat. Here is the untold story of how he did It. Drivings through this German stronghold. Bur-dick Bur-dick decided that he didn't have a chance, but that he would at least see what the people were talking talk-ing and thinking about. So he dropped In at a tavern where several Germans were drinking beer. Without introducing himself, Burdlck got to talking with them, bought them some sausage, and got into a game of rumdum. The game lasted most of the afternoon. Finally, one of the Germans said: "Aren't you Congressman Burdick?" "Yes," Burdick replied. "But that doesn't make any difference. I know you are all against me here, and I lust wanted to drop in and have some fun." When the election returns were counted. Burdick Bur-dick a forthright anti-Nazi and anti-Isolationist, had carried Wishek against Nye. Note Republican Congressman Burdick is being be-ing urged by friends to run as an independent against Nye in November. MERRY-GO-ROUND Texas is a big state but. under Jesse Jones, the civil aeronautics administration has awarded more airport contracts to Texas than to any other state except Florida RKO has been distributing the general considered pro-Fascist film "Goyescas" in South America. The star is Imoerio Argentina, who has been featured in various Nazi productions and whose old films were barred from South America Am-erica for several years Two length books were discovered missing from the Russian war relief re-lief display on Russian agriculture some time ago. Vice President Wallace finally fessed up that he had borrowed them to study in preparation for his trip to Siberia. They were written in Russian. . . . . . . J. Fred Odom, new head of the local Democrats Demo-crats In Louisiana, was the district attorney who investigated the murder of Huey Long. Many critics still wonder why Odom never held an autopsy on Huey"s body, also why he did not investigate more thoroughly the dozens of bullet holes in the body of Carl Weiss, the assassin Big oil man Colonel T. H. Barton, who ran against Caraway in Arkansas, is an oia rnena or ex-vice President Charlie Dawes. (Copyright. 1944. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) "Maybo It Was a Bum Idea After Alt, Chum!" . vr vv. 'vk. s.:c. ry r mm - s&mm 15 -BSCS' HP nn2knnn iv. i liiM Jhswsthpan WWoA First Biography of America's Groat General CfjwtmlU Ann WMmtl Mlllcri JMatrifcatca. MEA Service. lac J SOLDIER BRIDEGROOM VII CECOND LIEUTENANT EI SEN -J HOWER, 24 years old, stepped from West Point into World War I. Here he was to show his genius in the new age of mechanized warfare war-fare as the organizer of the first American tank corps to enter battle. America was preparing for the inevitable day when it would be drawn into the vortex. Thirty-six days before Ike graduated from West Point, German submarines had sunk the transatlantic passenger passen-ger ship Lusitania (May 7, 1915), with a loss of 1195 lives, of whom 124 were Americans. Protests only brought defiance from the Germans. Ger-mans. Ruthless submarine warfare came home to ships flying the American flag. We find young Ike first assigned to the 19th Infantry at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas, on Sept 13, 1915, a few miles from his birthplace in Denison. Here again he was under the shadow of the historic Alamo. Six months later when Pancho Villa began his raids over the Mexican border, burning American homes, Second Lieutenant Eisenhower was made Inspector-Instructor of Militia on the Mexican border. This was his job from Aug. 1, 1916, to April 1, 1917. Punitive forces under Gen. John J. Pershing began chasing the bandit into the Mexican mountains. moun-tains. Some years later, after Pershing had won fame leading the American Expeditionary Forces in France, Villa was ambushed am-bushed and killed in Durango. Daniel S. Miller, now a military policeman at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, tells this story about young Eisenhower at Fort Sam Houston in the fall of 1915. Miller was llke's first orderly. "One evening I had a date at San Antonio and needed a pair of civilian shoes so I sneaked a pair of the lieutenant's without being caught. The next morning I arose early to replace them under his bed. As I was cleaning his room that morning the lieutenant quietly remarked, 'If you want a pair of shoes don't be bashful, ask for them don't sneak them out! I was dumbfounded when he added, 'You can use those shoes any time they are yours.' " Young Eisenhower received his promotion to first lieutenant while stationed at Fort Sam Houston on July 1, 1916, and on that day was married to the charming Mamie Geneva Doud in Denver, Col. The soldier groom was 25 years old and his bride was 19. rTHE vivacious Miss Doud had A left Iowa, her birthplace and gone to Denver, Col., during World War I.. Her parents were in San Antonio, Texas, and she went to visit them. The story in the Eisenhower Eisen-hower family is that when young Dwight met her he was stationed at Fort Sam Houston at that time he decided then and there, "This is the girl I'm going to marry." It is further said that on the night Mamie, as he calls her, first met Dwight she had a date with another an-other man and was anxious to get away. Together with her parents par-ents and a neighboring judge and his wife, she was having dinner at the officers' mess. Mamie didn't want to stay. Her mother told her they would be polite guests Mamie's young man could pick her up at the post after dinner, or not at all. There was to be no argument argu-ment about the matter. Mamie stayed. This was on a Sunday night, and Dwight t i at the officers mess. He and Ma. .lie got along well frorr the beginning. Before her date Mamie walked around with Dwitfht to inspect the first sentry. The next night Dwight called the Doud residence again and again. Mamie herself had gone' w a picnic. When she returned the maid told her a Mr. "I Something" Some-thing" had been calling every 15 minutes. The telephone rang again ana Mamie answered it. "He asked me to so to the show at the 'big night' at the Majestic,,, she admits. "Well, all of us girls were always dated up for that night, so I told him it would be four weeks before I had an eve ning open." Alter much futile argument Dwight took the engagement four weeks ahead, but he says he managed man-aged to arrange some dates in ad vance of the big event. The court ship, started in October, in Decern ber they were engaged. 'r-uvsE excitement swept the A United States on April 6, 1917. Savage submarine attacks on American shipping forced us to enter World War I. Thirty-nine days after we entered the war First Lieutenant Eisenhower became be-came Captain Eisenhower, on May 15. Captain Eisenhower was sent to Camp Wilson to train the National Na-tional Guard of Illinois, and later became Assistant Mustering Offl cer of the Southern Department. He was now receiving his first ex perience in the making of an army. The first American troops landed in France on June 5, 1917. Captain Eisenhower was at this time the Regimental Supply Officer, with the 57th Infantry at Leon Springs, Tex., from April 1 to Sept 20. Across the sea battles were raging along the Somme, along the Ypres Menin Road, at V..v,un, at "Dead Man's Hill" and . 11 304, and at Cambrai. Captain Eisenhower was making a reputation as one of the ablest young officers in American train ing camps. He was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, in Georgia, as instructor in-structor at the Officers Training Camp from Sept. 20 to Dec. 1. It was during this period that Eisenhower s war bride, back in Texas, presented him with his first son, christened Doud Dwight Eisenhower, born on Sept. 24, 1917, at Fort Sam Houston in San An tonio. NEXT: Task Corp Commander Q' A 'c Young General, 37 S and ASchiefofB-29's Q Where does our word pecuniary pe-cuniary come from ? 9 The Latin pecunia money -which came from pecus catt'e. The ancients used cattle as a medium me-dium of exchange. Q What sort of robot bomb would Hitler need to bomb the U. S. from Europe? A Jet propulsion, because of lack of oxygen in the stratosphere; stratos-phere; for a 10-ton bomb; 330 gallons gal-lons of fuel 8 lbs. per gallon per hour for a 17-hour flight; an over-all weight of 34 tons, heavier heavi-er than a loaded B-17, Q How many ships does the U. S. Navy have ? A Some 1V.000. more than double all other navies together. ' Q What does a pilot do when ' he feathers the propeller? j A He varies the pitch of the J blades, adjustable during flight. Q What is the firepower of a chemical battalion? A With A Q 'oruin trwnm" I A In kuciuiaf iiiui Lais;, lb aJl iiic three tons of phosgene a minute. Q Which of our armed serv ices first came into actual contact con-tact with the Germans in this war? A Coast Guard: seized Nazi radio installations on Greenland. Q Who minted the first gold coins ? A Croesus, King of Lydia in the 6th century B. C. Q Which month is called "mares' month" in horse racing? A Septefber. The ladies are believed to run best then. Q What new improvements i have been made on Army s ba zooka? A Frame fitted to shoulder for greater accuracy; two-section frame for easier carrying; rear section strengthened for greater safety. Q Does our government have flnv nnsl a'flr nlnnnlmr mmmiMMi9 ! A About a hundred, uncorre-latcd uncorre-latcd and distributed among the various departments. WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UB Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay, 37, the army's second youngest officer of his rank, has been placed in charge of operations of B-29 Superfortresses Su-perfortresses now blasting away at Japan and her looted territories in the far east, the war department depart-ment announced today. His official title is "Command- MOTHS WANTED WATER VILLE, M. (HE) Most people don't want them around dead or alive but Miss Ruth Goodwin makes a hobby of collecting col-lecting moths. ing General of the 20th "Bomber Command of the 20th Air Force" in the China-Burma-Ind(a theater. the-ater. He succeeds Brig. Gen. Kenneth B. Wolfe who was trans-ferd trans-ferd to Wright Field. Dayton. O.. as commander of the materiel section of the materiel and service serv-ice command. The Illusion Of Victory Three noted men of letters look squarely and realistically at our arch-enemy of the twenueui cen tury Germany In the following tabloid editorials. BY BEN AMES WILLIAMS Written tor NEA Service Germany won World War 1, When the armistice comes, sne will have won this one. Even unconditional surrender la onlv a phrase, without real mean ine. Not peace treaties, oui me ability to capitalize the fruits of battle, distinguishes the winner of war from the loser. In Europe before 1939, Germany had the largest cohesive popula tion: she had the largest Industrial plant; she possessed at least half of Europe's total "worth" in peoi" pie and plant Since 1939. she has increased that proportion. From the point of view of population, she has killed at least one non-German for every German who has been killed; she has transported hun dreds of thousands more; and she has undoubtedly won among the conquered peoples many converts. By using to the break-down point the industries of conquered coun tries, by transporting to Germany or by destroying what she could not use, by making the conquered countries tributary feeders to Germany's industrial needs, her industrial predominance in Europe is greater now than it was before 1939. Only an honest recognition of this fact can make possible the framing of a ' peace which will deprive her of victory. The Truth About Atrocities BY GEORGE CREEL Written for NEA Service Many atrocities were charged against the Germans in World War I, but lack of conclusive proof barred official acceptance. I myself, as chairman of the committee com-mittee on public information, re jected a large number of as un supported. Because or uus, pro- Nazis and sentimentalists are now raising the cry that "horror stories" stor-ies" from Europe's occuplied countries snouid be dismissed "propaganda lies." The attempted parallel is ut terly dishonest. The Germans were guilty of barbarities in Belgium and northern France, but no body was ever set up to make a record of crimes and criminals. Not un til 1919, well after the armistice. did the Allies create a commis sion to consider chareea of in numan conduct and it was not until 1921 that the accused were Drougnt to trial. Some 900 cases were laid before a German court out the farcical nature of the proceedings caused the Allies to quit in disgust after 12 were tried. Profiting by this bitter exoeri ence, a United Nations commis sion for the investigation of war crimes, with headquarters in London, Lon-don, has been at work since 1942. in every case sworn affidavits set forth the rape, torture or massacre in detail, and the person per-son or persons held resnonsihla. It is this commission that charges me uermaiu witn "abominable crimes. Aren't There Any Good Germans? BY EMIL LUDWIG Written for NEA Service It's quite true that in the past uie utrmans proaucea not only great characters but great geniuses. geni-uses. Today, the air is filled with radio waves carrying German music all over the world. Wounds ana injured limbs of Allied mal diers are X-rayed by rays discov ered oy me uerman Roentgen. Millions of Germans, I am sure, Diusn to think of the atrocities committed by their brutal countrymen coun-trymen against defenseless civilians. civil-ians. There are clericals and lay men among Germans who feel asnamea of the cruelties that win be forever connected in people's minds with German rule. Yes, there are "good Germans" Dut all these good Germans, all the German geniuses today and in me pasi, nave never had th Desk Chat In the post-war era, no longer can the salesman or sales girt. answer every protest or complaint with "Doncha know there's a war on?"... and once again, to the great relief of the buying: public, service and real salesmanship will coma into its own. So, paste these six suggestions in your hat, and memorize them until they become an integral part of every sales call: - 1 watch out that you don t talk too much your prospect wants to talk too. 2 don't Interrupt your pros pect as he starts to offer an ob jection. To do so, irritates him and he is apt to lose interest To win an argument appear not to argue. 5 be careful not to slip into an argumentative or belligerent mood. If you raise your voice ever ev-er so little, your prospect notices it Avoid controversial statements. state-ments. 4 During the opening phase of the argument inquire first and attack at-tack afterwards. When the prospect states an objection, restate it in your own terms, then he' knows you understand under-stand and honor his objections. 6 after the preliminary maneuvers ma-neuvers are over, answer his principle objections then get one key issue and stick to it However, all the conversation al strategy in the world will not help to sell without a thorough knowledge of your market and of the product you are selling. ooo IT IS AXIOMATIC THAT Op portunity always seeks and finds the man who has paid the price of preparation. One reason why there Is so much humor in the world is because be-cause there are so many persons who take themselves seriously. One advantage of having a good vocabulary is that you can discard the big word and select a small one that you are able to spell.' In the matter of education and knowledge, it is not what you gain but what you retain that counts. A Married Maa?lrWbalIy- A man in a hurry rushed into the bank. Two lines were formed before the two open windows of the receiving tellers. One line contained three women the other, eighteen men. Mr. Man-in-a-hurry paused, gave a full minute to the survey of both lines, then joined the line of men! oOo The physician's new maid was summoned to the door by the ringing of the bell and the caller call-er asked if the doctor was in, and finding he was not further asked when he was expected back. "Well." replied the maid, "I don't know how long the doctor will be he's been called out on an eternity case. slightest influence on the Ger- TRUISM: Adversity puts vere strain on friendship. a so man government For 500 years the power to, govern has remained in the hands' of one class, a class that had no culture. Culture rested rest-ed in the hands that had no power. pow-er. Hence the Germans are the only people of modern history that have never made a genuine and successful revolution. In 1932 they voluntarily voted in the Nazis as the strongest party. Because they did not protest pro-test the many "good Germans' who may be among the regimented masses that compose Germany today to-day are also responsible as a group. We cannot entrust them with self-government f Ts rtSm tfUtms sf UCXTUY N FcmaiclVcaloisss (Use Fbm Stsancate Teak) Lydla B. Plnkhmm'i Compound Is amotu to relieve pertoato pals and accompanying nervous, weak, tired-out tired-out XMllos nil due to foactloaal monthly disturbance. Mtae espa elaUy for women it htlpt natare Follow label dlxecUoss. LYDIA L PIXXHJUFS lift WW? vi mm mm til The dignity and honor of funeral service are dependent uporr loyalty loy-alty to the ideals of Public Service, We fulfill the needs of humanity by serving each individual family to the best of our ability. 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