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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. UTAH ""r Du Pont Rides Bike Lammot Du Font, chairman of the board of the E. I. Du Pont de Ne-mours company, Wilmington, Del., lives up to the gas ration program by riding to work on a bicycle. For the first attempts at riding Mrs. Du Pont trailed behind him In an auto. Mexican President and Torpedo Victims v$A $KiKV' A ! President and Mrs. Avila Camacho are ahown (arrow) among the survivors of the S. S. Potrero del Llano, Mexican ship torpedoed off the coast of Florida, during the parade that was staged to welcome the mariners on their return to Mexico City. A big reception was given the sailors at the palace of fine arts while the whole country seethed with Indignation over the sinking of the Mexican ship. I'ffli Little Stories About Well-Know- n People: Pearson and Allen like to tell this story about F. D. R. . When he was a young lawyer he was retained to handle a difficult civil case. The rival attorney was an effective jury pleader and he completely outshone his youthful rival in the argument to the jury. However, he made one fatal mistake. He orated for sev-eral hours. As he thundered on, Roosevelt noticed the jury wasn't paying much attention. So when his turn came he rose and said: "Gentlemen, you have heard the ev-idence. You also have listened to my distinguished colleague, a bril-liant orator. If you believe him and disbelieve the evidence, you will de-cide in his favor. That's all I have to say." The jury was out only five min-utes and brought in a verdict for F. D. R.'s client. This la the reason for the H. L. that goes before Mencken's name. As a youth he had a little printing business and used to print cards with his name on for advertising purposes. But his father smashed all his black letter lower case "r's" so he had to print his name Hi L Mencken instead of Henry L and that's the way it has remained. Years ago in Wisconsin, a young man was 'chopping wood and acci-dentally hit himself in the foot with the axe. He moaned and groaned and his face was contorted in pain while his shoe was slowly being re-movedso the wound could be treat-ed. However, when the shoe was taken off it was revealed that he wasn't even scratched. One of the onlookers commented that he had a wonderful imagination and would make a great actor. His name Alfred Lunt When the piano Beethoven com-posed his music on was exhibited in a European museum, visitors were given the thrill of sitting down and playing it Everybody took advan-tage of that honor except Paderew-sk- i. When the museum guard asked him why be didn't sit down and play, he replied: "I do not feel worthy enough to touch it" ' Henry Clay, the eminent states-man,, knew how to say the right thing at the right time. A pretty young thing once reproached him for failing to remember her name . . . But Clay was equal to the oc-casion, replying gallantly: "I didn't recall your name, because when we last met I was sure your beauty and talent would soon compel you to change it." This Is one of the best squelches we have ever come across. A friend once told Vo-ltaire: "It Is good of you to say such pleasant things about an enemy when he always says such nasty things about you." To which Voltaire replied: Terhaps we are both mistak-en." When Marshal Foch visited Amer-ica he went to see the Grand Can-yon. As he stood looking down into the depths of the amazing natural wonder, reporters all around him waited breathlessly for a comment that would go down in history. Aft-er a few minutes of dramatic si-- - lence, the Marshal observed: "What a beautiful place to drop one's mother-in-l-aw!" Among other things, Oliver Wen-dell Holmes was a doctor, but he wasn't very successful in that pro-fession. Seems that people were a bit doubtful about the flippant medi-c- o who posted this sign above his shingle: "Small fevers gratefully re-ceived." Among the better tales about Cal-vin Coolidge's brevity is this: A re-porter was Interviewing him. "Do you wish to say anything about pro-hibition?" he asked. "No." "About the farm bloc?" "No." "About the World Court?" "No." The reporter turned to go. "By the way," said Coolidgc, "don't quote me."" Albert Einstein once had the mis-fortune to be a guest at a very dull party. Throughout the evening yawns ran wild ... At the end of the affair, the host remarked sym-pathetically to him: "I'm afraid you were terribly bored" . . . Einstein smiled and replied: "No. On occa-sions like this I retire to the back of my mind, and there I am happy." For the last five months of her life Marie Dressler's illness let her be up for a few days, then down Again getting worse all the time. Each week, no matter how busy he was, Louis B. Mayer used to take a brief case full of scenarios to her home. Her illness was never men-tioned. Mayer merely discussed sto-ries and plans for the future, ex-actly as if she were still working. Right through the last week of her life, Miss Dressier remairtd cheer-ful and ha pry because of Mayer's thoughtfulness. KA IaM DRkvrpeAKSON VljVl V?. TlijTf. Vitrei if fi'Srt Washington, D. C. HENDERSON'S WARNING Price Administrator Leon Hender-son told the house ways and means committee a lot more during his secret testimony than he afterwards disclosed to newsmen. Here are some Items which weren't made public: Henderson predicted that If the current levels of earnings are main-tained, the total national income this year will approximate 117 billion dollars, or 23 billions more than in 1941. On the other hand, due to the enormous war production demands, the supply of consumer goods will be 26 per cent less than last year. This wide disparity between pur-chari-power and available con-sumer goods, Henderson warned, is the great inflationary "explosive" factor. With a lot more money in people's pockets than supplies on which to spend it, a competitive situation develops that may set off i a catastrophic price runaway unt-ies drastically controlled. Excess. Illustrating this problem, Hender-son pointed out that about 31 billions of the estimated n national Income will be absorbed by taxes and savings, leaving 86 billions in spendable money. However, there will be only 69 billions of consumer commodities. This excess, he declared, is what must be kept in check in order to prevent it from setting in motion an inflationary spiral that would smash the nation's economic system. Tough as this problem is, Hender-son predicted that the situation will be even worse in 1943. He estimated that by next year purchasing power will be three times greater than in 1932 while the supply of consumer goods will be only the same as in that year, the pit of the depression. The price administrator told the committee that the only way disas-trous Inflation can be averted is by the most stringent government con-trols. . He said he fully realized that such measures as rationing and price ceilings might cause boot-legging and "blackmarkets." But he expressed the belief that patriotio publio opinion would powerfully militate against such lawbreaking. "In England," Henderson pointed nut "hnnllAircyinir nf tnrtA find nthur scarce commodities is causing so much public resentment that many are demanding that those who buy or sell on the 'black market' ? taken out and shot." BIG BUSINESS MIRACLES No one ever would have suspected it, but Harold Ickes, the New Deal's most violent baiter of big business, has been performing some quiet miracles in obtaining big busi-ness Not only is he now on good terms with the moguls of the oil industry, including such bitter political op-ponents as Joe and Howard Pew, leaders of Pennsylvania Republican-ism, but he has also been getting co-operation from the railroads and trucking companies. This is one of the few good things that has come out of the war. Ever since trucks began hauling freight, the feud between them and the railroads has been the toughest problem faced by the Interstate Commerce commission. But now Petroleum Ickes has persuaded the ancient ri-vals to make a friendly division of the tremendous oil transportation business whereby the railroads with-drew from short hauls, and turn business over to trucks, thus releas-ing tank cars for the longer and more economic hauls. For instance, a railroad tank car, with a capacity of 8,000 gallons, op-erating between Whiting, Ind., and the west side of Chicago, requires six days to make the "turn around." But a tank truck, capacity 7,500 gal-lons, can do the same "turn around" in five hours. Thus, one tank truck, working 24 hours, (and all such equipment is on a basis) would relieve the equivalent of 16 or 20 tank cars. These cars, in turn, are being placed on the longer hauls from the Gulf to the East coast Result of such economies and overtime operations is that railroads, which normally move practically no oil to the East coast are now mov-ing 650,000 barrels a day. Tankers (ships) normally supply 95 per cent of the East coast requirement but with the withdrawal of tankers, tank cars are being rushed into the breach. WIG WAGS The war department has asked congress for a $10 a month pay raise for West Point cadets. Pres-ent rate is $65. the department says it ought to be $75 because the pres-ent class will be $250,000 in debt when it graduates. The marine corps is urgently in need of Japanese translators and in-terpreters. If you have a working knowledge of Japanese, get in touch with the corps at once, either by writing to Washington or visiting the nearest recruiting station. mm Released by Western Newspaper Union. TWO FRONTS IN PRESENT WAR THERE ARE TWO FRONTS In the war in which we are engaged. They are the battle front and the home front Those on the battle front the youth of the nation, our sons and friends and relatives give unstinted support and obedience to their leaders, to those who plan and direct. They give to the last degree, to the sacrifice of life itself when life is called for. We on the home front must, and will, give all support and obedience to the leaders we have chosen to direct and plan for us. We must, and will, accept every sacrifice, pay any price, that may be demanded. We must do these things in order to provide those on the battle front with equipment they must have if they are to defeat the enemy. We will do our part and do it cheerfully. We will do it even more cheerfully if we know there is no favoritism being shown to any group or class, that all share in equal pro-portion in the price to be paid. We will do without those things it is necessary we do without that our soldiers and sailors may be sup-plied with the equipment, food and clothing they need, but ,we want all to make proportionate sacrifice. The farmer will work longer hours that the food supply may be con-tinued for those on the battle front, for those of us on the home front and for our Allies. He will do that without expectation of increased gain because of his extra efforts, but he would wish that others en-gaged in supplying the fighting forces might also be working long-er hours, putting forth greater effort, without the expectation of greater gain. The farmer will accept a strict limitation on the price of his labor as represented by the price he re-ceives for his product. He will do that to preserve this America we love, to prevent that monster in-flationfrom destroying us from within. He will do that even more cheerfully if he knows the men who build ships and planes and tanks and guns are also accepting a limi-tation on the price paid for their labor. The farmer hopes there will be no favoritism shown to the mart in the munitions factory or to the man who owns and operates that factory, but that all will pay pro-portionately. ine iarmer is an American. The man who works in the factory is an American. The man who owns and operates the factory is an Amer-ican. All have the same element of interest in defeating the enemy. All will suffer in proportionate measure should the enemy win, or share pro-portionately in the victory when we have won. The farmer hopes that all may pay proportionately of the price that must be paid for victory. The farmer hopes for a compara-tively simple law that would ration all commodities, each receiving an equal share of what can be pro-duced for use of those on the home front. He would like a price to be fixed on all commodities and serv-ices, that the producers of some articles or services might not be permitted to unduly profit while oth-ers could not, and that to include the price paid for work. He would like all to share propor-tionately in the longer hours and the greater effort, such as he is giving. He would ask that the man in the factory work 48 hours at the price per hour he has been paid for 40 hours, as being somewhere in line with the longer hours the farmer must work, with no extra compen-sation. These are things the farmer would like as being just to all, as a means of avoiding favoritism to one group or one class. a IF "STANDARDIZING" WAGES means further increases in wages during war times; if maintaining the 40 hour week means payment at time and one-ha- lf for all hours over 40 in munitions plants during war times, the public, and especially peo-ple of rural communities, will not lake kindly to the are proposition. They against any surrender to labor racketeers. And rural America elects more than 50 per. cent of the members of the house of represen- tatives. BING! BING! BING! Go the tires on the highways and each "bing" means another car out of commis-sion. The tires that blow out are usually those on cars going at an excessive rate of speed, and it is Just as well that the speed-heedles- s driv- ers should have to walk. Let us hope they cannot "thumb" a ride. RAILROADING IN WAR OF 1917-1- 8 ONE DAY EARLY IN 1918, I a press conference of Rail-roa- d Administrator McAdoo, who was running the railroads after the government had taken them over. It i thefartoeads wereef"ciency with being 'opera racEM fiaying 8 yards of Jack possible the cars from one trunk line to mie;,8aving haul That ? .W,een certain Points. story was impressive mm "Why do you'J' same song?" waS "It haunts me " iJNo, wonder, "y Mrs. Bjone, find with her mT1 telephone when "You nuTi phone. ClarJerZ "Yei'm," repliei ft, Seems sort ifulfy,j out o' ten it', At LelsTTV, Voice over phonal Sofosgoloposjs speJ "No, it is not." "Well, aren't you,-- . "There wasTt, lieyed my husband, before we were J at court. A case . found wanting. better dispositions tba; Jinx Bunk! Jeai both, and I never not ference. For 'Blood Bank' 1 vafcirfv.o mmmitr &sc&f"', .AviVMUViv.SaWuitMMMva Symbolizing the spirit of Maywood patriots who lost many sons on Bataan, Albert McArthur offers his blood for America's defenders. May-woo-d Is a suburb of Chicago. As China Entered Lend -- Lease Fold Dr. T. V. Soong, foreign minister of China, Is shown (left) with U. S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull at Washington as they signed the agree-ment that brings China into the master lend-leas- e setup. The agreement Is the same as that which exists between the United States and Great Britain. J. Fuller f, JERRY LR Talkln'toafellowthioj couldn't help thtnktn' tt folks claim they kit mind when the facto'Q is It's only vacant Which remind! me It really think straight li mlns, you'll eee whrlli folks about KELLOCKn that's because this fit extra-ric-h tn thi two most often short In ortb B, and D. And beta is a might; allclt-m- t Why don't you try Its A dtliciout ctreal thai (1 Of.) J Iht full mmmtmn vitamin D; 114 Iht daljwii I (poxmm I SALE! war UbB Flat Ptoillicu W. ll" IIP: I ll rata. j. I ib 111 oxp Gas Mask Drill on Pacific Coast Above Is a general view of a gas mask drill which was held in Oak-land, Calif., after civilian defense officials began distributing more than 20,000 gas masks to 10 Alameda county communities, as well as parts of three other counties. Masks will go to volunteer defense workers speci-fied by the Office of Civilian Defense. The coast Is getting ready for the Japs in more ways than one. Part of AEF ii (. 1 iVi nf iiffrttfii niii IliitlniWiiil Lieut. Betty Egad (left) of Boston, and Lieut. Helen Rocque of Lexing-ton, Mass., shown as they landed at a North Ireland port with an army nursing unit. Note the slacks. The girls were pact of ft huge AEF that arrived safely. Hitler and II Duce Talk It Over "HI $J l ,Vi ft A f This historic picture Just received in the U. S. shows the meeting Sahburr, Austria. General Jodel, second rrom left, explains to MnsJiini and Hitler a difficult point en the map. Japan was not represented. 'Honor Man' I Gen. George Marshall congratu-lates Cadet James Hottenroth of New York, honor man of the gradu-ating class at West Point, after pre-senting him with his diploma. |