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Show - Try AfUraoo ' (Bepttn Satar&ar ui . s. Bandar) Bva4ar Harald Fabllahad Bandar atoralas Publlahad by tha Herald Corporation. If loath Plrat Wart Btraat. Provo, Cub. Enurad aa aacoad elaaa matter at tba poatofflea la Ptoto, Utah, aaaar tba act of March t, 1171. atloaaa, Nlcol Itatbman, National Adrartia-h Adrartia-h rapramntaUTaa, Now Tork, Ban Fraaclaoo, Detroit, Boston, Lea Aasalaa, Chicago. lumber Ualtad ' Praaa. N. A. Sarrlea, tba . gerlppe , Leaae of Nwpapa adit Bareaa.ot ClrealaUoa, n "Libert? " throuah '- aa tha land" Tba Liberty Bail "beerlalo tarma by carrier I Cta , euunty, 5 eaata tha month, IJ.M tot. als months. In advance; ST.IO tha year. In adTaa ay nail anywbera In Onltad i Btataa or ! toaaeaatona l cent tha months for ala montaa; fS.7t.taa year la advasae."- ' "Borald a?ut aot aaadm flaanoiat :Te- ponarbfllty for aay arror "Valea 'may 'appear ! -ta adverttaementa pabttshed la rta elamaa, I a 'thOM taaraneea "wbara tba paper la at faalt, ft riu MBrii that -a' at tha adt artlMmaat .1 which tha - typof rapbteal mlatake aoeara, And God shall wipe away all tetn from their eyes; ftad there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, or crying", neither shall there be, . any more pam. Revelations 81t4 The mass of men lead lives of quiet desper-atioiu desper-atioiu H. D. Thoreau. , , ii L-M Waste No Wast el "The axis crashed in a deluge of pop bottle tops, chicken bones, dusty pen points and out-at-the-heels socks." You will never read that in j a headline or history text, but figuratively figura-tively speaking it can and may , happen. With most of us in this country-just country-just beginning to stir our stumps for victory, we can learn a very profitable profit-able lesson in the big importance of little things in winning a war. Best of all here is something everybody every-body can do and . it is going to take every man Jack and all his sisters, brothers, cousins and children to do the job. Every British home now has four cans for four types of waste needed lu uuii uie (lus uiuue. splits v.aii is for paper and rags, another for bones, the third for metal and the fourth for garbage. Not much of the horror of war there, or the glamor of battle, if there is any glamor left in war. It's much more exciting to wavea flag, march in a parade or spellbind the neighbors neigh-bors with a wjndy speech on what Wavell or MacArthur or Nimitz should have done. But if every American home had four such cans and filled them as quickly we should make a much better showing in that regard than Britain and here is what Britain showed: km dp a , w v .mam j mm fa. t- . l The salvage of waste paper alone sxved 25,000 tons of shipping space 1 w J "111 T I T wnicn couia oe usea ior more viicu materials. The London Passenger Transport Board reduced the thickness thick-ness of tickets by only .004 of an inch, thereby saving 480 tons of paper annually, and that paper is needed for cartridge wads. Most important, enough scrap metal old skillets, sardine tins, razor blades, toothpaste tubes rolled from those cans, junk heaps !, and city dumps to build 10 destroyers, destroy-ers, 10,000 tanks and 10,000 'anti-;, aircraft guns. ' That is only part of the British salvage salv-age system, but obviously it is more . than worth while. It could possibly" spell - the difference between defeat and victory, : therefore it becomes a ' necessity. ; Americans must join the junk drive. All communities by now should have organizations and resources re-sources to handle this job. Boy Scouts, schools, - f Sunday School classes, and dubs are collecting refuge, but they can't collect it if you do not save it for them. "Remember PectrrHdrbctodiMash 'em Mac-Arthur" Mac-Arthur" may bring youip with your fists clinched tighter than "Waste No Waste," but the latter packs a potential wallop. More State Barriers For years a conscientious group has fought the passage of state laws which tend to hamper the free flow of commerce between " the , states. Now Georgia's red-gallused governor, gov-ernor, Gene Talmadge, threatens to build intellectual barriers. He plans to ask the Georgia legislature to bar graduates of medical schools in other states from practicing in Georgia if those states recognize the American Medical Association's suspension of the University of Georgia Medical School from its accredited ac-credited list. Regardless of the merits or demerits de-merits of Talmadge's outcry, the results re-sults of his plan would be intolerable intoler-able both to medical graduates of Georgia and those of other states. It would erect a barrier to the free passage of medical and health knowledge when it is sorely needed for the armed forces and for home defense. . 450 Years After Columbus We can help the boys who are peeling potatoes in army camps by peeling our bankrolls. GiiiiHiiiiiiii! The e:si:; Washington Merry-Co-Round a r,:i, t:.... c wu,'. n i N.:nn.i Aff: b7 jm rev mm WASHINGTON Anyone with a map and the Japanese have good maps can figure out future U. S. offensive : strategy against the would-be rulers of the Pacific. . 1. To strike at the heart of Japan with bombing planes via Alaska and Siberia. 2. To use China to cut Japan's long supply line extending down below the equator equa-tor to Java. Regarding the latter strategy, the Japanese, if not careful, will get themselves in the same . .difficult and extended, position of ourselves and the British sending supplies thousands of miles to battlefronts half way round the World. - That is why -17. S. fmmrtions are being rushed to China by air, instead of by the old Burma road; so that China may be used as & base against the extended Japanese supply line. This, however, will take time. For supplies by transport planes can only go in driblets. Regarding the first strategy bombing attacks via Siberia the Russians have made their position quite- clear to us, and both Roosevelt Roose-velt and Churchill agree with them. They point , out: -. . -. -" 1. Vladivostok Is surrounded on two -Sides by Japanese, could be cut off rather 2 quickly, if used as a bombing base. 2. The Russians have sent some of their best troops and planes from Siberia to Mos- cow. f 3. Hussfa will join us in any real bomber bomb-er attack against Japan, but it has to be I a sustained and continued attack lasting for months - i . In other words, if we are merely going to send a few bombers over Japan, then say, to Moscow: "Gentlemen, we have run "out of bombers, bomb-ers, you carry on . alone," then the Russians aren't at all interested. They ; want 'to 'see ft continuous supply route, a row of good Alaskan . bases,. with a lot. of bombers in reserve. Then they will start blowing up Tokyo. '- - SLOW WORK IN ALASKA ' In regard to our present lack of Alaskan bases, nereis some unwritten history which is . significant In March, 1940, the House Military subcommittee on Appropriations killed a War . : Department appropriation of $14,000,000 for a I certain base in Alaska. When Governor Gruening of Alaska, who Was then in Washington, read about it next fciorning, he hit the Ceiling. With General Mar-- Mar-- shall he hot-footed it to the capitol, almost got down- on theif knees to Representatives Ross Collins of Mississippi, Lane Powers of New Jersey. Jer-sey. Francis Case of South Dakota, and J. Buell ' JSnyder of - Pennsylvania. . I . But thi congressmen were adamant. The . Alaskan base was too expensive. - ,. . . . . A mouth later, however,' , Hitler overran Robert ft. AUaa Norway and the base was put back into the bill. Later that summer, the Governor of Alaska had the ironic pleasure of welcoming this same subcommittee on a tour of inspection of the base which they had rejected in March. They stayed 24 hours. Congressman Snyder had his picture taken driving a nail and the base was started. NOTE: tt is going to take several bases, and a steady stream of planes flying- to Alaska before we are ready for any offensive "over the top of Asia." And so far, a t of the planes flown north by the army have cracked up in the Rockies partly because of sub-zero weather, weath-er, partly because of inexperienced pilots, partly becanse the Canadian Government has been slow in letting us develop the easier short-cut to Alaska across the prairies. MEBRY-rO-ROtTND As early as 1839, General "Hap" Arnold, Chief of the Air Corps, told officials of the Insular In-sular Affairs Bureau that if he were an enemy he would like nothing better, than thd assignment assign-ment of bombing Pearl Harbor. He pointed out that the Navy was always huddled close together to-gether in the harbor, that the harbor's mouth was narrow, making it difficult to get out, and that it was ft perfect target for an efficient effici-ent air attack . . . The Truman Committee is investigating sensational charges by the Long Beach (Calif.) Independent that southern California Cali-fornia airplane factories and shipyards are far behind schedule, having been delayed by cost plus charges, slowdown tactics, arbitrary union hiring, extortionate initiation fees, farcical inspections in-spections . . . It ht also charged that one plant, scheduled to be in full production, last June, is far from even fractional production. Meanwhile local plants stand empty awaiting government orders.- - I New influx into Washington is the Australian Austral-ian War Supplies Mission. Abotit 180 of them are coming to town . ; . Although a Democrat, Congressman Vincent Harrington- of Iowa made the Republican Lincoln Day address at LeMars, Iowa, last month. ; A government filing clerk found the name "John Bull" mentioned i correspondence .on lend-lease aid to England. She brought the letter let-ter to a superior and asked, "Who is Mr. Bull ?" . v. Congressmen are-alarmed by the threat of paper shortage, which may curtail Government Printing Office operations. In an election year, Congressmen count heavily on tons of free-mailed free-mailed literature for distribution - to constituents. constitu-ents. (Copyright .1942 by United Feature - .- Syndicate, Inc.) ;nay a ' . " MCar- Inflation Raises Its Ugly Mug Again; fxcess Is $116 Once News, Now History Twenty-five Years Ago Today : ' From the Files of THE PROVO HERALD March 1, 191? Plans for converting the old Provo opera house on First West street into an armory for members of Troop F who were expected home from Salt Lake City wunin a few days were discussed at a meeting called by Mayor James E. Daniels. A committee consisting consist-ing of Mayor Daniels, J. L. Lytel and S. H. Belmont reported mm Jesse Knight had offered the old opera house for $10,000 and bad also offered to donate $5000 toward to-ward the purohase price. Governor Gover-nor Simon Bamberger had assured $2500, leaving $2500 for the cm- lens to raise. The governor had also pledged about $2500 for re modeling the building. Col. C. E. Loose and his daugh ter, Mrs. Fay Loose Steihl, left for California where Col. Loose's son, Dean, a student at University bf California, was ill. Mrs. Loose was already at Oakland with her two sons, Dean and Clarence, who were both students. A front page editorial suggest ed the citizens support a move ment to send the championship B.T.U. basketball team to Chicago "where they will win the national championship." The B.Y.U. line-up Included Ralph Eggertsen, Me Donald, Glen Simmons, Tobe Ralle, and Andrus. J. . T. Farrer, cashier of the Provo Commercial & Savings Bank, and James McPhearson, of Green River, left" for Kansas and Missouri to purchase some pure bred Hereford sires for their herd of white-faced cattle in the south- easten part of the state. MINER FOUND DEAD BOISE. Tdaho, Feb. .28 (Hit) Coroner Clyde Summers todav teported 48-year-old Frank Gable, Hailey miner, died of Injuries suf. fered in a fall from a railroad bridge which crosses the Boise river west of here. uaDies ooay was rouna in a small stream of water below the bridge. He suffered a fractured skull when his head hit a rock. AUNT HET By ROBKBT GUILLEN "Amy's family never cared much for soup, but they get It now. She's found It's the easiest way to get enough victuals since she lost her teeth." - " . I Was Thinking BY ELSIE C. CARROLL I was thinking now. much good may come from the recent gift of Bibles by the army to the soldiers. President Roosevelt said in com manding the act, "Throughout the centuries men of many faiths and or 'diverse origins have found In this sacred book words of wisdom, counsel, and inspiration. It is the fountain of strength and now as always, an aid in the attaining of the highest aspirations." It is to be hoped that the boys in khaki will find the treasures within -the covers of the book. Nearly forty years ago Dr. Rich ard Green -Moulton, an eminent Bible scholar, said, "We have done almost everytmng it is possitne to do with the scriptures.. We have overlaid them with commentaries, translated and revised ... We have quarreled over revisions, discussed textual history ... There is one thing left to do with the Bible; simply to read it." There Is overwhelming evidence that to those who have read It, it has given rich rewards, Wil liam Lyon Phelps says that this book offers unmatched revelation of human nature and power to develop the best in man. To him It Is the world's f best textbook in human nature. He claims that everybody who has a thorough knowledge of the Bible may truly be called educated and that no learning can give a proper substitute substi-tute for it. Our western civiliza tion is founded upon it: Our ideas. our wisdom, our philosophy, our literature, our art, our ideals come from the Bible, morethan from all other books put together. It is a revelation of divinity and hu manity. He says "I thoroughly be lieve in a university education for both men and women; tut I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible. For in the Bible we have profound thoughts beautifully ex pressed; we have the nature of boys and girls, of men and women. more accurately charted than in the works of any modern novelist or playwright. You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.". , Many great . men have borne witness to tne benefits they have received from companionship with this great book. The revisers who gave us the-King James version said: '. "If we be ignorant, the scrip tures will instruct us; if out of the way, they ; will bring us home; if out of order, they will reform us; if in heaviness, comfort us; if dull quicken us; if cold, inflame us." Lincoln once wrote to a friend: I am profitably engaged' in reading read-ing the Bible. Take all of this book upon reason that you can and the balance on faith;-and you will live and die a better man.' A few days before Sir Walter Scott, himself the author of many books, -.died, he .said to his son-in-law Lockhart, "Read to me from the Book' "What book?" he was asked. ; Need you' ask? There is but one."" - Cranium Cracker! AUTO ACCESSORIES If the war continues very long, automobiles may become museum pieces so shift your mental gears into high and do some back seat driving on these questions. 1. What motor companies gen erally are known as the Big Three? 2. Were cars ever manufactured in the United States which were called Meteor, Comet, Moon, Star? S. Which was first used as BY PETER EDSON , Dally Herald Washington ' Correspondent . WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 Saying Say-ing things, in terms of billions of dollars the way government statisticians do doesn't mean much to the average person and may not mean much to the economists econo-mists themselves, for no one ever Saw a billion dollars except as a figure on a piece of paper. Thus, most people get lost when it's mentioned glibly that national In-Come In-Come will rise from the $90 biHfon of 1941 to $101 billion in 1942 with taxes and savings at $21 billion. 1 leaving, ft net national Income of $80 billion while production of civilian consumer goods and services serv-ices drop from the $74.2 billion of 1941 to an estimated $65 billion for 1942. Whew! When you divide all those figures fig-ures by ISO million the estimated population of the country to find out what's going to happen to the average inhabitant, then these figures begin to make sense. Performing Per-forming that trick, you determine these approximate . but simple facts: The per capita Income In 1942 will rise to $777. ($101 billion divided di-vided by 130 million.) The per capita savings and taxes will be $161. ($21 billion divided by 130 million.) The per capita net income in-come lyin be $616. ($777 minus $161.) The per capita production of civilian goods and services will be $500. ($65 billion divided by 130 million.) , Now, subtract that $500 worth of goods and services which will be available to civilians from the $616 per capita net income. The difference is $116. Some' Left Over h What that $116 represents is the difference between what the mathematical average person has to spend ($616) and the amount of goods and services that will be made available for ' the average person to buy. ($500 worth.) This $116 per capita average ex cess spending power is what's worrying the economists and con gressmen and treasury experts and the people who have to get up the new tax bill. It's worrying them . more, even, than the pos standard equipment, balloon tires self-starters or four-wheel brakes? 4. What motor manufacturing company' started as a. buggy maker? 5. In addition to . Detroit name two other Michigan cities which are sites of automobile factories. Answer on Page Five sibilitles of a Jap or a Nazi in vasion. What worries ; them is what you and you and you all 130 million of you are going to do, collectively, with your indi vidual $116, which adds up to $15 billion. At first ' glance, you say why worry about a lousy $116 ft head for poor joe Doakea, his wife and three kids. Isn't it dandy that tn Doakes family is going to : have five times $116 or $530 more to spend. Let 'em. go buy that new car, those new tires, that new radio, and stop at two movies 4nd . night club on "tha way home. f V That's just where things get dif ficult . Supply Slips- , You can't buy a new auto. YoU can't buy a new tire. Pretty soon there won't be new radios or refrigerators. re-frigerators. But that extra money is burning a hole in your pocket. You go to the stores and you start buying. Business gets good. But because factories are now making goods for war, the supply of goods for you to buy goes way down. Meanwhile, there is an increasing in-creasing demand from the buyers, all with this mathematical average aver-age $116 more to spend. Buyers start competing with each other. What follows is that prices start rising and the next thing you know you have' dat ol' debbil inflation. in-flation. That's what worries the national smart men. Nobody loves a fat man when his name is in flation. The question then is what to do with that, extra $116 that every man, woman and child theoretically theo-retically is going to have .this year. No one will stand for hav ing his pay reduced; his profits cut. . ." -! ... There are suggestions for enforced en-forced sayings plans various proposals to take 10 per cent of everyone's pay envelope away and give defense bonds in exchange, and make. the bonds in such form that they couldn't 4e cashed till after the war is over.. The advantage ad-vantage of this is it might give everyone ft cushion of- post-war spending capacity. The government Will take some of that $116' in increased taxes. Just how much is a question. Some tax experts think the government gov-ernment should take it all. Gosh knows the government will need it The only hesitancy is over thte question of how much bf ah Increased In-creased tax load you'll stand for. b SERIAL STORY I ( J t Jt iv JKj ) 1 KWliy A BY HENRY iBBLLAMANN " n v tA CftVlCC. ittCl TIME IS SHORT CHAPTER XVI 46CAY--when are, you 1$o1h to Europe? Not soon?" In September." . "Whyn't you tell me?w I didn't know It until today.' "Say that's tough! Ill b darned if I know what I'm. going to do without you." Drake thwacked Parris resoundingly to lessen the sentiment of the re-3aark. re-3aark. Tarris, you and me Mvfe been In pretty much the same kind of boat so much of the time. You remember I said that 'right here at this corner about three years ago. We still are, in lots of 'ways. My girl cant see me, and won't, and yours cant come out In the open either and go around with you like other girls and their fellows." fel-lows." "Cassie's not exactly my girl, Drake. Dr. Tower is very peculiar pe-culiar P , V "I should say he is. I think he's kind of-crazy keeping Cassie shut up all the time away from everybody. every-body. But Dr. Gordon's not crazy. He .just don't ttkeine.'l "Drake, you take on like everything every-thing was over. You can get things fixed up all right" "Oh, let me alone! You dout know how I feel. Dont talk to me, Parrts, I I Just cant itand any more." He turned quickly and almost ran tip Federal street "POR the first time Parris drew x back a little front Drake to get a better perspective. He realized, fts he never had, that Drake could be completely Illogical find inconsistent, incon-sistent, and then feel tefrlbly hurt because he was misunderstood. A new and deep fear for Drake eros like a physical ache in his heart Drake was .the best friend he had, probably the best he would ever have.., But even as he thought about it he knew that his hopes for Drake had always been uncritical.- The chances of terrible frustration frustra-tion lay deep in Drake's character chances, even, of disaster, p ARRIS worked hard. : He read day and night and for the first time prepared digests for his read tng for Dr. Tower. ' There was a Conspiracy of ei- lence among Madame's, older friends. Most of them krtfew Of Parris' almost fanatical devotion to his grandmother. They looked at him a little pityingly, but said nothing. Even Drake seldom, asked about Madame," but he. knew, i? . Anna looked with wide, dry, wondering eyes at the seemingly unbreakable old woman, Sa ftEtfibt and thin now. she scarcely dented the heaped-up pillows. Each day she smiled and spoke casually to Parris. Then she gave over to the interminable hours of incredible horror one minute at a time until un-til tomorrow. - touring the next two weeks, Dr. Gordon came every day. It was no longer possible to put Parris oft with childish answers. He was eating breakfast absent-, ly and gloomily. Anna came downstairs. He looked up quickly. "She is terribly ill, isnt she, now?" "Very ill, yes. But the weather will be cooler soon it is, usually better the last two weeks of August Au-gust you know." Parris went quietly upstairs and into his grandmother's room. The table was covered with medicines. A hypodermic case was lyong open: the needle and piston evidently freshly 'dried had not been replaced. re-placed. He picked up the tube of white tablets and read the label. Just then Anna returned, He pointed at the hypodermic case. Anna blanched a little. "How long has has this been necessary,. Anna??, His .voice shook slightly. . . "For several weeks, Parris." " He waited as if he could not say the next word. He picked up the shining hypodermic needle and laid it down attain. J "Cancer?" He was surprised that he could say it , Anna v answered' in -the same tone of voice. "Yes, Parris." ; "Why wasn't I toM?" . . "Madame wished it Parris. She wanted you to finish' your work without worry. She insisted, Par-rie; Par-rie; she made tne promise." "Yes, yes. I guess so. So that's it! But why did she make plans for me to go to Europe in September? Septem-ber? Didn't she doesn't she know?" , - ; "Yes, of course she knows. She she thought; she would live through September." The last tinge of color left his face.,. Anna moved instinctively "And she wont Is that what you mean?" . , "It is impossible that she should live more than a few days. I had made tip my mind after Dr. Gordon's Gor-don's visit yesterday to tell you." He turned and left the room without speaking. Anna heard the door of his room close softly. . VpARRIS!" . Cassie's voice over the telephone sounded hur ried and anxious. "Listen, Parris. I've got to see you." "Oh, I can't now, Cassie ' Parris, I wouldnt call you t it wamVtoportanU- - .. "All right Nine o'clock at the M , 1 . . M M course she couldnt understand what was happening to him Just now. He'd have to tell her. , But Cassie had come to tell him. "You know well you love vour Grandmother trriWv mur-h. don't you?" ' Shes all my world, Caaiiie,w "Everybody's been trying to keep you from knowing bow sick she is." Parris 5id aoj reply. 'Cassia's words struck through him. "Parris," she took hold of his anna una. . shook ' ium sugouy "Parris, your grandmother is dying, dy-ing, and they dont tell you!" "Who told you?" He asked the question roughly. - - - "Papa talked to Dr. Gordon, I guess. You know you're the only person I -ever saw Papa be interested in-terested in. Your grandmother la dying of cancer. I know how you feel about her and Parris, darling, dar-ling, I was afraid of what the sudden sud-den shock might do to you. I guess it's been Just as much of a shock the way I've told you. . . ." "No It's ;aU fright, Cassie. $ knew ft." , v . They sat in silence for a long while, watching the fireflies, and then talked ' in gentle voices of other things. . , .. . t,. . - "IH have no' one when you leave, Parris," Cassie whispered. '."You're not like anybody 'else, Parris. Do you know that?? f "I don't know. How, Cassie? "Of course, I don't know anybody. any-body. But I just know -you're altogether different Even Papa says you are." "Does he? Tve wondered what he does think about me. I like him an awful lot Cassie. He's taught me everything.? , , . - "I wouldnt want you to be different dif-ferent When I think about you, you seem kind of mysterious, almost al-most Just kind of enigmatic Papa talks about you sometimes not often.! "What does he really say about "Welt he said one day that you were now, let mo jsee, I want to get it just right He said you were a very tare " personality." "What do you suppose he meant by that?" ' ul dont know; He said you were going. to be a great doctor someday.'! . ' . -1 Parris stopped and held her by the arms. "Listen, Cassie: I want to be a good doctor a great one if I can. fWhen I come back-maybe, back-maybe, somehow the timell pass quickly when I ''come back will you marry me?" , . . t- r - To bo tWaUaaedJ -- |