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Show n D D 0 0 Unhappy Birthday The Third Reich didn't have a very happy birthday party in Berlin on Saturday. There was no flag waving, by official order. There was a rather dispirited droop to the oratory. And there were those impudent neigh bors frorn across the channel who had the bad taste to heckle the speakers. The RAF's birthday "singograms" came whining down from the skies and landed with a disconcerting thud just about the time Goering and Goebbels were clearing their throats before launching forth in the familiar defense of the boss as Europe's savior. It must have been most disconcerting, dis-concerting, for it didn't give the speakers any chance to amend their remarks in the light of most recent developments. Goering, Goebbels and Hitler had selected Russia as the main target of their anniversary remarks, and there was no time to change signals. To be sure, Goering had an hour of unfortunate unfor-tunate interruption in which he might have made some alterations or additions. addi-tions. But it is conceivable that the Reichsmarshal, between the hours of 1 1 and xioon on Saturday, was more concerned with the protection of his ample and bedizened bulk than he was in the contents of his manuscript. So when the all-clear sounded and Goering gathered up his speech and dignity, his tilt with the ogre of Bolshevism Bol-shevism went on as scheduled. While he spoke to the assembled soldiers of Germany's efforts in the East to save Europe from a fate worse than democracy, de-mocracy, his audience must have been listening -with one ear while the other was cocked for the familiar drone of enemy bombers. And while Goering held forth upon the struggles and dangers confronting them in Russia, the soldiers must have had the uncomfortable feeling that there was also some danger from other quarters. Significantly absent was the familiar off-stage chorus of "Heil Hitlers" except at the very end, and then Goering had to lead the cheers himself. It must have been a bit uncomfortable, uncomfort-able, too, for Goebbels' civilian audience, audi-ence, who went through a second bombing as a prelude to the after noon's main address. The Reich Propaganda Minister told them that "Our confidence in our soldiers is unlimited. un-limited. Our confidence in the fuehrer cannot be surpassed at xxll." There wasn't much aid or comfort in the message. Hitler, of course, told the old, old1 story of his 10 years of power. But for the first time Goering and Goebbels uttered some statements state-ments that bore the ring of truth. Goering asserted that "Nobody can judge, those being led without always al-ways thinking of the leader. This exemplifies ex-emplifies the relation between the German people and their leaders." He'll get a good deal of agreement on that. As for Goebbels, no one will question ques-tion his statement that " 'Battle' was the slogan in those days of the National Na-tional Socialist movement from its very inception and 'Battle' has remained re-mained our slogan unto this very, day." ' ? At least one of Goebbels' sentences can be chosen as common. "It is obvious," said he, "why our enemies storm against the new Reich as if desperate and from all sides." It is indeed obvious, Herr Goebbels. And we shall try to bring it home to vm i pvpti more clearlv as the war progresses. We must do our utmost in order to avoid the sad happenings of 1918. Nicholas von Kallay, Hungary's quisling prime minister. toIlar-a-Year en Increasii FEBRUARY 7, 1943 f THE WASHINGTON m By PETER EDSON Dally Herald Washington Correspondent Secretary of Agricultu Claude WIckard's refusal to ta into his Food Administration ganization some 50 or so dollar a-year men transferred with val ious food industy branches frof the War Production Board is line with recommendations whi the Truman and Tolan congrd sional committees have been mal ing for over a year. Despite the recomemndations, the number dollar-a-year men in WPB has, anything, been increasing instd of diminishing. One thing is noticeable.' type of dollar - a - yearling changing. Two years ago m of the appointees were chai of boards of directors, co ation presidents and top fina officers. Now the tendency is name operations men, gen managers and practical prod uon experts. Correct name for paratroops is "The Airborne Command," b the newest nickname for hundref or thousands of Army and Nal officers holding down desk jq ii Washington is, "The Chal borne Command." Mortgages on hundreds of cI lege and university fraterni houses may be paid off at go ernment expense as one une: pected result of the Army-Na program of specialized educati for uniformed personnel. The! are Greek letter fraternities onjy 125 of the 1700 U. S. cd leges, and practically all of t fraternity houses may be tak over for use as dormitories the student soldiers and sailo The services will make pri contracts with the colleges dormitory facilities, paying tj colleges at the rate of appro imately $120 per bed per yei Most of this money will be pas; on to the fraternities as sub-con tractors, and in addition the armed services will pay costs of heating, light and water. If a fraternity house has a dormitory capacity of 50 beds, that will mean that the fraternity frater-nity will get up to $6000 a year, and since there is no upkeep, all this money can be applied to reducing re-ducing the mortgage. Horrible Example! Government officials i nter- ested in checking inflation and the black market are pointing now to Puerto Rico as the horrible example of what happens when price rationing gets out of hand. One recent report to the Puerto Rican Chamber of Commerce lists these retail prices: Cigarets, 75 cents a pack; to matoes, 40 cents a pound; pota toes, 35 cents a pound; local poultry, poul-try, $1 a pound; ham and bacon, $1 to $1.50 a pound; goat meat (60 per cent bone.) 75 cents a pound. So short is the meat supply that old-fashioned rustling of livestock has broken out in some parts of the island and the authorities auth-orities have been faced with a formidable black market. A senatorial investigating committee com-mittee under Dennis Chavez of New Mexico, on the island now, will return soon and report. Acuteness of metal shortages is indicated by two recent Washington Washing-ton orders. One, issued by WPB, reducing to 5 per cent the tin con tent of toothpaste tubes, will save only 100 tons of tin, but the sav ing is important. Another order, issued by the Army, replacing metal buttons on soldiers uniforms uni-forms with molded plastic, will save only 180 tons of brass, but that too is considered important. Now We're Short of Unskilled Labor- Office of Defense Transporta tion officials in charge of bus transportation now say that the shortage of manpower is having mbre effect In curtailing pper ,W IEN AND WHERE TO FILE RETURNS For individuals generally, in come lax returns for the calen- ) dar year 1942 must be filed not later than midnight of March 15, 1943, and they should be filed as soon as possible after January 1, 1943. Some individuals, operating businesses, keep their books on a fiscal year basis, that is, for a 12-month period ending on the lasr day of some month other than December, and returns of such individuals are due on or be fore the 15th day of the third ERRY-GO-BOUflD A Daily Picture of What's 52S5. Going on in National Affairs aCtfvle,dt WASHINGTON The shipowners lobby to in-J crease war profits fired its first shot behind closedi doors the other day in the Senate Commerce Committee. Com-mittee. It resulted in a duel between Senator Ben-T nett Clark of Missouri outspoken foe of the ship-ping ship-ping lobby, and Senator George Radcliffe of Maryland, Mary-land, wVo ran interference for the shipowners. Radcliffe announced that he was planning to of-, fer a bill to nullify Section 902, he so-called "enchancement "enc-hancement clause" of the Maritime Act of 1936. This provides that when shins nrp seized hv tne government, smpowners shall be paid pre-war prices, not enhanced by the emergency. jj Comptroller General Lindsay Warren since has ruled that all ship prices must be governed by the.-: market value of ships on September 8, 1939 the date of, an emergency proclamation by the Presi- dent. But the shipping lobby is demanding that theOl "enchantment clause" be amended to make it pos-J tit Once News . . Now History Twenty-Three Years Ago Today imnnilfflOFl REVEALS GAIN Only skilled technicians can operate oper-ate . democracy butyrUelHgentand responsible direction is tji& first necessity ne-cessity if the mechanisms are not to run 'amuck. President Everett Case of Colgate University. ' From the Files Of The Provo Herald Feb. 6, 1920 A front page story said The Herald had fairly definite information infor-mation that a large iron smelter and coke plant would be established estab-lished op the shores of Utah lake. (This was just prior to establishment establish-ment of the Columbia Steel plant at Ironton). "The plant may be near Provo, but it is just likely to be near Goshen. ... In any event it will mean a big industry for the county coun-ty and it will make of Provo a much larger city. . . .." The possibility pos-sibility of piping gas, a by-product, to Salt Lake, thus relieving the smoke problem at the capital, was mentioned. A warning by the U. S. public health service said: "Beware of bootleg liquor for much of it con tains - wood alcohol and other poisons. An ordinary swallow of wood alcohol may produce death or blindness. Don't risk it." Reports indicated the severe influenza in-fluenza epidemic was subsiding. From Provo Bench came the report re-port that Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jones, 31 and 27, respectively, had died the same day of the disease. The city commission took official of-ficial action changing the name of Academy Avenue to University Avenue. With Brigham Young university succeeding Brigham Young academy the significance of the name, Academy Avenue, had long since become obsolete. Jack Dempsey, h eavyweight rhamnlnn of the worldi was re actions than the shortages of torted "in dee water and find- gasoline and rubber. Difficulty in ing navigation rather difficult." getting mis drivers is just a The ; trouble -seemed to be marital SALT LAKE CITY .Feb. 6 (U.R) An increase tf 9.45 per cent over thjcudinff,, period of 1941-1942 brought Utah's total revenue fronf $8,101,005 to $8,-869,750, $8,-869,750, according to a report issued is-sued today by Commission Cashier A. A. Firm age. The income from the sales and use taxes from July 1 1942, through January 31, 1943, was $4,463,066 practically half of the total tax collections. Duing the same 7-month periods of 1940-41 and 1941-42 the' sales and use tax totals were $3,001,-020 $3,001,-020 and $3,593,268, respectively according to the report. This represents rep-resents an increase of 24.21 per cent in the 1942-43 months over the next preceding period. . The increase is due largely to greater consumption of beer and cigarets. Beer taxes jumped 69.82 per cent from $70,069 to $118,975, and cigaret taxes climbed 45.69 per cent from $255,309 to $371,958 in the compared periods. This was partially offset by a 5.33 per cent increase in motor fuel taxes from $2,818,199 down to $2,668,066 in the same time. fourth of the problem. Finding Competent mechanics to keep the aging equipment . in operation is equally as difficult,: and; finding unskilled workers to service the busses is a problem v as big, ' as b$thF skilled labor . requirements combined.' ' - -WPB boss Donald M. Nelson was explaining at a press confer ence the difficulties Of scheduling the production parts for airplanes, ships, tanks, pipelines, refineries and buildings. He cited as ex amples of parts that had to be scheduled for all these uses. valves, measuring i instruments and heat exchangers, "What's a heat exchanger?" asked one reporter. "A meeting between you and General Somervell?" Somer-vell?" . Office of War Information plans to issue a report to the nation na-tion on the food situation. Investigators Investi-gators have been out through the country checking tip on supplies, reserves, consumption' by . the armed services as well as civilians and lend-lease shipments. Idea of the1 reports is ' to tell the people difficulties in the wake of charges that' he .was a slacker during the World war. ;M With reference to his war record, several fellows are in clined. to ; think that it was the Tire Inspection Rules Evaded Q What foods will definitely not be rationed? A Bread, cereals, fresh vegetables vege-tables and fresh fruit. Q What school is the home of the first women's ROTC ? A University of New Hampshire, Hamp-shire, Durham, N. H. Women are trained for service in auxiliaries of U. S. armed forces. Q- What important mineral has Turkey agreed to deliver to Germany ? A Chromium, important in making super-hard steel alloys. Q- Can soldiers have as much coffee as they want? A No. Their limit has been cut to 40 cups a month. q why is Georgievgk, wrested from the Nazis by Russia, of military mili-tary importance? A It is one! of the most important im-portant railway junctions in the Caucasus. fiscal year. Individuals who have been out side the Americas continually for a period of 90 days or more are allowed an extension of time amounting to the length of the residence outside the Americas. plus 90 days (but not beyond the 15th day of the third month following fol-lowing the close of the present war, ,in which to file their income in-come tax return. Also, an individual indi-vidual who is a prisoner of war or otherwise detained by an enemy en-emy country or by enemy forces, or who is in the military or naval forces of the United States serving serv-ing on sea duty or outside the continental United States, is al-loweduntil al-loweduntil the 15th day of the third month following the month in which such status ceases or the present war is terminated, whichever which-ever is earlier, to file return and make payment of tax. In unusual circumstances a resident individual may be granted gran-ted an extension within which to file a return upon application to the collection of internal revenue rev-enue for his district, if appropriate appro-priate reasons are shown. If the extension is granted, the taxpayer tax-payer is subject to an interest charge of 6 per cent per annum on the amount of tax payable, from the original due date until paid. Returns must be filed with the collector of internal revenue for the district in which the taxpayer maintains his legal residence or place of business. Taxpayers witl: no legal residence or place oi business should mail their return: to the collector of internal reve nue, Baltimore, Md. If returns ar filed by mail, they should be mailed in ample time to read the collector's office under ord inary handling of the mails on o before th6 due date. sible for them to receive the 1013 "going market" i . a. 4 nnn y mm r Piac, nut me xtycuj uriLi'. lur Siiins stiiz-u nv me i - a l w : covernment or sunk . ?. , a. A Senator Radcliffe didn't go this far, but hetM favored legislation permitting shipowners to sue thetf guvtniraent in Liie Louri or tiaims ior me auierence 77 01 month VoUong th'e c!oSe of SSJ 'b Septemb.r ; 1943 estimated price. CLARK SHOOTS AT PROFITS However, the Marylander's efforts to sell into the 3V 1 1 mmmittpp on thf "pnmnrnmis-" r.in intn n TTnitrh 1 o-ie stiff-arm from Clark of ' Missouri. J. Your proposal, if enacted would open the door to the collection of millions of dollars of unearned r,s profits from the government," Clark told Rad- fore the emergency, when labor and material costs were low, yet you would make it possible for the owners to collect the full 1013 market, value for? them. Furthermore, your proposal would mean that the government would, in effect, be buying back 1 . 4-1 4. ,i . , . . - vua.L Liie lhx payers money ncipea D'.uia. ior nearly Jl all Drivate Shirt rnnstrueion br! hp.in cnHcirli'mrf a Hrl i ffn q rmtol tViif 4 1 1 .... . , . . 1 . , 1 .... Avtvvjiii ti. i t , 1 1 v v 1 1 in l iin i i (t i ' ii l iii-ouiiu for believing that the "enhancement clause" violated vyuiJOLuuuuiiai iuviwuh inut a jusl ana reason a aDie once De Dam tor nronerrv rpnnisitmnM v w i "j the PDVprnmer. t if c-3 - "TVi ii- - . & '" oiujuwiiria an; gt-uin;; a i;nr price now, judging Dy tne amount of their investment," Clark shot back. "I don't intend to have the government robbed. Ihad a hand imvriting the 'enchantment ! clause' with former Senator Hugo Black, now on the Supreme Court, and I won't permit it to be', emasculated -without a fight." Sensing that the majorj-ty of the committee was against him. Radcliffe nulled i nounced he would postpone his bill until he had ' : "talked it over" with the Missouri Senator i Workers Set New Record in Making Surgical Dressings Managers of tire inspection sta' tions in some cases are not fol lowing instructions concerning tire dav's workers pased the S 4.2 .1 4.1 1 1 - inspeciiun unuci Liie mileage it- quota. With a total of 5094 surgical dressings made Thursday at the Red Cross rooms in the Armory, the unit announces that lnurs- daily tioning plan The following procedure is required re-quired by law before an irispec-' tion agent can recommend recaps for tires: The casing must be removed re-moved from the wheel; it must be placed in a machine spreader for complete inspection! the inspection agent must sign application for recaps if recommended. If an inspection agent is not honest in his work and if mistakes are made, his license will be. revoked, revok-ed, officials said. "Dishonesty and misrepresentation in tire inspection inspec-tion will defeat the purpose as set up by the federal rationing board." keep Dempsey away from the firing fir-ing line because they wanted him fight 'promoters who arranged to as a meal ticket," the story said. Eighty-two women and high school girls were busy at the Red Cross center, during the evening session, announces Mrs. L. F. Moore, chairman of the surgical dressings unit. Morning and afternoon aft-ernoon sesions are also held. Mrs. Moore urges all women and girls to help out with this important work if possible. Mrs. Moore feels it would be a wonderful wonder-ful feat if Provo could be the first city JLp pass the total quota, and reports that, at present, the work is far behind. Additional tables have been placed in the Armory work room and there is a need for more chairs. Anyone having chairs to give or loan to the unit is asked to call Mrs. Ralph Naylor. Utah Verse Or just any quiet thing that had no pain, I might even be content to be drizzling rain, Bat then, If I could choose, be free. the fact of food, to allay fears j 1 suppose rd prefer to be, just me. of fihortage and provide an un- May Weight Johnson derstanding.of rationing-.-. I - Contributions for this column should be sent to Mrs. Jessie J. Dal-ton, Dal-ton, 524 South First East street, Springville, Utah. Enclose self-addressed, self-addressed, stamped envelope if return of copy is desired. A CREED FOR YOU SOLDIER As you go placidly amid the noise and haste, Think of the lull there may be in silence. Let no aftermath linger Behind the hope in your far-reaching eyes. May your courage parallel your desires. May your faith be no less Than the force that makes it enough. It your soul should be less high Than your heart may yearn. May it take rebirth and become .Equivalent to a tangible dream . Designed to glorify your heart. Revel in achievement, and take delight in planning. No matter what your assignment Change it to aspiration, And hold fast to the strength That comforts you. SOMETIMES Sometimes I think I'd like to be Something else besides just me. A cozy chahrby a lighted fire, The muted strings of a ministrel's lyre; The silent pause after church bells toll. Or an aimless arrow that missed it's goal T might be content if I could be A white cap drifting on a restless sea; May Weight Johnson 4-11 Clubs Await Anniversary Week Utah county 4-H clubs will inaugurate in-augurate 1843 activities by observing ob-serving national 4-H mobilization week February 6-14, according to Miss Rhea Hurst, county home demonstration agent. Some of the local clubs are planning plan-ning observances, and a series of broadcasts is being arranged under un-der the direction of the extension service, with leading "four-aich-ers" participating. National 4-H mobilization week was proclaimed in a proclamation proclama-tion by President Roosevelt, according ac-cording to Miss Hurst. Purposes of the week are: To provide 4-H members opportunity oppor-tunity to decide their own responsibilities respon-sibilities in achieving the family production and conservation goals; to encourage members of each county to produce foods at least equivalent to the amount needed by the rural men and women now in the armed forces from such country; and to enlist as many young people for membership as possible in all rural areas, particularly par-ticularly those living on farms, in some phase of the 4-H club war program. Miss Hurst said a membership of 750 4-H boys and girls will be sought in Utah county this year. AUNT HET By ROBERT QUnAJSN 1 -didn't give my two boys. They just went. And If anybody deserve any credit for patriotism, I want them to. have an, of it,?.' , GASOLINE RECIPROCITY Lugging his golf clubs to the Chevy Chase club. 1 n tne dus the other day went Argentina's Ani ugcuuui -i i uui: i ..Mill it i i m on T n niir t . 4 ... ' - WU'J W f J 3 T-Kl It! ))Tnr nnn . . , " a . ... . " ""uii.i-vuuuijuui vjr ai t iti jvnus. vs oipiomatt i-3y are not subjected to gas rationing, but they ;lieve in saving gas anyway. Among other golfers at the club was British i ounselor of Embassy Hoyer Millar. He also had ed the bus. Later, in a limousine, arrived -uguay's Ambassador Juan Carlos Blanco, good iend of the USA, but relatively new in Washing-?n. Ambassador Blanco looked a bit sheepish at cing few cars at the Chew Chase club. "How did you come here?" he asked the Brit-! h Counselor. "On the bus." i "How aid you come?" he ask.'d the British Coun- I :lor. "On the bus." I "And how did you come? Vmbassador Espil. "I came on the bus, too.' he asked Argentina I I Die Uruguayan Ambassador, "I 1 "Well," said ;arnp by car. j "Down in my country." he continued with a I winkle in his eye, "all the Americans ride around i.i big limousines, while we walk. So ud here I drive j iround in a limousine. I believe in Cordell Huirs re-1 ciprocity." j1 As he left the club, however, he said: "Next I time, I come by bus, too." FREEZING AUTOS Many anti-freeze mixtures being sold today ars nothing much but salt wrater. This prevents freezing, 'out also causes corrosion. ? TV. T, . C 04. ,I 1 - 1 4. 4. " ji iic ijui cttu vi 3Liiiiyaj . -.j iuaue leaLs 01 f a : c . i . . . me aiiLi-treezie preparaiions now on me marKet, ami finds that many are merely solutions of salt, plu3j chemicals intended to preverrt corosion. But these chemicals, though they may work in laboratories, do j not work in the auomobile, and the mixture doesj considerable harm. Best way to test an anti-freeze mixture, ac- cording to Bureau of Standards, is to put a little -i in an iron frying pan (not aluminum) and boil it until the liquid has evaporated. If there is a residue: of brine, you know you have been sold salt water--:, in a fancy can at a fancy price. One reliable anti-freeze these days is alcohol I if you can get it. ' MEDICAL, RED TAPE Certain heads are falling in the Surgeon Gen eral's Office of the Army because of delays in thi acquisition of medical and surgical supplies fox ' the armed forces. . ? Papers went from the Surgeon General's Officer to the Army and Navy Munitions Board to author-V ize purchase of surgical equipment, drugs, bandages,-etc. bandages,-etc. The papers got lost. The Surgeon General's Of-: '.ce blamed the Army-Navy Munitions Board, &nd the ANMB blamed the SGO. Investigation disclosed the papers had cleared ; the ANMB in three days, had returned to the SGO i and had lain there for three weeks unattended. S (Copyright,. .1943, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) |