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Show f n 9 ad Clair Taylor Keigley The sudden passing of C. T. Keigley, Keig-ley, Columbia Steel company's Utah executive for 0 years, came as a . . ... r t . 1 1 severe shock to his host ot Inenas ana acquaintances. A resident of Provo since, 1923, Keigley was an outstand- ing figure, not only in industrial management, man-agement, the field in which he won signal success, but also as a public-spirited public-spirited citizen interested in every movement for community welfare. "Keig" was a loyal friend, a splendid splen-did neighbor, and always a devoted husband and father. Endowed with courage c4 convictions and dogged determination to pursue what he considered con-sidered was the right course of action, ac-tion, he was at the same time sound in his judgment and fair in his dealings. deal-ings. From our midst a friend has gone who left a grand record of a job well done. The Columbia Steel company loses one of its most valued associates asso-ciates and Provo loses a distinguished distinguish-ed citizen, one whose place will be hard to fill. The Daily Herald offers condolence condol-ence to the bereft family, friends and fellow workers of the departed. Unused Soldiers Senator Green of Rhode Island begged the question, when he tried to prove the Army's case for putting 8,200,000 men in uniform by the end o this year. He failed entirely to answer an-swer the argument 6f President Green of the A. F. of L., who said on the Jame day: ' "What a tragedy it would be if at the end of 1943 we find ourselves with millions of unused men in uniform uni-form soldiers who can not be transported trans-ported to fighting fronts while our industrial force is too small to man war plants as well as produce food and clothing for ourselves and -the nations dependent upon our civilian industries.'! Iru begging the question, however, Senator Green unintentionally indicted indict-ed the men who control the nation's industrial policies. I We can arm, transport and supply he 8,200,000, man army and still be the arsenal and the granary of democracy, de-mocracy, Senator Green said, by doing do-ing certain things to make our remaining re-maining manpower more effective. He is correct about that. It is because we are not doing the things mentioned mention-ed by the Senator, and because every realist knows that Washington Washing-ton does not intend even to propose most of them, that many foresee the tragedy stated by President Green. Senator Green mentions a law to keep agricultural workers from going go-ing to the cities to get bigger wages from industry; the concentration of farming on the most fertile lands; reduction re-duction in absenteeism; cutting the turnover in industrial labor; increasing increas-ing the work week from the ostensible 48 hours ordered by the President to 54 hours. Perhaps Senator Green, from an industrial state, might sponsor a law forcing marginal farmers to leave their own properties and go to work for the owners of more fertile acres, often hundreds of miles from home: He hasn't offered one yet. Is that because be-cause he realizes that such a bill wouldn't have the chance of a snow ball in the tropics? Perhaps some agricultural Sena tor would sponsor a statute requiring requir-ing a 54-hour work week without premium pay, freezing war workers, into their jobs and x punishing absenteeism" ab-senteeism" effectively; The war will be gone and almost forgotten before anv such measure passes Congress. The big-army issue remains exactly exact-ly where Senator Green found it. The question before the house still is whether we can support an army of -3,200,000, supply, and feed the anti-- anti-- Axis world, and not step on the toes . of the pressure blocs. - PROVO (UTAH) 3be Stiro SUNDAY;. , MARCH 14, 1943 Rationed List of Unratified Foods WASHINGTON, March 13 CUE) Following is the official list of foods that will and will not t3 rationed under the new meats-cheese-fats program: RATIONED 1. Meats, including all . fresh, frozen, smoked, and cured beef, veal, lamb, and pork; all meats and meat products in containers of tin or glass; all dried meats; variety meats, including: tongues, brains, hearts, liver, tripe, sweetbreads, sweet-breads, kidneys; bouillion cubes, beef extracts, and similar concentrates; concen-trates; all dry, semi-dry and fresh, smoked, and cooked sausage, sau-sage, including: salami, pork sausage, baked loaves, weiners, scrapple, souse, head cheese, and others; uet, cod. and other fats. 2. Fish All fish, shellfish and fish products in 'hermetically sealed seal-ed containers. 3. Fats and oils Butter, margarine, mar-garine, lard, shortening, cooking and salad oils. 4. Cheeses of all kinds except those expressly excluded. Rationed Ration-ed cheeses include the following: Cheddar (American), Swiss, brick, Munster, limburger dehydrated dehy-drated grated, club, Gouda, Edam, smoked, Italian and Greek (all hard varieties), processed cheese, cheese foods. Cheese products containing 30 per cent or more by weight of rationed cheeses. NOT RATIONED 1. Fish Fresh fish, frozen fish, smoked, salt, pickled fis"h; fish m containers tnat are not hermetically her-metically sealed, 2. All poultry and game, whether wheth-er fresh, frozen, or in cans or glass. 3. Fats and oils Olive oil, when not blended with other ingredients; in-gredients; salad dressiifg and mayonnaise. 4. Cheese Soft or perishable cheeses such as; Cream cheese, Neufchatel, cottage, pot, taker's, Camembert, Liederkranz, Brie, blue. Cheese spreads made with a base of cheese which is not rationed. ra-tioned. Cheese spreads and cheese products pro-ducts containing less than 30 per cent 'by weight of rationed cheesefe. ESSE ft RESIGNS SALT LAKE' CITY, March 13 (U.E) Charles A. Esser today re signed his post as executive secretary sec-retary of the State Department of business regulation, to return to newspaper work in Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. Esser supervised five departments depart-ments consolidated under Gov. Herbert B. Maw's 1941 reorganization reorgan-ization plan. Theodor E. Thian, chief accountant ac-countant for the state public service commission, has been named acting secretary. Aid- - Post - War Planning In The Reich : : & . : , ; "'"'- f THE WASHINGTON S -GO-ROUi A Daily Picture of What's ffiiSSS Going on in National Affairs 3. A 1 1 mm m e 1 1 t dty) Once News, Now History 23 Years Ago Today From the Files of THE PROVO HERALD March 14, 1930 A young hurricane which struck the valley wrecked plate glass windows on Center street, uprooted up-rooted trees, and razed a number of barns and other outbuildings. Tryouts for the 3. Y. high debating de-bating team resulted in selection of Carlyle Maw, Algernon Red-ford, Red-ford, Helen Phillips and Royden Dangerfield. ' Mail Carrier Seth Scott was reported . making his route in record time to get home to his new eight-pound son. Clayton Jenkins of the Knight Woolen Mills left on a selling trip through Nevada, California and the southwest. The city commission increased the price of cemetery lots from $10 to $15 each. The city had teams leveling the center of East Center preparatory to parking that part of the street. "It is the intention to make this one of the most attractive drives in the state." Wiiliam M. Barrett, federal income in-come tax collector, reported he had collected more than $100,000 in -income taxes in Provo. He said that by way of comparison, American Fork was perhaps, the wealthiest town in Utah county, according to the income returns.) "This is attributed to the face that a number of very wealthy men reside in American Fork and are largely engaged in the sheep and stock raising business." Largest bird is the ostrich, which stands nearly eight feet tall and weighs about 300 pounds. 28 Youths Leave For Army Service SPANISH FORKK Twenty-eight Twenty-eight inductees to fill the March selective service quota of local board No. 23, left Spanish Fork Thursday morning to' receive their assignments at Fort Douglas. More than 100 citizens gathered to see the young men off. A short testimonial was given them, with Mayor John E. Booth in charge, who gave a short talk of commendation. com-mendation. These young men reported re-ported at Salt Lake one week ago and were sent home on a week's furlough before receiving their assignments. Q What does it cost the government gov-ernment to ration a soldier? A The cost varies according to locality and size of mess. The government spends approximately 42 cents a day for the ration of a soldier in the continental U.S. Q What is tho one-day game hunting record? A Lord Walsingham bagged 1070 grouse at Yorkshire, England, Eng-land, Sept. 6, 1888. Q What is said to be the most bombed spot on .earth? A Malta, the British island possession in the Mediterranean. Q Why was the British bombing bomb-ing interruption to Goering's anniversary an-niversary speech so funny? A Because Goering once boastfully boast-fully assured the German people that he had perfected such a defense de-fense force that no hostile airplane air-plane would ever reach Berlin. Q Tn poker, at the showdown, may a player concede the pot and refuse to show his hand? A No. All hands in the final call must be shown to the table. .The figure atop the U. S. Capitol Capi-tol in Washington, D. C, is that of Freedom. AUNT HET By ROBERT QUILLEIKi "It's no wonder young mothers flock together. All they can talk about is babies, and it gets tiresome unless you've got one of your own to talk about." - Utah Verse Contributions for this column should be sent to Mrs. Jessie J. Dal-tn. Dal-tn. 524 South First East street, Springville, Utah.- Enclose self- addressed, stamped envelope if return of copy is desired. ' THE BLARNEY STONE You have heard of the magical Blarney Ston Way. off in the Emerald Isle, Where fairies play and the Banshee calls And St. Patrick lived a while. And the Blarnry Stone is up in the wall Of that ancient Blarney Castle Where kings' once lived and the common man Was only a humble vassal. And the Stbne was touched by a fairy's hand Long, long in the ages past And given a charm to make certain gifts But hold the charm quite fast. Whoever should climb to the top of the wall And kiss the stone so hoary , Would be given the gift of flummery, And 'fiery oratory. Whatever he says thle people believe, He can compliment and, flatter; And the best of it U he believes it, himself And so he loVes to chatter. i , HANNA DAVIS, Las Vegas, Neavda MORNING ItoMENT The topmost cloud first sees the sun, And dons a shawl of gilt, While all the hills below still sleep Beneath a blue-haze quilt. RUBY ANDERSON Provo . THE HIGHWAY Love rides along the highway In a battered model T, With bags and bundles bulging Just wed. its plain to see. She snuggles close beside hi hi fate is hervworld to bej - Else would she venture far from home In that battered model T? . Lover glides along the highway In a super-deluxe V-S L? V Bags locked securely out of sight, . - She wed a yast estate. t She sits erect beside him . Is he her world to be? - . Would she be riding with him If he drove a model T? - -'tM" " -MRS. G.1 P. -PEACOCK ' w. ... '-. . .-Price,,-Utah-- ; ; - j - ..' : - ' ' ii "3 , v un..i. ii hum i in, iiii i iiwimmiii wnifm hi n tin i"tmm-mmmmm-mmmmi , L, ,.,, THE STORYl Capt. James Carr and . his paHrnger, Pat Friday, re-warmly getd In Cleveland and Chicago, ther first atopn on a traniicoiitinental gilder fllgkt. Pat hm a bad case of Jitter at firiit, but iton recovers her poine and wtna the admiration of the preaa and public. She is very happy, though very tired, when her day's work Is done. All is groins; well. When she enters her hotel room and switches on the Mg-ht. she Is shocked to find X.oraine Stuart standing there. In lioratne's voice there is angrer In her hand there is a arun. CAPTAIN CARR'S ORDERS CHAPTER XI TAT froze in her tracks. Then she squeezed her eyes shut and sighed again, understanding; she had been more fatigued than she realized, because here was a horrible apparition. She had had no idea her nerves were in such state. . But next moment, the apparition appari-tion spoke again. "So you thought you could get by with it!" it snapped. "Well, you can't, you cheap little cat!" Pat opened her eyes. Then she knew! That really was Loraine Stuart and that really was a gun in her hand, impossible as it ell was. "You--you " Pat stammered, lamely. "Yes, me, me! And don't you open that door or scream. Or do anything I don't tell? you to1." Pat exhaled, relaxing now. What had been fear of an apparition, appari-tion, oddly enough was not fear of the real thing. ; All at once she was not the slightest, bit afraid of Loraine; nor of her. gun either. She was just astonished, and angry. . . "Loraine, what in the world!" "You'll find 'out.' "I I don't , understand thisf Your being here!" . "You didn't. expect me!" "No!" Loraine laughed, mirthlessly. "Loraine please t goodness!" , "I could kill. you." ' : "Oh don't be stupid! Put the gun down!" . , v , Pat started to move but Loraine made a gesture with the automatic auto-matic pistol. Her face was white with anger, too. ... "You stay where you are! Don't you think I know how to shoot? Arent you afraid?''.; Pat actually sighed." "I suppose I'm too tired, Loraine. But to tell you the truth, I think you're being be-ing a 1 ooL I know you are. I I was much ' more afraid of you without a gun -That was confession, and all at once Pat regretted it. Suddenly, too, Pat realized that she herself was being a fooL If this crazed girl before her really had a loaded pistol end there was no mistaking mistak-ing it then she could really, snoot to kill. Pat's mind began to click more sensibly. She had to deal with this thing in another way. "Loraine, I I please lower the gun. Sit down, and let's talk." "I'm doing the talking, Friday! You're doing the listening. I told you once before to let Jimmy Carr ralone. I meant what I said!" "I haven't done a thing to him." She mimicked. "You haven't done a thing to him!" "But I haven't! He snatched me up and forced me " Pat stopped. No, darn it, she wouldn't put the blame on Jimmy! Not even if this crazy girl did shoot. "I mean, well you weren't there and it was necessary nec-essary for somebody to go. Some woman!" "So you horned in. You!" Pat felt pride stirring. "What if I did? Jimmy didn't object!" . Centuries passed while the two stared at each other, eyes to eyes; But in the time there, pat was thinking furiously, too. Something inside her told her that this was in truth the showdown moment, and that she had a chance to win; pAT. ; leisurely : turned - to cross A tthe room: ' .Would ' the -shot hit her - in - the. back?i Kill; her in- retantly? Lekve . her bleeding in. pain? . All the; horror- of such a tragedy surged through .'her mind,; but .she went "to an overstuff fid chair and sat down.; Loraine ;had not nioyed. : "Loraine, you arera fool, arid you are too cowardly to shoot anybody. Put that gun down and IH talk to you. If you don't, 111 ring downstairs, or scream or whatever 4 necessary to get you arrested, 'and . jailed and and probably hung!" Pat was bluffing de luxe now. . - But Loraine slid into a chair. The pistol rested on her lap, - . "Why, dont you , let him alone!" Loraine .almost - pleaded it. Pai eyed her: quickly, catching the change of tone. , ? Pat remembered stories about women who. " always outwitted everybody, male -'or female; women wom-en -who were psychologically always al-ways in control of. every situation. Pat felt like a kindergarten kid. ' "Why don't yo let him alone? Loraine repeated.. MWhy .do you keep annoying him?" J ; v "Do you want to ; know the truth?, asked Pat The ether-girl stared, "I love the man," Fat said, coolly. "I admit it, because Via. sure it's no secret to you, Loraine. But I tell you one thing I'm not the dirty little chiseler I might be, and that you think me to be. I haven't done a thing! Not one thing to to try and impress him. I swear it, Loraine. And I'll tell you why. Oh don't think I'm being be-ing generous, darn you, Loraine Stuart! I don't think you're worthy ot him, and that's flat! I wish I could get him. But he's blind, and he loves you." Loraine managed her disdainful smile. Here, at least, was a crumb of satisfaction. "He's blind, and he loves me!" she mimicked again: "Then you're so much better looking?" "I wasn't speaking of looks. I was talking about love." "Ohrh-h-h!" That was sarcastic sarcas-tic in tone. "Now about this soaring flight," Pat resumed. "You were not there at 11, and I helped Jimmy save face. Eleven o'clock meant 11! This is the Army, Loraine! We couldn't let Jimmy down! But but if you. had a good excuse I mean,' I tried to tell Jimmy, that you probably were j ust delayed, and well goodness, what in the world are you; doing here? In this room?" : ' . ; . . Tjiis was . Loraine's moment for triumph. V . "You're- getting out," she salt. "Out of. the room, and. out of. the flight . I . was to'. make that 'trip, and I. still , am. .rm . rated abova you" as a pilot!" ;rfa.-thaiJ ..Pat.- said, 'of course''' 'J -'; : ' 'Then get out! And if you doht obey me, then I'll, make yov with this! Loraine took a papr from her coat and held it toward Patsy., "You" needn't think you're so damned smart!" i The gun lay forgotten how, but hatred on Loraine's face was even more dangerous looking. , Pat took the paper, recognized it at once. It was unmistakably an Army order, correct as to form. It commands com-mands Miss Patricia Friday to leave the transcontinental soaring flight at once and return to El-nuja El-nuja for duty, and in her place put Miss Loraine Stuart as originally- planned.- It even implied that , there might be hell to pay -because Pat had dared come along. Pat' was " to return - in , the . same airplane that -had rushed Loraine to Chicago. A pilot was waiting. : . Worst though, was the fact that the , order was : signed ' by Capt James Carr, himself. - - (To Be ContlnaeAV WASHINGTON CIO President Phil Murray heard some kind words spoken about labor unions, and also some caustic ones, at an off-the-record dinner which he gave to 30 members of the House of Representatives last week. The dinner was held in a private dniing room of Washington's new Hotel Statler, where,; over chicken (one piece) and mashed potatoes, Murray and other top CIO leaders had a candid talk with the Congressmen about labor's cooperation in the war effort. "I didn' invite ytm Congressmen here, to ask favors of you," said the CIO boss. "I want you to take down your hair and tell'us what you . think of the CIO. The franker the better." : The legislators took Murray at ris word. The get-together lasted from 8 p. m. to 12:30 a. m. and everyone had something to say. Most of the speeches were friendly to labor, but at least two Representatives turned on tlie vitriol. They Were Charles M. LaFollette, freshman Indiana Republican, Repub-lican, (no relation to the Senator from Wisconsin) and George G. Sadowski, Michigan Democrat. CONSTRUCTIVE BLAST Sadowski's blast was along constructive lines, He charged that too many union leaders were "playing politics," and that many leaders want to "run for office" the moment they become prominent in labor. He cited the case of a Michigan Michi-gan CIO official who grabbed off a big job for which he was unfitted in an OPA regional rent control office, and whose mistakes he said, were giving labor a black eye in the vicinity. La Follette tore into the CIO ror backing New Deal Representative Ray MeKeough of Illinois Il-linois against Republican Senator "Curly" Brooks in the last senatorial election. Murray didn'C have to reply. The Hoosier's speech was so patently pat-ently political and prejudicial to McKeneough; a highly popular House figure, that several Con- . gressmen walked out on him. Representatives Warren Magnuson of Washington, Wash-ington, Michael Bradley of Pennsylvania, "Mike." Kirwan of Ohio, John Lesinski of Michigan and other, struck some forensic blows for labor's participation par-ticipation in the war effort after listening to a frank talk by Murray, who defended labor against charges of "absenteeism." "I want you gentlemen to know that CIO unions are giving their all in this struggle," Murray Mur-ray declared. "Whatever absenteeism we aro guilty of is involuntary, due to illness, lack of transportation or other unavoidable causes. I've sent down personal orders to the leaders of every CIO union in the country to stop absenteeism. We're also doing all in our power to prevent strikes. The record shows that.fe Republican Representative George H. Bender of Ohio, a frequent critic of New Deal labor policies, poli-cies, almost caused the other guests to fall out of their c'hairs by loudly applauding Murray's speech and declaring that "every member of Congress should have been here to listen to it." WPB ECONOMIES In the cocktail lounges and Pullman cars, a story is going around that dSJapanese spy reported re-ported to the Emperor it would be useless to tomb Washington, because if one building were destroyed, two or three others would remain, all of which are doing the same work." ' That tale is much more than a funny story to WPB's Executive Vice Chairman, Charles E. Wilson, because he has found a lot of WPB outfits doing the same work. So he has ordered a drastic streamlining of that top-heavy organization. Wilson has sent a memo to WPB executives saying "Good fanagement demands we make the most effective use of our present personnel and conduct our operations with maximum economy." econ-omy." Then he listed these economies: (1) "Suspension "Suspen-sion of all recruitment" for new jobs and no tJP0"11"16"18 excePt by his specific approval. WPB already has 21,500 employees, plus 2400 on requisition. Yet the Budget Bureau has given it a ceiling of 22,000. wru (2) Immediate reduction in travel, which Wilson says, represents a substantial part of the total WPB budget. (3) Close control over long-distance telephone C 5rr5lntinfir and Dindin&- It is a fond habit of WPB executives to pick up the phone every time they want. to say something to Detroit or Los Angeles. To hclp with this economy Wilson has drafted draft-ed Bernard L. Gladieux from the Budget Bureau Nf?te: With Wilson coming into more power than the ousted Ferd Eberstadt ever had, Don aid Nelson is about to take a long vacation Incidentally, In-cidentally, Eberstadt's application for an Army commission has been rejected. NORTH Military AFRICAN BOMBING experts in Wash forecasting privately that Rommel's Afrika Corps . will receive the coup de grace not from ground ; forces in Tunisia, but from America Flying Fortresses Their targets will be Axis shipping -Already Axis supply lines from Sic-fly, to w?Th fhoH 6ne 6hip out of every three, with the daylight precision bombing of American planes doing most of the damage. Soon the dry- cwf?oUntt m PCmit Peratin from fields closer to this lino of supply. Two RIGHT ON THE NOSE instances of precision hnmhino- hmrA won amazed admiration here. One was a strike on KJk amm,Unition shiP hl Ule harbor of iTipoli before Rommel evacuated. From an altitude alti-tude of 23,400 feet, a bomb struck the ship 1ia2& WT .lt to pieces' even destroyed the dock and two lighters alongside. Another instance was an attack on Bizerte in "bwf la Which a U- S- Pnf iSd a bomb on a tiny tongue of land on which were important Axis installations. ?smmel ears air attack, and it was this fear which in part prompted his recent 'drive against American forces in the Kasserine area, was able to take three landing fields we had bIS ZoZSSZJSS have retaken aSd s n 7ue Vme wlU come whpn U. S. planes will fill the air over the Tunisian coast aVdrevent tSTZPt"1 SUppIies" That shotSd b? e end of the Germans in North Africa. (Copyright, 1943, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) War is going to be tough enough on civilians without adding any unnecessary un-necessary burdens. Not a single OPA restriction is going to last one minute min-ute longer than is necessary. On the other hand, no essential measure will be relaxed prematurely if the re suit would be to impede - the win ning of-the war. OPA Director Pren tiss M. Brown. . -:- - v i - - . |