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Show PAGE SIX VROVO' (UTAH)" DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, v 1940 rufcn fcr H.-al.J Cwperu1., South Unl Wm ut, Prat. ta Enrni a (-rrxiDa elaaa Hum t ts fMtmc a Irtn Itao, ir ta e s( atrca Ci.aiAft. kt( A Ha' Si ma. Nli!ir.l iiftnlUcl rasra- ' HitiiKM. Tar. lioruco, irott, ilwn, L Ait. O- M . 1 1 U : j Fraaa. ?f. C A. Srt lc. Win TiUim ar-.ra l afpra Aas.l ttfMi i Saaacn ftwj arwta fc earr'r, ta Ctaa anaetr, II at tXm ataeta. Ill tir b3ms&. la tditac; ta rr, la - :..:. tr aU la tm4, II ti; au;4a aeaair IP "TUVartr tM tJ.ni If laa rJ" M i4t TV Btaral CJ a un Fsurtil ui an aa Unrimnu (vsi! la It ttiiisu. la taaaa li iim t aa IU yaaar b at I - tt ul rtMc.t teat rl f Ua aJtTTti Mt la ts:T&taa.l nucaka -.-. I It's Our World, Too No rr.attcr how hard we the prou't rr.s that war bnrss,! Hie United States is in any American uniforms on the Europe's battlegrounds. It can't be helped. If we want to steer clear of the problems that war fpists upon us, we ve irot to Kt off the rlanet move to Jupiter or the moon or some place. ..... Eveo department in Washington knows that whenever it decules to forget about bombardments and butchery thousands thou-sands of miles away, the war rears its u?Iy head in some way. It isn't possible to run a jrovernmcnt as large as the United States without thinking of that government in relation re-lation to th other nations in the world. And when those ether nations are at war or at the brink of it, we've got to keep thit fact constantly in mind, in everything we do. There's no use pretending that life goes on as before. It doesn't. The unrelenting tales of slaughter and pillage that come from the other side of the Atlantic bring mild cases of jitters to even the most isolated hamlet in the United S!itcs,It is no more possible to observe the struggle with neutral feelings than it is to go to a baseball game without picking a favorite team. . We can't keep our boats home f and yet, the moment they get outside the three-mile limit they are subject to search for contraband, long delays, while belligerents make sure they're" cot carrying cannon that will later blow off their heads. We can't even fly across the Atlantic without running smack into the war. Just as soon as our dipper ships set down in Bermudi, their cargoes are searched and mail is censored, even though it is destined for neutral countries. DeTays ensue, and Americans are annoyed. And, because Americans never have been, a particularly reticent people, they tell their annoyances to the world in a very loud voice and indicate they would greatly appreciate it if the belligerents belliger-ents wou'd kindly keep their war to themselves. Even if they could, they wouldn't want to. You see, it's a little disturbing to people burdened with all the war-time restrictions to reflect that somewhere in the same world is n large country that doesn't have a war. Arid it may also be disturbing to certain governments to realize that the strength of the United States might be tossed to their side but isn't. - :. - ; : ; - So, because we are in it and don't like it 'the least bit, it seems natural that the United St-ites, above all, should be yearning for peace. It isn't comforting to contemplate that lome human beings, who look pretty much like the man next door, are being killed by various hideous.methods, just because a few big men order things to happen that way. There's nothing presumptuous about our working out peace p?a,T3, even if we aren't directly mixed up in the war. When the carnage ends, Europe will need some constructive suggestions will need them badly. All we want is to insure that there will not be future wars. We hive a perfect right to ask that. The world belongs to us as much as it does to men like Adolf Hitler. , " , " 1 a.B ' - ' mmmm vV " " ' ." - - "--t-HmHt-jm V-"--' "WB-K, a-aa4r Koreas? 1 raap-MialUI :tf far aer arraca valab try, we can't quito shake off this thin?, even if there aren't bodies they're burying n The People of Europe Get Together. OUT OUR WAY pi! ii Y TAKE THE LKSMT l bulbs out of V SJcm ;'y. might it's. '--WfWw l so harp to get: r ' 'Z j ma acvtcc Mk T. m I l u. u. a. r T. off. British Steal U. S. Trade By Seizing Gable Information BV CltUCE cattox . , ' Daily Herald Washington Cormpondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 DriUsh interference with U. S. comni'nications to Europe ant always based strictly on military necessity. ".; Last fall a small American steel company got, a query from a firm In Norway, which wanted to fcuy tome steel if the price was right. The American company com-pany met the Norwegians price, bent oir a cable to that effect, and waited for an order. The- order never came. Some time later the "Americans had a chance to investigate. They found the cable had got as far as England Eng-land and then had stopped. The Norwegians never- got it, assumed assum-ed Che American firm wasn't interested in-terested and, a few days later placed the order with a Britisn firm (which they had never heard of before) which , just happened to submit tl- tama price for-Uie same bill of goods. ' FARM DIVERSITY NEW GOAL, Back of the transfer of M. I Wilson from the under-secretary-shlp of agriculture to , the post of Director of Extension is a program pro-gram - for educating' farmers to 4.he Importance of diversified farming and, also, for getting the county agents out from under un-der the load of administrative detail de-tail which came with the AAA program. The demonstration agents are placed in each county in the country. Paid by county, state and WHV MOTHERS GET GRAY federal funds, they try to teach farmers proper methods. ' Until the New Deal they concentrated largely on methods of increasing production, and were pretty successful. suc-cessful. . ;" ' With 4 triple-A, however, they get a mass of administrative work to handle in connection with the crop reduction programs. In many cases they 5 got , snowed under. Wilson hopes to get them . back to their original sphere. Also since a good part of the farm problem arises from too much one-crop cash farming he wants to start a swing back toward diversification. di-versification. . SEPARATE AIR FORCES BACKED Congressmen who have resisted resist-ed the clamor for a separate air force say they are more than ever confident they were " right in. .view oXJcertalnreports.Ujat have been coming over - from. Europe. One report which they accept as true is that the British have been having a bit of trouble with their naval air patrols. Not so long ago, says this report, a British air squadron industriously tombed a " squadron of British warships by mistake. - Moral, according to the sepa-v rate-air-forces : advocates: army and navy flying assignments are so different you can't get efficiency effici-ency by using just one air force to handle both. Patter . WHAT a shock the Altmartc incident must have been to the Norwegian saidinea! ATTORNEY General Van Winkle Win-kle of Oregon has held his present office for 20 years and, like Rip," thinks it's time to wake up and run " again for another sleep. - , . . " ON THE day the national committee com-mittee told him he could fix the Democratic convention day, Sir. Farley knew he had become presidential timber. ;v 1.: .. VTrrH Its dogs now on ration Vr. cards Germany is fast becoming be-coming bone-dry. rpHE SEC has" moved to "split J- Interlocking personnel' of utilities concerns. We assume this means it is making the "personnel" "per-sonnel" take hands out of each' others' pockets. HA3 Mr. Dies thought of investigating in-vestigating the Cincinnati Reds? They'll need the. build-up. MONTCLAIR, N. has a $500,000 surplus and wants to know how to spend It. Give it to the Democrats to fill the campaljrn money bag which this year John E. Lewis will leave vacant by the same amounts - - a . ' fTUlE two political parties fixed" J- their convention dates about equidistant on opposite Bides of Fourth of July so Mr. Roosevelt : will have ample room to move the holiday in either direction. IT IIAS been ascertained that parrots are "southpaws." We already knew they can give oat left-handed compliments. Uncle Sam's worst forest fire occurred on Sept. 1, 1894, when a fire swept parts of three states; Michigan, Minnesota, and Wiscon sin. Many persons saved their lives by standing cbin-deen in lakes, but more than 600 whites I and an unknown number of In- Uians burned to death. . Peppery -By Williams Th inking BY ELSIE C CARROLL I was thinking of the universal uni-versal desire for happiness . and of the varied ways people go in search of it; many of them far away from its only source, themselves. them-selves. Some persons drink and gamble and loaf through life because be-cause they have a notion that such, things bring', happiness. Others fast ' and pray and strive for the uplift of : their ' fellow-men. fellow-men. . We all dream ', of i finding absolute, complete happiness and all our waking hours are spent in choosing the things which we think will bring that happiness to us. Sonwone ha said that there Is nothing harder ; In life ' - than to reconcile oneself to unhapplnesM, to settle ; down ; : Iaticntly and courageously to , something unpleasant, some- thing one doesn't like. , Yet -soone orlatert we - all find that there is no such thing as absolute, : lasting happiness. Most J( of us know moments of perfect happiness and . contentment. content-ment. But they come like fleeting fleet-ing visions of ideal beauty, gone almost as soon as they are' realized, real-ized, and. we go on searching and hoping for other such glimpses 9nto the state we long for. t Notwithstanding this difficulty in finding constant, unadulterated unadulterat-ed happiness, most; of us can establish a plane of comparative happiness upon . which there are frequent peaks where we may climb to the absolute. To do this, however, we must discover, like the children in Maeterlinck's "The Blue Bird," that happiness waits for us at home while we wander far away in search of it. We are the creators of our bwn happiness, as in a large meas urc, we are also responsible for our own wretchedness. Another thing we must learn is that we cannot go back to discarded or outgrown or lost happiness.. The child may long for the joys of Infancy, youth for the carefree ness of childhood, the. mature man for the dreams of illusions of youth, the aged for the ener gy and accomplishments of mid- die life. But there is no turning back. "We , must "constantly to making within ourselves : new possibilities for happiness. Happiness comes from the healthy, active - body, mind, and soul; from self-control, : service, , love. When one has - discovered the source of happiness hap-piness no one can take it away;; . - " ' - Then one can see through the deceptive v chimera that simu lates happiness. It is possible for anyone who has discovered the source, to find or. create happi ness, itself at least precious moments . of it, ; in spite of poverty, pov-erty, disappointments, sorrows. One way is to cultivate many interests. Another is to work for the sheer happiness found in work. ' ' 1 Sometimes it isn't easy to do the little . tedious, uninteresting, near-at-hand things that present themselves each day. But often those tasks open the way to more interesting, more satisfying activities, ac-tivities, or they reveal themselves to be interesting -and significant in themselves. 'Usually those who recognize that all simple and good : things are equally , important - find moments mo-ments of rare happiness. Such a moment ; may come from a sunset, sun-set, a naked tree against a winter win-ter background, a child's expectant expect-ant face, a page of poetry, the whispering of leaves after a summer sum-mer rain. Such persons make the beauty and peace of these simple sim-ple things part of themselves, and by so doing, the source of hap-1 rlness is enriched. ; One -writer says: "Don't Cynthia Grey Says' ; t . Avoid Thinking of Trouble And Much Trouble Is Avoided EDITOR'S NOTE Cynthia Grey Is a "heart and home" adviser In many western homes, net discussion of domestic problems is a syndicated feature la a number of newspapers In the west. The problems she takes up are typical of modern-day life la all of our cities and should prove interesting to readers of this newspaper." ' "Never trouble trouble, 'til trouble troubles you," my mother used to say in answer to our childish worries. ,. t .' , Today the Intelligensia have clothed the 'simple old saying in a new garb, "Thoughts are things." In other words, think trouble and you will get a double portion of it. I hope the now happy young husband and father who writes me today about the trouble trou-ble he "fears' will be visited upon him will get my idea and cease worrying. He tells us about it in Dear Miss Grey: we are a young, happy married couple now. I am writing you to get some advice ad-vice as to how to keep things that way. " - . . ; We both love children and we just had a lovely child. We want, ed it and wouldn't give it up for anything In the world. What would ?'ou do U a mother-in-law would ry and bring trouble to you Just because she doesn't think as much of her own child as she does her pride and her friends. - . . We are both happy and I would not want anything in the world to come between us and our sweet litUe child. We've been married for two years and we live our own lives.- But if anyone would ever try to hurt us in -any way they would find that love and children are the only things that . count I "If a mountain starts sliding you can't stop-itVWe wouldn't want anything to. start,, , We want our. child; we are bid, SERIAL STORY"; $15 A VESTEKDAYl Asa acea the hoy , acroai (ke alirr . vriitlnir a letter, eeidra ke la the Lonely" af tfc ad. Elated, ahe sroea ta tke Center, Cen-ter, completea ker dreaa. Ska ta tkrllled with tke proapeet at aseeto 1S "JLoaely" an Saturday. CHAPTER V T'HE following , morning Ann stopped at the postofflce and was handed a letter. She went to a desk and slit the envelope, noting not-ing that the stationery was of nice quality, that the handwriting, al though a bit stilted, was xnascu line and honest looking. Lonely had written,' "My .Dear Miss Smith: Yours of the third Inst, received and contents noted. In reply will suggest that you name . a meeting place. At said meeting: will yon please wear a white flower for means of identi flcation?. ! will do- the came, He spectfully yours, K295." , Ann read the letter again,; her excitement a little dashed. It was so lacking in the saving grace of humor, so utterly without personality. person-ality. She crushed it in her bag and, mora disappointed than she would admit ven to herself .went on to the re-making of hats. : Ann experienced several reactionary reac-tionary moods that morning. The first was indignation at herself for having been a poor fool, the second sec-ond an Inclination to laugh at "Yours of the third inst," and the last a definite let-down of spirit It was incredible that the little episode had meant so much in her uneventful life. On the heels of disappointment came reason. After all, what had she expected? What, if anything, was wrong with the dignified letter? let-ter? , Wasn't it proof that the writer was a gentleman? Would not a flippant answer have been : offensive? ; -At noon she obtained stationery from the matron in a department, store lounge and wrote a letter to K295. It was as brief and to the point as his had been. 'My Dear K295: If satisfactory to you I will meet you in front of the Blashfield painting in the foyer of the public library at 7 on Saturday Sat-urday evening. I will wear a white gardenia. Sincerely, Ann Smith." , ., . a a .- r- . CATURDAY came face to face with itself on the calendar at last As there would not be time to return to her room after 5 o'clock, Ann dressed for the great event early in the morning. The new frock was a triumph. The skirt was short and flaring, the little Jacket tight and well fitting. The pancake hat was vastly becoming, be-coming, the scarf and gloves added a dashing touch. - . try to find happiness; it is never io be found. '- Try to find yourself, the fine and powerful self who Is buried Inside you. Forget happiness until, one morning,, perhaps years from - now, you . wiU awaken to the clear hours of a busy day, delicious in anticipation of work, children, chil-dren, neighbors, books all equally Important and equal ly sweet. Suddenly you ", will recognize the word that hums in your heart, the word you have forgotten even ' while finding It: "happy-happy "happy-happy happy f Fatal Burning - Blamed ; Tc Flashlight Light SANTA MARIA, Cal. LE An ordinary flashlight caused Theo dore Mosteller, 25, ; Santa Bar bara, . t obe burned to death. ' Mosteller, driver y of - a huge tank truck, peered into the tank as it was being filled witlt oil the following letter: enough; we love each other. But there seems to be a dark cloud starting to form. I thought all mothers ' were alike ? Please halp a husband who certainly would hate to have bis marriage broken u. WORRIED. No, "Worried," "If a mountain starts sliding you can't step It, because a mountain has no intelligence. intel-ligence. But God gave you brains so you can either get out of the way of the sliding mountain, or better still, build your little citadel cit-adel oat of the path of the sliding slid-ing mountain. f: - i:' .. - Honestly, - now "W e r r 1 e d," aren't you going out of your way to borro wtroable f . Aren't you Just challenging' trouble just daring your mother-in-law ' to "start something T" v. Ttf v You say you are' happy you love one another you wanted your child and you have It you are living your own lives. How fortunate you two are. to have all of these things that pure gold , WEEK BY LOUISE Arriving L at - the shop, Ann turned this -way and that before Mrs. Pringle's admiring eyes. Admiring Ad-miring eyes had followed her on the 1 and In the street ; Her bronze hair 'shone, the soft curls clung lovingly to her white neck, Rich color dyed her cheeks, her mouth was poppy red. She walked and stood with the assured confi dence of looking her best "How do you like It, Mrs. Prin gle?" she asked, shining eyed. Ilm-m." Mrs. : Pringle's dull eyes were slightly envious as she regarded Ann's slim hips and stylishly broad shoulders, her flat little waistline and sweetly rounded breast "Well, I must say you did all rifiht; Ann," she said. "You could give that Irene Tem ple aces and spades and still win by a length. Too bad you ain't go ing tor a cocktail party out on the worm oiae." - Ann, who had not again men tioned newspaper personals to Mrs. Pringle, smiled radiantly. I think' IU see a show tonight," ahe fibbed, "just to , celebrate." She busied herself with a shape less mass of felt and the pendulum of her emotions began to swing again. As the day ; advanced, it swung faster and faster. By the time Mrs. Pringle hurried away shortly before closing time to do her Sunday ' .marketing, Ann was a prickly bundle of nerves and thwarted impulses. At 6, half mad with indecision, she tremblingly smoothed cold cream on her face, removed it with a sweet smelling pad, and applied powder. Her cheeks burned hotly, the use of a lipstick would have been sacrilege. Ann . took the gardenia from a glass where it had reposed since noon and pinned it to her lapel. She adjusted the smart little hat. Suddenly she was crying." "I can't do it," -she sobbed furi ously. "Darn It all what's ; the matter "with me? I'm a., coward. I've put on the brakes for so long that I can't let go." Removing- the gardenia, sht threw it on the work table. An grily she snatched the hat from her head. 'I won't go a step," ehe muttered fiercely, "1 absolutely refuse to make a fool of myself. rll drop the whole crazy business and forget It. For the rest of my life I'll just just twirl my thumbs." Her chin wobbled and her voice shook. "For fun and excitement. I'll look across the alley at that young man. j When I want to be really hilarious I'll go to the Center Cen-ter and make a dress that no one will ever see.". She sat down, burying her head on a bent arm. "Maybe when I'm old I won't care." she sobbed. -g- at - the Santa Maria Valley, oil A tiny spark shot, from -the flashlight switch , ;as- . he turned it on to illuminate . the .inside of .the tank. An instant -later the' highly combustible fumes ignited ig-nited and the explosion killed t'ne truck driver instantly. . Manhole Discs Stolen, Blame Laid . to War BUFFALO, 'N. Y. UJ!) Even Buffalo streets have become danger dan-ger spots as a result of the European Euro-pean war, according to Superintendent Superin-tendent of Sewers Thomas J Downing. In a letter to Police Commissioner Commis-sioner Glenn H. McClellan, Downing Down-ing reported the theft of numerous numer-ous manhole covers. The increased increas-ed price of scrap iron due to the war was blamed for the thefts. These thefts are expensive to the city.". Downing said, "and dangerous to motorists because they leave large holes In the streets," - , - cannot, buy! Count your blessings, bless-ings, my boy, and concentrate all of your energy on keeping the priceless gifts you have Instead of looking for a possible dark cloud to form on your clear horizon.'-';-. No, all mothers are not alike, any more than all fathers are alike, or brothers, or Inter, or the people one meets they, and we all are Individuals, no two from exacMy the same mold. : Yoq can best knock that chip off of i your' '. rnolher-ln-taw's shoulder by regarding her as a human being, by ; not showing your dislike or suspicion of bar before her daughter, who is your wife, by being . a loyal. ihonest. loving husband father, and con -turning to live your own life aa you see best. This will keep you very busy and you actually won't have much time to worry about mother-in-law rarging In to break , up, yorjr happy,, little home. ' HOLMES . COPYRIGHT. IMO. NCA SCRVICK. INC. FTER a" while Ann lifted her head, and' stared about the cluttered room. Thisjand another room, not quite so cluttered but no more beautiful, were her life. ; She had no one, not a single per- son of her own. All her life would be like this. Again she wept Then, out of emotional chaos, she re- . membered that another person ; just-like herself, so lonely that he ; had flung his desperation to the i four winds, would wait in front of the Blashfield painting at the ;. public library. r Ami again applied a scented pad ' to her face. She put on fresh 1 powder. She pulled the little hat ; to just the right angle. , Examin- ; ing the gardenia for signs of bruise, she firmly pinned It to her lapeL She had decided upon a course. , She'd locate herself in the reading room where she could view the Blashfield painting without being seen. When K295 appeared sha-would sha-would be able to make a snap , judgment as to his possibilities. If , necessary, : she could dispose of ; 5 the gardenia and thus obviate a difficult situation, i The plan was not: exactly fair, it definitely put K293 at a disadvantage, but it ws a protective measure and j Ann prepared to act upon it -Ann ordered an egg salad sand wichthere was no tax on a 10-cent 10-cent sandwich in a drug store near; the shop; She; noticed' the '. waitresses and the cashier. How much did they make? Were they, too. scrimping and saying within the confines of a budget? Perhaps some of them lived with their families. Would $15 a week go farther or less far if you had a ; family? That, she supposed, would depend upon the earning power of the family. -! The waitresses laughed anc joked among themselves and Ann envied them. Friends. Did they appreciate what it meant to have friends? v She heard one girl tell;. another that Aer boy friend had been given a raise $18 a week now.; The girl spoke proudly, her eyes shone. ; Dividing hery happiness happi-ness made it seem more-real, more precious. p , - :A As she left the drug store she heard a bus boy whistle. "Class," he said, obviously referring to her. I wish someone would tell me where - dames find the swag , to dress like that" , ,, .,.,- Fortified by the obscure compli- , ment, Ann wandered slowly along State. street; to Randolph. Turning Turn-ing here, she went on to Wabarh. Her knees shook as she went into the library. (To Be Continued) ; WpA ruIc8 Threaten Tp Put Man on Relief . '' aaanaalBaBavaanaaaaaa J' . 4. ... . CLEVELAND, O. J.E After being on direct relief for two years and on WPA for, two more, Michael Vargo, SO, hit upon a way to go Into business for himself him-self but enforcement of a WPA ruling threatens now to put him I'ack, where- foe stated, on WPA. Vargo left the relief ranks, bought an bid truck and started selling doughnuts and ' coffee , on the projects. . "I was so successful that after six months I was able to get more trucks, hire 11 men and sell box lunches." he said. "All my men were former W P- A workers." . Last October, WPA started to enforce ; a rule which had been neglected previously that preventing pre-venting workers from buying food during working hours. "Now six of my men have had to go back on WPA, and it looks like I'm headed that way myself," my-self," Vargo said. ,-. - - . - - |