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Show PAGE " FOUR PROVO (UTAH) DAILY - HERALD, - WEDNESDAY, APRILV22, 1942 SatarSaa- ' Ml imm rubiuhtd suatay Manias ; rUIhd br tha Harald Corporation. tout Fim Wart Straat, Proo. UtaJu Xatara4 aa Mcond elaaa an attar at tho poatofftc ta Prora, Utah, undar tho act ot March a, 1I7. QUmaa. Nicol Itutbman, National Aavartla-lor Aavartla-lor raprtaaatatlraa. Now York, ban rraaolaaa, Swolt, ; Boston. Lei : Am olaa, Chicago. : Moaabor taltad praas, K. . A. Sarrtoa, r tho Sartppa LeaCM of Kowapapara and Audit Suraan Circulation. - . X4barty '. throuch - ail tho land" Tbo XJbortr Boll , ; oboortpUoa . tarma by aarrUr Uv Utab oust?,. H aanta tho aaonth, II.H (or ati aaontba.' la adranao; T.I tho ytar, la adraaco: ' br mall anywhoro In Onitod Stttas ar U aoooaaatona II oonU tho month: !!. (or aU aontha; fl.TI tho jroar la adranoo, Tho Harald will act aaouma financial ra-ponalbuity ra-ponalbuity (or any orrora which may appaar la advortlaomaota pobliahod la Ita column. la thoao lnstancoo whora tba papor la at fault. It will roprlnt that part at tho advartlaomoat la which tba typographical mtatako - occur. ; Better Neighbors r Mutual interdependence is drawing draw-ing Mexico and the United States ' ; closer together. Distrust and envy die hard. So does superciliousness. We two neighbors do not fully understand un-derstand each other yet. But we are learning. Strangely enough, the betterment rests in part upon our sudden dis- . covery that the smaller republic can do something important for us. So long as our country was the ex- elusive benefactor, the sensitive 'Mexicans knew we felt our superiority, super-iority, and they resented it. Mexico' still needs us. But today she is our sole source of graphite, antimony and mercury. She supplies sup-plies us with vanadium, tungsten, some tin, hides, zinc, copper, and sisal and henequen fibers. These are war needs. Now the Latinos deal with us on a basis resembling equality. So relations improve. Co-ordination Needed . The news that Don Gillmor, onetime one-time publisher of the magazine Friday, Fri-day, was on the coordinator of information's in-formation's payroll for a time is disconcerting, dis-concerting, even though, his connection connec-tion with that office no longer exists. Gillmor's ideological unity with the Communist Party has been .no secret. His magazine was a literary vehicle for numerous self-acknowledged Reds. In it they followed the, party line during the period when : Stalin was Hitler's buddy and the Communists were against everything every-thing for which this country stood. Friday did all it could to create sympathy sym-pathy for our enemies. Gillmor wrote The ill signed editorials which contributed toward that end. How,' then, did Gillmor get onto the staff of so confidential an agency as Colonel Donovan's? Who put him there, and who kept still about his known record while he was there? Surprise If it is true that New York City employes and equipment went over to New, Jersey and fixed up Ed Flynn's country estate grounds, the Democratic national chairman probably prob-ably is surprised that so much furore has been created by the episode. The facts as to what really happened hap-pened still are in the realm of charge and counter-charge. - But from the viewpoint of Ed Flynn, veteran' Tammany boss, what if the city did fix up his New Jersey grounds? Why the fuss? Tammany politicians have been doing such favors for their political brethren for generations, while even the professional profes-sional reformers yawned. What's a little honest graft among friends? The . politicians wouldn't know. But the taxpayers do. Times have changed, and even "honest" graft isn t popular. Jfcl That Lives May Be Saved Knowledge of first aid methods, learned in a CCC camp, enabled a Cleveland youth to save the life oi a young woman seriously injured in a traffic accident. Similar knowledge, now being acquired ac-quired by thousands of men and women in Red Cross classes throughout the country, may save many lives in a like manner, even though those taking the courses. as a war measure never see an air raid or serve in combat zones. in nil Wa shin g to n Me r r y-C o-Ro u nd A. Daily Picture of What's Going On In National Affairs By Drew Pearson and Koaerc a. Alloa .WASHINGTON This is a momentous week for the War Labor Board. It's been kept under cover, but this key war agency is in the throes of a serious inter, nal clash which is due for a showdown any day now. The result may be an explosion that will blow the lid off. The issue is over the charge that certain employer members of the Board are deliberately stalling disposal of major labor cases affecting war production. Precipitator of the showdown is Dean Wayne Morse of Oregon University law school, two-fisted, two-fisted, plain-talking public representative on the board. Principal target of Morse's fire is Walter C. Teagle, tall, bulky chairman of the board of Standard Oil of New Jersey and an employer member of WLB. , The long-smoldering controversy came to a head some days ago in connection with the International Harvester case. This case had been pending for nearly a year. Finally Morse demanded that the WLB render a decision, threatening to resign and issue a statement bluntly telling why he quit unless the Board acted. Under this challenge, the Board got down to business. After most of a day of dickering, Teagle finally proposed that the matter be held over the following week end on the possibility that a split decision could be averted. This was -agreed to. i . During that week end most of the employer members of the WLB had a secret pow-wow at which they debated what stand to take on " "union security," the basic issue involved in the Harvester and a number of other pending major ma-jor cases. Participants In this conference later told other WLB members that an agreement on the compromise "union membership maintenance'' mainten-ance'' formula could have been reached but for Teagle. It was stated that the oilman vigorously objected to accepting this proposal and blocked an accord. When the WLB resumed deliberations on the Harvester case, Teagle again proposed a delay. He urged that the controversy be returned re-turned to the complaining union and the company com-pany for another attempt at negotiation. NOTE: WLB members claim that Fowler McCormick, head of Harvester, expressed private pri-vate willingness to accept "union membership maintenance" in his plants. THE SHOWDOWN Morse blew up at the Teagle plan and waded in with both fists flying. He bluntly accused the oilman and his employer em-ployer associates of dilatory tactics that were hampering; the war effort. Morse concludM hv charging them with acting not as impartial arbiters but as management agents. The scorching blast drew Indignant pro-testa pro-testa from Teagle and George Mead, president of the Mead Paper Co. They contended that their function was to represent management. Morse's reply to this argument, was to quote a statement made by another management member, mem-ber, Roger Lapham, president of the American-Hawaiian American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., that the WLB was the "Supreme Court of war labor problems." 1 "It was my understanding that we all agreed with that" said Morse. "Now you tell me that you aren't judicially-minded arbiters. but special leaders. If that's the way this Board is to operate then you can count me out." Morse had his way. The Board issued a union membership maintenance" deciaioA by a split vote of 8 to 4 the four public and four labor members making the majority and Teagle and the three other employer members the dissenting minority. But this didn't end the matter. His dander up, Morse demanded an immediate showdown on the contention that Teagle's group should operate an employer spokesmen. "Let's have It out once and for all," Morse declared, "just what our policy is going to he whether we sit as a Judicial body or as groups representing special interests. That goes for labor as well as management. I'm not interested in representing any special group here. I believe we should all act as representatives of the government gov-ernment of the United States and decide Cases solely on the facts as presented to us." Coming on the heels of the excitement over the year-old Harvester case, this bare-knuckfo challenge was too much for the other Board members to tackle. Pleading for time to think the matter over, Mead prevailed on Morse to postpone action on his demand until this week. What happens next is anybody's guess. NOTE: The same day that Teagle voted against the Harvester decision, the National Labor Relations Board issued an order directing direct-ing Standard Oil of New Jersey to "disestablish three company-dominated employe associations." UPSET CHAMP , Formej heavyweight champ Gene Tunney is the Navy's athletic director, but on the basis of an incident that occurred the other day it looks as if he could do with a little more personal per-sonal practice of what he preaches. Tunney isn't telling it, but he was almost floored by Vice President Henry Wallace, older and much slighter built than the dapper ex-prize ex-prize fighter. It wac all in fun, and happened while the two men were posing for a picture in Wallace's office. The customary hand-shaking pose didn't satisfy the photographer. "Let's get aome action into this," he 'Urged. In an effort to cooperate, Wallace asked Tunney Tun-ney : "Have you ever tried hand-wrestling?" "What's that?" Inquired the former champ. "Oh, we used to do it all the" time when 1 was a youngster in Iowa," said Wallace. "You stand toe to toe, clasp hands, and try to pull the Pee teUow over- Here, let me show you." The next thing Tunney knew, he was spinning spin-ning headlong across the floor in the direction ot a grandfather's clock. He just missed the clock and fetched up against a table, which he grabbed to regain his balance. Grinning sheepishly, he said: "I thought we were just going to pose that way. I didn't know you meant business." . ".I'm ex1treJnely sorry," apologized Wallace, who keeps in top physical trim by pUying tennis ten-nis every morning and walking to wSrk? "You're sorrv nrr n- r . j - .VT. claimed the camVraman. "sly. i mI.S one of the best pictures of my life That would have been a sensation." 1 WOUll (Copyright 1942 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) The leopard Changes His Face I : : ' t " - : ) .ML ftcrvtaw, tab ; ; , : British Commandos Fighting Old Stuff to U.S. Marines. With Local Writers Prizes of S10. l.V And 13 will be given winners in the annual poetry contest conducted by the Larue oi uian writers in con nectlon with the Rnundtm. accord ing to Mrs. Celia Van Cott of rrovo, contest cnairman. rrne contest is nnen to a.nvnn who ia a leaeue member and who has paid current dues. Rules for the contest follow: Each poet may submit one to four poems on any subject or in any form. Poems must be typewritten type-written on one side of the paper only, without the author's sig nature. Identification and names of poems submitted must accompany accom-pany the poems in a sealed err velope. Poems must not exceed fifty lines. Authors who wish manuscripts manu-scripts returned should enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope. enve-lope. The contest will close midnight, mid-night, June 1. Prize poems will be read at the annual Poets' Breakfast on July 12, the second and concluding conclud-ing day of the annual Roundup, which will be held in Provo this year. Prize, winning poems will also receive special recognition in Utah Sings, Vol. II, which is now being compiled. Aiding Mrs. Van Cott in conducting con-ducting the poetry contest are Hortense Anderson of Ogden, Mrs. Molly Marr Schultz of La-tuda, La-tuda, and Mrs. Vesta Pierce Crawford Craw-ford of Salt Lake City. AUNT HET By ROBERT QUILLEN "If I was Amy, I wouldn't would-n't meddle. I've always noticed no-ticed that matches parents don't approve of turn out about an well as any others.' Quiz Answers Questions on Page Three 1. Flag belongs to 2. Riom is the Yugoslavia. v French town where Vichy tried former ministers minis-ters and generals on charges that they took the country into war when it was totally unprepared. 3. They were sent to China or Japan as student officers to learn the language. By PETER EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 22 You mHI tiAa vrrrA and mONT AbOUt niu ' s - amphibious warfare as this thing. goes on, but in tnia connecuun the Marine Corps' official nose w little hit horta than 1IB11A1 Over all the publicity that the British, Commandos nave oeen receiving, and the suggestions that a Com-mondo Com-mondo force be established In, the United States. - The way the Marines teu n, Commandos are simply sea-old-iers trained In all the tricks of the Britisn KOyai annea, u J difference being that uiese new sea-soldiers are casmng m w w tricky publicity of a new roman tic name that has caught ine puo-lic puo-lic fancy. . ' Furthermore, the Marines wam k wnrM tn nnceciat6 that laid Marine know all there is to know aDoui inn amiMuu warfare, anyway. What it amounts to is the landing of expeditionary forces and the development and holding of beachheads to prepare the way for regular soldiers. Since our Marine Corps was established in 1789, it has been called on to make an averaee of more than two ueh landings every year. The basic pjrinciplea of this type of emphibious warfare remain the aaM same, say the Marines,- oniy in, una ...o f than' on near weaDQM. bet ter planes, better tanks, parachute troops, wnat it amounts to that amphibious fare fare has become be-come mechanized. The Japs have shown they have mastered this art of amnhihtrms wan are in tneir numerous landing operations on Pacific islands, but the Marines say the Japs have no really new tricks. Some Information! Informa-tion! on the training of the Marines Mar-ines for the new amphibious warfare war-fare has been given, hut most of the detail is still secret. Formerly, the Marine amphiba were known as the Flete Mobile Force, or FM That name didn't stick, so now there are two units. Atlantic Amphibious Am-phibious Corps and Pacific Amphibious Am-phibious Corps. But unlese you want to start a fight, don't call one of these amphibious am-phibious Leathernecks a "Commando." "Com-mando." Soldiers on Corregidor and 'workers in munitions plants will be glad to know that Washington society has unofficially decided that the lunch hour may properly end at 3:30 p m. The fact was developed as follows: According to Washington eti quette, no guest should leave makes his or her departure. .The Archduke Otto of Hapsburg, one of the' parasites who hangs around Washington a good hit these days, was recently invtied to a luncheon. Being the highest ranking guest, no one was supposed to leave before- he did.. But Otto had such a good time he stayed till 4:15, thereby keeping away from thetr jobs a lot of people. Whereupon one of Washington's social arbiters opined there ought to be a law that after. 3:30 pjn., anybody can leave any luncheon without apology apol-ogy and no matter how long the guest of honor stuck around. Washington Badinage: Senator Tom Connally of Marlin, Tex. I resent these dollar-a-year men being be-ing overpaid. Senator Harry S. Truman of independence, Mo. They're not being overpaid by their companies, but they are overpaid by the government. First it was called the Air Corps Ferrying Command. Then it was called the Air Corps Ferry Command. Com-mand. Now it is called the Air Corps Ferrying Command again. All of which may confuse the axis, but no more than it does Washington. Wash-ington. I Bond Barrier-- I Sales promotion managers for the War Savings Stamps and War Bonds campaigns have ' run onto a peculiar problem in dealing with the foreign language press in America. Am-erica. It seems that the Minute Man, the emblem which is printed on the stamps and bonds and all of the posters and advertising matter, doesn't register very well with the foreign born. Only symbol sym-bol they recognize is the Statue of Liberty. PRINCESS OBSERVES 16TII BIRTHDAY LONDON, April 22 u.R Princess Prin-cess Elizabeth, heir-presumptive to the throne, celebrated her 16th birthday today, making her official offic-ial debut in public life. Tonight she entertains 450 officers of-ficers and men of the Grenadjsr guards. he was appointed their eolonel-in-chlef a few weeks ago. The Grenadiers will parade for her. JAPS CLAIM TOLL OF PLANES TOKYO, April 22 (Japanese broadc&fft rprorrloH hv 1TD 1 a.. V JJ W.A.F in oaii Francisco) Imperial headquar ters said today that durisg the period from April 1 to April 20 a total of 66 enemv nlnnn either shot down or destroyed on the ground in the south Pacific luncheon before the guest of honor area extending as far as Darwin, O SERIAL STORY FRANTIC WEEKEND , BY EDMUND FANCOTT COSVRIOHT. IS4A, HKA SKRVICK. INC. G. 0. P. Women To Meet Thursday THB STORY I Pemmr Mack, IT. rrirca for fc Srst weekend party with i.r ri.ttr NMrra brother Michael mt the cottatrr Ferdr Iportoa. near Moat-5T.1: Moat-5T.1: th beaa- -T iiaamom her aew ST J? '""V eaeort, Meat. " " "Mmor. raaiBaljtav a ad aa laapreaataa. ticipatory smile. "Goody!" she said. "Fay," said Ferdy. "There is a piano in there. Why not sing to us?" Fay smiled at him. "Must I?" Ferdy nodded. "Hardlv must. dui i uunic we'd all like it." SPANISH FORK Election of officers for the coming year will Be tne main business of the Women's Wo-men's Republican club, to be held Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m. at the Second ward Relief society hall. President Evelyn Williams announces that the women of the second district will direct the pro gram with Mrs. L. B. Snell In charge. The minute talks will be given bv John E. Booth and Jex Boyack. Mrs. Ruth Brockbank will give a book review and there win oe a musical program. All are invited. rsg)! " - CZ-JrZZ-:-?. - a"T-n ii'MIIIM THE HITLER GAME Are you playing it to his advantage? Are you believing what he No! We axe lost In the Pacific and that our West Coast is in such grave danger there is: no point fighting on? ( ) The cost of the war will bankrupt the nation f ( ) Civilian sacrifices will be more than we can bear? ( ) Stalin is getting too strong, and Bolshevism will sweep over Europe? ( ) Our leaders are incompetent, our Government Incapable In-capable of waging war? ( ) Aid to our allies must stop? ' ( ) Our real peril Is the Japanetie, and we must Join ( ) Germany to stamp, out the "Yellow Peril ? ( ) We must bring all our- troops and weapons back to the United Stales and defend only ouf own shores? ( ) ue aninese ana in tmush will make a separate peace with Japan and Germany? f ) American dAnMMrauv win w.- ww -a a wo a uiai u waav tvbh m Give VOUrself n rntfno rt in ns sstir AOAi. xrrv - - w - - e vwi .v viv wv w wCii answer Add up your -score. If it's 100 per cent you're All-American! M . "own uui; xuure pmyuig tne niuer game: TNE.SMTOH Zt-2 ; W f XZ-. fob m A MUSICAL EVENING CHAPTER VII T'HAT evening, after their swim and a delicious cupper, Ferdy's suesis sai on ine wide-screened veranda overlooking a mmmiflconi view that formed sharper and still wiarper snaoows as the new moon rose over the horizon. Vying light streamed softly to them from the room behind, almost full open to me oroad porcn through a system of sliding panels of Ferdv'a de sign. His Aunt Belinda WU IrnlHtna M A. lor me navy and Myra for the Army. The two fiat together char ing the same light from the lounge room oenina tnem, the industrious Click Of tneir needle trilrinslv out of place in the lazy night Both the soldiers had brought tropical shorts and shirts of khaki, and were as cool aa the tali ciaasAa oy ineir sides, rerdy was irre-pressibly irre-pressibly untidy, faithful to a very old and worn cair of flannel trousers, and breaking in a striped coiton jersey that for him was comparauveiy - new, having been faded by only one summer of sun. Peggy, with one leg flung over ne arm oi a low wicker chair, was playing her Bohemian cart well. She wore a frock with a brieht bodice shirred at the waist and a full peasant skirt not overly long, even in a short-skirted season. sea-son. The dress was loosely open at ine inroat and striking in color a rust-red background anlaohcvf wun ooia coiors in a native ce sign. Fay. by comDarison. was cool and reserved. She wore a white cotton dress snarselv rjatterned win oiue navy motus, neatly collared col-lared and hieh-butfnned tA the necic in comparison, too, sue was yery quiei. The men smoked and th etae. ning promised to pass as a quiet preiuoe to a placid weekend untu Peggy's leg swung like a storm warning over the arm of her chair. "Let's iota something ." she said amddenl'. "We are doing something," said "Knitting!""; exclaimed Peggy and there was a world of con temptuous expression in her voice. x eray grmnea. -ive got a sur crlse for vou." Peggy's face; broks Into an an- TPAY looked around at the others cum uicic were signs mat everyone else was about to loin in the persuasion. To avoid it she rose. "Can I tell them?" said Ferdy. Fay looked down at him and smiled. "I thought everyone Knew." "Not in Montreal." cnlri VerAv "1 gathered you had kept it fairly quiei. Fay Ransom left the veranda and went into the room with the eyes of the two soldiers follow ing ner. "Fay Ransom " beenn Ferdv. "I her real name. Her stage name is uay iiandau." Percy sat un as if shot. "What? Is she honestly Gay Randall? "JSxactlv." crrinned Ferriv. Mvra looked at him calmlv. T knew there was something shout . ..... A. . . . ner mat didn't nt into that of flce.' "But. ..but... H exclaimed Pe, fiV.' "I've ffot records hv herl She was singing with Johnny White's Dana at tne Astor in Mew York. What's she doing here?" At that moment the soft notea of the piano drifted out to the veranda. Then a song by Grieg oegan to float from the room on a voice that held those who sat outside auiet and atil! Tt had a low, gentle quality, as though each note of the son if reflected nerfect- ly the will and feeling of the singer. After the sons was finished there was a siience. Then Peffmr cried nut Irrever ently: -awing someiningi" A laugh - came from Inside. Sorry. Not here." Pezrv relansed - in dioanrmfat- meni ana me voice oegan again, this time a song by Schubert. ' The audience listened nuietl Tne two soldiers appeared to be deep in thought. In both their minds there came the same thought Before . she was Fay Ransom, a very attractive sirl and accessible to anv man who could hold her. Now she was a celebrity, wno naa sung in new York with one of the best-known dance bands, . who had had radio contracts con-tracts on famous programs, whose name was a leeend amoner that vast number of rirla who envied her success. In other words, she naa suddenly leapt to some im-Dossible im-Dossible cedestal where ordinary men coma noi rcacn ner. Then came Peggy's irrepressible whisper. "But why is she here? "Why shouldn't she be?" asked Ferdy, to whora it was quite immaterial im-material whether his tmesta from the pinnacles of show busi ness or rrom an office desk. "But, I mean, why isn't she In New York?" 'Shut un." said her hmthe abruptly. She subsided a en In In ferment of curiosity. She leaned over to reray. "i can sbis" she whispered. Can you?" said Ferrfv'a awe- brows. She nodded earerlv. "Td anything to get into show busi ness!" 'THE song ended, a, lovely song fittinar nerfectlv intst a ,im mer evening with the air already cooling ovef the tree-tops. A moment late r through the door. Both Michael ana iMisei sat un aiiddAniv 'Please Sins' some mnn ...WW W, M.V said almost in unison. She shook her head. else's turn." Ferdv lauched D,m . m "Who .aid so?" asked Myra. I can so." renlfed pm ...i. ly. Then she turned tv ra iro- member the 'No anna a . . wu mwu- ed last year tha one Sherwiri wrove specially lor you? I can imitate im-itate you in that." ' Tome on then. aatd v rn play it for you." .Tne two soldiers slumped Into their seats and reeiimt selves to it. The piano broke Into nppie oi notes. Then came a husky, slow voice swinging one of lasyears most popular songs. "They're kidding . Thaf s Fay!" "Not at all. an Id Verd 1 into the room. "That is your little? The two crloomv sv.if isM with new interest, a Vvrtv amazement crossed Michael's face as he looked across to Myra. "That's a new one nn me t.a said. .. Wait until vam tiunt t often as I have," said Myra. "She. puts that record on im tn room about sixty times a night euB pracuces witn it. We've all been lookintf for It fnr r.v, break it, but she hides it too weffi" Peggy ran back to the veranda and Fay followed her. "How was that?" asVed unabashed. , - , Pretty good. said ' Ferdv : in spite of what your family thinks about it Has she . tot a voice. Fay?" : ; ' Fay laushed. "Rha ha. ,t,. . plied: -rr,-1r To Be Conttnned) |