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Show PAGE FROVO (UTAH)- DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY T, 1942 ' - SBlMrndBaaaaaaaaawMaMaMaaVan iflMMM fXxeaptiac Satayday BwM rblUb4 SvaSaa Published br tha Rmll Coraoratloe, M Saata Flrt Wwt Straat, Ftovo, Uta. Hntarad aa aaaoad atlaas matter at the peetemee ia rrara, Utah. aader Ue act of Marc f, 1IT. Ollmaa, Kloai A Bathmaa. National Advertte. lac repreeeatattaea. New York Saa Fraaclaaa, Dattalt, Boatoa, Lea Angela. Chicago. ' Member Halted Prea. ' K. B. A. Serrtoa, taa Serippe League at Newcpapera aa4 Aadrt Bareaa at ClrcalaUoa. TJbertT through all tha land" Taa Ubarty BaU SafeecrlpUea termer ay eerrter ta taa eeaatr. M aeata Mt aomk, .It.H.fw i months, ta advaaoe; IT.lt tha year, la adraaeet by aaati anywhere ' fa' United Statee er Ha' poaaesatoaa ii cent tha month; tt.ti taa at Bum the; 11.71 tha rear la advance. The Herald will , sot una flaaaalal ra aaeaalbluty far any arrora which mar appear la adrartteameata published hi Ha eelamaa. la those Instances whtra tha papar la at fenlt, ll will raprlat that part at tha aSTertUatneat hi whleh. tha typographical ariataka eoaura. Why We Are Rationed The American people are indulging indulg-ing in unrealism today which is going go-ing to add to the unpleasantness of tomorrow. Even after Pearl Harbor, Bataap, Singapore, . Burma, we insist in-sist upon pampering ourselves with the narcotic of wishful thinking. 'Specifically, to take current illustrations, illus-trations, there are the matters of automobiles and of sugar. With all that has been said and written, the average man still appears ap-pears to believe that the tire shortage short-age will be relieved soort by a huge output of synthetic rubber; that there is no need for severe restriction restric-tion upon gasoline, and so this will be lifted as soon as a few dunderheads dunder-heads in Washington have been rebuked re-buked scathingly. The same is true of sugar. We have been told, truthfully, that enough sugar is available to fill our national sweet tooth to overflowing. There are stories, believed if not true, that in Puerto Rico sugar cane is rotting uncut. Ergo, we are being victimized by some bureaucrat in the capital. The Lord knows there are bureaucrats bureau-crats enough on the Potomac- But that is another story, which doesn't affect the bald, unpleasant truth. Tires, gasoline, sugar are banned or rationed because there is no other way of beating Hitler and the Japs. In all probability they will be banned ban-ned or rationed until the war is over. He who plans on any other basis is blowing soap bubbles of the flimsiest type. He'll be very sad when they burst. Everybody realizes that tires are cut off because we can't get rub- make more. As for syn- ber to thetics We're so short of steel, already, that we're struggling to keep armament arma-ment and munitions production booming. We are forced to divert some of thai steel to construct plants in which to make enough synthetic rubber for military use. Is it sensible to. suppose that.any sane government will pull more steel out ofwar production, just so we can have tires for pleasure automobiles? auto-mobiles? Everybody knows this country has more petroleum than we can use for generations to come. But neither crude nor even gasoline gaso-line helps unless it can be brought to our filling stations. War use and sinkings have depleted our tanker fleet. The railroads are handling all the oil and gasoline they possibly can. Moreover, as. a recent Washington Washing-ton statement said perfectly: "It is unbelievable that sailors be asked to take the risk of going down on a burning ship in order that someone . may have gasoline to go to a bridge party or the ball game." Everybody knows, there is plenty of sugar. But where? In Cuba. In Puerto Rico. In Hawaii. Are we going go-ing to ask sailors to risk submarines to bring us a second spoonful of sugar for our coffee? Are we going to let armament and munitions lie in factories unused, so the railroads may haul Cuban sweetening from Florida for our gustatory delight? The War Production Board says No. These shortages are here for the duration of the war. If we don't like them, we might get busier and shorten the war. in iiiHiiiiiioiiii: The Hi Washington Merry-Go-Round t Daily Picture of What'. Going On In National Affairs WASHINGTON One-subject very much on the tongues of Republican leaders at the National Na-tional Committee meeting in Chicago was Gen. Douglas MacArthur. The hotel lobbies, corridors and cocktail lounges buzzed with discussion of his possibilities possibili-ties as the GOP "strong man" in 1944. Much political significance seemed to be attached to the fact that Pat Hurley, Secretary of War in Hoover's caMnet who is now U. S. Minister to New Zealand, ls( in close contact with Mac-Arthur. Mac-Arthur. However, there was one point on which the GOP chiefs were very much in doubt Mac-Arthur's Mac-Arthur's party label, whether he is a Republican Republi-can or Democrat. No one appeared to know definitely in which camp to place him. But one story that went the rounds did give Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur a GOP "slant.'' According to this report, he sent several friends to the 1920 convention in Chicago, which after a bitter fight finally nominated Warren G. Harding, and instructed them to submit his name to the delegates in the event any interest developed in a World War hero. MacArthur was then in his early 40's and commandant of West .Point. He had made an outstanding record as the front-line commander of the famous Rainbow Division and was a very popular figure, particularly among veterans of the AEF. However, no interest developed at Chicago and his name never got into the headlines. NOTE: Gen. MacArthur wasn't the only presidential possibility discussed at the recent National Committee meeting. There also was some talk of a 1944 ticket made up of Tom Dewey of New York and isolationist Senator "Curley" Brooks, who had Just won the Illinois renomination. Dewey, who has been on both sides of the isolationist issue, is preparing for another try at the New York governorship as the spring-board to the White House two, years hence. Brooks is the Chicago Tribune's white hope provided he is re-elected in November. SILENT WHITE HOUSE The White House is dead. It could hardly be deader if it had been bombed. The windows are hung with long funereal black-out curtains, and the liveried butlers stand idle. The great East Room has new parquet floor, but there is no one to dance on it. Simply as a matter of ritual, fresh flowers are still brought into. the rooms every day, but there are only three regular residents to see them. The crowds that used to make a public ' museum of the White House are a thing of the past. Two years' ago this month, a high point in tourism, was reached, when 8,000 men, women, wo-men, children' and babes-in-arms traipsed through parts of the White House in a single morning. And as recently as Easter 1941, 4,000 children ami mothers were admitted to the White House grounds in a single hour. Then came the ruling that only men in uniform would be admitted to the White House as sightseers, , and only, on Saturday mornings. Later came Pearl Harbor, and all tourists were barred. Now,, the -old residence that used to be called the "President'sVpalace' resounds regularly regu-larly to the steps of only three tenants the Drew Faaraea aad S. AUen President. Mrs. Roosevelt and Harry Hopkins. ROOSEVELT FAMILY DINNERS In the usher's office, just inside the front door, an old-fashioned callboard is hung, to indicate when guests are in or out. There is space for twenty names, but on a recent day it carried only the names of Mrs. Roosevelt, Harry Hopkins, and Lorena Hickok, long-time friend of both the First Lady and Hopkins, who often stay at the White House. (The President's name is never entered on the board.) A few days ago, the social black-out was lifted to admit the Crown Princess of the Netherlands Neth-erlands and her consort, for a dinner party. But no guest list was released, and the affair was kept on the level of a family dinner, in the family fam-ily dining room. A year ago it was possible to drive along Pennsylvania Avenue, turn In at the White . House gate, hand a calling card to the footman at the front door, and eventually receive an invitation from Mrs. Roosevelt to come for tea. Today, the gates are closed and heavily guarded. The two avenues flanking the White House are barred to traffic entirely. Never in 100 yearc: has the White House been so heavily guarded. The teas and receptions are cancelled for the duration, and the normally democratic residence of the Chief Executive stands cold and aloof ALASKAN HIGHWAY After all the hullabaloo about the vitally needed military highway to Alaska, it now looks as if it would take at least two years, perhaps nearer three years to build it. One trouble is there is still an argument about the route. To date the Army, has picked a route by way of Edmonton, center of the prairie state of Alberta, which is longer than the route advocated by Alaskan territorial officials. The Alaskan officials propose a short quick route straight up from the State of Washing ton io rnnce ueorge, men on the White Horse. Part of this about 400 miles to Prince George already is built. And if interned German, Italian and Japanese prisoners were put to work on the remaining link, it might be finished before winter. However, both the Army and the Canadian Government favor the longer route via Edmonton. Edmon-ton. This would follow the chain of Canadian airports to Alaska. These airports are operated by the Canadian pacific Railroad, which may be one significnt reason why the Canadians, want-a. want-a. road to link them up. The Army originally picked this route because be-cause last summer some of its plane, en route to Alaska with green pilots, got lost and cracked up. So it v as suggested that a highway Unking the airports would serve as a guide to airmen. The Army also favored this route in order to send gasoline and supplies by truck -to air vZfZLTZ'? Y'a.r.may 1x5 just about over. however, before this interior highway is built. - u sN7E;nynd,er H?e Amy'B contract, the unti?' ..pa.yK for thf road an1 maintains it to rni! he WRr or. Then it revert to Canada.. However, the Army failed ta insert anr! fLIe?virin Canada to P P maintenance mainten-ance after the war. - . . . ... ... (Copyright 1942 by United Feature '. Syndicate. Inc.) After Waiting So Long for Nice Weather ' ' WAR BONDS The 37 millimeter anti-aircraft gun, together with the 90 millimeter or heavy "ack-ack," comprises the business end of an anti-aircraft battery. bat-tery. The 37 millimeter gun is used on low firing enemy planes. It is completely automatic and costs about $18,000. JltiL, FORUM 'n Agin Old Order Changing With World Conflict Editor, Herald The present time (first half of the 20th century) is unlike anything the world ever before has known. Tt must be regarded by all informed, honest people as the most momentous period in fill Vvistory. What actually does it amount to? What caused it? What will It cause for the future ? All during the past decade we have had explanations based upon class positions and interests that served to conceal the actual cause and condition, to divert attention at-tention away from them, and to confuse public thought. Now the condition has become so serious that onlv the facta, the truth. But every American buying War will suffice. Therefore, in all Savings Bonds at $18.75 each , can I humility and sincerity, I submit buy these guns for our national de- I the. following as factual, truth- fense. Shells weigh' pound each fulf answers to the question and burst into fragments as they aoove propounded hit the target. Do your share, hit the Axis by going over the top on your county War Bond quota. Buy War Bonds every pay day. Immunization For Typhoid Received SPANISH FORK Fifteen hundred hun-dred school children of the Spanish Span-ish Fork district received their final immunization treatment against typhoid fever Wednesday at the various school, buildings in Spanish Fork. Local physicians assisted the public health, nurse, Mrs. Leona Curtis in the work. Beginning Thursday, May 11,' as a part of the National Health and Defense program, free inoculations inocu-lations of the typhoid serum will be available for pre-school children, chil-dren, and adults with payment for only the serum. , These will be given at the National Guard armory, arm-ory, the time set being from 5-7 p. m. As a precaution against the disease adults are urged to have the immunization done. PAYSON Under the supervision supervis-ion of Mi.4s Lena Keisig, district nurse, and sponsored by Payson city, P.-T. A., Lions club and CuJ.tus club, a total of 802 school children have been Immunized against typhoid fever. In addition to this 80 pre-school children have been immunized for smallpox and diphtheria. They will receive their second diphtheria shots on May 4 at 9:15 a. m. at the junior high school. Starting at 6 p. m. on May 13, at the Junior high school, all adults and pre-school children of the community who are interested inter-ested will be immunized for typhoid ty-phoid fever. A very nominal charge will be made. AUNT HET By ROBERT QTJILLEN "Bein' stinted on sugar Is harder on Clara. She's rich, and , rich folk suffer more when they' can't have their own way." 1. The present world condition is i the decaying, disintegrating, dying-out of an old outgrown system and order of economy, political and social order; and the travial of birth and the pain of : functional life of a new one all taking place at the same time. 2. The primary cause of all the conflict is capitalism, that distinctive system of economy, based upon private ownership and profit; the historic purpose of which was to increase productive forces, an abundance of the necessities nec-essities of life; but which, also, concentrated the wealth in possession pos-session of a few and impoverished impoverish-ed the masses of society; (b) National Na-tional capitalism naturally grew into world imperialism, and the struggle between the Imperialist nations for colonies, concessions, raw supplies, markets, etc., all for greater profits and power inevitably caused imperialist wars. . 3. World war 1: An explosion of j the pent up irreconciliable forces generated within the system sys-tem of world imperialism. A blow up: and break down of the old system and order of world economy. econ-omy. Accurately described, it waa the Imperialist World War. 4. Socialist Revolution (Russia): The overthrow of the capitalist system and government on one-sixth one-sixth of the earth's land surface and the creation and building of the socialist system of economy and government. 5. Advent of Fascism: The reaction re-action against socialism, the antithesis of socialism. The organized or-ganized effort of the most reactionary, re-actionary, brutal elements of the monopoly financial, industrial capitalists, cap-italists, landlords and warlords to destroy socialism and all forms of democracy and save and perpetuate per-petuate their ownership, privilege priv-ilege and power. . 6. World Crisis and Depression: The floundering, further disintegrating disinte-grating and sinking of the old world system and order. World War 2: The final clash of opposing forces, the forces of world fascism attempting to destroy de-stroy the forces of socialism and democracy; to determine whether wheth-er .all peoples and nations 'shall be free and independent or whether wheth-er ?they shall be enslaved and ruled by the fascist powers. Conclusion: The old, dying system sys-tem can not be - saved. It must pass out. The new borning system sys-tem must! come in. Fascism must and, will be destroyed. Socialism, democracy must and will be preserved pre-served and extended. ! ' E. A. MITCHELL O; ANSWERS I TO WAR QUIZ ; Questions on Page Two 1. Medal Is the Mexican Border Patrol medal given soldiers who patroled the Mexican border In 1916-17 when trouble threatened there.. 2. In the last war, American UNCLE EFi If we" we re really going back to horses and buggies, I'll bet there would beafly-net shortage. Remember Re-member them, the leather ones cut like long shoe strings, and the , woven ones that were always slipping off and being stepped on? And the horsei drawing hearses, wearing the long black nets that ran clear up to their ears, with tassles on them were really handsome.; ' soldiers were sent there. Now Murmansk is important a a port to which American supplies are being shipped for Russia's armies, 3. Eritrea is the former Italian, African colony on the Red Sea, Americans are now building a great base.' f - New Dishes From the Ga pita I Cupboard By Peter Edson BY PETER EDSQX Dally Herald Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, May 1 To some people in Washington,, the explantion of why Pierre Laval is such a you-know-what is fairly simple. For years, they say, Laval was attorney in France for I. O. Farben, the German . dye trust which through it monopolies, patent pat-ent pools and cartels attempted to maintain a strangle hold on the world's chemical business. Con siderlng the close relations be tween the German government and I. G. F., Laval has been on the German payroll for years, so what more could you expect. About 1 million motor vehicles In the 17 states and the District of Coumbia go on short gas ra tibns May 15. That amounts to one-third the nation's motor transport. The principal headache of this initial ga rationing will come when the school teachers who do the registering have to pass on the applications of car owners who feel they are entitled to more than the minimum allowance. Every car owner will be given an "A'' card entitling him to minimum, allowance allow-ance of seven unit. The trouble will come in classifying for handling handl-ing the appeals of motorists such as war workers, who feel they will be entitled to B-l. B-2. or B-3 cards of 11, 15 and 19 units respectively. School teacher are supposed to know everything, but how they'll be able to tell a B-l from a B-3 without the help of algebra is the unsolved problem on the black board. Main benefit of this interim rationing is that it will serve a an experimental registration to de termine what bugs must be eradi cated from the permanent rationing ration-ing plan which will go In effect July 1. NO SCAMPS, PLEASE We must avoid "scamping," the Maritime Commission's Admiral Emory S. Land told the Truman committee Investigating national defense, and thereby he brought back into current use a word that hasn't been heard much in the war production effort. It's a good one to revive. What it means, of course, is to perform work in a hasty or neglectful manner. "Don't be a scamp'' has double meaning during a war. Admiral Land mentioned two other Indeterminate factors in the war production effort. One is loafing and the other is the low-down. low-down. No one can tell accurately how much they are affecting war prodUL'tlon todays" hut" they ""are" evident. Strikes are not serious now. Where the damage comes is in the period of agitation before, and the period of let-down after a strike. , In the slow-downs, what happens hap-pens is that someone on an assembly as-sembly line start a "Hey! Where's the fire!" or a "What you tryin' to do kill yourself?" movement among the workers nearest to him. When that spreads, the damage is done. Labor leaders and management man-agement alike are trying to figure out ways to combat it. A good many observers were skeptical when the : Army public relations staff started its program of having soldier make pep taucs to workmen in war production plants during the noon hour. In a few instances last winter, plant managers balked at taking the time out of the working shift to assemble big plant forces in cold yards, merely to have speeches made at them. But the Army talks do good and show definite results that wherever one of these talks is delivered, production produc-tion curves shoot right up. Said a Boy Scout named Anthony Gray, "Gee whu about all I can Is a dime at a timet For Savings Stamps, bat I'm Going to own a Savings Bond some day ! an wfll haly daCaat thm Axaw 8ava:tbaaaa4 hm V. S. rEvaaiMtaT E 'm Aaaarlaa T .mr SERIAL STORY FRANTIC WEEKEND BY EDMUND FANCOTT COPVSIOHT. I sax. NBA SEaVtCX. INC. PEGGY PROGRESSES CHAPTER XV yUNCH on Saturday was a great success. The various mishaps and conversations of the morning had welded the company together, and even Baldy found himself part and parcel of the party, no longer hostile stranger barking at the fringes of the gathering. He had emerged for lunch in another complete and splashily new outfit of sports slacks and shirt. Michael, Myra and Fay had showered, Peggy and Nigel had been collected. Ferdy had done a quick caricature of Baldy emerging in his new suit, a caricature cari-cature which impressed Baldy so much that he kept picking it up and muttering; "Well, what do you know about that?" Baldy tackled Fay immediately after luncfi and Myra tackled Peg- "What were you doing all morn-ing?" morn-ing?" asked Myra. Peggy smiled sweetly. "Swimming "Swim-ming ... in a swim suit . . . with a gentleman ..." "If I know you," muttered Myra, studying the innocent green eyes of her sister. "That canoe was untied un-tied by someone." Peggy had learned never to tell lies to her sister. She saw through them but she had also learned that half the truth sometimes sufficed. suf-ficed. "I did it,M she admitted. "I did it for Michael's sake." "For Michael?" echoed Myra. "Why, haven't you noticed?" asked Peggy. "He's crazy about Fay. It sticks out all over him. And she thinks he is wonder fuL She told me so herself this morning, morn-ing, before breakfast." ' "Maybe she was still asleep," grunted Myra. "And I was just helping him. Nigel is crazy about her too . . . or he was. I know because. I found him by the wharf looking tor her . . . -"-'itP Myra was not being fooled by her sister. "So. you marooned him on an island ... with you for company." , . Peggy smiled and. there, was fart too much self-assurance in her expression,'' OW, listen," said Myra. "Every time our family comes up here there is trouble of some kind. Keep your head and don't get ideas. Try someone else for a change this afternoon." That is just what Peggy had in mind. Eveh at her age she knew that there was nothing like leaving leav-ing a man in air and giving oneself one-self a scarcity value that is, provided pro-vided you could make sure that any competition was well cared for. So, smiling very sweetly at her sister, she sought her brother, her plans churning faster than ever. "Michael," she began when she found him moodily smoking a pipe by himself. He was thinking how little chance he had with a girl like Fay. "Michael," said his sister sis-ter sternly, "we must do something." some-thing." "What do you mean?" He was impressed by her serious air. Good, thought Peggy. "It's about Fay. That horrible little man Baldy is after her again. He is worrying her head off -to go back with him. If we don't rescue her, maybe shell go this' afternoon." "She won't go," said Michael, brooding. "She's the kind of girl who can make up her own mind and stick to it" "O. K." said his sister. "If you want to quit, quit"- Her brother shot a surprised and questioning glance at her. Peggy leaned forward. She whis pered the next words, looking around to see if anyone was following fol-lowing the conference. "Fay thinks you are wonderful. She told me herself this morning before breakfast." "If you would mind your own damned business : .-." Her brother flushed, whether from anger or embarrassment she did not cafe. Peggy rose haughtily to her feet and hissed, "All right. ' But' I am going to rescue her. If you want to help, stroll around to the seat behind the rockery in a few minutes." min-utes." ' Conspiracy was quite a hectic business after lunch on a hot day, but Peggy was young and full of energy and had an advantage over the others, who all seemed quite willing to lounge for awhile after the meaL ...-.... rT,HE next move was to cut -Fay. off from the odd few reclining on the veranda. Before her con-; versa tion with Myra she had enlisted en-listed herself in the service of Baldy, thereby impressing that gentleman with the fact that aha was an intelligent minx, if a little young. "I think a girl is crazy to refuse your help," Peggy had said. Baldy had looked at her without with-out speaking, which was so unusual un-usual and Peggy had continued. "You want to see her .alone?" A snort of disgust emerged from Baldy. He waved his cigar at various figures in deep chairs. "With this crowd? What a hope! Open my mouth and half of 'em jump down it before I say a word." "O. K." whispered Peggy. "Be round at the roqkery. I'll deliver the goods. If I can't get a chance, myself I'm not going to see anyone any-one else miss it." Baldy was unconvinced. Long experience with women had taught him to look for the underside under-side of any conversation, but he took a chance and went to finish a cigar near the rockery. When Peggy, came "back from . speaking to her brother she slipped into a seat by- Fay who was closing clos-ing her eyes, for a few moments of blissful rest. ' Nigel bad parked himself near her. Tay," whispered Peggy secretly. secret-ly. Fay opened -her eyes. "Fay, what would you do?" ; At the question which arose in Fay's eyes, Peggy looked around as if everyone else, ? particularly Nigel, were too near. "We can't speak, here. I wish . . . you know more about men than I do . . . , Fay responded with natural generosity. ' She rose from her chair and drifted away from the veranda .with Peggy.; Nigel was fast asleep and , did not notice their departure. - - -'; "Let's go round to the rockery," said Peggy. "Maybe there will be no one there." Fay waited for' the confidences that were coming. "It's like this," said Peggy. "Nigel is awfully nice. I like him . . . and I think he. likes me. But I'm only seventeen and he is twenty-five. Do you hink. ; ." She paused, y Fay smiled. "Why, "eight years difference is ideal!" "Do you really think so?" said Peggy. - . ... ; At. which convenient' moment they came upon Baldy so ' suddenly sud-denly that there was no time to escape. But Peggy was satisfied. -She knew that a 'girl like Fay would do her. best to leave Nigel alone so that Peggy-, could- have a- -free -hand. Everything - waa working out beautifully! : (T Be Oantla d - - |