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Show V :PAGE TWQ- PROVO UTAH) DAILY HERALD, - MONDAY, JULY 6 1942 I " am-i.i iTgggsaaraigwCT awt i nrta llirTr.ii .."jjt. w: sct :jk - - - . I T Arofiii (Ecptln tarda ul . (Kscaptfn naajr BarmM rblUbd oaday Mania FnMlahad by the Herald Co rpo ratios. M oats Tint Wt BtrMt, JProjro, Utah. Bntr4 mm een4 elM matter at th pMteffle ta Praro, vtah. vndar tn at f Marco . 1I7. Oilman. Nlcol A Rothman. National Advartla-tnc Advartla-tnc rapraBentaUvaa, Nw York, Ban Fraoclae, Detroit. Boston. Lo ABfelaa. Chlcafo. Member United Preaa, H. IB. A. Servloa, thm Berlppa Leairue oft Kewapapan and Aadtt Bnrvaa ef Circulation. ' IJberty throufh all the land" The Liberty ofearriptlwa ersM r ? aaxrtar ta Utah eounty, ft ceau the wo&th. f ! for ats month. 4a advaaoe; 7.H the year, la advance: by nail anywhere la United Btataa er tta poaMulrns If eenta the month; $J. for ats month; II.TI the year ta adranee. The Herald will sot aaaume financial re-aponalbnily re-aponalbnily for any errora which may appear In advertisement; published In Its column. la those Instances where the paper la at fault. It will reprint that part of the advertisement la which the typographical mistake occur. We're Too Nice Among other reasons why the Germans and the Japanese are pushing us so hard is the fact that we've too nice. We think and try to act like gentlemen. We refuse to recognize that war is a nasty, brutal business, which can not be settled With one hand while we hold our fastidious nose with the other. We meaning particularly the Anglo-Saxon peoples are not irretrievably ir-retrievably soft. We are as courageous courage-ous as any probably more than most. We are as clever, as scientific, as logical, as imaginative as our enemies. Yet we let them shove us around. The time has come Tobruk and Matruh are proof, if there were no others for us to get tough, to forget for-get Marquis of Queensbury rules, to inculcate ourselves with the fighting fight-ing code of the lumber camps. The time has come for us to develop de-velop a good, ardent, let's-knock-their-dirty-blocks-off hate against any man who wears an axis uniform uni-form or has to do with the axis war effort. It seems to be agreed by on-the-spot observers that we probably shad at one time the men and the .materiel in North Africa with which -to beat General Rommel's armies. Good, competent correspondents who watched the campaign from the fighting lines say that we lost because, instead of asking "Where will we hit Rommel next?" our leaders lead-ers worried about "Where will Rommel Rom-mel strike us next?" Everything else being equal, wars .are won, by ihose.who are in there slugging every minute, taking the-initiative, the-initiative, making the rules, barring no holds, missing no bets. Right now that is the Germans, the Russians, the Japs. The Russians are doing a most creditable job, on our side, because fflllfflffllH! 1 he they are as tough and ruthless as their enemies. They're no braver than the British and Americans. They're no cleverer. They're no better equipped. They're no better led. Sfi S Pfr All they have that we lack, thus far, is the will to win at any cost. Every Russian fights with the feeling feel-ing that upon him, individually, falls the entire burden of the war. They kick, they gouge, they bite, they claw. They recognize no foul zone. They fight the devil with fire, the axis with its own callous, rat-in-a-corner technique. Before we shall win, we must forget for-get that we are good sports. We must stop eyeing the net, preparatory prepara-tory to jumping across to congratulate congratu-late the victor. We must get in and slug, resolved that in the end only the victor shall remain ' alive and he shall be us. Crop Threat From New York state comes the plaint that, unless workers are found, a record crop $59 billion worth of fruits and vegetables will rot on the trees and in the fields. On the same day that brought that warning from a federal agency, there arrived from the same agency under separate cover information that in New York City unemployment- among needle trades workers is reaching abnormal proportions. The farmers need four thousand field hands between now and September. Sep-tember. Almost 90,000 garment workers are unemployed. The United States Employment Service, which reports both troubles, says there is no idea of feeding the farms from New York's needle workers. Conceding that a relatively relative-ly small proportion might make good field hands, certainly one out of 20 could help a little. ill Washington Merry-Go-Round A Daily Picture of What's Going On In National Affairs Robert 8. Alleo Drew Pearson WASHINGTON Matters of personal prestige in the army sometimes get so belligerently bel-ligerently entangled that you wonder whether we're' fighting a foreign foe, or ourselves. For Instance, Gen. Walter Weaver, commander of the Air Corps Technical command at Pine-hurst, Pine-hurst, N. C. wanted an educational film produced prod-uced showing the many phases of ground work connected with the Air Corps how a plane cannot get off the ground without mechanics, the duties of weather experts, supply men, etc. So he ordered one of his aides, Major Si Bartlett, formerly an ace Hollywood writer, to take the matter up with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. M-G-M was glad to produce the film, started several film writers on the job, and Major Bartlett went out to Hollywood. Before he left, however, he phoned Col. Arthur I. Ennis of Air Corps' public relations rela-tions and . cleared the idea with him. But shortly after Major Bartlett reached the Coast, he got a phone call from Col. Mason Wright, chief of the Army's Division of pictures, ordering him to drop work on the Air Corps picture immediately. Very frate, Wright said this idea had not been cleared through him. Col. Wright' is a West Pointer in the regular army, not the Air Corps, who has -taken quite a fancy to Hollywood and has contributed con-tributed a story idea to Universal. Hollywood literally Shakes n its shoes when he raise's his voice above a whisper. So, after several long distance phone calls at about twenty bucks a throw, Major Bartlett and fcMro-Goldwyn-Mayer dropped the Air Corps picture and Col. Wright turned it over to Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century-Fox. CAPITAL, CHAFF Asked how lie liked his new job as public relations counsel to the Secretary of War, Herbert Bayard Swope, ex-editor of The New York World, replied: "I'm trying to annoy as few people as possibfe.". . Senator Bilbo of Missifpi came into a friend's office, found him reading a scathing newspaper attack against him (Bilrre). The Senator picked it up, perused it carefully, finally remarked: "That fellow certainly can write.". . . The Burchfield Hardware company of Beaumont, Tex., patriotically patri-otically sent Secretary Ickes a brand new corrugated cor-rugated rubber mat weighing 280 pounds as its donation to the rubber campaign. . . From how on Ickes won't have to "steal" rubber mats from the White House. . . At the last Alfalfa Club Dinner, Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington post was accosted by Jesse Jones. When he received another Alfalfa Club. Invitation recently. Meyer Inquired: "Shall I bring swords or pistols?" MORE WPB TROUBLE Donald Nelscfs Jong overdue reorganization reorgan-ization of WPB has run Into White House trouble. The President does not 'ike Nelson's flan, under which major phases of the civilian war production organization would be turned over to the control of Army brasshats. The power-hungry military tycoons have been wanting to get their hands on key WPB divisions for a long time. Until recently, Nelson has straight-armed these encroachments and Roosevelt has backed him up 100 per cent. But under the very hush-hush reorganization plan Nelson has submitted to the White House, he proposes to hand the army on a silver platter plat-ter a large chunk of his administrative power. According to WPB insiders this is Nelson's Nel-son's scheme: "The all-important Production and Purchases Division of WPB to be transferred transfer-red to the army. In return, the Army-Navy Munitions, Mu-nitions, would become a WPB bureau. The present pres-ent head of the Board, Ferdinan Eberstadt, would be named Deputy Chairman of WPB that is, second man to Nelson. Eberstadt is a former Wall Street banker, and his elevation would still further increase $l-a-year man rule in WBP, despite the caustic denunciation of such rule by the Truman com-mi com-mi t tt?c Inside word is that the President is very critical of Nelson's plan, on the ground that it would give too much authority to the military over matters he feels should be kept in the hands of civilian administratiors. He is credited with the view that production is a civilian responsibility re-sponsibility and should not be turned over" to military management. This also is the opinion of some of Nelson's Nel-son's chief assistants, who privately are sore at his latest tactics. One objector is reported to be William Batt, hard-hitting head of the Requirements Re-quirements Committee, who long has wanted Nelson to houseclean WPB of its $l-a-year dead-wood. dead-wood. Apparently In an effort to mollify Batt, Nelson has offered him the vice chairmanship of WPB. Just how this title would rank with the proposed deputy chairmanship or Eberstadt is not clear. Meanwhile, the President is holding up Nelson's Nel-son's scheme - and has called in Dr. Luther Gulick, an expert on government- reorganization. reorganiza-tion. SIERRY-GO-ROUND Postmaster General Frank Walker drew a lot of applause when he issued a special 5-cent "Chinese Resistance" stamp, commemorating the heroic anti-Jap resistance of the Chinese. But Walker didn't realize that in doing this he was piling up a lot of headaches for himself. Since the issuance of the Chinese stamp, he has been deluged with demands from other Axis-ravaged countries for similar recognition . . . United Mine Workers insiders say that John L. Lewis is plsinning to raise the salary of his daughter Kathryn from $7,500 to $9,000 a year. Miss Lewis has been on the UMW payroll pay-roll many years as her father's most trusted lieutenant. She now operates as his whip-cracker whip-cracker in District 50, which is in the throes of a violent revolt against lron-fisted Lewis rule (Copyrignt, 1942, by United Feature Fea-ture Syndicate, Inc.) he Pyramids of Modern Ciyflizatipn? fcsa ... &mt Whys, Wherefores Of New Salvage Drive By Edson -! Once News, Now History Twenty-five Years Ago Today From the Files of the TROVO HERALD July 5, 1917 Provoans were resting after participating in one of the mosf gigantic July Fourth celebrations in Provo's history. Provo's dog catcher, Joseph W. Loveless, reported that his department's de-partment's receipts for June, 191V, were $66.70. Marriage licenses were issued to the following couples: Carl A. Christensen, Spanish Fork, and Dora Johnson, Junction; Josef KohLeffel, Granger, and Elsie Henock, Provo; Arnold C. Randall, Ran-dall, Springville, and Gladys B. Archbold, Provo. Citizens were awaiting the completion of the remodeling of the Utah stake tabernacle. The building had been undergoing repairs re-pairs for three months, and Provo was anticipating a great improvement improve-ment in the interior of the construction. Our Boys In the War With Local Writers Congratulations are extended to Mrs. Ruby B. Anderson, secretary sec-retary and treasurer for League of Utah Writers, Provo chapter, for her poem, "Tell Me Fisherman" Fisher-man" which will be published in The Triad American Book of Provo members of the League of Utah Writers are remiade4 by league officers that the pre-roundup bui-imw bui-imw meeting will begin at 8 o'clock tonight. In the ladies' lounge In the education build- j ing of Brigham Young uni- versity. ! Verse, which is published in Portland, Me. Mrs. Grace M. Candland elso will be represented in the same publication with her charming verse, "Chrysanthemums." "Chrysan-themums." Everyone interested in attending attend-ing the Writers' Roundup, highlight high-light event of the year for creative cre-ative artists, must make reservations reserva-tions this week with Mrs. Ruby B. Anderson if they expect to attend at-tend the Saturday evening banquet ban-quet or the Poet's Breakfast on Sunday, July 12. Plans are now completed for the "Lucky Roundup'' Round-up'' which will start Saturday morning at nine o'clock at the Joseph Smith building, where all Saturday events will take place. Sunday's activities will be conducted con-ducted at the Provo golf clubhouse. club-house. , "High Yaller Sally," by Mrs. Marge Stewart, 718 Ninth Avenue Salt Lake City, has won first p4ae in the annual poetry contact con-tact sponsored by the League of Utah Writers, according to Mrs. Celia Van Cott of Provo. contest chairman. Mrs. Stewart is a member mem-ber of the Salt I skr Lak j Chapter Chap-ter of the League. Tw Ogden members, Mrs. Eva Wangsgaard of 1818 28th Street and Mrs. Blanche Kendall Mc-Kay of 2821 Porter Avenue, won second sec-ond and third places r'ayectively with "Utah Boy in the P.. A. F." and "Shallow Root3." Three entries were accorded AUNT HET By ROBERT QU1LLEJN "I believe in Providence. NothJn else could make younguns turn out ho well in spite o the way they're brought up." New Books In The Library (If vou have any news about a son," brother or father In tne armed forces, the Dally Herald would like to print it. Send it in.) honorable mention. They and their poems follows. Mrs. Cherry McKay, presdent of trie Provo Chapter, "The Birds Have Come" Mrs. Olive W. Burt, youth editor of the Salt Lake Tribune, "Memo 1942"; Mrs. Merling D. Clyde of American Fork, member of the Provo Chapter, "Afer the Storm." Mrs. Grace M. Candland of Provo Pro-vo has won the bulletin name contest con-test sponsored by the League of Utah Writers, according to Mrs. Ruby B. Anderson, also of Provo, who is state secretary-treasurer. Mrs. Candland's winning name is "The Rustlers." S'he will be presented pre-sented with a season ticket to the League Roundup on July 11 and 12. Whether or not "The Rustler" will t3 accepted as the permanent perman-ent name of the league publication, publica-tion, supplanting the title "The Lariat" which has been occasionally occasion-ally used in the past, will be decided de-cided upon by the members at the Roundup. THR HOUR BEFORE THE DAWN by W. Somerset Maughan. This is the story of an English family in wartime - a family which strives to maintain its tradition, tra-dition, its way of life in the midst of the catalysmic disruptions of war-torn Britain. THE BOY FROM MAINE bv Katharine Brush. Here is the roar and the glitter and the excite- i ment of the twenties, the night clubs, the speakeasies, the easy money. Here are the uncertainties uncertain-ties and fears and collapses of the thirties, and finally here is the I purpose ot tlie present. POISON IS A BITTER BREW by Anne Hocking. A Crime club selection. NON-FICTION RUSSIA AND JAPAN by Maurice Hindus. Here is the answer an-swer to one of the most pressing questions about the war, by the I authority on Russia whose inter pretation of the Soviet people has stood the test of time and whose predictions of Soviet policy have a record of unrivaled accuracy. ac-curacy. TIME RUNS OUT by Henry J. Taylor. Danger, excitement, courage, the thrill of high adventure adven-ture are in this book. But here is also the starkest picture yet drawn of . the danger in which we, our way of life, and all civilization civil-ization stand. SPANISH FORK Word has been received by Mrs. Hannah H. Swenson of, this city, that her son Frank I. Swenson is among thirteen Utah graduates from the army air force gulf coast training center at Randolph Field, Texas. Mr. Swenson has just completed the rigorous thirty-two week flying schedule of 200 hours aloft and 400 hours ground school in one of the largest classes thus far entered at the training center. Mr. Swenson has been in training train-ing at Moore Field, Texas, in the eingle eng'ine fighters pilot class, and vras scheduled to received the coveted silver wings in ceremonies cc-nducted on the evening of Independence In-dependence Day. Robert E. Knudsen son of Principal Prin-cipal and Mrs. E. E. Knudsen of this city, has been advanced to staff sgt. at Fort Lewis, Washington, Wash-ington, it is announced by Mrs. Knudsen and daughter. Norma Jean, who have just returned from Visiting at Camp Lewis. The promotion pro-motion of their son and brother was a thrilling event of their v'sit. Lieutenant Leon McGarry, of Spanish Fork, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman McGarry, has reported to the Columbia, S. C.C, air base and is now with a medium bombardment bom-bardment group stationed there. Lieutenant McGarry was commissioned commis-sioned second lieutenant June 13 at Mather Field, where he received advanced training. BIRTHDAYS Tuesday, July 7 GEORGE DATTGE HANS E. PETERSON H. J. STAGG T. STERLING TAYLOR J. M. REDD MRS. AUGUSTA W. GRANT MRS. PETER GRONEMAN MRS. GLEN BORGET KENNETH W. BAILEY MRS. ARTHUR WINTERS WAR QUIZ sfe Utah Verse Contributions should be sent to Mrs. Celia Van Cott, 532 North Third East street. Enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope if return re-turn of copy is desired. LETTER TO A YOUNG DRAFTEE Dear Jon, I wish that you were here. I have so much to say That is too hard to put in words With pen and ink this way. His hair is soft as dawn-spun mist And curly too r think You'd love his chubby little fists And petal skin of pink. My being is filled with love. O' Jon, His stubty nose is pressed With baby strength in hungry greed Close to my yeilding breast. Our son was born on Christmas day; I named him after you, Robert Jon, I m-miss vou so. Your loving wife, LaRue. Dorothy Dana 1. Here's a flag with a light blue base upon which is superimposed superim-posed a yellow cross. It belongs to one of the f? few neutral nations na-tions left in Europe. Which ? 2. Is there a Latin - American Ameri-can country whose language is not Spanish? And if so, what tongue is used? 3. June 13, 1917, was a very important American date in the last World War. Did it have to do with a sea battle, the first sailing sail-ing of troops to France, or a skirmish near Paris with German troops ? Answers on Page Seven Legion Installs Its New Officers SPANISH FORK With District Dis-trict Commander Henry McNeil of the Fourth district of the American Legion in charge, ofi'i cers for the coming year have fctcn installed by Spanish Fork Post No. 68 as follows: E. E. Anderson, An-derson, commander; Angel Caras, first vice-commander; Gomer Thomas, second vice-commander; Wilford T. Johnson, adjutant; WilMam Lee, sergeant-at-arms; Fred S. Dart, historian; George E. Larscn, service officer; David Stoker, grave registrar; Frank Nelson, chaplain and the executive execu-tive committee, Leo M. Banks, Worthy B. Davis, Lawrence Johnson, John-son, Frank Scott and William J. Money. Other out-of-town officers in attendance were Carl Eager, service officer from Eureka; and a member of the Omaha Legion post, the largest post in the world. Payson Briefs Mr. and Mrs. Mont Robertson arrived last week from the east, where they have been since their marilaf last December. Mi J. Robertson was formerly Mrs. Florence Manwill. They did government gov-ernment work at Washington D. C. and later were transferred to New London Connecticut. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Merrill Mer-rill and two daughters of Los Angeles are here for a week vacation va-cation w"ith Mrs. Merrill's mother, Mrs. Rhoda Davis. Miss Jean Davis, who is attending school in Salt Lake City, came down and they had a family party in the park Wednesday evening in honor of the visitor. Darlene and Mary Jean Beam-son Beam-son have gone to Los Angeles to visit with their grandmother Mrs. Rhoda Wickers and with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wickers. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Horton and sons, Bob and Ted of Huntington Park, California liave been here for a weeks visit with relatives and friends. Mrs. Warren Dal ton and daughter Jean have also been here from Huntington Park for a visit. Mark Wightman has returned home from Washington D. C. where he has had a civil service position for the past year. He is now located at Fort Douglas and bis family has moved to Salt Lake City. Dan Loveless, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cwen Loveless has gone to San Francisco to spend the summer sum-mer with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harriman. Miss Arthella Hanner has returned re-turned home. from a two weeks vacation trip to the Pacific coast. She went first to Sacramento and visited with Miss Donna Tanner who is a missionary in California and then on to San Francisco to visit places of interest. After a delightful trip down the coast jfie spent some time in Los Ajigeles with her brother, Merlynn Tanner Tan-ner and wife. Colleen and Ciane Coray have teen visiting in Salt Lake City with Mrs. Virginia Lee Bowen and Rebecca Winters. BY PETER EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent July 4 may be the day you celebrate cele-brate your independence, but July s is ihe day dedicated to the junk man. For on this day begins uipie-Uireat drive to win the Aar ut home by salvaging mil--ions of tons of things Americans are accustomed to throwing away. The fats and greases from the kitchen of city, village and farm. m Zo principal municipal areas, che tin cans that were never con-u con-u good ior anything but aulir.g to the dump. And all over this broad and beautiful land, every scrap of if rubber that hasn't been collected, but all the nit; rags from vo.-v nook and corner. July 6 marks the beginning of a national clean-up campaign the like of which this nor any other country ever saw. From the greases will come explosives. ex-plosives. From he cans, tin an 2 steel. From the rags and old iron, from practicajly everything except ex-cept bottles and bones and the few remaining items of waste which no one has found a use for yet, salvage from the insatiable maw of war. Announcements from Donald Nelson and oner big shots of the war production machinery. Ads in 400 newspapers of 192 cities, paid for by the glycerine and soap industry, in-dustry, educating the people on how to save the kitchen grease that usually goes down the draJi pipe or into the garbage pail. Pieces in the newspapers and messages mes-sages on the radio from coast to coast. Posters, counter cards and leaflets. In the rural areas, county Extension Ex-tension Service leaders have been trained to head up the drives, la the city areas .house to housa calls from the local Salvage Committees. Com-mittees. Old aluminum, old paper, pa-per, old rubber drives are over the hump. Now its grease, scrap metals, and rags that are being sought, and in the 28 selected cities, tin cans. This is the way the war will be won in July after which there no doubt will be oher salvage drives. Farmers Helping No fooling, the war could be lost without this salvaging of household fats. Germany lound that out in 1937, and two years before the war began the Nazis started hoarding grease. They pift grease traps in all the kitchen sinks. They rebuilt sewage disposal dis-posal plants to recover oiu, they did without butter in the famous guns not butter drive, and they boiled up animal corpses of all kinds. Germany is therefore fat-sufficient, fat-sufficient, and not just in the head. The .United States hn always ten the most fat-wasteful country. coun-try. The consumption of fats soared to 82 pounds per person per year, which is i third more than the fat consumption was 30 years ago. Two-thirds of this is eaten in the form of mer, butter, shortenings. A filth goes into soap. A twelfth goes into paints and varnishes and the remaining twentieth into industrial uses. But the war has upset this balance. ba-lance. Last year the United States consumed 11 billion pound3 of fats. This year it will be 32 billion bil-lion pounds. Nect year it may be 13 billion pounds., Normally, the ' United States would be importing up to 2.5 billion bil-lion pounds of fat a year, about haif of it from the area under Japanese control. This year, the U. S. will export uo to 1:5 billion pounds for the use of the United Nations, and faces a shortage of 1.5 billion pounds a year. Two billion pounds of grease are wasted in kitchens every year.. If one-fourth of that can be salvaged, sal-vaged, the country can get "by, for the farmers raising more soy beans, harvesting more peanuts, 'ginning more cottonseed, farrowing farrow-ing lOo million head of hogj this year will produce the other Million Mil-lion pounds of needed fats Quota: 14 Pound Weekly What will be done with the fat saved by the housewife? The 500 million pounds of salvaged kitchen grease wil go from the meat markets to rendering plants to make 50 million pounds of glycerine. Glycerine floats the compass on a battleship, lubricates lubri-cates and cushions the recoil mechanisms on hoists and big guns, goes into the making of explosives. ex-plosives. Fifty million pound of glycerine would make 1250 million mil-lion anti-tank shells. The quota for every American family is to save a quarter of a pound of grease a week, which will make enough glycerine for one anti-tank shell. See the butcher tomorrow, to-morrow, for instructions, and as you pour that bacon grease" into lx e,mpiv.. one-P"nd coffee can. which will hold two pounds of grease, just pretend you're pouring pour-ing explosive into the casing of a shell for your favorite soldier to fire at the Japs and Nazis. MONTANA KILLED DRUMMOND Mont.. July 6 (CP) Brush Beck with, 66 of Butte, was killed 10 miles east of Lvfnmond yesterday when the car he was driving plunged over a 15-foot embankment. Howard Noble, also of Butte, who was riding with Beckwith, is recovering from injuries suffered suf-fered when he wu thmum of the car and into Gold Creek, running aiong the foot of the embankment. He was awmt fjn feet downstream before he suc ceeded in grasping a rock. - i |