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Show D fl D D 0 Navy Publicity It. is time for Commander-in-Chief, Roosevelt who is an acknowledged expert on popular psychology, to do something about the disturbing breakdown in naval public relations. , Admiral King is a fighting man. He is not a publicist. Nevertheless, taking tak-ing advantage of divided authority in connection with the dissemination of war news, he persists, in sitting on the lid and. overruling the considered judgment of experts who know as much about public relations as the good admiral knows about fighting wars. It is not uncommon gossip in Washington Wash-ington that the Office of War Infor-matiion, Infor-matiion, which is staffed with competent compe-tent newspapermen some of internationally inter-nationally recognized caliber is at bitter odds with the Navy about the withholding of important war news. The OWI men know, from long experience, exper-ience, the terrific kickback which can come from foolish censorship. Word has been spreading of late that Nazi U-boats were concentrating concentrat-ing in great, numbers in American near-coastal waters. It is understood that many of these are of the newest, most formidable type. Such concentration concen-tration of such submarines could hardly har-dly fail to do a great deal of damage Doth by actual sinkings and by delaying de-laying those convoys which do succeed suc-ceed in getting through. That would be a serious development. develop-ment. It would awaken the public to a greater awareness of tremendous sacrifices we have not yet begun to make of the urgent necessity for stepping up every phase of our war activity. The public is not satisfied with devious dev-ious semi-denials, camouflaged as half-truths. It has long since learned that it can not expect to get straightforward straight-forward information from the Navy. There are and always will be, while the war lasts, certain facts which must be held up, and a very, very few which cannot be made public pub-lic at all. Nobody asks that anything really helpful to the enemy be publicized. pub-licized. But the Navy starts out by delaying for argued reasons, and too often winds up by flatly forbidding the release re-lease of news which no longer could help Hitler. The Navy attitude as to news seems to be "This is our business busi-ness and none of the public's. You have an awful nerve to ask questions." ques-tions." If Elmer Davis is worth his desk 3paceK he knows more about what should be publicized than Admiral King ever will know. Only a firm word from the President is needed to straighten out this mess. Quality and Spirit Economic Minister Walther Funk of the Reich agrees with most Americans Ameri-cans that quality and spirit will win this war which,, he told a gathering of business leaders recently, has resolved re-solved itself into a merciless demon-stration demon-stration of the survival of the fittest. Herr Funk, speaking for his boss, Schickelgruber, inevitably was inferring infer-ring that Germany has the quality "and the winning spirit. Otherwise he would have no head by this time. .But when Germany did have the quality and a semblance of the spirit she did 'not win. That was because .Great. Britain particularly the Eng-lish Eng-lish under the blitz and later Russia. Rus-sia. proved to have a much better spirit: .Now the allies also have the quality plus the numbers and masses which Herr Funk deprecated. - : Production would suffer not benefit; bene-fit; ; rqm t labor compulsion because there no'substitute for the initiative and willing effort of free men. National Na-tional j" Association ol Manufacturers' resolution. : . ,. ' ' f ' Tere are only two reasonable grounds, .for deferment. Either the overhmendoesn'f; want a man, or the. gbyerninent ;:;arits him some-; some-; where else. Selective Service Director Direc-tor Lewis B. Hershey. PROVO (UTAH) . ri m m mil 4 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1943 ?THE WASHINGTON MERHY-GO- Amazing Mystic By PETER EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent An easy generalization frequently fre-quently made is that Vice President Presi-dent Henry A. Wallace is an impractical im-practical visionary, a bit of a mystic, mys-tic, and dreamer. From that start, it is a simple matter to go on and assume that in a crass, hard- headed, material world, Henry should not be allowed at large. Strictly for your own amazement, amaze-ment, however, you might some time care to, check back on the record of Mr. Wallace's screwy ideas 6f the past, just to see how they turned out. .Take just the idea of the "ever normal granary." Remember how fantastic that sounded when it was first presented back in 1933.? When the United States lost the world markets in which iK used to sell its surpluses, the idea of storing stor-ing those surpluses against lean years looked ridiculous. Yet along came the droughts of 1934 and 1936, and oh how those surpluses helped maintain supply and keep down prices. Again, in 1937, when the corn, carry-over was only 170 million bushels and the wheat carry-over was only 100 million bushls. Wal-lac Wal-lac called attention to the fact that these surpluses should " be doubled. Welcome Surpluses-Good Surpluses-Good crop years did finally build up the carry-over stocks to peaks of 700 million bushels of corn in 1940 and 600 million bushels of wheat in 1942, and the cry went up that the government govern-ment was going to be leftl holding hold-ing the bag. Yet along came the war, and it is these very surpluses which may provide salvation as feed crops for increased livestock demands, if .the use of these surpluses sur-pluses is not hamstrung by legislative legis-lative restrictions. Now it is not to be imagined that Henry Wallace, the mystic gazed into any crystal ball and foresaw either the droughts of 1934 and '36 or the war of 1939 and '42, with their increased: de--mands for farm products. But the fact remains that thus far, the theory of Henry Wallace's ever normal granary has worked; and all that can be asked of any contraption or gadet or theory of economics is that it work The . same thing goes for the much-cussed and discussed Triple A Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration p4ajmiIt4jB bocn out of the depths, of depression, a Wallace-sponsored Drain child". Ib was killed by the Supreme Court in 1936. It was revived, in the new AAA act of 1938, taking' emphasis off production of more cotton and what, putting1 more emphasis on joil conservation, planting of soil-building crops, contour plowing and so on. Farm Income Tripled Wallace's farm program -was, in all. responsible for building up, national farm income from around $4 billion in 1933 to $9 billion In 1940, but that was only the beginning. be-ginning. By enabling, the farmers to earn more money, the fertility of their soil and the condition of their equipment and livestock was built up to a point where agricultural agri-cultural America could produce the biggest crops on record,- raising rais-ing farm income to nearly $12 billion. Maybe this is just Wallace's mystic luck, but if there had been no farm program agriculture in America would have gone down hill and Uhrousgh the '30's, and the. United States would have entered the war under the most serious of handicaps. The Wallace record Is not infall-ible. infall-ible. The "slaughter of the little pigs," proposed by sortie of the farm organizations as part of the corn-hog program, was bad psychologically, psy-chologically, though economists can still be found who defend it. But balancing the books -over the past 10 years, Wallace's ideas have been right far oftener than ttiey have been wrong. PRINCIPAL TO SPEAK SPRINGVILUEt-Paul K. Walker, Walk-er, principal of the junior high school, will be the principal speaker speak-er at a P.-T. A. meeting at the Lincoln , school Friday evening, which will be' the last meeting of the organization this season. A musical - program and the: election of officers for. the next school year, will also feature, the meet, with Mrs. Elda Jensen, president, conducting. Our Greatest Blessing: The American Sense of Humor WELLCOME UP AMD ( 1 US, BUX.VtW FOLKS jARB LT I ALWAVS WELCOMEATOUR. V pV J HOUSE, WHETHER RAIN OR I lJlKYV V-"CW SWNB-IPVOU COME I tyF AVSjLT' AFTER BREAKFA6RW6 yGtJ I TNw AaTHE LUNCH AMD LEAVE JAr f"t A A VC-A. : . ' 1 Fatigi HEALTH COLUMN igue: War-Time Foe; Doctor Tells How to Conquer It Q Recent R. A. F. air raids upon a great Italian seaport are said to nave, ruined a great par of the city, inocluding the Church of. St. Stefano, where Its most famous fa-mous citizen was , baptized. What is the city and who was the citizen? citi-zen? A Genoa, and the citizen was Christopher Columbus. Q What does' the term "feath-erbedding" "feath-erbedding" used in discussions of the manpower problem refer to? A The railroad practice of limiting lim-iting Workers to a, certain number num-ber of miles work per day, regardless re-gardless of the time worked. . t Q If I should break a bottle of rationed food, should my dealer replace it? A The loss for broken containers contain-ers is yours if you are responsible for the breakage. O Does time spent in the Canadian Ca-nadian or British armies, before 17. S- entered the war, count toward to-ward retirement in tne TJ. S. Army in the cases of men who were transferred since Pearl Harbor. Har-bor. A No. Q What republic has just reelected re-elected its president for a second term of four yearp? , . . ATurkey lias continued Gen Ismet Inonu in office. Girls to Compete In Story Writing Coeds at Brigham Young uni versity put finishing touches on their short stories as April 14, the deadline of the Elsie C. Carrol short story writing contest, nears Mrs. Carroll instituted the con test nearly two decades ago to promote culture and originality among the women students. The contest is directed each year by the Associated Women Students The award, a gold medal, wil be presented by Mrs. Carroll, and as an added fcture this year, Mary Ellen Chad's, nationally known novelist and a friend of Mrs. Car roll, has autogrophed one of her latest oook3 for the winner. AUNT HEf By ROBERT QTJUJLCM -:;'"vr 5, iiwrt js?' . 'msw 'Sallie wouldn't admit It, but a vman has quit lovia' a man when she na longer cares - bow he - Sees I -net J lookla. . ' i . SERIAL STORY DARK JUNGLES 8Y JOHN C . FLEMING & LOIS EBY COPYRIGHT. 1943, NEA SERVICE. INC. THB STORY I Allison Topplnr. oefety Hrlrl, In off to Guatemala tiKnui ker f ataer chicle plantation planta-tion Barry Cieldlas ha tried' many timea t dUanade cr. At Vmmwf Barrloa, Alllaan iat rosacea Brrr to Rtulls, her father's at toraer. Reaaldo promises to. 1b4 , a Wldo for Barry. That eealna; he admits he haa had no lack as bo One ' WMta to trespass on Quiche territory. He sas;s;ests Barry accompany himself aad Allison Al-lison to .- the . plantation, 'where there are other amides. If they too refuse, Renaldo himself will TO. .. . COLD FEAR CHAPTER VIII fjpHE rain was pelting like bullets bul-lets on the tin roof. The close stickiness of Jthe air made the heatf seem more oppressive than when the sun poured down. Barry came down the narrow boardwalk to the small hotel office. In the thin gray light of early morning he could see he was quite alone except ex-cept for tbe f native desk clerk who .was stretched full length in a chair snoring noisily. Then the street door opened and Renaldo, beads of rain glistening on his dark face, came to, Behind him came a giant of a man whom he introduced as Jose, Across Jose's hairy chest swunf crossed cartridge, car-tridge, belts. Two old style six-shooters six-shooters bumped bis hips as he walked. . "Jose is the best muleteer In all Guatemala," Renaldo. said.., "A4 the best guide as welL r After we ' get tof fhe, lantaon herill go on with you to the Quiche coun- .try" He clapped his hands lotwly and the sleeping desk clerk, struggled strug-gled to his feet "Coffee and tortillas!" tor-tillas!" The native shuffled off in the direction of the kitchen, and Renaldo Re-naldo -turned back - to Barry. Where is the senorita?' "1 didn't knock at her door, Barry , said.. "I thought . maybe because, of the . rain- she wouldn't want to ,go today. ! Caramba," , . Renaldo rpared. "We think nothing of rain in Guatemala. It rains almost every day. If she does not like rain then she 'will not like our country.: t.t?She Is .a . veyy determined young woman" Barry said slowly, ?,"This is no place for a woman. Especially for an Americano del Norte. We should do our best to thcr,. ff . , v. , Y6u heard me convincing her," Barry jeered. .' ' A queer smile crossed Renaldo's face. "I think, maybe, .this trip will be convincing." The native boy came1 in then with a tray of iced coffee and tortillas. tor-tillas. He put the coffee cups around a table in the corner of the room. The men had just sat down when they heard footsteps on the walk. They got to their feet as Allison came in. She looked radiant In her white riding rid-ing habit, her light hair piled in a soft roll above her smiling face. She .wore black patent leather riding boots. "Looks like we're about ready to shove off," . she said gaily as she took the chair Barry was offering her. "You look more like you were ready for the Biltmore Country Club-horse show than for a gruelling gruel-ling trek into the jungle," Barry said a little sourly, "I pity your wife if you ever get one!" Allison said lightly, stirring stir-ring her coffee. "You'd be Just the type to start the" day off wrong by being disagreeable at the breakfast table." . T ARRY didn't answer. Allison turned to Renaldo. , "What do we do wait for this rain tp stop?" Renaldo' smiled his amusement. "Thatmight be a month from now. We never think one way or the other about rain down here. It might rain an hour, a week or month. Then, the sun will come out and you will be dry in five minutes . t.?Thats a consolation!" Allison laughed, ''Just so I know 111 be dry sometime. It really doesn't matter whether it's this month or next.' . . . ' The , worst, thing about the rain," Renaldo explained, "is that it makes v 1 hard going for the mules.,. The trail gets slippery and there are many holes where a mule sometimes sinks completely out of sighL" .Barry was watching Allison closely, knowing well the mis-givings mis-givings welling up" within her. She held her cool aloofness, never once letting a note of anxiety creep into her. Voice. In that moment mo-ment he ' Was wondering about Lila, , wondering how she might act if her, courage were ever, put to such a test. , . v"You can still stay here,' Barry said flatly. . "No one: will .accuse you of being a sissy. In fact, it would just be using good , sense.' ' For an Instant Allison's - smile faded as though sh might be considering con-sidering the suggestion. But then she brightened again. "It sounds like good funt" she said. "I wouldn't miss it for the world." She picked a bright red flower from the table bouquet and slid it through the coil of her hair. Barry threw up his hands in a gesture of complete disgust. . "Renaldo, the girl's incorrigi-. ble," he said. "We are wasting our pity. We should save it for the mules." Renaldo laughed. "FHEY finished their coffee and Renaldo stepped to the door and said something in Spanish. Six native boys came in and Re-nal&o Re-nal&o sent them scurrying to bring' the luggage. After the native boys had made several trips up the narrow boardwalk board-walk and had the small room practically filled with luggage, Renaldo turned anxiously to Allison. Al-lison. "You are not taking all this!" He made a sweeping gesture with his hand. "A girl has to dress even in the jungle!" she-said lightly. "Dress, yes? but surely you won't need all this. The more mules we have to take the more trouble we are apt to get into." ; "There you go worrying about the mules again. I have already spoken to the mules and they said they would be delighted to carry my things." , Barry1 had a look of hopeless abandonment on his face as he turned, toward Renaldo. Renaldo shouted something to. the . native boys For a half hour, the boys lugged . baggage and strapped it securely to the wooden carriers on the animals' hacks. Finally Jose came in to announce that , all was ready. The rain -had let up some and had .turned from a solid sheet into a fine, sharp drizzle.; r :". .-. J The Jong caravan started single .file -through the dim, quiet street of the-village. Jose led the way and Renaldo' followed close behind... be-hind... Allison and Barry rode side by side. -After they had passed beyond the clearing that had been hewn by sharp.axes' and machetes for the village site, the green solid wall of jungle rose before them. Giant kapok," balsa mora, and greenheart trees reached ' tip toward to-ward : the .murky sky. Jose . first ' disappeared, from sight into the jungle fastness, then, Renaldo. ,, v The path is only wide enough for one mule at , a ' time," : Barry said quietly. "You go ahead. Til fellow. , .. Allison felt cold fear grip her, but she .smiled valiantly and dug; the heels of her boots into the mule's sides as she trotted after Renaldo. . . , '-'' (To Be Continued)' Dr. Masters By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Written for NEA Fatigue is an insidious enemy of war-workine- Americans in shops, office 3 and homes. It is a far r.iore serious prob lem than people appear to under stand. Since the symptoms of fatigue often merge into the symptoms o 1 other things more concretely concrete-ly capable ol diagnosis, it is very easy to attempt curing I n divid ual complaints rather than basic causes. . Furthermore, people suffering suffer-ing from prolonged pro-longed fatigue nearly always wish not to re gard its warning to rest or cut down on activities. They usually refuse" to adnut the possibility of their undergoing anything essen tially as simple as fatigue sounds. Two Kind Of Fatigue- Acute fatigue, relieved by a goodVnight'3 rest, is a familiar phenomenon, and of course not serious. It comes usually as the result of physical activity. Subacute Sub-acute and chronic fatigue, however, how-ever, are more intangible in origin, ori-gin, less easily taken care of by eight hours' sleep, and constitute a genuine threat to health and efficiency. It is the rerponsibility of relatives rela-tives and associates to detect the symptoms of chronic fatigue in those clos to them, because its all too apparent manifestations frequently re'Tiain unrecognizable to the persons suffering from it. One who is .-hronically fatigued is the victim of an illness at least as real as indigestion, and one that inevitably leads to more serious ser-ious sickness and accidential injury in-jury as well as inefficiency in work. Work Become. Irksome The chief s.yinptom of such fatigue fa-tigue is an increasing disinclination disinclina-tion to conlinoe work accompanied accom-panied by ce.tain definable "feeling "feel-ing states, ' or vague sensations of discomfort. These last vary from person to person, but are readily recognizable in the form of muscular and nervous tensions, exhaustions, nausea, headaches; digestive disturbances and irritability. irrita-bility. All are crippling to the individual's health and ability to do good work, and to enjoy life the . natural prerogatives of a normal existence. The causes of chronic fatigue are fundamentally psychological. They vary and derive from one lor a number of the following en vironmental conditions such as overcrowding in temporary quarters quar-ters not desigr-ed for comfort and health; relationships with the people one is associated with; emotional disturbances at home; and failure to get satisfactory recreation rec-reation away. from the daily tasks. Since industrial tempo in war grows constantly faster, most people peo-ple are doing more, work and doing it longer hours. Anxiety becomes a closer bedfellow' than ever. The opportunity for a vacation or bedrest bed-rest as a cure becomes ever less feasible. So more people are turning turn-ing to such "easy remedies" as pills, tonics, and the fashionable vitamins. These at best only , disguise dis-guise the danger signals of fatigue and under no circumstances effect ef-fect any cure for the underlying cause. Must Heed Warnings The real euro for fatigue lies in changing ono's mode and even his philosophy of life. The victim must pay attention to tne warn ings of .Nature and friends described de-scribed above. He must make a successful eft'ort to divorce himself him-self from conflicts and difficul ties in personal relationships. He must cut out extra-curricular activities that further drain his strength, and fill such free time with , interests remote from the usual . grinds and strains of his environment.' Depending on the individual, these relaxations may consist of a game, a hoboy, some outdoor exercise, the pi oper amount of pleasant social , life, or . the pursuit pur-suit of some creative outlet like painting,- gardening, singing, etc. Recreative distraction . is the surest sur-est and most absorbing substi tute for a too-familiar tension and the '"beat way to, overcome -chronic fatigue. , Florida's -citrus production this year is expected to total 61,500,-000 61,500,-000 bdxes, 'an increase of 25 per cent over last .year. To. Build a Heavy Bomber Like I the Fortress or the Liberator, -...umii.y.1, .M.'."JM'.WW'H JW-':-cr.jttO-.l,l .WW. "PM. I '. 9 It Takes 3500 $100 War Bond-Whkh Bond-Whkh Cost You Only $75 Each A Daily Picture of What's 7mX Going on in National Affairs tf " WASHINGTON Today in the State Department De-partment many of the reactionaries will admil they made a tragic mistake in boycotting tne Spanish Loyalist government during the Span- . ish civil war. - Had the: career boys not thrown the Unitea States on the side of Franco and indirectly on the side of Mussolini and Hitler who were supplying sup-plying Franco with arms the American army in North Africa today would not have to keep troops marking time on the borders of Spanisn Morocco, worried cwvor a Fascist thrust from Spain. Even more important, many diplomats now believe that had the dictators been crushed . in their practice war in Spain; had the United States shown it meant to throw its weight frm" ly behind democracies, the present war might never have happened. Believing this even at that time in 1936 and 1937 several hundred American youngsters young-sters went to Spain, enlisted in the famous Abraham Lincoln Brigade, fought for the freely-elected. freely-elected. Spanish Republican Government against Franco. Many of them were wounded. Many were killed, among them the son of Ring Lard-ner, Lard-ner, famous American humorist. Those whe came back, possessed a first hand knowledge of modern warfare warfare which many West Point graduates who run the U. S. Army had not then tested. ONE WHO CAUGHT ON In Germany, Hitler used the Spanish civil war to test out planes, tanks and men. But in the United States, most of the men who risked their lives to fight in the Lincoln Brigade against the dictators have experienced a peculiar fate. When they enlisted in the American army, they say they were discriminated discrim-inated against, cross-questioned as if they were social outcasts, and many of them thrown into service battalions, which means kitchen police, cleaning stables, and doing manual labor for the duration. Those few Spanish War veterans who have leen given a chance, have used their previous fighting experience to great advantage. Captain Hermann Battcher, called the Sergeant York of the Pacific, rose from sergeant to captain, has been awarded the distinguished service cross and the" purple heart with clusters. However, Battcher is not an American citizen. citi-zen. All who volunteered to fight in Spain lost their citizenship at the instigation of the Career Boys in the State Department. Furthermore, Battcher got into the war early, before the War department olapped down a thinly veiled discrimination dis-crimination against veterans of the Lincoln Bit-gade. Bit-gade. FROM L.T. COLONEL, TO PRIVATE For instance, here is the experience of several sev-eral youngsters wher fought against Fascism in Spain and who wanted to fight against it in the American Army. Approximately one year ago, John Gates, a lieutenant colonel of the 15th International Brigade in Spain, enisted in t"he U. S. Army. In Spain Vincent Sheean and Herbert Matthews of the New York Times cabled back dispatches on his bravery. In the U. S. Army he joined the 59th armored artillery battalion, Camp Chafne, Ark., where he became a sergeant. Then as his unit was about to go overseas, his commander received a telegram from the adjutant general in Washington ordering Gates transferred to a service unit which means no combat service throughout the war. No explanation was given. Two lieutenant colonels thought so much of Gates that they intervened. But nothing happened. There was only mysterious silence in Washington. Finally Gatessent a letter to President Roosevelt. "There is no greater honor," he wrote, "than to fight for one's country. Am I so base that I should be denied that right? What better way to prove one's loyalty than on the field of battle? "I am supremely confident that if a board of officers were to review the case, or a special investigating officer appointed, the recommendation recommen-dation would be to return to my former unit. Our men are fighting gloriously in Africa and the Pacific. I only ask to take my place alongside along-side of them." But the letter got no further than the war department. No board Of review was appointed. Apparently Sergeant Gates had comnutted the unforgivable crime of fighting for Loyalist Spain. This is only one of many, many cases. George Cook, a lieutenant in the Lincoln Brigade, entered en-tered the Ft. Benning, Ga., officers training school, 23rd Company, last December. All his mail was opened and read. He attained a high standing. in his class, but suddenly in the eighth week of training, he was yanked out and transferred trans-ferred to the medical department along with over-age men. No explanation was given and no board of review granted. "SOME UNSEEN 'HAND" Another case is that of Sergeant Prving Fajans, also in the Ft. Benning officers training train-ing school, 29th company. He had been wounded in action in Spain, attained high marks in officers' of-ficers' school, had been permitted to buy his uniform and make all preparations for receiving receiv-ing a commission. s But one day before graduation, he was suddenly told he could not graduate and was transferred to the Vth Service Command, Atlanta, At-lanta, where he will work out the war. Again take the case of Private Alvin Warren, War-ren, who after three months basic training at Ft. Knox, was asked by his company commander command-er to remain as cadre training personnel. He had fought in Spain for a year and a half and . his experience was considered valuable fry his immediate superiors. Then suddenly he was transferred to Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., to a company of limited limit-ed service men including Italians, German aliens, and others not allowed to enter combat units. Then there is the case of Morris Brier, who entered officers training-school at Camp Croft, 17 th Company, was rated second in his class, but on March -23, three days before graduation, after purchasing his officer's uniform, was told for some mysterious and i unexplained reason that he could not graduate.'He was transferred to a headquarters station complement. These are only a few of . many cases where some unseen fcand, similar to the influences found in both the State and War Departments in -the past, have reached in to penalize the youngsters who were far-sighted enough to see what, was going on in Spain and to risk, their lives to stop it. . Meanwhile the War Department has commissioned com-missioned as a major Harry B"rowrt,v of York, Pa., even whilehe was indicted for tax frauds (later convicted) ; 'and ? also commissioned , as lieutenant-colonel Freeman Burford, of Dallas, . Tex, previousy indicted on a charge of conspiring conspir-ing Mto defraud : the-United States" and paying $148,000 in 5 one-dollar ; tills to Seymour Weiss and ex-Gov: Leche of Louisiana. Lecheand Weiss pleaded 'guilty were imprisoned, but Burford managed to- block extradition from Texas to Louisiana, and how has been rewarded with a lieutenant-colonelcy in the U. S. Army, while youngsters who fought the . batte of Spain . remain re-main privates. , , (Copyright 1943 by United Feature , r . .Syndicate, Inc.) v |