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Show 1 .r.-I - -V ?' If" . .i u n.'.i 4 1 rv I I 1 I ..V -. t - - i . , lip PROVO (UTAH) FRIDAY. JULY - -9; 1943 3 j u 0 0 0 0 De Gaulle Disapoints It is with great reluctance that any lover of France and of democracy criticizes Gen. Charles de Gaulle. When almost everybody else in France, from whom we. had the right to expect courage, devotion and faith, threw in the sponge, De Gaulle's was a voice crying in the wilderness. For the Fighting French movement, move-ment, for the hope that still lives in the occupied homeland, for the survival sur-vival of something of the old French spirit of "liberty, equality, fraternity' we have General de Gaulle" to thank. But now, it seems to us, the General Gen-eral is undoing much of what he accomplished ac-complished when there was nobody , else to take up thetorch. By- his insistence in-sistence upon , having his own way, without compromise, in the negotiations negotia-tions with that other French patriot, Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, he is decreasing de-creasing the potential effectiveness of the movement he fathered and he is creating discord at the worst possible pos-sible time, when the unified action of all loyal Frenchmen is most needed for the invasion that is to free France from the Nazi. heel. There is ioo. much. assumption that either General de Gaulle or General Giraud is wholly . right the other wholly wrong: This is not a clash between be-tween a consistent patriot and a converted con-verted appeaser. It is merely a conflict con-flict of honest opinions between two patriots. ' General Giraud, being a prisoner of war, could not have done what , General de Gaulle did at the time he did it. In, ali probability General Giraud does does hot have the personality per-sonality to do what General de Gaulle did. But that, is no reason for belit-I belit-I tling his patriotism or his ability to contribute to the Fighting French .. - movement.- ' "' For many years now the tragedy of France has. been the inability of her leaders to .compromise their often petty differences, to unite for the national welfare: .This, perhaps more - than anything else; was responsible for the; disunity which enabled Hitler to win so easily.. ; It is time for General de Gaulle and , Giraudf Hhd. . tHeir partisans, to get together and it - is beyond dispute that General Giraud has gone much more than half way in demonstrate ing his reasonableness. . : If there should be a breakdown" because General de Gaulle refuses to make even slight concessions, the cause of France, of the .United Nations Na-tions and of democracy will suffer and much of the luster , will be chipped chip-ped off the glory; General de Gaulle has so richly; earned, v Curtin Worried The. government; of Premier John Curtin, ;pf Australia, . isworried )est popular resentment against wartime . strikes might bring" def eat in the iprth-. iprth-. coming general election. Therefore labor, union officials have been called together and. asked please jiot to in-. in-. dulge in "pin-pricking strikes''1 for : the next few months. ... :l The inference would seem, to, be that-Australian union leaders ,will ; , ga further X6 re tain" a feorite.acimin-istration feorite.acimin-istration thanlo keep -ivar produc- . tioril gouig.W.eoe.lftiat this is an , uncharitable tinterpretatibn of the . situation. y ; ' . - , ; In:,our - first fullvyear' .of, .War,'the American " tivilios'e.i&orelood than-ih any other year in bur history, except 494 tm:F'Admmis i j t - ' . - Regprdless'fof . he importance ;b prepx3rina:n6w4crne ithe" problems . affordito forget Jor a jmpmentr that 'we are stUFenaged in ccrim jaUiit" war Governors' 'Cferericeeport. it Latc3t-Qc3r I'Jord in Capital By PETEB EDSON . The Way Herald Washington. Correspondent Add "rationale" to your list of Washington wonder words: It's smarter fancier, newer than "directive" "di-rective" or Mco-ordinator" or any fancy combination of the alphabet to designate some new , agency. "Rationale" was thought up by vision of the Office of Price Administration, Ad-ministration, though it has nothing noth-ing to do with rationing as such, so it is not Just a Tad pun. Other divisions of OPA still call a 'rationale" a "statement of considerations," which is at least English. The dictionary defines "rationale" "ration-ale" as "an explanation or exposition ex-position of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, pre-nomenon pre-nomenon or the like. Now Rare." In other words, a rationale in the OPA sense is an afterthought to an amendment to an interpreta tion to an "order which maybe couldn't be understood in the first place. The rationale rationalizes it, you hope. WeU; Here He Folks- ON CAPITOL MILL Aw , 'S; 1 ' The first rationale which came to the attention of this depart ment was the following: (Document No. 17184) Part 1404 Rationing of Footwear (RO-17 Amdt. 24) SHOES "A rationale, accompany this amendment, Issued simultaneously herewith has been filed witn tne Division of the Federal Register. "Section 1.7b is added to . read as. fo)lows: ."Sec. 1.7b Operators of recreational facilities may ob-. tain athletic shoes for rental, (a) Any person operating a bowling alley open to the general gen-eral public or operated pri-m pri-m marily for use by members of the" anned services may obtain ob-tain sufficient certificates to enable him to have, in stock, for loan or rental to his patrons, pat-rons, '10 airs of bowling shoes per alley for the first four al- . leys-and seven pairs, of shoes per alley, for every alley above four." ! r wm m m Mms--tw. m w. - mm m m m m i rm m mm , mv. m . . ! : . ' as; Q What Improvised weapon firstras used by the U. VS. Army to combat tanks? . AFrenrh . 75' mounted .2 on half-tracks were .used until lsigj er. faster; iself-propeUed artillery could be developed. J-i-What metal, important to aircraft production," is recovered 'from; sea water? A-FMagnesium. ,,Q-4What expedient is used by soldiers to keep from being deaf ened by their own 'rifle fire 7 A The left ear, which receives the explosion pulse from the muzzle, muz-zle, is plugged with cotton. Q What are "klompen?" At-Wooden shoes from Netherlands. the Spealdqg of Flags - The United Nations nag is, as you may have heard, four vertical red bands separated by three vert ical white bands, the four red bands symboliringr 'the Four Free doms. That is, the flag is like that every place except in India and Honduras. In those two countries the - Promoters of this idea had to change the color, of the four red bands to .blue'. It- seems that in India, red is the color-of bloodshed and "suffermgr In Honduras,- red and white just . happen - to be the colors of the political party not now in. power. . , The National Labor Relation Board recently moved out of the space it ; tiad " been ; occupying in the Shoreham building,, one of Washington's - -larger -downtown office -structures in the heart of the financial district The Satur day . afternoon ' that ' saw the de parture of the last NLRB" filing cabinet, " mysterious typewritten notices, began to appear in the of: fices of all the other tenants, -Inviting themto a party "to celebrate cele-brate an event we have all been looking j forward to." It turned put to be quite a celebration and went, on for hours. Nobody from NLRB was there. When affairs in Washington ft really involved, some wag can al ways be counted on to break out in' poetry, to." relieve the tension. Here's one that recently appeared m mlnieographe'd form , nobody knows quite - where from and . it made the rounds; of all 'the war agencies. Th'e reference to "nine- three-twoeight' Is to, ithe President's Presi-dent's executive t ordefT of : , that number. Here's the verse Dear "JSr,",2iilch; We .are writing --.-toyou Because "we have nothing else bet- Our skill and experience the Presi . " dehtspui78; , , . " Instead, ' ISe 'relies on a fellow . ; hamW Byrnes. , Our. noblest efforts, . we're sad to . - relate, ;-. - .'V- - - .; Have been .. basely k subverted vby ' f nlne-three-twoeight. Prease, he a4yised that yojir .wage i application . C ; ' -: Has been painlessly put, to .death ,;.for.he duration-.- ... Tour personal fate is now in. the f : J power i Of a genius . who lives in Nan r- .lyotv tower." ,V : T - r r - So great Is the ' strength of this f niah'in 4" crisis f ;' - : . . , That he ,-now4has .con'trol. of all He dwells in .jroom-full'of tech-t tech-t v nlcai tracts, ;. Hermetically sealed front' aU-prac-5 - Ucal facts.:- 'i 4 , And "there -he- will sometimes go into : .trance; L'.v , "I. And ' perform ' his 'exotic "Inequi-! "Inequi-! ties tte&YJ J-til -And then with Ben-Cohen as his ,oie-recorderrt.r , :j:z !" "' He'U hut; out:. some .wild new executive orderr ; ;f h And s,-,Ur. aicV.you can. see wheie-W6'ret,- t1 HEALTH COLUMN Exercises, Change In Walking Habit Helps Flat Feet By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Written for NEA Incurable as it may seem the. condition of flat feet may be corrected with patience, exercises and changes In walking habits. Although severe cases require the care of an experimenced or-thopedicurgeon, or-thopedicurgeon, slight afflictions may be 5 corrected by the patient himself. Fallen arches, or flat feet, is One of the most common foot ailments. ail-ments. This condition consists of a flattening of the longitudinal arch of the foot that extends from the heel. to the great toe. It is not compatible with a perfectly, serviceable foot but frequently it causes pain under the arch and up the back of the leg. The pain is usually worse when standing than while walking. Because flat feet cause faulty posture and disturb dis-turb the mechanics of locomotion it ajso contributes to increased fatigue. Condition Hereditary ' . There are various causes for flat feet,-. the ' chief . being . hered-ity hered-ity Some races are more prone to flat feet than others. Any condition con-dition that weakens the ' musculature muscul-ature of the arch may cause flat Jeet-.It. is. a . common, result of) obesity, where the load is to great for the strength of the muscles. In children flat feet are associated with long, slender feet and other conditions like knock-knee. a ". laontrary .to popular opinion, the common footprint is not always al-ways a reliable index to flat feet The condition may be recognized by several signs. The toes point out; The foot is rotated outward. The innera aspect of the foot is down, , and the outer edge is up. The Inside of the , shoe gets the greatest amount of wear. The ligaments on the outside of . the rankle- are contracted and thos on the 'inside are stretched and weak The foot cannot be flexed to la normal .degree because the Achilles -tendon - is shortened. When ' the longitudinal -arch, Is lost the transverse arch gives way and painful callouses may form on the ball of the foot ,' The correction of flat feet is generally a long tedious and difficult dif-ficult business. Walking must be changed so that the toes are turned. Straight ahead or -slightly, pigeon - toe, - The shoes worn should . have a straight - last a j fairly, rigid shank, ample toe room ana n rauuer&ie iieei, wiucn , can be altered 'so that the weight Is carried on the outside of the foot instead, of . the inside. '"Felt. pads, may be Inserted in the shoe to support the foot in a correct position. Exercises . designed, de-signed, .to. strengthen the muscles that support the - arch are, important impor-tant but must, be performed long enough to accomplish' their objective ob-jective . . , . i Foot JExercises ; ir There are numerous approaches I to correction of flat 'feet, l most of. , them v tied . un ; with exercises. These are s. based ; on . turning , the. toes Inward and rotating the f ooa. so that the outer edge is. down. One. such, exercise i consists -of walking- barefoot across, the roo, mseveral times on' the outside of the feet with the ble toes .bent downward;;: - i , Anatomic t defects, ' of course, must be corrected, and the most satisfactory : results - are obtained when these -and ' numerous other groblems involved , are'' considered y the ortopedic Surgeon. - r: When" Hitler sprang magnetic mines as a secret weapon, Britain equipped bombers ' with a hoop device, holding a magnetic, coil charged with electricity. The mag- ne tic field created within the ring is sufficient to explode the mines. 4-H Clubs Join In Fats Campaign SPANISH FORK Boys and girls of the 4-H clubs of Spanish Fork and vicinity will participate the war. QWhat was President Wilson Wil-son V 'full name?- A Thomas Woodrow Wilson. in the salvage drive being held by the Women's salvage committee by taking over the collection of waste fats, according to Mrs. Evelyn Williams, chairman of the drive. Money -accumulated from the disposal of the fats will ' be used for hospital worh in one of the state veteran's hospitals. To assist the salvage committee, commit-tee, the J. C. Penney store of Spanish Fork has a window display dis-play of worn silk and nylon hose which is being added to daily. Containers tor rags and cans are to be placed in other, department stores, and all are urged to salvage sal-vage all usable articles to win 4 w 'i 1 Tmk cl-MJaklrl, sad kmi oS im March C -iTemr Cwtlmmlty kca aim tthe las--aUbaaae -Sndbia - f - wklk ha aakr. Thv he iUt SItt Fo-Uuw Fo-Uuw wk hai ktm ala Srt Im-wm. Sa rerllea alas kccaaac a aaa raalae Vaaaa -wall - aa has faaea iata a wrlakleS t wo; ' ALI EL-ANDALOSI At It iUV i THE STORYt Uaeeia Kiut, . a DOOR which the American America,- decides ta hare ae . Saal Sla befare aettltasr aawa ta knew led to the great hall atwW??3a?e ' -SViTZrr ' ao-Vrt where formerly the dervishes had ra AMmtatSta uJZZ celebrated their esoteric rites was alaartaaea atatatflf aa the Arab. I DUShed ODen. A man came in. He was a white-bearded-' old Arab, wkleW k; -aaa aaee Wea a rDUiff his war with the helu 6f A stick. He was evidently , blind, Lincoln recognized hinvrimgie diately. He was Ali el-Andalosi; who, in years gone by, had: been the Emir, or chief, -of. the Bi Has-? sanyieh and had spent a long time hvprison for His anti-French in-,: trigues. '"-"';- ;J The" man" repeated his question: "Who is the pilgrim?"-, X' ""The. pilgrim," ; Fosiha replied, is Terek el-Medyahiri'';"-and, drawing Lincoln aside, she saidhl a whisper: "It was I-rememberi who Sent you the message. The rest your shrewdness will . tell you." ' ; ' ' ' '. ' . There was something in her soft eyes,' as she stared at him. which convinced . Lincoln thaC regardless of ; whether she had guessed his identity and whatever, the meaning mean-ing of the warning, -it was given in truth," in honesty, in friendship, A -moment later, he and el-Andalosi el-Andalosi v were embracing in the extravagant Arab fashion, hugging each: other like wrestlers, blowing kisses into the air With the tips of their fingers; and the blind man exclaimed: . " ' "Allah be praised that you returned re-turned yto;usr; s fPraised be He ;indeed!'i said the American. '': J - "Your ,ooming,";the other went on "is; an answer .to rmy prayer. I," apologetically,' "have lost my sight, jmd, last-week my only son died may. he enjoy.-the delights of Paradise! So I - did not know whom I, could j . ; He interrupted Jhlmself. .."How," he asked, -did VOU ha)pn to come'" - n asked, "suffix - cient reason tb hate me?" - fOf ,'Cpursey And you would understand, - ..were you a v woman.-For woman.-For are there iot still kisses waiting wait-ing for you, and not for. me?" ' " :. Once' mdre 'Sitt Fosiha . was si lent Thn 'sb.q added tn a calm, flat voiced W' . " ''"It''ueetby-in-'this matter of "growing qldVor not growing old ou jaure almost like a jertnghee, a foreigner, a , Christian Allah's c u r s e on "all unbelievers! to whom Shaitan, the Fallen Angel, the : Stoned,' has granted the knowledge of eternal youth." . The American drew back in alarm. .Had she guessed his identity? iden-tity? ' ' . X ; It was an embarrassing situation, situa-tion, fraught with most dangerous possibilities. For, if she knew who he was, she might talk to the local Moslems;: tell them that, once, he, ' the military governor, , the Christian, Chris-tian, had passed for on? 'of them -and had. .even joined the Bi Has-sanyieh, Has-sanyieh, "tin Islamic brotherhood, thereby mocking at their faith, besmirching it And these Arabs were thta-slcinned. His; thoughts were in a turmoil; were broken by the sound of faltering fal-tering steps from, the inside of the house and a voice that asked: - ?Who s.is ..the ? pilgrim., whoi knocked Siit Foih'? ,j ., "Sitt Fosiha sent me the mew-sage," mew-sage," replied Lincoln, as she 'had advised him. ; "Oh, yes." El-Andalosi's smile was melancholy. "You were lovers once." "And so," the woman chimed in, ."would I lose track of him?" : Where have you been all these years, Terek?" demanded the Arab. "In prison," said Lincoln; arid he felt that, somehow, in a way; he spoke the .truth. f JN prison!" echoed the W.T ':manvMAs Iwas In prisa blind prison, and many-others of .the brotherhood! Because," with bitter irony, "We committed a black, black crime- believed in istaqla, in freedom an4,;.independence eh?" He paused. "Yet- freedom it will be uj-:lhe...encU. Freedom from the galling yoke of theforeigners, the Christians. ' flieinfidelsl,.,the dpi pressors of the True Believer's! ;Ah bless .them not. the ; Lord Allah the Just!' May their daughters be barren May their sons die by the swish, of the sword torhen it is redl" Again he paused "You spoke,"' Liitcoln-prompted, "of sending me some place. Where and.;whyl" : . ,1" - - - "To talk," warf the slow reply, "t6 the hykmoot apieez, the Man of Mystery, and receive his .orders." .or-ders." . "But who . . .?' ' ' ' "I . shall- tell you Inside. The night , has ears," said el-Andalosf; and to Fosiha: "Wait here, arid guard the gate." " - He. turned, tapping his way with the help, . of his stick, and ' the American r followed. , ' " They sat down.' And then, from Uie other's lips, Lincoln heard ah amazing story. . Not that .el-Andalosl gave him the whole of It He could not,' because be-cause he did not know. Farts :of it the American pickecV up afterwards, after-wards, on his ' long,- weary trek through Central . Africa, fitting the pieces together ; like those of . a puzzle picture; 'and the last piece he 'dovetailed into- place at the very, second when; he came f acfc to face wth -the hykmoot -oaneez- and recoiled with: the tragedy of it Taviwi Conttitaeav f :Lbb k! ' Li s tn ! . Li ve! - - . hors de combat It ryou1 raise 1 For-God's --sake call Byrnes and bother re i grimly - determined to I nation's ' wartime transportation se a. big fuss. - . t: j-f5 tacilltjea,-; f VV ' C 1 The War ( Labor Board is now! 4 r don't boU tWhbeve fuiOi fwWiyptt 4ont know won't hurt you was. wrohg -and the grade crossing accident illustrated 4r prove. iL. n '' The cMver of a shiny car stopped safely at railroad crossing to let alfreightttraint nassThe .train passed, .and i the driver ; put . his car In gear land started across im- mediately after, the ' CSbodse had cleared4 the crossing.' But It' was a double track: crossing and another ast freight-- from, .the i opposite eirectlori roared toward tne .-cross-mg, Obscured from tylew ;by Jthe train that had just passed . V Thev driver ; dldn'oibw the sec and train was' coming. .. -rJ. . And what he " didn't know not , only hurt him r but- killed .'him, smashed ths car into JUnlc and de- layed the train nearly a half houri . The r Nationsi Safety Council is conductln- special campalgttTto ; ston these rrade crossing accidents, Which every day delays an' aver-? aver-? age of . S3 trains a total 'xt)'22 hours a . heavr . - drain oat- the fuss. - ' .t: j-tacmtlek-; ' t; ..-. w.-. '- -denUVamMrdin tt poucclL thtcouncu asjw4ypiif.iw m - 'l call Byrnes and Driver cardetfnetf U Ihs cause Tonelprwmwarrtewye t - JRStlce. us. . , af almost all grade crossing acd- self and others neeetsJpCrlnj, j 4crpa, '- ' -.-V- ivCv.oii1 . OTChblshc A Dcdlv Picturo of What's SiSlrS2S . jjGoing on in National XUil- ; 1" WASHINGTON American soldiers . who I, spent dreary winters tracking- through the Arctic il forest to build the Alcanf Highway to Alaska frequently fre-quently saw the sparkle of gold, in the. stream . -; beds and wanted to stake out claims for peace- time development They were not allowed to do so.- ,: are coming along the same trail, and are: staking out claims for the jfold which U. S. soldiers could not touchy - . :s ' . Boys from almost every state were , sent to Alaska , In that pioneering job cutting Ji road through tall timber where none but Indians had passed before. They worked from Dawson Creek, in Alberta, to Fairbanks, Alaska, but the place where they saw the gleaming gold was in The Yukon, near WMtehorse. , At first, , there was little time to think about private projects, for one battalion was racing against another to . complete Its 20-mile stretch of highway. But when a lull came in the work, the men asked permission to try their luck at . panning gold. The officers, .however, ruled this out Another season has, rolled around, and things have changed. The pioneer road is being replaced by a permanent highway., built by big con struction companies Elliott Construction Co., and p Becketel, Price, and Callahan. - t These companies have mining engineers ativ lacnea to . me construction gangs, ana they are not bound by military discipline. Note: Finally the Army has modified its regulations to permit a little amateur gold panning by soldiers in Alaska, Alas-ka, for recreational purposes. This activity will be in the same class with fishing, to give the soldiers sport in their spare time. DIPLOMATIC NURSE Diplomats have the Deputation of keeping late hours at both ends of the night. But Christina Chris-tina Michels, daughter of the Chilean Ambassador, gets up at 6:30 a. m. four mornings a week, prepares pre-pares her own breakfast, slips out of the big Embassy residence at Sheridan Circle, and catches a bus to the other end of town. At the Sibley Hospital, she works as a nurse's aide. The sights and smells of a hospital are new to her, but she does what she is told. One, day she was giving a massage to an old man whose neck muscles were sore. When she was finished, he looked up gratefully and said, "You can always tell an experienced nurse." v HOME FRONT SOLDIERS While the Office of Price Administration is being drawn and quartered in Washington, one very real tribute to the American system of government Is the manner In which local OFA boards more than 5,000 of them are standing up valiantly to their job. These boards were thrown together hastily in late December, 101, to ration tires. They knew nothing about rationing. Nobody did. Formal For-mal rationing was something with which Americans Am-ericans had had no experience. Next came automobiles, auto-mobiles, typewriters, sugar, and then along: the Atlantic seaboard gasoline, which is politically Inflammable. Never has there been an evenly distributed work load on these groups of inexperienced meir'; ana women, assigned the task of regulating their neighbors. At times a great blow-up has seemed inevitable because of the unpredictable peaks of work, because there was not enough, money until recently to hire good help, because office equip ment has been, lacking, and because the boards ' have had to operate against the grain of human nature. , In a country accustomed to "Yes" for the answer, they have had to say "No." They stand athwart the path of the desire of the American people. It is their duty, given them by their government, gov-ernment, to render this war service. Many of the members, resent government methods, but there is remarkable loyalty to the programs they administer. adminis-ter. GerieraHv. aetiVA hnarvl mamKan Hinlm nm an attitude of casualness. toward zealousness. X Their, loyalty under the terrific pounding they get is inspiring. These past months have been hard on the morale of OPA men and women; but . there has been no remarkable Increase in resignations from boards. As various elements fight OPA, the board members stand up and carry on. Whatever may be happening to OPA on Washington, it is not falling apart in the field. TANKERS DELIVER PLANES Everybody knows that bombers have long been delivered to England under their own power. But the big problem has been to deliver fighter planes, which have had to be taken apart, crated, , tnen reassembled on the other side; Now, however, a hew system has been devised de-vised whereby TJ.' S. tankers are carrying fighters on deck twenty to "each tanker and setting them down a few days later In 'England. The War Shipping: Administration Is keeping the Army "cleaned out ! of fighters" by this method of delivery, and is' rapidly building up the strength of. thek; Eighth Air Forces Command which is battering Germany. ' Note: PT boats i,are . also being delivered 1 to England on the deck of tankers. ARGENTINE FASCISM Two weeks ago, policy makers in- the State Department concluded 'that if the New Argentine Government broke relations with the Axis, the U.S. Government, despite the reactionary character char-acter of the new regime, would extend Lend-Lease aid.' ; . But since .'that time' the Ramirze Government has taken a number of steps against democratic fT.up m Argentina. -.it has even stopped Red Cross , bandage-wrapping by a group of pro-democratic pro-democratic Argentines ladies. ,. Latest word In Washington - is that even if J President Ramirez breaks relations with the Axis, r Lend-Lease aid may 'hot be granted In view of the j Government's pronounced" fascism. ; To keep their word in the matter. IT. a. offi- f cials. might r extend 'aid 'to a. trifling: degree, but there will not be enough ta lessen the great fear which 'Argentina now has of her powerful neighbor neigh-bor Brazil. ; .v ' ' . (Copyright 1043, by. . United? FeatureJSyndlcate, Inc.). .Tfiexoridifions 'under-; which oiir children s children will live may de4 pend iipbn what we. do now.--Gen C. Marshall, George c-There ! must be a deep, understand- ing of the ills: which afflict our world. p. figeyaiuauon 01 tne -prpDiems on nauoiislcrnd -peptesT- & frank mcimisJ ! sibfJfoastmlstakBsatwillm , . iu,v sacriiice ; seeming nquonai;;; ad; justice.Most: RevSamuel AVStritch. --mm Wa-ww a aar ' WaaaWXiywt |