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Show D 0 D D Getting a Job This is the strange but unfortunately unfortunate-ly riot unique story of a woman who wqnted to work, and a war industry that needed her services. They got together at long last, in spite of government gov-ernment regulations. The young lady is the wife of a soldier. She was employed by a war industry, and had arranged the time of her vqcation when she learned suddenly that her husband was coming com-ing home on furlough probably his last before leaving for overseas fighting fight-ing service. She asked to have her vac&tion advanced so it could be spent with her husband. The request was refused. re-fused. "I'm taking it then, anyway," she warned, and her employer retorted: "If you do, you're fired." She did take the time off, spent it with her husband, and when she returned re-turned to the plant she found thcrt she was discharged. So she went to another large war plant where she found an opening. But under government gov-ernment regulations, the employer who needed her services could not offer Her a job until she obtained a release from the employer who had discharged her. The employer who had discharged her wcfe spiteful enough to refuse to give her a release. And the government govern-ment agency to which she appealed could not issue her a statement of availability until her former employer confirmed the discharge. One employer didn't want her because be-cause she was so human as to wish to pend her husband's last furlough with him instead of taking her vacation vaca-tion alone a few weeks later, after hubby had started' for Italy, France, Australia, Burma or some other equally equal-ly unhealthy spot. The other employer employ-er dici want her. But neither could do anything about it, because of regulations regu-lations designed to assure that war industries shall obtain all the manpower man-power that can possibly be made available to them. Meanwhile the wife of a soldier, dependent for her living upon what sHe can earn while her husband fights for the American way of life, couldn't get a chance to earn anything. any-thing. The vicious circle was broken and the young woman got her job only after, Having gone from one office of the government agency to another, she found an administrator with imagination enough to cut some corners. If the situation had been left to the red tape that controlled most of the subordinates who deal with such cases, nothing ever would have happened. hap-pened. If the moral isn't evident, then the story has not been told properly. There can be no substitute for basic education in preparing young men pnd women for life. John M. Fewkes, president American Federation of Teachers. The counter-offensive of the American Amer-ican 'forces is extremely furious and the fighting spirit of the men and officers of-ficers oi the American forces is also excellent. They do not give pur forces even a moment of rest.- -Capt. Etsuzo Kurihara, Jap navy's propaganda - The., real hatred the enemy has built up is in tHe east, and he knows .t. He will stake everything on holding" hold-ing" 'against" the Russians, Poles, CzecHsqna those other peoples he has trecrted vtso badly. British Air Mcarsjial Sir Arthur "Coningham. (Wartime technological developments develop-ments assure a bright future, but we nto 'Business, and in itiative, a chance to work and pro-duLce.-r-Seri. ' 'Harry S. Truman of Missouri, - PROVO (UTAH) a m ii v.ni ii nun (pyra ai 0 MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1943 D SK It Seems There Were Two Bums HA nrv BY THE EDUOB Ybu VouldnTTWk TO LOOK ad m DOT VLWCE 1 VAS DER. FUEHRERS TAVORlTe One of the best definitions or the meaning of perseverance was given by the colored preacher who said: It means, firstly, to take hold, secondly, to hold on; thirdly, and lastly, to nebber let go!" Ail the inspirational writers from Adam to the Angel Gabriel when he blows the last blast on his trumpet, could not have said more or said it better. Problems yield to the man who is determined to solve them and who possesses the necessary qualities qual-ities of perseverance. Difficulties have the habit of fading away into the shadows before the assaults of the men who are endowed with perseverance. - Impossibilities are accomplished by the man who doesn't recognize then a a imnenetrable obstructions. Thomas Edison worked for 13 months, making over a thousand experiments, until he found the filament that would work in a light bulb and the electric light not only maide him famous but was one of the great blessings his genius gave to mankind. The first five stores that F. W. Woolworth established failed but he had perseverance and believed in his plan. Eventually he succeeded suc-ceeded so well that he had established estab-lished over one thousand stores all over the world and gave employment employ-ment to millions of workers. George Eastman made 472 experiments ex-periments before he found a chem- ical solution that would develop a film. Harvey Firestone unraveled the only pair of silk stockings his wife owned to obtain the silk needed for his vulcanizing experiments. Back of the success of any worthwhile business institution is the man with that quality of "stick-to-it-iveness" persever- It is perseverance that engenders engend-ers enthusiasm and inspires patience to keep on against, all the buffets of ill fortune, discouragements discour-agements and set-backs of every description which sometimes seems to sap all his energy and grit. It is not always the gifted or brilliant or clever man who succeeds. suc-ceeds. It is the plodder who has the knack of hanging on and holding hold-ing on in spite of everything that seems to block his pathway. It is this spirit of perseverance that is inherent iri our American fighting men which make them victorious. This inherent trait of nprsfivprance is developed though our rigid and often wearying train ing schedule in camp ana tnrougn the inspirational leadership of our officers. Men and women blessed with perseverance are never afraid of hard work, long hours and un-, ceasing application. It is this power of national American character, char-acter, will, mind and body aU trained to the very limit toward gaining the selected goal that the war has brought to the surface of our national .character, which will give the United States some of the greatest inventors, scientists and chemists that the world has ever known. It is perseverance that will win through to victory and that will build this nation after the war is over. 0O0 Government - sponsored tests have brought forth some tire statistics sta-tistics which may be familiar to most motorists, but which are 7rT-th thinking about aeain: A top; speed of 35 miles an hour can increase the national average by 60QO to 8000 miles. . .wheels out of line can wear out tires at 10 times the normal rate. . ."Screaming" ."Scream-ing" tires around curves at high speed con do the same harm . . Faulty inflation, neglected cuts and bruises, stop-and-go city driving driv-ing all shorten tires' life... But high speed is the greatest cause of tire wear. ; Remember, the happy days of "tires for all" is still a long way off. i This Is the Army U. S. war slang has coined a lot of descriptive expressions. Here are a few samples: Stars and stripes baked pork and beans. Jawbone credit at the canteen. Sugar report letter from the girl friend. . Chicago atomizer Garand automatic auto-matic rifle. . . Buzz a town fly over it, usually low. Angel's whisper bugle calls In the air service. Fly the wet beam follow jtbe course of a river. , Laundry the board passing on, the qualifications of flying cadets. Tiger meat beef. G-man the refuse detail of the kitchen police. " x ' ; j Recently a young married man went into a men's clothing store under instructions from Jhis vtfe to get some rood shirts. He was shown some priced at ?3, but, applying the only yardstick, he knew, he said: ."Well, I don't know I was thinking of something ' a little more expensive." ! ! The salesman looked hurt ."These would- be . more - expensive, sir," he said, "if it weren't for the OPA . . . , r - - "Well, son. what have ybu been doing all afternoon ?" - j s "Shooting craps, mother r ! "That must stop. Those little things have as much right to live as you have." ' .. ,.' ( yjW ( SOT'S K0DDIMC3! j Ai 'J .f 1 VAS VUNCE KNOiMJ y-i C TO HIM AS XEI5 V in - HEALTH COLUMN Arthritis Pain Lessened With Rest, Treatment i By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Written for NEA Arthritis is one of the chronic diseases most responsible for absenteeism ab-senteeism in factory, dismissal from the armed services, and general gen-eral disability among people who, not in their first youth, are nevertheless never-theless valuable and necessary to the war effort especially with increasing goals and responsibilities responsibili-ties that follow in the wake of victories ahead. In view of its considerable prevalence, pre-valence, arthritis is a mightily confused term. Literally, it means inflammation of the joints, but since the latter is only one symptom sym-ptom with many causes, it is necessary nec-essary to reclassify and simplify these underlying reasons in order to explain the presence of arthritis. arth-ritis. : The two major groups of diseases dis-eases incorporated into arthritis are osteo-arthritis and rheumatoid rheuma-toid arthritis. Though the symptoms symp-toms of pain in the joints are in many respects similiar, these forms are usually separate and distinct illnesses. Furthermore, each has additional differing symptoms apart from inflammation inflamma-tion of the joints. . Types Of Arthritis Osteo-arthritis usually appears in middle life in varying degrees in all people, and customarily settles set-tles in the spine, hips, and knees. weight-bearing points'of the fingers. fing-ers. Osteo-arthritis is-' not serious, if annoying, and does not mean that the general health is impaired, impair-ed, or that old age is imminent although it does indicate a premature pre-mature ageing of the' joints. The arthritis does not become extensive, exten-sive, the pain tends to : decrease and serious disability; does not follow. fol-low. Treatment consists of cutting cut-ting down on even -the slightest overweight, employing heat and massage and medication as suggested sug-gested by a physician, and cultivating culti-vating rest and freedom from worry. Rheumatoid arthritis is extremely ex-tremely painful and extensive, appears at any age ' in adult life$ and is usually accompanied or ushered in by general ' weakness, underweight, and even a slight fever. Such a patient can look forward to 30 per !cent cure, 40 per cent partial cure, and 30 per cent invalidism. ; No Specific Remery Early diagnosis arid rest are primary in the treahment of rheumatoid rheu-matoid arthritis. Splints and immobilization im-mobilization of joints are often employed, accompanied by warm baths and gentle massage. Only obvious sources of infection should be removed. Diet should be adjusted ad-justed to meet any requirements of undernourishment,;, or anemia. No drugs are indicated, except to relieve .pain. A waritt, dry climate cli-mate and emotional relaxation are urged. After the attacks have subsided, sub-sided, physio-therapy and diathermy dia-thermy can be of great assistance. Hopes of cure are, in the main false, and not to be encouraged. Scientists are everywhere work er ing to find a cure for the misery for rheumatoid arthritis. Although no specific remedy has been found, much can be done4 to minimize mini-mize the effects of this disease. The general public could help by assisting in the support of the long .expensive treatment required requir-ed for rheumatoid arthritis in some fashion comparable to the ways tuberculosis and infantile paralysis are financed. Q's and A's Q-What is a caique? A A small ukiff, sometimes equipped with a sail. Vessels of this type aided Sn the evacuation of troops from Crete when the Nazis invaded. & Q What is the Coronation Stone ? A Sometimes known as the Stone of Scone, it was a stone sat upon during coronation ceremonies cere-monies by Scottish kings. Brought to England in 1296, today to-day it is preserved in the Coronation Coro-nation Throne in Westminster Abbey. Q Who was the first American golfer to win the British Amateur title ? A Jess W. Sweetser, in 1926. Q If a person holds three of "a kind in poker, what are his chances of drawing the fourth card of the same denomination ? A He has two chances in 47. DEATH WRITES THE LAST EDITION By Adeline Mc El fresh COPYRIGHT. 1943. NEA SERVICE. NC THE STORY t Jo Parker, well-loyed well-loyed editor of the Midvale Ex. preaft, has been found Manned to death. Soeiety reporter Pat Cleveland, Cleve-land, sport writer Clem Evans, and ex-newspaperman Dave Elson are determined to solve the murder. mur-der. A threatening-, unsigned letter let-ter la found among; Joe's papers. Pat discover that it was written on his own typewriter. ' FOOTPRINTS CHAPTER V WELL. I'U be" Dave Elson stared down at the typewritten line, too aston ished to say anything" else. He looked at Clem, who was standing beside him, and Clem shook his aead, bewildered. Pat stood up. She still looked a little frightened, for she knew this discovery opened up new possibilities. possi-bilities. Who would have used Joe Parker's own typewriter for such a note? "Here, one of you try it," she urged. Clem, a grim expression on his face, slid into the chair. He tried out all sorts of combinations, but still it was there. The "i" struck the paper a bit lower than the ther letters, giving the typed copy t ragged appearance. JINow what?" Pat asked abruptly. Dave walked over to the window win-dow and stared out into the windswept wind-swept night, while the others waited in expectant silence. For a long minute he stood there, then he whirled on his heel. "Aunt Sarah!" he yelled. "Oh, Aunt Sarah!" ; "Do you think she might know?" A thread of fear crept into Pat's voice even though she tried to suppress it. "She can at least tell us who has .been here lately, Dave answered shortly. "Clem," he turned to the other rnan, "call the police. Blair should be iri on this." "Bight, Dave." .Evans hurrieVl put of "the room, colliding with Mrs. Harrington at the door. 1 "Whal in the world, 15avey?,, The housekeeper was drying her I hands on her voluminous apron She looked from Dave to Pat and Mary Evans, and back to Dave again. : "What is it?" she repeated. Dave told her, even showed her the paper on which they had typed the incriminating 'letters. "Well, glory be;! " she breathed. "Don't that beat am'' "Do you have, any suspicions, Aunt Sarah?" Pa asked her when she saw Dave hesitate. "That's what we'd like to know now." Mrs. Harringtoh frowned down at the old typewriter. She shook her head slowly, : almost hopelessly. hope-lessly. ! M . i " : CAM BLAIR swbre at the biting wind as he wept out to his car. He hated these tfight calls, especially espe-cially in such vile: weather, but his desk sergeants pbad told him that Clem Evans? had called from Parker's house. There was some thing about new levidence,, but the sergeant was vaffue about that. Probably Evans iad not told him. Sam Blair drove slowly, for the streets were jus slick enough to make driving difficult If he speeded up tooJihuch, he might hot be able to slop if he had to, ana he had no intention of careening careen-ing into some unfortunate rjedes- trian. He had passed several of them with their heads bent against the wind in such a wav that he knew they could hot keep a wary eye on the traffics Confound such a night anyhow! H The Parker me was arrnss town a good ten 'minutes' drive from where BTsir lived, and the officer had a chance to repeat to rtifncolr" fvi nrtil: Hmo all Via had been able tijj find out which was pracucaiiy noimng, ne admitted admit-ted grudgingly; . how, he asked himself, could he find 'Hie lrfllofq tiirhan fVio Vnifo oUdn't have a hgerprint on it? When Joe Parkriad ho enemies? When He yavPned. ; He could al- most hpar fVio Wclr emffAant civ. last. "It's a CTArid ilite if vbu don't I I weaken," as he always did when things went wrong. He held his watch up as he passed a street light. "Eight forty-five," he said aloud. "That's not bad. I may get home yet in time for the 10 o'clock news." THE Parker house loomed up A ahead of him, big and safe and secure. Only it hadn't been that at all for Joe Parker. It had been The car skidded as he turned into the side street. He switched off the motor and the, lights and let it roll to a stop. The wind tore at his coat as he started around the house to the front door. Snow was falling again, great soft flakes that nestled contentedly against the earlier blanket of white. Blair dodged the wildly swaying sprig of a japonica bush that seemed like an ordinary wild shrub now that it was striDDed of its leaves and bright flowers. He started up the steps at the end of the borch and stopped in his tracks. Something had moved just enough to attract his attention. He scrutinized the clump of cedar that ' stood near the study window at the opposite end of the porch. Then the wind sighed through the branches again and he decided that he was wrong. It must have been the wind. "I'm jittery as an old settin' hen," he thought glumly, stomping stomp-ing across the porch to the door. Later he said it was intuition that made huh glance over his shoulder, but , he really never knew. Sight pi the fleeting shadow that could not have been a swaying sway-ing bough left no room for anything any-thing else. He sprinted toward the trees. He found onlv footbrints but imaginary fieures. hfe told himself grimly, do not leave tracks. Some body, had been listening and watching at that window! f Harold Ickes and The Businessmen By PETER EDSON , Daily Herald Washington i Corespondent TJrthinfr that Secretary of the Interior Harold L- Ickes has jiaid i a lnno- time nas Deen so cons trued, according to his public roiatinna department, as ma reueut speech before tne saies jwiwuww t,.k i mow Vnrk This was :the speech titled "raKing a ijvh the Oddities, in wnicn uic ev tary tried to conduct ms auoienue on a 30-minute tour of the. capital so as to get the proper PejPec-tive PejPec-tive on the loyal, underpaid civil whnm the DUDlIC haS taken to maligning as, buXeaUcrutSr But according to tne BvTstu.j o pu b 1 i c relations department, 'some of the newspapers and press associations plucked certain pages out of context in such a way as to make it appear that he was blasting businessihen." Well, there can be ho doubt about that. National Association 6i Manufacturers has just compiled com-piled a broadside labeled "what editors think about ICKES: and businessmen," on which are reproduced repro-duced about six square feet of clippings of editorials, all of which take Ickes to ask for his alleged remarks. ' In short, this speech bounced, and the secretary would now like to suck it back or correct whatever what-ever false impression it may have given. Look at the Text Tn be nerf ectlv fair about these things, all you have to do is go back and look at the text to see what Mr. Ickes really ; said. Following is one of the paragraphs in which he was so unjustly panned: pan-ned: "It isn't the New Dealers who have been running this war. I challenge anyone to name names and fix responsibilities. If I know 'anything about Washington it is that the dollar-a-year men have been running the war men like Knudseh. Nelsc-n, Stettinus, and many others whom I might mention. men-tion. These are the men to j whom the President has given vast powers." Toward the end of his speech, Ickes touched on this subject again to drive home his point, saying: '4i would remind you that as an indication of its intention to convert (the government to war) as quickly and as noiselessly as possible, the President di not turn the job of conversion to a New Dealer 'bureacrat' such as myself. He summoned to; Wash-ineiiOn Wash-ineiiOn some of the erreatest: names in industry and put the owners of them to work. I have sometimes some-times ventured to think-rall by myself, of course that this sudden sud-den and great influx of men who, while highly competent in their own fields, were inexperienced and untrained in and unsympathetic with government procedures, was not as well-advertised as it: appeared appear-ed to be." : Well, there's the evidence. Was Harold taking businessmen for a ride, or was he, in his inimitable manner, praising them with faint damns? And who should eat whose words? the editors or Mr. Ickes ? Secretary's Sartasm Backfires But why all the anxiety to suck back on this spech? True, Ickes has a couple of grade-A tycoons working for him in Ralph K. Davies, of Standard Oil, now deputy petroleum administrator admin-istrator for war: and Carl E Newton of C. & O. railrbad, now deputy coal mines administrator. If this tvoe of aDDOintment has not turned out as well advised as it appeared to be, then Secretary Ickes as a eood upstanding bu reaucrat should be the first to remed v the situation bv removing his two subordinates from busi ness and appointing in their places other bureaucrats like himself. He isn't likelv to do anvthnik of the kind, and that of course is the best proof of the point ; that ne thinks businessmen are okay. . It that's what Secretary Ickes intended to say in tne iirst piace, the ensuing argument jean only be explained bv saving- that; his sar casm is slipping. If so, ho wonder it backfired. . Big Business names; are all over Washington, as Ickes says. If these businessmen let the Palace Guard and what's left of the new .Dealers take tne country away from them, it will be their own fault. Maybe Ickes shouldn't try to suck back on the original interpretation, inter-pretation, his remarks called forth. Prisoner Writes mes SPANISH FORK Mr. and Mrs Archie Hales of this! city have received their first communication from their son Private Blaine A Hales since he was taken a pris oner by the Japanese government in the Philippine islands in May 1942, with the arrivals of a card Thursday. Private Hales stated that he is interned at the Philippine Philip-pine military prison camp No. 1, that he is in excellent: health and he added, "Please tell everyone I am coming back and no kiddin." He wrote also, "I Hope this international inter-national argument ends soon." It was nearly a year after Private Pri-vate Hales was reported missing in action in the Philippines that word came that he was a prisoner of the Japanese. No word came from him personally until this card was received by his parents. L j. j All fire apparatus In Hawaii has been painted green to lessen visi bility. TOE WASHINGTON WtERRV - BO - A Daily Picture of What's lr Going on in National AficrirsJ-e tf WASHINGTON Officials of the U. S. Air Forces operating over Europe are maintaining a high morale among the fliers in the face of daily losses of scores of their comrades. Official communiques report only the number num-ber of planes lost on a given- flight. They fail to mention that when ten Flying Fortresses go down, I06 men go down with them. This not only requires replacements, but also requires that the men who survive shall not brood too much over their friends Officials calculate the chances of survival, just as tho men do, and they regulate the flights to keep thoee chances favorable. xno mer ia kept on operations more than 25 or 30 flights, depending on the percentage of losses. Also, officials take pains to keep the mess halls filled. If 50 men fail to return from a raid, they make sure that there will not be 50 empty chairs at mess. A high official of the War Department, just back from a tour of the air fronts, reports that morale is good among the fliers. "If you sent them out against heavy opposition op-position to bomb a truck by the roadside,'? he said, "they might not be so keen about it,' bat these boys know the importance of their targets, and their fighting spirit is high." One officer, a squadron leader, suffered an injury to his foot, which was put in a plaster cast. But he hobbled out of the hospital, without being discharged, and made four flights over Europe Eur-ope with his crew, before attendants discovered his trick and took him back to bed. B AND C BOOKS DOWN Some Eastern motorists looking forward to more gasoline next month have a sad dkl ppoint-ment ppoint-ment ahead. The OPA is planning to offset any increase in consumption. For while the value of A coupons will go up, thr number of B and C coupons will go down, and the one move will offset the other. , Trimming of B and C books will be done by instructions from Washington to local boards directing that applications for these supplementary supplemen-tary rations shall be scrutinized more cariully and the number of coupons reduced. Reports of OPA investigators reveal that some local boards are too liberal in granting supplementary sup-plementary rations. This is especially true in small communities where board members know applicants personally and do not like to police their driving too sharply. It is also true in oil producing states, where the necessity of sharp reduction has not yet been universally realized. Thus, when you get your next B or C ration book, you may find that the board has used the scissors before passing the book on to you. L. lib WIG'S WARNING Emil Ludwig, famous German . author and biographer, recently had a unique session with the Army's School for Military Government at C'narlottesville, Va., as to what the Allies should do with Germany after the war. Ludwig gave a series of lectures on how to prevent Hitler from arising and plunging the world into another war 20 years hence. Based upon years of studying Bismarck, Hindenburg and the Kaiser, the German historian 'urged that there be a strong army of occupation by all the United Nations for at least five years. ' "The German people should know for the first time in 130 years," he said, "what a foreign authority looks like. Only thus can they te brought to understand that they have been defeated." de-feated." Ludwig pointed out that German militarism always had come from Prussia, while Germany's culture had come from the South and West. Therefore he proposed splitting Germany up into two states: 1) Prussia, small and isolated; and (2) Bavaria, Saxony, and ,the smaller Catholic German states which are not militaristis and which would be joined with Austria. This would put the Catholics in one country and the Lutheran Luth-eran Prussians in another. v NO "POOR MISGUIDED" GERMANS "Leave to the Germans all that other nations have," Ludwig recommended, "but", take away their weapons, supervise their education, and give them political guardianship. If you do not, and if you speak of the 'poor misguided German people,' then 20 years from now your sons will bo fighting another war against them. "What I fear," continued Lodwig, "is that on the day after the death of Hitler, tho "Junkers, "Junk-ers, the generals will kowtow to you and say, 'We love Americans. Come let us be brothers again.' I fear that some of you will say, 'Now let us make 'peace. They are good people, these generals.' "But they are not. They are not one whit better than the Hitlers. They merely have better bet-ter manners," Ludwig declared. Note: Ludwig paid tribute privately to the excellent job the army was doing at its School for Military Government. He said he had seldom seen suhh an intelligent, progressive group of men, with such a grasp on the world's future problems. KING AND AIRPOWER The Washington Post has been engaged in an argument with the Navy and Admiral Ernest King, commander-of-the-fleet, over whether he is really for airpower or still puts his faith in the big battleship. The Post repeated from William Bradford Huie's book "The Fight for Air Power," a quotation quota-tion from King that "Army aviation should end at the shore-line." Admiral King promptly replied that he never made such a statement. Maybe he didn't but After the battle of Midway, Fortune Magazine was preparing an article on airpower, and the proof sheets were sent to Admiral King fr perusal. When they came back, he had written marginal notes in his own handwriting deprecating the achievements of Army airplanes, at Midway. Where the manuscript manu-script 'said that Army planes bombed Jap ships, the doughty Admiral ;had pencilled "Bombed AT Jap Ships." Then followed the initials "E.J.K." Note: It was largely censored at the time, but before Pearl Harbor, Army planes were not permitted to fly more than 100 miles on patrol duty over the water. For weeks the Army argued that long-range Army planes, faster and further-flying further-flying than the Navys, should keep a lookout for a surprise Jap attack. Major General Bob Olds among others, even made a chart -showing how a Jap carrier could sneak in at night, after Navy planes had ' finished ? their rounds, without the Navy being able to detect it. But Admiral King's Navy remained adamant. Army planes, they said, must stick to the shore. (Copwright 1943, by United Feature J Syndicate, Inc.) . , i 1 |