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Show I D D D 0 Second Front Soon It seems safe to predict that the second European land front will be established soon, not because of the pressing vocal demands of Moscow and of Communist fellow-traveler elements here, but because sound military considerations now make a second land front feasible. - Perhaps it will not be accurate to speak of what is ahead as "a second front." If laymen may be permitted to speculate, .conceding in advance that they are merly drawing what .seem, like logical inferences, it is not 6ne. new land front that we should expect, but two or three or perhaps even more. . There seems little question that the tremendous hammering of the Rhine-Idnd Rhine-Idnd is a softening-up process aimed aim-ed at some specific development in the rather near future. What could this be except an invasion by way of the French coast, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, or some combination of these routes? Aerial blows at French and Low Country airports and other installations direct attention there. Meanwhile, it is no less obvious to the- armchair strategist that the placement place-ment of Allied bombs in Italy portends por-tends a blow by the soldiery not fundamentally fun-damentally at the toes, the instep or the heel whence it would be necessary neces-sary for our men to slog their weary way up the length of the peninsula but somewhere considerably north of -the foot. If we were in fierr Hitler's and Sig-nor Sig-nor Badoglio s place and were predicating pre-dicating our defenses upon what laymen in the United States know, we should anticipate an invasion , in hq vicinity of Naples and another down in the foot, of tremendous forces wjch if we were those unestimable Axis worriers we should know would crush all Axis troops that are in Italy from Naples south, v Simultaneously, we should fear that equally strong Allied forces, would turn northward toward Rome, after drawing a cutoff line east and west across the - peninsula and cleaning up some useful air ports in south cen-tral' cen-tral' Italy. . :Ol course, President . Roosevelt and Premier Churchill did, say that they were discussing the Far Eastern situation situa-tion in Quebec. But they did not say that they did not discuss Europe also. And, moreover, reason says that plans for the next act were laid ' months ago and that overt develop ments resulting from Quebec will constitute a later chapter in the tragedy trag-edy that the Axis faces. ' V Again, this is all; speculation. It doesn't mean a thing. But it is fun to speculate, isn't it?- Home Front Troubles-Nazi Troubles-Nazi Style X One thing that is undoubtedly causing caus-ing the, Third Reich to start popping cil the inner seams is the failure of its barter system. It wasn't so long ago that experts were holding this same barter system sys-tem up as a monstrous clever example ex-ample to be emulated. It was, they assured us, realistic, economical and eminently practical. It was winning friends especially among the South American countries. . Well, the Nazis got the mitten for their South American wooing in every country but one. They were finally reduced to, trading with a quartet of neutrals and even fewer of their ' solvent satellites. f And today, the. Nazis have nothing to trade. Their few business associates associ-ates are now dictating terms to the former No. 1 banker of-Europe -buyT ing back their . own" bonds, instead of ; the goods Germany can't supply, with piled-up credits against Germany, Ger-many, j; . ' . " " . V YesAthe Master Race has its hbme-fronf hbme-fronf troubles; too. ' . - PROVO (UTAH) THE WASHINGTON C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1943 D ES CHAT BY TUB EOITOB School officials are somewhat perturbed at this time of the year, lest high school students who have been drawing high wages in summer-time employment, will not lav down their tools and take up Dawn of Ema ncipation Day - MERRY - GO- Ml! their books when the school bells ggffi3m ring this month. tttvSSm Tho Modus from hieh school "A mm The exodus from hign has reached alarming proportions in many communities, and Utah county, being in an area of critical labor shortages can not hope to escape the general trend throughout through-out the country to a greater or less degree. "There are many reasons for this exodus, chief among wU-ich are. the attraction of high wages, the desire to do something definite defi-nite to help the war, and the wish to follow the example of fellow students who have already gone to work. While high school students should recognize the personal loss they will eventually sustain in interrupting or terminating their education, the responsibility also rests upon the schools to work out cooperative schemes of adjustment between school time and employment, up to one-half work Hm The schools have a duty to perform in meeting thel.JjL needs of the working youth by i the extension of school opportunities opportuni-ties through late afternoon and evening hours, end on Saturdays, If possible, in order that the needs of the community can be met along with the needs of the individual indi-vidual student. oOo flHHHH&T mm m ft Jk y. : " Fruitgrowers are complaining that in some instances growers are paying peach pickers, more than the agreed wages, in their eagerness eager-ness to get an unfair advantage over other growers. This naturally works a hardship on growers who are "holding the line" on the standard wage. Pickers soon find out when some growers pay more than others, and promptly demand the same pay. It's hard for some larmei s to keep from kicking over the traces, being accustomed to individual, rather than united action. In years of over-supply of fruit, these same growers will bolt an agreement agree-ment on prices, to undersell their neighbors, and thus ruin the whole market. These farmers operate on the. theory of "every man for himself," him-self," the devil with the other fellow. fel-low. oOo Many small manufacturers are being forced to absorb the 20 per cent withholding tax in order to retain their workmen. This, of course, constitutes a wage increase in-crease of equivalent amount, which itself is legally subject to a further withholding tax, of which the government is being defrauded. The practice is undoubtedly illegal. il-legal. It is economically unsound because most small firms cannot stand such a drain. It is fiscally unsound because it contributes to inflation, defeating the very purpose pur-pose of the taxing method. It is, as the American Business Congress Con-gress says, business blackmail. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Dear Husband: Sometimes I sit and dream As the twilight years C6me td us On the swift wings Of time. I do not dread nor grieve Because I have had joy And happiness supreme. You have been a Tower of strength And I know your Kindly eyes That..always twinkled With a sense-of humor -And you never faltered Nor deceived. Yes, the morn of youth Has flown All too sudden-like And strangely soon. Now we come to Life's afternoon With heads held high And hearts that have Blended into one. Too few people Have ' been given Such a love as ours . . . A love that exalts And transcends All other trials and Tribulations which beset The lives of everyone. - HEALTH COLUMN" Nausea Is Common In Early Months During Pregnancy By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Written for XEA During the first three months of pregnancv. more than one-half of all women experience some degree de-gree of nausea and vomiting. Thif discomfort is usually mild and transient, but occasionally it is so severe that vigorous steps must be taken to prevent starvation or the loss of fluids from the body. In the mildest form, this condition is characterized by a slight feeling of nausea "and a sense of repugnance repug-nance ' for foods. Rarely the nausea nau-sea precludes the taking of any food, and vomiting is so persistent that emaciation and severe fluid-loss fluid-loss develop. The onset usually occurs in about the sixth week of pregnancy, although it may take place earlier. The condition may last only a few weeks, or persist ! for three or four months. As a rule, the symptoms are concluded by "the tjme the first third of pregnancy is passed. -There appears to be no relationship rela-tionship between this condition and; the age, race, or number of pregnancies of the woman. It is reported to be very rare in China, where-in "general the level of diet and, sanitation are inferior to ours, and the incidence of some com-plicating. com-plicating. infection is higher. Causes Unknown The specific cause of nausea and diets vomiting, of pregnancy is still un known. Many theories as to its origin have been advanced. One of the oldest of these claims that the symptoms have psychic origin, and are a perverted effort on the part of the unconscious mind to reject the state of pregnancy. The relative frequency of the disease among women with leisure time, and the successful results obtained by psychotherapy have been advanced ad-vanced as proof of this theory. At present, it is a more general belief be-lief that the nervous element is an aggravating factor, and serves to mask the actual cause. Chemical tests have shown that the disturbance is associated with injury to the liver. The demands of the baby for carbohydrates are great at this time, and the liver may be depleted of its carbohydrate carbohy-drate reserves. It is well-known that the exhaustion of the suerar supplies in the liver prevent that organ from functioning normally or protecting itself 'and the body against the action of various toxins. Glucose Solutions Aid When vomiting begins, a vicious circle is established, because the carbohydrates are further exhausted, ex-hausted, and the opportunity for their replacement is. diminished. The use of a. high carbohydrate diet when the condition is mild, or the administration of glucose solutions by vein freguently terminates ter-minates the vomiting and is a fundamental fun-damental part of the treatment. There are numerous similarities between the severe cases of vomiting vom-iting of pregnancy and conditions due to lack of vitamin B. Pregnancy Preg-nancy increases 'the demand for this vitamin, and with so raanv containing the "minimum sible that the added burden of pregnancy precipitates vitamin B deficiency. With the onset of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy, a woman is justified in seeking rest in the most pleasant environment possible, pos-sible, and a diet high in carbohydrate, carbo-hydrate, with an excess of vitamin B. Should further efforts be indicated in-dicated by continued nausea and vomiting, she should promptly consult her abstetrician. Q's and A's Q What father and son both held the world's billiard title? A Jake Schaffer and "Young Jake" Shaeffer. Q In cooking, what is meant by "roux?" A Roux is a thickening ' for soups and gravies. Q How much coffee does one coffee shrub yield? A A pound is the usual yield, though very vigorous shrubs will yield as high as three ro - four pounds. Q What University in the United States possesses a copy of the Gutenberg Bible ? - A Yale. The valuable book is placed in an underground steel vault. Q What vitamin contained in milk is destroyed by sunlight ? A Vitamin G. Q Pollen count indicates the amount of pollen, bane of hay- fever sufferers, which floats or is vitamin B requirements, it is pos- blown about in the air. At what , . : - UNLOCKING ADVENTURE By Charles Courtney Add . typographitfha erratum: "The manager of the cleaning and press, establishment testified that Miss Green's goat was cleaned clean-ed and pressed and returned to her undamaged." Sedalia (Fla.) Ne.ws. In- the preserves contest held in the Baptist Church basement Wednesday: night, Miss Wanda Teasdale won, first prize with her home-made tickles. Eloise (Pa.) Sentinel, r .-.- After ill," we -really ;dont mind ifvthe Japs find out before we do wgat new plans were made for the Pacific ' war. , - Charles Courtney is the , world's highest paid legal Jimmy Jim-my Valentine. This is the true story of his many adventures unlocking safes around the earth and under the sea. CHAPTER III QlfE day in August I was admitted ad-mitted to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a United States Marine. The first six months are the hardest. By Thanksgiving I was so discouraged dis-couraged that I had made up my mind to go to Portsmouth A. W. O. L., not, however, until after dinner, which was to be turkey and all, the trimmings. When I went to the gate to check out for liberty, the officer of the day snapped,, "No liberty. All marines stand by to embark for Nicaragua."' Nica-ragua."' On beard the U. S. S. Dixie was Major Neville. He was astonished to see me and promised to watch how I was getting on. ' Down . the coast we sailed toward the Spanish Main scrubbing, scrubbing, washing wash-ing allthe way. Before we were a couple of days at sea, I had made skeleton keys to the galley and pantry. Midnight raids on the supplies! made me popular with the other leathernecks and I Was soon- this unofficial locksmith of the' expedition. When; we steamed into .Corinto Bay, the U. S. S. Yorktown and the UT S. S. Albany, our flagship, were': waiting tor us. to week we , were not allowed to go ashore, so we looked at the sandy coast that tapered inland to scrubby dunes dotted withhuts built in the trees and watched the Spicks! running about the shore. They came alongside;, along-side;, in their "bumboats," selling bananas, oranges, guavas. The only business they understood was the batter system. Money did not interest them but they would COPYRIGHT. 1043. NCA SERVICC. INC. trade all the fruit we could eat for a knife or fork or spoon from our mess gear. Larger financial deals were made for pearls and gold nuggets. A pair of shoes bought a large pearl, a pair of trousers a medium-sized one, and we could get a small pearl for a khaki shirt. "DUT tKis wasn't capturing Presi-dent Presi-dent Zelaya or his ragged army of 10,000 men dressed in the uniforms of the world. He must have bought them in all the rummage sales of Europe. The soldiers were the only Nica-raguans Nica-raguans who , owned clothes before be-fore the coming of the marines. At 2 o'clock one morning our company was awakened to make a landing. The ship was darkened. dark-ened. With hushed, shuffling we rolled and packed our - blankets and lined up for quinine, then pushed off in the landing cutters and rowed to the beaches. Captain Gulick ordered us to strike out up the beach away from the village vil-lage of Corinto. . Gray dawn came, and sunup. . By noon we were tramping through the scorching heat, shuffling along in sand . so fine that we had to stop every once in a while to take off our leggings and' high shoes and shake it out. Still no sign of Zelaya and his army; they had disappeared Without a trace. As for Zelaya himself, he slipped aboard a small Mexican gunboat in the harbor and stayed there under our very noses. We could have blown him out of .the water, with a good stiff sneeze, but we couldn't buck international law, so we sat there and grumbled with our glasses trained on the gunboat gun-boat while we .waited for orders from Washington. One morning we found the harber empty; the gunboat had slipped away in the night QNE torrid dimmer night,' after M, the paymaster had made up his money, I was stationed in the small room outside the cage which. housed the safe. Toward morning, when my ears and eyes eere weary from the strain of keeping on the alert, I felt that I should perish if I did not have a drink of water. There was no way to communicate com-municate with the corporal of the guard who had locked me in, so I picked the lock, 'took on board a glass of water, and hastened back to the cage. To my horror, I saw that there was no way to lock the door from . the inside. The time for relief was near. Wits" sharpened " by danger, I cut a sliver from the leather strap that held my gun holster, slipped it between' the door and the jamb and shut the door. Along came the old corporal of the guard and stuck in his key. It failed to work. He turned it and, of course, locked the door which then unlocked easily. When he pushed the door open, he never noticed the tiny scrap of leather that fell to the floor. On our way to the guardhouse, he looked at me with a worried frown. "Charley," he said, "that door was open all the time. We'd haye caught hell if the officer of the day had come along and tried it." "Hell" was an understatement. As I saw the look of distress in his eyes and felt the icicles creeping creep-ing down my own back, I resolved that hereafter I would make mjr fingers behave. " - In my fourth year I went up for examination and was made a corporal. On Aug. 24, 1913, I was honorably discharged, finished with soldiering and ready to, set out upon my own business. I have never outlived the pride of being a marine. The ideals of the service serv-ice had become so ingrained that they have been the guiding principles prin-ciples of my life, the testing rod by which I measure my conduct, remembering that I must bring honor to the service. Yes, the marines had given me a set of ethics, and m standard. They bad made a man of me. . . (To Be Continued) Inside Dope on Inside of Italy By PETER EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent News coming out of Italy in the last couple weeks has been a good bit like the news that used to appear ap-pear back in the days of sail, a century or more ago, when a traveler would arrive at some port and relay by word of mouth ' the laiest intelligences." Today, it travelers artiving in Berne or irfaarid or Istanbul wno Dnng out me latest news of what w uciuaiiy feomg on inside oi uaiy, nd mat is not much more rename, re-name, pernaps, than the Axis iau.0 from rvome or .Benin wmcn uuviouaiy put out only wuat tney ant tue outside wond to know. Auding togetner all the loose bits or iniormation itom aa sources, checking off those that uoa t jioe or are obviously untrue, it is now possible, however, to make a coherent guess as to what Kina of government Italy has at tne moment. The country has unquestionaDiy gone through a tremendous Dlooaiess revolution, 'mis is an effort to reconstruct ana summarize its progress to mere are still plenty of gaps in tne story. Going back, to uie Deginning Mussouni called tne uiana cuuncil together on Saturday, Satur-day, July 24, to make Ms report oi ins conierence with Hitler. After Aft-er making the report, however, it appears that Mussolini took no pai t in further debate, which went on over his head between two tactions. That led by Count Dmo urandi prevailed and called tor tne resignation of Mussoiini. King Summoned 11 Due Yv nether Mussolini stayed throughout this session is, not clear. It is known, however, that Mussolini did not go to me king to otier his resignation as he had been ordered to do by the Cirand Council. Instead, he went to distribute dis-tribute piizes at a harvest festival. festi-val. Next day, Grandi went to the king to iniorm him of me Grand Council's action. When , the king learned what had happened, he summoned Mussolini. The duce tried to dismiss the action of the council as having no meaning and being of no importance. The king demanded his resignation anyway, any-way, and Mussolnii left the palace pal-ace accompanied by the army. The story persists, and is confirmed by the Italian press, that Mussolini Musso-lini was taken away in an ambulance. ambu-lance. What happened next will probably prob-ably go down as a fluke in history. The Grand Council having voted only to remove Mussouni, but the king seizing this opportunity, used hs : ipower all the way and abolished abol-ished the Grand Council which, much to its surprise, found that it had committed suicide, which it never intended to do. The Grand Council had previously . had the the power to name his own succes-the succes-the throne. By abolishing the Grand Council, the king got back he power to name his own successor, succes-sor, a development to be watched with interest. (Prom, "the book of the same name written in collaboration with' Thomas M. Johnson and published by Whittlesey House, New York City.) - Jews Regain Citizenship The Fascist OVRA, or secret police, has been dissolved. The Fascist black shirt militia has been incorporated into the Italian army and all party secretaries in every town have had to report for military service. The army is policing the country. All anti-; Semitic laws have been repealed. These laws had been obviously promulgated pro-mulgated at German insistence. They were never popular because Italy had only some 40,000 Jews, who now have their citizenship restored. Three Fascist newspapers newspa-pers were suspended. In others, Fascist editors were removed and replaced by former editors. There is no evidence that the German liaison officers, who sat in every Italian government office of-fice of importance and practically ran the country, have been kicked kick-ed out. Badoglio may not be dominated dom-inated by Germany, but he is certainly cer-tainly dominated by fear of Germany Ger-many .and as long as the German army is, in Italy and the American, Ameri-can, British and Canadian armies are in Sicily, it doesn't take much savvy for anyone to figure out what he would do if in Badog-lio's Badog-lio's shoes at this moment. Italy's best troops perhaps 30 divisions are overseas. There is no indication that the German will let them go home. Just before Musoslini was bounced, all men of from 21 to 36 were called up for military service. That would indicate indi-cate Italy may be hard up for domestic troops. figure is sneezing supposed to begin? A When the count reaches 15, out comes the handkerchiefs Q Where is the island of Gozo and what is its military importance import-ance ? A Gozo joins Malta, js the site of an American-built ' airdrome. The island is famous for its handmade hand-made lace.; Q What important wartime use has. been found for the lowly milkweed ? A It has been discovered to be a successful, substitute for kapok, the buoyant subsantce uned in life belts. Q What means are being taken to fill the country's cork needs, now that imports of the material have greatly dwindled? A Cork-oak c . tree .., are , being cultivated in large' quantities in the southern states of the U. S. Q In . what states is. death by lethal gas the penalty for murder? A- Arizona, California, Color rado, Nevada, N. Carolina, Oregon and. Wyoming. A Daily Picture oi What's '(r Going on in National Affairs-, tf ;aly7 WASHINGTON A situation which may bring the entire negro question to the floor of the Democratic national convention is brewing in A. 1 L y 0L 1X1 3 Alabama's ebullient Gov. Chauncey Sparks is laying plans, first, to elect a pungently anti-New anti-New Deal delegation to represent his state in the Democratic convention. Second, he proposes to make a speech on the floor of the convention on the race issue, denouncing Mrs. Roosevelt, and attempting to obtain adoption of a plank in the Democratic platform for white supremacy. His moves have met with the vigorous opposition oppo-sition of certain of Alabama's liberal Democrats, led by forthright Col. Harry Ayres of the "Annis-ton "Annis-ton Star." They feel that any anti-negro move - such as that proposed by Gov. Sparks would do the country no good, would alienate millions of colored voteu in New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, and would definitely swing the negro vote securely back to its traditional position in Republican columns. As a result, one of the hottest pre-convention battles of the South is already on in Alabama over sending an anti-Roosevelt or pro-Roosevelt delegation to the Democratic national convention. Note: War department executives are aghast at the Sparks proposal, say it would play directly into the hands of Jap propagandists, already doing do-ing a gpod job of harping on the color issue in the Orient. HULL'S AMBITIONS When Secretary of State Hull went to the White House to demand the ousting of the man who had served as his chief aide for ten long years, the President replied: "Why don't you fire him. you're the boss over there." Mr. Hull mumbled that he didn't feel he was the man to do it, so later in the day. Roosevelt called in Undersecretary of State Sumner Sum-ner Welles and brake the news that he was to be relieved of his post. What the President probably didn't know was that the major break between Welles and Hull had occurred- in 1940 over the question of a Third Term. ' Mr. Hull had been led by Jim Farley to believe that the Democratic ticket in 1940 should be Hull for President, Farley for vice-president. Jim had so convinced the elderly Secretary of State that a combination of the South and the northern Irish vote could not help but win, that Hull began to enlist the aid of his friends to this end. When he approached his Undersecretary of State, however, Welles had to tell him that he was for a third term for Roosevelt. Mr .Hull considered this rank disloyalty. There had been some other differences between him and Welle but this widened the breach beyond repair. NOTE: All during the summer of 1940, Hull kept telling Welles that Willkie was sure to be elected, even through the month of August. It was not until the last day of the campaign that Hull made one good speech for Roosevelt. DIET FOR DOGS Washington officials are debating the weighty question of whether pet dogs and cats can be persuaded to sacrifice their "red points" for the war effort. Already they have been called upon to give up some of their proteins, but now Fido and Puss may be galled upon to give up meat entirely for the duration. On July 1, the Food Distribution Administration Adminis-tration issued an order restricting thj protein content of prepared dog food (or cat food) to 24 per cent. Of this, not more than 8 per cent may be protein derived from animals. The dog food industry no small industry in the United States didn't like the order, and a Pet Animal Industry committee was set up to straighten things out. Some ' dog foods have had as much as 60 or 65 per cent animal protein lungs, udders and other refuse from the packing plants For them, a reduction to 8 per cent means overhauling overhaul-ing their entire operation. But even the 8 per cent may disappear, for Food Distribution has asked National Research Council to study the question of whether animal proteins are really essential in the diet of dogs and cats. The Council has put its scientists to work in its St. Louis laboratories. Meantime, Food Distribution has learned that certain veterinarians have experimented with feeding dogs and cats on a diet containing no meat products whatever, but only proteins in the lorm of cereals. rouJfL thatwthough the animals don't rehsh the food, and have to be coaxed to eat it, they actually gain weight. i tPv,PSf f thC- rder and the experiments !?J T d e an,mal products from dog food and put it into mixed feeds for poultry and live- SLOCK, PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS President Roosevelt had a good laugh at the expense of one of his most ardent supporters. Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania, when he f i-dThW Jt brother-in-law, Carroll Miller of the Interstate Commerce Commission ap- vnaedRa0ilroadCUrryinfi: With Penn- The Pennsylvania, which dominates Guffey's home state, has bucked competitive bidding among bankers in selling its bonds, claims the right to distribute its bonds to the public through a less remunerative banking house if it wishes, even at the expense of its stockholders. This issue of competitive bidding was brought before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Commis-sion, and Miller, appointed by FDR as ya New Dealer, voted with the railroad. When told how Senator Guffey's brother-in-law had voted the President had a big chuckle. TJ?e thinks." he said, "that the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Railroad is going to support him politically because his brother-in-law votes for them, he's lost his political acumen." Then the President added something of interest in-terest to everyone in the South. He said that the ICC ought to get busy and readjust southern south-ern freight rates. These discriminatory rates, working against the development of southern industry, leng have been a sore subject in the South- fc'j;QZ3!St (Copyright 1943 by United Feature Syndicate, ?nc.) When we have rounded up Mr. Hitler, the full might of the British empire em-pire is going to be given over to the task of destroying the Japanese. British Minister of Information Brendan. Bren-dan. Bracken. After the war we want to see the vast majority of. jobs provided by private employers rather than by: trie aovernment! George Meany, A. F. of Lv secretary-treasurer. . |