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Show EUREKA SENTINEL, EUREKA. NEVADA SEfflXG CIRCLE NEEDLECRAFT Kathleen Norris Says: i The Disappointing Homecoming 4 1 I I j"' li I f mif Bell Syndicate. 4 WNU features. Detv From a San Francisco Fog: Walter Duranty, former N. Y. Times correspondent In Moscow and elsewhere, joined our table the other We were denoon to talk shop pressed, we told Mr. Duranty, over our sour luck. Before a Molotov story broke on all the front pages, we had written and filed the story exclusive 36 hours earlier. "Nobody," we added, "seems to anything about it, although Ivan Paul of the San Francisco (who motored us to the place) was witness to the fact." "Oh, well," said the veteran correspondent, "you can't get thern all, you know." "You don't seem to. understand," we groaned. "There's excitement in getting a scoop now and then. Don't you try to get scoops?" "No," said Duranty. "I'm in the erudite part of the profession." know Ex-min- er Things I Never Knew Till Now: After the First World War. Harry Truman owned a haberdashery shop which failed. He refused to dodge his debts by resorting to bankruptcy. . . . Truman spent the next 14 years paying oft $20,000 worth of haberdashery debts. Km There Is a lot of talk about what we ought to do to Germany (and prisonJapan) for ers and labor slaves. This pillar suggests that we let the "things" whip themselves with memories of their bestiality with us just prodding the memory. There are evidences of German savagery all over Europe, so let's preserve them as monuments. Let future German generations see them and find out what kind of blood they are born with. If they can grow up among reminders of what it costs to be a monster, maybe they'll work a little harder to get back into the human By KATHLEEN NORRIS and Robert Adams CA married five years They had a little daughter two years old when Bob went off for navy duty in March, 1943. Now, after more than a year's service he is home again, to stay, and has taken up his life where he left off, as a junior member of his uncle's law firm in a small race. town. Hitler's name must be perpetuated among the Germans. Every platz and strasse and highway named for him should continue to wear the Adolf Hitler tag. Why shouldn't his name offend German noses the way it has the noses of other people? After all, they nourished him, so they can be stuck with him. His puss must also be kept public all over the billboards, the school books and calendars. He must always be referred to as Der Fuehrer, and we can drop around a couple of decades from now and ask them what they think of the founder of the master race. And that master race should be a must, too. They must never refer to themselves as anything else. If they fail, the penalty will be a solo rendition of the Horst Wessel song, a verse and a chorus. The only excuse for not uttering master race will be a doctor's certificate swearing the holder got the phrase stuck in his throat. He'll just have to write "Heil, Hitler" a hundred times. Germany's big day of the future will be called Der Tag and will be observed annually, with everybody compelled by law to participate. The day will begin with broadcasts of Hitler's pop-ospeeches (recordings), featuring those denouncing the rotten democracies and also those excusing the German murderers on the ground that inferior races deserved to die. Then there will be movies, with attendance compul sory, showing the beaten and starved prisoners of war at Lublin, Maide-neTreblinka, Mieste, Belsen. ff k, Every German upon reaching his or her 21st birthday will be made to make a pilgrimage to Lidice, and there hear a reading of the report of hangman Heydrich, who murdered In vengeance every innocent child and woman in that Czech vil- lage. To return to the celebration of Der Tag, the final exercises of the day would be a standing vote by the population on what they think of the Versailles Treaty of World War I. And they would be asked if they had plenty of living room, or had their patience become exhausted the way it Ijad so often before 1939. If any of the Krauts cared to learn English they would be given lessons culled from some newspapers in the U. S. Since these lessons were originally written to comfort the Nazi ideal, they would probably be easy to absorb. The Germans would be particularly interested in the American columns that sneered at reported German atrocities as so much hogwash. Lina wrote Bob constant and affectionate letters while he was away, sent clippings and snapshots and presents every week. She was lonely; she loved the memory of their marriage, their home, their And of perfect companionship. course, as so many mothers and wives are doing, she idealized the thought of Robert; he was perfect. Every night she and little Jane looked at his picture and said, "Goodnight, Daddy. Come home safe to Mummy and Jane." Robert got a great reception when he finally did come back, but almost immediately things began to go wrong and they haven't straightened out yet. Both husband and wife write me their respective feelings. Robert says that he hasn't changed at all; he never did like meeting people and going places, he never was especially fond of kids. If Lina would let him alone he'd be all right. He doesn't sleep any too well, and he hates arguing. He thinks there is too much fussing in the way Lina does things; flowers on the table and beauty parlor every week and taking Jane to dancing school what the heck does all that matter, anyway. Muses by the Hour. Lina's letter says, in part: "He used to be sunny, easily amused, ready to fit into my plans. He simply used to adore Jane. Now he never notices her, and of course, at the age of four, she hasn't sense enough to be friendly with him in spite of it. He muses by the hour, staring at the floor; not hearing me, apparently, if I speak, and not answering if he does hear. He won't go anywhere, and even with clients e he has a sort of - anyway' attitude that doesn't help him in business. "The other night," Lina's letter goes on, "I had a dish he likes for dinner and he said to me briefly and shortly, 'Good. This encouraged me to say that there ought to be a mixed green salad with it, but that I had hunted all over for chives, chicory and cress without success. 'So you hunted all over for chives, chicory nnd cress, did you?' he said in a dreadful voice. And he got up and He slammed out of the house. came back late and apologized in a sort of grudging way, and I cried all night. I'm so sorry for him, and yet I feci that I can't stand this. "Yesterday I asked him if he simply didn't like me. I seem to irritate him so, and he answered that I could draw any conclusion I liked. I asked him if he would like me to go to my mother for awhile, and he said that he had seen that coming, and knew I was crazy to get away. "Do you think this shows actual 'what's-the-dif-ferenc- Plans to probe the Ku Klux Klunks are wrapped in a shroud. Such plans usually grab newspaper space and then die of neglect. . . . The Klan ostensibly disbanded a year ago, but the hooded hoodlums have been popping up again disguised with new names. . . , Don't delude yourself with the Idea that the Klan is as dead as it should be. Remember that when the Klan crawled underground, Klan chief James A. Colescott stated: "I am still the leader of the Klan. The other officials still retain their titles. V -g- o-aWd '.'...l..iJ;; DIPLOMACY AT SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO. By all odds the most skillful diplomacy game at this conference has been played by dapper, dignified Anthony Eden of Great Britain. He has managed to come out as the friend of all sides, and most important of all, the mediator between Russia and the United States. , In other words, Eden has completely reversed the previous role of President Roosevelt, who up until his death had acted as the mediator between Churchill and Stalin. The Churchill - Stalin rivalry was not merely personal. It was historic. It was based not only on the fact that Churchill just after the last war, urged the sending of Allied troops into Russia to help the White Russian generals overthrow the embryo Bolshevik regime, but that he flirted with the Cliveden set which in 1939 advocated war between Russia and Germany while England sat on the side lines. This was the basis for the personal suspicion between him and Stalin. But historically, Churchill was carrying out a British policy of isocentury-ol- d lating Russia. For 100 years, the country with the greatest land mass in the world, Russia, had been kept without a warm-watseaport by Britain, the country with the greatest navy in the world. That rivalry was the reason for e the alliance, whereby the British, working through Japan, helped to stop Russia from getting Manchuria and a warm- water port on the Pacific. That rivalry was behind Britain's sphere of influence in Persia (now Iran) to prevent Russian use of the gulf of Persia. That rivalry was also the cause of the Crimean war in which the British fleet and British troops actually landed on the same spot where Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt later held their Yalta conference and waged a bloody battle to prevent the Czar from coming down to the Dardanelles and getting an outlet through the Mediter- Sik i'iK ;. !3 Vk Sewing; Circle Needlecraft San Francisco t ' . 11 i tor ivi tcuis Pattern Box 3217 c t .cuwurc No 3?, rii Name. - Address- SNAPPY FACTTsl RUBBER It It difficult to detect the ordinary "slow leak" in time to prevent it. "truct!ve"rcKjdsideflats."TheOffln Defense of Transportation recom. mends an effective cure for itealriiy leaks (1) Make sure valve capi have been screwed on finger tight, (2) Before adding air be sure fa test pressure In each tire. (3)Chedt variations in tire pressure a marled difference In pressure Indicates g slow leak, which should be repaired immediately. wants to EVERY crochet fan at least one heirloom cloth. This medallion is ideal-suit- able for either large or small pieces. To help relieve the critical need for military tires, men who work in g large rubber plant In los Angelet (B. F. Goodrich) have sworn not kj miss a day' work, and, like submarine crews, not to shave for 120 The pinwheel medallion is quickinexpensive in ly memorized; string; joins beautifully for all effect. Pattern 7008 has stitches. over- direc-;ion- s; days. Wounded G.I. Was Going Back to Settle a Score Anglo-Japanes- BATTLE NEUROSIS dis- Robert has come home, charged honorably, after a year's active duty in the navy. Like so many other veterans, he seems constantly moody and depressed. He is cold to his pretty wife, and unappre-dativ- e of her efforts to please him and to help him fit into the old ways of life. His little daughter doesn't interest him, nor his law practice, nor anything that used to delight him. Robert is suffering from the effects of the terrible strain and horror of war. Only time will cure him. well-know- n Keeping Eggs Fresh Do not wash eggs until you are ready to use them. An egg shell has a protective film which helps to keep bacteria and odors from getting through the pores. Washing removes that film, and the egg then spoils rapidly. To wipe off soiled spots on eggs, use a rough, dry cloth. Keep cRgs in a refrigerator or other cold place to hold their freshness. Because eggs absorb odors readily, store them away from foods such as onions, cheese, pickles and kraut. g Scene: A military hospital. Visitor had been talking to a badly wounded Irish soldier. Afterwards he asked an orderly: "When are they sending that man home?" "He ain't going home," said the orderly. "He's going back to the B.FGoodrich front." "Rut ho can't. He'll never be" fit. Anybody can see he's far too badly hurt." i "Mavbe. But he thinks he knows who done it." ranean. Finally this Russo-Britis- h SPRAINS AND STRAINS rivalry was behind Britain's taking Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Finland away from Russia after the last war to block her outlet to derangement, or is it another woman, or is it my fault? We're both the Baltic sea. Roosevelt Sits In Middle. writing you, and we want a fair That rivalry continued during the answer. Who is right and who is Teheran - Yalta conferences, with wrong?" Stalin and Churchill both trading against each other and Franklin My dear Lina and Bob, my answer is that neither is wrong. The Roosevelt sitting in the middle. At Teheran the argument was deep and bitter wrong is when the sons of men turn to world war as over a second front through the Bala preliminary to establishing world kans which Churchill favored, or peace. It is as stupid a solution of through France, which Stalin fainternational "differences as was the vored. Churchill wanted the Allied armies to get into the Balkans-Russ- ia's old custom of men and women goand sphere of influence ing in cheerful groups to a pest house to have smallpox all together thereby keep the Russians out. He and so immunize themselves. But didn't want Allied armies ruining the smallpox inoculation affected factories and alienating the populaonly a few persons, and this war is tion of western Europe which was to be Britain's sphere of influence. touching us all. In the end Roosevelt tipped the Love Lives On scales in favor of Stalin toward a I believe that under this pressecond front through France. ent trouble your old love and comOnce at Teheran, Churchill trying panionship live on. But Robertas was inevitable, has come back to poke a little fun at Stalin, said: with a mind and soul and heart "Marshal, I have noticed that whenscarred by the terrible realities of ever anyone comes into contact with modern warfare. He has seen the you they become slightly pink." To men beside whom he worked, the which Stalin replied: "And Mr. men who were his companions, Prime Minister, any good doctor will blown to pieces, maimed, drowned, tell you that pink is the healthiest frozen, hungry, exhausted. He has of all colors." not days, not gone for months And Roosevelt, wanting to weeks, but months, without those pour oil on the troubled waters, common luxuries Lina has taken for said: "Gentlemen, let me regranted; a warm house, a good mind you that there is nothing reading light, quiet meals, the more beautiful than all the colblessed security of America. When ors of the rainbow." he sees Lina concerned for a hairBut at the end, as Churchill do, for Jane's dancing slippers, for bade farewell to Stalin, there the Hollandaise sauce and the fresh was still tension between them. flowers, a sort of madness at the insane contrast comes over him. and the"Well, goodbye, marshal." said prime minister, "I'll see you in he can hardly breathe the air of Berlin." home. "Yes." shot back Stalin, "I in a Lina, on her side, is justified, too. tank and you in a pullman car." She believed that all he wanted, Stettlnius Lows Out. when he went away, was for her to Roosevelt was shrewd enough to keep the home fires burning, go on continue as middle man even with her nursing twice a week, keep at Yalta, despite the fact that he up with her Red Cross work, scrupuwas slipping physically. lously watch for tin and fat and He kept both Russia and Great paper salvages, obey the food and Britain in the position of playing up fuel laws all these she has done. to the United States. She hasn't complained of loneliness The loss of that strategic bargain-ln- g or dullness or food shortages. She power is the most important deand she it. didn't expected praise get of this velopment Give time and patience to your tlnius has lost whatconference. StetRoosevelt had problem, Lina and Bob. It can be and Anthony Eden has cleverly solved by a determination to underinto his place. stand and help each other. There stepped The United States has now slipped will be a million more like it for Into the of being the chief the women of America to handle. rival and position potential opponent of RusRender this last aid to your governsia, while Eden has maneuvered so ment; that you lift Just one of these that England sits in the middle, able difficulties from the great total, that to throw its weight to one side or you lessen just by so much the fearthe other. ful crisis of postwar days. strong-smellin- "Staring at jhe floor by the hour. Do Due to an unusuallv In rem current war conditions, slightwj !!!aai! is required in filling orders for the most popular pattern number !t Send your order to: er "He thinks there is too much fussing in the way Lina does things; flowers on the table and beauty parlor every week and taking Jane to dancing school what the heck does all that matter, anyway." mass-murderi- Pinwheel Medallion Easy to Conference Cross Currents Greek Foreign Minister at first was considered a British puppet but surprised every-on- e by voting against the British on Argentina. He sides with Russia, against Argentina's admission into the San Francisco conference. He also helped to pass the Greek eight-hou- r child labor laws, later was condemned to life Imprisonment by the Metaxas dictatorship under King George. . . . Real expert on peace machinery is Dutch Toreign .Minister Van Klcflens. Sophi-anopoul- kMuseular Aches and Pains Stiff Joints Bruises V "'ir '"" trI understand back home they're saying tlie tear is over,9 "Speak louder Sure, Bill-sp- eak I can't hear yuh" louder. Celebrate louder, America! You'll have to, to Le heard above the bloody gurgles of the men who are dying at this very moment of our day of "Victory". . . the ghostly whispers, mighty in volume, of the men who died not to kill one nation but to kill all tyranny. Today our great fight is tut half won. Japan, our final and most dangerous enemy, still lives. h Japan Btill boasts an army of 4,000,000 fanatical, reserve. with half in fighters, again that many Japan's huge, wcaltfi of Empire is still cssen tially intact. Japan still hates our guts. Today we can, if we choose, start breaking faith with those who died. We can go on a fool's orgy, get drunk on our success so far. the Or we can, if we choose, pray for our dead, and for lives of those who have so far been spared. We can stay on the job, buy another War Bond, give a pint of blood, e can choke back our cheers . . . and save our wind for the mighty tack that lies ahead. Today is but the symbol of the many days to come. What arc you going to do with these days? last-ditc- rrtparal by ih. War AJvenhinf Council |