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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEW, UTAH People Keep on Getting Hurt, War or Not, In Ingenious, Sometimes Humorous Ways Reaper Strips Farmer; Soldier, Ogling Girl, Falls in Coal Hole Released by Western Newspaper Vnioo. -PRACTICAL PLAN FOR POSTWAR WORLD IN AN ADDRESS delivered in The comic note creeps in now London, before an audience of British business people, Eric A. John-Eto- and then, even in the grim catapresident of the United States logue of the accidents. A Chamber of Commerce, offered a few ludicrousyear's examples from the definite, practical postwar program, n, superior to anything emanating from world political leaders. Briefly expressed, and without the details of operation, it amounts to this: American and British capital and productive ingenuity, operating as private enterprise, finance the development of the natural resources of the less advanced nations. They do this in connection with local capital and management of these nations. They do this not as a philanthropy but for the purpose of making a profit, of increasing the living standards of the people of these less advanced nations, of creating new markets in which all the world will share. There to be no selfisjj exploitation of the people or their resources and no competition of which these less advanced people would be the victims. It is a practical, workable idea. It does not make of the business and financial interests of either America or England a Santa Claus, such as welfare workers have visualized. It would preserve and extend that system of free enterprise that has worked so advantageously in America. Over the years it would build a better and more prosperous world. The one fly in the ointment is: Will the American government leave business with a sufficient surplus that will make the undertaking of such an idea possible? There must be something accumulated and set aside if such a plan is to be attempted as private enterprise. cut-thro- at ENFORCED PAYMENTS TO UNION OFFICIALS IF YOU WANT a job making airarmed planes for the nation' forces; if you wish to do your bit toward winning the war, you must pay $25 for the privilege of working at that job, for the privilege of doing your bit. That $25 is collected from you by the airplane manufacturer, your employer. He does that on order of the government. He turns that amount withheld from your pay over to officers of the union of which you must be a member if you are to be allowed to work. That money is not accounted for; how it is spent, by whom or for what, no one other than a coterie of union officials knows. And this is free (?) America. Your contributions, as a worker, do not stop with the forced payment of that $25. There are dues and assessments and possible union fines to be paid. These, also, are collected from you, on orders of the government, by your employer, the airplane manufacturer. He simply deducts from your pay the amount union officials say you owe. And the nation is clamoring for manpower with which to produce the planes, guns, tanks and ships needed to win the war. If that enforced membership in a labor union, or any other organization; that forced collection of mem- bership fees, dues, assessments and fines, represents one of the social gains that must be maintained, many of our soldiers and sailors feel the freedom they are fighting for is hardly worth saving. PLATFORM FOR 1944 CAMPAIGN IN JANUARY, 1936, the of the National Safety Council indicate what vaudeville-like mishaps can happen. files Residents of Cocoanut Grove, Fla., were mildly surprised one day when their morning mail was delivered by a mailman who, of all things, wasn't wearing any pants. It wasn't the heat, the pantsless postman explained. He'd merely fallen off his bicycle and landed in an anthill. And, he added with simple pride, even when the United States postal service gets ants in its pants, the mail must go through! Dr. W. A. .Franklin stood before his junior high school class in Ponca City, Okla., to demonstrate the safe way to handle matches. "First, remove the match," he '.vas saying, "then close the container." As he flipped open the container to demonstrate, all the matches caught fire? Dr. Franklin bandaged his burned hand. Then, with exemplary fidelity, he closed his lecture with this observation: "That, students, is what happens when ont becomes momentarily careless." As Private Ernest M. Scofield of Denver, Colo., huddled in a foxhole in the Solomons, dodging enemy shot and shell, a stray bullet dislodged a cocoanut from a tree limb overhead. The cocoanut landed kerplunk on Private Scofield, broke his left leg, and he became the army's first cocoanut casualty. Residents of Dayton, Ohio, were startled one fine day this summer into see a small electrically-drive- n valid's chair scoot through a red traffic light and crash into a huge n trailer truck. When Ben Myers, the unperturbed and uninjured pilot of the chair, had been extricated from the wreckage, he explained he was on his way fibbing and, bubbling over with high spirits, had failed to observe the light. Sympathetic onlookers helped him pick up and reassemble a large and wriggling supply of crawfish, crickets and grasshoppers, and he went hilariously on his way: Blitz Welding. During army maneuvers in Tennessee, a bolt of lightning struck the zipper of a sleeping bag, neatly welded it all the way around and sealed up a soldier who happened to be Inside. The soldier, understandably perplexed, howled for help, then pleaded for anonymity. In Chicago, Colton Ankebrandt was testifying in the case of a driver who inadvertently had piloted his auto Mr. into Ankebrandt's parlor, through the wall of the house. The incident had happened ten days before. "And where is the car now?" asked the court. Mr. Ankebrandt appeared surprised.. "Why, your honor, it's still in our parlor," he "It doesn't bother us replied. named Davie, blase in the heaviest auto traffic, ran away and wrecked his buggy when he met a terrifying sight another horse. At Hammonton, N. J., a speeding train hit a truck driven by Jules Press. Mr. Press left the truck and flew high into the air. So did four blankets. The blankets landed on the road bed. Mr. Press landed on the blankets. No no pillow. Uighballer. In Mankato, Sask., a steer in a cattle car poked an inquisitive horn through the car's slats, caught up a switch lamp hanging outside the car and roguishly baffled the engineer by swinging red and green signals all the way to Moose Jaw. Herbert L. Carpenter, a subway rider in Brooklyn, N. Y., appeared before the mayor with a plan to eliminate subway rushes, of which Mr. Carpenter had grown weary. Later the same day he was trampled in a subway rush and had to go to a hospital for treatment. In South Bend, Ind., Miss Ruth McGrady slipped, fell, broke her right wrist, stood up, slipped, fell, broke her left wrist. Private Louis Henriquez fell 14 feet down a as he was strolling along in Denver, Colo. Afterwards, dug up and refreshed with a bath, Private H. explained: "She smiled as we passed Mrs. Blanche Heck of Centerville, Iowa, had not ordered her winter coal. She was a little surprised when a loaded coal truck entered her home, pushed the bed on which she was lying, through the wall, into the next room, and left her against a hot stove, uninjured. James Hollingshead was taking a horseback ride in Summerberry, Sask., one day when a passing freight train frightened his horse. The horse dashed against the train, coal-hol- e ..." dog, jumped over the barn door to see what was going on, and broke his foot. The Berigans learned later that a cousin in Keokuk was uninjured that day. For Old Siwash. When Phillips high school defeated Amundsen high in a football game in Chicago, not a player on either team was hurt. But as Phillips scored a touchdown, an enthusiastic substitute on the bench hard-foug- ht yanked Coach Lou Tortorelli's arm so violently that the coach's left shoulder was dislocated. Staff Sergt. Leroy Post of Evans-ton- , 111., survived 37 bombing missions in the New Guinea area. He helped sink three Jap transports and shoot down at least six Jap planes. For this he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the oak leaf cluster. Then he was removed from the danger zone to become an instructor in an armament shop in Salt Lake City. A few days later his arm was caught in a machine and the bone was fractured. And in Pocatello, Idaho, the sole survivor of a plane crash was Private John J. Lucky. The army's corps of engineers has achieved a reduction of 45 per cent in accident frequency and 31 per cent in accident severity below that of private construction. As compared with the accident rates for the period, 1936 to 1940, it is estimated that the engineers' safety program during the past two fiscal years has saved more e than 1,000 lives, averted 34,908 injuries, and prevented the loss of 6,306,374 with the saving in wages of workers amounting to $46,604,104. Regulations of the corps, rigidly e adhered to, require that all accidents on construction projects over which the corps has jurisdiction be reported. The statistics so gathered, comprising the greatest mass of construction accident statistics and case histories ever assembled, 'have shown what practices cause the accidents, thereby enabling the engineers to take preventive measures. Strict Code Enforced. When the army's construction program was expanded in 1941 to the greatest the world has ever known, specific uniform safety requirements were established by the engineers and compliance enforced in all construction contracts. Outstanding among the requirements were those providing for mobile first aid stations; central infirmaries staffed with trained nurses under the supervision of one or more e physicians on all projects where a thousand or more workers were employed; the employment of e a safety engineer on all similar projects, and the maintenance of a first aid log at all field stations and infirmaries. The current program is placing the most stress on the proper use of heavy construction equipment which, although responsible for but 25 per cent of the total injuries, causes up to 52 per cent of the time lost in all accidents on construction projects. thoughtfully tossed Mr. Hollingshead onto a passing flat car, backed away, and fell dead. Loyal comic strip fans were goggle eyed one day when Connie, of "Terry and the Pirates," drove a car up and over an opening bridge. "Of course, it could only happen in the funnies," they told themselves. But a Milwaukee, Wis., youth did it in real life. He drove up the rising leaf of the Sixth street bridge, arc over made a graceful the gap, then pancaked on the slanting span on the other side. The car was damaged, but the driver was unhurt. It is described in the Bible that the lilies of the field toil not, neither do they spin. But Rancher Walter Wynhoff of Wilbur, Wash., is no lily. For as he toiled on his ranch, the spinning rod of his reaper caught his overalls and spun him into the air. When he landed he was clad casually in shoes and eye glasses. Canned. And little Erlan Wittola, three, of Kulm, N. D., crawled into a large cream can in his back yard. He had no trouble getting in, but his parents were able to get him out only after an operation on the bottomof the cream can. In Omaha, Neb., the Berigans' 'dog, Bozo, got his foot and tail caught in a hay mower. Farmer Berigan jumped over a fence to help Bozo, cut himself on one knee and hit himself in the eye with the other knee. ouch." Foreseeing, however, that His daughter, Pat, ran out of the Irs. Ankebrandt might wish to house, slipped and sprained her the parlor furniture some wrist. Mrs. B., startled as she was ay, the court ordered the car canning vegetables, jumped and cut her finger. Champ, another Berigan Lieut. D. M. Schultz of the army ir forces ran into trouble while over Portland, Ore., and bailed ut. Obligingly, he landed on the of of the U. S. Veterans' hospital, DECLINE OF AUTO TRAFFIC .fhere it was no trouble at all for MARCH lospital attendants to pop out and treat him for minor injuries. Then there was the case of Sergt. D. P Smith, an aerial gunner of the MARCH Avstralian Air forces, who was visit1942 Centhe ing Chicago Service Men's ter. He decided to try his hand at bowling. He did all right, too, for MARCH a novice, except that he neglected to remove his fingers from the bowl1943 ing ball. Ho accompanied the ball on a short flight and made a crash landing with more embarrassment than pain. ' Each symbol represent! 20 of March, 1941 d In Detroit, a horse ar lost-tim- man-day- s, lost-tim- full-tim- full-tim- Republican National committee established an office in Chicago with Harrison Spangler, vice chairman of the com mittee, in charge! Between Janu ary and the time of the party con vention at Cleveland in June, Span gler gave much thought to the part platform. He discussed the subject with Republican leaders as they called and considered many proposed planks. As a friend, not as a partisan, it was my privilege to drop into that Chicago offico at frequent intervals and listen to the discussion of platform planks. I proposed, not a plank, but a complete platform. It was brief, explicit, all inclusive and emphatic. It was expressed in four words: "Preserve the American system." That would have been an adequate platform for any party at that time. As a home front platform it is as adequate today as it Was in 1936. It is a platform on which any party adopting it can win the next national election. It would not be attacked by any opposition. It is the most vital problem that confronts the American people and the one in which they are most interested. It is the paramount issue. IF THE SOLDIER is not fed, all the guns, tanks and planes with which he may be supplied will be of but little value. Food is a first essential of war, but to the farm producer is not accorded priorities on the essentials of production, man-- , power and farm machinery. fly-i- g TELEFACT troFFic Lipstick, Face Cream and Paint Disguise and Protect Our Fighting Men are used by virtually all combat elements including certain ground echelons of the army air forces. Paint for face and hand camouflage has been standardized in nine colors: light green, dark green, sand, field drab, earth brown, earth yellow, loam, earth red, and olive drab. Tubes containing these shades are issued to soldiers in appropriate areas, together with small booklets of instructions. Soldiers in desert areas, as well as Who's News This Week sr c . t By Delot Wheeler Lovelace Features. Consolidated WNU Release. EW YORK. In those days u- of easy full iii . i . . , LIUlk, store Central At the Drug money. a boy from Cass high in short pants, could Pick Stephen Foster of up $2.50 a De-xwc- N v This Era Sticks week just fre" To His' Alexander' for the Empire theater. Marvelous movies, and a fat little singer named Brown! Brown sat on a piano long before Helen Morgan, and in 1911 he was forever singing Alexander's Ragtime Band. "Come on and hear! Come on and hear!" Irving Berlin, himself only 23 then, marked a whole high school generation with that enduring song. Other songs of his marked other generations, and two wars. And now "My British Buddy" is melodic quick silver in London where Berlin's "This Is the Army" repeats its American success. Ever since he rose above the job of singing waiter, Berlin has composed in F sharp. That is a toughie, six black keys hard to pick out. and only two easy white fellows. But it hasn't lowered output of quality. And at 55, more nearly than any rival, he is the Stephen Foster of this day. Luckier than Foster, he is rich. Instead of the 33 cents his first song earned, each one now nets baskets full of bills. His first wife died after his first success, but for 17 pleasant years he has been married to Ellin, daughter of the late, rococo Clarence II. Mackay. They have three girls. c and his He is a gloomy own list of his best 11 leaves out "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the self-criti- Morning," and "God Bless America." Cass high students of 1911 will be glad, however, to learn that it includes "Alexander." TF Hubert e had been a little quicker at blocking upper-cutmaybe the Nazis would be doing better these days on the Eng- lishchannel. Scott-Pain- s, Turned Face Away From Upper cuts to Build Speedy Boats in extremely cold climates, are supplied with chap sticks, since it has been discovered that in dry desert climates lips will crack badly even in temperatures of 110 degrees. Other important aids for the soldier are insect repellents and creams to prevent sunburn. The latter filter out the sun's burning rays but allow tanning of the skin. Hundreds of thousands of Containers of this preparation are in use by troops at the fronts. two-oun- X7HETHER it's towel or pillow" case, scarf or cloth you an embroidering, it will be enhanced by these "true to life" garden favorites. - Pattern 7568 contains a transfer patten of IS motifs averaging 4 by 3',' inches; stitches. Due to an unusually large demand d4 current war conditions, slightly more tinn is required In filling orders for a tew N the most popular pattern numbers. Send your order to: Circle Needlecraft Dept. Minna St. .San Francisce, CaliL Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for Pattern Sewing 117 No Name Address Their E. boats find rouSh 6"6 the against British MTBs and MGBs, all And he turned to such work only after a boxing tour with a French circus convinced him he was in a business in which a man rose only to fall again. The turn, lucky for Britain, was made before the last war. e First off designed aircraft and through the war years he layed the foundation of a fortune so sizeable that 15 years ago he could plan to loaf the rest of his born days. He had a wife, a son, three daughters to enjoy them. About then, however, he came upon a derelict Southampton shipyard, irresistible to a man who had always wanted to build a better marine engine. He set to work with the help of various men, including one fellow called Shaw. This was really the incredible Lawrence of Arabia. The Southampton yard after a time produced the fastest d speedboat in the world. And in this war it sets the pat tern for those terrific little motor torpedo and gun boats flying the Union Jack under Nazi noses. There will be no second retiree ment for for a while. He isn't., of course, at retirement age even now. He is only 53. Scott-Pain- long-jawe- d single-engine- cvr BUY ASPIRIN that can do more for you than St Joseph Aspirin. Why pay more? World's largest seller at 10c Demand St Joseph Aspirin. GRANDMA KNEW She used mutton suet she medi- cated at home to I I ABOUT COLDS relieve muscle-aches- . Smart mothers today amply rub on Penetro. Modern medication in base containing old reliable mutton suet Relieves such colds' distress. 26c Double supply 35c Today, get Penetro. 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When peace comes he wiil direct and attempt to shift as nearly as possible back to their own homes 30,000,000 men, women and children uprooted by the war the Nazis forced upon Europe. This isn't a bureaucrat's job, but it is probably one for a man who knows all the ways of snipping bureaucracy's red tape and on that count Emerson qualifies. He triumphed over the maze of civil service to become one of India's chief administrators. He was Britain's top man in forested Bashahr, and again in fertile Mandi. and finally governor of all the Punjab with its five enriching rivers and its 30,000,000 or more souls. He has had his present post for nearly four far-awa- city-bre- Cosmetics for camouflage, for preventing skin chapping and sunburn, and for other similar purposes are reaching overseas theaters of operation in large quantities, the war department says. When cosmetics are used for camIT IS HARD TO ENFORCE a law the basic objective is to ouflage, or an edict when the violation is eliminate the bright reflection of the committed by an aggregation of in- white skin and to obscure the patdividuals who collectively are not tern of the face by putting the paint no and have responsible legal on in Irregular Notches. Cosmetics I p. m. to 9 and every scriptions other Sunday off. Out of that ne had to repair his bike, but usually he could manage a dime cr a n.ckle, five-ye- 18-fo- ot i 4 Engineer Corps Has Only Half Accidents Of Private Industry six-to- . if back aches from need of diuretic aid Functional kidney disturbance due to need of diuretic aid may cause stabbing backache! May cause urinary flow to be frequent, yet scanty and smarting! You mf lose sleep from "gjtting up nights" ones may feel dizzy, nervous, "headachy.' In such cases, you want to simu!t kiduty ctin Jst. So if there is nothing systemically or organically wrong, try Gold Medal Capsules. They've been famous for prompt action for 30 years. Tsks care to use them only as directed. Accept no substitutes. 35 at your drug store. Gas on Stomach Relieved In 5 urinates er SMble money When ttomach trid painfnl. uf warn totiudi and boartbnm, doctor ostwjir medldnw ww lor prwrnHba tb futeit-artin- a dkia like tbo In It'll Symptomatic rellff fablica. No iaxativa. UeH-a- n brtnm comfort Hff or double ymir mmj back oo return of p I us. He at all druggtaa. am no cum fi" j years. About then he came over here to consult with Washington, and turned out to be medium tall, fairly heavy, with a direct quizzical gaze, and a trick of taking off his glasses and twiddling them as he talked. Preserve Our Liberty Buy U. S. War Bonds |