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Show James Audubon, Painter of Birds, olm Revealed as an Important Writer Who Was 'Witness to Our Heroic Age' Now it x SCOTT WATSON Union. w Western Newspaper iO MOST I Americans the is the to dedi-- j society which is the study, protection of preservation of ,,ered d( nizens were his bion. g remember him We of a a fellow-"tis- t the once called author-arti- the books which as 0f st an-ran- her hoi. -- she rc, n why John James should be remembered Au-- ason sy puff end toco this nci efullv by t ad it aph n , is his fellow-rican- because he was a Frank Parker Stoekbridge Design No. 1265-- includes weskit, calot amj chunky mittens, all of which you can easily make for yourself all, of course, except the feather in the calot! The weskit is drawn in to a tiny waistline by B hat (The author of thin article " Federal made a study of the I nion " plan and his rieiiJ on it are presented herewith. Ills opinions are not necessarily those of this newspaper.) English-s- magnificent monument art has yet raised to Yet there is d hology. possibly a better ;mrt tl By up together for the express purpose of putting all the democracies out of business, including our own, we are hearing more talk about getting together with the other peaking nations for the common defense. And now that the Presidential election is over, and folks in public life can talk freely without facing the charge that what they are talking about is a partisan affair, we are going to hear a great deal more about the Federal Union plan. those Amer-whic- h life-lon- s. wit-t- o THE VIRGINIAN OPOSSUM. our heroic age and, as understand-nitnespreciative and he was one of its interpreters. Such is the of a new book, whose pub- by the Houghton Mifflin The people of the United States behind the proposal that we must give every possible aid to the British, in their gallant stand to preserve the democratic ideal against the dictatorial gangsters. Why, folk are asking, shouldnt we go even farther and do some ganging up ourselves? Suppose the people of the British Commonwealth of Nations and of the United States of America should agree to pool their Interests and their resources and stand together against the aggressor powers, how far could Hitler, Mussolini and the Mikado get with their project of dividing the earth among them? Youd be surprised at the seriousness with which that plan is being discussed all over the country, by men In high places and serious students of world affairs. Plan Is Simple. Its simple, the Federal Union plan; as simple as the Federal Union under which our own 13 original little nations got together 150 years The United States united ago. with one another to be able to do Jointly what none of them could do None of them surrenseparately. dered any control over its internal affairs, but in dealing with other nations they acted as a unit. Suppose, now, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa and Eire all agreed to form a Federal Union. They could do it by mutual agreement, without changing their present forms of government It would not be an alliance or a league of nations. The trouble with alliances and leagues is that they dont work, while a real union does. It was because he had seen so many alliances and leagues fail that Clarence K. Streit the American newspaper man whose book Union Now planted the Federal Union idea in so many peoples minds, pointed out that the only way to save democracy was by a real union of peoples. Peoples, please note not nations. In a union of peoples, every citizen would have equal weight with every other citizen. If there were 50 memconbers of the gress, which would be set up visionally until a more perfect union was formed, representation on a population basis would give the United States 27 members, the United Kingdom, 11, Canada and Australia 3 each. New Zealand, South Africa and Eire 2 each. The United States would have a clear majority over all the others put together. 1 point that out to make it clear that Federal Union is not a British are already pretty solidly Gunners from the British navy are being instructed by that is naval American gunners in the operation of a secret device turned e destroyers recently part of the guns aboard the over-agover to Britain in exchange for naval and air bases. Scenes like this might become common if the federal Union of Democracies, described in the accompanying article, ever became an actuality, for according to Mr. Stoekbridge, under this plan, defense forces, air, sea and land . . . would be pooled. Above It is at this point in his essay libraries and are therefore known scheme but a definitely American that Mr. Peattie points out how to only a few scholars and speproject. Audubons fame as an ornitholo- cialists in American history. What Do We Give l'p? nft h gist, the renown which has made For these reasons Americans All right, then; what do we give Neil his name synonymous with the generally know little about Auduwhat do we get if we go in? any of Boston, was a major coins fe word has obscured his bon, the writer, even though they birds, defense forces, air, sea, the of the 1940 publishing First, as value to his may be familiar enough with Aubook is "Audubons and land except, no doubt, national a witness of our heroic age." dubon, the artist, and what they The Narratives and ica militia, would be pooled under the Moreover, his art as a painter do know about him as a chroniSuch a force Union government. iences of John James has overshadowed his ability as cler of the period in which he would make potential enemies think with nearly a a writer. For a writprofessional lived is when he is quoted in of facsimiles of his prints twice. er he was, a man who wrote to evidence for the unbelievable in full color, Every citizen of any of the reempaintings sell and who did sell. numbers of the passenger pigstates would be a citizen of the ber more important than this I am not saying that he knew eons, or the destruction of the as in America today free to on of authentic reproduc-o- f Union, how to write history like the buffalo, or on some other point in in a Audubons paintings travel, settle, engage In business, learned Parkman, or style like natural history. work at a trade or develop the rebook is the fact Therefore the great value of is "narratives and experi-i- n sources of any part of the enormous this book is that it "makes up area included In the Union. Broadit are edited by Donald in some measure for neglect of s Peattie. And Mr. er horizons and wider opportunities Audubons precious testimony. for all. Commerce would be free and author of such For, as Mr. Peattie says, as ediof artificial barriers between memas Singing in the VVilder-antor, I have preferred to bring A Prairie Grove, is ber states; the Union could set up him forward less as the naturalbarriers for all against bly the one man in America ist than as one who knew river who is most competent to captains and roustabouts, pioIn the territory controlled by the an appreciative and under-nneers and men of letters, Indians Federal Union would be the bulk interpreter of John and scientists. This without, of of the worlds raw materials; in Its Audubon, a witness to and course, slighting his natural his- of factories would be most of the our heroic age. erpreter tory writings but reducing them worlds productive capacity. Its citre of the most charming to some reasonable proportion to izenry would Include by far the highthat Mr. Peattie has ever the whole. That whole is the est technical skills in the world with is included in What il, Wf of his day, America as America research laborathe an as which serves WIT he, and perhaps only he, knew it tories in which to develop and mainfad Ira uction to the book. It says Audubons America. lil tain their supremacy. It would confulis How that trol the strategic ports and seaways Fcwjfij : source of promise richly history is the Idcssa filled is shown by a reading of of commerce of most of the world. ives of those who lived it bird ii the chapters which follow the inIt could and should be the most ntHW Now of all those who ever Audubon What troductory powerful influence for peace ever here, traveled and greatly Knew, and Mr. Peatties evaluacreated. lured, none could bear tion of Audubon as a Witness. How the Federal Union would be fascinating testimony than JOHN JAMES AUDUBON James Audubon. He had the A governed would be for the convenin oils, made at The titles of those chapters are of Aution at which it Is formed to decide. tage of being a foreigner Beech Woods, Feliciana parish, indicative of the diversitycatholicdubons the The plan proposed would place the So that he took nothing for experience, La., in 1822 at the age of 37. executive power in the hands of a ity of his interests and the scope led, and in the perspective traveling around North more mature culture, all the choice Thoreau, or that he of his premier and cabinet subject to reAmerica moval by the legislative assembly. Kentucky Days and American struck him as thought as an equal with EmerlOiyww PioHunters A proposal to establish w'hat would Tales, Nights, e I He had the further Mr. Peattie. observes son, neer South, be in effect, a world capital someDeep Types, while that he was a genius, am asserting only that Down East Four Proud Fowl, a where on this side of the Atlantic, genius of art at that, so Cooper went to England while he and for Birds and Subscribers even in the central part of unread-ablto he The Prairie what perhaps wrote observe, (an depict Out West With Buffalo and Inthe United States, has been made was habitual and instinctive. dull book, to my ears), Audians. Irt Audubon There would be no more clash ber dubon was on the prairies. That had, too, a tween the government of the United To those who think of Audubon He where Emerson knew his Carlyle, the art of living. States and the Federal Union than with zest for the adventure Audubon knew his Mississippi only in terms of birds, the there Is now between the governwith persona ardors. He' squatters, that while Thoreau was amount of his writing about animent of, say, Kansas, and that of mals will be revealing. After comthe United States. Each would conpleting his monumental work, tinue to function in its own sphere The Birds of America, he beas before. gan work on The Quadrupeds of America and into the new Membership Requirements. The major requirement for memproject the old master entered with all the zest, so he wrote his bership in the Federal Union would .... that friend necessarily be that of democracy. young Spencer Baird, And as Clarence Streit defines he had once felt for birds. So yf, it is appropriate that this new democracy, it is a condition or system in which the majority controls book reproduces almost as many but must respect the rights of every in of animals all) (seven ' pictures t as it does pictures of birds minority, however small even a minority of one. For human rights (eight). are not conferred by the state, but Not the least interesting feaare inherent in the individual, and ture of the book is a Biographical Note (a long note albeit, since it covers 22 pages!) which Alien Fingerprinting Increases Work for Fill tells in interesting fashion the story of his life from the date of his birth, April 26, 1785, at the sonal security. There are more than WASHINGTON. Fingerprint recport of Les Cayes or Aux Cayes ords of the some 3,000.000 aliens 2,000,000 such sets in the files. In adon the south coast of the republic now being registered in the United dition, all government agencies are of Haiti until his death in New States are adding materially to the fingerprinting job applicants. York city on January 27, 1851. In three months, the division has work of the fingerprinting division This biographical sketch disof the Federal Bureau of Investigareceived 77.678 sets from the war cusses the story of tion. department. 53,917 from the Civilian his paternity and cites the fact In addition to this increase, the Conservation corps, 50,832 from civ that available documents prove divisions regular work has in- il service, 32,000 from the navy, conclusively that he was the nat- creased steadily in recent months. 3,728 from the marine corps, 910 ural son of Lieut. Jean Audubon At present the division has on file from the coast guard and 712 from of the French navy and a Creole fingerprints of 1314 million persons. the maritime commission. woman of good birth, whose famAll these are filed under an intriWhen the first returns of the alien ily name was either Rabin or registration started coming in, the cate mathematical system based on Fougere. Says Mr. Peattie: This division handled 16,500 sets of fin- the shape of the markings on the should set at rest the prepostergerprints to set a record for busy finger tips. They are divided so only ous claim that has recently (and days." a few score of each type are filed The fingerprint expert the SNOWY HERON, OR WHITE EGRET. only recently) been set up for Fingerprints are being sent to the together. him, that he was none other than division from civic organizations thus is able to effect an identificaeer- - thing, even the , traveling around Concord, Audu' saw almost every- - bon was traveling around North the lost Dauphin, Louis XVII, whose members have carried out tion of any set of prints In about disguised as a wanderfingerprinting as a measure of per- - three minutes. 803 to 1849, from America. While Parkman was majesty This legend would be artistl ing In addition to the large active A0 arador, from New writing history, Audubon was too for notice if it were lty to the division has Inactive Dies files, ort Union it. on and the tJe rs witnessing making the one story f Montana. for persons past 60. After a person Show Attracts He lived these facts, it not, unfortunately, Considering about Audubon that sticks in reached 90, his prints are transfctark.ennsylvania Quakers, in seems strange indeed that until Entries From 35 States has ferred to the dead files, unless the been made many minds. Two women biogarT.ong P'oneers from now no attempt has CHICAGO. Stockmen and farm?? sew Orleans division has been questioned on the among to bring together into one volume raphers of Audubon have recentHe explored Maine and a general selection of the first- ly taken it quite seriously, and ers from 35 states and Canada have individual. listed exhibits of live stock and Texas and Flor- - hand narratives of what Mr. thousands of words have been Fingerprint files also are 1940 International Live to a card system, so all Peattie calls this shrewd and written in debate on this point. crops for the Stock exposition, the countrys larginformation may be obtained easily yrety of Experience. observer of all conditions They can all be cut short by layeager est agricultural show. Some individuals have eearly 50 active Amerby clerks. sr and aspects of American men, 505 Audubons ing down a fact denied by noTne exposition is being held in the as many as 160 cards referring to life, what manners and scenes. This has The unfortunate little Bourhad such a va-International Amphitheatre at the different crimes. About 26.000 cards been due partly to the fact that body. tf evV,fUai bon prince had a deformed ear, Chicago Stock Yards November 30 and fingerprints are marked with Peenee? No one, cer- - Audubon's writings have been v, while Audubon's ears were both to December 7. Cash premiums tored tabs to indicate a fugitive from o lu!tv vCe so sensitive scattered through a wide assort:A- one with his ment of volumes, many of which quite normal. Who will seriously taling $100,000, will be awarded. justice. sr.d are to be found only in the larger argue the point beyond this? s, order e sea-Th- e fellow-America- ,) Peat-aturali- st d g T relien Au-Kne- rt ol ' A I'L rstur? self-portra- it Ajb ad-g- ;o y gen-fo- - n ?&A' much-dispute- up-an- d un-t- i irk -- far-fetch- Live-Stoc- k uarol-r.a- , cross-reference- d : like this are SPORTS accessories in vogue among smart young things, not only for sports, but also for campus and runabout g For a year and a half now people have been hearing talk about a Federal Union of Democracies. Now that the three great dictatorships, Germany , Italy and Japan, have ganged is with just svnonvinous Three -- birds. as his name, bear es Audubon same Accessory Set for Sports or Campus Plan for Federal Union of Democracies Nations Would Unite English-Speakin- - must not be Infringed by government. It is too soon to make even vague predictions as to the prospects of the Federal Union plan. But a large and growing body of influential advocates of the plan Is urging that our government call a preliminary convention of delegates from all the eligible nations, perhaps In Independence hall, where the Continental congress met and adopted the Declaration of Independence. The dream of a new declaration a Declaration of Interdependence may not be too far from realization, once the people of the world recognize It a the surest path to permanent peace and prosperity for all. It Is not something which will be brought about by those who seek to make personal political capital out hatreds of arousing International It will be and racial jealousies. brought about, when It comes, by the peoples themselves, the ordinary folk of the democratic nations, the ones who have to fight wars and pay for them, who have most to gain and least to lose by uniting in a Federal Union. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) 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Army ordnance men reveal that beryllium alloys have been successCreomulslon relieves promptly befully tested for use in mass produccause it goes right to the seat of the tion of parts for the new Garand trouble to help loosen and expel Berm laden phlegm, and aid nature rifles. to soothe and heal raw, tender. InVanderbilt Cornelius Whitney, flamed bronchial mucous memboard chairman of Pan American branes. Tell your druggist to sell you In the a bottle of Creomulslon with the unAirways, sponsored research metal at a cost of more than $400,-00- 0 derstanding you must like the way it quickly allays tha cough or you are in the past seven years and to have your mon?y back. helped make possible the timely graduation of the substance from a laboratory toy to an Instrument for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis of commerce and defense. Whitney saw huge potentialities In Fox and Geese beryllium, largely in aviation beWhen a fox preaches, beware cause of the metals resistance to of your geese. fatigue and corrosion. Its extraordinary light weight and electrical conductivity. The metal is only as heavy as aluminum. he said, the "Until recently, This Why great problem of beryllium was its high cost of production. Half a cenYou Are Constipated? tury or so ago the pure metal would have cost about $5,000 a gram. ToWhat do you eat for breakfast? day it sells in quantities at about Coffee, toast, maybe some eggs? $15 a pound. What do you eat for lunch and dinner? White bread, meat. potaScientific Achievement. toes? Its li ttle wonder you're conThat is a scientific achievement stipated. You probably don't eat which some day I believe will make enough "bulk." And "bulk" doesn't mean the amount you possible beryllium's volume use In eat. 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