Show r 4 Union Released by Western Newspaper AN ADVENTURER AFTER 2 YEARS TO A YOUNG MAN Har Harold ld Northam Northam Northam Nor Nor- tham now soldiering with a bomber squadron in the West the n names of cities towns villages and md general locations fr from m which each d days day's Asia Asin Africa war news of Europe and the Far East comes arc are fa fa- fa Ten years ago Northam then 18 wanted a membership in the Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago Adventurers' Adventurers club He was told he lacked the needed qualifications He determined to acquire them he left ChIcago Chicago Chi ChI- With Wilh a capital of 10 cago for Boston as an attendant on ona a 1 stock train In the same capacity he sailed from Boston for or Danzig on ona ona steers from Chica Chic 1 a 1 boat carrying go Leaving the boat at Danzig he worked his way through much of Russia including the Ukraine Moscow Moscow Moscow Mos Mos- cow Leningrad and into Finland south through the Baltic states and Denmark Denmark Den Den- Poland through Germany mark Holland Belgium Fr France and Spa Spain working Spain working n-working at whatever he could find to do for a day a week or a month From Sp Spain he crossed into Africa Africa Africa Af Af- rica then back from Egypt to Italy Greece Turkey Syria and Arabia At Port Said he got a job on a boat th that brought him back to New York and then on another boat that took him through Panama to San Francisco and on around the world with stops in Japan China Indo-China Indo Siam and India I After years he returned to Chicago with a new suit of clothes a new bag 10 and the needed qualifications qualifications qualifications for the Adventurers' Adventurers club of which he is now a member Buy Buy Defense Bonds Bonds- MAIN lAIN STREET IS THE REAL AMERICA THE MAIN STREETS of America values values values val val- represent more of our national ues than do the Broadways the State streets the boulevards of our great cities People of Main street communities are more typical of our American culture They ar are as asa asa asa a class better educated with a far higher standard of literacy than is found as the average in the cities Our Main streets represent agriculture agriculture agri agri- culture the foundation of American production and national wealth They represent our forests and very largely our mines Without these three things our cities could not exist The Main streets of America serving people of the towns and farms represent one-half one of the people people people peo peo- of the nation From districts represented only by Main streets are sent to the national house of representatives 50 per cent of its members People represented by our Main streets can constitute a controlling force in national legislation legisla legisla- tion Our Main streets are rural America America Amer Amer- ica lea and it is rural America that makes of us a great nation Without Without Without With With- out our Main streets there would be no Broadways or State streets or city boulevards Main street is the foundation IPER IMPERIALISM I AND THE PEACE IMPERIALISM has dominated every every every ev ev- ery peace conference following an international war war- warThe The first thought of the victors has been what can we get what get what territory what resources resources resources re re- re- re sources what markets that markets that w will lI strengthen us and weaken our defeated defeated de de- de- de opponents I That was true of the peace conference conference con con- I ference following World War I. I The humanitarian ideas President Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- I son took to Paris with the expectation expectation expectation tion of writing a peace treaty that would end Wars wars went glimmering when he sat across the table from Lloyd George and Clemenceau They had been willing to listen to humanitarian ideas as propaganda da to undermine the morale of the enemy people but not when the enemy enemy en en- emy had been licked As a gesture to President Wilson Wil son they consented to t taking king enemy territory under mandates instead oi oj direct annexation with the provision provision provi sion that such territory was to be administered for the benefit of the mandated people and was W not to be fortified Japan received the mandate over some Pacific islands under such conditions but these islands turn up ug now as Jap air and naval bases President Roosevelt and Prime Prim Minister Churchill have proposed a basis on which to fix the terms 01 ol peace when this war is over Their Theft proposals sound good now just as President Wilsons Wilson's 14 points sounded good in 1917 But what will the thc proposals be when the war is oven ovel oveland and the enemy is licked It is a fairly safe bet that Lore Lord Vengeance and Lord Imperialism will again dominate the peace con con- conference ference If It so both the loser ant anc the winner will eventually pay CURRENT CROP OF WEATHER PROPHETS IN LARGE SECTIONS of America snowfalls have been light during th the winter and range long-range prophets are arc telling us we will hay have havia havea a dry summer Such weather condi conditions conditions conditions are perfectly all right with peo pea pie of the cities until they go to but bui buI I food when they complain abou abo It is fine to prices enjoy the sunshine sun sunshine sunshine shine but all sunshine and no rail rah r 1 l means poor crops aud and high costs The farmer prays for an ade adequate adequate adequate quate mixture of snow scow rain an am sunshine |