Show 1 I i t Dads D ds d's II III I i I M t Column J x o r f or J. J 1 ACCORDING TO Senator T. T Bone it t cost 75 cents to kill a man In Caesar s I time TIle price rose to during the wars to In the AmerIcan Civil War and then to per man In the World War IVar Estimates Sor lor the present war Indicate that It may mar cost tJ to warring countries not less than for each man killed 00 I CRUX OF TilE TIIE FOOD I TIlE THE PRESIDENT of Q a leading farm I organization touched the crux of the food problem when he said There has I been failure on the food front That allure can be traced to the failure ot of I administrative agencies Empty store shelves empty meat counters disruption ot of production and distribution are the Inevitable result Now these same people I express great conCern over food tood shore shore- ages They TIley ha have e not yet worked out with farm organizations a a. sound program based on the knowledge of farmers and their organizations I Subsidies and laws will not create food Only the farmers can do that and they need manpower machinery and stability I ot of government policies policies' which wiT wm- en- en encourage encourage courage production Instead ot of keeping It ItIn ItIn In a constant state ot of confusion aaa It IS HELL ONE NO longer wonders wonders- to what hel heights ot of heroism men and women will soar In defending their homeland nor does one wonder whether It is 15 true that human beings can sink so low lowas lowas as to be on the level or even lower than savage beasts after seeing factual films and movies taken In ac- ac actual actual combat zone zones Most of ofis is have hwe heard ot of the murder and rapine that Japan so wantonly com com- committed committed In China as well as the ruthless pathways of Death and Destruction that Germany carved Into Russia The thought that is 15 left In many minds after seeing these films Is the cheapness at whIch human Ute life Is prIced One wonders for a moment how called so-called human beings can change their normal Instincts and suddenly become relentless killers Germany and Japan were the ones that put such n a small price tag on human ute life In their wake of conquest wives were widowed before their own eyes women and children chUGren are wantonlY raped and even the dead are butchered to satisfy the Inhuman Instincts of the mad killers None of these pictures aro beautiful to the eye ee and ones one's reactions are nor nor- normal normal mal when we feel a savage hate for the perpetrators of these savage crimes It Is fortunate that the soldier of country knows what he Is up against and his mind Is already re receptive to what he may expect to see while In actual combat com com- combat bat zones One lesson can be learned through the showing of the war tUms films a man must ho bo physically fit to endure the hard hard- hardships ships test at may come for he knows full well that those that caused such whole whole- wholesale i sale butchery chery and are arc still stUl the tho enemy to be fought today Be prepared to meet them they have I not changed theIr tactics one By whit I L. L C. C Bomb Bay Messenger aoa I HOCUS FOCUS DOESN'T WORK A RAY of light comes from Texas I where an Indictment charging one of the I nations nation's leading food chains with con con- conspiracy to monopolize a n-I n part of trade and commerce In food and food products was quashed by Federal Judge Atwell who sustained the defend defend- defendant defendant ant company's demurrer The Judge re- re remarked remarked marked from the tho bench that the Indict Indict- Indictment men ment was too inflammatory In places to be allowed to be presented to a a. Jury After listening to the argument ot of the governments government's attorney which cam cam- pared the food chain to Gulliver and the Independent merchants to Lilliputians Judge Atwell commented that when the day came In thIs country that the tho size ot of a defendant determined his guilt or innocence he would wIsh to leave the tench While it has no bearIng on the principle Involved In Judge Atwells Atwell's de- de decision decision It Is Interesting to note that con con- contrary contrary to the Intimation ot of the govern govern- governments government's governments government's ments ment's attorney the chain stored storell do less lees than 25 per cent ot of the nations nation's retail the business Independents do doi i some somo 75 pe per cent N aaa WINny MARCI MAnCil MARCH THE month f cold rains and piercing winds steaming snow banks Skating on thinner Ice and folks still clinging to their winter flannels since the uncertainty ot of March tends to coldS In the head Some Intrepid souls made cuttings from chrysanthemums and set them out early for enjoyment come next November There Is perhaps a hint of early blossoming that tomorrow we may decide was purely a case of wishful thinking on our part In cold swept states the wind Is blustery and lOUd while southern states find more noisome chirping of birds coming northwards their seasonable crops thrivIng and certain certain tain or of their blooms Indicating the change even where the winds wax warm Nature works her patterns on every state but with March at the helm It es ha you guessing I AN OBJECT LESSON ADVOCATES OF peacetime laws to kill competition In retailing should mould now look about them Competition has been definitely ended as a war measure In- In Instead stead ot of trying to attract business the average merchant has to discourage It In int t his attempt to comply with price regula- regula regulation tlona tion and other restrictions Which be- be became became I came Inevitable when the natural 10 laws of supply and demand and tree free corn com competition r petition were suspended says say the tho In- In IndUstrial Industrial Review Tho new system has half been cheerfully accepted because war made It necessary Out ot of this necessity we will able experience We will wUl have a practical example or of how restricted competition Immediately reacts on the consumer i The effect would be tho samo laws passed In peacetime to destroy com Continued on age ToW Four 1 f I j I Dads Dad's Column Continued from Page One petition as It Is from regulations In wartime whIch eliminate competition Under peacetime competitive retailing consumers were able to able to buy what they the y wanted when they wanted It at reason reason- ablo prices Their standards of living rose year by year The Tho establishments In which the t h e y made their purchases whether chain or Independently operated oper- oper steadily became more attra attractive lve and sanitary ServIce became better These things the public c came me to take for tor granted wIthout realizing that they would not have e occurred but for the them m magic glo ot of wholesome competition which Is the handmaiden ot of progress The war emergency should warn all I ot of us against peacetime crippling ot of competition When peace returns the tree free competitive system should bo re- re j i stored Frozen prices mean frozen pro pro- that gress-that Is now being proven A HURDLE GIVE YOURSELF another chance you youcan youCan can c'an Jump that bar The last time you tried It you went almost that tar far Now your legs are longer youve you've grown the last year Though the vault tault Is higher so Is your head my dear Now loosen up your muscles and Jump with all your our mIght mIght- The low Jump was too easy this one Is worth the tight fight Dont Don't tell me you cant can't do It-I It Just know you can Ive I've watched you Jumping hurdles troD from I childhood to a man I used to try to help you by standing I at your sIde To speak a word ot of courage ot of laith or of ori i hope ot of pride pride- Dut But now youve you've learned the tho technique youre you're In the game to win win- Remember now chIn up and lump Jump suc- suc success success cess comes from within DaIsy C. C WOMEN AT WORK LITTLE DID we back In 1930 ever tho field Hof ot labor would ever reach the present proportions ot of em- em employed employed wom women n. n We arent aren't so tar far removed from the generations back when the I two professions nursIng and teachIng were the ones respected for tor women and most girls remained h me under mothers guIdance to learn the responsibilities ot of running a house In on for tor the day when marriage would break the family tie and not busIness It was wad a a. peacefUl picture b but t probably the life lite would be a bit It too confining g to to U the e I young women auto ed to want higher educations better clothes more more spendIng money automo- automo automobiles I biles and so Instead ot of asking father tather for tor them they took to business It sur- sur surprises us now when a girl desires to toI I i remaIn home and learn to prepare for tor torI marriage without wanting to try her heri I i wings In fa the world ot of gainfully em- em I Present condItions have found women going to branches ot of work that arc are off I the beaten femInine track taking mens men's places In order to let men enter the fighting forces There Is some conJecture ture as to what effect thIs will have upon up-on our young Women wm Will It make them too mannish disdainful ot of thIngs femin- femin Inc harder some have asked Time will wUl Female wage earners are earning more o than ever b before tore You can expect to hear the ques lon as to whether they Will be content to give J this up-in up up in a post war w world to return to being house housewives |