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Editorial Eggs And Kansas poultrymcn have long been fold they sacrifice thousands of dollars every year because (heir eggs, good and bad, go to market unlabeled and they lose the premium prices which the cream of the crop should command. Occasionally grading plan is attempted on a voluntary basis, but in most cases an egg is still Just plain egg when the farmer sells it and Is still without distinction when bought by the housewife. A Cornell university professor, temporarily serving as marketing specialist of the United Slates Department of Agriculture, has made a study which Indicates the egg business provides still one more example of the need for coordination on the part of our 48 states. Twenty-five states have from one to four retail egg grades, his survey reveals, but there is no uniformity. In some stales labeling according to grades Is mandatory for all eggs sold at retail.

In some slates the "fresh" label means one thing, and in others it means something else. The egg scramble treatise is by ways of introducing the need of a plan whereby uniformity can be achieved in laws governing things of importance beyond the borders of a single state. Prominent among these are such things as marriage and divorce laws, motor vehicle regulations, and civil aviation control. Citizens travel from one stale to another to be married because of the different laws, do the same for divorce, and then go to court to argue whether one state's decree is good beyond its borders. Highways are marked in continuous routes across the nation, but rules governing speeds, load weights and equipment change at the state lines.

Some states-rights zealots are trying to put similar shackles on the growing giant of civilian The solution which suggests itself is federal regulation of all such matters, but citizens of late have had so much experience with the bureau cratic way of doing things that they are leery of centralizing more authority in Washington. That leaves only some sort of a compromise, which might be a universal law with state enforcement. Just because there may not already exist a legal basis for such a hybrid setup is no reason why it can not be accomplished. People and property are going to be getting about too much in the future to put up forever with a horse and buggy hodge-podge. In The I have been reading about the two girts who were being held In jail for depositing a check and drawing part cash.

According to the paper the incident happened at ihe Dutch Mill beer parlor, The girls' names have been used freely while the two farmers or horse traders or whatever their profession may be, have been shielded. I believ the paper said it might cause domestic trouble at home. After reading about the affair, one would as sume that two cultured gentlemen had left home to gel away from the children's noise and went to the Dutch Mill to study their Sunday school lesson when two bold bad women pounced on them and while one held their mouth open the other poured the liquor down like you drench a sick horse. Well, at any rate it seems to make a difference which side of the track you live on whether your name is published or not. I say shame on those two men.

They set their trap for the girls and stuck their own foot in it, I am told in a poker game they are good sports, When they get took they treat it home and tell the folks they hit a bad horse sale and forget it. I suppose the public will never know who they are until some gypsy fortune teller comes to town J. BURKE, City. (The name of only one of the men concerned appears In the public court record of the case, and his name has been of The Western Front America's Sacred Cow I am a patriotic citizen with a son and three sons-in-law and several nephews in the service so I'm as anxious as anyone could be to get this war won as soon as possible. And I'm willing lo sacrifice and do all I can to conserve materials needed for the war.

But It seems to me there are some glaring inconsistencies in the things our government docs and perhaps if enough of us raised a protest they might change their ways. For instance, last year they said there was a shortage of feed grain and that it was necessary for a reduction in hog production, and they arranged things so unprofitable for hog raisers that the reduction Is much greater than they figured on (and now they are urging an increase). Yet at the same time they allowed large quantities of grain that could have been used for livestock production, to be used by the brewers to make beer, which no honest person can call an essential war material. Also during last August they granted the distillers a holiday from production of commercial alcohol for vital synthetic rubber, and other necessary products, and during that time the distillers made almost as much beverage alcohol as they normally produce in a whole year, Was that helpful to the war effort? Indeed no! Our own secretary of war admitted that much of the absenteeism of workers from vital war industries was due to the use of alcoholic liquors cspe cially on week-ends. Not only did this manufacture of beverage alcohol waste large quantities of grain but it also used tons of sugar, which the government says is short, and the shortage will become more acute soon.

How long will the liquor industry, "the sacred cow" of America be tolerated and protected by the F. G. Plevna. Rule By Directive It is good news for private enterprise when congress shows signs, however tentative, of want ing to recapture its constitutional function writing the nation's laws. Delegation of this func tion to federal administrative agencies has become so much of a habit in the last two decades that it is encouraging to find a special investigating committee of the house urging the national legislature to "maintain its effectiveness and its position as the sole branch of government having legislative powers." This committee admits quite frankly that only a relatively small portion of legislation now passed by congress originates there.

Most of it is written "by the very executive officials who are intended to be the recipients of the powers which the legislation delegates." A good idea of the seriousness of the situation may be had from the number of executive agencies which exists today. A list of these agencies has been compiled by the Citizens National committee, which shows as of June 30, last, there were 428 federal agencies issuing rules, regulations and "directives" covering virtually every phase of national activity. It is the policy-making officials of these agencies and their advisors who think up legisla tlon. The laws which they propose and administer arc given a little brushing up and polishing in congress and then go on the books and become laws. The powers delegated are certainly not those which the framers of the Constitution en visioned as either necessary or healthy.

If congress can stem this tide, reverting to the system of laying down the rules of conduct in its own enactments, it will do much to restore W. LEEDS, City. Under Religious Camouflage Thousands of preachers in the United States in favor of a soft peace with Germany and Japan. This largo number of ministers have preached what they represented as a Christian peace plan in every city, town and rural district in this country. This peace plan was gotten up by a commission instituted by the Federal Council of Churches.

Among other things it demands a negotiated peace and says that "We have no desire to humiliate or crush Germany." John Foster Dulles is the chairman and legal advisor. Mr. Dulles is the senior member of the Sullivan-Cromwell law firm of New York City, which has an international law practice, with a large income. The records show that he Is a financial supporter of the America First committee, has been attorney for a number of the dictators of Europe and some of the representatives of Hitler. In getting up the Chris-' tian Peace which he labels "A Just and Durable Peace," he tees the peace from the viewpoint of his clients in Europe.

Tills peace plan is sugar-rcoated witli the Christian label, thereby deceiving millions of well meaning church people, but has enough bad inside to blow up the future world. It is quite apparent that the Christian Peace, like the Christian Front, could sabotage both Christianity and democracy. The enemy Is advancing on America under religious C. YOUNG, 501 East England Needs The Money I read about the housing problem in Hutchinson being bad. I was in Hutch last Friday and walking down Main street I was made to recall the so called Hoover depression limes when I saw so many empty business houses, and I wondered why the Chamber of Commerce doesn't get busy and tidy up some of those empty places and fix them up for sleeping quarters for the overflow at present rather than have F.D.R.

spend five or six hundred thousand dollars building new houses to be given away after the war. Anyhow, England needs that extra money to fight, the Greeks with while our men whip the Germans. Tell the Chamber of Commerce not to do this if they don't want to. I just thought it might save the taxpayers a little money. You notice I said the taxpayers, not us C.

RICHARDSON, Varner. Why Should We Tell Them? Just why is the United Nations telling different countries what they can do and can not do? The countries like France, Greece, Italy and Yugoslavia, and others want their own government, laws and justice in their own way, not like Great Britain, or our own United States. We are sending our boys "over there" to help these countries free themselves from the Nazis and help them back to a normal living. Let's start laying our own background for a stronger Christian nation for our boys in uniform who will be coming back home when this war is won. In fairness and justice, we can have a country that all European nations will look at and pattern MULHOLLEN' Lewis.

Parkins Solution Since the parking problem has become confusing, I wonder It our city dads couldn't rent these used cor lots on West First street in the second block tor the duration, as there will not bo many used cars to sell and only a little over a block to the center of Main street. If necessary it could be made for out-of-town shoppers only. It seems that this parking problem could bo worked out some way that would be more satisfactory to O. ATKINSON, City. Amused I have been both Interested and amused by the appealing advertisement for places for service men to live, also civilians.

There Is no such a scarcity of places for people to livr, but there Is a shortage on desirable people to live in our homes. 1 believe these needy people who desire places to live should be Instructed lo do their part lo he'n keen the homo neat and clean and respect a man's home ihe want nmvn- for Ol'A prices. C. J. BUHRESS ilUlCllilkSOOi Second-Hand Smoke What do you think when a person goes into an eating place and orders one of those precious $1.50 very big at here one of those physic faced specimens of humanity come in and park beside you, light a cigarette, roll it around his old T.B.

tonsils, and then plants a smoke screen on that steak? You talk about drinking cups being unsanitary, there is nothing filthier than second hand smoke on your food. This is where the board of health could do a big public service. I use tobacco myself, but not in eating J. C. City, Like Mush Too, Dale? I want to congratulate Dale Gard on his article (in last week'B paper) about cornbread.

1 have always admired his writings so much and I know he must be a grand man. I feel like he does about a big pan of cornbread. It is wonderful food and I make it often for my family. People wouldn't suffer from indigestion so much if they would eat sensible foods like our grandmothers and grandfathers did. A big bowl of cornbread and milk for an evening meal will sure make you sleep like a baby.

I wonder if Mr. Gard likes a big plate of hot corn meal mush? Drop over some time, Mr. Gard, and we will have LENA DUFF, Cunningham. Overtime Parking Jay House once said that Kansas was the home of the human nut, and 1 sometimes think that most of them live in Hutchinson and are hand picked, when our city commission will start marking cars so vigorously two weeks before Christmas when the people are-in our city spending their money with the business firms. What do you suppose these people think when they go out to find that they will have to go lo the police station and be reprimanded for overtime parking nnd threatened the next time to have to fine for coming into town and spending Uieir money? -W.

C. MILLER, City. Washington Somervill Persuades Committee To Suppress Report On Army Waste By Drew Pearson gray-haired Lt. Gen. Brehon B.

Somervell politely cracked down on the Mead committee at a secret session last week and managed to get away with it. He forced them to squelch a devastating report they had prepared on army waste and surplus war material. The committee had worked for months on the report. It was a damning document. It showed how the army had over-ordered, and by so doing had wasted manpower and materials.

If it had not been for Oils poor planning, the Mead committee reported, the present shortage of war materials would not be so bad. While the senators don 't expect the army to be perfect, and know that in war there is bound to be wastage, they felt that such waste as they had found was exorbitant, and that publicity would correct It. General Somervell, however, persuaded them otherwise. He had come into possession of a copy of the report and he hit the ceiling, Appearing before the Mead committee, he was brief and to the point. "Right now, when we're trying to keep production up to top ca pacity in a number of highly essential items," he said, "it would be disastrous if the committee were to issue a report charging us with overbuying and other mistakes.

It would seriously impair the morale of war workers." Senator Homer Ferguson, Michigan Republican, disagreed. He said It was wiser to let the public know that its government is aware blunders have been made, The people know there are surpluses anyhow," he said, "and they'll feel a lot more confident in the military leadership when that leadership admits mistakes have been made." He pointed out that the report would emphasize the fact that there is genuine need for such items as truck tires, mortars, artillery shells and others. Although most of the committee agreed with Ferguson, they finally gave Somervell a chance to reply to the charges before the report is released. The report also will be boiled down and most details ot army waste elim inated. Some committee members said, however, that they are determined the committees conclusions must not be altered.

No Shortages Before Nov. 7 After Somervell complained of the danger to morale if the senate should charge the military with inefficiency, Chairman Jim Mead of New York consoled him. "Over in England," said Mead, the military leaders are criticized on the floor of far more frequently than here. That hasn't, destroyed the British will to support its armies, but it has resulted in more efficient military Somervell had no reply. At one point, alert Senator Owen Brewster of Maine sarcastically remarked: "Up to November 7 there was no question about shortages.

No one heard the President say any thing about shortages all he talked about was how well the production program was going, and responsible government authorities backed him up. It's only since November 7 that we've been getting the other side of the story." Somervell shot back that he had warned of shortages during the election period. 1 wish you could see my desk, Senator. I've a pile of data there which was the basis for warnings about shortages as little as two weeks before the election." Brewster was not convinced. No formal vote was taken, but Republicans, although they went along with the majority, were not happy about delaying their report at Somervell's behest.

What the general really wanted, they privately believe, was to have all criticism of the army deleted. They are determined that that not be done and liberal Democrats like Senators Kilgore of West Virginia and Hatch of New Mexico are equally opposed to pulling any punches. Who will win out remains to be seen. Those Disarming British British Ambassodor Lord Halifax has been entertaining colleagues with a story about a trip he took into Iowa on a good-will speaking tour. "After one speech," relates his lordship, "an old farmer came up to me and said 1 was making a great contribution' to American understanding of the British.

I thanked him and asked him why he thought that. said the farmer, 'before we heard you, we used to be frightened of the British. We thought they were cleverer than us and could outsmart us every time. But, after listening to you, we're not afraid any more'." How FDR Won Ball Game The Inside story of how President Roosevelt wooed Minnesota's rangy, Lincolnesque Senator Joe Ball into the administration camp has just leaked out. Many political observers think it tipped tho scales and won FDR the election.

Part of the story is how Roosevelt used this new friendship to suck Governor Dewey into grave campaign error. Roosevelt had been watching Ball for some time before the elections, was profoundly impressed by his sincerity, appreciated his all-out efforts toward world collaboration. So, as the campaign progressed, Roosevelt thought a talk with Ball might produce a fourth-term endorsement. As a result, Harry Hopkins asked Ball to drop down to the White House for a chat. Ball did so the following Saturday, slipped in i the back door, spent a little while with Hopkins, then sat down with President Roosevelt for more than three hours.

During their luncheon, Ball emphasized his main ambition for the wo make a lasting peace, and asked FDR three specific questions. Question Number 1 was wheth- Roosevclt fuvored immediate American entry into United Nations security organization. The reply was in the affirmative. Number 2 wait whether the President would oppose the United States making any reservations to its United Nations council which would weaken the power of a security organization to act speedily to stop aggression. To this Roosevelt replied he was for arming the American delegate to the security conference with complete power to act in a crisis.

Number 3 was whether Roosevelt favored giving the American delegate to the United Nations security council the right to commit American military forces to action agreed on by the council without congressional approval. Roosevelt hesitated a moment, then said he definitely was In favor of giving the American delegate such power. FDR Traps Dewey Ball was delighted. He felt he would be able to support Roosevelt 100 percent. Roosevelt, however, suggested that Ball keep the conference a secret, and issue a statement asking both candidates the same questions about international security.

Ball agreed and issued a statement the following Thursday. Next day at his press conference, Roosevelt was asked about Ball's views, and gave the Minnesota senator a quick brush-off. Most people considered it a rebuff. So Dewey, aware only of Roosevelt's press conference answer lo Ball 's statement, felt he didn't have to go out of his way to get Ball's approval. Not knowing about the Ball-Roosevelt secret meeting, he wrote a lukewarm- water-on-both-shoulders, foreign affairs speech and delivered it as a major statement of his own foreign policy views.

Dewey also didn't know that while he was giving this talk, Ball's close friend, Russell Davenport, Wendell Willkie's 1940 campaign manager, was drafting a speech on foreign policy for Roosevelt embodying all the answers Roosevelt had given Ball in their hush-hush meeting. Ball had a hand in the drafting, and posthumously so did the late Willkie, whose views they expressed. Harry Hopkins then sold the speech to Roosevelt who delivered it before the foreign policy association in New very speech which won the all-out endorsement of Ball and the Willkie enthusiasts. By the time Dewey found out what had really happened, it was too late for him to do anything about it. Mississippi Valley -Authority The debate on the Missouri Valley Authority was getting hot THe Hutchinson, Kansas, News-Herald, Sun'day, December 17, 1944 Pagre 14 last week.

Senators Bennett Clark of Missouri and Clyde Reed of Kansas were arguing sharply, Vermont's George Aiken and Montana's Burt Wheeler also differed somewhat from the senator from Missouri. Finally Clark re marked that the difference was to be expected. "I doubt if the senator from Vermont has ever been within BOO miles of tho Mississippi valley; he said, "and certainly the senator from Montana passes through it as quickly as he can." Clark leaned over to confer a moment with Aiken, then informed the senate: "Let me interject that the senator from Vermont has just told me he once read "Tom Sawyer'." Natl Deserts Ship It can now be revealed that one of the men Hitler and von Rib bentrop used for political penetration ot Washington, D. via the Gorman embassy, has resigned from the Nazi diplomatic serv Ice, and plans to throw in his lot with the United Nations. The former Nazi diplomat Is Peter Rledel, ex-assistant military attache of the German embassy here, who since Pearl Harbor has served in Sweden under former German minister to the United States, Hani Thomsen.

Riedel finally broke with the Nazis when they tried to make him help kidnap two Gorman fliers who had escaped to Switzerland seeking refuge from the Gestapo. Riedel came to the United States in the late '30's, participated in a glider competition at Elmira, N. there met one of the du Pont boys, and became good friends because of their mutual interest in glider flying. When word of this friendship reached Berlin, von Ribbentrop decided to make use of Rledel's "society contact." After Pearl Harbor, Riedel, who had married an American girl, went to Stockholm, was assigned to report on American aeronautical developments by duping American fliers interned in Sweden, to make them reveal Allied air secrets. When the Gestapo tried to involve him in a kidnapping expedition, Riedel resigned, asked Swedish permission to remain in that country for the duration plans now to return to the U.

S. become an American citizen. Bar rain-Hun ting Ants Go To Town Guaduas, Colombia afternoon papers published it recently in good faith: A well-to-do farmer, unnamed, bought ten sacks of corn, loaded them on his five mules and started home. Night overtook him on the road, so he locked the corn in a storeroom at an inn. When he looked in the morning the sacks were there but the corn was gone, although there were no windows and the door was still locked.

The innkeeper solved the problem when he saw a fresh path which led from the crack under the door to a nearby anthill. Digging down, the corn was horde of ants working all night had carried it away grain by grain. Or so the story goes. Spiritual Surgery Sunday Sermon By Iter. A.

L. simtwo" Bethel A.M.B. Church The axe is laid unlo the root of the 3:10. Although there is quite a contrast between John's woodsman's axe and the surgeon's scalpel, the general idea is same; namely, to remove that which has become a liability rather than an asset. Jesus founded the science of spiritual surgery.

He did not condemn men for committing sin and crime but went to the sourcs to remove the impure motives that gave birth to the evil. His condemnation was rather to those persons who refused to become spiritual surgeons. Jesus knew that the acts of men are determined by their motives and passions. Impure motives and passions bring forth impurs deeds, while pure motives and passions pro- A. L.

Simpson duce deeds that are acceptable to God, The need of the hour is for men and women who havt grace, skill and courage enough to remove the cruel motives and passions that are destroying the human race. We must not stop at the surface ot sin and crime but must probe deeply until we discover the source. This task calls for skilled spiritual surgeons. Are you willing to be used by Christ In this field of service? If so, may the Eternal God guide you. Amen.

Sunday School Joy" Comes With Christ William E. Gilroy, D. D. Text: Luke Hebrews I John Joy to the world I the Lord Is come: Let earth receive her Kins, Let every heart prepare Him room, And heaven and nature Bins. It was thus that Isaac Watts wrote In the great hymn, that with its reverberating tune, Antioch, has been sung around the world with fervent exultation.

It emphasizes the theme of our lesson, for its note is that of universal joy, and the universal joy is in the coming of Jesus, the King. That universal joy was first proclaimed in the carol of the angels, heard by the shepherds in the field: "Behold I bring you tidings ot great joy, which shall be to all people." Those are universal words, and the angels might have added to all people, of every time. Jesus brings joy because He saves from sin. Broken and discouraged men and women, who had lost heart and hope, have found new life as they have looked to him. "Joy shall be in heaven," said Jesus, "over one sinner that repenteth." But there is joy in the soul of the sinner himself.

Nor need we think of sin in terms of gross, degrading, befouling characters and actions, when we stress the joy of redemption. There are respectable sins, sins of pride, and Pharisaism, and intolerance, that are none the less sins against God and against man, and hurtful to the sinner, who is often least conscious of sin, in alienating him from God and man, and in limiting his outlook and work. Paul was such a sinner, zealous, living in all good conscience; bul in his blind devotion persecuting his fellowmen, hateful Instead fl loving, holding the garments olffl those who stoned Stephen tof death. Is it any wonder that Paul! after his conversion writes a great! deal about joy? He knew the joy of having his spiritual removed. He wrote of "joy un speakable and full of glory." should he not? It was the joy of great, overwhelming experience, "We know that we have passed! from death unto life, because wel lovo the brethren." It was John! who wrote those words, but theyf accord with the words in Paul described the same rich ex perience.

"If any man be in ChristU he is a new creature; old have passed away, all things become new." And this stresses the positive joy that Christ brings. It is joy notfj only in what the Christ saves us from, but in what He saves us to, "I am come," said he, "that they might have life, and may have it more abundantly." The joy that Christ brings is in the consciousness of a right direction of living, in the sense of life as worth while, and of life at its best as the working out of God's plan. Here there is no defeatism, no apathy, no half-heartedness. Life is a daily prayer, and what a prayer! Daily! bread is the sustenance of greatl' endeavor, and great goals thtfl Kingdom of God, and the making) of earth like heaven. SERVICE HEN'S NEWS-HERALD Taps Hutch Lt.

William Silver, 23, (in Germany) T-Sgt. Elden Forster (turret gunner based in England) Pvt. Carroll G. Eales 25, (France) PFC. J.

B. Stoddard (Germany) Fire Chief R. Wooley, 48, (heart attack) Mrs. Inez Tuttle, 60. John Truesdell, 78, Charles F.

Jacob, 36 Mrs. R. C. Myers, 66, Southwest Corp. Wilbur W.

Socken, Claflin, (France) Lt. Edwin Dean Hull, Kingman (France) Sgt. James McAtee, Sylvia (Leyte) PFC. Louis Rice, Hudson, ((France) Seaman lc Jack Lucas, Jetmore (Battle of Leyte) S-Sgt. Raymond A.

Bloxsom, Ashland (Czecho-Slovakia). S-Sgt. Marvcn Dean Rluss, Dodge Ensign Donald L. Helfrick, Scott City (plane crash on Salton sea) PFC. George J.

Struble, Pretty Prairie Pvt. Nelson McElroy, Stafford (Leyte) Lt. Donald M. Moore, Newton (Germany). Sgt.

Alvin Maier, Susank (France). Pvt. LaVerne Kins, Olmitz (Leyte) Lt. John Hatcher, Plains (Palau) Capt. Charles Long, Harper, France) Lt.

Ivan Wilcox, Ellinwood (Europe) Pvt. Lester Loyall Seyfert, Ellinwood (France) Sgt. Dean Carey, Great Bend (Leyte) Leonard Brack, Rush Center (Germany) T-Sgt. J. D.

Bullen, Great Bend (southwest Pacific) Lt. Fred Gal- Uart, Lamed (Italy) Sgt. Robert Thachcr, Bunker HiU (IFrance). George Keyes, 63, Russell (suicide) Pauline and Clara Raedel, sisters, Harper, suicide Joe C. Dalton, Dodge City (car crash at Perryton, Tex.) Mrs.

Harvey A. Gibbons, 58, Pratt. Fred Wallers, 52, Marquette L. L. Barngrover, 66, Ford.

Eugene Mortimer Baxter, 63, Little River Mrs. J. S. Gurtner, 58, Kingman Mrs. Wayne De Roma, 18, Liberal (suicide).

R. M. Borthick, Newton James Gillespie, 89, Harper James Zavodnik, SI, Wilson Mike Welling, 69, Fellsburg Mrs. Ella Eaton, Hays Thomas C. Kendall, Haviland F.

C. McCutcheon, 75, Pratt Mrs. R. V. Phinney, 64, Lamed Ed Brown, 73, Dodge City Mrs.

Pearl Gaut, 55, St. John. Edward F. Hasi. 70, Lyons Mrs, Frank Van Cleave, Larned.

Mrs. Sherman Miller, 58, Pawnee Rock William Dole, 82, Burrton Jerry Holland, 85, Pratt Mrs. C. W. Funk, 60, Dodge City pen, Attica 72, Meade 70, Ulysses McPherson 58, Liberal Spearville Mrs.

Haltle Koep Ervln R. Porter, D. E. Carpenter, J. Burton, 82, Mrs.

D. Harvey, Albert Moss, Mrs. Charles Olf- Promised PFC. Priscy Colin, Greensburg woman marine at Arlington, signs up with Seaman Merrill Jones, Greensburg and Norfolk. Lizzie Long, Des Moines cadet nurse, pledged to Corp.

Leonard Orth, Moundridge. Mary Jean Johnson, and Jim Kitterman, Larned couple, announce it Alberta Peterson, Zenith schoolmaam, sets Jan. 6 date with Don Fllck- inger, Oklahoman. Ruth Butler and Cadet Glen Winter, Hoisington, to begin New Year with aisle trek. Evalyn Stockwell, Hutch art stude at Chicago, is bride-elect of Ens, Urban Wussler, Mizzoo vet home from Palau.

Jane Cure, formerly of Galva, announces it with Harold Llndgren, McPher- sonite overseas, before she leaves for WAVE training. Chocolates at KU announce intentions of Virginia Miller, Alexander, and hometowner Ralph Spomer, in midshipman schpol at Notre December 23 date for Zita Bird, Albert, and Earl Marrow, Greensboro, N. C. Doris Quarnstrom. Hutch, is choice of St.

Sgt. Carl Ewbank, Emporia. Alice Dillard, Hutch, and Mel Zumalt, Hutch sailor in Pacific, are promised. Darlene Redinger and Rudy Unruh, Hutch, set Christmas date. fin, 60.

McPherson Vivian Delay, 33, Liberal. Sports Hutchnnson Salt Hawks balance their Arkansas Valley League basketball accounts by thumping El Dorado 35 to 14 to gain a 1-1 standings in the league and a 2-1 for the season. The team hasn't had a close game yet, beating Anthony 40-12, losing to Wellington 18-36, and then measuring El Dorado. Hardy is high scorer for El Dorado game with 15 points. The Hawks gain an 8.0 lead in the first quarter, build their margin to 15-4 at halftime and coast in, Wellington is established as team to beat" when lt trips Wichita East 39-19.

A week before Newton had thumped East by a 32-20 count. Wichita North maintains undefeated record by edging Ark City 35-34. mislead defeats Buhler 53 to 38 thus disposing ot probable strongest rival for Mid-Kansas League honors. Sylvia and Abbyvllle remain undefeated in Reno County League play. Hutchinson Navy Air Station defeats Pratt Army Air Base 47 to 33 for second victory in three starts.

The Navy team looks better in each succeeding appearance. The Prairie Dog bowling team again tops 2800 in team score, going 40 pins over that figure In league match. Clarence Ore rolls 615 for high 30 frames by individual Tullis' 242 is high 10. 205 and Baird's 506 are high in women's division, Hutchinson Y-Church leagues open season basketball schedules The Wilshire golf course beds down greens for the winter Golfers play without paying fees, but they putt on temporary greens. High Rchool Smew Hutchinson 95, El Dorado 14.

Newton 38, Wlnfleld 11. Wellington 39, Wichita East 19. Wichita North 35. Arkansas City 34. Moundridge 37, Haven 34.

Pretty Prairie 32. Burrton 30. Halatead S3. Buhler 38. Meads 43.

Liberal 37. Oarden city 37, Cimarron 19. Oodle City 18. Hayi 14. Great Bend 48.

at. John 36. Pratt 33, Kinsman 29. Cunningham 27, Stafford 31. Lyons 47, Ellsworth 17.

Sterling 36, Ellinwood 34. Medicine Lodge 33, Caldwell 22. Attica 33. Harper 28. Partridge 27, Arlington 20, Caslleton 63, Langdon 47, Bylvla 44, Turon 20.

Abbyvllle 27, Plevna 25. Cathedral 33, Augusta 20. Lorraine 48, Chase 18. Holyrood 42, Allien 24. Scott City 20.

Brewster IS. McPherson 40, Lyons 32. Anthony 34. Pratt 32. Ellinwood 25.

Chase 19. Mesde 32. Fowler 12. Burrton 62, Mt. Hope I.

Lewis 43, Radium 7. Pawnee Rock 39. Belpre 25. Zook 21, Hudson 19. Moundridge 27, Hlllsboro 2ft.

Byers 23, Antrim 21. Syracuse 20, Tribune 15, Plains 28, Ingalls 10. Bublette 24, Hugoton 13, Syracuse 29, Holly 23. Bushton 20, Little River 18. Oeneseo 64, Raymond 17.

Batanta 41, Montasuma 30. Lewis 42, Belpre 28. Trousdale 33, Oarfleld IT, Jetmore 40, Rosel 19. Uanston 43, Spsarvllle It. Salt City Flashes Big Brothers fund drive launch ed for aid to aged, crippled and poor during Christmas season Mrs.

C. F. Snyder, a pastor's wife, holds "smoker" for parish ladies, but smoke is from wood fire and not cigarets Huge mail volume opens local post office on Sunday and gives longer working hours lo employees Christmas show given for children by Jay Wooten, Fox manager. Tear gas shell being examined by several men at court house ex plodes and makes them all cry Postmaster Ray Hockaday receives both complaints and compliments for Christmas decorations at the post office Rev, W. Mulvaney begins tour of district churches for second quar terly conference Darrell Hos kinson, 14, breaks leg while skat ing on pond and lies there for an hour before he is discovered.

First lumber for Hutchinson housing proect arrives Mrs. Joe White finds alarm clock which keeps perfect time when, hot but refuses to tick In the cold Bees that Invaded Midland hotel are producing honey, which is now dripping down walls Wichita firm gives low bid and wins contract for construction of new PB-4Y Instruction building at HNAS Hutch, car and implement dealers attend sale ol army equipment at Kearney, Neb, Workers at Central Fibre ducts company to choots tween CIO and AFL. War Production Board gives OK to construction of bus garage bj McVay brothers. It is to be locat- I ed next to present cab garage I Myrtle Weatherholt, formei children's librarian here, returni to Hutch in position of head librarian, succeeds Mrs. Lucy Nichols Charles Summers anc I Sons' herd takes lead in county butterfat production during November New buses will be ready to go into operation Jan 5 Private Charles Browning West Fourth, is recoverlnj 1 at San Francisco hospital from leg wounds received in South Pacific USO feels wartime short- I age and sends out plea for Christ- mas light bulbs to decorate tree for local service men Proposed road between Hutchinson anc HNAS is not approved by federa authorities B'Nai Brith, Jewish organization, holds state convention in Hutchinson, Sam Fin- I kelstein, local merchant, electee I treasurer of state organizatior I Al Kendree, now private I is given appointment to WesJifl Point One of five Newton debate) teams wins Hutch high school in-) vitational tournament with 5S teams entered from 13 school? R.

Preheim dreams of focatlon from car exhaust and wakes to find that his home with gas fumes from open stove burner Retailers say Hutcr people are buying bigger and ter than ever this year Nine-)! teen percent of county farms are 1 Infested with bindweed Photo- fluoroscope takes 4,500 chest picJI tures in Hutch Women's Re-jl lief Corps begins making Christ" mas candy for wounded in service hospitals Elizabeth Brown, Roosevelt teacher, to finish work for master's degree at Madison, Wis. For Personal Messages.