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THE RECOKD-ARUUSI MONDAY, APRIL 26, tVENING RECORD GrWftHlit fltoanee argua fctmeboro Cittern WORLD ftt port At Greenville. Mcand man matter. Uterrlton. Editor, 1889-1817 Jj. Morrison, Editor and Manager A.

Blair, Assistant Manager W. P. Hart, News Editor TBRM3 18o a carrier delivery In charge of Campbell A Bftughrrmn) ttall within Mercer, Crawford, Ve- ttanRO. Butter, Lawrence Counties, And Mahonlng, Tninttmll and Ashtabula per year IB.OO By mall, one month SOc mall, three months $1.25 By mall outside the above counties east Chicago, west of New York and north Atlanta, extra postage fl.OO By mall to between Chicago and Denver and Including those cities of Now I6rk and points east and south of Atlanta, extra postage $2.00 By hmll points west of Denver, extra ONE SMALL VOICE By JOHN KIERAN Hie College Freshmen Who Missed Some Fun. Ion forces and a former Superintendent of West Point led those armies.

Wo had a United States Senator brutally beaten to the floor of the Sen It was revealed recently, through a test conducted by the esteemed New York Wines, that many of our college freshmen were ludicrously OFFICES Publication office. Greenville, Ad- Argus Building. New York Office: 415 Lexington Chicago Office: 301 North Michigan Atlanta off let Palmer Building. Natonal Advertising Representatives, S. Dsvlne Associates, Inc.

TELEPHONES Green villa Editorial rooms B01 OfMnvllles Business Office 600 Mercer 100 Jamestown AnOolated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for re-publlcatlon of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise -credited In this paper and also the local ntws published therein. Member of Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers' Association BIBLE THOUGHT For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire consume the tabernacles of RESOLVE THE UNCERTAINTY The new administration tax bill wMcn, purports to be a compromise between the original bill drafted by the House committee on ways and means and the Rural Plan has the distinct advantage of the latter in that it would place the treasury on a current basis and collect a much larger portion of all incomo taxes at the source, is the observation of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. But the administration proposal has the great disadvantage of being complicated in a very large degree, It is fair to say that not one taxpayer in 100 who read in the papers the provisions of the proposal could have Interpreted them in the light of his own tax obligations and arrived at a of how his 1943 taxes affected by them. It has "been said many times in the last few months that the uncertainty with -respect to federal taxes has had consequences for the sound financing of the -war almost, if not quite, as.adverse as the indequacy of these taxes The country la in the midst of the Second War Loan drive, a major objective of which is to raise a very large portion of the $13,000,000,000 sought by the sale of War Bonds to individuals. For the sound financing of the war long-term bonds should be the lockboxes of millions of citizens.

But until all this tax uncertainty Is resolved and it is clear that it is not the government's intention to collect or to try to collect, two years' taxes in one, it will be impossible for many to make large commitments for the purpose of bonds. For obviously the amount of savings we can invest in bonds must be directly affected by the amount, of savings required for taxes. Ignorant of the history of their own country. Those freshmen are more to be pitied than scorned. Through the misguidance of their oldern, they have missed a lot of fun.

The history of this country is a three-alarm thriller filled with tales of most disastrous chances, Of taovlng accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scrapes i' the Imminent deadly breach. It beats all the dime novels ever written or the pirate tales ever compiled. It has heroes that rival those of Greek legend and medieval romance. It's a story of discovery, exploration, conquest, rebellion, foreign and domestic wars. Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight Where Ignorant, armies clash by night.

The white settlers of this country took the territory from tho Indians without due process of law. There was much ratio of musketry and some sharp-shooting with arrows. Some colonial were scalped and towns were burned. Our forefathers advanced into the wilderness, slaughtered the buffalo (bison to the naturalist) almost to the point of extinction, plowed the les and shot the teeming flocks of passenger pigeons off the face of earth. We had two army genearla who turned tratiora in time of war.

Wo had a Vice-President who went on to organize a conspiracy against the republic. We had a great civil war in which a former Secretary of War sent Confederate armies against Un- he came home with the paper-baling machine, fifty cents down and fifty cents "for all the rest of the weeks in the year." Pa, Georgia Boy and Handsome Brown, the hired man, baled everything in sight until Ma discovered her Sunday School's hymn books, love letters and part of the wallpaper had been Included. offered to write some new love otters, but Ma rescued the old and broke up the wastepaper-to-riches scheme. And there was tho time when Pa brought a band of gypsies to his home to do a little trading. The band stole everything In sight, including Grandpa's picture over the mantelpiece and Ma's best Sunday dress.

Pa and the gypsy queen disappeared into the woodshed, from which Ma routed the queen. Pa explained the queen was telling his fortune, and gave Ma a gold watch with a long: chain, which he had uaken while the queen wasn't notions. Pa got mixed up with the local grass widow. He agreed to ring the church bell during a wedding, which would have healed a war between parson's best families. Pa rang bell, but unfortunately he tolled and the wedding ended in a fight.

Pa got a political appointment, rounding up dogs at fifty cents a head. Pa bought a large piece of meat and walked through the streets until he had the pound overflowing, deluded was tho mayor's dog. Pa resigned. Pa's fighting cock was the champion of Meriweather county, Georia. Pa said he was as smart as people- with a college education and named him "College Boy." Pa would go off for days, staging fights.

Much to Ma's anger. One afternoon, Pa left "College Boy" at home. That night Ma had a fine chicken pie and when Pa had "It was easy to see he thought a lot of Ma's Ma announced "College Boy" was no more. "My old mar," says 'Georgia Boy, 1 "hasn't been the same since." LITERARY 0UIDEPOST By John Selby "GEORGIA BOY," by Erskine Caldwett (Duell, Sloan Pearce, $2). "Georgia Boy'a" Pa was good for nothing but fishing and frolicking of Erskine Caldwell's 'Tobacco Road" characters.

Morri Stroup was his name and when, he was not loafing (which was most of the time), his escapades made no end of impiession upon Ilia twelve- yeajsold son and boundless trouble Jor Ma Stroup who took in wash inff. PA was a sucker for quick-rich There was the day when ate with a heavy cftne wielded by an intruding member of the House of Representatives. We had three Presidents of the United States who were assassinated. Just ft Few Samples Those are Just a few samples of tha exciting items that are to be found In the history of this country. The whole story Is packed with thrills practically all the way.

One reason for tho close packing la that history has been telescoped In this area. Where the older nations of the world took long centuries to emerge from the savage to the civilized state, here It has been a matter of onl ya few hundred years. What a sort of reading would please these college frsehmen who didn't know our history? Adventure? Our history is full of the wildest kind. Fire and slaughter and sudden death? We have had that, too, and more than we wanted. Conspiracy, patriotism, private plunder and public folly, bravery and chapters of our history are crammed with accounts of such matters.

We have had two gold rushes. Our citizens have made discoveries and come up with inventions that have changed the design for over the world. The stories of the development of the elec- trlo light, the airplane, the Internal combustion engine, the telephone and the moving picture machine are truth that Is more fantastic than fiction. It must be that such literature never was placed before the bewildered freshmen in any proper light or they never would have flunked so badly on that history test. Some Jlofiommended Heading: Washington Irving was a good writer.

He turned out volumes on tho history of this country. He wrote the life of Washington. He wrote of John Jacob Astor and the fur industry of colonial days. He wrote "Captain Bonneville's Adventures," a detailed account of exploration of the West and the Northwest when every day on the trail brought new wonders to view and new dangers to face. Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is a fine book and easy to read.

There are entertaining as well as In- firmative biographies of most of the men who had a large part in building this nation. There Is now on the market a book of recent Issue entitled "The Year of Decision, 1846," fey Bernard DeVoto, and the reader who picks it up will find therein a segment of American history served with more natural thrills and hair- raising adventures than any "horse opera" concocted for the movie screen. A few years ago Captain William H. Baumer, IT. S.

wrote: "Not All Warriors," a book about seven men who had attended the United States Military Academy and had risen to wido fame outside of the military field. Two of these students who werre turned out at West the words "turned out" are used advisedly in these particular Edgar Allan Poe and James Abbott McNelll Whistler. Aside from that, the book Is chock- a-block full of American history presented In alluring fashion. There are shelves filled with such entertaining volumes. Those abashed college freshmen should catch up on the fun they missed.

It's easy. Let Ciem enter any library and take tho first turn to he right. Odd Fact Employees of an English railway struck recently when the company withdrew their "wak- whose duty It was to arouse the railroaders In time to report for duty. Unable to replace the human alarm clocks with metal ones, walked out. WASHINGTON DAYBOOK JACK STINNElT Washington, April Capital latlong.

Paula said she was happy her sister had received 1ft Wartime: you a Civil Air Patrol officer with a Httlo sitting duck Insignia on the left pocket of his shirt or blouse, know him for a member of a club that la almost as exclusive as the famous Caterpillar club was bV foro World War 1. It's the Duck club. Where Cater- plllor club members are merely those who have had to ball out of a plane, Duck club members aro those who have "walked away from a dip in tho drink." other words, those members of tho Coastal Patrol who have been dunked In tho o'cean and come back tell the tale. Tho membership, you may be surprised to know, already Includes 'some dozens," according 1 to CAP leadctuartora here. Tho Idea 1 originated with Lt Col L.

A. "Jack 11 V11- as, CAP executive officer. Strange- enough, one of the first to earn ils right to sew a duck on his blouso was his nephew, Lieut. Ward Vllas. Tho how-lgnorant-ls-our-youth- of-Amerlcan-hlstory controversy has brought forth a lot of verbiage In tho Halla of Congress, some of It pretty wrathful.

However, it remained for bushy- haired Rep. John B. Ranldn, of Rankln, of Mississippi, to "do something about it." He offered his felloy congressmen and the country at large "a little verso taught us in the primary school, which provides a key to remembering all the Presidents In order in which they served." Tho verso Is: EDGAR A. GUEST The Poet of the People WAR RELICS Time was the veterans I knew Who fought the war with Grant or Showed uniforms of gray or blue To wide-eyed little boys like me. Upon the ground with crutch or cane They'd draw for us the battle line And live the struggle once again.

Through cannon fire and bursting mine. I wondered then when I should grow And was with memories left to dwell. If I'd have uniforms to show And stirring tales of war to tell. Too young, too old, has been my fate. What wars have been have passed me by.

Now this, the last, comes all too late. No uniform to sriow have I. Yet some day to a bright-eyed chap I'll show when peace is ours once more, A tunic, skirt and service Tho uniform his grandma wore! are responsible for much of tho reputed I-iatln love technique. "I keep right on eating those invigorating plenty of them," admits this dark-skinned beauty. And Miss West, exponent of such culinary fundamentals as three squares a day of meat and potatoes, still sticks to the full-diet argument.

"How can you make love on an empty stomach?" asks the buxom londe, and dismisses the subject orthwlth. Which probably is as good lace as any to leave It (Protected by The Georso Matthew Adams Service) HOLLYWOOD SIGHTS AND SOUNDS By ROBBIN COONS Hollywood, April may or may not ruin digesction, but you'll find plenty of stars In the film capital who are convinced that digestion certainly ruins love. Many actors and actresses, whose or fiery, according to dictates of the the pace for things romantic on the silver screen, are convinced an individual must be actually hungry to be able to make love superbly. Mae West and Acquanetta, the Indian actress, don't think so, but quick affirmative votes come from such players as Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Deanna Durbin, Dorothy Lamour, Maria Montez, Constance Bennett, Robert Cummings, and Diana Barrymore. They all swear by an empty stomach as a good stimulant for domance.

Boyer, who has made perhaps as many feminine hearts fly In formation as any other screen actor, is a staunch believer in wooing before eating. "One cannot think of love-making whilo meditating on tho wonderful steak that has just been consumed," says the French romanticist. For comely Deanna, a little tea and a sandwich is preferred as a mid-day repast, if she faces an afternoon of sophisticated love scenes. When Miss Stanwyck turns on her screen allure, sho does it on black coffee. It used to be a dozen cups a day.

But 'that was in pre- ration days. Miss Bennett is a strong believer in celery eating before her love scenes, Cummings sticks to half an order of toast and jam, while orange juice anfl a sweet roll are favorites of Miss Barrymore. Miss Montez, who puts a goodly quantity of fire before the cameras, does it with a small fruit salad, whilo the queen of the sarong, Miss Lamour, stands by her "Jungle lunch" of papaya and a slice of pineapple. And from the ranks of directors this recommendation from Frenchman Jean Renoir: "Certainly an emply stomach is the immediate answer to realistic love-making. another matter.

But when a young man proposes, he should do so before dinner." Acquanetta, who has been partaking of a Venezuelan diet for several years, believes however, that hot foods of the South American variety They'll Do It Every Time Registered TJ. S. Patent Office By Jimmy Hatlo AUNT HET you've fat to decide WWrfttoe her friend- DEARIE, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT FITS MV TVPE.I WANT MY HAIR DONE JUST LIKE THIS PICTURE OF OLIMDA ARCH MV EYEBROWS LIKE THlSjOO. YOU CAN MAKE ME LOOK LlkE THAT, CAN'T YOU, DEARIE SHE BETTER GET HERSELF STRAI6HT ON HER TVPB IT'S MORE UkE COW THAN CSLINDA GLAMOOfi IF MAR6E CAN MAKE THAT BLISTER LOOK LIKE A MOVIE WILL HAVE HER CAMOUFLAGING TANKS Q)' ff 0. PARDON MV DAZED EXPRESSION, BUT THE ONLY WAV CAMFI6L1RETOFIX THAT PAN IS WITH A SHES GOT A MOVIE MOVES ME TO TEARS King fcvuuio ITS ALWAYS A PRUNE "WAT WANTS TO LOOK LIKE A PEACH.THEYlU DO IT EVERV TIME THANX.

TO NEWARK. M.X Your Health tho honor. "But what I want to know," she added, "Is when are you goinff to return those clothes you borrowed from mo to BO to Washington?" Congresswomnn story on herself saying, "And I guess return them, too." Stanley tells the and finishes by 1 will have to From the Educational Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania of which the, Mercer County Medical Society la a component. There is a great difference be- ween variola and varicella. Variola Is smallpox, usually ser- ere, many times fatal.

Varicella is chicken pox, the mlld- ist of infectious diseases in children. Chickenpox appears in epidemics and sooner or later most children secome victims. The cause of chickenpox Is not but obviously it is spread by contact. When a child has been exposed to chickenpox he should be isolated rom other children. It takes from 12 to 16 days for the disease to appear after exposure.

Chickenpox shows itself with little spots on the body that look like mosquito bites and are itchy. Children must be carefully watched to prevent scratching, since Infection of' the spots may result In pitting not unlike that of smallpox. In many cases, there is no temperature with chickenpox, but sometimes it may reach, 100 or 101 degrees. A few cases are so severe as to resembel smallpox. The disease is mild, self-limiting, and If the child is kept In bed, there is little to worry about.

The chief danger with chickenpox Is that the patient will be tempted to scratch the little spots on the skin and get them infected, which means bad sores and ugly Hears to follow. The doctor can advise what sort of application to use to relieve itching and avoid infection. Browa rice, which goes through a Washington and Jefferson met many a jeer, Van Buren had troubles plenty to fear; Poor bankbills let Johnson go home grumbling, And Cleveland hoard clearly McKinley's rumblings, Till Wilson, held currency Hoover- ly rare. The key is either the name itself or that the first letter oC the Intervening 1 words is the same as tho first letter of the President's name. In other words the first lino would translate" into Washington, Adams, Jfferson, Madison, Monroe, etc.

What I wanted to know was who was responsible for adding those words since Rep. Rankin was in primary school. I found out Mr. Rankln modestly admitted that ho Just how many words he added would bo telling, but at least it's the whole last line. Ho says he hasn't bothered yet to think about what his next word will be.

ASKS SCHOOLS TOADDCOURSE Truck Driving and Maintenance to Be Consider, ed in State. Harrlsburg, April UP) State Department of Public Instruction today asked more than 400 Pennsylvania high schools to consider offering courses In truck driving and maintenance to students who expect Induction into tho Armed Forces. Dr. Q. Franklin Stover, educational consultant, said had been distributed to schools which have shown tho most Interest In the high school victory corps, pre-f light aviation training and other coursrs designed to aid tho war effort.

The pro-induction driver education course Is sponsored by tho Army's office of the quartermaster general. "Tho Army Is now spending valuable tlmo In giving: Instruction In fundamentals oC driving which have long been taught successfully In many schools," Dr. Stover assorted. "It Is obvious that if the high schools and colleges provide this fundamental instruction, the Army's task will bo lessened." The Army i-ecornrnended a minimum of 45 instruction periods be sot aside for tho course and urged that training bo given In the last two years of high school, preferably In the senior year. Topics covered include tho wartime role of vehicles, driver qualifications, vehicle construction and operation, maintenance, principles of driving, rulea of tho road, map reading, motor marches and traffic efficiency.

Not long after Rep. Winifred Stanley of New York was named the best-dressed woman in public life, she got a letter from her 20- year-old sister, Paula, at tho University of Buffalo. Tho letter was full of congratu- Last Times Tonite FUESDAY PLAY WAHOO eau lichen I'alge Oane i'ruzi'e 'Get Hep To love" Donald O'Connor I'oggy llyan ess extensive commercial milling recess than white rice, contains our times as much vitam'in JB-1 and hree times as much mineral con- ent as the whito variety of rice. Your heart Is one-hundroth your total weight. Upholstery Service Recovered, repaired and restyled.

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