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MAOR FOUR ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH ALTON EVENING TELEGRAPH lni fj i Command Needed at the Alton, HL, act of March 3, 1879. At Home to Assure Speed In Defense, Lawrence Says I- SIDE GLANCES Of tor-ii win. ot Mall In tnfa Vi Shay Vnv-sih. '230 Dully. rnMMh.

$1 app'- i H.H'.Way i Weather Crnsnrship Among minor of the war ii the ei-j feet of ocnwlv.p on the forccmi. Ft hi the opinion of mjny newspaper that the: centring of weather forcou? ii foolith in some! A ur.ion execinivc Out tH.n. H'vcr-i! Alton Turkmen in riic Chicago area to imfi when would break; so they couici return to their on huge project. Thrrv cnr muhlc to work in ft either and living so high in Chicago th.it they returned to Alton to iwjit the break. Their was one that on a fore- cau.

If they kneu several d.iyi in that tin- cold would brcik, they could return to C.h'- and be rcjdy to -ifart on the joh an) valuable man hours being ioit. Tins is of one of many hardships and ikfcnst which would be caused by in- jdcquitt weather reports. Hwevcr, the moit common inconvenience ii probably to the motomt. Of counc, the government officials who ordered weather censorship rmm have had good mill- tary rcasorii for doing it and arc justified in with- i holding the information from persons whose tics are not vital to defend production such motoriit who not employed in defense industry. But there is plenty of room for argument in the situation attending dcfcnvc construction.

Government axcncic'! responsible for weather cenwrthip miike provision to inform defense contractor on long range outlooks. The information will do much to speed defense and certainly won't the hands of the unlen the contractor's office infested with speedy Too, the on weather could relaxed. Tht chiwf of the Wcither Bureau that there are no ironclad rules which can be used by neivnpipers to determine whether or not any specific weather story is publishable. statement indicates indectJion of government censors. As the matter stands the moment, no solution has offered for release of long range information on the weather to persons who need such informstion to forward their defense efforts.

The ihould consider angle of the problem and do something about it. Sledding Season Snow recalled to adult! that in the Alton area are wot entirely snosvlew and that, before the winter over, youngsteri will be able to enjoy sledding on Alton's hilk The Playground and Recreation custom of hilU for costing ii to be continued this year. It ihould be pointed out that this program hai reduced the number of wintertime ileighing accidents and therefore prai.se. Sledding is a sport suited to hills but not to Alton traffic. If the playground authorities can provide the kids with a place to enjoy that healthful winter recreation with safety, then more power to the recreation officials! Adults may lorget the fun they had children when the of the hill the boy with the fastest sled.

Those were the of "bobsleds" too, even adults would enjoy the thrill of swift descent over the crunched mow. Yes Sir, it's easy to forget. Remember how you used to pull your sled over the bricks to sharpen the runners? Remember how the girls rode sitting up while the boys, with ni.rsnilinc courage, slid "bclly- bustcr?" And there was some kid with a bigger and kids who would always try to bribt. someone to pull them back up die hill, ami who would coast farthest those were days ol winter fun when inoior traffic was alight. If and when the next that flies is enough for coasting, another gcuerjiion of kids pull their sleds to the hills, but parent" must seru them to hills marked by the Recreation Depart merit safe from the menace of heavy motor traffic.

Miss Whippic Kindly were the thoughts of her in the minds of many who knew her when Miss Florence Whippl closed her life Thmwljy. She had devoted a gre-i part of her life to service for others, and she nevet special credit for wlul she did. Her tlcail closes tlv family.line, of direct descendant in Alloi from one of the oldest families here, the family ol P. B. A span of 100 ye.irs coven the perioi from the time ihc father tame to Alton until tin.

daughter died, during all of which time there Iml been 4 Whipplc helping to make thii a better com nninity. Remember? The protracted cold carriei the itwmorio of older residents kick to a cuMom frequently mentioned in the Telegraph's Fifty Years Ago column. That was the ilurn thriving ice business. When tin river frow to sufficient thickness, ice w.n cut ami Moved for iiic in the following summer. A considerable number of men obtained employment, and the.

"ice-cutting" season a Huge ice houses were erected, and thf Industry achieved high import.nice. The procew for making artificial ice brought an end to an industry of the "era of fundameiu.il',," tund tprcad tiw luxury oi within reach of ill. Br DAVID LAWRENCE Jan. -Unified command abroad hu; Mill unified command be the all Important question which in Washington today and on Its r)rpfn''t. hethT (ho victory' program of planes.

and attained or whed'ier it will to be a victory program "on order." The are telling their people thst vhr pioRiam Is fantastic. So are the Italians. The fa-afirse never believed United Stales was as rrady as it pretended to be in the Pacific. The Arn'ri'-an people, however, are being told again everything be nil right In the long and it will be, but only after there is some leaning In high quarters here In Washington. The real trouble Is that the Idea of a debating exists where single administrators should be "ft up.

The president has doubtless been too busy to around to the job of organizing production and Mroply home as he has been necessarily occupied with conferences with Prime Minister Churchill. But the time is approaching when decisions will tn be made. Thus the industry-management in the auto industry proved to be a mere repetition of the New Deal and ant! New Deal ronfiict pre-war days. The C. I.

and now the A F. of L. want the production program to be managed in large part by a council of equal number of representatives of industry and labor who will debate how production shall be secured. And yet when it comes to buying, these same labor leaders urge a central procurement agency outside the war and navy departments. Mr.

Roosevelt has asked Congress, too. to set up a single individual price administrator but he has not yet tackled the question of divided authority and councils and boards In the defense agencies which ought to be headed up by administrators with definitely outlined authority. The best, thing that could possibly happen in Washington would be to put most of the persons concerned with the defense agencies into uniform and make them a part of the arrny and navy. Even the labor leaders ought to be asked to don uniforms and be given high rank along with prominent business executives, so that everybody would be integrated Into the war program on the same basis. The idea of preserving allegiances either to labor unions or business organizations while a war is be- ng fought makes for too many complications and embarrassments.

It is the duty of the war department to decide what weapons It wants and when it wants them made. It is the duty of the war department and the navy department, too, for that, matter, to Issue contracts and place them where the work will he most expeditlously done. The entrance of too many civilians with business and labor affiliations offers the same difficulty as the placinc of political minded persons in high office. The other day a cabinet officer was given a list of prospective persons for an important activity related to defense and he is reported to have asked that certain names he stricken from the list because the individuals were not "politically acceptable." This sort of approach Is bad for the consummation of any war program. Capitol Hill also has been interfering with the proper handling of defense contracts by attempting to satisfy this or that pressure group or organization or band of constituents.

If this is a war such as tbe president describes, there Is no room in it for politics of any kind, party politics or persona! politics or group selfishness. When will thn pesident begin to develop a unified command on the economic front? Production is the all important, thing in the second world war. Unfortunately there are too many signs that "reform as usual" and the "New Deal as usual" are considered important by persons high up in the administration. Unless all Americans, Irrespective of political affiliations, are treated the same and the same goal IK bold the accomplishment of the victory may sad news for the American people at the end of The president has done a masterful in international policy and in presenting tbe American case to the woild but be has yet to prove that lie knows how to be a capable commander in chief at home. (Reproduction Rights Reserved I i 1 u.

t. 25 Years Ag In and About Alton January 9, 1917 W. T. Louden and James Aldous of Alton the Inauguration reremonl.es at Springfield Frank O. Lowden wns Inaugurated governor.

Louden, using a different selling of the name, was mistaken for the governors younger btother. When the governor and Louden met, oov Lowden twitted the Alton Louden, saying that. "Helen said she was going to throw that chap you know how badly girls throw!" So They The most practical measure to lighten tbe burden of armaments is not through the abandonment of the use of force but through pooling and organization the overwhelming; forces of the peace-loving Hu Shlh, Chinese ambassador to the u. s. We will win only if wo every one of Hie mechanical and human resources that are available to us.

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ALLEN Reorganization of Supply Machinery Big Question WASHINGTON, Jan. the scenes, the big question churning official Washington is when and what the President intends to do about the most pressing war problem facing the of his bumbling and headless war supplies machine. There Is no doubt he is most emphatically aware of the problem. His own inner circle advisers have been pulling their hair aboutnt for mpnths. Also, visiting British leaders tactfully but pointedly told him about it.

Further, he himself has voiced privately his--sharp disappointment over production schedules, and last week he public announced that there must be tremendous increase in both the rate and volume of output to win the war. Yet, despite all this, the President still has not made a concrete move to clean up the soggy administrative muddle. He has been talking about doing so. Only as recently as a week ago, he assured an old friend, who has long urged a drastic reorganization, that it was coming. But the inside word still is that the President has not yet made up his mind.

Meanwhile, as the flames of war daily spread further and more fiercely, the vital production machinery of the government bumps erratically along in a welter of confusion and Dollar-A-Ycar men. Minister of Supply There is a wide variance of view in the inner councils over form the reorganization should take. The procurement, chief of the Army and Navy, strongly supported by Bernard Bnruch, wise old head of the World War I Industries Board, are urging that control over supplies be turned over to them, with OPM and the other civilian agencies functioning as subordinate auxiliaries. But cabinet und inner circle sentiment is strongly against this, 01. (wo counts: First, thai supply Is an Industrial and hence a civilian problem lo ho bundled by civilians; second, Uinl the function of the army and navy is to fight and they plcnly of Dial to do without laUing up war production.

Non-military advisers want the Piosiilent (o sot up iv ministry of supply headed by a single executive, like Lord Beavrrbrook, whoso job would be to sec to it that the army and navy got all I he arms anil munitions they need, and when they need them. Hooscvi-H has been toying with this plan for months, As far back as last spring, when tbe old Nn- tional Defense Commission obviously had bogged down and something had to be done about it, the President got as close to adopting tho plan us considering whether to name Supieme C'uuil Justice William Douglas in- UndersccriMary of War I'aUfison lls supply But In the end the President backed away. Instead he set up a new board, SPAB, on top ol OPM. Vaiio up of top-flight officials already burdened with responsibilities, SPAB has accomplished litile, if anything NOTE: One thing SFAB has done, and one of tbe principal reasons for ilh creation, has been to the personal feelings ol William Knudsen. whoso Ol'M has been one of (lie big flops of tla- production program.

The former uuto executive sincere, well-intentioned mid ardently 'nil he just hiisin the punch nnrt capnciiy in tun job of this magnitude. Knud- i sen's genius is plant management and that's what he should be doing for the government. He should be in the field showing plants how they can double and triple their output. If and when the President final ly does get around to centralizing control of production in a single executive, three names top the list of possibilities. They.are- Justice Douglas, in his early 40's brilliant, tough-minded and driving.

Douglas is the candidate both of the inner circle and of potent- leaders on Capitol Hill. Secretary Henry Morgenthaii who is itching to take hold of the production muddle and straighten it out, MHo Perkfnn, brilliant former business man who made a great success as head of the NSurplus Marketing Administration and now executive director of the Economic Warfare Board. Perkins is the candidate of Vlce-Pres ident Henry Wallace, who heads the EWB. But no matter who is chosen, it will be a happier day for our war effort when the problem of war supplies is straightened out. Louisiana Senator Senator Allen J.

Ellender was driving his car In the streets of Washington one night when a r.pgro policeman rushed out in fronl of his car, ordered him to stop, get out, and abandon his car. "What's all the shootin' said Ellender. "It's an air raid drill," said the officer. Now KHender comes from Lou Isiana. where he is not accustom If LAJWUCJ1 twmvu anything, the Alton Louden certainly must be an "older" brother.

Maddox and William Miller, representing the Alton Trades ft Labor Assembly, waited upon Mayor Beall to request a frequent inspection of scales and measures used by Alton stores. The trades and labor assembly desired that a uniform system of weights and measures be established and enforced. East St. Louis and Belleville residents were suggesting that Alton follow them and tax merchants as a means of raising city revenue. It was estlma ed that there were about 300 places In Alton which could be taxed from $15 to $75 a year, depending upon the business.

Winters, who retired last year from his joh with the Chicago A Alton railroad, returned to work as head of the Alton yards. Winters had been with the company for 25 years and had tried to quit three times. E. Clark, A. K.

Whitelaw. H. H. ferguson. Louis Schafly, S.

A. Beach and M. F. Manning were re-elected directors of the First State and Savings Bank of Wood River. It was expected that the St.

Louis Malleable Iron and Stove would build a plant at Wood River. Mayor Beall recommended that Alton policemen be given a pay increase. The policemen were working 12 hours a day and their pay measured down to 21 and one-half cents an hour. Firemen, who worked 21 hours, according to the mayor, received about 11 cents an hour and he suggested that they too, be given a pay boost. Mrs.

C. M. SchoHeld, Mrs. O. S.

Stowcll, Mrs. George Smiley and Miss Sotier entertained the Ladies Aid Society of the First Presbyterian church. George A. McKinney of Alton received a request from an insurance publication for information on the residence building of John Snyder at Liberty and Grove streets, which was the original office structure of the old Illinois Mutual Insurance Co. Owners of the insurance company, of which M.

G. Atwood was president, had plans in the early days for making the Liberty-Grove street area the business center of Alton. The Railroad Age Gazette announced the appointment of Albert W. Newton, former Jerseyville boy as chief engineer of the Chicago, Burlington Quincy Railroad Co. This, the story said, paved the way to Newton's eventual election to the presidency of railroad.

The Godfrey Household Science Club met at the Godfrey school and started a movement to lay sidewalks in Godfrey. Continued on Page 9, Column 1. A Red Letter" Edition of the New Testament This volume also includes a mass of supplementary material such as harmony ol the gospels, great periods of Bible history, and a specially prepared section giving the names ot trees, mountains, musical Instruments, and birds that are named In the Bible. It gives many important facts such as the longest book and the verso. This new kind of New Testament, with all the words spoken by Our Lord printed in red, contains pages printed on thin Bible paper and is bound In a flexible black cover.

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Name Street or Rural City State (Mall to Washington, D. C) HERE? TO TOUR. HEALTH MoOOT fOONDHt MeOOY PUBLICATIONS, km MUSMM Of-nm FAST WAV HMMIT All qunUoni retarding Health Diet will be answered. Large, ulf- itamped envelope mutt be encloted. on tide ot paper only.

Letters muit not exceed 150 words. Addreu McCoy Health Service, 1181 West Sixth Street, Lot Anttlei. CallL January 9, 1892 The cold wave had Itself with zero, and an ice-cutting season swrnied May the cold continue" the opular hope, he sloughs, opposite the city, Ice was already nchM thick, and In the large pofll behind Ike, It was more than thm Inchtt thick. A group of young men skated on the Ice ai he Mississippi as far as Wood River, thine, that stream to Milton They tn walk home because the Icy west wind on rl vas too keen to skate against. Merry Jingle of ells continued to be heard.

One sleighing s' vhlch took a ten mile ride behind a fouMiH vas composed Of Mr. and Mrs. A. Wlllismi, Mt nd Mrs. W.

G. Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. A. G.

vlr. and Mrs. Charles LevU, Dr. Waldo Fisher, Mbtij tfena and Lulu Kuehn, Barbara Blake, MattU cy, Florence Floss, Louise Maerdian, Molltt At. I hoff, and Frieda After the ride, the (tty njoyed a hot supper at the Radecke homt.

A amed Roback suffered a head wound ui a coait nlshap on Ninth street, and Dr. Haskell had attend, him at the of Krlmnltz. Wlldey Encampment, I.O.O.F., had elected fficers Joseph E. Hull, Thomas Flnley, John Elb Yenny, James Wilkinson. Robert CUrdte, ttt Kremer.

Alton Horticultural Society meeting Connor's store elected William Jackaon president! nd as other officers, Connor, O. A. Snedtlw, nd W. B. Davis.

Appointed committee vere James Davis. G. W. Hiiliard, E. HolUrd, J.

$,1 Srowne, F. I. Crowe, J. M. Pearson, aftd J.

B. C. H. Campbell of Upper Alton Herald had liij Jown the quill with his 8 edition, and tfttt our years as a publisher in the village was to the new manufacturing community of James Gormley and Miss Alice Slater had ved Jan. in St.

Louis. Sparks, Misses Belli'. 'uttle, Sadie Norton, Bertha and Mary Drummond, 1 Baker, Ida Leyhe, and Mr. and Mrs. B.

3aker attended the matinee, "A Scrap of lij St. Louis. Miss Mamie Beatty of Jerseyville was guest of the Misses Kelser. Henry Ohli had purchased of Mra. Caroline Htll.

lot 14 in Block 22, Russell's addition. Amsricui Bell Telephone Co. announced perfection of hiitruJ ments that made it possible to hear a whlsptr bj' elephone at a distance of 500 miles. J. E.

Collinj had resigned as secretary of the local assembly ol A. F. of L. F. H.

Ferguson, city comptrollir, alled for payment of special assessments tor th downtown paving, announcing a 2-percent collecting cost would be rebated on payments before Feb. 1. Called for jury duty at the February term of City Court were P. L. Belts, Barney Fahrig, C.

Filley, James Maupin, J. A. Neininger, George Kolb, Albtrt Ernst, R. J. Bierbaun, J.

A. Rogan, Charles Holdup Frederick Hinkle, Ben Rose, Samuel Hayes, tni Charles Cooley. On the venire from Wood Rlvtt were Lewis Powless, A. L. Lowe, George B.

John' son. James Chessen, J. H. Lowe, and George Crawford; from Godfrey, William Collier, Thomas Ksrr Robert Parker, Frank Detton, and T. E.

Wltterer. DAILY MENUS Menus suggested for the week commencing, Sunday, January llth, 1942. SUNDAY: eggs; Melba toast; stewed prunes. en casserole; spinach; head lettuce jelly, served in cubes; roast chicken; string beans; avocado salad; no dessert. MONDAY: Breakfast Toasted dry cereal with cream stewed raisins.

of grapejuice. beef; spinach; carrots; salad cold cooked beets and celery; gelatin. TUESDAY: muffins; peanut but ter; stewed prunes. of balls of cheese on sliced cooked beets: string beans. soup; roast beef; buttered beets; salad of cooked peas, raw celery, am raw carrots.

WEDNESDAY: all desired; glass of swee milk. cooked greens; salad of en dive and lettuce. loaf; small green peas; cnmbina tlon vegetable salad In gelatin; stewed aprl cots. THURSDAY: eggs on Mclba toast; peai sauce. apples as desired.

waffle; coddled eggs; stewci raisins. Lunch 'Baked eggplant; cooked celery; ripi olivea. SATURDAY: eggs; crisp bacon; Melba toast on the half shell; spinach; rav celery steak; carrots; cabbage salad applesauce. EGGPLANT: Boil eggplant until ten der, cut off top, scoop out and chop fine. Add Melb toast crumbs, butter, and a bit of chopped parsley You may olso add other chopped nrm-Ktairhy vego tables you like.

Mix well and fill shell. Cover wit Melba toast crumbs and bake about thirty minutes Serve with butter. QUESTIONS AND ANSWKIIS (Stuff for Constipation) QUESTION: Mary W. Inquires: "Everyone tell me that do not eat enough. I suffer from constipa lion." ANSWER: I suggest that you try the stuffin treatment for constipation.

As the usual thing, 1 al vise the patient to use only that amount of foo which is necessary, but I have found it la often ful if the patient will stuff on certain types of foot when constipation is present. The best foods for yo to use are the non-starchy vegetables such us ach, small canots, small beets, celery, etc. sue vegetables contain a natural bulk of roughage whir will help ta encourage better elimination. FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 50 Years and About Alton Answers to Questions By FREDERIC J. RASKIN A render cangtt tiu uuwtr to any qtmtlon of ttct bj writing The Alton Evening Telegraph Bureau, Frederic J.

Haikin. Director. Washington. D. enclose three (3) for reply.

Q. Who is in charge of the purchasing dtviiionj of the OPM? T. K. A. Douglas C.

is Director of Purchases Division. Q. Who invented Christmas clubi! B. D. A.

The idea was conceived by Herbert T. who is now president of Christmas Clubs. Inc. Q. What is the "Appalachian T.

J. B. A. It is an agreement between the United Mini Workers and a group of northern coal operator! providing for a closed shop. Q.

Did Mussolini write a tribute to his son whlj died in an airplane accident? M. W. A. He has written a book In memory of hi Kt the title of which Is "I Speak With Bruno," Q. Has England's marriage rate decreased the war? D.

F. H. A. Last year England had the highest rate in history. It was nearly 30 percent above prewar level.

Q. When was the eight-hour for railroads en-! acted? D. R. B. A.

The Adamson Act of September 3, 1918, whlH Woodrow Wilson was President, fixed a basic eight- hour day with pro-rata for overtime for railroad employes. Q. Is one part of the tongue more susceptible te taste than the rest? E. J. H.

Sweetness Is beat tasted near the tip of tM tongue; saltiness and sourness by the front and sidrt! bitterness, well back on the top of the Q. When were balloon tires used? G. T. A. They were Introduced by the Firestone Tirt and Rubber Company in 1923.

Q. Please list the United States wart that begun in April. A. T. E.

A. The principal to start In April The War of the Revolution, April 19; Blackfee' an War, April Sac and Fox War, April Hawk War. April 26; War with Mexico, April Civil War, April 15; Spanish-American War, Apr" 21; Philippine Insurrection, April 11; Vera Crur pcdltlon, April 31; World War, April Q. What causes the lo-called fire of a diamond' L. D.

H. A. It in due to the breaking up of light rW within the stone Into the colors of the much as drops of rain break up sun's rays form a rainbow. Q. What is the theme song ot the "Lum an" 1 ner" program? W.

G. W. A. It is "Evallna" by Sybil Chliro. Birtu Sayao a Japanese singer? C.

R- A. NO. Mis, sayao is Brazilian. She Ii the Metropolitan Opera star from South.