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TIIE STATE JOURNAL Til Do My Best-Will Your Books Told in Amusing Book Travel of Irishmen roUNIICD APRIL 7 ITI'ltllll 1IQU Mk AIM soascaiaTi l.wn. "Wfwwi, efficiency and "lightness" of the naval iystern. 8mce iu creauon It ha proved lu right to solemn consideration. After all. the United States nary has won every war it has engaged In that is eery portion of the war the navy has any responsibility for fighting.

That should be a pretty good argument for listening to the admirals hen they say. "We are satisfied; this Is Uie best system we can devise." I'nUl someone comes along with a better sys-tern It Is a pretty good bet the congress of the United States wtU leave well enough alone and that after all the smoke blows away, and the shouting dies down, the Unid States navy will occupy the position It now occupies and has successfully occupied for qulto a few generations of Sailormen. urn Mnnu.lM ..4 Wllt.MM. ahr. aHtwt n.U.

MMhM.ll ML iTlV iMnib iiir auMitlM 14 PI A or tMt oeiTe TIiiiih fr.M ta im far r- rruw4 i atharaiw 7T itf.fi fiihli of Bubiuaimn wm 4i.atrh hmm aia nrK ana (Jrnf4 Pr.M eMOOft-OIAl IIW lo .11 In rallit fo Ml4 4.rlmt,tJL0 Clrrstlalta. VOI I'VI ft hi hum SUNDAY. AImhiL That Fair Vernon Brown makes no secret of to any move oeslgned to remove State Fair establishment from other point in Uie atate specif! or East Lansing. is understandable. He wants a robust money-making lmtltu horse-racing faciliUes afforded at location as an important cash-register PjPS WSTM AS overlooks Uie fact Uiat Uie state fair as a money-making institu an outgrowth ol Uie homely im pioneers to foregather once central point, and display for their see Uie fruits of their summer's When the present real eiat boom collapse.

lot of people, from all a4k of life, and In all part of the country, are grme to wake up with Leariarhe that no amount of drugstore sedatives will relieve. And If there is any doubt in anyone's mind that the present irsl exuic boom Is going to rollapst at Mime time in Uie furesreable future. then a recollerlion of what happened a few years after the clot of World Wsr I. should be worth studying. K.im land, rommerrlal and tnduLrlal property atid rointnon oiditiary varden variety reM-Ifntlal ipiiI estate sold for month after month, for transaction after transartion, with a constant larked up profit to the sellers, and buyers confidently believed that they couldn't go wrong.

Hie proj.rrty wsi something teal and therefore It was always going to be wotih the price paid for It. fine couldn't posMbly loe. Tlien the bottom dmpped nut of Uie real estate maiket, and that went for all real estate. Il.H'k and Insuranre rompanies loaded down with impossible mottgaae fo.ind themselves far beyond their ability to withstand fields, in Uie kitchens, in Uie or stock barns, and among Uie forest Hou- Lieut. Oov.

DECEMBER lU i his opposition Uie Michigan the fair to be ringer. tion. It was work in the chards. in Uie Orcupants simply heavy loads they and Uie property results Uian all or unrecorded Reference is effect early this at the start In Detroit to any to Lansing His opposition twin, with the the Detroit But he was not established pulses of Michigan each year at a neighbors to trees of their In other a product of the and advancement. entertainment spoilsman were Why.

Uien. situated to Uie fundamentally rr.ent of Much more Uie stab fair, Lansing or East to agric ultural Not that we metropolis of must first of The agricultural would hardly variety to make exhibition of GoiM. While noisy agencies and for their alleged to help solve Uie problems of of Lansing's public program Uiat school gymnasiums of the fifth and supervised sports. beloved Michigan. words.

Uie Michigan State Fair is state's agricultural development Its earning abiliUes and Its value from the viewpoint of Uie of definite secondary consideration. should the fair not be as closely campus of Michigan State college, a college established for Uie ad-vanef agriculture, as It Is passible to be? centrally located than at Detroit. were It offered each autumn in Lansing, would be far more accessible Uiousands of those throughout the region of the stale Uian It Is now. have anything against Uie great Detroit, but we believe a state fair all be an agricultural exposiUon. producUon of the city of Detroit seem to be of sufficient volume or establishment of Uie enUre state's farm products a Detroit show.

the rhork of irHsseKion. could not continue to carry Uie had assumed. They gave up became a drug on Uie market because It represented a value far and beyond Its intrinsic value, The buyers lost their equities. The values ashed out and Uie property went back on the Fr Merry Christmas Avoid lloliiaynter!" That is ike slogan of by the National Safety Council to hold down the huge annual Christmas needed to prevent holiday accidents this year, the council said, because alarmingly sine i'-J Day. In the first month of "fill 'er up" driving, for nation went up 40 percent.

LOOKING AHEAD WASIUXCTOS School Thinking individuals berate Uie city social Uie law enforcement auUiorities failure to do something Instantly so-called Juvenile delinquency Lansing, the authorities In charge schools quietly inaugurate a will probably get more lasting market at any price. It's going to happen again. Jt simply a matter of Or course It will be argued Uiat the present situation Is far different Uian Uiat which obtained after World War I. In what way Is It different? At that Ume returning servicemen wanted homes In which to establish families. Young men had come home from foreign service and Uiey married.

They had to have a place to live. Bo up went Uie prices of that commodity the good old-fashioned family roof. That went along merrily until new const rurUon caught up witii Uie demand. But It finally caught up and remember what happened to Uie "Junkers" on tne teal estate market. Real estate men would rather not discuss the subject.

It Is painful. It bioke too many people and too many banks and trust companies over Uils broad land. Itut In their hottest moments they know Uie same tiling Is certain to happen again. During this period of hiKh demand for homes. residenUal proerty has been sold not once, but several times, each time at an increase in the original cost until now many horn.

are carrying mort-cnses bis ciioukIi to carry valuable Industrial and commercial properties. New homes ate going to he built In America, have no fear of Uiat homes by the millions. And once the supply of toofs begins to approximate the demand for roofs look out. That's wlun a lot of ieop)e in this country are going to do Uie old "roiie and barrel" act. Uie talk Umt has been recorded in Uie past ten years.

made to the opening of the city on Saturdays to youngsters sixth grades, for a program of The new system went Into ern school gymnasiums. month and it Is being tried out Sexton. Walter French and East question about its popularity. The city have taken to it with open going to learn to piay oasxet- There Is no young fry of Uie arms. They are Today's Verse HUNTERS MOON From darkened sky the Hunters Moon.

Its glories o'er the Northland spread. Where frosted stcard and wind swept dune Are piled with leafage sere and dead The Frost King dips his facile brush In pots of wellow, red and green, And paints each withered shrub and bush With imagery of rarest sheen As Hunters Moon appears again O'er meadows bleak and wooded glen, Wildflowers no more in splendor reign About the black bear's silent den The yearling buck his antler scrapes Against the sapling's velvet bark Where pine and cedar round him drapes The screens that blur the hunter's mark. The mallards and the bluebillt drift Above a wilderness of reeds. The canvasback and redheadt shift As seasons change their vital needs The shore birds strut on surf washed sands Where inbound breakers bring their food. Wild geese depart for warmer strands When Hunters Moon illumes the wood Daniel Maurice Robins Copyright 1945 Turnercrest Studio Weekly Sunday School Lesson By WILLIAM E.

GILROY, D. D. "pHE time draws near the birth A of Christ." It is a good time to consider what Christ means to the world, and what message from His life and teaching is most applicable to a democratic country facing the problems and dangers of the postwar era. Already it is plain that the chief problems which the peace has left us are moral and spiritual. It is because of this that the peace we have won is in some respects no peace at all.

Dissension and strife are still abroad, with killing and destruction in their wake: and while our democratic freedom. In a sense, is demonstrated by the right to strike, and one cannot profess to assess the blame, our lack of united effort and supreme devotion to the common good is emphasized in the deep and widespread conflict between labor and management. We are failing on the plane where the greatest success is necessary if the highest possible standard of living is to be attained and maintained. There never was a time when fairness, consideration, sympathy and brotherhood were more needed, not only for moral efficiency, but even for the most effective working of our economic life. What is the message of Christ to the nation? It is first of all a message of God's redemptive love.

Cruelty and unkindness are rampant in the world today because men have not experienced the love of God. The message that comes to us from John is: If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. Two parables are at the very heart of Christ's message concerning the spirit and practice of our daily lives, and both have to do with our social welfare. One of these is the parable of the Prodigal Son. We are in a world of prodigals and wasters.

One of society's most vital problems will have to do with the great number of people who have made the wrong choice and the wrong turning. Many of them are going to discover it. and turn again repentantly, like the prodigal of old. We are talking a great deal about conversion in industry; we need a lot of conversion morally and socially. The other parable is that of the Good Samaritan.

Religious profession is not going to be enough. The priest and the Levite, who pass by on the other side, where their fellowman lies bleeding, are done for so far as any good is concerned. The country needs good Samaritans men and women who will be as efficient, courageous, and prompt and resourceful in action, in serving and helping others as vast numbers of our soldiers have been in the business of war. In this time of the world's need, and in our own land, some are using the name of Christ to promote division, prejuaice and discord. That is blasphemy.

"If any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of His." Yesterdays In Lansing VNE YEAR AGO The state now owns federal securities having face value in excess of D. Hale Brake, state treasurer, said in a year-end report. Like the 'eachers' retirement fund, the state employes' pension fund is headed for the red unless the legislature appropriates more generously to support it. the state retirement fund board reported. A.

J. Hagcr, veteran Lartsing lumber deaitr and the city's war transportation chief, was elected chairman of the Michigan Statewide Safety conference at a meeting of the "executive committee at the Book-Cadillac hotel in Detroit, it was announced by Harold F. Lillie, secretary-director of the Lansing Safety council. IJIVE YEARS AGO Movements for the incorporation of two separate cities, including almost half the population of Lansing township, were progressing as the township board prepared to open contracts tor the drilling of seven wells in the proposed million-dollar township water system. The state hospital commission charged that Michigan has been "grossly negligent" in providing for the care of Its mental patients.

Thomas Toy, Ingham county welfare director, told the Lansing Exchange ch.b that the county's permanent relief load would probably be about 1,000 families or persons. b.ill. to begin with, under Uie sharp eyes of ln- sUuclors who know the game, and Uie youngsters President- (Dodd. From Springfield to Gettysburg. J.

O. Randall, a professor of history at Uie University of Illinois has told Uie story. It ts almost unbelievable Uiat something new and Iresft may be found about Lincoln, but certainly here is addition to our knowledge authoritatively presented. Unfamiliar with Uie book at first hand, this columnist is willing to take Uie word of Allen Nevlns, a literary person of experience, an author in his own right, who terms it "the fullest, clearest and most accurate portrait of Lincoln in Uie critical years of Uie Civil war." The book is in two volumes. The presidency of Lincoln occupies Uie most attention and Uie Civil war is followed to Fort Sumter.

A third volume will conUnue to the world-shaking event In Ford's theater. Mr. Nevins points out fine handling of the disagreement between north and south. The undercurrent of opinion and thinking trends with which Lincoln had lo deal, and the personages with whom he associated Seward. Stanton.

Chase. McClellan and the rest are presented with insight. Literary finish and keen reflection of Lincoln's character. It is affirmed, mark this work. Your Health (Compiled by Lansing Department of Health) QNE thing that the appearance of the tuberculosis Christmas seal accomplishes, is a sort of taking of stock, or making or inventory.

In taking stock with regard to tuberculosis, we find. as we do in many other matters, that we do not live to ourselves alone; that disease recognizes no state or national boundaries. It is international and inter racial, and utterly without discrimlna- -tion. It is equally willing to seize a victim In North or South America, in Europe, or Asia. With the shortened travel distances between us and every other port of the world, disease has a better chance than ever before in history of pursuing its merry way from one land to another, from one climate to another, from one people to another.

We 'spoke last week of Uie importance of international cooperation in health matters generally. Today we are especially interested in the specific matter of cooperation witn regard to tuberculosis. In the fields of Europe, our men iougnt side by side with the soldiers from many nations. So likewise in the battle fields of Africa and the Pacific. Throughout the world today, nations are working together in the fight against tuberculosis.

But this Ume there is a new development. Heretofore, cooperation has been on the basis of each country financing its own battle. Today. North American dollars are helping fight tuberculosis in the lands of South America, and the money is well invested. We are showing the people of these -southern lands the tactical meih--ods for the conquest of this disease.

We have had long experience in the strategy of attack. From our wealth, and from our strength and from our experience we give to them. We help in the financing of hospitals and sanatoria. The great majority of the people in most of the countries of. South America are only too familiar poverty and with disease.

They are unfamiliar with plenty. Their housing Is poor, their food inadequate, their education limited and their resources meager. While tuberculosis never hesitates to attack the wealthy. or the comfortable, If opportunity affords, it most frequently attacks the poor. So it is that Uie death rates from tuberculosis, are very high in South America.

In Chile, in the province of Santiago, the rate is eight times that of our own state of Michigan, and this rate is typical of that in other places. South American governments are seeking to improve the eco- nomic status of their people. We seek to help them improve the health level of their citizens. Open cases of tuberculosis have in the past been cared for at home for the most part. And there has been little understanding of the nature of the disease, and the means o.

preventing Its spread from one member of the family to another. Through the aid of our goodwill dollars sanatoria are now being constructed in many countries. Open advanced cases will be hospitalized In these sanatoria while practical nurses especially trained in the technique of- tube.culosis nursing, go Into the homes of nnhosptlalized cases, to teach families care of those who are ill, and protection for those who are well. As often happens, our enlightened selfishness in this matter works to our own benefit. It promotes international unedrstand-ing and good will.

It serves also to protect those American citizens, who on matters of business and sta'e, increasingly visit the lands below the border. In Uie long run, we and the world, benefit. Stamp News Cover collectors who were disappointed at their inability to send covers on the round-the-world flight of the air transport com mand's "Globester" can look forward to global flight covers when round-the-world air mail service via American commercial airlines begins. The post office department al-s ready is making plans for such first flight cover service although the actuality of such flights is still far distant. The civil aeronautics board has allotted routes to commercial companies as far aa CaU cutta, India, via Uie north Atlantic, and to Manila hi Uie Philippines; it still must pass on applications for the link between Calcutta and Manila.

Another bit of good news for cover collectors is a navy department announcement that effective October 27 (Navy Day), naval mail will once more bear ship and station name cancellations. Except in rare instances, the origin of navy mail was cloaked in fleet post office numbers during Uie war. feel that for once they are getUng somewhere. It Is one type of instruction Uiat will need no By ETHEL YN SEXTON RACK to days when there was no war. and days that even now are simple and free from care goes "Lovely is the Lee." a Book-of-theMonth club selection Dut-ton) by Robert Glbblngs.

A man from Cork. Ireland. Is Mrs. Glbblns. with a twinkle in his eye and in his writing.

The river Lee gives Uie book Its name. Hee is humor and simplicity, tall tales la plenty and simple anecdotes. You can believe, almost, the most fanciful tale, so well it is told No matter where the author wanders, and he takes you with him all about, he finds something to write about The lovely liver that draws like a magnet so no one wishes to leave it and the superstitions of the people who live en its banks are In the story. The author seems to put down what interests him. and as it turns out the reader is interested In the same things He follows the river, but since from the bells of Shan-don to the beginning of the galloping lightsome river there are no villages, he has to detour to see folks.

They take you right hi, it seems. Invite you to village festivities, give you food. It is the leisurely way of life that attracts the reader. There seems to be plenty of time for anything. The author has time to listen in Gal-way and the Iran Isles to tales of phantom ships and horses coming up from the sea.

If you suggest you don't believe in fairies, you are looked at with suspicion. If you need a new suit of clothes, someone will give you a "bit of tweed" for one and arrange for a tailor to come eight miles on his bike to cut it. No hurry, though, a a ATTRACTIVE Christmas gift books for children, how about "Theater Shoes" (Random House) by Noel Streatfield. well-illustrated? The story is about Sorrel Forbs and her little brother and sister who went to an academy of dancing and stage in London. Eleven-year-olds will like this tale of youngsters who discovered that they were descended from a line of stage folk and had to live up to tradition.

"Smoke Jumper" (Houghton) by Marjorie Hill Allee is about Darachutine Rill vmins forest service lad, found excitement and danger, and liked it. Frank Buck knows about the jungle if anyone does. So his "Jungle Animals" (Random) is a top-notch explorer book. The southwest Pacific is the habitat this tune of his animals. "American Boy's Ominbus" (Greenberg) is filled with material to keep a boy's mind busy planning to do the things suggested.

Hiking, skiine. bikini; tishinir building igloos even are among the many activities presented in alluring fashion. "A MAN FROM KANSAS" (Putnam) is, of course, the story of William Allen White. It is by David Hinsnaw, whose earliest boyhood wisn was to read the Emporia Gazette. So, in order to read the paper free of charge money was not too plentiful with the Hinshaws, he became a rural correspondent.

His great admiration for the editor led to a long friendship, concluded only when White died. This is a vivid and well-written biography of a great editor and promoter the man who challenged his fellow townsmen to make Kansas City what it became in culture and midwest leadership. The book follows the story of White's life. He was the son of a pioneer physician, an aggressive leader, and a mother who was a typical pioneer woman. He went to Lawrence and experimented in journalism there.

He purchased the Gazette for $3,000 on borrowed money. The author discusses the famous editorial, "What's the Matter with Kansas?" and the gradual elimination of anything detrimental to the state through the leadership of the editor. A valuable feature of this work comes from the fact that the author has read and refers to the editorials written by White from 1895 to 1943. Thus the Kansas editor's thinking is followed his style is noted sometimes folksy, sometimes more dignified. "Thinking out loud," some one called his writing, and his thinking himself into the Bull Moose movement and the followers of Theodore Roosevelt are indicated.

He liked Wendell Willkie. It is pleasant to reao about White's career for he stood strongly for what we call American democracy. a a a rjIVERTING book by Ralph Frye (Knopf) is "Uncle 'Lish," Mr. Frye's great-uncle who was really a "card," as the saying goes. Young Ralph used to think him a wonderful man, as he listened to tales of his days on the barque Marigold.

Uncle Lish lived in a house that reminded you of a ship quite a custom for retired sea-dogs. He could handle quantiUes of Jamaica rum. He shocked summer boarders in various ways. He was an eccentric to the last degree. One time he just took a neighbor's cane and presented it to Grover Cleveland.

He was an orator of might and could go on for hours. To prove that 'Lish was really a brave old sailor, his biographer tells the story of his valiant action in saving passengers from a schooner in dire straits and how he helped solve some local community problems in shrewd fashion. Of course, he had a timid little wife descended from the Pilgrims, and, although he liked to shock her, 'Lish was really a character worth knowing. For people who like to read about retired seamen, here's a book. a a a Cossacks have been sing-ing their way around the country for years, and at last Maurice Hindus, has written them up in a book of that name.

The Cossacks as Soldiers" (Doubledayi trace their origin back 500 years. The singing Cossacks today have few, it is said of the Russian born, but the traditions are carried on. The author goes back to the organization of Uie famous horsemen who defied anyone infringing on their freedom. Fabulous fighters, perhaps, but they helped crve for Russia one-sixth of the world. Ferocity and science were their contributions to war.

In the last war a company of Cossacks armed only with sabers captured an entire German tank division. The Cossacks now are farmers and Uie best in Russia, says this author. a a collectors of books about Lincoln here is "Lincoln the urginpr from home: the young folks wouldn't miss a practice session Here. Uien. is for the world.

an example of thoughtiui un derstanding on Uie part of Lansing's school executive department. For once Uie city's costly plant system Is getting a workout on Saturdays, a day previously set aside for peace and quiet insofar as fifth and sixth graders were concerned. It will help more Uian anyone now can foresee to organize and solidify the sports Instincts of little folks, whose unorganized play is not always what it should be. and perhaps as often as not. resulted in excursions into the realms of the "vei bo ten." Lansing's excellent school system has taken another step forward.

For a Hi'tlrr Christmas With the streets of Laming teeming with holiday shopiers, many of Uirm from surround-. Ing communities, who are not as familiar with the city's traffic regulations, as those of us who live here. It mmhl be well for all of us to reexamine our daily traffic habits. During Uiese days of abnormal congestion In the business district. It Is Imperative Uiat we observe the rules agaiiut double parking, cutting coiners.

Jumping" Uie green light, making Illegal turns, or proceeding at excessive speeds If we ar driving, and "Jaywalking." walking against the red lictits. or cutting across streets In Uie middle of Uie blocks, if going about our business as pedestrians. No amount of professional traffic direcUon will keep vehicles and pedestrians moving smixithly. unless esrh Individual who makes up the flow of humanity takes It upon himself to observe to the best of his ability Uie laws which exist for his safety and Uiat of every other individual using Uie streets. tiive a hpcrlal thought.

Uien. to your traffic haaids during this buy pre-holulay period. Try to think what your luiliday season would be were you to be responsible for Uie serious Injury of some pedestrian, or weie vou to be Uie victim through your own csreless or thoughtless Let's make it Lansing's safest holiday season. Secretary Byrnes, who in'tsts General Hurley cul not provide proof of his charges, does not deny Uiat the proof exists. No more rubber Is being produced from alcohol, but that Ingredient continues to supply bounce in other ways.

nationwide campaign announced today holiday accident toll. Special effort is figures show the Aoll has increased example, the traffic death toll for the for A. F. of L. Chief who will succeed him before he quits.

Some who have been mentioned are not very high on his popularity list. a a WALLACE DEPARTMENT C. I. O. political action committee elements of Commerce Secretary Wallace's following expect him to resign over President Truman's labor message.

Commerce department officials think not. Wallace generally favors the fact finding plan, they say, except for the 30-day strike stop. It's a safe bet one of Wallace's three new assistant secretaries will be a Republican. Wallace thinks it necessary to get business cooperation. He has an O.

K. from Democratic patronaqe chiefs. CAPITOL BRIEFS One reason for the shortage of men's suits is an even worse shortage in rayon lining It's not the best season, but all army air installations are holding open house to stir up enlistments A close friend of Chairman Paul Porter of the federal communications commission (FCC), denies reports Porter will resign to enter Kentucky politics or become a presidential assistant. JOBS BEGGING President Truman may never use his authority to hire three more administrative assistants. Associates say he is more eager for top talent in federal agencies.

Also the salary doesn't attract really big men to the assistant jobs. Science 'T'RAILER extension, to give more floor space when camping, consists of a wide side door, hinged to the floor so that it may be opened out as a platform. Attached to it are an arched roof and end pieces which rest inside the trailer when the door is closed, a a Toy gun, which sounds like a tommy gun, resembles the ordinary plaything, but has arc-shaped scalloDS near the barrel end. An attached slidable hollow handle i contains a reed with a free end that jumps from one scallop to the next, making the noise. a Hand magnifier, with means of lighting objects under examination, is an elongated magnifying lens held in a frame with a widened base containing an electric bulb and reflector.

An oblique handle, through which the electrical connection passes, is attached to the base of the frame. Nylon layer, thinner than the finest stocking, sandwiched between the layers of synthetic rubber that form the flexible walls of warplane fuel tanks, prevents fuel from escaping through the walls. It keeps in both high-octane liquid fuel and gas fumes. a Portable step to enable automobile repair men to reach the engine more easily hangs with two hooked supporters from the front tire of the vehicle. The suspension hooks, which reach over the tire, are kept from sliding by the tread of the tire.

a a Wire stripping device, to remove insulation from electric wires, has four blades that may be moved inward toward the center wire by pressing on the spring When the insulation is cut throunh. this covering is removed by pulling the wire out of the device while continuing to squeeze the handle. Non-reflecting eyeglasses and windshields are made by an improved surfacing treatment. Greater visibility results from its use on show windows and clock faces, and instrument boards. The method can also be applied to large areas of varnished woods, metals or photographs.

a Life-saving lamps help locate men overboard at sea. They are completely encased in waterproof plastic with transparent red tops. Scarcity of shirts is proving a blessing to members of Uie family who always have had trouble remembering father's sire. What Lansing People Say ANY families will be reunited Christmas for the first time in years. Extreme precautions should be taken against fires which cause many Christmas trag edies.

Flame-proof materials (for Christmas trees) are available in the stores and should be used." Chief Hugh Fisher of the fire de partment. a "South American republics have a struggle ahead for democracy and freedom. The differences between the nations prevent continental unity." Mrs. Bert Lewis speaking to South Lansing Women's club. "I feel that state employes have a definite responsibility as public servants and they should have skeleton crews In every department to give at least a minimum of service to those who need J.

Wilson, state civil service director, discussing holiday schedule for state employes. City Hall Crouch By EARLE R. PITT GOSH." said the Willing Juror to the Grouch, "my woman made some slick soup yesterday and I am full of It today." "Can't you digest it?" asked the Crouch. "Sure I can digest it." replied the Willing Juror. "I can digest anything that's fit to eat.

I never had no trouble with my stummick, mister. Only trouble I ever had with it was when I couldn't get anything to put Into it." "Well, if you have a strong stomach and good digesUon," giunted the Grouch, "you can con-siaer yourself a lucky man. Lots of poor folks who are rich in money, cant digest what they eat. "That's a big handicap, neigh-, bor, to a person who has lots of money. He can buy rich foods and lot of high priced beverages, but don't dast eat or drink.

A weak stomach ain't to be desired more than great riches." "Well." said the Willing Juror." Id like the riches all right. I'd l.ke to buy all the things I want to rat. If I had a big bank account to go with my strong stummick. I'd be as near to heaven as I ever tare to get. Yes.

sir. I'd like to have lots of money. For If I had lots of money I'd eat a lot of grub, a feel fit as a fiddle and no worries over money or Uiings I want to eat." "Mebbe you'd feel fit and meb-be you wouldn't." said- the Grouch. "If you had plenty of money, neighbor, you'd be buying a lot of thbigs; things that you don't need and a lot of rich food that you dont need. And In a little while your stomach would get all out of kilter and you'd put on a big paunch and then you'd have to be going to a doctor all the time.

In 4 little while you'd have a ruined stomach and digestion. And maybe you'd lose your money, too. because if your stomach was soured aU the time, why you'd be so un-conif'r table you couldn't keep your mind on your business and titen somebody would start takln' away your money. And besides, neighbor, when you got money to get everything you want, in a little while you'd be dissatisfied with your food and everything thuig else. You better stay moneyless Uie way you are now.

neighbor, and keep the good will of your stomach. Now it appreciates what you send down to It and takes pleasure in digesting it." Ration Calendar Ingham county war price and rationing board now ts operating on Uie following schedule Monday through Friday. 10 a. to 3 SUGAR Stamp 38 good tnrougb December 31 lor five pcunds. Stamp No 37 and will not be validated.

Lewis Seen Bidding (By The World Staff of the Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 15-One thing seems certain from John L. Lewis' recent acts: He is not playing for trifling stakes for himself or his 500.000 United Mine Workers (U. M. It seems likely he will take U.

M. W. back into the American Federation of Labor (A. F. of at the January A.

F. of L. executive council meeting. It may well be with the expectation of eventually taking over A. F.

of L. leadership. Lewis and A. F. of L.

President William Green were on the best of terms during the recent labor-management conference. But Lewis and President Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizatioins (C. I. O.i continue to drift apart. U.

M. W. is now an independent union.) a CHURCHILL TO VISIT? Rumors persist that former Prime Minister Churchill will show up in Florida in January for a rest. No British source will confirm them. a a a DOUBLE FEATURE At least two atomic bombs probably will be dropped in the army-navy test on warships, for above and below surface effects.

Economy-minded legislators may object the word is that the military men want to use modern American ships, and there's talk that some scientists believe the results could be figured out without an actual test. a a AND ON THIS SIDE Tip on how hot the Moscow atomic conference is regarded here: Eight members of the senate foreign relations committee confirmed hush-hush with Secretary of State Byrnes on the eve of his departure. They were accompanied by Chairman McMahon (D) of Connecticut of the senate atomic energy committee. a a NEW WORD, NEW CRIME The Nuernberg war crimes trial is to take up this week the charge of attempted meaning destruction of a race or nation, like the Jews or Poles. Raphael Lemkln, Duke university professor, is author of both the new word and the idea that mass murder should be made an International crime.

He has been adviser to the American prosecuting staff at Nuernberg. a a ICKES DEPARTMENT This week's rumors about resignation of Secretary of Interior Ickes: 1 That President Truman has asked him to stay on paSt the first of the year. (This from Capitol Hill, where previous reports had Ickes turning In his badge January 1.) 2 That Ickes want to know Questions And Answers Will smoking help to keep you warm in cold weather? A No, say Mayo Clinic researchers. Nicotine slows circulation so that the arms and legs become colder. a a a What Asiatic country's capi-itai has three names? A Korea's: Seoul to Americans.

Kyongsong to Chinese, Keijo to Japanese. a a a What is a riparian? A One who lives on land adjacent to a river a What is the record deep-sea descent? A 3 028 feet, by Dr. William Beebe in 1934. Underseas Explorer Otis Barton is preparing to try for a mile off Bermuda In 1947. a a a Has Russia reckoned a reparations bill against Germany? A Yes.

property damage totaling 679.000.000.000 rubles. (a ruble is calculated at 50 cents, rou'ghlyj Japs who formerly placed great emphasis on saving face now are more concerned about saving neck. Those who of i-uisuit of 1941 lues. take the const ituUonal guarantee happiness llleially mast do It on Don't Sri 1 1 In Navv Short At fust thought, the proposal to metge the I'n ted states army and na establishments nude' a Mtisle command strikes most people as the logical and proper thing to do in the Interest of cooroinated team-work. That Is.

It seems lotical unul Mme of the navy's arguments ate taken into ronsuietation. The army's top-ranking rommandrt wem to be rather unanimously of ti opinion that a single command tar both blanche of Uie service is the thing. Hut the naval leaileis ate oppird to the propoi-al. They make a ptrtty good case. tiHi.

and one that in some respects will be dtl limit to break don. They point out Uiat the luixy has always had to maintain a big share of iu personnel to nun Its flreU during peacetime, while Uie atmy has 1 1 adit tonally relied tiHi a small expett sUif of army commanders at Uie top. and a small ptidfusional standing army, a nucleus around whun to build si time fighting machines. Circst natal establishment must be maintained through peaie. as aell as in war.

bases, tepair depots, personnel naming centers, technical serv ices, supply service, and above all the fighting ship must be kept in constant repair, guns must be ready at ail times to tire, and leadership mud be of the nisret caliber, because there ts tie constant naval fu'ht against the elements of wind and ocean that never stop, even when the im mat Uie ate silenced. The importance of this job of running Uie naval establishment is vn in the thoroughness wiUt which the naty through its academy at goes about bui.din its officers. The.x? men must inn only their nay. the cience of warfare on water, the management and mo-ralc-builoing of ctiliMcd personnel. Uie smallest detail of exivutne administration, and Uie ex-parried science of natal sir service, but Uiey must be inculcated aith then responsibility for the vessel they ducct.

usually rrpiesrnting millions of dollars in taxpayers' money, and the value of the hundieds of that makes up the ship company. The navy points to its iccoid as pioof of Uie What Other Think Port Huron Times-Herald It Is no rows to the rural communities of Ametua or to the medical profession generally Uiat the growing scarcity of physicians in rural communities is producing a situation-that creates alarm among those living in those areas." Tins condition Is something Uiat has been troubling farm families and all rural dwellers for more than a generation The report of the American Medical Association committee on rural medical service. I mm which the above statement was taken, suggest that the situation is becoming progressively more acute. The lesson for this particular shortage in modern life is not a mystery to anybody, not even to the people who liva in Uie rural areas. The doctors all know that most of them want to live and practice their profession In the cities and Uie large towns.

The work ts easier there, and it is there the money is to be found. That is a reason why other mrn flock to the cities, to work In automobile factories and other great industries. Nobody blames the doctors on Uiat account. And there is great need for doctors and more doctors in the cities as well as In Uie country. There Is no question Uiat a doctor can serve well his fellowmen in the city, and it goes without quesUon that it uses longer hours and Harder work, and usually alth less pay.

to a similar number of pevpie in the country. It seems to be up to Uie medical profession itself to solve this problem. But until there is more nearly a surplus of doctors, or the country practice of medicine can be made more attractive, the rural dwellers are likely to continue on Uie horl end of this dilemma..