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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29,1942 THE FREEPORT JOURNAL-STANDARD PHONE 3100 PAGE NINE SERIAL STORYf FRANTIC FESTIVAL BY EDMUND FANCOTT ttftvief. BJCANO HONKS CHAPTER IX returned to the kitchen, where she had been distract- tag Beano with freshly baked pies for which she had discovered he had a weakness and a great capacity. "Funny," she saiij. "People phoning from Montreal all this Hvay lor nothing "Yeah," replied Beano with a pie in each hand. "There's a cup of coffee on the utova to wash it down," said Myra.

"A guy gets hungry up fn this said Baano. "Lots of ice here later on," Myra. "I'll bet," said Beano. stuff, ice," said Myra, "Yeah." "Funny how you read about hoi ice." "Yeah, In books." "Sure, in books," echoed Myra. "You read books?" "Not with hot ice In 'em." Then Beano laughed at what he thought was his own private joke.

He did not realize Myra was sharing it. "Funny how wrong calls come through. That was from a man called Ridley. Ever hear of him?" Beano shook his head. It obviously didn't register.

"Said he was from the National Insurance Company." Beano the mince pie straight in his coffee, then picked it out as it disintegrated in his fingers. "What was that," he asked hoarsely. "National Insurance Company. That's the limit, trying to sell insurance on Christmas Eve." "Selling insurance. You sure of that?" "Maybe he wanted to buy some ice." She said it casually, pretending not to look at Beano, but she saw from the corners of her eyes that his face took on an expression of a deflated balloon.

"You said ice. Did he say that?" "Sure, "he didn't. I was kidding. Let's join tha others." She left him, but Beano stayed. She was sure now, and she was also sure ehe held more strings of the developing climax than even Benny or Beano.

Beano stayed behind in the kitchen, suddenly smitten with a sense of great tragedy. Here he was at the peak of his life, with wealth and, what is more, the love of a good woman and he could feel the pursuit at his heels. He was torn with anguish. Just as he was about to go straight for the rest of his life with the most beautiful girl in the world as his own, he was about to be (trapped. Beano McCluskcy had to get rid of that ice quickly.

After nil, if he didn't have it they couldn't pin anything -on him. So Beano jreasoned, and he figured that if iLeona had half of it she might as well have the other half. He could leave it in her room, when nobody was looking, in some of that fancy paper they were wrapping the kids' presents in, a little something from you know who and don't anyone know you've got it, it's hot. On second thought it would be better not to let her know it was hot. At that moment Benny slipped into the kitchen with a swift look behind him to see no one following.

"Hya Beano, studying housekeeping?" "Just looking around." "Around what?" "Around the kitchen," said Beano. "Nice kitchen." "Yeah, clean. Nice mince pies, Jiave one?" "No thanks, Benny." "Don't thank me. What are flhese? Huh-huh, sausage rolls, 'what do you think of that? Nice itoo, have one?" "No thanks, Benny." "Don't thank me, pass me that plate of cookies, have one, no?" "No thanks, Benny." "No thanks. Someone been leaching you manners? Wouldn't be Leona, would it?" "Them's natural." "I see you been teaching her a few things." "Gee, sha learns quick." There was a touch of reverence in Beano's voice.

"Them kind do. What you teaching her?" "Same as I'm learning, anatomy." "She's got enough already. You wouldn't be teaching her anything else, would you? Nothing do with ice?" "Ice?" said Beano trying to think quickly but without much success. "Yeah, Ice?" "Didn't you say you didn't want nothing' to Hn id dat ice?" "Sure 1 said it, but I'd kind of like to keep track of it, just to see it didn't get yr.u into trouble. Not that I'd touch it." "I kneK' you wouldn't Benny," Beano looked round like a trapped animal looking for tome way of i escape 1'mn a tr.jp.

"I've been thinking over i what Benny, the other clay, and 1 figurt.i out you Was do mean, I was i mo ht been grip "Is i. I v. ti.ink- me. uu here and Now Year's coming soon we ought to turn over a new leaf." "Go on," said Benny dangerously. "Well, so I figured 1 ought to get rid of it, give it to someone who could use it and not know it was hot." "Leona?" said Benny, letting syllable fall with a glow motion.

"That's It," said Beano. "She's a good girl, she is. She can taka cara of it until they stop chasing me and then maybe we can coma and you when we're married and maybe if you've got a ehow ti The pin points of Benny's eyes held him transfixed. Beano ran his finger round the band of Ms collar nervously. "You see, Benny, there's some dicks coming after us." "What?" Benny swallowed a mouthful of cookies and held his throat for a moment with tha pain of swallowing too much at once.

The delay gave Beano a moment to realize that for onca he had Benny on the run. "Sure, you heard that telephone just now. It was the dicks from the National Insurance Company." face went white. Then gradually the color came back. He took another mince pie and became normal once more.

"Well, I told you so. I told you I'd have nothing to do with it and now look what you've got yourself into. If I was you I'd beat it, take the car and beat it right now, take her with you for all I care, and If you get twenty years in the pen don't tell 'em you know me and I'll have something nice lined up for you when you get out, and Leona too. That's more than the Maxos would do for you." "Thanks, Benny, you mean get out now?" "Sure, beat It, go north. If you go straight up north from here you get to the North Pole and they'd never think of looking for you there." "I ain't A stubborn sullen tone In Beano's voice jerked Benny with surprise.

"HOT" GIFT CHAPTER going?" "No." "You're "Yeah." "You're crazy." "I ain't crazy." "Then why are you staying?" "We're having a Christmas party." "And you're Santa Claus." Beano was stubborn. "When I was a kid I never had fun at Christmas time. Now I can help these kids to have a good time and I'm not going to spoil their party. Besides, there's a turkey in there as big as an ostrich, and I don't want to miss that turkey dinner." "Not if it costs you 20 years in the pen?" "I'll beat it after dinner, not before." "You'll beat it with a pair of cuff links on your wrists that won't come off till they unlock them." Beano's jaw set like a rock and Benny shrugged his shoulders. He had seen Beano like that before and knew he was beyond the influence of sweet reason.

He shrugged his shoulders again, took another mince pie and went to join the others. He was not any too hannv about the situation. Benny returned to the wide living room of the lounge where a cheerful fire was blazing in the stone fireplace. The Christmas tree was gay with color and sparkling with tinsel, Everybody had been so busy that no one had noticed his absence. He joined Ross Benson, who was taking a moment off while Fay went disentangling some problem with Myra.

"Nice girl you got." Hla eyes watched Fay. "She's not my girl," said Ross. "That's right," said Benny. "Keep away from them." "Not me," said Rosa. "I love "Wait till you get older," said Benny.

There was a warning note in his voice. "Nothing doing," said Ross. "You're only young twice and the second time it's too late." "Well, if you must, pick 'em that." He nodded towards Fay. that's a nice kid. Too skinny for my taste but look at that smile, all over her face, but it's the genuine thing.

Get her and you keep her." "I'm not playing for keeps." Benny drifted over to Fay and Myra. Myra noted the slight uneasiness that dampened his usual assurance. "Feeling good, Benny?" "Sure, I em, but them kids won't if they're going to eat all that stuff in the kitchen." Meanwhile Beano was thinking You couldn't trust anyone in days, lea. of all a pair of dicks job NVJS to recover the diamonds to save their corn- pany paying out a heavy sum for Insurance. Guys that would choose a time like Christmas to chase other guys who hadn't really done anything wrong Couldn't be trusted to understand how innocent a guy really was.

But If they couldn't find the Ice they couldn't pin anything on him unless Benny playing ball with them for the reward for recovery. TJEANO felt alone and deserted. At least Leona was faithful. Absentmindedly he hitched a leg up and half sat on the table. Then a sudden Inspiration hit him.

The Christmas tree! If he went up to Leona's room and got the rest of the ice he could put it all together In tha leather pouch and wrap It up in some red paper. He could label it, "To Leona, with all my love, from you know who," and hang it on the tree. They wouldn't be giving the presents until after the turkey dinner. He could tell Leona so she wouldn't open it. He'd have to be Santa Claus again to make sure nothing went wrong.

Then If the dicks did come before he got away they could search the house from top to bottom and they wouldn't find a thing. Who would think of searching a Christmas tree'for hot ice? The more he thought of it the better he liked the idea. A little later ne was bending somewhere around the back of the tree. Myra strolled round to him. "Don't tell anyone I told you," she said, "but it looks to me as if you've been sitting in something." Beano's hand went around to his seat and came away quickly.

"Mincemeat," he said. "Must have sat on some pies in the kitchen." "Seems like it," said Myra. "They're so soft you'd hardly notice it." "Yeah," said Beano. "I thought it was warm." "Just out of the oven. It's hard to carry them that way.

Here's some paper to wrap them up in." She handed him a sheet of paper with bells and holly on it. "Hold this a moment," said Beano. "I'll go and fix myself." He handed her a small packet. It was labeled "To Le.ona with all my love from you know who." She hold it, waiting for him to return, wondering to what depths Beano had been smitten by the sultry beauty of Leona. She turned the little parcel over in her hands and something of the shape of the diamonds inside came through to her touch.

She pressed a little harder, letting her fingers follow the hardness and feeling the stones move under her touch. Then Beano was back, taking the little parcel from her. He tied it carefully well up in the back of the tree and smiled with a satisfaction that confirmed Myra's suspicions. Then she noticed that he was with Leona, nodding at the tree and going into an involved explanation. Leona chewed candy as he talked and gave no hint that her peace of mind was in any way disturbed.

That night, Leona sat up In bed late to make up her beauty sleep and to plan her future. It seemed mainly to consist in convincing her father that Beano was a gentleman with means of his own that could be split with the family if her father was insistent. She would also have to convince her father that Beano's intentions were honest and that it would pay better than her nexv job as an artist's model. After deciding her course of action with her difficult parent sha began to dream of her trousseau. As far as she was concerned, careers for girls wera very much overrated.

Her ideal of a life was to be left alone most of the day in an apartment of her own with ell the movie magazines and a box of chocolates, and a husband to come home at night and taka her to a show. (To Be Continued) i War Quiz I 1. It's no secret that the soldier who wears three stripes like this is a sergeant, but if you saw a WAAC wearing these i chevrons, what i would her proper I title be? 2. The U. marked the anniversary of Pearl harbor by launching the Belleau Wood, the New Jersey, the Bunker Hill and the Miami.

Identify the type of each of these war vessels 'battleship, aircraft carrier or cruiser). 3. Is Tulagi near Tebourba in Tunisia? (Answers un C'iasained Page) Mind Your Manners Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: a. Should a woman introduce her- bv "I am Mi.vs Jones' You are introducing a woman Quilt BY MRS. ANNE CABOT Give an old-fashioned "piecing" party for the girl who is marrying into the army or the navy.

Each friend should be able to make one of the blocks at the party. You supply the material! Make the arrows leading to the "altar" of plain material "aisles" should be of small flower-patterned material. This quilt design Is an old one and as popular as matrimony itself! To obtain cutting pattern lor Steps-to-the-Altar (Pattern No. 5480) finishing directions, amounts of materials specified, send 10 cents in COIN, YOUR NAME and ADDRESS and the PATTERN NUMBER to ANNE CABOT, Journal-Standard, 530 SOUTH WELLS CHICAGO, ILL. Enclose 1 cent postage for each pattern ordered.

Anne Cabot's Fall and Winter Album now timely helps for warm knit and crocheted garments, patch work ideas, quilts, for your copy. Price 15 cents. doctor. Would you call her Miss Brown or Dr. Brown? 3.

Is it good manners to go up to someone at a party and say, "Do you remember me?" 4. Is it good manners to talk about how terribly your hostess' children behaved after being a houseguest in her home? 5. Is it good manners for one woman to criticize another's housekeeping? What would you do You are teaching your small child to answer the (a) Teach him to say, "Mrs. Jones' (b) Teach him to say, Answers 1. No.

"I am Helen Jones." 2. Dr. Brown. 3. No.

4. No. 5. No. Better "What Would You Do" Glorifying Yourself BY ALICIA HART NEA Service Staff Writer The word "regimentation" is not in very good standing in this democratic land of ours, but "self-regimentation" Is something else again.

Why not try a little self-regimentation when, as many women do, you wish you had time for the beauty and health routines you know you should don't. You CAN find time. The main think is to want to want to spend a half-hour in the evening with cream and lotion and hairbrush rather than with the last three chapters of that murder mystery you're trying to finish. To want to reduce that growing waistline more than you want to see the new movie 'round the corner. First thing Is to decide what you want to do and when.

Make a definite date with yourself to do certain routines at certain times of the morning or hold yourself to these "dates" just as sternly as you hold yourself to an appointment with a busy hairdresser. Study your figure and learn what kind of exercises you need to do to improve it or maintain its present then DO them, allowing nothing to interfere. Follow the same system with your manicuring, your diet, your cleansing and every other type of beauty routine. By a dictator-boss to yourself for a little while, and you'll be surprised at how easily you'll fall Into the liablt of doing certain things regularly at regular times. Like learning to the first plunge seems the "impossible" part.

But think how many people have learned how to swim I We, The Women B. i-U-U BV Rl'TH MILLETT "Go home and put on a dress. Then come back and testify." That is what a Tennessee judge recently told a young woman who appeared before him dressed in slacks. The girl couldn't the women of America can. Back In the days when slacks were "play clothes" a judge might have had some reason for thinking they weren't dignified enough for a court of law.

But today, slacks are "work clothes." They have taken on new dignity now that they have become a work uniform. Hasn't tlie Judge heard that the War Production board thinks slacks 1 are so necessary to the work women are doing today that high priority i ratings have been issued for the! manufacture of women's overalls, coveralls, and slacks? I A judge, or any man, has a perfect right to think that skirts are more becoming to women than slacks. But the time is past when a woman in should be considered improperly dressed. They're Convenient Too many women are finding them convenient and comfortable as they do the work of men in Indus- try. And too many housewives are finding them "just the thing" as, they take on nora of tha heavy work' around their yards and houses, and as they walk to and from the grocery in cold of riding in warm cars as they used to do.

So, if women want to wear pants, they certainly have earned the right. And, if pants are good enough for women to wear when they build airplanes and work on assembly lines, then they ought; to be Rood enough for women to wenr in any court in the land. Modern Menus BY AIRS. r.AYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Staff Writer Here nre two valuable contributions to good-tasting and highly nutritious food during these wartime days of priorities, rationing and high costs. Paste them in your book of 1943 resolutions to feed your family well.

Danish Kale Soup (Serves Ci Four medium-size potatoes, 1 quart milk, 2 medium-size sliced onions, 2 tbs. butter or fortified margarine, 1-2 tsp. salt, dash pepper, 1-4 pound kale. Peel potatoes, cook in boiling salted water until tender; put. I through ricer.

Meantime scald milk and onions together in double boiler for 15 minutes. Strain out onions, add hot potatoes, butter, salt and I pepper. Wash kale and remove stems; put through food chopper, using fine knife. Add to soup Just, before serving. Serve topped with sour cream if desired.

Wholewheat Apple Scallop (Serves 6) Four medium-size tart apples, 1-2 cup raisins, 3 tbs. butter or fortified margarine, 1-2 cup sugar, 1 tsp. grated lemon rind, 1-4 tsp. salt, 1 1-2 cups fine, soft, wholewheat bread crumbs. Peel, core and thinly slice apples A i range apples and raisins in alternate layers in buttered shallow baking dish.

Melt butter, add remaining Ingredients and mix well. Sprinkle over apples. Bake uncovered In moderate oven (350 deg. 30 to 40 minutes or until apples are tender. Clothes Designers Ponder Substitutes For Metal Fasteners fiy NEA Service Washington.

Dec. year has been a year to tax clothes designers' ingenuity. First there was the matter of conforming styles to WPB's cloth-saving regulations. And now the designers are trying to figure out new ways to keep your wartime clothes fastened. Metal fasteners of all up for further production curtailment.

So, you can look for nsw styles using more trlckey tie fastenings and pearl buttons, and fewer hooks and eyes, snap fasteners and snap tapes. Seaside Outlook While we're on subject of won't be seeing any new slinky black swim suits and smart, dark-colored beach clothes next summer. Though it's not true, as has been rumored, that dye stuffs are of Inferior quality, there Isn't enough of them. Cotton's also getting short. That means there will be fewer summer evening dresses and long beach coats.

So, If you're planning your vacation wardrobe early, flgura on colors. Or, probably better still, plan wearing pastels, whites and light on wearing last year's wardrobe. Soup Situation If you know some recipes for good old homemade soup, hang onto them. And, if you don't know any, you'd be wise to get some 1 You'll probably need 'em, since WPB has cut soup cans to half the number produced last year. It's not likely that WPB will stop there, either, if the war lasts long thtt very early in the war an American battleship hud struck an uncharted reef but had long since been repaired.

The secretary wna asked at a press conference regarding reports that such a mishap had occurred, and he replied, "I don't think there's any harm In saying that in the very early stages of the war one of the battleships did hit an uncharted reef and was repaired a long time ago," Me gave no detail of the occurrence nor did he say where it occurred. secretary also said, response to other questions, that the navy did not plan to release its enlisted men over 38 as the army Intends to do where possible In the cases of men who were drafted. He explained that such a policy would not apply to the navy because the navy has not heretofore taken men through selective service and therefore would not be affected by the tecently announced selective service policy against drafting men over that age. Knox said navy casualty lists, heretofore released only for publication in local newspaper circulation territories, would hereafter be made available for publication on a nationwide basis. The army also will follow the same policy hereafter.

Move On To Extricate Traffic Courts From Horse and Buggy Era Ruth Bryan Rohde Seeks Union Of All Nations In World BY ADELAIDE KBRft AP Feature Writer Ruth Bryan Rohde haj Juat launched a plan for a union Of tlons after the war, which believes could build and keep world peace. The daughter of great commoner, William Jennings Bryan, had a good deal of experience in Inlet-national affairs, first as congresswoman from Florida (1929-33) and later as our first woman envoy to ft foreign (1933-3O. Woman of Month She has outlined her plan for ft union of nations In book form. As far as I know she Is the first woman to block out an actual world peace plan on such a scale. 80 she Is my nomination for the woman of tht month.

Mrs. Rohde based her plan for world union on the same kind of I democratic system which tha found at home. BY JACK STINNETT Washington, Dec. you can believe the handwriting on the wall, that old greeting, "Good morning, judge," soon is going to be a good deal more cheery when you have to make your bow to "his honors" of the traffic courts all over the nation. With the public becoming very "government-conscious" ns a result of the war, there's a move on to get rid of "horse and buggy practices" indulged In by many traffic courts.

Sen. Abe Murdock of Utah recently brought to the attention of congress a lengthy report by the national committee on traffic law enforcement. When congressmen and other government officials read and both tin and manpower be--that "in 42 cities of over 100,000 I come harder to Is expected soup will have to give way to more concentrated and nutritious food. As you know, soup already has gone through one concentration process. And it's in line for still more.

Pulverized Coffee Don't get too excited about the fact that you've discovered that those concentrated powdered and pulverized coffees are not rationed. Rationing for them Is just around the as soon as a standardized package has been package which will hold thn equivalent of one pound of ordinary coffee. The hitch in rationing pulverized coffee sooner was that no one could figure out how much uf it population, arrests are four for out of every ten traffic offenses," they began to sit up and take notice. Said Senator Murdock: "We are going through substantial changes In our daily life. These are making us Increasingly aware that we still have with us in this motor age many of the practices and conditions that prevailed in the horse and buggy era." Changes Desired As a result of this survey there is going to be a nationwide drive, sponsored by a good many government officials and members of congress, as well as the organizations mentioned, to: (1) Revise traffic laws to get rid of the unenforceable and more importantly the unnecessary (check Tomorrow's Menu BREAKFAST: Sliced oranges, oatmeal, enriched toast, coffee milk.

LUNCHEON: Danish kale soup, enriched French bread, cheese, apples, tea or milk. DINNER: Veal and vegetable casserole with biscuit top, baked potatoes, mixed green salad, fruit gelatin, nut cookies, coffee or milk, Calls For Better Job Of Physical Training, Character Building Springfield, 111, Dec. Illinois schools must do a better job of physical training and character building, V. L. Nichell, newly elected state superintendent of public Instruction, told more than 500 delegates to the Illinois Education association's 89th annual meeting last night.

Already schools nre placing greater emphasis on physical education, but ultimately they can reduce army training of youths by half, Nickell said. Equally important Is the need for character building, he continued, declaring that in the Pacific conflict American soldiers are "learning brutality" as neu-r before. Students 16 and 17 years of age must be given "higher ideals and the strength to hold to them" If America is not to face a possibly disastrous problem after the war, Nickell warned. The association's legislative committee submitted to the delegates a recommendation calling for gifat- ly increased state aid to public schools. Recommended was a state appropriation equal to per cent of the total cost of public elementary or high schools, compan-d with present state aid amounting to Sie.oOO.OOti annual or about nine and one-half per cent of the school costs.

The I E. A. proposal would entail a school aid of more than $41,000,000 annually. Governor Green will speak on the equivalent to one pound of your own anc you will see what they coffee for which you've been sur- rcnderiiiK your coupons. Also, the armed forces were using most of this coffee which made it Just not worthwhile bothering with.

The facilities for producing it, however, nre about, to be greatly increased, so that rationing will be necessary. Believes Convict Should Have Access To Courts To Seek His Freedom Chicago. Dec. 1 convict should not be denied the right of access to the courts to seek his freedom, says Federal Judge John P. Barnes.

Juclpe Barnes' comment was given yr.Merdny at a hearing on B. petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by John Bonglorno. 39, who Is serving a sentence of 199 years in Joliet state penitentiary for the. murder of a policeman, which he denies. Judpe Barnes, who said Bonglor- no's relatives had complained that the convict at first had been denied the right, to file his petition, asserted thRt a convict has as much right ns any one else to file such a petition and this right cannot be denied him.

Advised that convicts at the prison were permitted to write two per- A sonal letters a month and that Bon- MOmCr AuQndOnS blX Biorno's petition was counted as a letter, Judge Barnes said: "That's entirely unfair. That Is penalizing the writer. It would delight me to test that rule. We fought a long time for the wilt of habeas corpus, and if men nre penalized for writing to the court, I something about that." laws. (2) Make traffic laws all over the land as uniform as possible within the limits of purely local requirements.

(31 Have special traffic courts In all cities where traffic cases number more than 7,500 a year with a violations bureau in operation, or 15.000 a year, if there Is no such bureau. Have circuit and district traffic courts organized on a statewide basis. (51 Eliminate "court. cosLs" entirely or impose such costs only on a reasonable basis. Appoint traffic court judges who know traffic laws, policing and engineering, as well as have backgrounds in the ordinary legal fields.

(71 Have permanent or long- term traffic court magistrates, supervised by a chief traffic court magistrate with regulatory powers. I'p to Mndel-r Kra If the folks behind this national movement get their "druthers," there'll be no more that old story: "So I Just, paid my fine and let it go; what's the use of arguing even when you're not guilty?" At least they hope to bring the "horse and buggy" police courts up to model-T era. In some sections, that'll be quite an advance. Small Children; Tots Unfed Since Christmas Atlantic City, N. ,1 Drc.

1 Six children ranging In age from two to seven years were under citv Warden Joseph Ragen of the penitentiary was present, st the i.rn:-;n,?, which was cuntinufd until Jan. 11, Hold Negro Form Hand For Alleged Attack On Villa Ridge Woman Mound City, 111., Dec. A 32-year-old negro farm hand todav was in custody of state highway police who had been searching since Christmas day for a man who allegedly attacked a Villa Ridge white woman Cant. John viiri Bud Nir.hr>].*. N'u-hoN, was taken in a straw stm-k on a farm two miles nortli of here yesterday and is being held at an undisclosed place Nichols was Identified by wife of his employer as the man who raped her at her home, Ritter said, and charges have been preferred by the woman against Nichols and another negro who furnished him with a hiding place.

Knox Reveals That U.S. Battleship Struck Reef But Is Now Repaired will do care today after receiving what Detective Thomas Allmnnrt said they told him was their first food since Christmas night. Their mother, 28-year-old Mrj. Eleanor Nichols, was arrested yes- 'erday on a chnrpe of abandonment. after Patrolman Orrin Smith.

a next floor neighbor, said he entered the unhea-ed Nichols home to un estimate the children's crying and found them without food Allmond said the children told him they c.uen all the food ir. the house within a few hours after their mother left the house Friday night and did no' return The two youngest children wer? treated at City hospital for malnutrition. Allmond said the father worked in RUTH BYRAN ROHDE "The founding fathers had 13 states," she said in describing: it to me. "They were as full of sus- plcion and lack of understanding I as the nations are today. But they were welded into one peaceful unit.

If we say the democratic system Is good and we believe in It, then why not use it? "To begin with, there would I to be an agreement between na- they could sub- I scribe to like the constitution, including a definite bill of rights, that sets a line beyond which no I country can go." Then Mrs, Rohde went on to out- i line the framework on which the I union could function. I Framework "First there would have to be an executive head, elected by all the nations. Sometimes he would come from one country, sometimes from another. Under him there would be International departments of commerce, economics, to handle the basic commodities which have often provoked wars. "Second, a legislative body of two houses.

If there were 60 nations in the union there could be a senate of 120 (two from each nation) and a lower house proportioned on some ratio of population. "Third, there would be an national court whose authority would be similar to that of our supreme court and whose membership would be drawn from all the nations in tfie union. It could Judge disputes between nations. "And. finally, there would be an international police force.

Each nation could contribute something to equipment, land or food. Suppose trouble boils up between France and Germany. As things are now it's nobody's concern but France's and Germany's. But if the world union were in effect, the aggression would be driven back by the international police force and the government in power in that aggressor country by discharge and exile." Mrs. Rohde has assembled her plan under the title "Look Forward, because "there are no civilians today--all are subject to attack." COMPLETES 40 YEARS OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE IN SI SCHOOL Shel'on.

Dec. 1 Friends of Mbs Elthe! Smith claim for her the national Sunday school attendance record, Sunday's at the Methodist church Sunday school completed 40 i ypars of peifrct her. I i Products of th? milkweed are I being used In tiie manufacture of paper. and nilro-cellulose. reach city.

him. Police were tr to IF YOUR NOSE "CLOSES UP" TONICHT Put up each nostril, it (l) shrinks swollen membranes, (3) soothes Irritation, relieves transient nasal congestion and brings greater breathing comfort. Follow the complete VICKX tarv of Dec. 39 -u 1 Knox r- Secre- s-aioi todav of schools time at the association's banquet tonight. in war annual Illinois Automobile Fatalities At New Low During November Springfield, HI, Dec.

29 Illinois automobile fatalities during the past November aere at a new low of 140, Weslev W. Polk, chief state luglnvav engineer, said today. Polk said the toll was 43 per cent lower for November, 194L'. Mian the same month in Id-U For 'he eleven-month period Nov. 30.

he said. 1.508 persons were killed in the slate by automobiles, a 30 ptr ctiv. drop from the same period las' Polk said the state auto death rate per 100000,000 miles of travel this was 10, compared with 12.9 in 1941. USE MIW HAIR Lft FREfcPORT BEAUTY 8JERVJCJ, 14 South Ctiitaao A Fre BUDGET BEAUTY SHOP, 6 West f'reeport, A CONE DRUG t'I'eeport PRUQ Frwport,.