The Paducah Sun-Democrat from Paducah, Kentucky • 8

THE PADUCAH SUN-DEMOCRAT OCTOBER 19, 1542 PAGE SIX ESPIONAGE The Pledge To The Flag They're Tough Down South Southerners are traditionally tough about I pledg aueglano to the Wank at tan By George Tucker GO 0BEAT iTI.VE'RE S-Siiv Flag of tna United States Sidehylils On Paducal By Fred Q. Neumaa anything having to do with war. Dl AYlWrt UAR AMD THIS fi ot Amtrlra, and to the Ra-pubUa for which tt standi: They have a reputation up North for be $.11 1 OUR HEADQUARTERS AND one nation, lndi visible, with rrj rtiiv'i i aim rtMNn ukljuiu ing fire-eaters. Whether this is correct or not. Southerners always have been conspic Ubertj and Justice far all.

HERB. WE'RE ONTO WOMEN One of my friends, who claims to SPIES LEARNING MILITARY have more misfortune than most IV SECRETS. 50 BSfiT IT! a uously effective in America's wars and in peacetime the rate of voluntary enlistments in the military services from Southern states leads the nation. people, lays his trouble in the main to a bad start. He's a mess, all right.

Let me quote him verbatim: If my people, which art called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I bear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." II Chron. 7:14. There is no doubt that the South was jWAif'- mmr- vT fwtflll SMI Ills I inrTi. 'mZ "When God passed out brains, thought He said trains and I more realistic about the present war, and was better prepared for it psychologically missed mine. "When He passed out looks, thought He said books and I A Daily Prayer In War Time By William T.

Ellis I KEEP didnt want any. NEW YORK I heard a story from the lips of Count Gosta Momer de Moreland that I hesitate to telL because thus far I havent been able to figure out the story's Implications, if any. The count, who is now plain Mr. Morner, having recently forsaken his Swedish title for American citizenship, saw the Incident happen while on a train coming up from Texas. In this particular car were quite a few sailors and a rather pretty girl.

The girl asked the sailors if they didnt want their eyebrows plucked. The sailors, bewildered, declined the offer. But the girl sat down, put a pillow on her lap, singled out one freckle-faced sailor and practically accused him of cowardice. It was too much for the freckle-faced lad, who reclined on the seat with his head on the pillow in the girl's lap. The girl went to work with tweezers.

The sailor winced. His buddies stood around kidding him, and the aisle became Jammed. mm 'When He passed out heads. I thought He said beds and I asked for a big soft flat one. When He passed out noses.

I thought He said roses and I asked for a big red one. "When He passed out ears. 1 than any other section. The South is tough about getting along with a war, too. Louisiana and Georgia furnish recent Illustrations.

In Louisiana, where booming shipyards and war industry have created a dearth of labor, it Is now state policy to arrest any able-bodied idler who cannot explain his idleness satisfactorily, and put him to work on prison farms producing needed food. Now Georgia, to meet a painful war-borne problem ot social disease, announces that every, infected person will be quarantined. This is the most drastic step ever taken this country to control venereal disease. Infected persons in Georgia are to be isolated and required to take curative treatment at state expense. Maybe Louisiana and Georgia, and the rest of the South, have something to teach the rest of the United States about the kind of spirit that wins wars.

thought He said beers and I asked for two short ones. "When He passed out hips, I thought He said lips and I asked FOR A NATIONAL SPIRIT Errant minds, In days lately gone, led many of us astray from simple loyalty to our own Country; but now our hearts" have turned again, in love and devotion, to this our own, our native land; the land of our fathers and the land of Thy providential watchcare. Increase, we beseech Thee, Judge of the nations, our passionate fidelity to this dear land. Open our eyes to the lessons of Thy hand in her history. Make us aware of her ministering role as the good neighbor of all who are In need.

Teach us the high privileges that are ours. May love of America surge ever in our hearts as a master purpose, enlarging our spirits, enlivening our minds and sanctifying our common activities. Bind together, we be for two big round ones. "When He passed out legs, 1 thought he said kegs and I asked for two big fat ones." The girl, undisturbed, did such a job of transformation that four more sailors underwent the operation before they had to get off the train. seech Thee, God of our fathers, all the diverse elements that dwell within our bor It wont be long now till college students will be writing to the folks back home for money.

ders; and give us a common mind of good will and brotherly helpfulness. Thus would we save our nation for her highest mission, and for the service of the world. Amen, What puzzled the count, what puzzles me and what must puzzle you is why the girl would extend such an Invitation. Was she sadistic? Did she feel she was doing something for her country? Was she a fledgling beauty operator seeking experience? Or was she Just more proof that you see a lot of funny people walking around in this world? Mr. Morner apologized for having told a pointless story.

So do I. But the story and Mr. Morner interested me. He happens to be Peggy Hopkins Joyce's ex-husband No. 4, the one who gave her her title.

Now he is happily married to Geraldlne It's good sense, good business and good science to cheer up and be merry. After all, it's gravity that keeps us down. lAJailiinaton Free Kentucky's Toll Bridges lamLdnai J4enry )ard Of course there won't be any auto shows this year. In some cities pedestrians won't have a show either. uno Business District's Turn Comes Next By JACK STINNETT That people are getting sprap conscious is shown by the fact that most everyone is anxious that people not get the impression he is WASHINGTON If a soldier In Hitler Is said to be writing a book to be published posthumously.

We can hardly wait. Having made one general collection of scrap from Paducah's residential areas, the county salvage committee is to follow up with the logical step of a wholesale col Someone has said there is no end of books, and I guess that's right Several thousand are published very year and I have contributed three or four 'titles to the list myself. It's nothing unusual to get a book off one's chest. But if you want to tackle something really hard, try writing a poem. It's given me more than one headache.

Last February I got the poet's "craze" and started turning out the stuff, producing on an average, of a poem every six weeks. Here of late, though, I've been getting them "out faster, as witness this one which I hammered out in a week after riding on an elevator. The title of it is, "Ups and Downs." Here we go: ry had a little hammo She shared lt with her beau. And when the rusty hook gave way They both slid down 1 SOI My poems are 'something like my Jokes, they1 need a little explaining. The next one is entitled, "One Way to Stop Head Trouble Is to Wear Something on Your Head." The heading In this case 'Is longer than the poem itself, which makes it Iceland is short a razor blade to scrape his frost-bitten chin; if the hoarding scrap.

boys in the Egyptian desert go Fitch, a former New York newspaperwoman who was assigned to write a story about him. Mr. Morner Is tall, lean and likeable. When I met him he was planning to go to the rodeo at Madison Square Garden, dressed in a five-gallon Stetson. In a letter published Sunday in lection In the business district next thirsty for want of a water-bag; If this column there appeared the Thursday.

the soldiers on Guadalcanal run Joday 5 Jalli By George Matthew Adams statement: "Look behind that barn close to the flood wall. He wouldn't out of ammunition, the man who Cooperation of the Retail Merchants Association by its members' agreement to keep takes the rap is Lt, Gen. Brehon use all that scrap iron for re B. (for Burke) Somervell. their stores closed until 11 a.

m. Thursday, so that all employes can spend the morning pairs in 10 years, and he has a' son in the Army, too." It has been said that this Is a locating and stockpiling the scrap on their No season of the year can surpass "Autumnal Glory." With each fading leaf and each drooping and seeding flower, this season touches the spiritual nature In a higher war of machines and supplies Early Monday a farmer who premises, is a promise that this second large and every important victory thus scale effort will duplicate the success of far seems to hear that out. If that the first. is true, then there is no more lm portant man in the Army than These two organized collections will not prove sufficient in themselves to put thought that description fitted him came to explain that two truck loads of scrap have been haulod from his place, and that a search will be made for any that's left. He has invited the children from a neighboring school to conduct a scrap hunt over his farm.

General Somervell. McCracken county over the top of Its 100- There can be no second fronts until he is ready. There can be not even any minor offensives un Not to let you down completely, here's a story which does have a point. Investigators from the internal revenue bureau called on a Brooklyn woman who owed $1,600 In back taxes. All she had in the bank was $6, she said, and they were welcome to it.

But the investigators, unsatisfied, found an entry in bank files, dated a couple of years earlier, for $8,000. "Look," said the woman, "you've made a mistake. I never had $6,000. If you found that much in my account, good luck to you. You can keep it." But the tax collectors didn't keep it.

They deducted the $1,600 and gave the woman clear title to the rest. And then it came out that ten years before the woman had befriended a rag picker who had deposited the $6,000 to her account, with the speciflo order that she not be Informed until his death. He had died, but the bank had forgotten to notify the woman. pound per capita total quota. Other large scale efforts will probably have to follow.

But the fine results of the first and the good prospects of the second promise that the Job will be done here before the October 30 deadline. til he says, "It can be done." 7' unique, Listen to this: In all fairness to the farmers, it The reorganization of the Army ought to be pointed out that all the rusty equipment standing about their farm lots is not scrap. The In March, 1942, attracted little attention. It's-true there were stories about "streamlining," etc, but such average farmer who operates on a Lots of hunters would rather let rabbits hurt the crops than run the risk of amateur hunters. things hardly make headlines.

The summer, are still sitting in their sheds there. I breezed through the camp site and counted nine of them parked in their garages. All are In excellent condition with good tires. (Emphasis upon the tires.) i When the CCC was abandoned by an act of Congress, the CCC camps and equipment were turned over to the War Department. These particular trucks, as I understand it, belonged to the Soil Conservation Service, and presumably they are to be turned over to the War Department or transferred elsewhere, when the government gets around to It.

It is quite likely that the entire CCO camp here at Twenty-third and Clay streets will be dismantled. Most of the buildings are of the kind that can be moved. The government doesn't own the land the site having been leased from a local Army officers inspected the properties recently, so it Is probable that something will be done about it in the near future. Equipment also is being moved away from time to time. Meanwhile, the property is being guarded so don't get any ideas about those tires.

Uncle Sam has a way of taking care of what belongs to him. The McCracken County Health Department would like to get control of the camp and use it as a tuberculosis sanatorium, but there's not much chance that things will plan out so this can be done. Speaking of scrap, a solicitor brought in a choice story. A man approached for scrap pointed down the street to a neighbor's house and said: "Okay, if you can get my lawn mower, my rakes, my garden sprinkler and my camp cookstove back from him you are welcome to them. You'll be a better man than I've been." story wasn't in the Presidential or large scale has many pieces of farm equipment that must stand out in the weather.

Consequently, it gets rusty, although it is still used and needed In farm work. der, anyway. The story was wheth er it would work. So far as the services of supply Is concerned, it's 'j- The -mm whose hat is minus. Often has a painful sinus, Here's one I dashed off in an hour or two.

I believe lt was Irvln Cobb who said anything dashed off is usually little merit. Nevertheless, the poem has two elements, rhyme and Unfortunately the lines are a bit irregular, but as I said before tt was written In less than half a day. Here 'Us: The more pains you take, The less Is likely to be your ache. Some people write poems bearing on love and other sentiments, but I nrefer the ruceed old facts. Fur- beginning to appear that it has.

Farmers cannot afford to send this machinery to the scrap pile What the President did, so far KJliat Other jpapers Say as supply is concerned, was to lop because the farm machine manufacturers have turned their plants ever for war production, and new off a few heads and set up one. In that one" stroke, a comparatively young lieutenant general, who less than two years before had been only a lieutenant colonel, became the overall chief of ordnance, the corps thermore I like 'em brief. In fact, if I were asked to name my maRnum of engineers, the quartermaster. signal, medical, and chaplain corps, and the chemical war service. There has been a lot of stuff written and whispered, about Gen We Don't Have To Do It That Way The nation is hard up for sources of re-enue, but not In such difficult straits that It has to turn to a national lottery.

Contending that a nation that uses a lottery to draft its men shouldn't object to the same method for helping to finance the struggle, two members of Congress are conducting a drive for a national lottery law. Under one plan a first prize of $100,000 would be given and under the other the top prize would be $65,000. In either case, the sponsor figures the prize would be sufficiently attractive to get millions of Americans to wager their money. Undoubtedly, a national lottery would produce a lot of money for the Treasury. But It would be a sorry day that the government came to the conclusion that the only way to finance its operations would be to appeal to its citizens to indulge in the common vices.

A nation that encourages gambling among Its people is doomed for destruction, because uncurbed gambling will undermine the foundations of society. The United States does not have to stoop to such a low level in order to have the government maintained. We are surprised that even two members of Congress do not appreciate that fact. machinery will not be available, except under a rationing plan, for the duration. The wise farmer also will save parts which will be needed to make repairs on his equipment.

A farm Is as much a war production plant as any ot those turning out guns and shells, and If it does not have equipment with which to operate production will suffer. That the federal government machinery grinds in a slow and ponderous fashion is shown by the fact that several trucks which were used in the operation of the CCO eral Somervell's "battle" with Donald Nelson and the War Production Board. Most of it is just Washing' opus in fashioning poetry, I would without hesitation give two lines which, I claim, cover the situation like the dew. covers the grass. The poem follows: No gas Alasi It's not my Intention to make a poet's corner out ot this column any more than I expect to make a living out of verse-wrltlng.

Aa far as I'm concerned, it's just a sideline; and as far as the reader is concerned, I might drop it and get back to ton chatter. There have been clashes between Army supply forces and WPB chiefs, but lt was never any struggle for power. Somervell has A comparatively slim fellow, serf camp here, which was closed last ous of face, and grayer than his 60 note than any other. Autumn Is the final outpouring of all the year In ripening grain, fruits, the breaking of cloistered seeds, and in the display of changing colors that no other season of the year can even approach. Each day I look upon my wooded homeland to note the creeping autumnal colors.

Each morning, against the flood of the rising sun, I read a new silent poem, and listen to a new composition of ethereal music that only the soul can hear. I love the Spring, with its newness of life and it promises of later fruition, and Summer, with its abiding glow of maturity, and Winter, with its quiet bareness and healthy air, but Autumn is the Queen of them all I A time of harvest gold, of Indian Summer, and orchestral beauty, as the leaves fall to the earth, whispering like a silken gown, as the wind beckons them to and fro. Each hill and dale, at this Autumn time, is a spectacle of multi-colored gowns, designed by the Father of Nature and spread about for the appreciation of all. Along the river banks, collared with their brown and rustic creations, and backgrounded with their white birches, sumacs, pines and mapleswhat a display of beauty 1 At no other time of the year is there such an extravagance of show and changing loveliness of outdoor life. This colorful season is so much like the Autumn of life with its richness of experience and understanding, its wealth of knowledge, and Its spiritual maturity.

I like to think of this time as the library of fulfillment, with the grosser passions subdued and the heart warmed to a gentle understanding, and with kindliness displacing hates and greed for gain. Looking upon the picture of Autumn, we see something that has already given out its life in usefulness, celebrating its departure in a riot of beauty a concert of color and gifts to all, rich and poor alike, learned and unlearned. But to him who appreciates most, most Is given I (Protected, 1942, by The George Matthew Adams Service.) The Paducah Sun-Democrat Published Br PADUCAH NEWSPAPERS, Incorporated 408-12 Kentucky Arenue, Paducah, Ky. Edwin J. Paxton, President NEWS Eitabliihtd U71 VISITOR Eitabliihed 18SJ SUN Eltablllhtd tm DEMOCRAT Eitabliihed 1901 SUN-DEMOCRAT Merged I9 Entered ai lecond clan matter at the poit office at Paducah, Kentucky Telephone 2900 df-tD All Department! SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br carrier In Paducahl Per month, lie Br carrier or by mat) In carrier tonea excluiivt ol Paducah, per month.

Ha. Br mail where THE SUN-DEMOCRAT DOES NOT MAINTAIN DELIVERY SERV-ICE In McCracken, Ballard, Cirliile, Fulton, Hickman, Grarea, Marihall, Lyon, Trigs, Llringiton, Caldwell, Crittenden and Calloway conntlea, Kentucky) Weakley, Henry and Obion countiei, Tennaa-ee Manas, lohnaon and Pop. countlea, Illinoli, 45o per month, $1.63 per three monthe, 12.75 par Iz montna and IS.00 per year. Outilda the countlea above mentioned, ISa per month, 14.7$ per monlln, $5.35 per year, ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE The Aaaociated preia la exclusively entitled to the me or republlcatlor ei all aewa diipatchea credited to it or net ethanriia sradltad la this paper. After 774 Jars (Omaha World-Herald) Mrs.

Sam R. McKelvie of Wood Lake, had been working all day over a hot stove. She had Just finished turning the lid on the 774th jar of her personal "Food for Victory" campaign. She sat down for a minute to glance at her morning paper, and the item that happened to catch her eye sent her temperature up higher than that of her pressure cooker. The item was about the appointment of female food wardens.

Good women whose duty it would be to go about supervising the kind of work Mrs. McKelvie was doing in her own kitchen. Sizzling Mrs. McKelvie sat down and indited a letter to the editor of the Nebraska State Journal, from which we quote in part: "American people will work and sweat and bleed and die and sacrifice with selflessness for anything that leads to American security; but damned If for one, want the labor of my hands and heart to go into salaries for uniformed (and probably uninformed) females to supervise my labors and their products. "It's all so silly.

Who started the darned thing anyhow? "I will work and save and give; but among others, will not be supervised! Much less, by some one who knows little or nothing about my Job. "I am an American 1M With which steaming sentiment Mrs. McKelvie went to work on Jar No. 775. business, eh? Ulie Yeiqklori By George Clark A lot Of politicians with string tied to them are defeated.

They have their Pleasantries: Mrs. Herman Voor calls attention to the large number of Flags always on display around town The Flags have been particularly noticeable ever since the sneak punch at Pearl Harbor a dandy camp The Cycle, a copy of which reached me with the compliments of Set. Wallace Gleaves, Hq. 17th Tng. Bn, Fort McClellan, Ala, A small town is where the Jail is fullwhen they catch a crook I heard about a fellow who moved to the city because the country went to war.

Book lately enjoyed by Mrs. H. Q. Reynolds: "Only the Stars Are Neutral," by Quentln Reynolds Since years warrant, General Somervell has been adding good marks to Army record for more than 30 years. Strangely, lt probably can be attributed to a non-Army man and the New Deal that Somervell is where he is.

Six or seven years ago, Harry Hopkins knew and admired Bomervell. The story goes that it was through his suggestion that the Army engineer was given the brutal task of administering New York's WPA. Until 1938, there had been no administrator there who lasted more than a few months. Somervell lasted four years. He had his battles and his shower of criticism.

He was supposed to be particularly tough on left-wingers. He was probably the only man who invented an: effective method of breaking sltdown strikes. When WPA workers staged a big one, Somervell issued an order to lock up the washrooms. That ended that. the start of the scrap metal cam Odds And n(h The opal has been considered unlucky since the 14th century at the time of the paign it is unlikely that any nota.

For The Future The new Paducah -Mr-cracken county airport possesses two complete paved runways as of this weekend. Good progress has been made In construction of the $850,000 field, which is adequate In size and equipment to serve any land plane that flies. While all details of grading and finishing re not expected to be completed before December 1, It la not likely that the new airport will go for long without being put to some Important military use. This Is the hope and expectation of the OPA airport committee, which promoted the project, and of the city and county governments, which provided the money" required from local sources. The local public will be gratified at whatever help the field can give In the war effort.

And It can anticipate that the project will mean Important, and enduring community benefit for the future, after a United Nations victory. With an air age certain to be inaugurated by euch a victory, Faducah and McCracken county are equipped to take advantage of It Black Death, particularly in Venice. It was said that opals worn by those stricken with the disease suddenly became brilliant and their lustre departed upon the death of the owner. If flP VwJpr An Army crane with a huge magnet at Its end has picked up 300,000 pounds of scrap, mainly iron and tin-plated food cans, tie will be presented with the keys to the city Many happy returns to Dr. and! Mrs.

S. B. Pulliam, who observed their SOth wedding anniversary Monday William-0. Overstreet is a native of Paducah Friendly couple: Mr. and Mrs.

J. D. Brame I like to hear Miaf Martha Jane Blackburn play tH piano accompaniment at grc singing Donating wire-hain terriers to the metal scrap drive mi be carrying the thing a trifle fa How to keep from stuttering: your mouth shut Spain Florida to U. S. 121 years ago i Friendly couple: Mr.

and Fred J. Burch I like the ne-song hit, "Serenade in Blue," from a dump area. The severe pain of a "dry socket" after tooth extraction can be relieved by injection! YOUTHS ROB CANDY BARS; IT'S AN INSIDE JOB RATON, N. M.VPI Police Chief B. H.

Mltche can't understand why three youthful prisoners didn't have a stomach ache when arrested. They broke -into the refreshment booth at the municipal swimming pool and stole between 40 and 50 candy bars. When arrested they had only 10 bars in their possession visibly. of vitamin it is said. A portable, trailer-carried catapult, for launching land planes as similar apparatus on shipboard launches flying boats and pontoon-equipped planes, Is a potentially useful "Now youy eat that oatmeal I How do you expect Mom to keep her job on the night shift if you're going to crab If laid end to end the words In a week handouts of government publio relation officers would not be flatter.

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