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Pottstown Mercury nod THE POTTSTOWN NEWS every morning oy the Pntuiowti Dally Co. Hanover tting WILLIAM PraaKlent FHANDV HILL Genera) Manager FRNESl SPARK Editor at Pottatown Pcwtnfflee second oice of broadway By DOROTHY KILGALLEN The Associated exclusively entitled to um for publication of aU f-pasted to it or not otherwise credited In pe; and also the local published herein A of herein are alar MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1941 Glories glow-worms afar off, shine bright, but looked ut near have neither heat nor light. Move Over, ired I ET the other fellow do it! This slothful slogan, which appears to be the motto of so many of borough councilman, is likely to put to naught all efforts to end this parking and traffic congestion problems, ------Ati the good work of the Pnt.iAt.mvn Antn. mobile club, which brought a traffic expert here to make a survey, all the prodding of civic groups which have urged traffic reform, all the pleadings of merchants for relief of congestion which is driving business away from Potts town, probably will go by the boards. And all because of the Indifference of the chairman of the police committee, Clarence A.

High. BROADWAY THROU GH THE CRYSTAL BALL (Or Your Main Stem Nostradamus Wraps Up the Next Year.) OCTOBER Four smash hits will open in the West Forties, and 12 flops will be carted off to Honeychile Wilder, Lenore Lemmon and Mary Kirk Brown will get tangled in the same publicity skein and the terrific triumvirate will end a beautiful friendship Nelson Rockefeller will install half a dozen emus in his Prometheus Fountain, just to prove to crossword puzzle fans that there fc- such a thing Victor Mature will go back into his tent Xavier Cugat will discover three more Cuban Clark Gable will get lost on a hunting trip The Sunday drama sheets will dwell on Helen Hayes' performance in in the And the only thing that won't be taxed is the imagination NOVEMBER he only one Thanksgiving and there won't be two turkeys in every pot, brother Ann Sothern will sing in a hungry traroolo and everyone will spell it Shipwreck Kelly READERS SA 1 Girls Protest; Firemen Troubles f.eiter» must not be mart than nurds ions, ol current topics and must not tn voire personalities Name and address of writer must be submitted ms evidence of good faith but will be withheld from publication on request. Poptry ind communications advocating the election of political candidates are not acceptable By MERCURY READERS Those Angel Voices Calling-1' 1 I Complaint From Boyertown To the Editor: W'e would like to know if the people of Pottstown, especially the boys who are always visiting Boyertown, are having a good time insulting the speech and grammar of the Boyertown people. We may have certain colloquialisms which seem queer to the people who do not understand Pennsylvania German, but as a whole the grammar is as good as all those so-called well-educated people of Pottstown. Most of these people have an accent too.

and it Pennsylvania German. TWO BOYERTOWN GIRLS, Boyertown. For months Pottstown has been talking of relieving the traffic jams so prevalent here Fridays and Saturdays, as well as to help the long-suffering pedestrians. Surveys W'erC to be made by the police department, then again by other borough officials. Thse surveys were much-publicized, but nothing tangible resulted until O.

C. Beacraft, manager of the Pottstown Automobile club, came forward with a magnanimous offer to bring here a traffic expert of the American Automobile association. Mr. Beacraft first imported Laverne Johnson, a traffic engineer, for a round table talk with members of the police committee. He brought him back for an on-the-scene Friday and Saturday survey of traffic.

All this was done without, cost to the borough, but, upon leaving, Mr. Johnson said the problem couldn't be solved by such a casual survey. He suggested that the American Automobile association would be glad to furnish a traffic engineer to make a 10-day provided the borough would pav his expenses. Councilman High endorsed this suggestion, declared the money be available to bring the expert here, Now says Councilman High; up to the Pottstown Automobile club to bring the traffic rnan Rightfully says the Pottstown Automobile club: brought Mr. Johnson here twice without cost to the borough.

Now the next up to Mr. And all the while Potts traffic piles up like floating ice jammed against a dam- breast in Spring's first floe. And the poor pedestrian leaps broader and broader to save his skin. And the over-worked councilman knits his brows to figure how he can get somebody else to do his work. Ho! Hum! Russia's Church Doors Swing Wider (See Editorial Cartoon) OME of the loudest protests against giving aid to Russia for her fight against the Nazis were from those who complained religious freedom was non-existent among the Communists.

While it is true the Russian constitution grants freedom of worship, the privilege is discouraged as much as possible by the government. Persons who wished to worship were permitted to do so just so long as that worship interfere with affairs of state. The government was wont to step in and put its foot down, however, whenever any sought to propagate their religions and seek persons into their factions Russia, in apparent desperate straits, needs every bit of aid the United States can give the Communists. And if necessary the Communists seem prepared to trade even their domination of religion to obtain help. Duffer, Spare lhat Iron! HE next time you top that brassie shot don't throw your club after it.

You may not be able to get another one for a long time. Most golf clubs are made of metal and metals are scarce and getting scarcer. The amount being allotted to manufacturers of golf clubs is getting smaller daily. the matter with a return to the old hickory shaft? Nothing, except it would involve retooling, and the chances of a non-defense industry getting new equipment at this time are remote Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. B'it also, there is a Hitler.

So really nothing ahead. Crampaw Oakley PI NKIN CORNERS, Editor, The Mercury, October 12. Dear Sir Brother: Wal, today is Columbus Day. He wasn't the first man to discover America, but he certainly was wiser than a lot of Europeans who over there in lers paradise! Leif Irieson was observed October 9, The Nurse man, it seems, continues to get ahead of This time by three And dinner would be a lot more etu! 41 onlv a chicken I iirflt as nuinv us a centipede, Hop vou air the same, CRAMPAW NED OAKLEY. R-O-G-E-R Mrs.

will knit something pink Barbara Hutton and Cary Grant will look up cruise ships to Rio John number of the month will be an imitation of John Ruckmaster doing an imitation of Sheila Barrett doing an imitation of Danny Kaye The Book of the Month won he your bank book. DECEMBER The stockings hung at the fireplace be sister Lana Turner will pose for the rotogravures coming down your chimney but don't count on it The Governor oi Florida will announce that there positively will be no gambling in Miami There will be gambling in Miami The Hartmans will come to Broadway in a comedy with no dancing Madeleine Carroll will be reported married to a Free French army officer will be hard to find on West 45th st. at 11:05 p. m. George Raft will cast wolf's eves at a redhead Chorines will open every Chrimimas package hoping it's mink.

JANUARY It'll be cold, pals Eugene will announce a new play Radio photos will feature froaten aoldier corpses on the Russian front Patricia fellah, having given her a car, a bracelet, and a yacht, will give her a aled Charlie Chaplin will return to to delight the eig- aret Mickey Rooney will ijtow a mustache a la Winthrop Rockefeller FEBRUARY Whiskey wriH slide across the mahogany at a dollar a shot Noel Coward will do a sequel to his Grace Moore will make page three with a midnight witticism Broadway Rose will have a nose to match her moniker Peggy Joyce will snap out of it with a new fellah Garbo will ice skate. ARCH Spring training chatter will center about Larry McPhail crack the Giants still in the Lana Turner and Tony Martin will Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rose will be in the public prints with hints about that elusive aerocade Jimmy Cannon will be a sergeant Nelson Rockefeller will import a hippopotamus for the Prometheus Fountain. APRIL in will be played in all the supper clubs but not over NBC or CBS because the ASCAP-BMT fight still be settled Matteawan will be overcrowded with lads and lassies who tried to figure out the tax problems of the previous month Garbo will roller-skate Maxwell Anderson will descend from his High Tor with another epic in blank verse Eleanor Powell will again announce that she has no intention of marrying Merril Pye, and everybody will yawn Artie Shaw will form a new kind of band.

MAY Eightv-four Summer theaters will start to rehearse the same Kaufman- Hart play J. Edgar Hoover will vacation in Honolulu Sports pages will show pictures of the DiMaggio baby wearing a baseball cap Dietrich will deny divorce rumors as Sheboygan is hit by a freak snowstorm. JUNE Department store windows will feature brides FDR will go fishing and the dictators will ask their stooges, "Do you suppose really All but three metropolitan papers will carry pictures showing school kids throwing away books Jean Gabm will be linked with nine Hollywood females. one of whom will prove to be his surprise next leading lady LaGuardia will ban three picture magazines from the newsstands. JULY Broadway Roth will put on his vanilla sombrero A logrolling contest in Seattle will get Graham McNamee all excited Gertrude Niesen will buy an 80-room house in Bar Harbor A Maria will be found for Whom the Bell and be a Janey- come-lately Mrs.

FDR will be photo, graphed with a lot of Girl Scouts. AUGUST Sixteen Hollywood stars will announce their return to Broadway in a stage play in two months, but will grab picture renewals two weeks later The Andrews recording of "Three Blind will sell half a million discs Newsreels will be divided between bathing beauties and bug-boaf races Celebs will watch the horses at Saratoga by day, and the little roulette ball all night. SEPTEMBER: George Abbott will begin rehearsals of his new musical nobody in the east over five years old Gordon will be down to 145 pounds Broadway Rose will get her life story in Fortune magazine and will pay for it with a 60-day sentence. BEST LETTERS WIN PRIZES Five prizes unt dullai each are awarded by the Editor each week for the best five letters appearing Readers Say. Decision oj the Editor tinai A Couple of To the Editor: May I ask why isn't done about the fire alarm system? It has been admitted it's outmoded.

When so many lives depend on it, why the firemen demand something be done? That is as necessary to them as new fire equipment. I am proud of the new equipment, but it seems like putting the cart before the horse in this case. Why the Schuylkill river and the Manatawny creek channels be blasted now that the water levei is low? In this manner new springs might be opened and the channel deepened, thus aiding in a better water supply and a certain amount of flood control, not to forget sanitation. Why must the female of the species of the human race walk tlnee and four abreast ou the pavements? After all if you'll notice most pavements are wide enough for two persons walking in opposite directions to pass comfortably. In this manner children and persons are noL-pushed oil pavement.

Why don they act civilized in this instance? Really some act as they were as wide as a barn door. Pottstown. WONDERING. Beauty Not the Issue To the Editor: With reference to your issue of October 9 regarding garbage disposal, I wonder if the borough illustrious chairman of the sewer committee can really know just what he us doing or saying about the disposal of garbage. When he says a disposal plant would mar the beauty of the grounds at the sewage disposal plant, he just does not know what he is talking about, or maybe the proper person has not talked to hun and convinced him such is not the fact.

As far back as 1937 when I was the chairman of the sewer committee, I suggested the borough build a garbage disposal plant in the extreme southeastern part of the 20-acre plot of the present disposal plant. I was not told it would mar the beauty of the plant but was told we had no money, which right. I pointed out on numerous occasions where the borough could build an incinerator and burn all the garbage and ashes at a small nominal fee to be charged for the service. Mr. Boalton says it would be a breeding place for rats, skunks, etc.

Burn Uie garbage, not let it lie around. Surely those animals do not eat ashes. Wfhat we need is a change in some of the heads of those important committees that have the health of Pottstown in their grasp, If they do not give the people what they want or do what is right, impeach them and put men there who can see further than the ends of their noses. Pottstown. BOB VAN HORN.

PARENT PROBLEMS Test Vision Of Poor Spellers By GARRY MYERS Ph (See Editorial Church Doors Swing INTERPRETING THE WAR NEWS ---------Axis Faces New World-Wide Defenses By EDWARD E. BOMAR In Retrospect 50 Years Ago October 13, 1891 NUPTIALS PLANNED Invitation cards have been issued for the wedding of Major Thomas Steele, superintendent of the Universal mill of the Pottstown Iron company, and Miss Edna Hunter Neide. AUTHORITY DEFIED One week has passed since Town council ordered the street committee to commence operations immediately on cutting down the pavement on the north side of High street, between Hanover and Penn streets, but there has been no action. PERSONAL Dr. J.

Ellis Ritter is in toan visiting friends of his former home towm. He again wull take up his profession, but has not yet decided where he will practice. 25 Years Ago October 13, NEW MANAGER Officials of the McClintk-Marshall uction company have announced the appointment of Fred Cadmus, of Am bridge, as general manager of the Pottstown plant, succeeding Sterrett. arrival in Egypt of considerable of American made tanks caps a current series of reminders that second lines of defense against the Axis are building up rapidly and formidably behind the flaming Russian first line. Screened by censorships, planes, troops and munitions of all kinds are pouring steadily into the Middle East and North Africa to cope with a threatening new phase of the conflict.

In the South Pacific, the veil is being lifted on the extent of the measures taken to discourage hesitant Japan from spreading the war in the Pacific. It is in these theaters, along with the North Atlantic, that British and American resources are being brought most to bear just now, through control of the ocean highways. Considered together, the piecemeal hints ol the past few days are too significant to be completely obscured by the Russian drama. The reports from the Middle East underscore the determination of the powers fighting Hitler to keep open the Caucasus gateway to South Russia, and to safeguard likewise the oil fields and the Mediterranean. Returning to London from the conferences with Stalin and his aids, Averell Harriman disclosed that American resources would- be used to increase the capacity of the vital railway from the Persian gulf to Russia's Caspian sea.

Already scores of locomotives are being built in this country for British use in the Middle East, and some presumably will puli trainloads of war supplies across Iran. Australia too is reported to be contributing to the effort. The shipment of American tanks to Egypt Is known to have been in progress for months, to build up British land power from the low point reached after the debacle in Greece. What is less well known is that a shipping bottleneck has delayed unloading at and that American attention has been directed recently to breaking it. 4 Twenty-eight-ton medium tanks, far more powerful than the 13- ton light vehicles initially despatched, likewise are destined for this front, and their transport has raised newf problems.

More specific are the current disclosures of measures to checkmate Japan. From Gen. George C. Marshall, W'ar department chief of staff, Congress heard the past week that just now Philippine Garrison stands No. 1 on The American-Filipino army of Gen.

Douglas MacArthur is to be reinforced as quickly as possible into far more than the token force which has been stationed in the Islands. Completing a tour of Southeastern Asia as a special economic representative of President Roosevelt, Henry W. Grady predicted at Manila that China within a few weeks would have an effective air force composed entirely of American planes. His was the most authoritative and optimistic report on the progress of efforts to this end started months ago with the recruiting of pilots and mechanics in his country. Problems of speeding the movement of munitions over the Burma Road into China, already have been tackled vigorously by American transportation experts.

Now plans are being made to send tanks over the route an especially promising project because the Japanese are notoriously deficient in mechanized equipment. Meanwhile, over the Pacific and South Atlantic, both of these distant theaters are being supplied with long range bombers, but what such deliveries amount to must await future disclosure. $60.98 in FUND Twin-Boro ilia of the Pottstown Homeopathic hospital yesterday heard a report that $80 98 had been contributed by the group to a hospital fund. PERSONAL P. J.

Car thy and Dennis, F. McCarthy, 356 South street, today will attend the wedding of Miss Julia Coyle, daughter of ex-Senator John J. Coyle, Philadelphia, to Charles Mae- Lellan, Town. 10 Years Ago October 13. 1931 CLINIC Spirit of the Good Samaritan walked through Stowe last night bringing with it the promise of health this Whiter.

Action was taken by sanitations to establish a medical clinic. BI-CENTENARY The bi-centenary ALL AROUAD THE TOWN Wandering No By BILLY ACHATZ Arthur S. Weitzenkorn, 27- year-old High street soldier, been upped to rank of corporal in the 85th Reconnaissance Battalion, Fifth Armored Division, now stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. They tell the story about a local draftee who understand why he was yanked to the Pottspital for a draft medical examination the other day He is over 28 years of age, still takes treatments for a spinal condition w-hich was operated on few months back and still wears a bulky brace around back and waist A medico who knew the draftee opened his eyes in wonder when the lad stepped in front of him The draft-eligible now is waiting for notification of how he stacked up against Army standards. NOT INCH DEI) Pete Guest, of the main stem liquor store, is weary from explaining to well-wishers back-slappers that the pay boost given to State liquor store employes touch him as manager If you see Herbert Myers, chairman of the Boro Police Commission, walking a bit lopsided, here's the reason: When the commission members were appointed, it was decided to give 'em some means of identification Myers wanted a small coat lapel button But he didn't get it Instead, he was handed a gold police badge with "Commissioner etched across its face larger than a breast badge and Myers hides it on the inside cover of his wallet.

EPARATED Three children, 8 and 14 years old. were sent to the House of Detention the other day after Boro Bluecoat Paul Galloway did a bit of checking The youngsters were being seen on the streets at all hours of the night, in company with their parents It developed the parents had no home but slept wherever they could find a place to lie for several hours Galloway took of Free Masonry in Pennsylvania will be the children, bought them milk and sand- observed by the lodges of the 40th Masonic district of the State Grand lodge in Masonic hall. King and Franklin streets, Saturday. APPROVED made LIST Announcement was made yesterday that the Pottstown hospital again has been placed on the approved list of hospitals by the American College of Surgeons. The institution has 75 beds.

REAL TRAINING NEEDED TO MAKE GOOD HUNT DOG Bv ROBERT GEIGER wiches and then completed his investigation which wound up with the trio being sent to the detention home. FRUITLESS ircmtn moaned after that fire alarm early Saturday morning and they found an old automobile they had strung out a thousand feet of heavy hose line to a fire hydrant They use the heavy line if persons would stop and think, they wouldn't turn in an alarm and yank out several companies for a little complained one volunteer said several local defense figures are trying to figure out a way to jolt Pottstown folks' apathy toward defense activities. DENVER. Oct. 12 School bells HEALTH COLUMN FACTOQUIZ FLOWERS FOR THE LIVING For JOHN KNAPP 32 Chestnut street BECAUSE he if observing his birthday anniversary -day.

HE parent of a child who is a poor speller is inclined to think of some one, herself, her husband, or an uncle, or aunt, who also Is a poor speller. The conclusion then is that the child inherited his poor spelling. Even an occasional teacher will say this child was just born short in spelling. This is a comfortable superstition on which one can easily shift all responsibility for the poor spelling. Sometimes, however, this doctrine proves a temporary boon to the child, saving him from nagging, scolding and punishment which he otherwise might get.

Yet it help his spelling. Of course, some children are slow learners in every subject, probably being born generally dull. But there is no scientific evidence that special disabilities as in spelling are inherited, barring certain physical limitations of hearing or vision. It is always well to have the vision and hearing of the poor speller or poor reader tested. The child with no physical'handicaps uho does well in one or several basic school subjects can.

under proper guidance, learn to do well in any other basic subject. In trying to help a poor speller, see first that he knows dearly every letter of the alphabet and is familiar with the simpler phonic sounds. If necessary, help him in reading and spelling such words as bat, bag. bay; laie, mate, rate, so he gets the drift of long and short vowels. Then have him practice on some combinations of consonants as bring, thing, sting.

The mam job in learning to spell is to memorize mechanically the letters in the word in their proper order. Whose inotto was sure you are right, then go A. Davy in the war of 1812. Q. What are minarets? A.

Towers on Mohammedan mosques from which the call to prayer is issued. Which the oldest city in America? A Mexico City, Mexico. Q. Which has the greatest extent of navigable waters? A. Louisiana.

Q. What was the first road to be built by the United States government? A. The old national pike. have rung for the game dogs; like children they romp to daily Fall classes where the headmaster teaches them the fine points of good hunting. Lloyd Mathews, who trains hunting dogs sent to him in Denver from all over the nation, says dogs really are quite like children in many ways.

Some learn quickly, some slowly. Some are born hunters; others never learn the game. All are individualists requiring special attention. best hunting dogs have to be born with a hunting Mathews. a tip right at the start: If you want a good shooting dog let an expert choose you one.

with a good dog, training is comparatively easy. First you gain his confidence. This isn't done by coddling but rather by an exhibition of fair play. "If a dog misbehaves and is disciplined he realizes he deserves it. He also knows wfhen he deserves a pat on the and he expects it.

Discipline when he needs it and praise when he deserves it breeds respect and obedience. his confidence is gained, the dog first is taught to retrieve because this is his hardest lesson. He is handed a Fat Persons Deceive Themselves DR LOGAN CLLM1ENING Was the Diary of Samuel stick with nails in it, spaced so that the dteniaV I AM in receipt of a very pathetic letter from a reader. It seems I have hurl her feelings by saying that people are A dear friend of hers happens to be wiiat is termed said her doctor had attributed her excels weight to organic trouble, as she certainly is not lazy and eats very lightly. Well, I want to hurt anybody's feelings, but the fact remains that people who talk like that are kidding themselves.

They may not appear lazy because they move around in quite lively fashion at times. But most of the 24 hours they are very, very quiet. They have to be, because it takes real courage and effort to move all those pounds around. Their idea that they eat lightly and do not eat as much as other people is also faulty observation. Whether they eat as much as other people or not, they certainly eat too much bodies and the amount of activity they Where was daylight first introduced into North ica? A.

In Nova Scotia. saving Amer- Pepys work of fiction or a real diary? a real diary of the author, from 16n9 to 1669. Who are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? A Pestilence, Death, War, Famine. Why do not apples grow in Florida? A Because apples demand a rest period, and the climate of Florida does not allow thus. dog has to grasp it carefully to avoid hurting his mouth.

Thus, when he retrieves birds later he will carry them gently without injuring the flesh. of times the stick is handed to him. and each time he is commanded to return it to his master's hand. Then it is placed on the ground and he picks is up and returns it. It is tossed farther and farther until the dog learns to retrieve, he is taught to sit and lie aowm at command.

Then he is taught to to follow his master at a proper distance. dogs, before they are taken So far as thyroid disturbance is concerned, it is true that thyroid extract will burn off some fat, bust most of the endocrinologists I know use this sparingly They burn off some at the beginning of treatment to give things a start and then rely on the diet. As far as organic trouble Ls concerned, I know of no organic trouble in an overweight person that is not helped and improved by a reduction in weight. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS am 19 years old and suffer from frequent nose bleeds. This causes great annoyance to me at my work I Pottstown Sketches By WILL DANCH keys from our piano.

I want Clayton Geiger, the locksmith Lo see why theu play such sour notes when I hunting, learn to retrieve a duck's wing am a telephone operator. Will you please tell me if I should have this looked into? Also will you please tell me if massaging with cocoa butter a scrawny neck and chest helps fill that region Answer Nose bleeds of this kind are probably due to a very simple condition in the- nose, either a polyp or a small ulcer, and can be treated satisfactorily by local treatment. It Is not wise to try to do this treatment oneself, but rather to seek advice from a specialist in nose and throat work who can put a speculum in the nose and see exactly where the bleeding point is. I do not Pete, a golden Labrador whose parents 1nai massaging with any fat or came from England, was trained by Mat- other material on the outside of the skin hew's in two seasons, a total of about 11 pioduce localized increase in adipose months of actual field work, to the tissue, point where he has learned his signals perfectly. A duck can be hidden at the opposite side of a lake from Pete and he will go after it at command and the directions that Mathews whistles to him, looking toward his master for a wave of the hand that tells him in what direction his quarry lies.

It usually long until Pete proudly brings back the duck. or a dead bird. he gets a lesson in gunning First the gun is fired at a distance, wiiile the dog is roaming the field, romping and watching the birds for his owm amusement. gun is fired closer and close until it is directly over the dog. The lesson properly given is so casual that the dog hardly notices the gun A dog can be trained in a few' months, says Mathews, but usually it takes a couple of years of field work to make them a smooth-functioning retriever.

Reader: a child have the mumps and whooping cough? Can they he inoculated to prevent these Answer: For whooping cough a preventive vaccine, developed by Sauer, has been used with considerable success. I certainly would recommend it for anvone who feels inclined to use it, although I do not believe it is successful enough to make its use compulsory in schools. For mumps no preventive has been successful..