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Page Four Dixon Evening Telegraph The u. fruttug Umpsay I3M tTlrat etuwat, OIxob. UJinoU. Itally except For additional iniormatloD con cerning The I'eJegraph its of inscription, nw una on eluniM A Thought for Today Therefore will I also deal in fury; mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in mine ears 'with a loud voice, yet will I not hear Ezekiel 8:18. The Mead Report Our government's financial conduct of this war has been based upon the necessary assumption that (1) the primary object is to beat the enemy, not operate economically, and that (2j what the Army and Navy say they need must be produced as quickly as possible, and hang the cost.

The armed forces have admitted on occasion that they were over-j stocked with personnel or mate-l riel. And their explanations fi been reasonable. For examph spokesman of the Army Surgeon General said more than a year ago that the Army had more doctors than it needed, and granted tnat this might work a hardship upon civilians. "But," he added, "if men die dur ing the invasion of Europe for want of medical care, there ing to be a bigger howl than you're hearing now about the doctor shortage." And of course he was right Invasion casualties fortunately were lower than but it was still essential to make preliminary preparation for a heavy toll. Perhaps a similar line of reasoning led to conditions which the Senate War Investigating Com-- mittee reports having found at the Norfolk Navy Yard.

It may be that the Navy felt it should have an oversupply of workers there, just on case their labor were But this" situation is different. The idle labor which the senate committee says it found at Norfolk is not something which sim- muse on a day like this?" The Professor smacked his lies. Bis cheeks, were wet the rain water dripping even from ms eyebrows. He was groping in coat pocket for something. "And how arc you this fine cay my little one?" he said to Izabela.

still groping in his Docket Izabela answered stiffly: thank you. But it isn't a day." ich-" "Jozef. yon are an idiot!" Mam Chopin said. "ATONSIEUR CHOPIN had been roHing his lonsue check. He said: "A fine day for a straw aat and slippers.

What is thai, a straw hal? Please, please, Jozef Eisner is not sucn a 1001. iie looked ai his hat. Why it was, of all things, his fine straw one, but hardly Sine any longer. He looked at his feet Eisner, what is the matter? Have you gone out of your head completely? For his feci, course, were in slippers. Tch.

ich. So many things a man must think of in these days. How can you do everything? In a dav there arc only many hours and so many minutes in an hour, and here there are problems, jgrcat and small, and you are only one person. Anyone can see how difficult is. Mamma Chopin hit wet baS, his wet music roll, and Izabela, in response to her mothers quick words, brought out Papa Chopin's thick slippers which Jozef Eisner thankfully ex- jot nis Fdir Enough I am beginning to be troubled by a horrible fear that 1 wronged Harold Ickes when, during the presidential campaign, I called him in print a penny ante chlse- Although there is scarcely any saving or profit too small for his notice, lckes is not to be describ ed as penny ante.

He will chisel a lanre profit, too, and so I am happy to do him the justice of re-classifying him as an open class chiscler. I am happy to award him this well-deserved In the story of his life, Ickes ply affects the production or supply of civilian goods. That could be borne. But, if true, it should not be condoned when there are shortages in our military produc- The Navy Department's reply to the committee charges was testy, ait not clarifying. It cited the umber of ships built and repaired Norfolk in 1944, and concluded that "obviously someone has been doing a job." But the committee did not sug gest that a job wasn't being done.

It reported that there were more men at the Yard than were needed to do this job, and that many were idle, or working on such things as ornate checkerboards, oyster tables, and model Christ-It is well that tins committee is headed by Senator James M. Mead, for he is a staunch Administration supporter whose critical findings cannot be construed as political. In his report to the senate he not only revealed some unsavory conditions at Norfolk, but suggested that there was similar hoarding and loafing at other Navy installations. And he stated that Navy officials had admitted his charges in committee hearings. We hope that the Navy's reply to the Mead report will not be confined to blustering and face-saving.

The situation is serious and demands frankness from all concerned. It also needs the same sort of thorough airing as was given the scandalous conditions at the Brewster aircraft which, incidentally, was operating under Navy contract. publishing howx it called hlnmclf a curmudgeon choice with which 1 would be the last person in the world to quar rel, the definition of a being in my dictionary, "an avar icious, churlish lellow; niggard. miser," und the synonyms for churlish given as "surely, sullen, crabbed." Incidentally, although his mem ory seemed excellent in ancient matters relatively trivial, nowhere in these memoirs of affectionate self-annroval did our avaricious, churlish niggard and miser con fide to his readers how it was that he, an impecunious study-boy. nickel iiie --his wav through school.

thch into journalism, at which he Hopped, and finally into the law, suddenly became a man of riches. He had sneered at Wendell Win kle's associations with Wall Street which was the region of Franklin Roosevelt's early adventures with other people's money, but modesty, or perhaps motives de terred mm trom explaining tnat he married the rich ex-wife of another man as a preliminary to his withdrawal from the squalor and other disadvantages of lite in Chicago, to reside in a pleasant burb on a street listed biographical date as "Private Road." My first knowledge of the avaricious and miserly character of Ickes came of some inquiry in Washington prompted by a ci news item relating that he ill in the Naval Hospital. Know ing that the Washington public hospitals were overcrowded and less cheerful than most, and prompted by an out-moded resentment against special privilege, I made and learned tnat Ickes was to a large extent guest of the tax-payers. Notwithstanding his great, i earned riches, he was paying a nomial naval rate which would not have hired a beaver-board booth in an ancient Georgetown garret. He was, moreover, violating the law which provided only that a doctor from the hospital should attend the members ot congress and said nothing about rest cures for rich and avaricious isera of the cabinet.

Admitting not one such sojourn but two, our surly preceptor in citizenship, democracy and honesty added, in a naive expression of the sense of special class and privilege which pervades the new deal household, that really the public hospitals were very bad. to THE STORY. At the Me -t 19. Frederic Chopin's dexterlly at the plssoforte has already aim a person of aote la the little Wala. Co jit Skarhek.

owner of the vfUajre, has reqaeated that Wtiww. Professor Kred- Chopia family are JooUatT for- THE LETTER pROF. JOZEF ELSNER, his baggy clothes dripping wet, stepped over the threshold. If Mamma Chopin had not held him off he would have embraced her in his rain-soaked arms. "Good day!" His face was one oig smile.

Madame Chopin, good day!" Then he nodded to Mon sieur Chopin, who had only this moment come to the door. Nicolas! Izabela, good day! Your little one, are thev it health?" "They're in Izabela Jozef Eisner closed nodded, then witn a quick gesture, as Nicolas Chopin bolted ine door against the driving he said: a head nodded in the direction Jentzcnens music room. "Superb! Yes?" Nicolas Chopin didn't say anything but his expression said plainly enough: thinks of Dittributtd by NEA SERVICE. INC. Scene from, the Columbia film, "A Song to Professor Eisner had taken the letter back and now read it although undoubtedly he could have repeated every word without the slightest reference to it- hand a crumpled paper, the thing been groping for in his "Yes, Jozef." "I only say to you my friends.

my dear friends read!" too dark where they to read anything. "Is it Louis Plcycl?" asked Nicolas Chopin calmly. Who else? It is something, let me tell you, to get a letter from Louis Plcycl. Is it a cold letter? Look! How is it signed? It is signed, as you sec. 'Respectfully.

Dupont. Secretary to Louis Ah. don't don't smile. Who is Eisner in far-off Warsaw thai into the kitchen where the should havo light was better. Mamma Chopin secretary write 'respectf ullv' io took the paper.

She opened it. him from Paris? The letter is read, while Eisner looked on. his still warm. It came in the carl-town face beaming. "Mamma Cho- post.

It reaches over the years. pm read irom the top ot the paper proof. bottom. "I don't understand it." she said, when she had finished. tch." She handed the oaocr lo her husband.

"Maybe you can understand it." Nicolas Chopin held the paper ray from his eyes. "Don't you see it?" said Jozci "Give me a minute. Jozef. and I will sec what there is to be "Now do you ''No, Jozef. 1 do not ULSNER wagged his head from side to side, by way of show- -you wo3c lo him ab(njl mg his dissust.

"From Paris," chen-" he said. "Isn't that "Who sen1 if" Nicolas CheriTi Wkcd si the friends absolute nroof that a sincere man is always a sincere man. It brings back to my head an occasion in Germany. 15 years aco. 1 was playing then in a trio, and who is in the audience but Louis Plcycl.

There he was. afterwards, waiting. He took my hand, a powerful man. Louis ricycl. "My dear friend," he said, 'you were magnificent!" So 1 am naturally pleased, as who wouldn't be.

But did it slop there? Oh. no: That was only the beginning. He said also, on that same occasion, "Eisner." be said. "1 shall never Jorgci you." How do you hkc thai?" Eisner's lighted. "Did -v-ou Hunk I would 1m- afraid lha17 Not Jozef Eisner.

Yes, in- Setter again. out the dcc?" 3 sa1 down and name to be aTm Plcycl. Well, you jscc what he says. It is all there. ho is Louis now had the letter and was "Madame.

holdms? ji tr. fvrs. Ho it please, my dear warm I aloud, although undoubtedly he i-ouis let rr.c ask who nave repeated every word own? finosi concert hail, the without the slightest reference DIXON EVENING TELEGRAPH Thum, he didn't have to say, not ijoou vnouun tor him. aince then, my little ahcals of iovc-huU'b ewwcinuw the pruice of avarice, ued uarbeii wire and scented asoioetidu, has grown and And it contains another The first Ali-s. Ickes was killed in an automobile accident in New Mexico, Jn August, '19J0.

while riding in a hire-car ow driven by Frank Allen, of Gallup. Alra. Ickes had known Allen about five ycara In the status of client and had expressed great confi dence in his driving. The car no livery limousine but a desert Ford and renting and driving for hire was Allen's means of a liv lihood for himself, his wife and their five minor children. Preoccupied, perhaps, problems of inheritance in Chi cago where contention soon devel oped over the distribution of his late wife's millions, our curmud geon couldn't find time to go to New Mexico.

However, in ourse and in disciplined obedi- nee to that grasping character I'ith which he has publicly and omewhat proudly endowed him- elf in the title of his book, the oice and spirit of the new deal did file a suit against the estate of Allen. He demanded 57,500 the general ground that" Allen had been a public carrier, not unlike a rich and soulless' corporation operating a railroad. however, die district attorney had investigated the ac cident and a coroner's jury, after an inquest, had fixed no blame. Allen was a one-man business of the type for whom the hearts of the new deal, in particular the hearts of Henry Wallace, Sidney Hillman and the communist political education society, now bleed. He left an estate of including two life insurance policies, for the protection of his wife and children.

Business, however, is business and, true to the principles which have been' his guide from the day when he succeeded to the luxun- estate of the dispossessed first husband, the conscientious miser Washington pressed his claim. Moreover, he might have taken his pound of flesh but for a pe culiar kink in the law of New Mexico which held that the right to sue expired with the defendant unless the suit had been filed be fore his death. Allen had died of iniuries withm a few days and the avarious Ickes, with so many other property interests at loose ends, had delayed too long. The residue of Allen's estate, after his debts had been paid. $696.

And the thought that Ickes light have had it for himself out for an error of timing is one that wrings my own great and mushy heart for him-. the stories told of Ickes by himself and others, this one seems most fully and poignantly to express the soul of the man ho has served us as watchman t'er our morals and motives and describes himself, inadequately, I sometimes think, as "an avaric- is, churlish fellow, niggard, CARD OF THANKS I express my thanks for the many beautiful floral pieces, cards, notes, and kind expressions of sympathy. The Veterans of Foreign Wars for participating Drial services tor tne of my husband. Sergeant William Carl Kohl. Mrs.

William C. Kohl. Every half hour in the day U. mills produce more than oArm.rV, cwi to build and equip one destroyer. UPSET STOMACHS YIELD INCHES OF GAS AND DLOAT so full of cas 1 was afraid I'd burst.

Sour, bitter substance rose up in my throat from my unset stomach after meals- 1 got ERE-HELP. and it worked inches of and bloat from mo Waistline is way down now. Meals arc a pleasure. 1 praise Erb-Hclp to the This is an actual testimonial from a man living right here ERB-HELP is the new formula containing medicinal juices from 12 Great Herbs: these Herbs cleanse bowels, clear gas from stomach, act on sluggish liver and kidneys. Miserable people soon feci different all over.

So don't go on sutfennjr Oct at. Drug Store here in Dixon. -NOTICE-TO FARMERS AND TRAPPERS! FUR SEASON is now open, wc arc paying full market prices for all kinds of furs caught. Bring your trappers license with jour furs. SINOW and WIENMAN Phone 81 They'll Do It Every Time son of Frank Kohl and the late Mildred Johnson Kohl Sherman was born July 23, 1924 at Ster ling.

He attended Central school and Sterling township high school. Before enterting the service, he w-as mployed by Charles O- Larson the Lepperd Motor Service in Dixon. He enlisted November 1942, took basic training at Camp Polk, Louisiana and Camp Barkley, Texas. He was then transferred to Camp Cooke. California.

3e was united in marriage May 1944 to Miss Marilyn Thomas. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas of Dixon, at Camp Cooke, California. He left for overseas duty the last of September 1944.

He landed England with the llth Amorea Division then to France. He was Tank Commander. He died Jan uary 1. 1945 of wounds received action Beligum. Besides his widow.

living in Dix on, he is survived by his father and step-mother; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice John son; his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Rosa Kohl; a step-brother, Hinricks A. M. M.

al so aunts and uncles, and other relatives. He was preceded hi death by his mother in 1937. Sgt. Kohl was a member of me Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 540, Dixon.

Memorial services were held February 4, 1945 at Rock Falls Christian church, at 2:30. the Reverend Fred Shiffer delivering the sermon, vocal selections by the choir. Bert E. Brown Post No. 326 of Sterling assisted by the Horace F.

Ortt Post of Dix- provided the mmtiary honors. Sergeant Kohl was laid to rest France with a Catholic Chaplain conducting the service. DAVID H. SPENCER (Contributed) David H. Spencer was born in Dixon May 20, 1861.

He was the son of Aquilla and Mary' Ann (Hetler) Spencer. Both were pioneers of Lee county, having come here from Pennsylvania. During his boyhood days he attended the schools in this city. He grew up on a farm and at the age of twenty years he left the farm went into ipercantile business. In 1902 he became a grocery merchant.

Because of failing health he retired in 1908 and established himself on a fruit acreage on the outskirts of the city. During the year of 1927 he returned to live in Dixon. Mr. Spencer, outside of his business, served his community in many ways. For 12 years he was a member of the district school board and six years on the city school board.

Also, he served one term as city treasurer and for the past 25 years has held the office as assistant and supervisor of Dixon township. the emergency he assisted in organizing the Lee County Emergency Relief Commission and member of that organization. He also served as a member of old age assistance committee and was an active member of the executive committee of the American Red Cross. He was deeply interested in the Veterans' Rehabilitation program and cooperated with the local verterans organization their program of assistance to veterans. He will be remembered for his unselfish devotion to community affairs.

He was a staunch Republican and a member of B. P. O. Elks and uras held in high esteem by his associates in those organiza- 'ln 1884 he was married to Miss Jennie Keith. Mrs.

Spencer passed away in 1S93. leaving two sons, Theodore E. of Des Moines, Iowa and Harold L. of this city. In the year of 1900 he was united marriage to Miss Kath-ryne C.

Fisher, who with four chDdren survive. Mrs. Claire Beck of Grand Detour, Lester E. and Orson B. of Dixon and Donald Eugene of Chiacgo.

He also leaves two brothers and two sisters. Nelson S. of St. Louis. Lena Dixon, Illinois, Wednesday, February 1945 By Jimmy Hatlo 1 Hf THOSE SCR006ES PUT 1 "USBAND IS DOWN iw BLACK AND BUT MV HUSBAND'S TELLIW6 'BM AT THE.

WHITE ARE UMDEtt I ALREADY GIvBJOVER OPPICE THAT SHE Obituaries Local SGT. WILLIAM C. KOHL (Contributed) Sergeant William Carl Kohl, CHEST, RED CROSS OR WHAT HAVE VtHJ.THEV'LL MAPV ELUEW -RVAN. 2.7 BUpokO-YN, My. Uhl of Lincoln, Nebraska, Amanda Beckwith of Ft.

Collins, Colorado and Lloyd E. of Dixon. He will be deeply missed by wife and children and the community at large. A shadow rests upon our home, We miss his smiling face. Where'er we look, where'er we turn We see his vacant place.

While on earth he did his best His heart was' truly kind. His memory will be ever dear To those he left behind. Funeials 31AJ. GEN. F- J.

KERNAN Washington, Feb. Maj. Gen. Francis Joseph Kernan, 86, who organized and commanded the Army Service of Supply in World 1, was buried Arlington cemetery yesterday with full military honors. Kernan made his winter home in Daytona Beach, where he died last Saturday afternoon at Welch Convalescent hospital.

CECIL J. CRAVENS-'" (Telegraph Special Service) Franklin Grove, Feb. 7. The funeral of Cecil J. Cravens, 40.

operator of the Cravens tavern in Rochelle, who passed away at 7:00 o'clock Tuesday morning at the Rochelle hospital, as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident Jan. 18, will be held at the Hicks funeral home here at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon. The Rev. Gilbert S. Peters of the Methodist church will officiate and burial will be in Prairie Repose cemetery at Amboy.

Cravens was injured when his automobile crashed into a culvert on alternate route 30, a mile west of Rochelle. He was treated at the Rochelle hospital immediately after the accident and returned to his home. His condition grew worse, and on Jan. 20 he was readmitted to the hospital. Three passengers in his car recovered from slight injuries.

Internal injuries of the chest bronchial pneumonia, shock and exposure brought on by the acci initiating a new subject of Neptune It's a fine old the good-narurcd initiation of those -who cross the equator for the first time In much the same spirit of good-natured fun. people everywhere respond to the invitation U-ate a. Coke. That's -when friendliness speaks a refreshing language all its o-wn. A pause for ice-cold Coca-Cola is always erected a smile in so many places, on the seas and overseas, just as it is in your home.

It's a happy symbol among people who understand the pleasant ways of friendship- O77U0 UNJllt 05 7HI COCA-COiA iY ROCKFORD COCA-COIA IOTTL1NG COMPANY Diict Branch 107 Djxon Fhont S26 To AiW Plrmr Rtivn, Ywr E-mPi? Soitl.t dent were held to have caused Craven's death by a coroner's jury In an inquest conducted by Coroner Fred Horner of Ogle county. Testimony of witnesses failed to reveal the cuuse of the crash. Surviving Mr. Cravens are his widow, Faith ives Cravens, and two children. Dorothy and Robert, all of Franklin Grove; a sister, Sarah, Knoxville, and a brother, Clarence, Martin, Tenn.

CLIFFORD FURLONG Rochelle, Feb. 7. The funeral of Clifford Emanuel Furlong, 67, who passed away his home. 515 Seventh street, at 10:15 o'clock Monday night following an illness of six months' duration, will be held at the' Unger funeral home at 2:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The Rev.

John Wyngarden of the First Presbyterian church will of-ficate and burial will be in Lawn-ridge cemetery. Mr. Furlong was born May 31, 1877 at Rochelle, a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

J. Furlong who were among the early settlers in this area. He attended school in Rochelle, and also attended Northwestern university. He married Golda Bennett, at San Antonio, April 2, 1925, and the couple resided in Dallas, for 35 years. They returned to Rochelle seven years ago.

Mr. Furlong was a member of the Presbyterian church of Dallas, and of the Hella Shrine temple in the same city. In addition to his widow he survived by a brother, W. J. Furlong of R6-chelle.

Deaths ARTHUR A ME KEEL Arthur A. Mekeel passed away at his home in Harmon township Tuesday evening following a long illness. He was born in Harmon township, Jan. 10, 1863 and had been a resident there his entire lifetime, having resided on his present farm for 76 years. He is survived by his wife, Hettie, one brother, Anson of Kerley, and several nieces and nephews residing in this vicinity.

Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Jones funeral home with burial the Greenwood cemetery at Harmon. Local JOHN SHAVER John Shaver, 89,. until three years ago a resident of Dixon, passed away at 7:00 o'clock this morning at a Rockford hospital. Funeral arrangements, which are being made at the Prestoiv funeral home here, will be announced later. Mr.

Shaver is survived by his widow, a son, Guy, of Rockford. and two brothers. Clayton of California and Will of Colorado. Lodges American Legion Regular meeting of Dixon post, No. 12 at o'clock this evening.

HELPFUL A scientist has figured that the meadowlarks of Sacramento valley, California, destroy 193 tons of insects daily when feeding their young. the home paper Tha Dixon that has been furnishing news to community for over 93 years Greetings, Have a Coke Coca-Cola a aaiarally Coca-Cola called br sis fbracly sci i as conpaay..