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THE HELENA INDEPENDENT, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1943 The Helena Independent Publlthlu Company, Helena B. A. DTK Editor Entered Inn poit office Helena. Montana, foi' trmi- mltslon throuin the mall second-class matter. Telephone 491 and 493 Subscriber! win confer favor by culllnr otlice on the telephone currier! rail to deliver Papers promptly.

SUBSCRIPTION HATES DMly anfl Sunday, delivered by currier, net I Dolly and Sunday, delivered by carrier, one month and earlier. 3 month! Dally and BundayT'dellvertd by carrier. 6 months Dally n7 jiM Dally by malfout of Montana (In the United States)--one year The Independent will not be responsible for errors In advertisements nor price Quotations If he proof la resa by the advertiser. Proof will be sent out when copy In The Independent office one day In advance of day on which advertisement Is to appear. IS 1.00 2.99 We Worry About Peace In time of war we worry about the peace.

When all is tranquil we fret over fears of conflict. So, we are on a normal basis when prominent men in the military and civilian life bemoan the prospect of postwar chaos. General Wavell, great British military leader, remarks that a people can make unheard of sacrifices in wartime and can furnish unlimited finances. But, he observes, where are those financial mountains when the peace comes? Herbert Hoover, in a recent address, wonders why we cannot hope to collaborate as well after this fight as we are doing now. He views the transition period with misgiving.

He would shun postwar military alliances. The former president sees little hope of a treaty that will be as binding as we desire because of the rigors of this world Mr. Hoover is anything but an optimist as to our prospects for taking advantage of the peace. His forecast is that we must accept a period of disturbing years when this war ends. Fears of our prominent and experienced men are justified.

When this war ends we shall see a race for personal and national gain. It will be a case of the devil take the hindmost. Tramp steamers will carry loads of rubber, tin and other precious raw materials at bargain prices. There will be keen competition between shipping lines and nations for control oC sea traffic. The tramp steamers will underbid on carrying charges.

Soon we will be in the same old rows. Then we will have the tariff battles. Despite such a gloomy outlook, there is much the individual can do to assure a good home and desirable living conditions for his family in the postwar period. We do not face the century-old task of India where poverty and disease always have been accepted. Americans will have a big lead on most peoples.

Our country, its cities and transport systems will not be devastated. If the individual will fit into his nitch and stay there; if we work hard and respect the rights of our neighbors, then Americans will have less to fear in the postwar period than any people on earth. Science Marches On War, the great killer, is also apt to be a great saver of life. It is perhaps war's only redeeming feature a it gives medical science a giant laboratory where discoveries are made that in times of peace save countless lives. This war is apparently no exception.

From the maelstrom come reports of the successful use of ice in the treatment of bomb shock, in aiding seamen who have been immersed for hours in almost freezing water, and in the vast field of surgery as an anesthetic. The use of heat in treating bomb victims in England has definitely been proved to have been a mistake and British physicians now urge the application of cold treatments in order to release pent-up toxins into the blood stream at a very slow rate. No longer are men hauled out of Ice-cold waters put to bed with warm pads. Instead, only the upper parts of their bodies are warmed. Their lower extremities are kept cool, often with icebags.

The results have been highly encouraging. Physicians and surgeons in this country are watching with interest these developments abroad and it will see the that the next few years will see the extensive use of ice as a valuable aid in the treatment of many types of injuries and in surgery. Plight of India Famine and cholera plague India. Starvation and pestilence ever have been the fate of that teeming land. What a farce it is to promise to alleviate, the world over, conditions that have endured long centuries.

By a combination of circumstances, a due per cent of babies born in India have been doomed to want, since western civilization knew of India. Pestilence perhaps has taken even more lives. Man shall not live by bread alone, It is true. But he cannot live without It. What this world needs is less maudlin sentiment and more common sense.

World Health Feeding of the undernourished peoples in the aftermath of tho war is already taking shape as problem for concerted effort. Its immediacy is great, but only secondary to it are the cure and eradication of diseases certain to be brought homo to belligerent nations by returning troops from all parts of the world. Although there has been little public discussion along this line, it cannot a i to be in the thoughts oC leaders in the scientific world. And when the time does come at the close of hostilities to set up an international organization whose prime objective will be to prevent the recurrence of conflicts, of almost equal importance to it will be the conservation of the health of the peoples of the world. It seems the very height of paradox for an era that has produced two world wars, the second of Which is the greatest the world has ever experienced, to be the one in which the care of public health has achieved the stature of a science.

As such it is capable of being the instrument by which the physical status of 1,600,000,000 human beings may be measurably enhanced. So backward are many peoples that this desired end can never be attained on a hit or miss basis. In the new world setup there must be an international organization with far-flung outposts prepared to combat pestilence and wielding a powerful influence to improve the living standards of the human race. Despite the colossal flop that was the League of Nations, it is a memorable fact that its welfare agencies were active almost to the end, and that the fight it waged on the opium habit alone meant redemption to tens of thousands. Typhus fever, cause of the greatest number of deaths from disease in all the wars of history, has all but been eliminated among the American forces, there having been but two or three cases in an army of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 men.

The war on malaria and venereal disease is being won. Scientific discoveries in the field of disease cures and preventives have been enormous in the present conflict. The postwar world will be a much smaller world, thanks to the groat role to be played by a i a A corollary ot that, oC course, is the danger of i i disease from one quarter of the globe to another, almost before it is recognizable. Here, too, an international health organization could wield a powerful minatory influence, holding up local officials to the most rigid Avatchfulness. Well to Understand There is increasing comment that we cannot a the i we understand them.

This is i i for the average American. The Nips are savages, pure and simple, and savagery of any sort is beyond the comprehension of most of us over here. After meeting the enemy in the field, of course, the a abroad begins to get a glimpse. These people do not. think as we do.

They are reared in a school of ruihless- ness. They regard as routine i war practices from which we turn with a shudder. We need not descend to their level, to beat them. Indeed, we are incapable of descending to their level. But it is well to know what we fight.

With Other Editors-- THM CRUMBS OF COMFORT No more should be required lo make the war department act a appeal addressed to it by 40 Kansas City mothers and fathers who have been informed that their sons arc "missing in action" and who seek tho small comfort ot knowing as much as can be ascertained about the circumstances. It will be more supportable lo parents to know details, even though they arc distressing, than to be told nothing. Every morsel of fact will enable them, somewhat, to feel that they had been standing by at a moment when they would most have wished to bo faithfully at hand. We think tho department should take whatever measures may be necessary to respond wilh and gratitude to the parents of Louis Post-Dispatch. SECRETS, OH INFORMATION It might have a good effect upon the generals and admirals it they could know the interest, and more than a touch of suspicion, with which tho public read about the off-the- record session, held under police guard, at which army spokesmen held forth with unusual frankness.

Not that the public wants military secrets. After all, it is John Q. Public's sons who are In tho fox holes, and It is John Q. Public's home which will be rubble if something goes wrong. However, the suspicion Is that what the war department gave the House ot Representatives was not secrets but mere forthrightness concerning the hardness ot tho going.

The people were Informed, for that several military films which were shown included 1ho Invasion of Sicily and the aclion at Rondova in Iho Solomons. Also, there wore over-all figures on Ihe Hlrongth of Germany, which, suro- ly, the efficient Germans must themselves possess. There are three sufficient reasons why tho people should have all information which docs not involve national security: First, the people will work harder If they have clearer realization; second, there Is nothing moro demoralizing to tho man dodging i than to learn that the folks at home are being told ho Is on a picnic; i this In tho people's war and they have a right to Orogonlan. "HEY, MA! YOU SEEN ANYTHING OF MY WILLKIE BUTTON?" Wartime Mothers Who Are Showing Courageous Devotion to )uty Should Win Citations By RUTH MIMJGTT NKA Staff Wi-Uci- Why do women always have bo "unsung heroines?" Why don't we honor their brav- ry and courago and dovolion lo The Haskin Information Bureau This paper puts at your dis- middle Attlanlic gioup to be the posal the service of an exten- TM sive organization in Washington lo answer questions. This bureau cannot atlempl lo diagnose disease.

A doctor should be called in all such cases. You have only to address The Helena Independent Informa- lion Bureau, Fiedpric J. Haskin, Director. Washington, D. and enclose three cents for return postage.

Q. Is it possible for an avia- lor to fly upside down without knowing it? C. C. H. A.

The army air corps says that it is possible for an aviator to fly upside down without knowing it. It can happen during night flying, or when coming out of a spin, or when there is something wrong with the instruments. Q. What is the principal use of ambergris? J. E.

B. A. It is now used as a for the fragrance in fumes, though formerly employed wealthiest. This comprises the stales of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Q.

Who was Jack Ihe Ripper? D. W. A. Jack Ihe Kipper was an unknown person who committed a series murders in the east end of London in 1SSS-S9. He gave himself the name.

Q. When was Ihe last inipor- lanl coal slnke in England? B. A. The Brilish informalion services says Ihe lasl large slnke in England occurred in Hie Nol- tingliam coal lields on Sept. 14, 1943.

Q. What kind of a ship is Uie U.S.S. Biidgc? W. L. A.

The U.S.S. Bridge is a storeship. Q. What kind ot a spoil is i i J. E.

A. It is the art ot navigating on logs. The men stand on op' I i ends of a log, and, upon signal each tries lo upset the oth- 1924 the preserved figure attended every board meeting ot the hospital. Q. Has a vice president of the United States ever resigned? E.

E.H. A. John C. Calhoun resigned as vice piesident on Dec. 28, 1832.

Q. a is the lloor area of the Pentagon, the new war department building in Arlington, I.C. A. The Pentagon has a floor area of 4,352,549 square feet, and is believed to be the world's largest office structure. Q.

How much do bombers and pursuit planes cost? H.E.W. A. The basic cost of a four- engine bomber is $250,000. It may however, cost as much as more. The basic cost of a pursuit plane is as an incense, in cookery and as a medicine.

Ambergris is worth approximately its weight in gold and as much as 0 0 0 0 0 worth has been taken from a single sperm whale. Q. Were the English people ever required by law to read tlie Bible? C. H. L.

A. When the Bible was i i printed in England, a royal injunction of 153S required every parish priest to set up a copy to ho read. Six were placed in St. Paul's church in London and the crowds that gathered lo read and discuss, at one time, were so great that the bishop had to protest because the noise disturbed the services. Q.

What presidents were not college men? C. F. B. A. Washington, Jackson, Van Euvcn.

Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, Johnson, Cleveland and JIcKin- ley. Q. How old were Chiang Kai- shek and his present wife at the time of their marriage? K. N. A.

ChiaiiR was 40 years old and his bride Mel-Ling, 25. Q. What is the fastest running wild animal in the United States? S. N. C.

A. It in believed to bo the pronghorn or so-called antelope of the west. Q. Which section of the United Stales is the wealthiest? II. S.

B. A. According to the conference board latest estimates show the er by some sudden, eccenlric Iwist. Gladstone, is the roleo capital of the nation and the champion is known as "king of the white waters." Q. Ale any Canadian conscripts sent overseas? A.

E. A. A haw has been passed by the Canadian parliament lo conscript men for oversea duty whenever it is necessary for the successful prosecution of the war. With I exception some cou- scripled Iroops who parlicipated in Iho Aleulian islands campaign Canada has so far not had to con- scripl men for oversea service because Ihe volunteer system has filled the need for men in her armed forces abroad. Q.

How long does it take to learn Esperanto? N. A. W. A. One authority stales lhat the average American can learn enough In six weeks' spare time study to converse freely.

Q. What Brilish wriler made a will leaving his body lo a hos- pilal provided his skelelon be presenl at all board A. n. Q. A.

Jeremy Benlham, who died in 1S32. His skeleton covered with the clothes that he commonly wore and supporting a waxen effigy of his head was preserved in the Anatomical museum of the University college, London. Across one knee rested his favorite stick "Dapple" and at the foot lay the skull, the white hairs still clinging to the surface. Until Your Health SIDE GLANCES-By Galbraiih cent im me. mo.

off. "Sir, I wish you would tell my parents to quit writing me how lonesome they are--it's interfering with my military career Football Injuries Need Prompt, Careful Treatment By DR. THOMAS D. MASTERS Written for NEA Parents go through a good deal of mental anguish during the football season, out ot a well- founded fear ot accidents on the field. Since, however, such competitive, organized games as football serve as a "moral equivalent of war," football for the growing boy is likely to go on.

Apart from more serious aspects of fractures, dislocations and inlernal injuries, there are a good many olher minor forms of Injury growing out of violent sport which need exact and careful treatment, if the fellow- afflicted 1.1 to go on nearly as good as new. Muscle, joint and superficial contusions, especially in the body's exlremllies, are the commonest of lesser involvements. To prevent hemorrhage, the application of cold water or ice packs is effective. Klevalion of Ihe injured part for at least an hour Is a good procedure. Possibly compression bandages may be used, and complete rest for 24 to 4S hours is mandatory Laler, genlle heat and massage are of benefit.

Sprains, involving stretching ligaments, need quick and accurate diagnosis. Tenderness and swelling nearly always Identify the ligament affected to exploring fingers. Too much mobility of a Joint is another sign 1 A geu- lle strain produces pain. Sprains and contusions being much ajike, treatment is nearly identical. After hemorrhage Is under control In a sprain, the rapid return to use of the affected muscle is tho main objective.

Massage and use do the work here. Strains are not so strikingly interesting as sprains, but are real lesions, nevertheless. They may be produced merely by an unbalance between protagonist and antagonist muscle groups, but there is a tearing of muscle or tendon tissue. The treatment follows the same steps as the treatment for sprains. The resultant scar tissue will never be perfect again, and weakness can be expected, despite healing.

Fractures, dislocations, and Internal injuries, curiously, are statistically less prevalent In football than In any other active sport. Many unorganized sports put football completely In the shade on this score. Dislocations require immediate X-ray, followed by reduction. Internal injuries are distinctly rare. Such things as brain contusions should be followed by rest and nonpar- tlcipation until the condition Is cleared up and requires hospl- tallzatlon.

Suffice to say that when Inlernal Injuries are merely suspected, professional advice and care should be sought Immediately. Use Unrationed Fats For Baking Cakes BY GAYNOR MADDOX NBA Stnff Writer You can make cakes with chicken fat or home-rendered lard, using all fat or half fat and halt )utter for the amounl of shorlen- ng specified in the recipe. Spice cakes, chocolale cakes, or cakes with decided flavor in cake or resting are especially suitable for use of these fats. To mix these cakes, increase alt teaspoon. Reserve about of Ihe sugar to beat into the egg whites.

Cream remaining sugar with the fat. Combine egg yolks and milk and add to creamed mixture, alternalely with ifted flour mixture, beatiug after each addition. Beat egg whites with reserved sugar until stiff enough to hold up In mosl peaks. Add to cake bailer, healing very Bake as usual. That expert advice comes from a new 22-page booklet called 'How to Bake by the Ration Book." And here's one of its many wartime recipes.

HOXEY SPICE CAKE Two cups sifled cake flour, 2 teaspoons combination baking lowder, teaspoon salt, ,4 tea- poons allspice, i cup shortening, 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind, cup honey, 2 egg yolks, unbeaten; cup milk, cup chopped raisins, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 egg whites, 1-3 cup chopped walnut meats. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, salt and allspice, and sift together three times. Cream shortening with lemon rind; add honey gradually, beating well after each addition. Add Yi of flour and beat until smooth and well blended. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well afler each.

Add remaining flour jn thirds, allernately with milk in halves, beating very well after each addition. Add raisins with last addition of flour. Add vanilla. Beat egg whites until stiff enough to hold up in moist peaks. Stir nuickly but thoroughly into batler.

Turn inlo greased SxSx2-inch pan and sprinkle with nut meals. Bake in moderate oven (350 degrees 55 mlnules or until done. duly with medals--Just men are honored? Why, for Instance, Isn't there a medal given to young wlvei who huvo biibics while their husbands are away at war' There are thousands of such mothers. And you don't have to '10 a dewey- eyed sentimentalist to know they nro heroines." Most of the service couples who have babies today have them by choice. The wife knows exactly what is before her if she has a buby in wartime--and yet ghe goes ahead with the Job of motherhood.

And don't think those months before the baby is born are easy for the war wife left to have her child alone. She hasn't a husband to cheer her up when she is depressed, or to help her make the thousand necessary plans that must be made when a. child It about to come Into the world. She probably can't even get the doctor she would like to have take care of her. She just takes whatever doclor can handle her case.

If her husband Is an enlisted man, money is scarce. Everylhing she does or plans is decided on the basis of whether or not the budget will sland It. And then'she goes to the hospital alone and has her child and brings it home (us-'ally to a mall apartment, or even a furnished room) and assumes the hole responsibility for its health ind welfare. And all the while he is still probably wobbly on her feet. To go through that willingly and uncomplainingly takes the lighest kind of courage.

And yel ve don't honor these war mothers any tangible way. Why don't we decorate our brave young women Just as we decorate our brave young men? One shows as much devotion to duty as another. Mind Your Manners Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against the authoritative answers below: 1. When a marriage takes place at a parsonage, do the bride and bridegroom go together? 2. Afterwards, might they all go to a reslauraut for lunch or dinner? 3.

Is it customary for the re ception lo be held at Ihe bride'! home or at the home of some member of her family or at a public room rented by her par- enls for Ihe occasion? 4. May a bride send out engraved or printed -ards ot thanks lo Ihose who sent her wedding gifts? What would you do if--You are putting out your wed ding gifts to show to your friends-(a) Don't display the checks given you by relatives? (b) Put the checks out with the other presenls? ANSWERS 1. Yes. They are mel at the parsonage by the members Iheir families and Ihe friends who have been inviled. 2.

Yea. 3. Yes. 4. No.

She should wrile per sonal notes. Better "What Would You Do' solution--(a). You could say "And Uncle Ralph gave me a don't mention th amount. Sonnysayings RecUUrtd U. 8.

Pittnt OfflM. In Hollywood By ERSKIXB JOHJfSOW XEA Staff Correspondent Fred Allen and Jack Haley glared at us across the luncheon table. "It was your Idea," Fred said, sourly. "Yeah," moaned Jack. "Everyone else is happy with, one comedian.

You gotta have TWO comedians. I thought you were opposed to double features?" We said we were opposed to double bills on the screen, but that today we Just thought we would be different and Interview two comedians. "Do you give away dishes with your column, too?" Fred wanted to know. "Or sell candy bars between editions?" asked Jack. We said we were sorry we ever menlioned It.

Perhaps we'd betler go inlerview Jack Benny or Joan Davis. They were funny, too. We started to leave but Allen tripped us and Haley almost broke his back with a flying tackle. "Now about this Interview," said Allen, sweetly. "Yes," cooed Haley.

"Great idea. TWO comedians Instead of one. Sensational idea. You'll probably win the Pulitzer prize." "Bring the man another steak." said Allen, calling to the waiter. "About 2,500 points." "And a couple ot gaga on toast," said Haley.

"Now," said Allen, "let's get down to business." "Yes," purred Haley. Well, we said, how about their new pictures? "It's a wonderful Allen said. "I came out to Hollywood three weeks ago to go into a picture. But nothing happens. The producer doesn't believe in time.

There's not even a clock In his office. Or a calendar." That was nothing, Haley said. For the last year he had toured the country with the glorified vaudeville show, "Show Time." So RKO casts him as a vaudeville star in the film, "Higher and Higher." But the studio refuses lo let him do liis vaudeville routines in the film. "They told me they didn't look like vaudevillu routines." "Great place, Hollywood," said Allen. "There's even a sun umbrella behind the eight ball." "But' just wait," said Haley, "until I buy that farm." He'd rcllre, he said, and thumb his nose at show business.

"Nertz," said Allen. "Just an illusion. Show people never retire. All that land guys like HE need is six feet to bury us in." "But look at all the relatives I've got," protested Haley. Did Fred or Jack think getting laughs was easier now, we wanted to know, than when they started out in vaudeville? "Easier?" wailed Allen.

"It's tougher than it's ever been. Comedians aren't Just comedians now. They gotta be executives staffs of writers." In the old days, he said, you could register a gag with the National Vaudeville Artists. Now, he gald, everybody steals 'em. I ain't got my proglcms or my gpellin' so good, but, oh, boy! Ain't twell picture of TEACHERI So They Say Besides tho Japanese, you flghl diseases.

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