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SHAMOKIN NEWS-DISPATCH, SHAMOKIN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1942 PAGE SIX If We Really Mean Business "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR E. V. Durling "On the Side" Robert Ruark "Behind the Scenes" "Wt pledge allegiance to the Flag and the Republic for which it standi" Shamokin News-Dispatch IB ton i-nm'Kimno Rntmhf IS. 1033 iHAMOKIN DAUV NEWS SHAMOKIN DISPATCH (Established 1893) uuuucu Published Every Evening Except 8unday by NEWS PUBLISHING AND PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Cor Bock and Commerce Street.

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Col, Omaha, Neb, Seattle Wesn, Porladnd, Rochester, N. x. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY give thanks, unto the Lord; for He is good; for His mercy endureth lor 18:34. i Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse jjJJal OUR RENT IS DUE 1 TtfiiTiv Americans labor under the delusion that their country owes them a living and the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. An even greater number intelligent enough to know that the privilege of being an American has been bought for them by the tears and blood of those who went before nevertheless are complacent about their good fprtune and take the American heritage for granted.

I Both of these classes need reminding that tjie freedom and privileges they enjoy freedom of speech and of worship, freedom to work, free education, the highest living standard mankind ever has attained all of these benefits flow from the composite good will of the people of the United States. For the inestimable privilege of enjoying those benefits we owe a debt to the United States. That debt may well be called rent. I Unlike many landlords, Uncle Sam demands is rental fee only when he really needs it. This is one of those times.

Your rent is due. Are you paying? Those men who have volunteered, those men who have been drafted, their wives and children and parents are paying their rent. How about the rest of us? Those who whine about the hours they have to work, the pay they get, are not paying their rent. Those who do not buy war bonds and stamps up to the limit of their capacities are not paying their rent. I Those who waste precious rubber by unnecessary or careless motoring are not paying their rent.

I Those who complain about necessary rationing programs, and decline to help save rjjaterials and transportation are not paying their rent. Those who will not take the trouble to gather metal scrap from around their homes and turn it in, to save grease for glycerine, to save tin cans for salvage, are not paying their rent. Those who believe everything bad about our allies, and spread alarming and disturbing rumors, are not paying their rent. Those who argue that we cannot win and those who contend that we cannot lose 4-are not paying their rent. Freedom and prosperity cannot maintain themselves, except as we value them enough to pay the price.

Our rent is due. Let's pay it. Heroes Raw courage becomes so commonplace in war time that we get to be a bit undiscrimi-nating about it. We are inclined to give least credit where most is due to salute the hero who performs some spectacular act in the Heat of battle, and fail to appreciate the even greater courage of such men as the two carpenters who went down with the Yorktown. Trapped five decks below the flight deck where they could not be reached, they accepted their fate stoically.

"We know you can't get us out," they said, "but we got a helluva good acey-ducey game going on down here right now. When you do sink her, put the torpedoes up forward. We don't want it to last long." Don't think those men weren't frightened. Don't imagine they didn't want to live as much as any of us do. Death held full terrors fpr them.

But they were men the sort of men that some of our most feted heroes secretly envy. An Illinois jury valued a girl's lost love at $1 and probably made her feel like 30 cents. What did I think of while walking postf A million thlnga, of you the moat. How much I miss and love you too And all the things we planned to do. I thought of the time of our first date When I got lost and oame In late I was a bit nervous, I will admit But, oh, how glad that I made a hit.

Private Joe Macaluso, U. 8. A. (Above is an excerpt from a poem written by Private Maealueo to his girl. It was the girl who tent ua a copy.

There la something very appealing and thought provoking about Private Joe's lines. Makes you think deeply about all the lada in the armed forces and their girls. And also makea you think of how it was with your girl and you when you were a soldier. Yes, sir, when a fellow walking poet he doe a lot of thinking.) Last week was an eventful one for me. First I found out for certain what a dishwater blonde Is.

Then I learned the names of four major league catchers who were left-handed. I also found out the name of the girl who sang "That Old Feeling" in the "Voguea of 1938," It waa Virginia Verrill Incidentally, Virginia, at the age of 26, has retired from the stage and screen and is now a happy housewife and mother and is reported to be the best pie erust baker on her block. I also learned last week a way to be certain of always spenning Connecticut correctly. You Just say aloud: "Connect-l-cut" HOME MANAGERS, ETC. A Washington, D.

home manager says a cynical feminine friend discussing a claim that housekeepers are never appreciated said: "If you find an epitaph In any cemetery in praise of a housekeeper I will give you $100." That is a handsome offer. I can't put my finger right on the location of an epitaph to a housekeeper but I believe there is one somewhere near the James River in Virginia, which reads: "Her little foot touched the soil of Virginia and the wilderness became a home." I also recall some lines by Henry Coyle, as follows: "She made home happy." These few words I read Within a churchyard, written on a stone. PASSING BY Jo-Caroll Dennlson, of Tyler, was chosen Miaa America at Atlantic City. This further advances the claim that Texas girls are the country's most beautiful. No doubt about there being many smart lookers in the Lone Star State but as rule Texas girls are bom heart-breakers.

They like to have from three to thirty fellows on the string. No doubt some Texas subscribers will take exception to this statement. However, I will ask such subscribers to explain the "heart bracelet" which is io popular with Texas girls. This is made up of a number of hearts Joined together. On each heart Is the name or initials of a young man.

Each young man so represented is a former sweetheart of the wearer of the bracelet. The Texas girls try to see who can get the most hearts on a bracelet. Keep this In mind, young fellow. When you're in Texas keep whistling: "Be Careful, That's My Heart." SPANIELS Harry Burns, the Long Island cocker spaniel expert, says the best springer spaniels are liver and white color because those of that color win the most prizes at the Long Island dog shows. Imagine the nerve of a cocker spaniel expert horning in with views on springer spaniels.

Anyway, is Long Island all America? Harry better not arouse me or i win Dring my uihlk ua wihu; aiw" spaniel down to those Long Island shows and win all the cups they have. My pup's granddaddy was a champion of champions, and he was black and white. That's good enough for me. ASKING Queries from clients: Q. Do June-born girls make good wives? A.

As a rule the June-born make very good wives. However, they have to be handled very tenderly. The average wife is satisfied if her husband says: "I love you" or "I still get a thrill out of you" once a day, but the husband of a June-born girl has to say something like this at least three times a day. Then he always has to be careful about that good-bye kiss in the morning. If he doesn't put h's heart and soul in it, his June-born wife will worry all day.

This information is from File No. 3395-D of our Horses Women Research Bureau Q. In "Mein Kampf" did Hitler express a belief that Germany could not defeat Great Britain In a war? A. In "Mein Kampf" Hitler said: "Never can Germany win a war if England Is fighting actively on the opposing side" Q. In California a woman left a two-story house and a $5,000 trust fund to a dog.

What do you think of that? A. I think she should have left the house and the trust fund to some relatives or friends with the proviso that they always take good care of the dog. ALMOST CONFIDENTIAL Can you hold your breath for 40 seconds? Try It. How did you make out? If yod weren't able to make the grade it shows you couldn't get in the air force. Some flyers can hold their breath 60 seconds Julius Levin, the Pittsburgh sportscribe says he can take off his vest without removing his coat.

He says he will show me how to do it. Be a good thing for me to learn. You know, at a party somebody might ask me: "Can you sing or play the piano?" And I could say: "No, but I can take off my vest without takinor off mv coat" The older the mother the more likely she is to have twins. So state the experts. So how do you know, mister.

Maybe your next blessed event will be a double feature It's amazingl Now I have a reader in Baraboo, Wis. This Baraboo subscriber says: "Everybody eats corn across but I eat It around. Should I worry about this?" (Seems to me eating corn "around'' is not a bad idea. I think I'll try it.) CONVERSATION Army officials say enemy spies are often planted in beauty parlors because the patrons of such places usually cut loose with a lot of conversation, some of which might reveal valuable information. Remember that, young woman, when in a beauty parlor.

I have heard it claimed women stopped going to barber shops to have their hair cut because the conversation in the tonsorial parlors was so dull. They say the talk in a beauty parlor is really something to listen to. I can Imagine so; if It. is anything like the conversation in the beauty shop scene in Clare Boothe's play, "The Women." wear her hair up in a pompadour? Is Mickey Roo-ney trying to prove that being burned up has no connection with carrying the torch? A novelist says "a woman who thinks no man Is good enough for her probably right." And probably left, too. i A favorite dish in Honolulu is humhuhurrmnkununtt-kuaakpuaa.

That would never do in a short-order (Peter Edson it on vacation, during which time his column is being written by Robert Ruark.) The man who is going to unravel the tangled skein of the American rubber situation quit frankly admits he doesn't know the first thing about rubber. But, say William M. Jeffers, newly appointed rubber czar, he "damn soon intends to find out about rubber," and then he's going to pull all stops on rubber conservation and rubber manufacture. "It won't take long to find out everything we need to know," says the 66-year-old president of the Union Pacific Railroad. "It is not our way to take long." And you believe him.

Bill Jeffers, big and bald and heavy of Jaw, doesn't look like one of the dilly-dally brotherhood which infests Washington's bureaus. He Is a tough Mick whose pappy, an Irish immigrant, worked on the section gang which laid the tracks for the Union Pacific. Old Man Jeffers came over here with a special contingent of Imported laborers. Young Bill never cottoned to book-larnin'. He quit school at 14 and went to work as janitor at the U.

station at North Platte, Neb. Like one of Horatio Alger's slnk-or-swim heroes, young Jeffers began to climb the ladder so fast he scorched the rungs. Bill moved from Janitor to telegrapher to clerk to dispatcher to trainmaster, assistant superintendent of the Utah, Wyoming and Nebraska divisions, general manager, vice-president, executive vice-president and finally, in 1937, president. His span with Union Pacific ran from 1890 to the present. HE'LL BE MR.

RUBBER Jeffers is going to work for a dollar a year, and he is. according to WPBoss Donald Nelson, going to be Mr. Rubber. "I am delegating all my authority to Mr. Jel-fers," Nelson said, announcing the appointment.

"Prom this point on any matter connected with rubber is a matter for Mr. Jeffers' decision, and I know he will do this job." As sole boss of rubber, Jeffers' power will be immense. The Rubber Reserve Company, and "all other government agencies" have been instructed by a special presidential directive to obey Nelson to the last inch. Nelson's delegation of that power to Jeffers makes the Irish railroadman one of the most potent figures in our war effort. Jeffers is to have "full and complete authority oer synthetic ruober manufacture, from Initial research to plant operation." One of the first jobs Jeffers must attempt is a civilian rubber conservation program.

During nis first press conference, Jeffers swore he had no idea that he was being considered for the Job. Called from his home in Omaha, he hopped a plane and flew down to Washington. Mr. Nelson wasted no words, but dumped the job in-his lap, despite Jeffers' declaration that all he knew about rubber he had read in the papers. CRITICS ANSWERED The controversy in Washington, as to whether It was smart to invest a total stranger to rubber with all the power of a czar, is being answered pretty well.

Chief answer to that, knowing nothing about the commodity, Jeffers at least won't make the early mistake of prejudice in favor of any particular kind of synthetic rubber. He Is going into the Job with a wide open mind. The other argument is that he can't make any more of a mess of his Job than his expert, predecessors already have made. He is going to pursue closely the main points in the Baruch report, and his record as a self-made success Indicates he has more than sufficient executive ability to handle any sort of an administrative Job. Although he has no plans as such, the rubber chief's brain must be immediately concerned with the six points of the Baruch recommendation a national 35-mile speed limit; reduction of average mileage to release of more rubber for recapping essential cars; nation-wide gas rationing; enforced inspection of tires, and voluntary tire conservation pending nation-wide gas rationing.

He must have plenty on the ball. It's a long way up from a janitor's Job to a railroad presidency. Looking Backward Twenty-five Years Ago 1917 Henry Waters, breaker boss at Natalie Colliery, was injured in an unaccountable manner. John Foster, chief burgess of Centralia, received severe stab wounds when attacked by a Centralia resident. Fifteen Yean Afo 1927 Edward Humes, 6, son of Mr.

and Mrs. George Humes, Shamokin and Sunbury Streets, escaped with minor Injuries when he ran head-on into an automobile. Workmen were engaged in building a long plane at the Sterling workings of Burnside Colliery. i Five Yeart Ago 1937 Margaret Howells, 14, of Kulpmont, was injured when a bicycle she was riding collided with an automobile In Kulpmont. So They Say Continue to be ingenious.

Never let up in your search for doing more, faster, with less. You have a chance to revolutionize the whole art of producing for war. Donald Nelson, WPB chairman. The problem of demobilization is going to be far more difficult than that of mobilization. It is at this point that we may get a great political eruption if we are not careful Ernest Bevln, British labor minister.

I'm 1-A, and if they want me as a person and a body, and they think I can do better service as a soldier, the responsibility is theirs William Saroyan, author and playwright. If we possessed the crushing superiority in air power which enabled us to protect a landing of our military forces, we need no longer think in terms of invasion. The was is then all but over. William Ziff, publisher of "Flying" Magazine. In terms of what will be required to defeat our enemies we have only just begun to get Into our stride.

President Roosevelt. We are on the verge of a precipice and we are In deadly earnest about it, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian leader. Raymond Clapper "In the News" WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 If there seems to be an unusual amount of criticism in what I have written recently, it is not because I am in a carping mood. Nobody can watch the progress of our war effort without feeling deep pride in iU spectacular growth.

Criticisms which I make are for the most part those which come from responsible officials themselves, from men who are working as hard as they can and who become impatient at delays and confusion which slow down the show. In most cases they feel that public discussion of such criticism, if carried on in a constructive spirit, will be helpful. That certainly is the Clapper only spirit in which they can be made without doing harm. As a specific case, take the question of manpower and the draft. The thing which disturbs many here and which I have written about a number of times shows up sharply in testimony before the Tolan Committee of the House.

Key oflicials General Hershey, director of Selective Service, and Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the Manpower Commission both testified that no final authority exists to allocate manpower as between the armed services and industry. For instance one government official, charged with obtaining production of indispensable war material, haa been notified that the Selective Service ii going to move in soon and take large numbers of men from the essential industry under his direction. General Hershey has his orders to produce a certain number of men for the Army. The other official has his orders to produce a certain quantity of his war equipment.

Who is to decide whether several tnousand men working in these plants are to be held on the Job or be taken Into the Army? Nobody has authority to decide now. General Hershey was asked by the Tolan Committee whether Selective Service was answerable to the Army or to the Manpower Commission in such matters. General Hershey said that was something that had not been entirely figured out. He said cooperation had worked successfully so far. But General Hershey aald that If ttie time came when he could not carry out the dlrectivei of the Manpower Commission and at the same time provide the armed forces with the men they called for, he did not know wbat the answer would be.

Chairman McNutt of the Manpower Commission gave the same reply in substance. He said he did not know the answer to the question that baffled General Hershey. In other words, for months Washington has seen the needs of the armed forces and of war production coming closer and closer to a collision. Neither the administration nor Congress has taken action. You hear much discussion about the proposed size of the Army, questions raised as to how many men can be taken without cutting into war production, and questions as to whether men will be piled up far beyond the ability to transport them.

You hear questions as to the need for better balancing of the various programs instead of ships, guns, planes, and other supplies competing for materials, each pushed without much regard to the needs of the other. These are mostly questions that have to be answered at the top or very near the top. There Is no compact group hand in glove with the President to bring strategy and all manpower and production needs into close relations with each other. Some branches are over-ordering, in the judgment of production officials, and sometimes at the expense of other urgent parts of the program. There are too many watertight compartments.

We are running short, to that eventually the President will have to sit down with a top group and dovetail the whole program into a unified and balanced whole. Some here who are struggling with these difficulties feel it Is urgent that this be done very soon and that it should have been done before now. It is still too much of an every -bureaucrat-for-himself war. Moat folks who make the best of what they have, have very little. A financial failure doesn't hurt so much after you become accustomed to your new frienda.

Dorothy Kilgallen "Voice of Broadway" THE $64 QUESTIONS (So You Know All the Answers, Do You?) Is the second Hepburn divorce a tlpoff on an impending marriage for her or for him? Is John Dyson, the visiting Britisher in our midst, Beatrice Lillie's favorite gent? Do you know that Ed Gardner wouldn't have been barred from the Stork Club the other night if the fellow with him had been sober? Is Gypsy Rose Lee, really serious about going Into politics a la Clare Boothe? is Lieutenant' General Hugh Drum a victim of overwork? Will they really conduct a "3earch" for the lead in "Song of Bernadette," or is it Teresa Wright all the time? How do the French tell the difference between occupied and unoccupied Prance? Is K. T. Stevens dating V. M. just to burn up A.

If there's a slick paper shortage, how come one of the national weeklies Is planning a new picture mag? Is Henny Youngmar. still asking "Whatever became of Seasue Hay.akawa?" or does he know that Sessue is in the Jap army? Do you believe that Priscilla Lane has actually retired from the movies, and do you think it will set the industry back 10 years? Did the Gloria Baker Topping divorce announcement surprise you, or have you been out of town? Is it true the Blue Network has cut its talent budget $30,000 a year? Is there anything in the rumor that Grace Moore may sing Isolde at the Met this season? Did you know there was a boy in the display department at Macy's, named Andre, who looks Just like Rudolph Valentino? Is Bunny Waters serious about taking that defense job? Doesn't this look like the hottest musical comedy era in ases and ages? Did you know that the Broadway bookmakers will let you "name your own price" if you want pick the Dodgers to win the pennant? Do you knew any non-pros who do the samba well? Ia tap dancer Ruth Daye carrying the torch for Bert Gordon? Have you seen the flaming dagger dancer at the Casino Russe who throws his knives at a picture of Hitler and never misses? Are Major Bowes and Clara Belle Walsh kidding? Don't you wish the movie magnates would put William Bendix in practically every picture? Have you heard about Bob Taplinger and Lynn Bag-gett, the new Doesn't it upset you not to be able to get Western Union messengers any more? Do you know which of the attractive male stars is hated by all his leading ladies, because he makes noises like a wolf? Is it true that Tito Guizar, the romantic Latin singer, is In or studying for the priesthood? Do you know which Hollywood glamor girl gives par ties at which she runs off only Norma Shearer's bad pictures? Won't it be like old times when Morton Downey starts singing at the Savoy Plaza next week? Will it change your life if the town adopts a curfew? Have you met S. P. Eagle? What's Bert Lahr doing? Aren't you getting tired of night club military experts who soap-box around the Second Front within earshot of a rhumba band? Just when everybody waj beginning to forget, why did the exhibitors have to revive Hedy Lamarr's Is General Pershing ailing? Why doesn't Vera Shea, the showgirl, wear that $8,000 bracelet given to her by that well-known playboy? What will become of the kids who lived in Walgrenlj basement and the "Genius Did you know the Army liked Ginny Simms' new radio program so much that she was promoted from a corporal to a sergeant? Have you noticed Geor gia Jesael'a complexion lately? Isn't it smooth? Did you know' that one fellow on line at the Music Hall last week was still waiting to see "Mrs. Do you know that some of our most glamorous stara, male and female, are in a complete dither because there isn't any more of that imported hair dye to be had for love or money? Has Barbara Bannister wearied of cafe aociety and retired to the simple life? Did you know that the Coq Rouge has dimmed out its famous mural of New York ablaze with lights, and replaced it with a new Vernon MacFarlanlsm for the duration? Have you ever talked to one of Veronica Lake's leading men? Do you know that in 1938, Amanda Cecil gave out a syndicated interview vowing that she would never.