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THE CORRIGAN PRESS
WHO’S
NEWS
This Week
By
Lemuel F. Parton
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Comes L'••is ^Vay
ToBea Drum for
U. S. Leadership
Consolidated Features.—WNU Hcleasc.
]SJE\V YORK.—Big s’-.ots galore
’ atv headquarter!:- : in Washing-
ton now, but of all the gathering
Erie A. Johns 1 is probably the
only one who
was actually
born there.
He is thump-
ing for Unit-
ed States world-leadership when
peace is won. He is from the other
side of the continent where he heads
tiic biggest electrical manufacturing
company in the Northwest. He
speaks, however, as president of the
United States Chamber of Com-
merce, and with Bryanesque elo-
quence.
President Johnson quit Wash-
ington when he was a nipper, be-
cause his family quit it. By the
time he was six he was selling
papers on Spokane's streets. By
the time he had got to high
school he was reporting the
school news. He yielded then,
however, to a crass love of mon-
ey and through his four years in
college he cleaned up as a long-
shoreman. His notion was to
study law and cash in on his
oratorical gift, but the first
World war shunted him off to
the marines.
When the war was over he turned
salesman. That led onward and up-
ward to electrical manufacturing.
Forty-five now, he is, as they used
to say when Cluett and Peabody
set the standard of manly beauty,
handsome enough for a collar-ad.
He is friendly, too. He hasn’t yet
been listed among the country's 12
best-dressed men,#but when he gets
into a modestly striped suit he
doesn't need to keep to the side
streets.
Victorious Russian Drive Sweeps On
As German Army Faces New Threats;
Political Situation in North Africa
Inflamed by Peyrouton Appointment
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FARM LABOR:
And the Draft
In an effort designed to keep
workers on the nation's farm
War Manpower commission ha^put
into effect a broad lib u-alization of
agricultural deferment requirements.
Draft boards are now to be guided
by a "new criteria” including lib-
eralized application of the war unit
production standard and the addi-
tion fo the list of essential crops
for which workers may be deferred.
Heretofore farmers have usually
been required to be responsible for
10 “farm units." Now as few as
eight "units" could result in hold-
ing off induction. (A unit, for exam-
ple, is one dairy cow, or 20 acres of
wheat, or 20 feed lot cattle, among
other items deemed essential in the
war food program.)
RIRTII-TO-GR WE:
Social Security
President Roosevelt is scheduled
to receive from the department of
mgtvfx
swjho
NA I M DRf IV PEAHSOH
Washington, 0. C.
REVISE WARSHIP l’LANS
Due in part to the fact that the
U. S. navy had not had opportunity
to profit from the experience of en-
gaging in any major naval battles
between 1812 and 1042, some of our
biggest and fastest ships now under
construction are being revised.
The main factor being changed
in the blueprints is extra precau-
tion against fire.
This is the lesson learned from
the aircraft carriers Wasp and Lex-
ington, and the cruiser Boise, ill
swept by lire after the direct dam-
age of battle.
Since then the bureau of ships
has made a study of fire hazards,
labor a greatly broadened -birth-to- finding that even an all-steel vessel
grave—social security plan. This
was revealed by Secretary of Labor
can be swept by fire when tremen-
dous heat is engendered, as*from ex-
1- ranees Perkins at a New York , ploding shells and burning oil and
Town Hall meeting. She said adoD- ensnline
fet* - jjkt
MALTA.—After beating off Axis attacks,
necessary sinews of war drops anchor in harbor at Malta. The Axis docs
everything possible to halt the stream of supplies pouring into this vitally
important British island base, but the convoys are getting through. This
photograph was made from on board an accompanying British six-inch
gun cruiser which helped escort the ships through the .Mediterranean.
Town Hall meeting. She said adop-
tion of such a plan would provide
larger benefits including greater old
age pensions, payments for all em-
ployment interruptions and mater-
nity and funeral benefits.
Premiums would increase pro-
gressively to an amount equal to 10
per cent of the worker’s paycheck.
During the first stages of the plan’s
gasoline.
New plans call for elimination of
| linoleum flooring, substitution of
spun glass for cork in insulation, de-
crease in paint, and elimination of
interior woodwork. Also, there will
be larger fire hose and better lire
J fighting equipment generally.
Navy hopes to put an end to the |
grief of losing ships by file after I
Gems of Thought,
’T'lIAT spot of ground pleases
*■ me in which small posses-
sion makes me happy, and
where slight resources are
abundant.—Martial.
II' you can be well without
health you may he happy with-
out virtue.
Ila that thm In the lull free /on uon
right to ille fruit:
lie lli' i Ivttpi the wide gulf should
prevail in his suit. SCOTT.
The symbols of the invisible
arc the loveliest of what is
visible.—Ilyron.
Ilis own estimate must be
measure enough, his own praise
reward enough for him.—Emer-
son.
Stimulated by Difficulty
Difficulty is only a word indicat-
ing tlic degree of strength requisite
for accomplishing particular ob-
jects; a mere notice of the neces-
sity for exertion, a bugbear to chil-
dren and f >ls, only a stimulus to
men.—Warren.
operation these premiums would be { they have survived the battle,
paid jointly by the employer and cm- Note: In the War of 1812, lire was -
ployee, much like the present social a real hazard to wooden ships. But !
security program. Then as the num- I in the Civil war the only real on- i
ber of old age benefit recipients in- ! gagement was between the Monitor
creased beyond the amount collected I and Merrimac which were not much |
the government would step in to pay I bigger than modern escort vessels.
TpHE pretty matron decided that
A the photograph suggested Charles
Boyer quite a lot. Not Valentino?
Well, Yes! Around the mouth there
a a • c n was a defi-
An Air of Romance
About Our Chief of
Chemical Warfare
nite sugges-
tion of Val-
entino, his
tender, sen-
sitive . . . Whoa-a-a-a!
The photograph was an old, old
one of Maj. Gen. William N. Porter,
chief of chemical warfare service.
But even though it wouldn’t have
been cricket to spread that tender
and sensitive salve any thicker the
pretty matron was on the beam
when she perceived an aura of ro-
mance around the general's phiz.
The general is a romantic man.
Commissioned as ensign at
Annapolis 1909, married 1910,
transferred to the army as a
second lieutenant the same
year, the general was no Ulys-
ses to go rowing off while his
Penelope sat alone ashore. Of
course the general’s wife rates
an assist, a couple. She was
the apple of the general’s eye,
but she was also a naval offi-
cer’s daughter. She knew, as
well as the general knew from
his one year at sea, what sort of
lives navy couples lived. She
knows now the sort of life an
army couple can live. Very
pleasant!
The general hustled along the pro-
motion files past enough more sta-
tionary officers to staff a corps and
by 1941 he had his two stars. »Now
he has the tired face of a man who
works too hard, but the benevolent
face of a man who wishes others as
much good in this world as he has
had. The only ones who lack his
good wishes are the Nazis and the
Nips. Alert against the thinnest hint
of gas attacks, the general says his
service is primed to give back a
double dose.
'T'HE surge of women into all sorts
of positions of authority in this
wartime economy adds pepper to
the challenge which Mrs. Alfred
, . . ,, , J. Mathe-
Legion Aux. Head bat_ nation.
Challenges Women al presi-
To Stop Hoarding dent of the
A mencan
Legion Auxiliary, throws out to her
sex. She says the women are the
only ones who can put an end to
hoarding: there will be none if they
do not tolerate it.
Auxiliary presidents used to
be just presidents of the Le-
gion’s tag-alongs. But nowadays,
when any of the tag-alongs may
turn up in congress or better,
their president isn’t to be quiet-
ed with a box of candy or a
couple of matinee tickets. Mrs.
Mathcbat ought to have a wide
audience. Legion members have
been listening to her these years
with profit.
Her husband fought with the AEF
and the Fourth division and as soon
as they had settled down she got
the presidency of the Auxiliary unit
in Alameda, Calif. By steady steps,
she moved up through committee
chairmanships, area and state pres-
idencies to a seat in the national
executive committee. She became
national president this year.
Her eyes are warm and engaging,
her chin soft, forehead high and
mighty, upper lip straight, school
ma’amish! Housewives who over-
look her words on hoarding had best
’ware their knuckles.
INSPIRATION:
For the Russians
There were reports of later Rus-
sian successes following the break-
ing of the siege of Leningrad but
that story carried more drama for
j the Russian people themselves than
j the reports of all the rest. For Len-
ingrad is Russia's second city and
| it had been almost a year and a
j half since there had been any land
I communication between it and the
I rest of the country.
As the Red army battled to widen
i the five-mile corridor through which
J the siege was first broken there were
| dispatches from all along the 1,200-
mile front reporting new losses for
the Nazis. At all points the German
j lines were sagging before the newly
j found power of the Russians. In-
| spired by the news from Leningrad,
; named for their revolutionary lead-
er and considered the home of the
revolution itself, Red soldiers re-
ceived a real boost in morale which
aided in maintaining a high degree
of momentum in their offensives.
Immediate objectives that loomed
closer now were the Latvian border,
southwest of Velikie Luki, Rostov on
the lower Don, complete annihilation
of the armies before Stalingrad and
added progress in the direction of
Kharkov, the Pittsburgh of the
Ukraine.
NORTH AFRICA:
DeGaullists Object
New flames were ignited under
the bubbling cauldron of political
dissatisfaction in North Africa when
Marcel Peyrouton, veteran French
politician and former Vichy minis-
ter of the interior, was named gov-
ernor general of Algeria.
The appointment rekindled the
popular alarm which was felt when
Darlan first took office. The Fight-
ing French at once jumped on the
appointment, terming Peyrouton a
former Fascist sympathizer. Head-
quarters of the DeGaulle forces re-
called that in April, 1941, Peyrou-
ton said that "Only madmen believe
in a British victory." The London
Daily Herald called it a "political
blunder of the first water. Peyrouton
is distrusted by Frenchmen of all
parties . . .”
Added to this confusion was the
fact that the Allies soon must decide
on a supreme commander for the
showdown with the Axis in North
Africa. The decision probably will
be hastened by the rapid telescoping
of the Tunisian and Libyan fronts.
NEW LEADER:
For Democrats
While congress was huddling over
Edward J. Flynn’s qualifications to
represent the United States and
President Roosevelt in the South
Pacific diplomatic front, Democratic
party chieftains assembled in Chi-
cago to select Postmaster General
Frank C. Walker to be his successor
as chairman of the Democratic na-
tional committee. In his acceptance
speech Walker expressed a "distaste
for oratory as a substitute for ac-
tion” and further avowed that he
was a “firm advocate of the two-
party system.”
NEW GUINEA:
1 ictory in Papua
Climaxing a scries of attacking
movements by American and Aus-
tralian infantry units, Allied ground
forces captured Sanananda Point
and Sanananda Village on the north-
eastern coast of New Guinea.
The capture of Sanananda Point—
between previously captured Gona
and Buna—took the last remaining
strong Japanese point in that area.
The remaining Japs were left in
pockets about a mile west of San-
ananda, faced with nothing more
than suicide action.
Aerial action saw Allied bombers
sink an 8,000-ton Japanese cargo
ship in the Bismarck sea and blast
enemy airports and installations
over a wide area of the Southwest
Pacific.
Jap forces were cut into bits by
Australian and American patrols
reaching almost every corner of the
swampy area. Japan’s last remain-
ing strength in Papua had been deci-
mated. Enemy outposts were little
more than handfuls of troops, wait
ing an almost certain end.
LIBYAN DRIVE:
Attack Tempo Increased
As aerial activity flared over a
wide area of the Tripolitanian front
the British eighth army continued its
headlong assault against Field Mar-
shal Rommel’s fleeing but still intact
forces.
An early British advance carried
one of two attacking columns to
within less than 50 miles of Tripoli
—closer than Rommel came to Al-
exandria last summer.
Gen. B. L. Montgomery's most ad-
vanced column had driven Axis
forces from Beni Ulid and was in
contact with the enemy near Tar-
huna, only 40 miles southeast of
Tripoli. The second British column
drove along the coastal road, reach-
ing a spot 90 miles east of Tripoli.
Even as the British pushed on,
many observers were of the opinion
that Rommel had decided or had
been ordered, to forget Tripoli and
attempt to get into Tunisia to join
Col. Gen. Juergen von Arnim in a
stand against the Allied assault from
both sides. ‘ -
ARGENTINA:
Stands Alone
After Chile’s senate had voted 30
to 10 to break off diplomatic ties
with the Axis, Argentina remained
the only American country retaining
relations with Germany, Italy and
Japan.
Chile’s action came after weeks
of wrangling over the issue and fol-
lowing the vote, Foreign Minister
Joaquin Fernodez left immediately
to notify President Juan Antonio Rios
of the action. President Rios fol-
lowed this with a radio broadcast
to his people.
Chile’s army and navy had ear-
lier taken over control of strategic
areas which had been colonized by
the Germans. These were mostly in
the southern part of the country and
included ports, mining centers and
other vital areas.
a share of the benefits.
POINT II \TIOMNG:
System Explained
When Office of Price Administra-
tion officials began explaining the
system of poiat rationing it became
immediately evident that points will
vie in importance with dollars and
cents in the minds of the nation’s
housewives.
Here is how the system will work:
The sale of processed foods in cans
and bottles will be stopped in retail
stores a week before the rationing
begins—some time in February. This
will allow grocers to fill their
shelves. On registration day, house-
wives will take the family's No. 1
war ration books to their local
boards and apply for book No. 2.
The consumer will have to declare
the actual number of cans, bottles
and jars of eight ounces or more of
RATION DATES
Feb. 7—Period 4 fuel-oil cou-
pons, good to March 26, become
valid.
Feb. 8—Final date on which No.
28 coffee coupon is valid.
Feb. 20—Expiration date for
Period 3 fuel-oil coupons which
became valid Dec. 23.
Feb. 28—Final date for first in-
spection of tires for "B" or “C”
passenger car card holders and
for commercial vehicles.
March 13—Period 5 fuel-oil cou-
pons, good to Sept. 30, become
valid.
March 31—Final date for first
inspection of passenger car tires
for "A" card holders and motor-
cycles.
II I G H L I G H T S
in the week's news
ELIGIBLE: Washington officials
revealed that boys who have reached
the age of 17 are eligible to enlist in
the army enlisted reserve corps and
air corps enlisted reserve—provid-
ing they have the consent of their
parents. Not until they are 18, how-
ever, will the 17-year-old enlistees
be called to active duty. Until this
new ruling boys were not accepted
in the army until they were 18.
PROBE: Among other subjects be-
ing reviewed by the new congress is
the matter of war contracts and the
house rules committee has decided
to call before it high army and
navy officials to explain why some
such contracts were authorized.
Those in question are contracts,
which, it is charged by the house
naval and military affairs commit-
tee, permitted huge fees and profits.
the rationed foods on hand. Home
canned foods are exempt. Each per-
son will be allowed to have a certain
number—probably between 8 and 12
—on hand without penalty. For more
than that, stamps will be removed.
Each consumer will be allowed 48
points during each rationing period,
which will probably be one month.
New War Poster
In the Spanish-American war, there
were no real naval battles and only I
one life was lost at Santiago, wher
an American sailor fell down a hatch
on the Texas. In the World war, the |
U. S. navy got in too late to partieh j
pate in any naval activities othet
than convoy work.
• • •
FDR’S SURPRISE
One thing that didn't get out about I
'ihe "surprise” party at the White |
House for Speaker Sam Rayburn, on
Sam's 61st birthday, was a little
frill added by the President.
Rayburn was called to the White
House with other congressional lead-
ers ostensibly to discuss the legis-
lative program tor the new session.
But when the group arrived, all but
Rayburn were ushered into the pri-
vate office of Economic Stabilizer
Jimmy Byrnes.
The speaker was told that the
President wished to see him alone
for a few minutes.
The two men discussed legisla-
tive problems for a few minutes.
Meantime, the President was keep-
ing a sharp eye on the clock. Sud-
denly he broke out:
"Sam, the reason I asked you to
come in here alone was to discuss
a personal matter that has been
worrying me."
Rayburn eyed him curiously, said
nothing.
"It’s about you, Sam,” continued
the President without batting an
eyelash. "We're old friends and I
feel I can talk to you frankly. I've
got reports from Capitol Hill that
the Democrats are dissatisfied with
This dramatic poster depicting
tile enemy’s ruthless intention, teas
entered in the national war poster
competition conducted by the New
Museum of Modern AH and teas
chosen as the best. Duane Hreyers,
artist, who drew the tvinning entry
is currently awaiting induction into
the army.
MORE ACTION:
Striking at Japanese shipping in
the Pacific and Far East, U. S. sub-
marines have sunk 112 enemy ships
since Pearl Harbor. The latest com-
munique issued on this subject by
the navy department showed the
sinking of one destroyer, one large
cargo ship, one medium sized trans-
port, one medium sized cargo ship
and one small patrol vessel sunk
to reach this 112 total. Twenty-two
other ships are listed as probably
sunk and 29 others arc reported as
"damaacd."
your leadership. They think you're
getting too old to be speaker.”
At that precise moment, Demo-
cratic Congressmen Cliff Woodrum
of Virginia, Bob Ramspeek of Geor-
gia. Republican Leader Joe Martin
of Massachusetts, Rep. Jim Wads-
worth of New York and other house
members burst into the President's
office, led by Jimmy Byrnes.
Together they began singing
"Happy Birthday to You” at the top
of their voices.
“That was perfect timing, fel-
lows,” beamed the President. He
had planned it all very carefully
himself.
• • •
JOE MARTIN VS. SAM RAYBURN
Privately Republican Leader Joe
Martin never had any intention of
letting the Republicans organize
congress and elect him as speaker.
Until 1944, this responsibility is the
last thing he wants.
However, the canny Republican
leader took keen delight in keep-
ing the opposition guessing and car-
ried on his little joke until the very
last.
When he marched into Speaker
Rayburn's office with the commit-
tee that was to escort Rayburn to
the floor, following his re-election,
Martin was grinning from ear to
ear.
"Sam,” he said, "I’ve got some
bad news for you. I hope you can
hold up under the shock. You’ve
been re-elected speaker.”
• * *
MERRY-GO-ROUND
ft Jeeps which have been delivered
to Mexico from the United States
have earned the nickname “las cu-
carachas” (the cockroaches),
ft Undersecretary of War Patterson
is so busy he has to send a messen-
ger out to buy his shoe laces,
ft Under current military rule ir.
Hawaii, the army takes about $1,500
monthly from the civilian govern-
ment’s budget and uses it for prop
aganda and publicity to keep itscll
in power.
ft Soldiers and marines on Guadal
canal may not be aware of it, buf
one thing they are fighting for is rub-
ber. As soon as our position in the
Solomons is stabilized it will be pos-
sible to start gathering wild rubber
The amounts will be small, but a
symbol of what we can get when
we begin the reconquest of the great
network of Pacific islands.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Crcomulslon rellcvrs promptly be-
cause It goes r! -ht to the seat of the
trouble to hr > loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, In-
flamed bronchial mucous mem-
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un-
derstanding you must like the way It
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds. 6 ronchitij
Digging for Knowledge
Knowledge will not be acquired
without pains and application. It
is troublesome, like deep digging
for pure water, but when onee you
come to the springs, they rise up
to meet you —Felton.
SAVE 1V*EAT WITH
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MEAT PATTIES
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1 egg 1 tablespoon
2 t> ospoons salt ebopp^i parsley
1 • texinanfl neniMP 1 rttn mi lie
% teaspoon pepper 1 cup milk
2 tablespoons 1 * cup r. t -up
on,, _ 1 rup KXIodic’s All Hr.in
2 tablespoons ** cup
minced onion,, 1 cur* E
1 pound around beef
Beat CE?. add salt, pepper, onion,
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Let soak until most of moisture is taken
up. Add beef and mix thoroughly.Bake
in hot oven (450 ’ F.) about 20 minutes
or broil about 15 minutes. Remove
meat patties from pan. Add some milk
and ruasonings to dripping. Thicken
slightly to make gravy. Yield: 5 serv-
ings, 2 patties each.
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