The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1942 Page: 2 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
Bombers 'Speak';
The American airmen finally de-
livered a message which Tokyo un-
derstands. Not from an inkwell, but
from a bomb rack.
The American fliers reminded Ja-
pan that the open city of Manila
was not a closed grave—but an
open wound.
London. Warsaw, Shanghai and
Nanking are avenged because the
burning sea of Pearl Harbor is
still burning in American hearts.
Japan is entitled to receive what
she gave. Japn gave no warning at
Hawaii and she gave no mercy at
Bataarf. These are cruel words, but
these are cruel times. The blazing
cities of the Axis nations are the
only lighthouses to civilization. The
way to bring peace to our cities is
to bring war to theirs. The founda-
tion for international justice must
be dug with 2.000-potind bombs.
This is the lesson they have asked
for and we must drive it home with
bayonets: Where our planes can fly,
our armies will march. And where
our armies can march, their dic-
tators will kneel.
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne
Establishment of Price Control Plan
Emphasizes Need for All-Out Effort;
War Office Spokesmen Propose Plan
To Eliminate Class ‘3’ Draft Group
(EDITOR'S NOTE—
are those of the net
opinions are expressed In these columns, they
xlyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.)
When
news anal
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
Who are the legislators hold-
ing up passage of the bill that
would raise the pay of soldiers
and sailors? . . . Ha, Ha Dep't:
The Japs can now join the other
saps who thought the oceans
could protect them.
This Is New York:
The old-fashioned private houses
on West 52nd Street between 5th and
6th Avenues—where the veteran
New Yorkers pull down the blinds
every eventide to shut out “Swing
Street'* . . . The J. P. Morgan
mansion covering an entire block of
Madison Avenue real estate. Boast-
ing one of the most sordid facades
this side of a 'Dead End'' movie
. . . The emergency case internes
at Bellevue Hospital, who read de-
tective stories between life-and-
death assignments . . Times
Square—the “glamorous street"—
where the corners are occupied by
a drug store, a brauhaus. a cigar
shop and a hot dog stand.
The pure-white Squibb Bldg, on
Fifth Avenue, a well-manicured fin-
ger-tip pointing at a star . . . The
Riverside Drive jitterwhacky set
that dance on the grass to the
rhythm from nearby Claremont Inn
. . . The hundred* of heads that
pop out of as many windows in the
Wall Street sector whenever two
cars bump noisily . . . The noon-
day hoss players making their wag-
ers—willing to put more across a
nag’s nose than on their wives’
backs . . . The wailing of the zoo
tenants in the dead of night—a nui-
sance to the midtown (near the
park) dwellers . . . E. Cantor’s
$2.98 hat.
The Floy Apartments in mid-Har-
lem. Birthplace of the Flat-Foot
Floogie (with the F-F) . . . Alf
Lunt, the star, washing dishes at
the Stage Door Canteen . . . The
Woolworth edifice, which no longer
has a 5-and-Dimery on the site . . .
Hotel America, where most of the
circus performers tepee . . . The
famed showman supping with two
midgets—several of whom helped
him keep the wolf from the door
with their talent . . . The two live
penguins, that serve as ass’t head-
waiters at the Penguin on E. 51
Bt. . . . New Street, one of the
oldest.
Park Avenue’s sore spot at 59th
Street, where the swanky sector sud-
denly goes Brooklyn—with a large
garage, a pet shop, a butcher store
and a cigar store . . . Mrs. Katzen-
berg. the affable first-nighter, who
rarely misses o premiere. They'd
hold the curtain if she were tardy
. . . George S. Kaufman, one of
the town’s wittiest, who wears a
melancholy look . . . The big bows
on Moss Hart’s neckties . . . Lucy
Monroe, the Star-Spangled Soprano-
table, who is also ready to sing the
Chinese National Anthem or the Jew-
ish anthem, Katikvah . . . Popular
Danny Kay’s giggle.
Scrambled Eggs:
Vox poppers have to be good to got
their letters printed. Too many pro-
fessionals are crashing the dailies,
discussing the country’s welfare.
The smallies reporting the first rob-
in didn’t have a look-in . . The
public has overruled the reviewers
on "The Moon Is Down." It is buy-
ing it big . . . Wonder how harsh
and tin-panny your voice has to be
before you can get a job as a com-
mentator in the newsreels. Some
of the femmes could saw their way
out of a jail with those pipes . .
It’s a snide trick to quote part of
e guy’s remarks to make him look
silly, take it from one who's done it.
Planning their battle strategy, members of the Allied War council
sit in a conference at Canberra, the capital of Australia. Left to right:
Maj. Gen. Richard Sutherland, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, J. A. Curtin,
prime minister of Australia, and A. W. Fadden, former prime minister
and present member of the war council.
CEILINGS:
Cover Nation
The setting of price ceilings on
practically every conceivable com-
modity in the country had been ex-
pected by the business world, hence
it was received with little shock.
The impact on the public had
been terrific, however, and it is cer-
tain that business men were sur-
prised at the drastic rules to be
adopted by Leon Henderson to put
“teeth" into the price control plan.
Henderson had made it “life or
death" for business by a very simple
procedure. He proposed licensing
all retailers and wholesalers, and if
found violating a single one of the
price ceilings, they would face an
instant loss of their license to do
business.
This was a form of control which
was not familiar to anyone living
in this country, in fact without paral-
lel in history, and it fell on the busi-
ness ear with a sickening thud, and
the merchant could now say "I know
what it is to be at war."
German and Italian commentators
picked this up gleefully, and called
it a terrific blow "to the American
way of life" as indeed it was. and
the President promptly and frankly
had admitted it.
The American answer was, how-
ever, that the American way of life
was but being placed in abeyance
for the time being, pending the win-
ning of the war, when it would
be back again in full flower once
more.
The sugar commercial users had
turned out in force to register, and
the nation was on the threshold of
the rationing of this commodity.
Restaurants were planning to
meet the shortage by changing their
cookery and bills of fare; ice cream
makers were going to have to short-
en their output, the candy makers
were in for a tough time.
But in general the spirit was ex-
cellent. and while there was some
talk of a growing “black market" in
tires, and the nation was going to
have to rope with that sort of thing.
Henderson's penalties were expected
to be sufficient to meet the need, and
the future was being faced with
a good heart by the rank and file of
the country, whether consumer or
producer, whether buyer or seller.
WAGES:
Hold sun
With the President giving the
green light to the program to set
ceilings on prices and incomes, set-
ting $25,000 a year net as the latter,
the question of ceilings on wages
came in for much comment but no
action.
The President had taken a strong
public stand for the 40-hour week
continuance, revealed that labor in
war industry was constantly work-
ing at least 48 hours, and pointing
out that as price ceilings were not
retroactive, but were fixed at
March’s highest levels, he did
not favor a program which would
reduce the weekly paycheck.
While there had been much talk
about the work-week, and some pro-
posed legislation, nobody had so far
had the temerity to come forward
with a program to cut everybody’s
wages in war industry.
Labor itself had voluntarily fore-
gone the double time for Sundays
and holidays, while holding out for
the time and a half for the sixth
day of work, and the same for a
seventh if necessary.
ARMY:
Dependency
An effort to get into uniform larg-
er numbers of men with dependents,
on the ground that men with some-
body at home to fight for ought to
make as good if not better fighters
than any, was being made by the
army with the suggestion that al-
lowances ought to be made for men
with dependents who are w’ith the
armed forces.
This was a revolutionary idea, but
its proponents declared it was just
as sound as the reverse procedure,
which gave a man exemptions on
his income tax for dependents.
Selective service leaders pointed
out that Class 3 was the largest
class in the entire draft, and this
was the class they should eliminate.
Allowances for dependents, they
said, would accomplish this.
The spokesmen for the war de-
partment had been Maj. William S.
Richards, and Maj. Francis V. Kee-
sling of the selective service sys-
tem.
Keesling had said:
“Sixty-five per cent of all regis-
trants are in Class 3. In our plan-
ning for the future, we have con-
templated the advisability of fur-
ther distinguishing between men in
this class."
“If congress should pass allow-
ance and allotment provisions for
these dependents, then Class 3 could
be abolished altogether.
“Under such circumstances single
and married men could be inducted
in accordance with their numbers
only.”
TROOPS:
Doun Under
Heavy reinforcements of Ameri-
can troops in Australia had been
acknowledged by Prime Minister
Curtin, and there had been a re-
doubling of the air attacks by
American and Aussie planes on Jap
bases.
Most observers believed that the
Japanese had abandoned any hope
of ever setting foot on Australian
soil, but the communiques from
Melbourne and Canberra still
stressed Japanese concentrations of
air power to the north, and a studied
effort was being made, apparently,
to dispel any idea that the men-
ace had been removed.
Whether this was just a program
of "playing safe," or to give more
point to the strides the American-
Australian forces were making with
their offensive, was hard to say.
The British seemed to feel that
the Japs were making their biggest
play on the Burmese front, but ad-
mittedly. if the Burmese campaign
were to be won, then the danger of
Australia being next would be
greater.
But the dispatches seemed to show
that whatever advantage of num-
bers or equipment there might be
on the Australian front probably
rested with the Allies—not with the
Japanese.
The constant raids on Lae, Sala-
maua and New Britain seemed to be
wreaking increased damage, and
the supply lines from the United
States to Australia still failed to re-
port any sinkings of American ves-
sels, hence had to be presumed to
be open and successfully moving
supplies and men.
The Australian front, on the whole,
had so far been a comforting and
successful section of the battle for
our side.
FACTORY:
America W inning
Battle of Production
Men of industry told the nation
that as far as they were concerned,
regardless of what might be the
news from the fighting or training j
fronts, the battle of production was
being won.
The top industries in the United j
States, with representatives meet-
ing in Chicago, had reported:
Airplanes—on schedule.
Ships—Ahead of schedule.
Coal—Adequate.
Even on petroleum the reports
were that production was more than
adequate, and that the distribution
problems were being solved. Power
and construction projects were re-
ported working on schedule. The
machine tools were said to be ade-
quate in supply.
As to our steel output, it was
called 50 per cent greater than the
capacity of Germany, Japan. Italy
and all the nations controlled by
the Axis put together.
AXIS:
Unrest Evident
Turning to the three Axis govern-
ments. each of them was showing
serious signs of unrest.
The Japanese had been jittery’
since the bombings of their cities
by American planes, and the cer-
tainty that it would happen again
and again in the future.
The Germans had found Hitler
suddenly calling the Reichstag in
session, not for democratic pur-
poses, but simply to vote him, in
typical rubber-stamp fashion, prac-
tical life and death power over ev-
eryone, and really placing the Ge-
stapo in such a position in the Reich
as even it had never enjoyed be-
fore.
Mussolini publicly was admitting
serious disorders in Italy. He cited
lack of discipline being reported
from many prefectures, and that
widespread fraud and "chiseling"
was rearing its ugly head.
London was advising caution in
accepting reports that there had
been an open break between Mus-
solini and King Victor Emmanuel.
But Mussolini, according to neu-
tral press centers and to Italian
broadcasts picked up had spoken
bitterly of the Italian food shortage,
and had called it Italy's most se-
rious problem.
It was from Switzerland that the
report had come that King Victor
Emmanuel had decided to ask both
WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
(Consolidated Features—WNU Service.)
XTEW YORK—It appears to this
nnl
onlooker that there is a lag in
this war in issuing pencils and paper
to song-writers and putting them on
a full - time
it*a Time We Call shift. We
Out Sons Writers made a fast
To Help Beat Axis ZayVt
First World war, with that one
about the little bit of the sunshine in
the YMCA almost beating the first
crack of the guns.
Possibly we are at least getting
under way with Geoffrey O'Hara
limbering up his writing-wrist with
a ditty calculated to start a rush of
bond-buyers to the neighborhood
post office. Mr. O’Hara is a veteran
song-leader of our 1918 singing and
fighting days and the author of
"K-K-K-Katy.”
He has a copyright on “The Star
Spangled Banner,’’ taken out and
duly recorded in 1929. This was his
stepped-down version of the Nation-
al Anthem. The copyright is a bit
of a joke which, says Mr. O'Hara,
will enable him to bequeath a singa-
ble National Anthem to his country
in his will.
He scouted some interesting
historical background in his pro-
fessional Study of “The Star
Spangled Banner” and how we
got it. In England and Wales,
in the late Eighteenth century,
it was sung by tavern roisterers
as “Anacreon in Heaven.” They
could reach the high notes
easily. The explanation, Mr.
O'Hara’s researches disclosed,
was that in a cold, foggy cli-
mate the larnyx grows smaller,
in order to keep out the weather.
Therefore there are more tenor
voices.
Mr. O'Hara probed still further
and found that California had more
basses and baritones than colder
states. So he reset the anthem to
a steam-heated singing range.
He came to the United States in
! 1904. at the age of 22 and worked
j four years as a clerk in the Cana-
dian Bank of Commerce. All that
jtime he was writing songs, surprised
land happy when Caruso suddenly
featured his “Your Eyes Have
'Told Me,” and A1 Jolson did the
same for his “Tennessee.”
I Last month he was elected to
j membership on the board of the
j American Society of Authors, Com-
' posers and Publishers. He got his
nautralization papers in 1919, and
has been a diligent expounder of our
democratic faith.
KING VICTOR EMMANUEL
Break with Mussolini?
Mussolini and Ciano to resign, and
to take over the reins of govern-
ment himself.
Other neutral circles, however,
had viewed the Mussolini talk as a
simple prelude to a purge of high
Fascist officials.
The Hitler talk had been seen in
the same way, and neutral reports
had been that one of the first acts
under Hitler’s new powers had been
the cashiering of the general
charged with the Leningrad area of
the Russian front where things had
been going very badly with the
spring offensive of Germany.
In fact Russia had claimed that
on this front German-Finnish losses
had averaged 500 deaths a day.
RUSSIA:
And RAF
The Royal Air force and Russia
had begun to work like a team on
Germany, and the evidence was pil-
ing up that Hitler was faced with a
spring offensive that might at any
moment kick back in his face.
Moscow told of her troops making
an "important advance” of 45 miles
in four days on the Leningrad front,
with terrific Nazi resistance over-
come in crossing a vital river.
At the some time the Berlin and
Vichy radios were admitting that
big battles were in progress in the
Kurk and Orel sectors, and that a
large-scale Russian attack, well sup-
plied with tanks and armored cars,
had succeeded in breaking through
the German lines northeast of Orel.
|\17'E*VE asked a lot of philoso-
j ▼ V phers, but we never could get
I it straight as to whether there could
|be any humor in a perfect universe.
It is some-
Sets More Money thing to wor-
Kidding Baseball O' about, as,
Than Playing It
ter millenium moving in after this
war, there might not be any place
for A1 Schacht. His errant foolish-
ness wouldn't do in such a perfect-
ly ordered world.
But, in our present state of some-
what ostentatious imperfection, he
still belongs, and today's good news
is that the "Clown Prince of Base-
ball" is still clowning over in New
Jersey just now, still touring the
baseball circuits, making everybody
happy with his durable pantomime.
Wc have an Idea that ir Al
Schacht were shrewdly used he
might be worth a brace of bat-
tleships to this country. As we
sec It many of the Invocations
of democracy which come from
the Washington founts of erudi-
tion do not quite get the public
ear; that they need a bit of
‘'corn," in the Broadway lingo,
or al any rate a widened public
appeal and a dash of humor. If
Al Schaelit should lake to rib-
bing Hitler before the baseball
mobs, with an appropriate anti-
climax for Her Fuehrer at the
finish, It ought to help a lot in
getting over the news that there
is a war on.
He was a top-bracket player,
bought by the Giants in 1917, and
can still put a hop on a fast ball.
He was literally born in left field—
in the left field territory of what is
now the Yankee Stadium, He was
a whirlwind pitcher in high school
baseball and was three years with
Newark before the Giants bought
him. He and Nick Altrock formed
their famous comedy partnership
with the Washington club.
THE CHEERFUL CHEW
Vs/ktJt ret-lly ia tha
<$ot.l oP lire.
I’m jure 1 couldkt sty
M 1 vyorvt let tkvt
worry mt
I’ll kt.ve fvrx or, the.
furor
WNU Service.
ALL-BRAN FUDGE
SQUARES-BEST
YOU EVERTASTED!
Every mother in the land will want to
bake these scrumptious cookies. Chil-
dren will demolish a plate of them in
a wink. Grown-ups rave about their
'‘different'* taste and new crunchy tex-
ture. They’re made, of course, with the
famous cereal, Kellogg's All-Bran.
KELLOGG’S ALL-BRAN FUDGE SQUARES
3 squares un- 1 cup sugar
sweetened *s cup flour
chocolate y2 cup All-Bran
% cup butter *2 cup nutmeata
2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Melt chocolate over hot water and add
butter. Beat eggs well, add sugar and
beat until light and fluffy. Add melted
chocolate and butter. Stir in flour,
All-Bran, chopped nutmeats and fla-
voring. Pour into greased pan, making
a layer about one-third Inch thick.
Bake In moderate oven (375°F.) about
20 minutes. Yield: Sixteen 2-lncti
squares (8x8 Inch pan).
Hope With Life
All things, said an ancient saw,
may be hoped for by a man as
long as he lives.—Montaigne.
KillS
Wr APHIS
One ounce makes six gallons
of aphis spray... Full direc-
tions on label. • Insist on
„ factory sealed packages.
, T0MCC0 lY-nOWJCTl I (HUUUi .. .
(osroianoN. incoiwotid _i]_
lOUIJVIUI. KINIUCKV
Nature’s Defects
No one finds fault with defects
which are the result of nature.—
Aristotle.
rMIDDLE-AGE
WOMEN (,X)
HEED THIS ADVICE!!
distress of "lrrcg'
by this period In a woman’s nr,
|s Vegr
n poui
non, i
vo distress dun t<
functional disturb)
by this period in a woman’s life—try
Lvdla E. Plnkham’s Vegetable Com-
—md at once!
lnkham's Compound Is made
ially for winner
pou
V
especially for women, and famous
to help relieve distress due to this
nale ‘
female functional disturbance.
Thousands upon thousands of
women have reported gratifying
benefits. Follow label directions.
.WORTH TRYINO!
Fills lli* Task
Nothing is void of God; He Him-
self fills His work.—Seneca.
ThatNaStfintf
Backache
May Warn of Disordered
Kidney Action
Modern life with Its hurry and worry.
Irregular habits, improper eating and
drinking—ita risk of exposure and infec-
tion—throws heavy atrain on the worlc
of the kidneya. They are apt to beeom®
over-taxed and fail to filter excess acid
and othor impurities from the lifo-givin*
blood.
You may suffer nagging backache,
headache, direinoM, getting up nights,
leg pains, swelling feel constantly
tired, nei
of kidnet
help th®
;cess body
i half »
ig—feel constantly
ous, all worn out. Other sign*
f kidney or bladder disorder are some-
times burning, sennty or too frequent
urination.
Try Doan's Pills. Doan's hoi
kidneya to puss off harmful excel
waste. They have had more thar
century of public approval. Aro recom-
mended by grateful users everywhor®.
Ask your neighbor/
Doans Pills
WNU—P
18—42
mODERMZE
Whether you’re planning a party
or remodeling a room you should
follow the advertisements... to learn
what’s new ... and cheaper... and
better. And the place to find out
about new things is right here in
this newspaper. Its columns are
filled with important message*
which you should read regularly.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1942, newspaper, May 7, 1942; Corrigan, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth645958/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.