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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28

Manhattan's billion dollar skyscrap-
ers Through Harlem to the Hud-
son and Randall's Island, the Polo
Grounds and Yankee Stadium come
in view as do the Tri Borough
Bridge, Grants Tomb, Riverside
Church and another view Of the
city skyline down to the Statue Of
Liberty. All this time you're lazily
learning something about each land
mark; and when you have finished
the journey, the remaining vacation
hours are free to spend in and around
whatever places appeal to you most.
But any way you see it, Gotham;
great.
One doesn't have to be a visitor
o see wonders here. In spare times,
| like to ramble through out-of-the-
way spots in this modern Babylon
they are fascinating and if you
didn't know you were in New York
you'd think it was Italy or Afries
Or China My last stroll was through
he Bowery, that Astounding section
Of motley humanity in uneven anl
wiring ebb. Where ] began, a hoteI
ign over the street said Room.
WITH Electric Lights, 80 Cents.
Spared on by this, / passed through
he edge of Chinatown and in &
doorway found two Chinese boys
vchemently arguing over where was
the cheapest place to get pants pres.
sed.
-oOo-
BY clothing shop on old Bayart
street, paused and saw in the
'"indow mems suits for five dollars
rach. A friendly little man at my
lbow asked me if i would buy one
: suggested the suits seemed bi,
eavy for summer but he assured
it would be only a few weeks
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
BEHIND THE SCENES IN
AMERICAN BUSINESS"
By John Croddock

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 - INCREASED
Observation-Disclosures of definite sche-
dule for long-bandied curtaliment OF pas
senger auto production - with OPM and
OPACS Compromising" on 26 IL per cent
cut for four months and greater -ut-aoWns
later-signalizes the time has arrived for
more stringent clamping down on civilian
industries, all along the line TO help assure
men, materials and machines for defense
goods. Washing machines, refrigerators,
and the like will soon get similarly definite
restrictions. Aside from mandatory cuts,
measured in specific percentages, many
other lines of consumer durable goods ara
finding that their output is being reduced
some 10 the complete stopping point - by
reason OF raw material priorities which simp-
ly make it impossible for manufacturers 10
get the materials they need to keep going
at normal speed. Threat Of whole peacetime
industries being dried up for lack of mater
ials is no longer a remote bugaboo, but an
immediate possibility Hence feveiish Ell
forts are being made within industry and by
state employment services, to do everything
possible to effect an orderly transfer of work
ers from drying-up non-defense jobs, into
positions in defense work.
FORESIGHT--The ability of industries to
cushion blows the defense program rains on
their supply lines depends in many cases up
on the foresight exercised in past months.
For example, over a year ago attention be-
gan to be focused on eXpedients which might
be necesstated by stringency of crude rub
Der supplies. So it's interesting to note re-
cent statement of the B. F. Goodrich com
pany. which for the past year has sold on thv
open market automobile tires made with sy
nthetic rubber that more than 100 important
American companies took this cue and bought
those tires, to gain familiarity with the new
product. Here was conspicuous case OF
industry's willingness to cooperate and invest
in an understanding of future needs, for
each purchaser willingly paid the higher
price made necessary by the higher cost OF
Ameripol Despite efforts to build up stockS
of raw rubber, restrictions its are
now in force. and the day may well come
when synthetic rubber will have to play a
large role in keeping our cars and trucks
moving In the deliberations of at least these
hundred or more companies. doubts as to
what the switch will mean will be negligible
600
BITS O. BUSINESS--Still zooming, ma
tons department store sales for week end
ing Aug. 16 were 40 per cent ahead of same
week of 1910 Survey e retail gasoline
outlets in East indicated that the z pm. to
am. "curfew" was proving more effective
than wholesale delivery figures had indicat-
ed-for first Is days of the curfew set-up it
showed retail sales of gas had gone down
1914 per cent, whereas, wholesale figures
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
DY NORTH CALLAHAN

When an oat.Of-toWner visits New
Work re may use one of tw9 ways
# -i~.a. seeing First, he nay spend
all his time rushing from one famous
not to another seeing nothing
thoroughly and completely exhaust
ing himself. Or the visitor may spend
all the time carefully examining a
Nv of the high-spots on his list with
he result of not having enough time
o see many worthwhile sights. In my
Union it is much better--especial-
if YOU have only q short time-to
Ike one of the three-hour sails .
,nund Manhattan on one of The
,,urist yachts which leave twice
daiIy from Battery Park. While you
,sa.x IN soift deck chairs, trained
aide points out the famous spots
the boat sails through the East,
harlem and Hudson Rivers. Pve no
o9nection with this service but hav-
g tried it, ! belize it is the best
'~2y.
-oOo-
In the East River you pass ,hc
BROOKLYN. Manhattan and Williams
arg bridges. the Navy Yard, his
oric Bellevue Hospital, Welfare Is
and and greensboro Bridge. On the
oft is a fine skyline view of Rock
teller Center, the Empire State and
hrysler buildings and the rest Of
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-08-28
q firms in all. It's just start, but what

n firms in all It's just a start but what
start,
THINGS TO WATCH FOR Newspaper
ads by Woolworth, the big five-and-dime
folks, for the first tme-a test campaign on
same in Utica, n. Y, turned up convincing
results d. Advertising bilboards winch fea-
ture the flashing. to a passing auto, OF that
autos exact miles per-hour-a couple of
electric eyes are so placed as to measure,
calculate and flash, all in twinkling!
Soap that comes in paper-thin rolls. SO that
each user can tear off a small, individual
sheet for himself
Evening star., 1941-10-11
If Winter Doesn't Come

A popular novel of the last decade
was A. M. S. Hutchinson'S IF Winter
Comes" The title puzzled many
book thumbers in stores where it
was on sale-they thought the eff"
should read "when"-and no doubt
many of these kibitzers, despairing
of being able to skim the book in the
limited time available before they
cracked under the reproachful eye of
some clerk, actually bought it to
solve the mystery.
This year the title would not seem
so strange; there is a growing doubt
if winter will come. If it does not,
on the whole the change in our way
of life will be beneficial. January
swimming parties in the Potomac
should be delightful novelty, and it
will be convenient to have February
tomatoes and grapes growing in the
back yard. Much innocent amuSe-
ment can be obtained by men watch
ing women swelter in furs, chained
rigidly about them by the tyranny
of fashion. If it gets too hot, the
wealthy can still escape to such
comparatively cool spots as Florida
or California.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Iudorses Proposed Conference
On After-War Problems.

To the Editor of The Star:
Your columniSt, Frank R. Kent per-
formed a valuable service in calling to
public attention the recent articles by
Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A.
Berle, jr., and Charles E. Wilson, presi-
dent of the General Electric Co., pub
liShed in Fortune and the American
Magazine, respectively. 1t is reassuring
to learn that our leaders in Government
and business seriously are concerned
about how we shall meet the coming
postwar letdown.
While, to be sure, the defeat of Hitler
and Nal-ism, and all the unspeakable
things they stand for, is the first busi-
ness on hand. we cannot escape some
advance thinking
1t is to be hoped that leaders of in
dustry, labor and agriculture will follow
Messrs. Berles and Wilson'S suggestion,
independently arrived at, to hold con-
ference this fall to determine the initial
steps that should be taken to maintain
our system of free competitive enter
prise after the war is ended.
The thought advanced by Messrs. Berle
and Wilson deserves widespread public
approval. AS all the people must do their
part in supporting national defense. they
also must contribute toward making our
country secure against the threatening
economic peril and disaster. Once our
economic security is undermined, liberty
and democracy will face terrific task
for survival. ERWIN H. KLAUS.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Tr1ce1Dell.
Nine times out of ten, he selects Il

Nine times out of ten, he selects the
guppy.
That is because this is one of the
easiest of all the tropical specimens TO
handle, and at the same time one Of the
most interesting
The temperature of the water may be
allowed to go down below 10 degrees
without running too much chance of
harming the guppies.
There is no agreement among fish
fans" as to just how low the water can
go without tending to give the fishes the
white spot"
One will say 65, another So while now
and then an enthusiast declares. some
what heatedly, that these small crea-
lures can stand water as low as As. or
even 40 degrees.
In nature, down Trinidad way, where
many of the guppies hail from, the water
often goes down to the high 3Os without
damage to the fishes. This is because
the whole setup is right. The water
contains all the oxygen there is, and.
above all, the change from warm to cool
down, as indoors, even in the largest
tank.
In such changeable weather as Wash
ington has known in recent weeks,
small aquarium will go down from 30
degrees to Sc degrees within "a hours
This is too fast, even for guppies.
If cold spell is on the way, it is
good idea to cover the tank at night,
if near a window, in order to keep the
water from going down too quickly.
Some may think this too much trou-
BILE, and others will insist that it is
totally unnecessary, with guppies, but
We believe the truth is that it is not
nearly as much trouble as trying to cure
sick animals, and that guppies did come
originally from warm climate where
sudden changes are not in order.
The male guppy is small but colorful
He is forever courting the silvery COL
ored females, which bear their children
alive
The young guppies are born as COM
pletely equipped and swimming fishes,
"AlASAi arc dbAC W dOlJ away llOIl lIltlI
parents with an incredible speed within
80 minutes of birth.
The female guppy is much larger than
the male. 1t is, to some eyes, really
prettier, but the flashy male is the one
most often thought of when most per-
sons speak of the guppy family
The word is pronounced as if rhymed
with cuppy, and not "goopy," or "gooby,"
as so often heard
The fish is named, in a roundabout
way, after an Engishman, Lechemere
Guppy, whose ancestors were French,
who spelled the name Goupil, and hence
pronounced 1t "Goo-peel" But in Eng
lish it is just plain Guppy.
Guppies are interesting, handsome lit
tie fishes, well repaying the time and
attention put upon them. If one insists
upon tropical fishes, yet wants them to
be as little trouble as possible, with
maximum of interest, the guppies are
the best choice
Evening star., 1941-10-11
lndefensibIe BOYCOTT

On the basis of known facts, 1t
would be difficult to conceive of a
more OUTRAGEOUS form Of labor con-
troversy than that now threatening
the Nations tank production pro-
gram as result of jealousy between
c. I. o. and A. F. of L. workmen
A type of transmission used in
about 20 per cent of all Army tanks
is made in the Toledo plant Of
the Spicer Manufacturing Company,
which employs C. l. O. labor Parts
for this transmission are made in a
subsidiary at Hillsdale, Michigan,
where the A F. of L. recently won a
Labor Relations Board election.
Despite the election, however, it
seems that there has been trouble
between C. I. o, and A. F. or L. work
men at the Hillsdale plant, where
seven men were hurt in fighting last
week. And as a result the c. I. o.
workers in Toledo have refused to
handle parts made by A. F. of L.
workers in Michigan. In other words,
a secondary boycott is in effect at
the Toledo plant, which has been
able to continue in operation by
using stored parts. but which will
have to shut down when these are
exhausted unless there is a settle
ment of the dispute.
Under these circumstances, and in
view of the inevitable effect on such
a vital phase of the defense program,
it seems almost incredible that
there should be any federation of the
stand taken by the C. I. o. workmen.
Their boycott is utterly indefensible,
and it should be treated accordingly.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
c. c. 6. Reduction

The disclosure by Director James
servation Corps plans to turn back
into the Treasury at the end of the
current fiscal year SAT 100000 out Of
its S247 100000 appropriation will be
welcomed as evidence that at least
one Federal agency is ready to make
a substantial reduction in monde
fense expenditures. In recent
months, thousands of c. c. c. en-
rollees have obtained jobs in private
industry and, due to the increase in
employment opportunities elsewhere,
the number of applicants for enroll
ment in the corps is far smaller than
1t was during the depression years.
Mr.. McEntee doubtless would have
little difficulty in spending the full
amount of this years appropriation
II he so desired. Because of the de-
clining enrolment he has wisely
decided to close 200 more camps next
month. This will mean a reduction
of 900 camps since April.
BY providing jobs for needy youths,
and training them for useful en-
ployment the c. C. C. in the past
eight years has contributed much to
strengthen our democratic institu-
tions. Through it's work projects,
carried out in many conservation
fields, it has notably added to the
Nations capital assets. Since the
start of the armament program, it
oo7 laid special stress on training
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Attack Upon the Post

What, after all, has Hitler done?
The question is asked at this present
moment because it seems a good
time to inquire into the elemental
connotationS of his assault upon
civilization. BY way of partial
answer, a brief quotation from His
tory Under Fire" by James Pope
HenneSsy and Cecil Beaton, is
offered, as follows: 1T is mainly
buildings of small esthetic merit (and
often of no historical INTEREST," that
have been bombed. We must not
underrate our losses; yet walk
through any section of the city
shows how much remains The num-
Ter of Wren's churches standing is
far greater than that of those that
have been burned. The brunt of the
blitzkrieg has been borne by houses
and streets that are not, from the
historical angle, of great significance.
1t is narrow, perhaps even an in
human viewpoint-but seen from it
the bombers' attack upon our Lon
don past has failed"
Granted that those lines we're
printed in May and that many raids
upon the worlds largest community
have been reported since that date,
the fact seems obvious that the
German campaign of destruction,
intended to reduce London to ashes,
has been only relatively successful
1t also appears to be true that the
worlds past-the accumulated fruits
of uncounted centuries of human
enterpriSe-will survive the prevail
ing ordeal. Hitler's objective, loudly
proclaimed, often repeated with un-
diminished violence, was "a new
order" Within the concept so de-
lineated there were contradictions of
the established patterns of human
| thought. He aimed at the sacred
Evening star., 1941-10-11

institutions of antiquity, preserved
by successive generations through
thousands of years. The sanctity of
the oath, for example, he traduced.
Before he set out upon the conquest
of the universe he first subjected the
people Of the Reich, enSlaved them
to a system of government which
dealt with individual personality as
though it were a crime against
the common welfare. Freedom he
Knocked, conventional rights and
privileges he forbade, normal aspi-
rations for liberty in religion and
in the arts and the sciences he
denied In effect, he visioned
Europe immitative of himself to an
intolerable degree.
Eut the novelty which he pro-
posed has been recognized as
a monst~ous invention. Even if it
had possessed authentic merit, it
could not have been pretended that
it was a natural growth Actually,
it contradicted the principle of social
evolution. To say that it was per-
verse was to be content with an
underStatement. 1t was altogether
g-otasque.
Hitler's crimes, however, already
have created a reaction in behalf
of the freedom he deSDiSeS PeOple
who formerly took their liberties for
granted now are learning to defend
them. The past has been bulwarked
against such forces as may wish its
injury. Thus will the future be
strengthened. A fairer London,
faithful to the best precedents of
long ago, must rise from the ruins of
Der Fuehrer's making.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Gives Practical Reason
For Neutrality Act Repeal.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I am in favor of the repeal of the
Neutrality Act, and believe all patriotic
Americans should feel the same.
In that connection am inclosing the
following memorandum, mostly copied
from an article on The Freedom of the
Seas in the Nautical Gazette for June
1e4I:
The Neutrality Act as passed by the
Congress of the United States repre-
Sented the 1oodtide of a pacifSt hys-
terra which began with the scrapping of
American battleships under the Harding
administration. This pacifist gesture
which was to insure the United States
against war, has failed as an appease-
ment policy. Its effect has only pro-
voked the totalitarian nations to treat
this country as nation no longer willing
Or capable of fighting for its rights"
AMERICAN.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
@ STREET.

Dear Sir:
unless my memory plays me false,
you wrote many articles about aquarium
fishes several years ago. Perhaps you
could tell me now what sort of fish to
begin with, I mean what type is the
easiest to handle. Several of my friends
have toy fish, but they have such elab-
crate ones, 1t seems to me. They are for
ever fooling around over them, heating
them up and cooling them OF 1t seems
to me that they would be more trouble
than they are worth. After all, they are
just such bits of life, and I don't see
how any one could get excited about
them, but I thought if you could tell me
of simple fish which wouldn't demand
that stay up nights TO take care of it,
well, then, | might take 1t up, Just to
see if there is as much fun in the sport
as my friends declare there is. I have
never had any pet but dog, and Won
der what people really can see in them,
fish, mean. A dog is enough trouble,
but it can smile at you, in the way dogs
have of doing, but don't believe a fish
could do that. Let me know what fish
to get and I will get it. I don't want
goldfish.
Every truly yours, E. D."
The answer is very simple.
Guppies, by all means.
This is called the beginners fish, and
with reason.
But there is more to it than lust be-
ing beginners fish.
1t is an 'ender's' fish, too.
When a person-usually a man and
often doctor, takes up the indoor hobby
of keeping small tropical fishes in the
home tank, he goes in for it in what is
called big way.
In many Washington home you will
find more fishes than you can find any
place except public aquarium. At one
time about 1884, the peak of the fancy"
there were several private individuals
in the National Capital who had better
collections, more fishes and more rare
ones, than any public institution.
There is great deal of care to such
collection.
Not that the feeding is much of a
chore. That is easy. The real trouble
comes in management. The tanks get
dirty, despite the books, and they must
be cleaned. There is temperature of
water to be taken care of, and fishes to
be cured when they become sick. Fishes,
too, are heirs TO thousand ills Well,
maybe not quite that many, but enough
to give the sincere fish culturist many
hours of anxiety.
In time the novelty of the aquarium
wears off, at least for many. The man.
agement of the tanks becomes too great
a bore, and too much genuine labor
Then the enthusiast, not willing to
give up his pets entirely, looks around
for the one best fish.
He wants to keep that, and let the re-
mainder go.
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Urges Linc0ln's Example
For President Roosevelt,

40 tne Eoltor OF Inc star.
For those of us who are deeply con-
cerned about the future of our children
and who wish to pass on to them our
democratic heritage as We received it
from our heroic forefathers, the present
debacle of indeciSion over the Neutral
lty Act, arouses desperate fears. Neither
are we consoled by the realization that
an overwhelming ma jority of our people
are eager to implement every reasonable
demand of an intelligent leadership upon
our national capacity to sacrifice per-
sonal advantage for the general welfare
and security. To see the spiritual man.
date of the whole people nullifed by a
dilatory and evasive leadership on one
hand and the purely obStructioniSt tac-
tics of selfish minorities on the other,
only serves to make us realize how close
we are to duplicating those avoidable
errors which softened Hitler's other VIC
TINS for his ruthless and fiendish con-
quest. 1t must be apparent to both
sides in this gruesome contest of wits
between scheming, petty minded poll
ticians that the common people are only
too well aware of their intellectual dis
honesty. In the words of Lincoln they
must realize that you can fool some of
the people all of the time, and all of the
people some of the time, but you can
not fool all of the people all of the time"
In days such as these it is fitting that
we search the pages of history, cleaning
the wisdom of the past, or to acquaint
ourselves with those errors of Judgment
which it would be folly to repeat. BY
such search we would learn to appre-
ciate the superb character and judgment
of our martyred Lincoln, whose example
well might serve our President as a
guiding beacon to point the way, in this
his hour of fateful perplexity.
Two indispensable spiritual qualities
made Lincoln's leadership the salvation
of our bleeding, diSunited Nation-a
rugged intellectual honesty, without
deceit or guile and a humility which had
as its inspiration an abiding belief that
the simple truth was all vindicating. No
matter how cruel his dilemma Lincoln
always solved 1t one way. He faced the
truth with sublime faith that Almighty
God would do the rest. If he made a
mistake, he did not have that danger
GUS false pride which made him fearful
or ashamed of admitting it.
Our President well might take heed
that only the truth without guile or
equivocation. frankly and honestly stated,
Evening star., 1941-10-11
Autumn Drouqht

AAOA w WIZ PANDNlib SoOl WIoOlibAt
a serious drought had developed
over most of the country, especially
in the East. 1t is nearly two months
since there has been a substantial
rain. There have been record
autumn temperatures Lawns and
pastures are burned brown.
Fortunately, this drought was de-
leyed until most of the crops were
garnered and the harvest everywhere
has been one of the most bountiful
in American history. This summer
has been as close to an ideal growing
season as farmers could have asked
for in their prayers. This was
especially fortunate, with the pros
pect that America will be called on,
soon or late, to feed "a starving
world. If there must be drought it
is we'll that it come in the fall. This
is normally the driest part of the
year and the time when lack of rain
fall does the least damage. Moisture
in the soil, of course, is reduced, but
it can easily be repleniShed by
reasonably wet winter. A dry Sep
tember or November affords no basis
for prediction of dry January and
February.
Early last spring serious drought
was in the making. There were dire
predictions of major crop failures.
BY June there was abundant rainfall
over most of the country, and this
continued most of the summer. The
Weather Bureau makes no predic-
tions. But the optimist will look
forward to weather history repeating
itself.