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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21
From Blowing Rock Camp

Nl-sr- Mary Lon Cooper Klmball
and Mary Ann Hos" viii return t.
morrow from Camp HuuIhluS>cc,
Blowing Rock. where they have
spent the past two months.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21
Arrive from WASHINGTON.

Ma-c, Evelyn Edwards, and Car
-" H. II" Sparks a'r,.cu yesterday
ii"w Washington. ID. C.. Ia visit ;nclr
parent, here tor a few day..
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21
I.IrCnl Visitors.

Mr.. G.. ". Halliburton. Nj. flew
lc' HlaChIcH and daughter. MHdGc.
ami Mrs. Julia HIuciiicy. all ul Dur
i.w. visited Mr.. and Mr.. Roger ".
u axe last SUNDAY.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21

{. II. G"uGwIu. at ~" staff o. the
'cnH"r'nn office nf the United
STATES Emnl"vmcni Service. was call
cd I" Ralci"h Ivy the death uf his
mother last night.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21
(rntinI;cs To It,1,rpyc.

''rcS Archer johnson. vino was
h'jlii"d in an automobile crash soy
T. .'"Ci' "g". Ccn:in,iC> To- improve
~ Maria Parham hospital. where
We - - patient. according 10 reports
iTt ~ his bedside
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21

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DIV.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21
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WITH OUR BOYS X
IN SERVICE X
To Air Base SrhuoI

Pvt. Barnes MaCCrcW- na> h"cu
transferred from Fort jackson, :. =.
1" AIR Ba>" Combat Cgcw school. al
Smyrna.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21
WITH THE SICK

NJ. man Ran sly has improved
~" 'i"rcniiv tr be removed from
AEml1 Parham hospital hi, friends
VII! be pleased 10 learn.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-08-21

Visit ~ .,a:no.ic.
A,r.. Eu'"UlH Pulley. Mrs. y. +.
.'a n.a".. and little Ann Nixon are
i p" ,,'.. l.. :. pcti:. IN Rnanu:.r.
Li.cn.,n.
Evening star., 1942-01-09
Vitumins Vindicuted

It is a common saying that $50
aad-so was born too soon," meaning
that his actions and ideas, diSap-
proved at the time, were later justi-
fed by events. Prominent among
Americans born too soon was the late
General William Mitchell, and among
Eabylonians, the late King Nebu-
c1adnezzar, who made the headlines
il, the brick tablets of his day by
eating weeds.
Now, plundered countries under
Nazi rule have discovered that weeds
Can be eaten, and are lot more
rourishing than empty air. But
e7en more to the point is the an
rouncement by botanical experts
that many weeds are superior, espe-
cally in vitamin value, to the better
known vegetables. Pigweed, wild
mustard, catnip, milkweed, swamp
nallow, goldenrod and cattails are
cnly few items on the list of mod
EN- groceries highly praised by these
experts, and offering a means OF
beating the high cost of living for
those who still have enough tires on
their cars to 90 out and collect their
meals. How about posthumous honor
t. Nebuchadnezzar, and a 'belated
recognition tAat 4n his court they
we're Ill oat Of step but the king7
Evening star., 1942-01-09
Rum-BumbIe PUDDING

Four days before Pearl Harbor,
newspaper offices received mimeo-
graphed sheets-seven and quarter
pages, typed on both sides-from the
Navy Department on 'Favorite Rec
ipes of Naval Officers Wives" The
first recipe was for Hawaiian Niu
Moa All, or coconut with chicken. It
is believed that this selection, in rela-
ton to the incident four days later,
was purely co-incidental.
There now comes to hand from the
United States Navy Department,
however, Series 2" of "Favorite Rec
ipes of Naval Officers Wives"-five
and quarter pages. typed on both
sides-and the second recipe of those
which until now have been the
coveted secrets of some of the serv-
ices most popular hosteSSes" is pre-
sented under the delectable title of
"Rum-Bumble Pudding"
One is not so sure that this selec-
tion, viewed against the current
scene OF wartime Washington, is
accidental. There is real significance
in the title, and it hardly could have
been chosen by mere chance. For
can one seriously argue that the de-
Tense agencies, sprawling and spread
ing and growing by leaps and
bounds, do not in themselves Sug-
gest a rum humble pudding? The
real rum m-bumble pudding, according
to the Navy Department, is often
served on a silver platter. Could any
utensil be more appropriate for the
service rendered by some Of the new
agencies, or activities, which, under
priorities gained by the magic name
Of defense" are crowding Washing
tons every cubby-hole?
Adequate housing, adequate room
for the Governments huge war ma
chine, is grave problem. Partial
solution of that problem might lie in
eliminating unnecessary, expensive
and space consuming activities and
in examining the value Of their func-
tions, even though they claim pro-
lection in the name Of defense"
SUCH examination. for example,
Evening star., 1942-01-09
Memher of The Associated Press
Civilian Defense

In voting yesterday to transfer the
administration of civilian defense to
the War Department, the House was
rejecting the real and growing public
concern over deficiencies of the exist
ing setup. The civilian defense pro-
gram has suffered from the very
beginning from inadequate leader
ship-inadequate because Mayor La
Guardia and his assistant, Mrs.
Roosevelt, pressed by other duties,
could devote only part of their time
to their new Jobs. From the outset,
therefore, the organization and ad-
ministration Of civilian defense has
been a part-time undertaking. But
II part-time leadership Of this i'm
portant home e-protection service was
tolerable in the early months Of the
program, there can be no doubt that
1t became an all-out, full-time as
signment from the moment that
America came to grips with Japan
and her Axis partners.
Mayor La Guardia, in his annual
message to the New York City Council
Wednesday. conceded that the civil
Ian defense task is far from finished
and announced that henceforward
1t will make even greater demands
upon his time. Undoubtedly, his
other job as wartime Mayor of Amer
ica's largest city also will make
greater demands upon his time. For
the present, however, he said he
intends to hold onto both posts. The
Mayors willingness to undertake this
double duty is commendable. indeed,
but he should not be required lon?er
to bear responsibilities that no man
is qualified to handle successfully
alone. New York City deserves the
full-time services Of it's Mayor in this
critical period-and the Office Of
Civilian Defense deserves the full
time services of a military or other
director with special qualifications
for so vital wartime function.
Evening star., 1942-01-09
THIS AND THAT
By Charles Z. Trdceiceu.

cake. and especially Of cakes which con-
tain raisinS.
Not only mockingbirds and catbirds
like raisins, but robins like them, too.
Only Knockers will be around at this
time of year, but they and the sparrows
and the cardinals will 60 for cake In any
form.
Sometimes in February, when the first
robins appear, . few raisins will make .
great appeal to them, and may save their
lives.
Often those first robins arrive before
the last snow.
How forlorn the big birds look, without
being able to find any worms!
The ground Is too hard for them to
pull them forth.
A few raisins. put in a dish on the
lawn, will be veritable life-savers for the
robins.
We do not imagine many persons will
want to feed good cake to the birds.
Circumstances, however, now and then
may make 1t possible.
II q friend presents a family with q
cake which no one In the family likes
and sometimes that happens-the best
thing to do with 1t is to put 1t out for
the songsters.
1t may be doled out q slice at a time.
There are few cakes which the birds
will not relish. because cakes basically are
made out of -four. and most baked goods
irdc Ind ho roy,n-
hydrate content exactly what they need
to keep them warm.
Even the greediest person might be
willing to give slice OF cake to the birds.
Most persons nowadays are willing to
put out a slice of bread. So why not
cake? The difference is not 50 great.
Maybe the queen wasn't SO silly, after
all, when she said. LET them eat cake"
Perhaps the best time OF day to put
out 4 bit OF cake for the birds is about
o'clock in the late afternoon.
BY that time, at this season. most OF
the English sparrows are gone.
There will remain the cardinals, the
nuthatches and the song sparrovs, and
all Of these will eat it.
A few English sparrows may lnger, If
they find cake.
These sparrows. in small numbers, are
an addition to any yard
Even the greatest English sparrow
hater will be able to stand for q few OF
them.
A good way to ornament the cake for
the birds Is to stick sunflower seeds in the
slice.
Put them in on end, so that the birds
may find them easily. They will serve As
good introduction to the more sophls-
ticated fare Not that an honest cake
needs any introduction.
Nut cakes would appeal to squirrels.
But most persons find such cakes too
good to give away. Just save out a few
nuts for the squirrels. That would be the
best way.
Evening star., 1942-01-09
First Snowfall

Rain jeu throughout the night, the
morning sky
Was gray ,Uith moisture, and a som-
Der cloak
En,prapped the earth. By noon, the
first thin flakes
OF snop ,pere falling, melting as
they tell
But soon the air iDns blurred, and
grass and ground
Were blanketed NTH doipny ,chits.
The trees
Were thickly coated, and the figree
OF every bush ,oas lovely to behold.
Thereafter, time passed slolOly for
each child
Sitting at desks inside the alldgs
school.
Bright eyes stray ,oindou-,Oard, and
youthful minds
Are not confined to lessons. There
should be
A ruling that all schools may be dis
missed
A little earlier on this first day
OF Uinter snoU. HoU can the chill.
dren knoD
The proper nnsUers, Uhen the t1orld
outside
Is touch ,oith crystal magic, far and
Uide!
Oily .. COOPER.
Evening star., 1942-01-09
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
Bp Frederic J. Hnskin.

reader can get the ansUer to dny
question OF fact BY tcrtting The Eus-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Hdskin. director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp TOR reply.
@. Is it true that the radio has seri-
ously affected the circulation Of news
papers?-C. L. P.
A. 1t is not. According to Editor and
Publisher, daily newspaper calculations
are at their all-time high having gained
per cent in l94l over 1910.
@. My son has been in The marines
since September, 1910. Is it still pos
sible for him to take out Government
insurance?-J. D. B.
A. The United States Marine Corps
says that according to recent provision
a member Of the corps is eligible to apply
for National Service Life Insurance l20
days from December 20, 194l.
@. Please tell me what parts Of an
airplane produce the most noise?-M. r.
A. The principal sources OF noise In an
airplane, in order Of importance, are:
The propeller. the exhaust, engine clatter,
and whistling wires.
@. When was a Senator last expelled
from the United States Senate?-C. J. NJ.
A. In 1862. when Jesse David Bright Of
Indiana was expelled for treason
Evening star., 1942-01-09
School BUDGET

Despite the drastic slaShing Of
funds for the building program, sew
eral highly important items have
been adequately provided for in the
s14,297,552 school budget estimates
submitted to Congress on Wednes-
day. This total represents an in
crease OF almost 100000 over this
years appropriations.
Appearing for the first time in the
budget is a $4,000 item for sys-
tematic elimination of the major fire
hazards revealed in the annual in
srection Of school buildings by the
f1ie marshals report. This inspec-
tim found many Of the schools with
oft modern interior fire alarm sys-
tens and also revealed other serious
shortcomings which could not be
Corrected because of the small repair
fund.
The $4,000 item is included in the
much larger repair and maintenance
fund of s593, 400, but is earmarked
for elimination OF the fire hazards.
TIE present appropriation for main
te1ance is s5l0,0OO which school
officials have insisted is not sufficient
to keep the large school plant from
drteriorating.
The thirty three additional teach
els provided will help staff new
schools coming into service and re-
lisve congestion in some classes.
It is also encouraging that suf-
fitient funds have been allotted to
EQUIP all schools now building or In
Immediate prospect. As a result Of
this action, there will be no need for
these buildings to stand idle for
months after completion, as did the
Calvin Coolidge Senior High School,
fer which furniture was not avail
able.
In cutting out most of the building
items, the Commissioners and Bud
ct Bureau were facing the fact that
1t is almost impossible to obtain
ptiorities on materials for schools.
The one school authorized-a Junior
h gh for colored at Forty-ninth street
AID Washington place N.E.-will
bling welcome relief to the Browne
junior High School, now running on
d)uble shift with some Of the largest
c asses in the system.
Evening star., 1942-01-09

military and naval authorities should
encourage boys under the draft age
to continue studies-especially In
technical subjects-that may better
fit them for future service. 1t would
be well If both services worked out .
cooperative plan which would insure
students a maximum of technical
education and which would leave
skilled industrial workers in the fac
tories until selected by the draft for
the work they can best perform. The
volunteer system gives the individual,
rather than the Nation, the decision
as to who is needed for what.
Evening star., 1942-01-09
MobiIizino Man Power

Faced with the tremendous re-
sronsibility of taking a Nationwide
inventory of Americas potential re-
serve supply of men of fighting age,
Selective Service authorities are
fortunate in having readily available
q framework Of registration machin-
cry which can be put into motion
with a minimum of difficulty on
February Is next, the day set for
the wartime survey. Two prior regis
trations under the pre-War training
program have provided basic or
ganization and much experience
that should prove extremely valu-
able new. Eut while registration
procedure will be substantially the
same as in the previous inventories,
new problems will arise in the classi-
fication and induction or deferment
Of the millions of men in the new
combat age group Of twenty to forty
four, inclusive.
AS Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey,
director OF selective service, pointed
out in The Stars National Radio
Forum, the previous drafts were di-
rected primarily toward creating a
reservoir of trained man power upon
which the armed services could draw
In event Of great national emer-
gency. Now, however, it has become
absolutely necessary not only to call
existing reserves into the all-out
fight but to mobilize as soon as pos
sible vast additional forces for actual
combat duty on far-flung fronts.
This necessitates complete revision
Of classification policies and rules.
1t. Col. Joseph E. Battley, of the I'm
dersecretary Of Wars Office, indicated
the trend of the revision when he
told draft occupational advisers of
ten States that deferment plans in
effect heretofore are out. While
every effort will be made to avoid
unnecessary economic and domestic
dislocationS, he said, the eXigencieS
Of war may require eventually that
women take the places Of industrial
workers called to the front line. Re-
doubled vigilance and a considera-
BILE amount of discernment on the
part Of local draft boards are neces-
sary to avoid repeating some of the
mistakes which attended past efforts.
It is unfortunate that the entire
mobilization program could not have
been effected by the selective service
process. The present hybrid part
draft, part-volunteer recruitment
system results chiefly from failure of
Congress to authorize induction for
combat service of eighteen and
nineteen year-olds. The Navy and
Army need these younger men for
certain specialized work because ex-
perience has shown they make better
fighters, by and large, than the older
men. The Navy reports that 10000
men volunteered last month, most Of
them after the attack on Pearl Har-
Dor. Many were students in schools
and colleges and undoubtedly many
Of them were skilled workers who are
needed more for production lines
than for combat service. Their
patriotism is understandable, but
Evening star., 1942-01-09
Advisory Council

beSpite the pessimism Of labor
spekesmen, there seems to be no
reason why the advisory labor
management council for the CONVEX
sio, of the automobile industry to a
wa. basis should not function sue
cessfully.
rs set up by the o. P. NJ, the
advisory council represents a COM
promise between labor's insistence
up,n an agency which would be en-
powered both to make and enforce
recommendations and managements
proposal for q council which would
merely be empowered to make rec
concentrations. The council, as now
outlined, will consist of one Govern
ment, three labor and three manage
meat representatives and is author
ized to make recommendations and
"alvise" the o. P. M.
The labor proposal, it seems clear,
would have resulted in a radical
ch,nge in the pattern Of American
INDUSTRY, since it would have given
lator a directive voice in the man
agoment of industry without the as
sunption Of any corresponding re-
sponsibility or liability. 1t does not
appear that there is anything in the
war emergency which could justify
sueh a fundamental departure from
th- system which has given the
Urited States its leadership in pro-
du;tion methods. Experimentation
in such fields at this time might de-
lay, rather than hasten, the all-out
Efforts so necessary.
representatives of management
have given assurance of their full
cooperation in the conversion effort,
including pooling OF tools and en-
pleyes, and their past record affords
nc basis for believing that this CO.
operation will not be forthcoming.
If labor, despite its disappointment
in receiving less than 1t had believed
desirable, proves equally co-opera-
tive, it may be expected that the
conversion program will move for
ward without undue delay.
Evening star., 1942-01-09

@. Is it correct to use aren't I" for
"am not"?-A. G.
A. Aren't I" has long been popular in
England. In comparatively recent years,
the phrase has become popular in this
country. From the standpoint Of gram
mar, it is not correct.
@. Where was Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur born?-K. B. c.
A. Gen. Macarthur was born at an
Army post in Arkansas.
@. Which Of our cities has the largest
Japanese population?-D. r.
A. Los Angeles. Calf. with 1881 Jap
anese residents, has more than any other
American city.
@. Can mistletoe be made to grow In
the soil like other plants?-N. E. P.
A. The root Of mistletoe cannot take
food directly from the soil. The plant
is parasite that grows on the trunks
and branches Of various trees.
@ What is the difference between A
bishop coadjutor and suffragan bishop?
"A. P. S.
A. A bishop coadjutor is an assistant
bishop with the right of succession in
the diocese. A suffragan bishop is an
assistant bishop without the right Of
succession.
Q. Please give the origin Of the word
diSaster-E. j. K.
ie }u,o 7 ~,
meaning, "the stars are against you
@. Which city has the widest street
in the world?-G. o.
A. Buenos Aires, Argentina The
Avenida de Julio has a width Of $50
yards.
O. Where Is Tecumseh, the great In
dian chief, buried?-A. F. D.
A. His remains recently were removed
to Walpole Island, overlooking the st.
Clair River.
q. How does the new son Of the Duke
and Duchess Of Gloucester rank In Sue
cession to the throne Of England9-G. NJ.
A. He is fourth in line, preceded by
the Prinsesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Rose and his father.
@. Which are the most densely pcpu-
lated Of all the States?-C. B.
A. According to the 1910 census. the
most densely populated States are Rhode
island and New Jersey.
Q. Why do artists prefer . north
lght?-G. =.
A. North light is dinused more COM
pletely than light coming from q portion
Of the sky where direct sunlight exists.
a. Why are the Japanese called Nip
poneses-H F. r.
A. The Japanese name Of Japan Is
Dai Nippon. We have coined the word
Nipponese to use for the sake Of variety.
Evening star., 1942-01-09
Price-ControI Dispute

The President seems to be on
sound ground in urging Congress to
vest control of all prices In the hands
of single administrator. What this
country needs, and needs urgently, is
legislation to set up an organization
which can function effectively to
keep prices down. Anything that
tends to diffuse authority or to be-
cloud responsibility would seem on
its face to be a step in the other
direction.
Opposition to the single admin
istrator plan is coming from two
sources. In one instance, the farm
bloc in the Senate is seeking to shift
control Of farm prices from the
price control establishment to the
Secretary Of Agriculture. This is a
move which appears to be entirely
lacking in justification. Under the
present language of the bill, farm
prices cannot be fixed under ITO
per cent of parity or the average
market price prevailing last October
l. This insures highly favorable
treatment for the farmers, and there
would seem to be no reason for trans
ferring farm price control to the
Secretary Of Agriculture unless, per-
haps, it might be hoped that he
would permit the prices of farm
commodities to rise above the high
levels fixed by the act. If this be the
expectation back of the farm bloc
maneuver, however, it not only tends
to embarrass the Secretary. but is
also grossly unfair to the other ele-
ments of the population.
The second attack on the bill is
coming from those who oppose plac-
ing its administration in the hands
of single administrator. This op-
position springs primarily from the
expectation that Leon Henderson
would be named administrator if the
bill should be passed in its present
form, and many members of Con-
gress are afraid that he would use
his price-control powers to reform"
business along New Deal lines. AS
yet, however, no real evidence has
been brought forth to support this
belief, and even if such evidence
were shown to exist, it would seem
that Congress, in writing the law,
could erect adequate safeguards
against such abuse OF the authority
it grants, without hampering its ad-
ministration by placing RESPONSE
bility for enforcement in the hands
OF several men instead Of one man.
In passing, however, it may be
noted that while the President is
right in urging Capitalization Of
price-control authority in one indi-
vidual, he weakens his case by his
own example. Mr.. Roosevelt has in
sisted upon maintenance of a di-
vided responsibility in the direction
Of the war program and, despite the
resulting confusion and inefficiency,
he has not modified his original con-
tentiOn that this division of authority
between William Knudsen and Sid
ney Hillman would in no way prove
detrimental to the effectiveness of
the war effort. 1t does not appear
that there is any way in which these
conflicting expressions of opinion on
his part can be reconciled, and it is
to be hoped that his sound reason
ing in the price-control question will
be applied without further delay to
the rest of the Governments mill
tary program.