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Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
We Are All Americans

We hold all wars to be
deplorable. Once a nation
is drawn into war, however,
unless an honorable peace
may be secured betimes, it
would be disastrous to be
beaten in that war. There
fore we hold it the duty Of
all loyal American citizens
to do all in their power to
help our country, the United
States of America, to win
its present war.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13

Unsere Regierung hat die Wehr-
macht unseres Landes yum Schutze
ihrer Rechte und Freiheiten aufge-
boten. ALE Amerikaner ohne Inter
schied der Geburt und Herkunft,
darunter die Landesburger deutschen
Blutes, stehen in diesem Kriege elm
mitig hinter ihrer Regierung. Anne
rika list unser Land, das Land unse-
rer Kinder, das zu schitzen jetzt
unsere hochste Aufgabe ist.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
Wir sind allie Amerikaner

Wir betrachten ale Krie-
ge ais bedauerlich. Aber,
wenn Elm Volk NIT Krieg
uberzogen wird und bis es
einen ehrenhaften Frieden
erringen mag, ware es YER
heerend, zu unterliegen. Da-
her halten wir es fir die
Pficht aller treuen ameri-
kanischen Burger, allies in
ihrer Macht zu tun, unserem
Lande, den Vereinigten
Staten Won N~ord-Amerika,
r- Cso~n ~, -o-bo14on
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13

Sir @eriiderungen aaer @rt
telepboniere man an Serrn $. g.
@infIer, 0ationaI 1889.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
His Appeal to German Lovers of Freedom
By EDWIN EMERSON

The return of Lincoln's Birthday brings to
mind again what his life and death meant
for the salvation of our Union and for the
spread of freedom. To German Americans
furthermore it recalls how large a share their
forebears took in helping Lincoln to attain
his ends and how friendly he always showed
himself to his fellow workers and brave sol
diers of German blood.
So it is a fitting day, lest we forget, and
lest our younger generation Of Americanized
Germans never know, briefly to tell anew
some of the life story Of the great enamel
pator and friend of Germans In this country.
One hundred and thirty-four years ago, on
February II, $685., Abraham Lincoln was
born i'll a log cabin in the backwoods of Ken
lucky, near the later settlement Of Hodgin-
vile in La Rue County, then a wilderness.
His father, Thomas, was a migratory, shift
less carpenter and farmer of English ances-
try, always poverty-stricken. His mother,
Nancy Hanks, a shadowy figure in family
tradition, likewise was Of poor English ances-
try. She died in 1918 in the wilds Of Indiana
near the Ohio, not long after the family had
trekked there, her husband and young boy
driving the OK cart. Abe's father soon mar
ried Sarah Bush Johnston, a widow, who
proved a kind and affectionate stepmother
to the boy.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13

fender Of men in trouble the young lawyer
achieved local fame.
In the Black Hawk War
In 1882 an Indian war along the Mississippi
frontier of Illinois caught young Lincoln in
it's fever, so he volunteered as a mounted
riheman in the militia Of his State for ser
vice at the front. The regiment he joined
was mustered in as an auxiliary force by
Jefferson Davis, then a captain in the regular
army.
The campaign, such as it was, was waged
against Black Hawk, a renowned chieftain
Of the Sank and Fox tribes, who had fought
on the side of the British against the set
tiers pressure to make the Indians in Il
linois move west of the Mississippi. In 1882,
after a peace treaty, i'll kept by the settlers,
Black Hawk with 500 Of his braves returned
east Of the Mississippi and waged bloody war
fare that lasted two months until his final
capture by a party of hostile Winnebagos.
Meanwhile the service Of the white troops
in the punitive expedition largely was taken
up with futile marchings and counter march
ings or boating up and down the river, where
in the unframed and i'll equipped militia
did none too well. Abraham Lincoln was cleo
ted a captain Of his company because Of his
towering stature, his prowess as a wrestler
and his waggish stories. Taking command,
he had to borrow a saber and a horse, where
with to march to the elusive front. Twice
during his captaincy he got into trouble with
his superior officers and was condemned tenn
p%orarily to carry a wooden sword in dis
grace. His first offence had been a wilful
discharge of his rifle contrary to military
orders during a general wild sfeu de joie"
Of his raw militiamen while landing from
boats in the supposed vicinity Of Black Hawk.
His second disgrace was in vicarious atone
ment for the drunkenness and disorderly con
duct Of his men, who never caught sight of
an enemy. Shortly before they were must
cred out, much to the relief Of the regular
officers, Captain Lincoln got in trouble with
one of his fellow officers through an action
everlastingly to his credit.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
The Rail Splitter

OF regular schooling Abe had scarcely any.
His scattered attendance at log cabin schools
in the woods of Kentucky and Indiana
amounted to less than a year. Most Of his
''readin', writin' and 'rithmetic" he got on
rainy or snowy days from a few household
books between farm chores, such as wood
~chopping and saving, or by the light of the
hearth fire during long winter nights. Among
the few books on hand were a family Bible, a
worn copy of Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Pro-
gress", Aesop's Fables and Parson Weem's
"Life of George Washington.
Abe earned his first pennies by splitting
fence rails for %neighboring settlers. Hence
in his later political career he was often cal
led ''the Rail Splitter. Such work, as well
as his outdoor life, made him grow up a tall,
rawboned youth Of powerful build, formi-
dable in rough-and-tumble fights between boys
and as a wrestler. Constantly having to
shoot game in the wilderness made him a
good marksman. By the time he reached his
full growth he measured six feet and four
inches, standing barefoot.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13

fender of men in trouble the young lawyer
achieved local fame.
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
Lincoln Challenges to a Duel

An aged Pottawatomic Indian came into
the Illinois militiamen's camp. The soldiers,
disappointed as they were at having failed
to catch up with Black Hawks elusive war
riors, fell upon the decrepit old Indian and
put a rope around his neck to hang him. He
produced a letter of safe conduct, signed by
General Lewis Cass, who was then in the field.
The letter was waived aside as a forgery.
An officer, who had served on the generals
staff, recognized his signature as true. Never
theless the excited soldiers proceeded to string
up the poor old Indian. Captain Lincoln,
drawn to the turmoil and hearing what it was
about, pushed in between the Pottawatomie
and his tormentors, shielding him with his
own body from the muzzles Of the guns point
ed at him, until the old man at length was
freed from his raving tormentors. There
upon another militia officer his face purple
with rage, shook his fist at Lincoln and called
him a coward. Lincoln answered coolly: eff
any man thinks he a coward, let him test it!'
The other said defantly: ''You think you can
get away with it, just because you are larger
and heavier than me-. Captain Lincoln re-
joined: "You can guard against that. Choose
JOul W WCOPOhO Liz OGuCI OulCCl O1uuh
off and the row ended with the release of the
Indian. After Captain Lincoln was mustered
out he ~re-enlisted as a private and served I'M
til the end of the campaign.
Several years after the Black Hawk War,
when Lincoln was serving as a representa-
tive Of Illinois in Congress, his party, the
Wings, was charged with Gliding under mill
tary coat tails. In the course Of the debate
the above mentioned General Glass; service
in the Black Hawk War was extolled. Con
gresham Lincoln in a witty rejoinder, which
came to be known as his "Coat tail speech,
because he gesticulated with his hands in the
pockets of his long coat tails, spoke thus:
II, too, was a soldier in the Black Hawk
War, where | fought, bled and came a.
way. If General Cass saw any live fight
ing Indians at the battle Of the Thames,
where he served as an aide at headquart-
ers, it was more than | did. But | had a
good many bloody struggles with the
mosquitoes, and although | never fam
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
Mississippi Voyages made him Independent


The lads first ~glimpses of the outer
world were got In the company OF two other
youths, when they earned some money in
1928 by taking a fatboat with farm truck
down the Ohio and Mississippi to New Or
leans. Nearing the mouth of the river, one
dark night, they we're attacked by negro ma
RAIDERS. Abe felled one with a graphing
hook, knocking him overheard. Otherwise
little is known of Abe's experiences during the
long inland voyages and while in New Or
leans, then still inhabited by French and
Spanish speaking c%reoles.
The money earned from the river voyages
made Abe Independent Of his father. After
he had stood by him in another westward
trek with a dozen family members into the
wilderness Of Macon County, Illinois, and
had helped them settle there as pioneers, Abe
set out on another voyage down the Ohio and
Mississippi. With the money thus earned he
returned from New Orleans and temporarily
settled at New Salem near Springfield. He
remained there until 1887, .clerking first in
a general store, then as manager of a mill.
Later he became a partner OF one OF his
former boat fellows in a grocery store that
failed, leaving him heavily in debt. While
discharging his debts Abe worked at odd
jobs, such as rail splitting and carpentry, in
cidentally learning to survey and beginning
to study law. For a while he was the village
postmaster of New Salem, afterward a county
surveyor. Thus he followed the example Of
Washington, the first hero Of his boyhood,
whom he resembled in stature, in woodcraft,
craftsmanship and prowess in wrestling.
Not only as a renowned wrestler, but in
his business dealings and as a Hedging law
yer, Lincoln gained a reputation for straight
forwardness, which won him the homely title:
"Honest Abe''. AS a wag and brilliant de-
Washington Journal., 1942-02-13
Germans Were Mainstay Of Lincoln

Schurz, Koerner, Bernays, Otto and Halter
schied we're made members Of the Committee
on Resolutions and Platform. No man in
Illinois perhaps had Abraham Lincoln's con
fdence more than Governor Koerner. The
latter typifed the patriotism Of the German
element in general. He was a lawyer of dis
t~inction, whom President Lincoln later sent
abroad to insure SPANS friendship to the
Union during the Civil War.
The Germans throughout our North and
West firmly supported Lincoln's presidential
Continued on page 81
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REFUGEE VISITORS
CHAPTER VIII

June Paterson's hand was rails
ed to her mouth as If in attempt
to recapture the outcry that had
revealed her presence. The silly
bag was at her feet and thus
she stood, lovely, frightened
girl outlined in the glow of
searchlight. Captain Jackson's
scowl was swiftly erased; a star
Ting white grin made a cash in
his dark face and his eyes re-
Elected inner fires.
"Caramba!" he said softly.
can ! thought thees one i ave
was beautiful! Senorita, you ave
thee suitcase. You wish passage,
no? You want get away from
here, no?" He leaped down from
the cabin roof, strobe forward
rapidly. Juan, Take the Seno-
rita's bag! Pronto, fools. Theenk
we ave all night"
The girl stood transfixed, star
ing in terror at the prone figure
Of Mcdowell. A moment before
ne had been staunch, trust
worthy figure, armed with a
pistol. belligerent, aggressive.
Now he was deathly still, a riv-
ulet of blood coursing down his
neck.
II was so swift. She had
oopGht escape from . place al
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dered June Paterson.

dered June Paterson.
Dawn was flooding the sky
when, in the light of pier lamp,
June Paterson opened the enve-
lope. Uppermost was passport
issued in the name of Martha
SWenSon and the photograph it
bore was an excellent likeness of
the woman. The other was for
Professor A b ert Constantine,
followed by list of degrees, and
its photo too seemed authentic
enough TO identify the strange
little man.
These seem to be in order"
she announced.
Halsey nodded. Good. Well
hear their stories later. Do you
have luggage
In answer two suitcases came
hurting over the side to crash
on the pier. Having asked and re-
CCived the answer that these
we're all, Halsey prodded the de-
flated skipper aboard his vessel.
Not word was spoken AS the
sChooner's auxiliary moved the
dirty gray hull away into the
cobalt sea. On the pier, Mac
Dowell Groaned suddenly and sat
up. HalSey leaned down and ex-
pertly scanned the detective S
wound June Paterson watched,
marvcling at HalSey's calm eff
ficiency; watched, too, with open
contempt as TalCott stood inef-
feCtually by.
Talcott seemed TO have shrunk
in stature: already Sebastien and
black T a s were regarding
Halsey with the faithful eyes Of
dogs. Duly she wondered If
what had been intimated about
Talcott might not after all be
true.
(To BE Continued
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no noise. It was Jackson's idea to
scare us by firing that first shot.
He doesn't appreciate, or care,
what we're up against on this
island. But you should. So put
the gun away"
Hardness settled on Halsey's
face. "Of all the fools" he grunt-
ed, Swinging, he jabbed the pis-
tol in Jackson's side. 'IU see
that the authorities hear Of this,
Mr.. Jackson. I'm the new man
ager here and you won't find me
as easy TO get along with as Tai
colt seems to have been. Now,
what about these passengers you
have?"
In answer, the heads Of a man
and a woman appeared over the
side. The woman, June Pater-
son saw in that swift moment,
was dark with the trobbing
beauty Of foreign lands. Her skin
was clear ivory and her eyes
were great dark pools Of fear
and pleading. Hcsitantly she
stepped to the pier.
The man who followed her
was a most remarkable creature.
He poSS SSed a tremendous
quantity of hair that must have
been dyed, and his eyes were
hidden b g h n d thick lCnScd
glasses that gave his round face
the appearance Of an orange hid
ing b hin d automobile head
lights. He was shaking violently
and his clothing was much too
large, and that was all June Pat
Crson could see, for then Tomas
broad back hid him from view.
A word of protest was on-Tal-
colts lips but HalScy ignored
him. Il understand you have pa
pcrS2' Halsey asked briSkly.
The woman nodded abjectly.
The Captain, he has kept
them" she said in a trcmulous
voice slurred with just trace of
accent.
HalSey glared at tho school,
ncr'S master, and hurricdly Jack
son searched; found a stained,
dirty envelope in his hip pocket,
passed it over. open IT up and
read the contents Halsey or
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BY EATON K. GOLDTHWAITE

which she had come with such
great dreams. Yet no matter how
great her disappointment in Bill
Talcott, every fiber of her being
told her that here was no escape;
that once on that dirty gray
schooner even life itself might
be forfeit
mo- she cried violently. mo,
l don't want to 60 away"
The attacker whose Blackjack
had so quickly subdued Mac
Dowell was attempting to wrest
the bag from her fingers when
Leonard Halscy galvanized to
life. With a low growl he rush
ed, lowering his shoulder so that
the man called Juan was sent
Keeling backward into the on
coming Captain Jackson The &C
ton was swift and the impact
solid, and the swarthy, sWaGgcr-
ing skipper fell backward, twist
ing in desperate attempt 10 save
himself. The shotgun had him off
balance; its butt struck the pier
with a rcSounding thwaCk and
the roar of its discharge blasted
heaVenWard.
Perilously close, that fury Of
shot and fire had been. Then
event followed event in confus-
ing swiftness. Halsey sCooped up
MacDowell'S pistol. The huge
native Tomas moved with the
speed Of light, capturing Juan in
his great hands. S b st / n,
clutching his injured arm, kick
ed viciously and accurately at a
fallen man who was attempting
TO rise.
Only Bill T c o { did not
move. Whether bewildered or
frightened, he stood stockstill,
lifting not a finger TO assist Hal
sey. Talcotts face was devoid of
expression, his eyes blank, his
arms laxly at his side; whatever
fight he had held was gone from
him and he stayed disinterest-
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ed. dull observer.

ed, dull observer.
Back, all Of you" Halsey
shouted, leveling the pistol. Tai
colt, pull yourself together! You,
jackson, get these men aboard
and get out Of here. l warn you,
I'll fire at the slightest disobedi-
ence!"
There was one coming over
the side with a knife in his teeth.
UnheSltatingly Halsey fired. The
knife man yelled in pain, sCram-
blcd hastily back TO the deck.
Jackson, facing II lsey with
murder in his eyes, felt the hot
breath Of the bullet in his face
and jerked violently backward.
As for the fellow i'm black
Tomas hands; a single thin dry
scream had come from his lips.
Only once it sounded and then
he was quite limp. AS if he were
a bag of nitrate, Tomas tossed
him board with mighty
thrust; moved TO the next, picked
him up and slung him to the
ships deck and thus with the last
until Of the SChoOner's crow only
jackson remained on the pier.
The swaggCr was gone from
the dark skipper. His face was
livid with fear, his eyes rivctcd
on the gun I'm HalSCy's hand.
Don't shoot me- he begged.
Don't shoot
Talcott was coming over. Head
down, legs spread, anger sup
planting the blankneSS in his
eyes. "Halscy,' Talcott said in a
cold, unnatural voice, 1t wasn't
necessary TO shoot that man. I'm
still in charge here, and while
I'm boss thercll be no gun play
on Abas. Put that pistol away.
Halsey's mouth Gaped I'm as
constituent. Have you lost your
mind?" he gasped.
Talcott shrugged. ct he @ S
been too much noise already. I'm
surprised the natives aren't ON
our ears by this time. You know
how much chance we'd stand
But your foreman, Sebasticn
-"
"Sebastien was knitted Tai
colt said calmly. Knives make
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THE STORY-Four visitors arrive
al q Dutch West Indian island to
eomplcate the life of Bill Talcott,
who is finishing six years there an
branch manager for an American
chemical firm. They are HalSey,
Bits successor; an auditor, who i'm
mediateIy accuses Bill of large
shortage In his accounts; Mcdowell
. detective brought to take Bill back
to the states IL any irregularity
were found, and June Paterson,
beautiful cousin Of Bills former
roommate. Awakened by shouts on
her first night at the island, June
goes to the dock to find renegade
skipped trying TO land two Snug.
EIed refugees on the island from his
schooner. when MacDowell tries to
interior, one OF the slippers men
fells him with a blackjack.
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The American flag also Is
known as a color, a standard, and
an ensign.
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The winter sleep Of bears is
not true Information, since they
can be aroused easily,
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CARIBBEAN CRISIS

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Evening star., 1942-07-15
Steel Mills Expected
To Be Given Quotas
By WPB Shortly
Order Will Direct Output
Of Specific Tonnuees
Of Certain Products
r. the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 15-The Iron
Age said today it had been informed
the War Production Board iron and
steel branch soon would direct that
all steel mills be placed on a quota
basis: that is, instructed to produce
specific tonnages of certain prod
ucts.
The new system the trade journal
said aimed toward production bal
ance so that scarce items such as
plates. structural steel, tubing and
shell steel would be made in ade-
ouate quantities. 1t already has
been tested on minor scale, it
added.
Steel mill production this week
was estimated at SO per cent of
potential capacity. Iron Age said
the high operating rate reflected
efforts to keep all furnaces melting
despite obstacles, commenting that
in peacetime many units now work.
ing would be down for repairs.
THE pressure to build the war
machine is forcing producers to
squeeze out every possible pound OF
metal" Iron Age said,
The magazine reported the scrap
supply situation somewhat better
this week but called for co-ordina-
ton of small junkmen in connection
with the national drive just begin
ming. It pointed out that while
they did not collect much, decline
in their number might jeopardize
collection of dealers scrap for the
remainder of the war period"
Evening star., 1942-07-15
Chicago Grain

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July l5,-Wheat
prices declined today following
House approval of Senate propo-
sal to allow sales of government
wheat at prices below parity. Other
grains followed the bread cereal
downward.
The action of the House surprised
many traders, because the House
previously had been firm in its de-
mand that no sales be permitted
below. 100 per cent of parity. The
Senate proposal had the support
of President Roosevelt.
Approval of the Senate's meas
ure meant that 125.0oo,000 bushels
of wheat could be sold for feeding
purposes at not less than about
SO cents a bushel. Under the
Houses previous measure, providing
for sales at not less than parity
for wheat. the minimum figure was
about $1.55 bushel.
After dipping more than a cent
from the previous close, wheat railieo
at the finish to reduce extreme
losses. Wheat closed Il to u lower,
July 1.19s4 September 12l% 1.2l9s;
corn was unchanged ito y down,
corn 1884, September 90's.
Oats and rye, after dipping below
Yesterdays close, rallied strongly.
Oats finished u to q up and rye
gained x to q Soybeans finished
- a. hi