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Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-19
Scouts Honored By
Awards at Court
OF Honor Here

At a colorful court of honor cere-
mony at Wilson school in FL Centro
Wednesday night. Scouts Clair Biggs
and John Mclaughlin of troop II
advanced to the highest rank in
scouting. that of Eagle Scouts.
George Kirk, president of the Ell
Centre Kiwanis club, sponsor of
troop Il, made the awards.
One of the highest honorS award
ed during the evening went to Scout
Dexter Babcock of troop 70. who
received a Civil Service gold medal
for 200 hours of service as an air.
plane watcher, assisting the Red
Cross, helping the Community Chest.
and serving in other capacities in
the war effort. With the Rev. Mr..
Edward Hutchinson presiding as
chairman. Scouts and parents were
entertained by a program of knot
tying contests and community sing
ing.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-19
Night Of Horror
Reigns Following
Dinner Of Death
Continued from Page

were given to the hospital six months
ago by the federal government under
its surplus food distribution pro-
gram.
A few cans of the same eggs were
used at lunch yesterday to prepare
a rice pudding served some OF the
patients, DR.. Evans said. but until
last night there was no indication
they were poisonous.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-19
OTHERS HONORED

Other awards were those to the
following members of troop 70; DeX-
ter Babcock and Walter Price.
The folowing members of troop
II received awards: Earl Moroni,
Jack Burke, John KennerSon. Jack
Mason, Roy Hughes, John McLaugh-
lin, Joe Stull, Larry Kaford, Joe
Thomas, Richard Larry, George Dur
ringer. David Goddard. Charles
Nails, Bud Holland, Carl Keyte, Da-
vid Weakley. George KennerSon,
Charles Nickel, and Clair Biggs.
Awards were made to Robert
Buggs, Henry Scott, r. B. MCGEE,
William Hill, and Oscar White, all
of troop 70.
In troop 73 awards went to Jakie
Durringer, Lee Pyle, Mike PaySon,
and John Groebli
The following Scouts received spe-
cial awards: Dexter Babcock, John
Mclaughlin, Jack Mason, John Ken
nerson, Richard Larry, John Groebli,
Charles Nails, Dave Goddard, and
Clair Biggs.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-19
Allies Close In
On Trapped Foe

donations were so heavy that per-
sons as distant as so and 80 miles
away were alarmed.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-19
PROBE BEGUN

IhoDL DEoSN
WASHINGTON, Nov 10. CUP)-
The agriculture department. today
ordered an immediate investigation
into the handling of eggs believed
responsible for the death of at least
Al persons in the Salem, Ore, hospi-
tai for the insane.
Roy F. Hendrickson, chief of the
agricultural marketing administra-
ton which supplied the eggs to the
Oregon department of public welfare,
said every effort will be made to
obtain "all the facts as speedily as
possible"
We are attempting to trace the
origin Of the whole allotment of eggs
to see if other places may have re-
ceived some from the same cCnsign-
ment," an ANA official said.
CHEMICAL POISONING?
CHICAGO, Nov. 49, CUP)-The
poisoning which affected $50 pa
tientS at the Oregon state hospital
for the insane took effect too quick
ly for eggs to have been the cause,
Arthur Doell, president of National
Egg Products, Inc. said today.
If eggs were bad enough to cause
such violent poisoning, no one would
ever have cooked them" Doell said
THE Oregon tragedy sounds like
chemical poisoning to me-" Doen
said
ChemicE poisoning, he explained,
could be connected with eggs if they
were cooked in a copper kettle or
with treated water, or if some other
poisonous ingredient was added.
Evening star., 1942-10-31
1t Needs More Study

There seems to be general agree
ment in Washington that day-care
classes, or nursery schools, for chill
dren of war working mothers are
necessary. The House acted promptly
in repeating two acts of Congress
which stood in the way of establish
ing these classes in the public
schools, and the House bill is now
pending in the Senate District Com
mittee. Senator Capper has prom
ised hearings after election.
It would be mistake to assume
that. the matter of establishing these
day-care schools is as simple as re-
pealing two provisions of law which
now stand In the way. The House
bill is extraordinarily vague on sew
eral points. 1t provides, for instance,
that the funds shall not be used for
"the benefit of any child whose
parent, parents, or guardian are
financially able to pay an equitable
share of the cost of the service pro-
vided in this act" In other words,
there is to be fee collected for day
care for children of war-Working
mothers, but there is no mention in
the House bill of who will decide on
the amount of fees, who can pay
them and whose children, if any, will
be admitted free.
The understanding is that the
public schools will be the sponsor"
of this undertaking, receiving funds
from the WPA already available for
such work The WPA regards the
nursery schools, not as a relief prof.
ect or a low-incone problem, but as
a necessary part of furnishing
womanpower for the war machine.
The WPA counts on fees from moth
ers to support about so per cent
of the cost.
But if the public schools are to pass
on eligibility of mothers, establish
and collect fees, making disburse-
ments for expenses, ETC., specific
legislation is necessary and it should
be rather carefully worked out. For,
aside from the question of statutory
| authorization, unless these schools
are regarded as an emergency part of
the war effort, partially if not entirely
self-supporting Gas they should be-,
the public school system is going to
be assuming rather complicated
function which might become very
expensive before it ends. For this
reason, Senator Capper has been
most wise in ordering hearings on
the legislation and those who are in
terested in the matter should be
prepared to discuss, more explicitly
than has yet been done, the details OF
what is undoubtedly a very worth
while and valuable project.
Evening star., 1942-10-31

and 'The Deluge" he pilloried Wall
Street gamblers, in "Light-Fingered
Gentry" he dramatized the insurance
scandals of the period, in ''The Plum
Tree" and 'The Conflict" he attacked
corruption in politics. His most dis
tinguished endeavor doubtless was
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, !"
not published until 1917.
Meanwhile, Phillips paid with his
life for his growing celebrity. On
January %, 1911, he was on his way
to luncheon when he was confronted
by demented musician who accused
him of having made literary use of
the history of his family. The author
fell with six bullets in his body. His
assassin then committed suicide.
AS to whether or not such efforts
as "The Fashionable Adventures of
Joshua Craig" "The Husbands Story"
and "The Price She Paid" re-great
achievements, opinions may differ.
Phillips probably was not as skilled
in the management of language as
were his friends Senator Albert j.
Beveridge, Booth Harrington and
Samuel G. Blythe. He may not have
cared enough about style. But his
studies of the American scene re-
main documents of high authentic
value, and the driving power of his
idealism continues to be force for
progress,
Evening star., 1942-10-31

great majority Of the women who are
available for this work undoubtedly
would. accept employment willingly,
but there may be some who would
not volunteer their services, and the
Government might find 1t essential
to exercise compulsion in such cir
cumstances. In any event, it would
be unwise to convey the impression
that all possibility of compulsion has
been definitely ruled out.
1t is worthy of note that the Brit
ish have had compulsory work legis-
lation affecting women for some time.
They have had it because it has been
necessary, and from. all reports it
has worked well. There is no reason
to suppose that, we may not have to
come to it in the United States.
Evening star., 1942-10-31
Duvid Graham Phillips

Few persons read David Graham
Phillips more than 80 years after his
death, yet he ought not to be for
gotten and the 18th anniversary of
his birth perhaps is an appropriate
occasion for a few words in his be-
half. The work he did is more i'm
portant now than might be supposed
by a casual critic. His instinct for
social reform was one of the sources
of the movement which resulted in
the New Deal. He was the forerunrer
of such latterly popular writer's as
Fanny Hurst, Louis Bromfield and
John w. Steinbeck. Upton Sinclair
and Theodore Dresser are in his debt.
Even H. G. Wells may owe him some
thing.
Phillips, it should be mentioned in
any appraisal of his career, was
primarily journalist. Born at
Madison, Indiana, October 81, 1867,
he was educated at De Pauw and
Princeton and, in the summer of 1887,
when he was only 20, became re-
porter on the staff of the Cincinnati
Times-Star. Subsequently, he served
the New York Sun and the New York
World. On both papers he left an
indelible trace Of his personality. The
final phase of his experience began in
1901 when he gave up his regular
job" to concentrate on feature mate
riak for the Saturday Evening Post,
the Cosmopolitan and other maga-
zines. His first novel indicated the
bent of his mind. It's title was "The
Great God Success" During the
ensuing decade he produced az
full-length volumes. In sThe Cost
Evening star., 1942-10-31
Registration of Women

In announcing that he again is
considering the advisability of seek
ing legislation for the compulsory
registration of women for war work,
the President emphasized that the
step, if taken, would be for fact
finding purposes only. The purpose,
he explained, would be to find out
where the women are, what they are
fitted to do and what they would
like to do.
No doubt the President felt that
some' such explanatory statement
was necessary to avoid creation of
needless apprehension at this time.
8 1t would be unfortunate, however, if
his remarks were to be construed as
giving final assurance that it never
~will be necessary to assign women to
war work on compulsory basis.
Much of the dissatisfaction with the
various war measures that have had
to be taken can be traced back to
the fact that, originally, the public
was permitted to believe that these
measures would not be necessary,
and we ought not to repeat that mis-
take with respect to women war
workers,
Obviously, before any decision can
2 be made as to the need for compul-
sorry work legislation, it is necessary
to know where the potential women
workers are and what they can do.
But there would be no reason to
assemble this information now were
it not for the fact that, eventually,
1t will become necessary to fill EN-
ployment gaps with women workers.
AS more and more men go into the
armed services the need for women
In war industry will increase. The
Evening star., 1942-10-31
Iron Ration

1t has long been known that the
human system requires iron, princi-
pally for the hemoglobin of the
blood. In one sense, all of the food
of the armed forces is an iron ration,
whether it be the concentrated va
riety issued to paratroops or the
more tasty dishes served in camp. A
little iron goes long way; there is
enough in plate of spinach to keep
soldier on edge week or more.
But not for draftee at Fort Jack
son, S. c., destined to be one of our
toughest soldiers. Eating spinach is
too cumbersome for him; he takes
his iron direct, killing his appetite
with food that would kill others. He
eats razor blades and bites tops off
soft drink bottles, chewing them up,
crowns and all. He admits that this
is an acquired taste-acquired as en-
tertainer I'M carnival-but insists,
uncontradicted, that his diet is a
real weight builder, though lacking
in vitamins. He is quite popular
with the Army cooks, but his mess
sergeant, when interviewed, ex-
pressed the gloomy opinion that this
was probably too good to be true.
"You mark my Words said the
sergeant, an old-timer. Hes in the
Army. Sooner or later he'll squawk
because I don't give him the right
kind of nuts and bolts, and he'll
complain that his iron filings taste
just like so much dust"
Evening star., 1942-10-31
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. TraceweH.

They might run upon q snake, now
and then, although few of them will be
found in suburban sections.
Occasionally, a small harmless species
wriggles out of clump of bushes and
away.
Mostly house cats get these.
Next to killing mouse, there is moth
ing cat likes better than to kill a
snake.
They are very clever, prancing rapidly
behind the snake, and seizing it with
lightning like rapidity behind the head.
Then they shake it, breaking its back.
"A woodsman cannot be irresponsible
and yet escape accidents"
This applies to the long Sunday after
noon hike, so popular with many persons.
1t is a good idea to dress for 1t, in
cluding soft heavy socks and good COM
Portable shoes.
Along the paths, do not put your hands
on trees and stones without some
thought.
Above all, do not fondle those pretty
red leaves which adorn various foot
paths at this time of year.
They are poison ivy.
Yet many careless persons hack these
branches and take the pretty red
leaves" home with them. Certainly
they deserve dose of poison ivy, even
If they are immune.
X X X
"The snake has a right to be where he
is"
This is good nature doctrine. 1t
speaks the fair mind of the naturalist
who has come SO close to his subjects
that he invariably, without realizing it.
speaks from their standpoint.
This defense of the creatures of ma
ture by their best friends is always an
interesting thing. 1t means that the
killing hand, so ready with many, is
withheld, SO that study can be made
And with study, comes understanding
Maybe this is the way in which the
wars of mankind will be ended, some
day, if they ever are. At present the
thing looks to be impossible, but there
is no telling what wonders God will yet
perform. If wars are to end, they will
end only because the killing hand has
been withheld long enough for study
and understanding.
X
Most suburban dWellers will be thank.
| full that there are not many snake!
around
They constitute one department Of
| nature study which householders art
| willing to leave to others.
1t is general belief that the fear o
| snakes is instructive, but some persons
| assert that this is not true, that ther
is no innate fear of them, but that /
| is induced in childhood.
Certainly SO out of 100 persons will
be glad enough to leave snakes alone
| They will be careful to look CAREFUL
before sitting down, stepping, and plac
ing the hands.
Evening star., 1942-10-31

Don't run!"
That is the advice of experts, in re-
gard to snake bite, ard the victims
reception of it.
Autumn walking in the woods may
lead some persons to snakes, and some
snakes may bite.
The first idea is to run for help,
but that is the very last thing one
should do.
DR.. Carl F. Kauffeld, curator of reptiles,
Staten Island Geological Society, in a
recent radio address, put 1t this way:
IF and when you are bitten, it is
of first Importance that you remain
calm, move about as little as possible,
comfort yourself with the thought that
very few people go to their graves from
snake bite, and whatever you do, don't
run for help.
Nothing can hasten the action of the
poison more than this for it increases
circulation and hence its more rapid
absorption.
"A bite from a yenomous snake is al
most always recognizable by the two dis
tinct fang punctures. Usually there is
little or no bleeding, and usually there
is immediate pain and swelling around
these punctures.
First, apply tourniquet Immediately
close to the wound between the wound
and the heart. Next, incise the fang
punctures with short, deep cross cuts
of a razor blade or piece of glass, if
nothing else is available, to induce free
flow of blood.
Suction by mouth or by mechanical
device should now be employed to remove
as much of this venom-charged blood as
possible. And-get competent medical
help as soon as possible after the first
aid measures"
Such advice as this, of course, is more
applicable to explorers in tropical coun-
tries, but there is always chance that
explorers" of local woodlands in hiking
parties may tread upon serpent.
There are still snakes in Rock Greek
Park, although not many venomous
ones. DR.. Kauffelds advice is good to
keep in mind.
IF you are going into regions where
there are venomous snakes he says
you must train yourself to examine
your surroundings, looking carefully
where you step, where you sit down
where you place your hands in climbing
| rock lodges.
"A woodsman cannot be irresponsible
and yet escape accidents.
! The careless manner in which many
folks cross busy streets is habit which
cannot be carried into the country with
! impunity. The snake has a right to be
where he is. He is fulfilling a purpose
in nature. If he is forced to bite in self
defense and through your carelessness
you hardly have cause for resentment
| X
| There is good judgment in these words
| That is why we have printed them here
Many readers of this column explore
the woods.
Evening star., 1942-10-31
Calls for Middle" Program
To Be Devised by Republicans.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
1t is not seen why the Republicans
cannot adopt a middle -the-road
policy for their postwar program
something between that of the New Deal
internationalists, who apparently hope
to place the rest of the world on WPA
or lease-lend while abolishing all tariffs
and immigration restrictions, and those
isolationalists who would have nothing
to do with foreign politics.
In the first place, it certainly will not
be possible for us to finance postwar
reconstruction in all of the foreign coun-
tries in need of aid. The end of the
war will find us with national debt
which will be equal to one-half or more of
DUR tctal national wealth. Our own recon-
struction will require all our financial
resources, if we are to preserve our
present economic system. To eliminate
tariffs and remove immigration restric-
tions at such time would reduce us to
the economic status of the worlds
poorest nation. From practical stand
point it will be essential for us to re-
strict our imports as we'll as our immi-
grafton in order to avoid competition
with our own farmers and laborers.
On the other hand, it is obvious that
the world will require a certain amount
of policing for some period of time in
order to prevent repeated global wars.
A world organization of free nations
should be created to provide for this
policing and possibly for compulsory
arbitration of international disputes But
that is as far as our international obli-
cations should go. International pa
ternalism, as proposed by the New Deal,
is out. And strict isolationism equally
is out. Neither would endear us to
foreign peoples.
With respect to our domestic policies,
1t is suggested that non- partisan COM
mission should regulate imports by the
quota system rather than by the imposi-
ton of tariffs. And another similar
commission should be set up to regulate
immigration satisfactorily At present
our tariff system is no credit to the
Nation, while our immigration laws ap-
parently are being fouted.
1t is about time that the Republicans
should get together on postwar policy.
I understand that some 30 New Deal
agencies are working on postwar pro-
grams, of course, at Government ex-
pense. 1t would be tragedy if the end
of the war should come before a Re-
publican plan could be formulated.
HENRY c. PARKER.
Evening star., 1942-10-31
Discusses Significance of Experts"
In Relation to Rationing.

In Relation to Rationing.
To the Editor of The Star:
You probably remember that few
months ago Leon Henderson said that:
"All cars get IS miles per gallon of gaso-
line" You know that miles per gallon
depends upon size of car and whether
said car is driven in a slow-traffic city
like Washington or out on country
road. To allow for size of car not con-
sidering city or country driving) was too
complicated for Mr.. Henderson's Office
so they wrote me.
Now it's coffee.
I've lived in this town for a couple of
years and not until Mr.. Henderson gave
out that coffee was to be rationed in
another month, did I ever find it impos-
sible to get coffee. I went to seven stores
today-and there wasn't pound to be
had. The czar speaks so-and the peo-
pie jump to grab. Are we to be without
coffee for one month?
Let me quote from The STAR Some
coffee merchandising circles reported
that IS or 40 cups could be obtained
from each pound of coffee. Luther Reid,
chief of rationing information, estimated
IS (cups)."
Because I am interested in statistics.
have been keeping records of our food
and other expenses for years. T have a
very accurate account of our coffee con-
sumption per cup per pound for the past
eight months. I use glass coffee maker
standard CUPS ounces and use one
high rounded tablespoonful for each cup,
none for the pot.
Our coffee isn't strong-medium, I
would say.
For the past months 1t has taken
one and one-fourth pounds per month
per person for one cup per day. That
would be 80 cups from 20 ounces.
Now, of course, it makes no difference
how many cups of coffee we can have
If there is only one pound per adult for
every five weeks-that's that, but why
oh why, all these experts" to tell us
how many cups we can get from one
pound?
Those who don't know will soon find
out what they can get and don't have
to be told by some expert, who appar-
emily knows no more about cups of coffee
per pound than others do about the
number of miles per gallon Of gasoline.
suppose next we will hear about the
number Of B. T. us in gallon of fuel
oil, unless, Of course, they have never
heard Of B. T. U. WEARY ONE.
Evening star., 1942-10-31
Halloween Rite

Perhaps it was beneath this druid
oak
That hands laid branches and
applied flame,
And In this hollow, after fire and
smoke
Had LETT but embers, that these
played their game.
Alas for him, when mountains
claimed the mist,
And morning rose In gold and
amethyst,
Whose stone 1Das gone, not, merely
pushed utDry
And hid BY ashes hs rds
doomed to die.
MABEL rosEoArE.
Evening star., 1942-10-31
Supports Complaint
About Government Cafeterias.
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
say "Bravo!" to Wondering Worker"
for putting into writing the feeling of so
many who must eat in the Government
cafeterias. 1, too. feel that something
should be done about this situation.
Couldn't an investigation be made to
find out what's wrong?
The "non-profit' angle has always
! made me laugh, but now the deplorable
situation has become more than laugh
ing matter. I could 60 on to give my
own little reaction but there is no need
to. waste words when the comments of
Wondering Worker" cover the matter
quite well. Z. W.