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Kathleen Norris Says: i Nation Threatened by Internal Corruption Bail Syndicate.?WNU Faaturaa. miielf your husband through the hard days of transition from wartime to peace time, from the strange world that is the camp and battlefield to your sheltered world of pardon, telephone, bridge games and washing dishes." By KATHLEEN NORRIS A FEW months ago there was enacted in the San Francisco law courts a tiagcfiy as diflnple and as ter rible as any ever written by the classic Greek dramatists. There were four figures in it. One was that of a young strong man who lay dead, shot through the heart. Another was that of an innocent snaU boy of less than two years. A third was a returned service man, scarred by lonely, home sick years of war. And the com pliting figure. was that of a young wife, her face a mask of humiliation, resentment, shame and despair. All four lives as completely ruined as was that ol the man who lay dead. The story is a common one to day, a fearfully common one. That K is common will remain an en during scar on the reputation of American women for all time to The husband was away fighting tor his life, and all our lives. The woman was lonely; the other man was willing to solace her in her honeliness. They became lovers. When the husband came home, longing for the peace and affection and security of his own fireside, the news that greeted him was that his wife was living with an other man and wanted a divorce. 8he Broke Her Promise. He tried to be reasonable; he Calked to them both. It was ar ranged that for a year the wife *i?M belong to neither man, and Jhat at the end of that time she would choose. It seems to me that , the defeated and defrauded husband showed rare restraint when he breed himself to this much con sideration of the pair. But the wife and her lover were no respecters of bargains or prom ises. Very shortly the husband dis covered them together again, un able to exercise even under these circumstances, either decency or ootf-control. He shot the lover through the heart and faced a court trial that eryled by his com plete acquittal. What price those stolen kisses smr to this woman, still young, who has ruined four lives, and cut herself away from the society of ?elf-respecting womanhood for ever? In the natural order of events her baby will go to its father, and therefore the loses at one blow husband. lover and child. This story would not be so Im pressive if it were not true of so many wartime homes. Other wom en have run the fearful risk that this woman ran. Other men are coming home to that smug, selfish seminal i mi nl "you see, dear, I was lonely and bored, and Bob managed to avoid the draft, and he was right here, with lots of money ? and I'd like it so much if you'd just be agreeable about it aid give me a divorce." Natbu in Peril from Within. A man who sabotages in war time, and deserts his job, is shot. But there is oo recognized punish ment tor women who break their marriage vows, break up their homes, break their husbands' hearts, and expect to step charm ingly into a fresh marriage and u. WEAK AND SELFISH Lonely, foolish war wives have been responsible for a lot of heartaches and broken homes. In some cases the consequences are even worse. Many times the re turned veteran, unable to bear the realization that his wife has been unfaithful, kills or wounds her and her "lover." Such a case is the thenie of today's article. A San Francisco murder trial brought out these facts: A soldier returned to discover that his wife had been carrying on an affair with a man who had plenty of spending money because of his war plant job. She developed such affection for him that she was unwilling to give him up when her husband came back. She asked for a divorce. The hus band. with rare forbearance, asked her to give the other man up for a year. She would also live apart from her husband, tak ing her two-year-old son with her. Then, at the end of the year, she would choose the man she wanted. She agreed to this remarkable arrangement, but it was not long before she uas seeing the "other man" again. When her husband heard about this second breach of faith, he could stand it no longer. He killed the other man in the "love nest." A jury quick ly acquitted the outraged hus band, but his life is ruined. So is his erring wife's. Their little boy, too, will have to suffer for his mother's selfishness. contract new obligations ? to betray. These women ought to get it through their heads once and for all that separation is a hard thing, that loneliness is one of the inevita ble trials of war, that men return ing are tired, disillusioned, hurt in soul and body, and in no con dition to listen to pathetic tales of newly ? - discovered affinities with other men. The homes of the nation are go ing to pay a very high price for these casual love-affairs. No enemy from without could ever injure us as deeply as will the slow, steady, penetrating destruction of our homes. It may not show on the sur face, but it corrodes from within ?the homeless, unwanted man pays for it, the demoralized and scattered children pay for it, and in the end the woman pays?pays all through the rest of her life. If you happen to be a woman meditating upon just how you'll break the bad news to John, recon sider it. Believe me, within a very few years the new infatuation will lose its glamour, too, and then it will be too late to go back. Give your husband a chance! Help him through the hard days of transition from wartime to peacetime, from the strange world that is the camp and the battlefield, to your shel tered world of gardens and tele phone and bridge games and wip ing the dishes. Unless hundreds ? thousands ? millions of American woman are ready to take up this all-impor tant work of preserving the home, and keeping the children there with mother and dad, we have indeed lost the war. Navy's Diet Experiments. Results of experiments in im proving diet, conducted by the navy during the war can be applied to civilian life, says Dr. Clive M. McCay, professor of nutrition at Cornell U. and formerly a navy commander. He mentions the fol lowing in particular: the use of a superior type bread containing 8 per cent dry skim milk; develop ment of better spreads and mar malades; increased use of dry yeast and higher standards of food sanitation. CLAIMS WORLD'S SMALLEST COLT . . . Whoever heard of a 15-pound colt? But seeing is believing and above is "Cricket," 15 pounds of long legs, fuzzy hair and frisky- tail. Seven-year-old "Tiny," a 21* pound pony, believed to be the smallest matured pony in the world, gave birth to "Cricket." They are shown with their owner, Homer Houser, Dayton, Ohio, who raises colts and shows them at fairs. ?T ?MOM - MM> - ? -?? ? ? " - ALREADY MAKING THEIR MARK ON THE WORLD. . . Piloted by nurse Anne Lambiase, baby Marie Elena records her footprint on the hospital birth certificate, at the Lone Island College hospital, Brooklyn, where the 22,MMth mark was passed. Another newcomer to this vale of tears protests as he awaits his turn to put a footprint on the sands of time. At right, babies Marie Elena and Mildred Ann are initiated into the blackfoot tribe and seem contented. Movement has been underway for some time. EXFARATROOPERS GO RIGHT ON 'CHCTING . . . When Lncins Rocker, left, and Fred Cole (?( oat of the army, they thought they were through with paraebntes. They had trained and dropped tome 5 M agents behind enemy lines in World War II. WHALE OF A FISH?STORT! . . . Mildred Knight. Chicago. Is amated (and so are we) by the extremely rare "fur fish" exhibited by Fat Wilsie, Boulder Junction. Wis. The for Bsh is one of three hippocampus specimens on record and there won't be another lor 50 years. Wilsie is a member of the Burlington Liars club and claims tho tab weighed IS pounds when caught in waters M to H degrees below sera. It was i feel IH Inches long. 1 BROKE LA FOLLETTE TRADI TION ... For the first time in 44 years, a La Foliette will not be a member of the U. S. senate at next session. This was as sured by the defeat of Sen. Rob ert La Foliette by Joseph R. Mc Carthy, for the Republican nomi nation. La Foliette had recently rejoined the Republican party. , PAINTS WHILE SWIMMING Prince Akahito, 14. who is spend inc his vacation at the Japanese royal family summer villa, is pic tured as be drain while swim mint. This is not a show-offish stoat bat part of his training. Ill THESE ONITEP STATES 'Ham' Show Is Instrumental In Revamping Georgia Town By E. L. KIRKPATRICK WNU P?*tarM ' " - - * ?- xt- JI . ? ? Thirty years amidst dams ana eggs is uie rewara 01 uus a. Oneal, Negro extension worker at Fort Valley, Ga. Annually Oneal guides the farmers around Fort Valley, county seat town of 5,000, in staging a food show at which 500 to 600 home-cured hams are exhibited. This is in addition to more than 300 pieces of other cured meats and 250 dozen eggs packed in fancy cartons. . A These topnotch hams come irom hind quarters of peanut-fed or oth er well-nurtured hogs. They are the products of thrifty farm families in central Georgia who started out to lick the boll weevil through in creased emphasis on diversified farming. Festooned around the stage, they make a show that smells as good as it looks; in fact, the aroma permeates the en tire school auditorium where the exhibit is held, while visitors look and talk and smell. Present Program. Among main events of Ham and Egg Show week, usually held in the spring, are a demonstration program on foods for housewives, roundtable discussion on ham and egg production, home-written and produced pageant in which '"fhe Hog, Hen and Mule Speak," and joint barbecue and folk music festival. Each number draws its share of the 1,000 or more visitors but laurels go to the afternoon and evening festival of secular mu sic where players of banjoes, guitars, mouth harps and many improvised instruments attract the attention of regional and national musicians. W. H. Handy, com poser of "St. Louis Blues," has be come a constant attendant at the show. Interspersed between the various major events are quartet and choir selections of old spirituals and cir cular folk ballads. All are preceded by a curtain riser of Negro folk songs by the school children, "Chula-hu," "Just From the Coun try" or "Old Dinah's Dad." Boosts Community. In fostering this show during the past 30 years, Oneal and his co workers practically have remade the town and its trade area. LIFE BEGINS IN 'BABY TOWN' . . . Located in the salt bnsb country of Australia, Why alia is the No. 1 baby town of the commonwealth. It has the high est birth rate, with some 300 babies coming into the world there annually. For every death in Whyaila in the past six years, 100 babies have been born. The present population of 7,500 con sists of 5,000 adults and 2,500 babies or children under 14. Nurse Forrest is shown here giv ing a brand new arrival his first dunking. Hospital Diagnoses Patient's Ailment As Broken Heart' ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.? Hospital treatment for a broken heart was requested? and received?by a sad patient entering the accident ward of Atlantic City hospital. Wesley Mingo, 30, New York railroad worker, at first com plained only of acute "chest pains." After denying any pre vious history of heart or lung ailments, the patient said the pain might emanate from a broken heart. He explained that he came to the resort city to marry a girl, but they quarreled and parted. The physician prescribed a mi|d sedative, and Mingo left for the boardwalk, his broken heart apparently improved. Mariae Insists War 'Chow' Is Appreciated 'SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.-Two inseparable marine buddies have returned to Salt Lake City. When William F. Simons, former private first class, returned to civil ian life, he was accompanied by "McGregor," combination chow and police dog which was dubbed a "sergeant" in the marines. The dog served as a night sentry at Bremerton, Wash., marine base. His former master was killed. There's a Community Fair on the downtown streets each fall. Fat cattle, com, vegetables and fruits have taken on more significance on farms and in gardens through the entire community. The idea grew out of Oneal's ef forts to improve living conditions among Negro farmers. He had found that some families raised plenty of table food, others none. He had asked some who had to let him bring in those who had not "to see how it's done." Refused by one who didn't "want to be bothered with those triflin' neigh bors," he hit on the Ham show idea and started in, taking three years "to get going." Since then, Fort Valleyites and many visitors even from outside Georgia, have seen, heard, smelled, tasted and felt the Ham show. dim Aviation notes MANY VETS FLYING Representing nearly one-third of total airline employment, more than 25,000 employes of United States scheduled airlines are vet erans of World War n, figures com piled by the Air Transport associ ation reveal. The veterans are working in a variety of jobs, rang ing from flight and ground opera tions to sales and administrative positions. While a considerable number of the airlines' war veteran employes are men and women who left the lines to serve with the armed forces and have returned to their old jobs, a much larger number are new employes hired under the policy adopted by the airlines to give preference to servicemen and women. Several companies have inaugu rated courses designed for re habilitation of the physically handi capped, one concern reporting that it can use regularly as many as 1,000 veterans with amputations. Courses of instruction also are provided in flight and ground op erations, communications, main tenance and general administra tive work. In addition to veterans employed by airlines in this country, ATA member airlines operating in Alas ka, Canada and the Caribbean area employ an additional 1,900 World War II veterans. ? ? ? UP IN AIR Mrs. Henrietta McGinnis, 72, of Chicago, went "up in ' the air" over the double wed ding of her grandson and granddaughter in Minneapolis. She used the event as an ex cuse for taking her first plane ride, "something I've wanted to do for years," she added. ? ? ? SOARING HIGH Captured German gliders, includ ing one reputed to be the only "flying wing" model, attracted widespread interest at the 13th annual national soaring contest at Elmira, N. Y. Some of the cap tured gliders were flown at the meet while others were only on display. Army gliders of the type used in airborne operations during the war were towed by gallant old Boe ing B-17 flying fortresses and tough little Douglas C-47s. SKY GIANTS ... A fleet of four-engined double-deck Boeing stratoernisers of the type shown here has been ordered by United Airlines for nse on its nation wide system and newly-anthor ised route to Hawaii. ... . FLYING HAZARD \ Add to your list of flying haz ards?birds. They are considered a definite danger even with bullet proof windshields. Airlines pilots reported collisions with birds at the rate of two a day during 1944. Planes frequently encounter flocks of waterfowl, especially in migra tory seasons, resulting in consid erable damage to equipment. Most feared by pilots is the eagle. Weighing up to IS pounds, the eagle will swoop down and dive smack through a steel wing.
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