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W-3^^: ? (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Camp Cavalcade CHADOWY figures in ? cavalcade ? of American history?such are the men behind the names of the great army cantonments scattered all ever the United States, where young Americans are learning to be soldiers in order to defend their country when the need arises. Today thousands of soldfers from the state which sent U. S. Grant into ?at .fit.! .1 IUC tUIUllWk Wi 1861-65 are train ing at a camp near Tullahoma, Tenn., which bear* the name of another Amer ican military gen ius. Nathan Bed ford Forrest (1821-1877) is re membered by most Americans as the man whose recipe for victory N. B. Forrest , Glt,h fustest with the mostest men" but more than one Union general remembered him as a "wizard of the saddle" who re peatedly outrode, outwitted or out fought them whether he had the "mostest men" or not. Despite the fact that he was uneducated and had no formal military training, his deeds won from a West Pointer and another great leader this tribute: "the most remarkable man the Civil war produced on either side." The man who paid that tribut^to Forrest was William Tecum seh Sherman (1870 1891) for whom Camp Sherman near Chillicothe, Ohio, ia named. It was Ohio which sent "C unrip" Sherman to West. Point where he learned the art and science of making war. Years later he ut tered the phrase by which he is tvct remembered bTroo.rAmert: "T ????? can*?"War is hell!" He knew that from experience?in Mexico hi 1846 47, but more particularly from 1861 86 when he was Grant's right-hand man in dealing the death blows to the Confederacy. One of Lee's commissioners of surrender at Appomattox was a fel low-Virginian and *. militant church man ? William Nelson Pendleton (1808-1883). A graduate of West Point in the class of 1831, he re signed two years later to teach mathematics in colleges in Pennsyl vania and Delaware. Then he joined the Protestant Episcopal church, was ordained a priest and was serv ing as rector of a church in Lexing ton, Vs., at the outbreak of the War Between the States. Putting oS his church robes to don the Confeder ate gray, he rose to the rank of brig adier-general and chief of artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia and at the end of the war returned to his pastoral duties in Lexington. A camp at Virginia Beach, Va., bears his name. Virginia gave to the Confederacy its "fighting Rector" of the Prot _ estant Episcopal church? William Nelson Pendle ton. Louisiana gave to the same cause its Protes tant Episcopal bishop? Leonidas Polk (1806-1864). Bom in Raleigh, N. C.. Polk, who was a cousin of President James ft. Polk, was graduated from ? - Y?cai r-oini in 'am iff) served u ? Mcood lieutenant of artillery lor In months before resigning I from the army to atudy theology. Eleven year* later be became the miaeiooary biabop of the Southwest and in 1M1 he waa consecrated bish op of Louisiana, a position he held for 10 years. At the outbreak of the War Between the States he was com missioned a major-general in the I Confederate army. Promoted to lieutenant-general in 1883, he com manded the Department of Alabama, Mississippi And Eastern Louisitnt from January to May, 1884. The next month he was killed by a cannon ball at lite Battle of Pine Mountain, (Ml Because of his prominence in the religious, educational and mili tary Ufa of louiaiaae, it was singu larly appropriate that one of the largest camps, near Leesville, in that state should bear his name. A rKWffr IB ITI/BlOIOgy In 1831 William Beaumont, an army surgeon, began what was to be the meet important contribution to the physiology of digestion in cen turies. For eight years he made a study of Ale*Is St. Martin, a French Canadian, who hod the misfortmM to have a permanent opening in his stomach due to a gunshot wowed. In lgBI Beaumont published his "Ex periments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion,' which was the founds tfon of modern dietetics.* " ??'S.' ' WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated raaturaa?WNU Berries.) NEW YORK.?In the newspapers and on the street there is more and more talk of Donald M. Nelson for the one-man head of the nation Miracle-Man Sans Sleight-of-Hand, ington friend t n u si i informs this Is Don At. Nelson writerth.t powerful New Dealers, as well as important members of the opposi tion are working to the above end. There has been much favorable comment on his showing in a recent radio debate on prices. Processed through several alphabetical scram bles at Washington during the last year, he has been appointed execu tive director of the President's new Supply, Priorities and Allocations board. There seems to be a growing belief that if anybody can perform a micracle, he can. Mr. Nelson probably would concede no more than a depre catory wave of the hand to this miracle business. Tall, bulky, bespectacled, slow-moving, and deliberate In speech, he would resolve the bewildering compli cations of plane and tank pro duction in orderly and methodi cal processes instead of sleight of-hand. The former and never the latter Is his unfailing pro cedure. Mr. Nelson's business career of 29 years has been given entirely to Sears Roebuck & Co., of which Arm he became chairman of the execu tive committee in 1939. He became a defense aide at Washington a year ago. He joined Sears Roebuck as a chemical engineer, for which he had been trained at the University of Missouri. His friends have noted that thus he would bring a technical equipment to the job, as well as long experience in organization and co-ordination, if he should be as signed a one-man seat in the defense wheel-house. He's slightly red-headed bat isn't that way temperamentally. In this connection, be is an in veterate pipe-smoker, the same being the classical deterrent to going off half-cocked. He was shoved around considerably la the more or less broken Held of the earlier defease drive, bat has shown a capacity to get on with his workmates and is cred ited with ability te clear log jams and get things done. He is S3 years eld, a native of Han nibal, Mo. ? HTHE life of Artemus L. Gates has been one continuous anti-climax. From the day of his 90-yard run in the Yale-Harvard game of 1917, be A. L. Cafe. Lon, *?- J." Was Been on fAc steadily. In jDown-and-Dou>n' ???< he could do was to become Yale's most decorated war hero. He didn't even become a bank president until he was 33 and was probably near 30 before he gathered his first million. And now he has dragged along to 46 before being named by the Presi dent as assistant secretary of the navy for air. His final slump from that golden November afternoon of 1 24 years ago probably will be when they make him president of the new League of Nations, after the war. Be entered Tale (rem Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hid heme town, the World war, Meed an ap prentice trine (roup and was ready when the call came, vol unteering la the naval air serv lee. He waa a tackle la the air, aa he had been an the piml, The* *Britla!i"/wnal sd"itesTlhc Dietincnlahed Flying Creed, (he French (be Crete de Oeerre, and hie ewe country the Kiyy Cea ! mMl'i^tkail1 e'rewTwaa the reeeee of two British Hera wheee ham her had keen downed la the channel. All thia got passing mention In the public printa, aa did hla appointment to the presidency of the Liberty Na tional hank. In New York, In 1839, at the age of 33, but it waa just a whisper compared to the uproar touched off by that M-yard run. At thia writing Mr. Gatee la presi dent of the New York Trust com pany. Others engaged in Wall Street ao tivitiea who are on the up-end-up at Washington include Robert Lovett, (be not ao long ago served as one of Mr. Gates', directors) who now baa a war department post correspond ing with Mr. Gates' new navy sec retarial Job; James C. Forrestal, who is deep in production-manage ment, and then there is AverQl Har riman, who is swing-man diplomat In England and Russia. Bottle Babe of the Wild Abandoned by its mother, a day old moose \eat found in the bush near marten river, Ont, Canada, by ? party of American fishermen who turned it over .to their guide, George Hughes. The moose was named Wendell, after an American who is popular in Ontario. George Hughet lifts the lost babe gently as he takes it back to camp for introduction to some food delivered through a pacifier. The baby moose knows exactly what to do with the bottle offered by the guide. Hughes gives the call of the calf through a birch bark horn as he tries to call the mother. Fete, fourteen-year-old Belgian police husky looks on as the guide watches the new member of his family sleeping. ? ? - r. *wv; Z'.l j Pete waited wujl the new arrival at camp had a sound deep and them took over at nune, walking the mooae at a mother would her pup. Wendell needs plenty of rest?end gets it. War Hero Ready To Fight Again Lt John L. Barkley, 43, of Reserve Corps Wears Medal of Honor. MERRIAM, KAN. ? John Lewis Berkley, the man called "the out standing hero of the World war" by Maj. Gen. James G. Harbold, is a lieutenant in the officers reserve corps and it may be that he will be called from his farm near here to fight again. Barkley is only 43?he was 19 when Gen. John J. Pershing pinned the Congressional Medal of Honor on his breast in France?and he has kept up with military advances since his service in company K, 4th infantry, 3d division. For his exploits in fighting through six of the seven major campaigns of the A.E.F., Barkley was decorated by almost every Allied country. Be sides the Congressional Medal, he holds the British Distinguished Serv ice Cross, the French Medaille Mili taire, the French Croix de Guerre with three palms, the Belgian Croix de Guerre, the Belgian War Cross, the Italian War Cross and the Med al de Bravere of Montenegro. Operates Dairy Farm. Barkley is a quiet, hard-working dairy farmer who doesn't like to talk about the time he held off two German infantry attacks single handed by manning an abandoned German machine gun in a broken down French tank. The two-and-a half hour gun battle between one American and hundreds of Germans allowed the American forces to re form and capture an important ob jective. The Kansas farmer?only private to be mentioned in General Persh ing's memoirs?has kept up with the new kind of warfare since A.E.F. days and thinks the fast-moving army won't be strange to him. He guessed wrong on the outcome of the French collapse because he be lieved the French would employ blitzkrieg methods instead of the Germans. The exploit that won Barkley the Congressional Medal caused Gen eral Harbord to call him the "out standing hero." He had been caught far in advance of his lines with the Germans preparing to attack to re cover positions they had lost the pre vious day. Built Gun Nest. Unable to get back to his com pany, he crawled to an abandoned French tank, found a German ma chine gun and thousands of rounds of ammunition. He mounted it in the tank turret. The first wave of attackers were caught by surprise and retreated, leaving many dead? Barkley won't say how many. For 1V4 hours he held off the second at tack, at times creeping from his skelter to get water to cool his smoking gun. Once he was knocked unconscious by a German shell ex plosion. Later, General Pershing, in deco rating Barkley, said that his hold ing off the German attack had al lowed American troops to reform and advance to take the strategic position. Back in the United States, Barkley returned to his farm near Holden, Mo., later worked on the Kansas City police department, and then moved to Kansas. He seldom talks about his exploits and the machine gun incident is not the only one for which he was decorated. He once got so mad over war books written by people "who didn't know what they were talking about" that he wrote one himself. It was titled "No Hard Feelings." Coffee Sent to War Zone Costs $15.28 for Pound KANSAS CITY, MO.-A birthday gift of a pound of coffee sent by the three Sjoblom brothers to their fa ther cost them $15.28. The 28 cents paid for the coffee, and the $15 went for postage. Their father, Aron Sjoblom, 80, lives in Skovda, Sweden, and he wrote that be missed his daily cup of coffee since rationing restrictions were imposed. The coffee had to go by clipper plane to Lisbon, and then by boat to Sweden. Parking Meter Versatile, Takes Dimes and Note SALT LAKE CITY. ? The city treasury is richer by two dimes and a very derisive note. The dimes were found in a park ing meter?which takes only pennies and nickels?apparently in attempt ed payment for parking. The note, also found in the park ing meter?which now takes pen nies, nickels, dimes and notes?said: "Send the dimes to the Red Cross? for a double cross. And please tell motorists what these things will take." Wyoming Slate Patrol Appeals to Tourists CHEYENNE, WYO.?The State of Wyoming, where old-time cowboys still ride the range, is doing its best to capitalize on that fact in a tourist way. Wyoming has changed the .name and uniforms of its highway patrol. In the future, it's the Wyoming Cow boy Courtesy patrol and the 16 of ficers and Capt. H. H. Clark will wear Western outfits, complete with cowboy hats. t FSA Will Develop Big Missouri Farm To Be Sold to Those Moved By Defense Projects. BUTLER, MO. ? A 42,000-acre block of farm land, once owned by i an Irish peer who wouldn't allow "drinkers or debters" to tenant his farms, has been bought by the 7SA to rehabilitate persons moved from areas taken over by defense proj Lord William Scully, a tall, slen der Irishman with a keen eye for rich land, came to the United States in 1850, dropped his title and before his death had amassed a fortune of $50,000,000. Scully left Philadelphia the year he arrived in the United States, mounted a horse and carrying a spade. He reached Illinois before his shovel turned up earth to his liking and he bought 20,000 acres there. Latec he went to Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, buying a total of 200,000 acres. The Scully farm in Bates county was his Mis souri holding. Scully died in London in 1906 after he-had become a United States citi zen and built up a reputation as an eccentric because of the modest way in which he lived and the business methods he used an his many farms. The Washington Post, in an iaSM^ view with the Irish lord published October 19, 1906, quoted him as say ing that he made money because ha hired only tenants who knew their business. At Scully's death the land passed to his son, Thomas A. Scully, whs held it until it was sold to tits FSA. Farmers moved off land taken over by the Fort Leonard Wood (Mo.) and Neosho (Mo.) defense psw)acls will be allowed to lease acreage sad the FSA said that the original ten ants will be permitted to stay. Find Key to Aluminum Problem in South Dakota CHAMBERLAIN, S. D.?The na tion's shortage of aluminum for de fense aircraft production has direct ed attention to this district's vast supply of untapped bauxite, the ore that bears the vital metal. Surveys by the United States bu reau of mines and state geologists have placed the amount at 30,000 square miles. In some localities, authorities say, bauxite is to be found in shale 1,000 feet deep. Huge cliffs containing the ore tower above the Missouri river, and au thorities long have entertained the idea of harnessing the river's power to develop the bauxite beds near by. The river offers numerous sites for power dams, engineers point out. In 1935 the bureau of mines an nounced a process of separating the metal from the clay and shale that clings to it Federal agents esti mated that South Dakota bauxite deposits contain 21 per cent alumi num, or more than 400 pounds to the ton. The total tonnage of aluminum to be found in the 30,000 square miles of ore would run into astro nomical figures, experts say. Be sides rich deposits in this vicinity aluminum oxides have been found in other sections of South Dakota. The bauxite lies near the largest manganese beds on the North Amer ican continent. The state geological department is understood to have made recent studies on the feasibility of develop ing the state's aluminum supply, and is reported to have submitted its findings to government officials. Camels Lose Dignity Given Too Much Water HOLLYWOOD. ? Don't ever, warns Sidi Ben Am arid, give a thirsty camel all the water he wants. Someone on the Walter Wanger "Sundown" set did and the camels promptly became drunk. They staggered about, bleary eyed. Their snorts sounded like Bronx cheers. Am arid and his assistants ran the 1 camels around an hour or two under the hot sun until they became suf ficiently hydrated to resume their usual dignified walk. Am a rid said that camels frequent ly get a jag when they drink too much water after complete absti nence. Teacher Collects Bells Of Glass, Silver, Bronze OGDEN, UTAH.?If the United State*, like Britain, ever turns to bells as an invasion warninj, Errol Bagley of Ogden will be on hand with what is probably the biggest and most varied collection in the intermountain region. Bagley, a schoolteacher, has gath ered hundreds of the sound instru ments from every corner of the globe. The collection ranges from Swiss cowbells to glass and solid silver dinner bells. > Use Ultraviolet Rays To Ward Off Measles | PHILADELPHIA. ? A method of combating measles with ultra- i violet rays is disclosed by Univer sity of Pennsylvania scientists. The scientists were able to 1 prove from their resultant studies that classes treated with the : I ultra-violet rays built up a deft nite resistance to mumps and I chicken-pox as well as measles. """FIRST-AID4, AILING HOUSE ^ ? y BOOB i. WHITMAN ^ (CRoger B. Whitman?WNU Service.) Beat Pipe Underground QUESTION: My property consists of two parts, front and rear. Oil burner has to furnish heat for the two. Heating plant is in front and connected to rear by two pipes, two inches in diameter. The pipes are sunk 3% feet deep and run 24 feet to the rear. These pipes were insu lated with plain asbestos covering when they were laid four years ago. [ was told if I insulated the under ground pipe correctly there would be less oil consumption. How can I do this correctly? Answer: Ordinary asbestos pipe covering should not be used for ur> derground work unless it is placed in a waterproof box, or covered with a heavy asphalt-saturated felt, over which a heavy coat of liquid tar or asphalt is applied. Most of the well-known manufacturers of insu lating pipe covering make one that is suitable for underground work. Your local heating contractor should be able to get information for you on this type 6f covering. Cold House Question: My six-room house is heated with warm air. I get no beat in the upstairs rooms; can barely feel heat coming out of the register with my hand. Other rooms are no better. Furnace is in good condition, and I always run a good Are. What is wrong? Answer: Warm air cannot flow into a room unless the cool air ahead of it is permitted to escape. There should bo means by which cool air Iran the rooms can get back te the furnace for re-heating. Cool air intake of the furnace Jacket should be connected to a large regis ter in the floor of the downstairs ball, or some other central loca tion, so that the furnace is mppHafl with air from the hot? instead at cold outdoor air. Any good bead ing contractor can do what is neeas sary. There should be at least an inch of space under all inside doors through which room air can flow out and back to the furnace. Damp Walls Question: My sun-porch was built last summer with bricks on cinder block and plastered inside. It was finished with wallpaper. These walls are always wet. Can you help me out? Answer: The moisture on the walls is from condensation. If you will put your hands on those walls you will find that they are very cold, compared to the inside walls of the sun porch. Condensation takes place when the damp house air is cooled by contact with them. The only remedy is to cover the walls with something that will not be cold; in sulating board, for example, or plas ter on lath on furring strips. Con densation will continue as long as those walls remain cold. Noisy Oil Burner Question: How can I lessen the noise made by my oil burner? The cellar floor is concrete. Answer: Your first move should be to have the burner examined by the people who installed it to locate the cause of the noise, which may be worn and loose parts, or some thing that is set in vibration when the burner is in action. Rubber or cork supports under the burner may reduce the noise. In some cases stiff insulating board on the cellar ceiling will absorb the sound. But this can be determined only when you have learned where the noise originates. uoia Koomi Question: Last summer I replaced my furnace with a larger one, but a large hall and an upstairs room are still cold. Heat begins to come when we open the living-room door downstairs. What can you suggest? Answer: It may be that the cold air return to the furnace is in the living-room, and does not act whea the living-room door is closed. You should have the installation inspect ed by the company that put in the furnace, for it is evident that some thing is wrong with the layout of the piping. If the company cannot fig ure out what is wrong get someone who is more expert. , Sticking Zipper Question: The zippers on my arc tics stick so badly that I can hard ly move them. Is there any way to loosen them up so that they will run easily? S.O.S.1 Answer: You can loosen up those zippers with graphite. I rubbed pow dered graphite on mine, and now they work almost with one finger. If you have no graphite, rub the zip pers with the lead of a soft pencil. Dust-Cloth Question: How can I make a dust less dust-cloth? Answer: Soak flannel or thick flan nelette in a mixture of 2 parts paraf fine oil and 1 part turpentine; wring out, and hang up to dry. Attention, Knitters! Question: My trouble has nothing to do with ailing houses, but this is a real SOS, nevertheless; please help me. I have made a pair of white French Angora mittens which shed fuzz on everything. Is there anything I can rinse them in, or is there any remedy for such shed ding? Answer: Wool experts tell me the fuzzing off will be permanently cured if the angora wool is put into the refrigerator and left there for It hours or so. The stunt is worth trying.
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