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WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON ' Ooaaalidated FMturaa.? WNU RelcaM. XT EW YORK.?We know a broker. a Harvard graduate, who didn't so much as scalp an eighth for over a year. He salvaged enough of his Harvard at Work buy'a pair of Banch and Labor overalls, _ . went to New Goes to Harvard jerSey and got a job with Bendix Aviation. He has had a raise in pay and says the house percentage against a man at a work bench is far less than in Wall Street. It is one of many in stances of the infiltration of Har vard, and Ivy league associates, into the ranks of skilled labor. It works both ways. At the suggestion of trade unions, Har vard opens a nine-months trada union fellowship course for la bor organization men selected by their unions. They propose to build a bridge between labor and industry, in the seminar sponsored by the Harvard Busi ness school, the Littauer School of Public Administration and the Harvard Department of Eco nomics. Fifteen men begin the | coarse. Perhaps, under current stress and strain, everybody is working the other side of the street. But there are encouraging precedents. Toyn bee Hall of London, around the turn of the century, was comparable. While it flushed many doctrinaires and ephemeral dreams, it stirred much honest discussion and helped induce social responsibility both in British labor and industry. Lucius N. Littauer, the glove magnate of Gloversville and New York city, who established the above school of business ad ministration, was 83 years old last January. When be endowed the school with $2,250,MM in 1938, he said it was to be "ad ministered in the cause of better understanding among all man kind." He was graduated from Harvard 63 years ago, picked up his father's glove business, and In practical business administra tion, learned much of the inter dependent problems of labor and Industry. In congress, 1897 to 1907, he spon sored and established the United States bureau of standards. Some what pertinent to this is his bureau of human standards at Harvard. PERENC VASARHELYI, distin 1 guished Hungarian biochemist, reconditioned, and re-energized Benito Mussolini. We had lunch with him recently. We gathered Thie Biochemitt ^ce'of'n Will Steam Up No Duce and ? . u certain other More Iron Men European careerists he wished he had just let nature take its course. He's against the dictators. He came here three years ago and has been revitalizing and restimu lating Greta Garbo, Alice Marble, Elisabeth Bergner, Antoine de Paris, Jessica Dragonette, Gabriel Pascal and other eminent persona who may safely be revivified with out any danger of their becoming Frankensteins. At luncheon, he ex tolled sauerkraut as an energy builder. The fact is that sauerkraut had a lot to do with upping Horthy and ousting Mr. Vasarhelyi. When Horthy was a minor naval effleer, the men In the fleet went on strike, saying they weald rather be shot than eat another yard of sauerkraut. Dis obeying the orders of Ms com mander, Horthy seised a cruiser and made the sailors eat sauer kraut, days on end, at the point of a gun. Its inspiring effects were such that Horthy was re warded by being made chief ad miral of the fleet. He ate still mora sauerkraut and reached ant and grabbed the country. -_j. Mr. Vasarhelyl's career is one of the most unique in the backwash of the first World war, lying as it does in the overlapping zone of politics and dietetics. He thinks food has a profound and determining effect on individual and collective human be havior and that scientists will some day read history in terms of starches and proteins. His political career came to a peak in a dramatic climax in 1017, when he helped ease out the monarchy and bring in the liberal Count Karolyi as premier. Mr. Vasarhelyi Is 71, trim and erect, clear-ckianed and hard as nails. He ascribes this to the taet that he practices what he preaches. He thinks a democra tised Daanbiaa federation will dape v after the war, and that Barope will be reorganised as sead economic and biological fodamcatals. Roughly, these two Adds at interest hsve Ailed Ms lie, but ho pats the mala stress em the latter. Maeh devastating human activity he flitakajeay he traced to feed h Marines Are Still Fighting Hard After 167 Years of Loyal Service They Have Been 'Always Faithful' and Ever Present in Every War Since Early Colonial Days When They First Served Under George Washington. Gallantry of the marines at Wake Island was the World War II chapter in continuance of 167 years of marine corps service that is wholly and actively embodied in the deserved motto "Semper Fidelis"?Alway Faithful. un novemDer iu, no, me 1-01111-? nental Congress passed a resolution organizing a marine corps of two battalions. Intended mainly to be ships' gunnery and boarding squads, they soon performed illustrious and efficient service on land and sea. While some marines fought with Washington, others played impor tant roles in the victory of the Bon Homme Richard over the British Serapis. It was a marine aboard John Paul Jones' ship who threw a grenade into the hold of the Ser apis and was responsible for its sinking. Soon Distinguished Themselves. Soon after the ending of the Rev olution the marine corps, like the army and navy, was disbanded. When, however, in 1799 this country came into conflict with France on the seas, the marine corps was re established by President John Ad ams. In immediate service as boarding parties or as defense against enemy boarding, marines soon distinguished themselves and earned the respect of the enemy for the deadly accuracy of their mus ket fire. It was during these days that the term "Leatherneck" was applied to marines; in order to protect themselves daring bat tle the marines in early days wore a heavy piece of leather around their necks, and hence the nickname. In the early 19th century marines began to lay foundation for the out standing reputation which the pres ent corps has inherited. They fought in the War of 1812. They were in the thick of the successful campaign against the Barbary pirates. They were with Commodore Perry in the Far East. Lest marines be considered naval attachments solely, and though they were created as a component part of the naval service to "support the fleet," marines may in national emergency be detached for service with the army, as in France during I World War I. Marine Civil War Action. In the Civil war the corps served on the blockading ships of the navy and participated in naval attacks on the coastal fortiflcations of the Confederacy. They also made many landings from ships patrolling the Mississippi river. In the Spanish American war the marines landed at Guantanamo bay, Cuba, to secure after severe fight ing the harbor as a base for the United States fleet in its operations against Santiago. Marine detach ments took part in the naval bat tles off Santiago and in Manila bay. During the latter half of the last century and the early years of the 20th century the marines saw much service in the West Indies and Cen tral America, notably in Nicaragua and Haiti. Sent to forestall possi ble European intervention and to provide protection against bandits and other lawless elements, the ma rines achieved a notable record of governmental administration. When America entered the last World war there were ap proximately 11JN officers and men In the corps. More than half this namber, however, were scattered over the face of the earth. Within tve weeks ma rines "got into the battle." The Fifth regiment sailod for Franco flrit and toon was followed by the Sixth. These (roups were cited for conspicuous action in the Chatean-Thierry sector, the Aisne-Marne offensive and the Meose-Arfonne fighting. In its long, glorious history the corps has "landed and had the situ ation well in hand" for the protec tion of lives and the property of American citizens in many coun tries. Fonr Tasks. The marine corps is udder the command of Lieut. Gen. Thomas Holcomb. It has four distinct tasks: (1) To maintain a mobile force in immediate readiness as a part of the U. S. fleet for use in shore operations. (?) To maintain marine de tachments as a part of the ships' crew on cruisers, aircraft car riers, and battleships. (3) To provide garrisons for the safeguarding of navy yards and naval stations at borne and in outlying possessions of the U. S. (4) To provide forces for tbe protection of American lives and property abroad. During its existence the strength of the corps has varied from its original two battalions to more than 120,000 at present. There are many stories told among the old timers in the marine corps about the fighting that took place in Nicaragua and Haiti not so long ago. There is the story that tells about . . . A small group of marines sur rounded by bandits were fighting desperately in tbe village of Quilali in January, 1928. Several of the marines had been killed, many were wounded. The chances of res cue or relief seemed remote. Suddenly out of the skies a plane swooped down and landed in the rough and irregular streets of the town. The plane was piloted by Lieut. Christian F. Schilt and he had risked his life to make the land ing. Quickly the more seriously wounded were placed in the plane and flown to a point of safety. Lands 10 Times Ten times Lieutenant Schilt made the dangerous trip. Each time he landed safely and got away with his precious cargo. Of course, parts of his plane were destroyed by the landings and bandits shot holes through the wings, but this did not prevent the daring marine from re turning. Each time on the return flight the pilot brought much need ed supplies. Lieutenant Schilt's action won the praise of his grateful comrades and some months later he received the Congressional Medal of Honor. One of the many famous stories involving the U. S. marines of the Fourth brigade is built around Corp. George F. Brautigam. After 10 days of bitter fighting when nearly every marine in the brigade was exhaust ed, Corporal Brautigam was cap tured by the Germans. Slowly they led him back to the "Bull Pen." The Germans thought the battle-worn corporal would re turn quietly, rather than go back to his lines. But before they knew what had happened Corporal Brauti gam had knocked one of his cap tors down with his fists and grasped the fallen man's bayonet and put an end to both his guards. A week later he was still fighting in Belleau Wood, when he saw Lieut. George H. Yarborough of the ma rines badly wounded and surround ed by six Germans. He plunged into their midst with his bayonet. Two of the enemy fell and the oth ers took flight. In the melee Brauti gam was shot through the wrist; however, he succeeded in carrying the wounded officer one mile through shell fire to a hospital. Later Brautigam fought at Sois sons, St. Mihiel and Blanc Mont. In the latter engagement he suffered a fractured hip and was gassed. Even tually he came home from France with the Distinguished Service Cross and a Croix de Guerre as to kens of his bravery overseas. The Marines Have Landed! That was the shout that again went around the world when the Leatherneoks took the Solomon islands away from the Japs. This scene here shows just how thick the sky was with anti-aircraft shells to shoo away any Jap plane that might have wanted to get in on the "party." In Case They Do 11 . . As far as can be proved, no bel ligerent has yet used noxious gas in this war. If it seems expedient to the Axis boys they'll do It any time they think they can get away with it. So these marines shown here are getting ready by training under simulated gas attack to show the Axis boys that they can't get away with it. These marines in training are ready te Ight any kind e( fight thai the "Enemy" may decide to make. There isn't a technique of present day warfare that these rough and ready, ap-and-get-em two-latod fight ers haven't been acquainted with. Boots Laundry Difficulties Cause Much Laughter TTvprv marinp Ipatti rinr-in? M? I ?*(i u ? basic training days at "boot camp" bow to do his household chores of all types. The chuckles in "boot camp" gen erally generate from the doleful pre dicament of fresh young "boots" upon their introduction to the laun dry tubs. "But I don't know how to do laun dry," wailed one apple-cheeked lad when his drill instructor gave the b-qr's platoon its first laundry do mii wiuiu/ mi' i uxcuuan. "Well, boy, I'll give you one min ute to learn and half of that la gone," growled the bull-voiced in structor. "You don't pull freshly starched ahirta out of a drawer in this outfit" The boy learned?he had to learn with scrub brush, soap and pail. Marines must learn because there are no Chinese laundries where the fighting Leathernecks go. The recruits do their scrubbing clad only in swimming trunks and pith helmets. With cold water?or a reasonable facsimile thereof?they can't scrub out all stains. So they use whitening agents and sometimes come to grid through inexperience. Some discover to their grief that too generous application of the whit eners has eaten holes in their cloth ing. One lad, anxious to be clean as the marine corps demands, ap plied the bleaching agent to his car tridge belt and canteen cover. He was sadder and wiser after it turned white. Allies to Feed, ArmU. S. Forces Will Partially Repay Lend Leaie Aid Given to the United Nations. WASHINGTON.?American armed forces on various fighting fronts of the world will be supplied locally with military equipment, munitions, food supplies and other facilities un der the terms of a series of agree ments signed here. The agreements, concluded with the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and Fighting France, pro vide the opportunity for at least partial repayment of the lend-lease assistance the United States has furnished for those fighting the Axis. They specify that the war produc tion and war resources of the Allies shall be pooled in the most effective way and that assistance shall be given American forces by their al lies in the various theaters of opera tion to conserve shipping and in crease the efficiency of the Allied war effort. Signs for United States. Secretary of State Hull signed the agreements for the United States. Lord Halifax, the British ambassa dor, signed for the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, while Sir Owen Dixon and Walter Nash, the ministers of Australia and New Zealand, signed for their govern ments. The agreement with Fighting France, the former Free French or ganization of which Gen. Charles de Gaulle is the head, was arranged through an exchange of notes in London between Brig. Gen. John E. Dahlquist, acting U. S. military rep resentative, and Maurice de Jean, representing the French national committee. The agreements broaden and for malize the lend-lease agreements, making them into more effective mutual-assistance pacts. They spec ify that the war production and war resources of the four signatory gov ernments and the Fighting French organization shall be used in ways that most effectively utilize avail able materials, manpower, produc tion facilities and shipping space. They provide that each party to the agreements shall provide the maxi mum in reciprocal aid so that the need of foreign currency shall be reduced to a minimum. Covers Wide Range. The types of assistance which is to be given American armed forces locally were listed as follows: (A) Military equipment, muni tions and military and naval stores. (B) Other supplies, materials, facilities and services for the U. S. forces, except for the pay and al lowances of such forces, adminis trative expenses and such local pur chases as its official establishments may make other than through the official establishments of the govern ment of the United Kingdom (or the other parties). er*\ c i- _ ? i_ ? \\*j ouppnes, materials ana services needed in the construction of military projects, tasks and simi lar capital works required for the common war effort in the United Kingdom or in the British colonial empire (or in territories of the oth ers), except for the wages and sal aries of U. S. citizens. (D) Supplies, materials and services needed in the construction of such military projects, tasks and capital works in territory other than the United Kingdom (or the others) to the extent that the United King dom (or the others) is a more prac ticable source of supply than the United States or another of the United Nations. 5,000,000 Chinese Forced To Aid Japanese Troops CHUNGKING. ? Invading Japa nese forces have impressed approx imately 5,000,000 Chinese laborers in North China during the last five years and sent them to Manchuria and Japan to relieve an acute labor shortage, Chinese quarters reported. Now, these quarters declared, the Japanese are planning to conscript 2,000,000 more?of whom 1,500,000 are to be sent to Manchuria, 150,000 to Inner Mongolia and 100,000 to Japan, while the remaining 250,000 will be put to work in North China. Sal as National Anthem Was Played; Gets 20 Days TACOMA, WASH ?Edward Junt ti, 35, was sentenced to 20 days in jail?so he could spend the time sit ting down. He remained sitting when "The Star Spangled Banner" was played in a tavern. Other customers stood; Juntti remained sitting. The others protested and called police. Police Judge W. A. Richmond sen tenced Juntti to jail specifically for failure to stand when the National Anthem was played. Bees Imprison Firemen In Own Engine House DENVER.?Firemen at the Engle wood station were prisoners in their engine house 2Vi hours. Bees, thousands of them, took charge of the doors and stopped all comers until A. B. Honeywell, an amateur apiarist, coaxed them into a portable hive where they were in a more peaceful mood. Fortunately, there were no alarms out Englewood stay during the emergency. Jugoslavs to Kill Pro-Axis Traitors Doom Officials Who Assist Nazi Invaders. LONDON.?Jugoslavs are striking back at the reign of terror Nazi agents are waging in occupied Eu rope with a newly formed "execu tion corps" pledged to kill all traitorous public officials who help the Axis. Reports reached refugee govern ments in London that the Axis secret police forces had unearthed a num ber of plots to sabotage the Ger man war effort and stir up unrest in the occupied nations. An unimpeachable source assert ed that in occupied Jugsolavia the Axis had reason to fear for the lives of its puppet officers, as the Jugo slav government here has given patriot General Draja Mikhailovitch full powers to brand as traitors all Slavs and Croats who work for the occupation powers and to order their death by members of his new execu tion corps. The corps already has begun its work, this source said, by killing a Professor Bulic, assistant chief of Serbian Fascist forces, at Cacak, 70 miles southwest of Belgrade. Lists have been tacked up at night in all regions of Jugoslavia, bearing names of men marked for death be cause of their collaboration with the invaders, and the Jugoslav gov ernment here warned in a broad cast beamed to the homeland that all who co-operate with occupying authorities have been condemned to death. General Mikhailovitch has free dom to direct the corps in his own way, it was said, "making sure that all puppet officials sooner or later are assassinated and the country rid of traitors." Accidents Increase as Auto Tires Wear Thin RALEIGH, N. C.?Rapidly thin ning treads on automobile tires as a result of the rubber shortage and subsequent rationing have brought a jump of 250 per cent jn fatal acci dents from tire failures for North Carolina, figures for June made pub lic by the highway safety division reveal. "This is an alarming condition and is destined to become worse," T. Boddie Ward, commissioner of mo tor vehicles, declared. "It is a seri ous menace and a challenge to each motor vehicle driver." In June of this year, 60 persons met death in 53 traffic accidents on streets and highways of the state. Ward, stressing the danger to motorists, declared that thousands of "border-line" tires are now being operated on the state highways. "Very few of these drivers have any chance of relief from the death menace to themselves and their families through the channels of tire replacement," he continued. "Where tires are thin and treads are slick the only salvation for the driver is added caution, alertness and speeds well below the suggested minimum of 35 miles per hour." Telephone System Helps Workers on Big Planes BUFFALO, N. Y. ? Employees working on the final assembly of the new Curtiss-Commando, largest twin-engine military cargo plane in the world, have a two-way telephone system to aid them in their work. The plan was devised when it was found that due to the Commando's tremendous size and the din of near by shop and Sight test sounds at the Curtiss-Wright corporation plant, shouted orders from one section of the plane to another were unintel ligible. The phone system proved the an swer to the handicap, enabling crews to relay messages back and forth between cockpit and tail and cockpit and wings or landing gear. The electrical impulses for the telephone lines are generated by three small dry cell batteries in a small metal box that can be car ried in a jacket pocket. ?, A permanent telephone plug-in jack built into the Commando's fuselage enables refueling service men to connect a portable phone for conversation with the plane's cabin. He Didn't Even Work Up A Sweat! What a Man! FORT DEVENS, MASS.?Private Louis Longval really can take it. His outfit's program one day in cluded a 14-mile hike, running a tough obstacle course, hand-grenade throwing, bayonet practice, a bit of jujitsu and a swim. At the end of the day no one asked for a pass?except Longval. His mates were curious the next morning and Private Longval ax plained: He had walked six miles to a near by town, danced all evening and hiked back to camp. Little Girl Pilots A Roaring Tractor INDIANOLA, IOWA.?Occasion ally the folks around here get a scare when they see a tractor come roaring and lurching across the fields with apparently no driv er behind the wheeL They forget that there's a little girl there. She is Sylvia Darlene Dilks and she is only 4V4 years old. For extra flavor in dark fruit cakes use cider or spiced fruit juices for the liquid. ? ? ? For a flavorful top eeatiag for meat loaves, spread with a thin layer of chili sauce the last 20 minutes of the cooking period. ? ? ? Often a crust forms on rising dough. To avoid that, spread a little fat over the dough and cover it with a cloth. ? ? ? Grass stains usually come out when saturated with lard or other fat, then washed several hours later in warm soapy water. ? ? ? Squash are very tender and so easily injured by frost that care must be taken to cover them in the field against injury. They should be allowed to harden in the field and then should be removed from the vines without breaking the stems. ? ? ? When battering sandwiches dip knife in hot water frequently and it will be much easier to spread the butter. J. Fuller Pep By JERRY LINK / > Slttln' down In Jed's General Store the other day, it was klnda impressed on me that the weaker a fellow's argument is, the strong er the words he uses! Well, when I get to t&lkln* about KELLOGG'8 PEP and vitamins I don't need any high-powered words. You see, to feel really good you got to eat right, which In cludes gettin' all your vitamins. 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