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J THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1942 mTTCi DPATTPnoT XTCTirc" TTP A TTTTAPT M f. : f t 1 It May Be 90 Degrees in the Shade But Your Coal Bin Rates a Check-Up 1 - I , s Unnecessary Delay May Bring Hardships This Coming Winter You can't say that' you haven't been warned. You can't say, when the leaves begin to fall, that you didn't have enough time to order your coal. In another two months at the most it is going to be al most too late to get your coal supply. Then you won't be ready when the temperature begins to drop. During the summer months, when homeowners formerly paid but little attention to their coal bins, there had al ways been a definite slump in coal production. The produc ers called the months the nor mal "off season" period. This year, though, because of the high rate of war-time production despite the lack of fuel purchas ing by the home and apartment owners, large stores, and oth er commercial centers the mines are now working at 90 per cent of ca pacity. What lies ahead for those who have not purchased their coal dur ing the off-season is easy to see. At the present time American industry has not, as yet, reached its full war-time capacity of production for Victory. Fall and early winter will see the nation at this peak period. They'll Be Out of Luck. Then, when industry is humming Its song of death for Hitler and his stooges, if Mr. Jones, or Mr. Slo- polk, or Mrs. Andy Tardie have not ordered their coal to keep the home fires burning, it is very probable that they are going to be out of luck. They'll probably have to spend some very miserable days until the coal they order LATE arrives. Why so? Here's why: Increased production to peak records in U. S. factories is going to require more coaL It stands to reason that if the mines are now working at 90 per cent of capacity (and industry has not yet reached its peak of production nor coal consumption), when the peak does arrive Uncle Sam is go ing to see to it that those industries "get all the coal they want, as often as they want it, and no questions asked. It is true that all will have to fore Co some former necessities and com forts until this universal war is won. But there is little reason to take on a hardship which is doing no one even the nation's offensive for vic toryany good. By waiting until it is practical ly too late to order coal, most of which is then going to the fac tories, the home owner is delib erately harnessing himself with hardship besides getting in the way of the nation's wartime progress. Like a Slow Freight. Those who delay ordering coal now for this coming winter may be compared to a slow freight train heading towards its terminal with a fast freight right behind it. The lat ter is delayed from reaching its des tination on schedule. Your nation's victory efforts are all being carried on that fast freight train. The dilly dallying, late-ordering home owner is the slow freight But don't forget: Uncle Sara is the dispatcher on that railroad. He's Fuel User's Pledge Every home owner might well subscribe to the following: 1. To conserve heat and fuel. t. To see that the heating plant is clean and kept clean. S. To have the heating system inspected by a competent heating man or fuel dealer. 4. To have such repairs or alterations as are essential to efficient operation of the heating equipment made at once. 5. To do everything practical to reduce heat losses. 6. To learn how to operate the heating system properly. 7. To prevent smoke, because smoke means waste and Inefficiency. 8. To avoid over, or under heating because either Is dangerous to health. 9. To order fuel early, to anticipate needs, to keep stock of fuel on hand, so as to equalize and conserve transportation and delivery facilities, and to prevent tie-ups and shortages. AMERICAN LIFE DEPICTED BY OLD LIGHTS Two hundred years of American life are represented by nearly 100 Eighteenth and Nineteenth century lighting appliances and more than 250 samplers at a public exhibit in the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration. English, Mexican, French, Span ish, Dutch, German, and Italian needlecraft Is displayed beside out standing American samplers to l - -N VlL- V, .rat" J ' W t ' : (ml. iihiuMiih iinmriimniHfiWii nm ' " " ' ' ''""'-" ,I1' i i. nnmijiia These three miners are typically representative of those thousands responsible for the continuous flow of coal for the nation. There has been practically no "slack" season for them this year. The usual off-season period (summer months) for them was omitted because of industry's need for coal to carry on for the coming; victory. a good one, too. What he's going to do is shove the slow freight on to a siding and let the fast freight come on through. In other words, those home owners and other consumers who haven't as yet ordered their coal supplies, may have to be sidetracked later this year !n favor of Uncle Sam's more im portant business of winning the war. Cold feet now may re- suit in even colder pedal extrem ities this winter. The fact that peak production of American industry will be reached during the coming winter months isn't the only reason why you should be now getting your coaL Even today the railroad yards, the river shipping docks and terminals Oil Burner Conversion The War Froduction board has acted to speed the conversion of oil-burning equipment to coal by permitting the assembly of small stokers from materials which were in manufacturers' hands on May 31. At the same time, VV. W. Tim mis, chief of the plumbing and heating branch, announced the creation of an operations section which will continue an over-all study. This study of the various problems Involved in the conver sion of oil burners to other fuels has been under way for some time. are jammed to capacity. Railroad ers will tell you, with a touch of the Paul Bunyan spirit, that the rails just can't cool off. Rivermen will tell you that no sooner do the waves from one river vessel ease off on the beach, before another swell starts rolling in. When the peak is reached in production you can imag ine what the thousands of home own ers who wait "until later" to order their coal are doing to add to the groaning weight of traffic on the railroads, rivers and highways. You owe it to your own comfort this coming winter, but especially to your nation out to win the gigantic struggle with Hitler and his part ners, to make necessary provisions in advance. Get It Now. Despite the fact that bituminous coal production is now running over 11,000,000 tons a week, there is plenty of coal for all. The idea is to get it when it is now readily available. During 1942, from 550 million tons to 570 mil lion tons of bi tuminous coal and 60 million tons of anthracite coal are required. The smaller por tion of this amount is for home con sumption. Even if yon have already or dered your coal, or Intend get ting It in during the next two weeks at the latest, yon have show the variations developed (in this country. Similarly, the lighting fixtures are arranged in chronological sequence, demonstrating the transformation in design that came with changing needs and the commercial develop ment of illuminating oils. New pieces in Cooper Union's extensive collections of wallpapers, textiles, antique jewelry, buttons, not done your full bit to insure warmth for your home, or final victory for your country. Check Heating System. This is the time of the year if ever to see to it that the home's heating system is cleaned, inspect ed, and repaired if necessary. Neglect now, during the summer months, can damage your home heating apparatus more than a win ter season of hard activity. Lack of ventilation in the base ment, high humidity, condensation, or corrosion can soon play havoc with a heating plant. More than often it does, as shown by the short life of most smoke pipes which last only two or three years. Improper operation, lack of main tenance, excessive stack losses, faulty distribu tion or circula tion, overheat ing, infiltration, and needless heat losses waste 20 per cent of the fuel used in the average home. With the country at war, with extraordi nary demands on transportation fa cilities, such waste is intolerable. Coupled with the effect on health, lost time due to colds, absentee- ism, etc., such neglect of proper maintenance and operation of the heating system becomes almost criminal. Just as you check over your au tomobile periodically, or have some one do it, so too is it a good idea to have a competent heating man in spect your furnace or boiler. If the average household gave its heating plant half the care it be stows upon the family car, the na tional fuel bill would be reduced many millions a year. Coal mining is one of the nation's major industries. The last available reports on the amount of coal mined show that over 51,887,885 tons of coal were prepared for consumption. Chief soft coal producing states are Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Il linois, and Kentucky. Anthracite (hard) coal is produced principally in Pennsylvania, around Wilkes Barre and Scranton. Coal Exports. Coal exports amount to a sizeable figure, too. In 1940 (latest data available) over 16,456,928 tons were exported. The majority of the an thracite exported went to Canada. Coke production, a coal by-product, also assumed gigantic propor tions. Data shows that over 273, 832,410 tons were produced in 1940. The gas from coke production is also used for fuel purposes. Employment in the coal mining Industry has declined ever since 1920. That year there were 784,621 persons employed. Ten years later (1930) there were 644,006 at work. In 1940 the number had further de creased to 543,200. Crude Oil Froduction Increase. Crude oil production in the United States, also, has steadily increased according to statistics, In 1920 there were 442,929,000 bar. rels (42 gallons to a barrel) of oil drawn from the earth. Its value was $1,360,745,000. But the figures in 1940 were 1,351,847,000 barrels, valued at $1,352,000,000 a decrease in price. The United States produced in 1940 over half of the oil marketed. Russia was next in line with just slightly more than one-fifth of th United States total. metal work, and pottery are shown for the many visitors. There are architectural sketches by the late Whitney Warren, inter nationally known architect, and de signs for tiles by William Morris, English poet and craftsman for whom the Morris chair was named. A rare pair of glazed pottery fig urines of Belgian origin is also included. SO if Csi I m w "1 1 'FT 1 5," 1 ff j fj";::?! mill. .1 Full Accounting Admiral Nlmiti pronounced Mid way a partial accounting for what happened at Pearl Harbor. But Pearl Harbor was more than an at tack on the American navy. It was also an attack on the American home. The navy can settle In full as an ocean force, but the American peo ple must settle in full as a fighting nation. The Pearl Harbor account will be settled when the last con centration camp is a public park. And when a worker in Europe has the dignity of a human being, in stead of the standing of a driven slave. It is America's duty to de mand full payment. The ques tion of our future depends on how much the enemy is made to an swer for its past. The liberties won on the freezing slopes at Valley Forge were almost lost in a dirty beer cellar in Munich. While France is bound, while Nor way is in prison, and while Belgium is in chains, America will never be fully free. Our monument to Pearl Harbor must be a milestone in world progress. That can only begin to happen when all men realize that the peace cannot be kept while criminal leaders remain in power to start a war. New York Newsreel: The lads from the theatrical pub licity cages, who leaned on the col yumists (and vice versa) in the uni forms of the armed forces . . . The bigshot from the Capitol, who ex plains why he weekends in N. Y.: "In Washington the war stops on Fridays and starts on Mondays" . . . The blacked-out Pennsy Sta tion, a heaven for the soldiers (re turning to camp) and their sweeties . . . The pool of silence that floods the Plaza after midnight. So still you can hear whispers of nothing . . . Headliners sitting on their thrones of fame and burdened with crowns of worry . . . Actresses en tering joynts chin-deep in Summer ermine, collecting stares. The VSO distributes theater and cinema tickets to the men in the local camps and naval bases . . . jt jg done m alphabetical order to avoid favoritism . . The other day at the old Paramount Studios in Long Island City (now an army de pot) the letter "L" was reached and two movie ducats were handed to Carl Laemmle Jr. . . . Young Laemmle was merely the owner of Universal Pictures, and its sale made him a millionaire. The art studios in Greenwich Village which once were stables . . . The big clock on the building at 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, where dur ing the wee hours of the ayems you can hear the Uck-tocks dropping into infinity . . . The tots who used to play cops-and-robbers now playing Commandos, in the west side streets . . . The huge searchlights inter rupting the dimouts by stabbing the planes roaring over Central Park . , . Loafers standing on street cor ners staring at the passersby and tossing away precious hours like cigarette butts . . . Wrinkled char women entering million-dollar sky scrapers every evening to give them beauty treatments . . . The rains decorating the street puddles. The Most Quoted Observation of the Month: Raymond Clapper, who has looked at Congressmen as a reporter most of his life, let go with both barrels at their didoes. Said he: "People are looking to editori als, radio commentators and news paper columnists for the discussion of public affairs they ought to get from Congress . . . The people don't give a damn what the average Sena tor or Congressman says . . . They know what you hear in Congress is 89 per cent tripe, ignorance ana demagoguery and not to be re lied on." The Story Tellers: Fortune pro files John Wesley Dafoe, editor of the Montreal Free Press, calling him Canada's neatest man. For a ! long time Dafoe screamed warnings against Hitler and prodded his gov't to action. In short, another "war monger" who happened to be mak ing sense when his hecklers weren t Free World smacks the bulls- eye with a piece on Reinhard Hey drich, who was presented with a skinful of slugs by Czech patriots. The monthly reveals Heydrich as the flunkey who did the work that was too dirty even for Himmler. Mean ing that with the right number of promotions he could have won the rank of rat Typewriter Ribbons: Will Rogers: There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail . . Heywood Broun: Of all the easy Jobs in the world, column conduct ing is the second softest. It lags behind nothing but the ministry . D. Kilgallen: He likes little people. and perhaps that's why so many big people like him . . . H. I. Phil lips: As we understand it. Wash ington is now pessimistic because of all the optimism . . . Fannie Hurst: Easy to bite as a dentist Buy War Bonds uJToZJ 1 SUNDAY International I SCHOOL -:-LESSON-:- By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for June 28 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts lected and copyrighted by International national used by Council of tteiigious education permission. ALCOHOL FACTS VERSUS DRINKING PROPAGANDA LESSON TEXT Proverbs 81:17; 23: 32; Isaiah 5:20-23; Hoiea 4:11; Joel 3:1, 3; Ephesians 5:18. GOLDEN TEXT If sinners entlcs the, consent thou not. Proverbs 1:10. The facts are on the side of the one who opposes the liquor traffic, and they are so plentiful and so devastating that the industry does not care to face them. Their "best bet" is to use propaganda so skill, fully prepared as to disarm the reader. If the propaganda is truth ful, it is only because it has to be, and only in that measure. Our lesson suggests several points in the liquor propaganda, each of which we can prove to be untrue. I. They Say, "Enjoy Life, That's What We Are Here For" (Prov. 21: 17). Consider the ads of the liquor trade. They carry the beautiful lady, the brilliant young man, the socially correct surroundings, riches, ease, etc. They suggest that even the grandmother in the home ap proves the use of intoxicants to bring comfort and pleasure to the breadwinner in the home. What is the truth? Man is not here for pleasure; he is here to serve God. History demonstrates that the nation that lives for pleas ure, especially in connection with the use of intoxicants, is doomed to extinction. II. They Say, "Liquor Is Not Dangerous" (Prov. 23:32). It is presented as a pleasant and harmless stimulant, when in fact it Is known to science, to police and social welfare workers as a narcotic which not only upsets digestion and deranges physical processes but, most vicious of all, "affects person ality by Its action upon the certain specific brain area. It disturbs, confuses, slows down, and removes the restraints, the checks and bal ances which make a well-rounded personality. It is the highest func tional level of the brain, the per sonality level, which is first put into eclipse by the action of alco hoi" (Carson Taylor). III. They Say, "Those Who Op pose Liquor Are Fanatics" (Isa. 5: 20, 21, 23). The prophet answers that claim by pointing out that those who favor the use of alcohol are the ones who call evil good and good evil, etc. A little study of liquor propaganda as it appears in the advertising of the industry soon demonstrates that fact. Of late they have been trying to convince us that beer is just soft drink for the home. Any police man who has seen a man drunk on beer, and any social or religious worker who has seen the destruc tion it has wrought in the home and in society, knows that is not true. IV. They Say, "Strong Men and Leaders Are Drinkers" (Isa. 5:22). Sadly enough, many of our lead ing men do indulge in liquor, but if the truth were out, it would be known that they are less capable as leaders and weaker men for their use of it. And who has not seen a leader become a poor dere lict by the alcohol route, or a strong man become a jittery mental, mor al, and physical wreck in the same way. The work of a nation in both war and peace is done by sober, steady, trustworthy men who have a "clear head," not because they use a cer tain whisky but because they do not use it. V. They Say, "The Pleasure Is Worth the Price" (Hosea 4:11; Joel 3:2. 3). The wicked ones who captured Israel felt they made a good trade when they gave a boy for a harlot, or exchanged a girl for wine. The modern system of making merchan dise of boys and girls is not as open, ly crass as that but when you figure the cost of alcohol to our land, be sure to add In the girls who have gone into iniquity by the way of tavern hostesses and the boys who have lost everything sacred be cause of "booze." Remember too that the beer mak ers are deliberately using this war to cultivate a taste for beer in millions of young men their fu ture customers and we are letting them get away with it right in the army camps. VI. They Say, "Drinking and Re ligion Go Well Together" (Eph. 5:18). The contrast of Paul gives that claim the direct brand of falsehood. Being drunk with wine is the exact opposite of spirituality. Liquor interests know that If church members can be led to be lieve that wine at dinner, beer as a soft drink and an occasional social cocktail is not incompatible with religious life, they will have effectu ally shut the mouth of the opposition they fear the most the church. Let pastors and church boards deal plainly and drastically with drinking church members, and the church will profit spiritually, and again become an effective means of stemming the tide of social iniauity which is engulfing our nation. NEW By KUTH WYBTH SAME BED WITH FOOT CUT DOWN'THE POTTfcU SWIM VALANCE IS STITCHED TO MUSLIM BETWESN I THE SPRINGS ANOMATTRE5$ MOST quilts today are planned as bedspreads and have a col or scheme to harmonize with other decorations. If a variety of fig ured scraps is used one color is generally repeated in each block to eive the design unity. The beauty of any quilt is en hanced if it is set off with a val ance around the bed. The bed in the sketch had no particular tra dition and the footboard was much too high to display the quilt to advantage. 8 111 I Bf l IP OU"-T ' N0T Hi " J1 t VvTLi- DISPLAYED IS 83 m hi MfCh What's a musical comedy got to do with winning a war? PLENTY I We're building an army of men not machines. And men have minds. And minds need freshening . . . change relaxation. So one of the biggest undertak ings of the TJSO is itt sponsoring of free entertainment, through the cooperation of the movie and the atrical industries, at army camps, naval bases wherever the fight ing men of the USA go to train or dig in. TJSO Camp Shows, Inc. is ac tually the biggest single theatrical enterprise the world has ever seen. It books 264 shows for the boys every week, which play to an aver age nightly attendance of 50,000. It contacts movie stars, theatri cal headliners, big name bands and their leaders. It routes all these ... plans their itinerary ... ar ranges the most convenient times when soldiers and sailors can take time out to sit and be entertained. For it realizes that the one great advantage of the American fight GIVE NOW IDEAS SPEAKS NOTE: If you have a metal bed that you would like to modernize you will find sketches and directions In Mrs. Spears' Book 3. There are eight of these booklets of 32 pages of things to make from odds and ends which accumulate around the house, or from inexpensive new materials. Copies are 10 cents each and with an or der for three (No. 1 to 8) you will re ceive a set of three different quilt block patterns Including the Whirl Wind Illus trated herewith. Send order to: MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS Drawer 10 Bedford HUIs New York Enclose 10 cents for each book de sired. Nos Name Address Wo Order several packages today and enjoy the SELF-STARTER BREAKFAST"! A big bowl of Kellogg's Corn Flakes with soma fruit and lots of milk. It gives you VITAMINS, MIN ERALS. PROTEINS, FOOD ENERGY I ing man Is his ability to think for himself, to make the most of any situation, to fight as a liberty loving individual. And this it one of his great dif ferences from our enemy. To help carry, on the all-important work of miintaining the mo rale of our fighting forces, the USO needs your help ... it needs your contribution. Your dollar has many demands on it this year. Many of these de mands must be met others de serve to be met. And among these latter, the plea of the USO for whatever sum you can contribute merits your earnest consideration. For we have a war to win, and -the USO is directly concerned with the men who must and will win it. Dig deep for the men who are digging inl Send your contribution to your local chairman or to USO, Empire State Building, New York. TO THE 1 it
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