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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1944
TIRED AND REVENGEFUL
Further evidence of the Nazi mind’s Frankenstein talents,
which are seemingly inexhaustible, have again been displayed
to the world. Their latest revenge weapons are the V-2 rock
et bombs that have been hitting southern England during re
cent weeks. Witnesses say the bomb looks like “a dying tel
egraph pole” when seen in the daytime, or like a “gigantic
black arrow.” At night it resembles “a fantastic luminous
pencil drawing a line of fire acress the darkened sky.” This
great rocket is said to be as deadly as the Robot bomb for it
rises high into the stratosphere and then descends faster than
the speed of sound, catching helpless victims unaware.
We cannot but be shocked by this fantastic achievement
of Nazi scientific warfare. To those who believe that when
the Allies reach the Rhine, Germany will weaken, these V-2
bombs are another warning. As a greely tiger guarding its
prey, Germany will muster all her strength for one final attack
The new bomb should erase from all minds the thought of a
speedy end to the European war.
INTERNATIONAL POLICE
When we consider the pros and cons of an international
police force, it is helpful to relate it to our own local com
munity.
All of us will admit that it is important to have local
policemen. Even if our town was totally free from crime we
(would feel that the presence of police are necessary to keep it
that way.
If we project police needs a little further, we will realize
the need for state pfllice to handle problems of law and order
which could not be handled practically by the police oj various
towns. Next we need federal policemen—the FLI—to fight
crime on a national scale, original activities of an interstate
nature.
And as the world is brought closer together, with nations
in closer contact with one another than our states used to be,
it seems to follow that an international police force is becom
ing more and more necessary if we hope to prevent the great
est criminal action of all—war between nations.
THE CHRISTMAS SEALS ARE NEEDED
Christmas Seal tine is here again. This heartwarming
practice of buying cheery little seals to help combat tubercc
losis, began just forty years ago and has since become a world
wide traditiin. The Christmas Seals are sold in 46 countries.
^This year, as usual, they make their appearance. In a war
torn world they are reassuring reminders that we live in a
civilized world aftter all and humanity has a streak of good
ness in it that will not be put down.
This year, as never before, the Christmas Seals are needed
Tuberculosis is on the increase.The steady progress of medical
science in the treatment of the disease has not been sufficient
to stem the debilitating inroads of war. Our crowded war pro
duction centers, overwork and nervous exhacstion have been
an open invitation to tuberculosis. The great tiagedy is that
too many persons don’t realize it when the unwelcome guest
has found its way into their homes.
Yes, the Christmas Seal has new significance this year. It
is one means by which all of us can take part in the fight
against the renewed threat of man’s ancient enemy—the white
plague.
GOING HOME
Home for Christmas. How sweet the sound.
Yet it must be remembered that if those who
deserve a Christmas visit home most of all—the ser
vice men and women—many of the rest of us will
have to forego that pleasure. Our transportation
system simply is not capable of handling the traffic,
if all of our war workers away from home, our col
lege girls, and boys, and others who want to get back around
the family fireplace, add themselves to the men in service who
will be returning on furloughs.
In consequence of this situation, the office of defense
transportation has requested governmental and private em
ployers not to grant leaves or time-off to workers, where inter
city travel is involved, from December 16 to January 8.
If the government which is the biggest employer of them
all, and other employers, accede to this request and keep their
workers on the job most of the holidays, those who are affec
ted by this ruling should accept the condition cheerfully. They
should realize that if they accept seats on a bus or train—most
likely it wocld be standing room—they would be taking the
1 places of those who are really craving a home visit, those who
have had arduous duties in military camps, on naval duty and
■on the battlefields of the world. These really deserve to get
home.—Shelby Daily Star.
Eire has let Great Britain know that she eannot join in
.the prohibition of asylum for axis refugees. Which means
that if all the boys who are running away from their just de
serts land in Ireland, there will probably be a new brand of
Irish stew,
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By LYTLE HULL
OVERCONFIDENCE—
When there are no internation
al wars going on, it is considered
perfectly good sportsmanship to
swing with both fists at any na
tion which gets in one’s way: but
during times like the present
there is only one fellow to swing
at—and that is the enemy.
About two or three months ago
it appeared probable to some
that Germany must collapse in
short order. A few unfortunate
remarks from highly placed ott'ici
als, both here and in Europe,
helped to bolster this glowing
prospect, and the results have
been little short of tragic. Blood
donations, bond purchases, and
war work in many branches have
been hard hit by this premature
wave of optimism. Workers have
in many cases quit critical war
jobs with the understandable in
tention of obtaining permanent
postwar positions, and quite a
number of industries are suffering
accordingly.
But there is another phase to
this optimism even more distress
ing: The outcropping of the petty
bickerings and frictions which ex
ist normally in peacetime but have
no place as between allies in mo
ments of danger. Somewhere, al
most daily, one reads the account
of a statement by home congress
man, or a “question’’ by a mem
ber of parliament, or an article
in Moscow’s Pravda, which lacer
ates some one’s feelings and
helps none at all in holding the
Allies together in close accord.
This is definitely no ’time for
friction; and the purveyors of
news would do well not to stress
the utterances of certain irrepres
sible and irresponsible feudists:
A thoughtless •tatement by
someone in an authoritative po
sition can do much harm to the
cause of essential close coopera
tion between the Allies. But such
careless statements usually con
ititute what is known a* a scoop
by tome enthusiastic correspon
dent. And while the opinions of
the speaker may have little to do
with the sentiments of his gov
ernment or his count/ym;n, it is
“fair game’’ for other nationals
of the type which is usually look
ing for trouble.’’
The fortunes of war “wax and
wane'’ from many causes, one of
the principal—though most subtle
—-of which is overconfidence. The
history of warfare reeks with
stories of campaigns, wars and
causes lost—lost when they seem
within easy grasp of one side or
the other — because over-optim
ism has caused laxity on the part
of the apparent winner. The los
ing side in the conflict usually
does one of two things, he either
quits or he gets his back agains
the wall lights like the prov
erbial wildcat. In many a battle
“where all seemed lost” the “los
er” has won out through sheer
desperation and the “winner” has
lost out through relaxation. This
principle applies not only to war
fare but to every conflict in life.
It is a recognized and obvious
fact, and why its significance and
danger should be neglected dur
ing the heat of conflict, is one of
the strange phenomena of the
human intellect.
This war is not won in Europe.
It may be very far from won. It
can last just as long as the Allies
allow it to continue and the AWies
can even “play politics” with it if
internal friction so inclines them.
So it would seem only fair to our
interests that those in prominent
positions whose utterances are
“news” should refrain from the
making of statements which will
cause Allied frictions and that
managers of the daily press should
caution their editorial staffs
against placing before the public
utterances which may militate
against their greatest efforts on
behalf of the common cause.
JWM^Jkenttiooa
FEEDING BY WEIGHT RULE
Since we know the amount of
food an adult eats depends to
some extent on how much he
weighs, the new theory of regu
lating a baby’s food intake by his
weight seems to make sense. For
instance, an infant two months
old weighing 12 pounds needs
just as much nourishment as a
five months old baby weighing 12
pounds. Another appetite regula
tor is the amount of energy one
expends. We recognize this fact
for adults, but we aren’t so ready
to admit that a small-boned, quiet
infant needs less food than a rap
idly growing active baby of the
same age.
Here is approximately how the
weight, rather than age measure
ment works in determining the
introduction of solid foods into
the baby’s diet. When he weighs
about 10 pounds, add cereals; 11
to 12 pounds, apple sauce, raw
ripe bananas, canned pear, prune,
peach; 12 to 14 pounds, vegeta
bles and soups; 16 to 17 pounds,
meat, fish, cottage cheese.
Some foods have to wait on the
baby’s skill in handling them. For
instance, he can’t do much with a
piece of toast or zwieback until
ne can hold it in his hand and put
it in his mouth. Also the jaws
have to learn to bite on hard
things. But these skills too are
usually acquired by the age of
five or six months, which further I
peiata to the infant’# readiness
for a grown-up meal schedule.
Not only doe* three meal* a day
for the baby save mother the time
formerly spent in getting out the
food at between-meal hour*, to
•ay nothing of pan* for warming
it, but what the baby eat*, can
usually be chosen from the family
table. It isn't necessary to strain
the food either, though it should
be mashed with a fork or chap
Here is a suggested schedule
for a baby who has just become
a regular member of the family
so far as his meal times are con
cerned :
7:00 to 8:00 a. m. — Fruit
or juice, cereal, toast, bacon or
egg yolk, milk.
12 Noon: Soup or vegetable
‘any kind mashed). Meat—beef,
chicken, liver, lamb; or fish—sal
mon, halibut, tuna. Desserts—
fruits, gelatin. Milk.
3:00 p. m.—Juice — toast or
crackers only if infant eats his
other meals well.
5:00 to 0:00 p. m. —- Soup or
vegetable or cottage cheese. Milk
and fruit.
This simplified feeling schedule i
was tried successfully on 100 ba
bies in a private clinic. One of Jhe
happiest results was that all the
!-aides but two developed good ap
petites. Fewer but more substan
tial feedings supply needed nour
ishment but allow time for the
:rild to become hungry between
meals. Experiencing hunger con
tributes to the development of an
appetite, something that coaxing
and forcing food on a child noto
riously fail to do.
Of course, if the baby shows an
alij'g.v to certain foods his meals
won’t fit into the family menus so
easilly. .Now foods will na'e to be
added at s. later age and only one
at a time, with longer intervals
between the introduction of each.
Your physician will decide which
foods are the openders.
For that matter the baby's doc
tor hould have final say about
your method of feeding the child.
But more and more the trend is
toward fitting the diet, both in
quantity and variety of foods, to
the baby, not the baby to the
diet,
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
ijreomulsion relieves promptly be
,use it goes right to the seat of the
;uble to help loosen and expel
rnr laden phlegm, and aid nature
o soothe and heal raw, tender, in
lamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
;o have your money back.
CREOMULSION
or Coughs Chest Colds Bronchitis
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t REV. ROBERJ H HAW T
World Wide Christian Fellow
Lesson for December 3: John
17:18-33; 1 Cor. 1:1-3; 12:4-14;
11 Cor. 8:1-9.
Golden Text: John 17:20, 21.
The first passage is part of the
Lord’s high-priestly prayer made
just before He went into the gar
den of Gethseman§. He prayed
for the union of the disciple with
one another, HimseTi, and the
Father. We cannot think His
words referred to the union of all
His followers in one great church
—they evilently concerned the
spiritual fellowship of Christians
everywhere.
Paul recognizes the oneness or
Christians in beginning his 1
Corinthians — addresses the
church in Corinth, “with all that
in every place call upon the name
of Jesus Christ,” as those that
are sanctified in Jesus Christ,”
and “called to be saints.’’
Further Paul writes in the 12th
chapter of I Corinthians of the
diversity of spiritual gifts to be
used in the church all to one
great purpose of being the means
through which the “same Spirit”
may work. They who exercise
these gifts form one body in
Christ.
The apostle, raising an offering
for the poor saints in Jerusalem
told the Corinthians of the great,
generosity of the churches of
Macedonia and then cited the ex
ample of Jesus Himself in becom
ing poor that men might be rich.
This passage should lead us to see
the unity of Christians through
out the world and, lay upon us the
obligation of loving helpfulness
to others, in the time of their
need. The relief of manifold
needs, when the war is done, will
tax our utmost resources of love
and ability. But we shall not fail
in our Christian fellowship and
benevolence if. like the Macedon
ian Christians, we first give our
“own selves to the Lord.” For giv
ing ourselves, we shall not with
hold anything from God which he
needs to help our brethren.
CORRECTING A FRIEND’S FAULTS
Here’s the true story of what one person did when hd
was called on to perform one of the most difficult and
most unpleasant tasks in the world, that of criticizing a
friend and keeping his friendship. That person is Ralph
L. Wagner, Carlisle, Pa.
They were both students at Gettysburg College. The
friend’s name was Thornton.
Thornton was just about the freshest freshman who
ever planted a foot on Gettysburg campus. Short and
xcocky, he swaggered all over the place. He was even
teondescending to seniors, and when he saw one would
call out, “Hello there, young man! What are you doing
on the campus today?” Naturally that burned the sen
iors up. Yet Thornton was at heart a likeable lad. But
he was growing more and more unpopular on the campus.
One day a senior called him aside and told him to
mend his ways—be less cocksure, and pay more respect
to the laws of the campus. Whereupon Thornton said,
“You run your life the way you want to and I’ll look after
mine.” Swaggering off, he left the senior glowering at hU
back.
One of the traditions of this college is that no fresh
man shall date a town girl. But Thornton boasted that
if he found a good-looking town girl he’d shuffle around
with her.
Also on this campus there is an annual Freshman
sophomore wrestle and roughtime lark called the ‘‘Tie
up.” The upper-classmen were waiting for this. Poor
Thornton was in for it. But still he paid no attention to
the clouds in the sky,
One night, against all advice, Thornton went out
with a town girl and skylarked up and down the main
street where everybody could see him. The seniors were
boiling. There Is another tradition that when this hap
pens the furniture in the boy’s room shall be carried out
of his room and deposited on the porch of the girl’s house
This happened to Thornton. He was thunderstruck. Then
for the first time he realized how he had ruffled the other
students and came to Mr, Wagner for advice.
Mr. Wagner was in a delicate situation. He didn't
want to lose him as a friend, yet he must make his point.
So Mr. Wagner talked about how other men had solved
that situation by not being so cocky; he was careful not
to criticize Thornton openly, or even to find fault with
him. In this way Thornton felt no personal resentment,
A light dawned on Thornton’s face. He grasped Mr,
Wagner’s hand and said, “You’ve given me some ideas.
I’m going to put them into effect.”
And he did. It was not long before he was one of
the most popular men on the campus. And Mr. Wagner
had preserved a friend when, If he had taken a different
attitude, he might have made an enemv. And as you go
through life, you will realize more and more what friend
shin means to vou. The man who says he can get along
without friends is short-sichted indeed!
Big Business
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A LOT of the writing and talking that's "going on these
days about "big” business seems to nuss one pretty
important point In judging bigness solely by such things as
number of employees, size of payrolls, or volume of sales, it
overlooks the size of the job the particular business is required
After all, any business exists because there’s a demand for
the things it produces or the services it renders. And it must
either grow to the size necessary to satisfy these demands, or
else make way for a competitor that can provide what is
wanted
The war has shown that America’s factories and farms
can meet demands that would have been fantastic in pre
war years. This is a big country; there will be as big jobs
to be done in peacetime as any the war produced. It will
take the right kind of "big” business to do them. And whether
it operates a 100-acre farm, a garage, a bank, or an industry
with 100,000 employees —this kind of big business, which
serves the public satisfactorily and with integrity, will con
tinue to be the foundation of America’s strength and security,
in peace as in war. Gen ral Electric Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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