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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1941)
WHO’S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. PARTON (Consolidated YeatUSa* WHU Service ) NH cw YORK Although the an swer* to the famous Inquiry of Pontius Pilate aren't all In yet, w* assign a man to discover and tell us what Is truth Dr. James P. Hauler III, presi dent of Williams college, takes on j this office,1 Tie Said, ’Truth t„r Col, WU May Lie at the l,*m «*• ,,on' Bottom o, a Weir JR,.Hi defense Information His job will be to screen out from the mine-run of world information the dubious, tricky or deceptive Items of propa ganda or distortion and deliver to the President and the state depart ment the chemically pure raw ma terial for policy-making. This "fact-1 Alter" appears to be news In world Statecraft In the midst of a long address which Dr. Master delivered In 1038 was the following pertinent utter ance, foreshadowing hla new under taking "The first element of defense la truth, Inculcation of the seal to get at the truth, no matter what the coat of time and effort, characterises real education." la It poss'ble that this led Colonel Donovan to his truth-seeker? In the above address and on several later occasions, Dr, Baxter denounced "defeatism," and has been a spirit ed advocate of a "militant demo cratic faith," which would not wait until it was enslaved before fighting back. After hla graduation from Wll llama college In 1014, Mr. Bax ter tried Wall direct for two yeara, w4th the Industrial Fi nance corporation, and then re turned to Wllllama and Harvard for master's and doctor'a de grees. He taught history at Col orado college and Harvnrd and became president of Wllllama In 1037. With him on the new trulh filtcrtng board are six other pro fessors, all skilled researcher* In lha entomology of the propa ganda hug. They have a* an unofficial precedent the exten sive researches of the Institute for Propaganda Analyata. Theodore roosevklt would have approved highly of hit fel low townsman of Oyster Hay, Col. Van Santfoord Merle Smith, Just now arriving Alway a Somethin’ it Sydney, SfirriV Wherever Australia, as - Mtrlt-Smith Got* ££*£ val attache. He is tall, handsome and physically impressive, always looking for action. At Princeton, young Mrrte Kmtih “hit the line hard," as a hack held fool hall alar; hr waa a hetl-for-lcalhrr cavalry ottlccr ■n the Mexican border, and In the World war, he mixed In the fighting wherever he could find an opening, waa wounded three timea and waa awarded the Ilia Ungutahed Service Croat; he had a fling at atatecraft, at The Hague and tn our state depart ment; he engaged In the rough and-tumble of Wall Street, win ning every turn!, and aa a yachlaman could make more out of a bat full of wind than any body on the lan| Island shore. All In all his career would mako T. R. flash a couple of octaves of teeth and yell “Bully!" He Is the son of the late Dr. Wil ton Merle-Smith, who was pastor of the Brick Church of New York, and has long been active as one of the leading Presbyterian laymen. After hts graduation from Princeton In 1911, he took his law degree at Har vard in 1914. He was a member of the American secretariat at the Paris peace conference, and in 1920 was appointed third assistant secre tary of slate. For several years after 1935. his yaehl Seven Seas, was showing her heels to competing craft, but more recently Colonel Merle-Smith hss been shore-bound by ill health. He practiced law with a distin guished New York Arm. in the Im mediate post-war year*, and entered the Investment banking field about a decade ago. He ts now a member of the advisory committee of the New York Trust company. Colonel Merle-Smith in all proba bility will And action even in the Australian navy. GEN 30RGK^JB1C0 Is named by a “constitutional congress" for his tenth consecutive term as president of Guatemala, his incum bency to continue until imt> He was Aral elected for a one-year term, survived two revolutions, and then set aside the constitutional lim itation against more titan one term. He is hard-boiled and diligent, bril liantly educated and strongly pro Uniled Slates He is startlingly like Napoleon tn appearance, w-.th a hair cut like the little corporal's, under studying Napoleon in attitudes, dress I WASMINOTON.-Don’t underesti mate anything that can be twisted Into a "moral Issue" in figuring what will happen politically. It hap pens so often In our legislatures and In congress and too often in the di rection of Injustice, that one some times wonder* why the framers of our Constitution, who seemed to have prepared against most of the other difficulties Into which we have run, did not protect us against this! Latest example is the surrender of the house of representatives to the senate on practically everything of Importance in the revenue bill in exchange—for what? A victory on a comparatively unimportant Issue, but which could be classified under the "moral" category. The senate, on the advice of some disinterested tax experts, had pro vided that when a couple la sepa rated, and the man Is paying ali mony to his wife, that alimony can be deducted from his total income in computing the tax Another phase of the provision provided that the alimony should he considered as In come by the wife, would huve to be reported just ns though It were In come from Investments, or salary, and a tax paid on It If It were suf ficiently large after the deductions. Immediately there was a hue and cry from certain quarters—it was branded In a "handout" sent to all newspaper men In Washington as well as members of congress as "en couraging divorce." Just how anyone could figure that men and women would break up happy homes in order to save the difference between one bracket and another on part of their lnoome is difficult for the writer to Imagine but that ia what this "handout" in timated. It's a Mystery It happened several years ago, when the writer's attention was di rected to this by a friend, that it seemed possible that the original motive underlying this wording of the law (for It Is the letter of the law, and not treasury department regulations) would make an inter esting article. The writer talked to Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississip pi, then chairman of the senate finance committee, which handles all tax legislation, to treasury offi cials and others. No one could re member what had been behind the original wording. No one defended It. Certainly no church had ever ad vocated it No church In this coun try forbids separation. It is only against remarriage that the RELI GIOUS objection applies. And it is not the remarried divorced man who is so hard hit. He can claim the full deduction of a married man because he Is living with his new wife. He can also claim 1400 deduction for his ex-wife as a dependent, believe it or not. She Is no longer his wife, and hcnco does not come within the pro hibition In the law. Yet the house yielded on nearly everything else in controversy, in order to preserve this absurdity I • • • Small Croup Control* U. S. Movie Interest* The weakness of the movie inter ests under attack by isolationist sen ators is not due to their being guilty of the charge of making pro-war propaganda, pictures—assuming for the sake of argument that they are guilty- but because it is so easy to show that a small group of men has the power to say what films shall be shown the American public. If it were not for this—if it were not for the well-known fact that an independent theater owner has no chance to buck any one of the big movie Interests—the charge that a small group of producers, ''animat ed by the persecutions end hatreds of the Old world," is injecting pro war propaganda Into American films, on which Senators Gerald P. Nye and Bennett Clark rely, would be merely a laugh to the country. Seriously, on this point, does any one really believe that the big movie producers would turn out propagan da films if they lost money on them —if they were sure in advance that they would lose money? John T. Flynn, tn his argument before the committee against the j movie producers, provided food for thought along this line He attached the "glorification" of the affair be I tween Lord Nelson and Lady Hamil ton tn "That Hamilton Woman." Several comments could be made on that. In the first place many people who pay admissions to mov ies love to see any film which re volves around an illicit love affair between any bygone persons of suffi cient Unpo«ance. There may have been such a movie which d>d no* ,yield a fat profit to its producers and the individual theater owners, but if so it has eseaped the notice of this writer. And one doubts whether John T. Flynn could re j member it. RAZOR BLADES _ • UK TOUK DEALER roR THE • OUTSTANDING BLADE VALUE @KENT 'Z-u.tl frctt: BLADES rex “TAKING THE COUNTRY RV STORM” KNOWN FROM COAST TO COAST • cumn company , at. *■©«*», **. • Naturally Human A man la aimple when hia chief care la the wish to be what he ought to be, that ia honeatly and natural ly human.—Charles Wagner. - Coal Was Used in the Bronze Age ■ -- —'I. The popular legend la that coal was discovered by Joseph of Ari mathea who, near Glastonbury In A. D. 67, found a black lump and took it to the monastery where It was thought to be a stone and thrown on the fire. It became known as "seacoles,” and was first used generally as fuel in 1228. It is now established that coal was used in Great Britain much AND WHAT YOU AS A CAR OWNER AND A I1OYAI1 AMERICAN CAN DO ABOUT IT Jjf - if Among the strategic raw materials so vital to national defense, rubber is one of the most indispensable. Airplanes, scout cars, tanks and trucks — as well as thousands of vehicles necessary for transportation in defense industries — reauirc tires, tubes, and hundreds of other products made from rubber. And while no other nation in the world has such vast natural resources as the United States, all of our rubber must be imported across thousands of milts of ocean. Map showing routes that rubber travels to the U. S. With world conditions as they are today, we must face the growing possibility that this Country may be cut off from its principal sources of rubber supply. Realizing the dangers of a single source of supply, Harvey S. Firestone be^an years ago the development of a huge million-acre tract of land in Liberia for growing rubber. Today, an over-increasing amount of higbest-auality rubber is being shipped to Firestone from these plantations. At present, this country has on hand or in transit only enough crude rubber and finished products to last 13 months at present rate of consumption. < omt\t risen of rubber supply on hand ami amount needed for one year at present rate of consumption. Every month part of the rubber imported is used by the government to build up a reserve. The remainder is allotted to the rubber companies who must FIRST manufacture products needed for defense. They then use the rest to make the thousands of rubber products needed by automobile and other manufacturers and by the public. Neu’ Firestone synthetic rubber factory Fully aware of these serious conditions. Firestone has taken tnany steps to conserve and increase America’s supply of rubber. In cooperation with the government. Firestone is now building another factory for the manufacture of synthetic rubber. This will greatly increase present capacity. A_I ^ ^ • ircstone scientists and engineers recently developed the new wear resisting Vitsmic rubber compou'ui, which enables car owners to get much greater mileage from their tires and thus save more rubber. HOW EVERY CAR OWNER CAN HELP CONSERVE RUBBER 'Today’s conditions stand as a challenge to the loyalty and patriotism of American motorists. Here are a few common-sense rules of tire care which will save millions of pounds of rubber annually for your country — and save money Jor you. UNDERINFLATED TIRES WASTE RUBBER Look at this chart —■ if a. tire with m a* a. a* 3/v _ __ _ J _ _ C Prtwurt Promt* Prosurt Proturt 0 pounds ot recommended air pressure is run at 25 pounds, 32% of normal mileage is sacrificed! Save money and save rubber by having your tires checked every week. SPEED WASTES RUBBER Chart shows excessive speed is the greatest thief of tire mileage. An increase in speed of 50% may mean a 50% increase in the cost of operating your car. QUICK STARTS AND SUDDEN STOPS ARE COSTLY In quick getaways, wheels ^ spin against the pavement, ^ wasting rubber. Sudden stops ^ cause your wheels to slide. Save rubber by starting and stopping slowly. CHECK WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND HAVE BRAKES BALANCED A wheel only J^-inch out ofline is dragged sideways 87 feet per mile, scraping off tread rubber. Unbalanced brakes are equally wasteful of tire mileage. Save rubber by bavtng your wheel alignment and brakes checked regularly. CHANGE TIRES FROM WHEEL TO WHEEL EVERY 5,000 MILES The diagram at the right shows how the tires on your car should be changed from one wheel to another every 5,000 miles. Ibis plan oj inter-cbangmg tires saves rubber by eliminating uneven tire u car. SAVES YOUR TIRES ... SAVES YOUR CAR SAVES YOUR MONEY! In every community there is a Firestone Dealer or Store that will gladly perform these services without one cent oj cost to you. INSPECT YOUR TIRES AND CHECK THEM FOR CORRECT INFLATION Your tires will De properly inflated free at any time. Nails, glass or other objects are removed from the tread. Breaks i in the tire body are located so that they may be repaired before damage occurs. These simple precautions increase tire mileage. TEST YOUR BRAKES WITH THE MOST ACCURATE MACHINES Balanced brakes prolong tire life. Firestone electric brake machines scientifically balance each wheel. Your Firestone Dealer or Store will gladly test your brakes jree. CHECK YOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT WITH MOST MODERN EQUIPMENT Pigeon-toed wheels that waste so much rubber and ^ gasoline can be quickly aligned. Your car should be (U checked regularly for® alignment — another jree Firestone Service. INSPECT AND TEST YOUR BATTERY lour firestone ueaier or k Store will gladly test the battery * free upon request. And their f efficient equipment will tell the exact condition of each cell so that you may avoid annoying road delays. TEST YOUR SPARK PLUGS Unless your spark plugs have full firing power they waste gasoline. Your motor will fire unevenly and cause increased wear on running parts. Have your Firestone Dealer or Store test your plugs every 4,000 miles. There is no charge! I WHEN YOU NEED NEW TIRES i • . . IT’S ALWAYS GOOD JUDGMENT TO BUY THE BEST One of the most effective ways to save rubber — I and at the same time save money and save precious human lives — is to equip your present tires with Firestone Life Protectors, the new-type tubes that out-uear three sets of ordinary tubes. With Firestone Life Protectors on your car you j can drive your present tires safely thousands of ( extra miles without fear of blowouts, because these tubes make a blowout as harmless as a slow leak. And after your present tires are worn out, replace them with the safest, longest-wearing tires that money can buy — the new Safti-Sured Firestone DeLuxe Champion Tires — the only tires made that are safety-proved on the speedway for your protection \ on the highway. Von are imiiftl to linen to the Voice of Firestone witk Richard Crooks* Margaret Speaks and the Firestom Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Alfred Wallenstein, Monday evenings, over N. B. C. Red Set work SAVE RUBBER BY RETREADING YOUR SMOOTH,WORN TIRES If your smooth tire has a safe body, a rugged, tough, long-wearing, non-skid Firestone New-Tread can be applied at amazingly low cost, which will give up to 80% of the mileage built into the original tread. This is one of the best u ays to save rubber. GET THIS BOOK FREE It will help save rtbber for defease aad money tor yoa Join in the campaign to conserve rubber for defense. Get your copy of this new FREE booklet at your nearby Firestone Dealer or Store or from The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.