Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, April 02, 1942, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextWashington, D. C. SENIORITY War and Navy Secretaries Stim- | son and Knox let the senate foreign j relations committee in on a number of military secrets, which cannot be 1 disclosed, when they testified be- I hind closed doors on the $500,000,000 loan to China. In return, the cabinet officers were vouchsafed a political secret by Senator Tom Connally, committee chairman, which can be told. The courtly Texan was confronted with a problem in protocol in trying to decide whether Stimson or Knox should be the first witness. Final ly, he turned to the 74-year-old war secretary and said: “Mr. Stimson, we will hear you first. 1 believe you have seniority.” ‘‘l won’t stand on my seniority if you prefer hearing Mr. Knox,” smiled Stimson. “Oh, we insist,” said Connally. ‘‘We arc great believers in seniority here in the senate. If that weren’t so, some of us com mittee chairmen wouldn’t have our jobs.” Note: Though not named by Con nally, Senator Reynolds of North Carolina, chairman of military af fairs, is definitely in this category. Able Senator Austin, though a Re publican, does the real work of the senate military affairs committee. • * • ARMY GOES TO SEA A hot, backstage fight between the army, navy and maritime com mission has developed over Brig. Gen. Charles P. Gross and his am bitious plan for the army to take over all war shipping. The row has even gone up to Harry Hopkins and to Transportation Czar Joe East man, so far without settlement. Crux of the battle is that General Gross, an infantry officer recently placed in charge of army transpor tation, is eager to take over docks, ships, rails and inland transporta tion, operate all of the supply ships which now sail under the maritime commission and the navy. The maritime commission and the navy, however, claim that the job of the army is to remain on the land, and they will handle water transportation. Before the sea-dogs realized what was happening, however, General Gross had quietly written out an or der and taken it to Joe Eastman, who was on the verge of signing it. Gross is under General Somerville, the quartermaster general, who was New York WPA administrator under Harry Hopkins, and Somerville has pushed the plan with his old friend in the White House. However, ex-Budget Director Lew is Douglas, newest addition to the maritime commission, so far has j blocked the army grab. He claims the army has enough to do fight ing, without sailing ships. • • • BRITISH RED TAPE “ There'll always be o/i England ,” but V. S. fliers now trying to save India are usmdering why. British officials in India don't leant them to enter India until 31 days after they have taken yellow fever shots. By that lime the Japanese, who don't have to observe the 31-day rule, may obviate the need of V. S. fliers going to India at all. • * * Stopping Inflation Inside fact about the current quar rel over inflation and the farm bill is that sage old Bernie Baruch long ago warned the President, Leon Henderson and the inner circle that i they could not stop inflation if they I put the brake only on prices. •'Price-fixing is like a four-legged chair,” Baruch warned them. "It won’t stand on two legs or even three.” There is no use regulating con sumer prices, he said, unless you also regulate profits, also wages, also farm prices. If one of them gets out of hand, the others will too. Baruch, who was head of the War Industries board in the last war, has been harping on this point for i months. He urged congress more than a year ago to adopt a very high 1 excess profits tax to take away all the war profits from industry; and j at the same time he urged the President to clamp down on wages as well as prices. The President actually got a little I irritated at Baruch’s pounding away on this theme. Today, however, ! chief resentment of the farm belt is not so much against Roosevelt’s urging that farm prices be kept down, but over the fact that labor’s I income has skyrocketed while the farmer’s hasn't. Furthermore, the farmer complains that he has to pay a lot more for his labor—when he can get it at all—but he can't in- i crease his farm prices proportion- ; ately. • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND C. Army, navy and civil defense au thorities rate tall Mayor Ed Kelly of Chicago as the most co-operative and efficient municipal executive on war problems in the country. C. Having taught himself Spanish, Good Neighbor-conscious Vice Pres ident Wallace has taken up the study of Portuguese. C. Among agriculture department ir reverents, the high handed bureau crats of the AAA are known as "clusterhearts.” —Buy Defense Bonds— JiSD \fhl.Phillipr r jjp VHL THE STUDY OF A MINUTE MAN The Minute Man came into being i at Concord and Lexington. He was so called because the ques -1 tion of hours didn’t bother him when I trying to win a war. With him a minute was 60 sec onds and even if it ran into 62 he didn’t demand overtime. When his country wanted him, a minute’s notice was plenty. He was so loyal he would even take your version of what time it was. * * * The Minute Man was a Minute Mao and never a Four-Minute Egg. He realized that a minute is a long time when somebody’s life is at stake. lie knew a minute was M seconds and not subject to change without notice. He knew there were 60 minutes in an hour but he acted as diligently as if he were afraid there might be only 59. He stood ready to fight at a min ute’s notice but didn’t squawk if he got only 30 He never put off till the mor row the bull’s-eye he could make to- He never heard of the word com it had been ex plained to him he would have thought himself guilty if he had stopped to look around between shots. His slogan was, ‘‘Don’t shoot till you see the whites of their eyes!” but he gets ’em now when he senses the black of their hearts. When life and liberty were in volved he knew no form of compro mise that didn’t depend on marks manship. The Minute Man hadn’t even a half second for an appeaser. He was no luxury hound even when the going was good, and when the going was tough he thought he was well fixed if he had a fair sup ply of dry powder and bullets. He never left to any commit tee, agency or board anything he could do himself. He never confused an attack with an appropriation. • • • To a Minute Man every minute counted in the job of licking the foe and he never argued over hours. Ho didn’t worry about the peace until he had wo» the fight. It never entered his head that he could do his duty in a free-for-all fight by buying some stamps, ap pearing at a benefit or offering to spend two hours on a roof every other week, unless he was over 60. Nothing would have disturbed him less than a reduction in luxury transportation, less rubber in his suspenders and a room in which the temperature got below 70. ♦ • • He knew all the Indians were in the woods and not in his legislative bodies. He was brave and rugged but he thought one war at a time was enough. He never called his fight a "defense” effort and was always out to lick the fellow who start ed the trouble. He didn’t need long and frequent speeches to make him understand he was in a battle. In his most desperate minutes the Minute Man never gave any part of a minute to worrying about his morale. It would have taken too many hours. The Minute Man was an all-year round man every second. • • * NO DETOURS I cannot buy a radio, I’ve got to scrimp on gas, My tires they are going fast, I'm low on oil, alas!” I’m running low on beer (canned)— Of sugar I am short; i If I should get a new sedan I’d finish in a court. No longer can I buy a gun— There is a ban on rope; The more I think of it I know That Sherman had the dope! • • • "Washington Has Blackout.”— Headline. • * • How does a congressman know when he is in a blackout and when he is not? • « * And We Do Card Tricks, Too, Mister “WANTED Secretary-stenogra pher; alert, ambitious, aggressive, attractive, refined, helpful, dependa ble, resourceful, excellent English correspondent, capable writing own letters; accurate in detail, good at figures, capable assume full respon j sibility. religion, education, experi ence, references; phone number S 968 Times.”—N. Y. Times. • • • “U. S. to Delay in Collecting Lease-Lend Debt.”—Headline. Nev er was a truer word spoken. HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GEORGIA —1 Kathleen Norris Says: No Age Is Safe for Marriage (Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.) BJ Lolita will be 18 in April. She and Len tell me they will be married that day, with my permission if possible; but married anyway, with or without it. By KATHLEEN NORRIS | “ any marriage turn I out happily when the bride is only 18,” a Texas mother writes me, “and when the husband, only a year older, has never done a day’s work in his life, but has to de pend upon his father for sup port? “This is the case with my only and adored child, Lolita,” the letter goes on, “and it is break ing my heart. For weeks I have been unable to sleep for more than an hour or two at a time, lying awake practically all night—worrying, worrying, wor rying. Lolita is madly in love, Leonard is as crazy as she is, and their plans for the future have about as much practical sense as if they were babies of 3 and 4! “Leonard’s father sends him $75 a month, and says he will continue to do so until the boy graduates, a fund having been left for this purpose by his grandfather. But that fund is ex hausted except for something only a little over a thousand, now, and when that is gone, what? “Lolita wants me to give them a three-room housekeeping apartment in my house as my contribution. I usually get $25 a month for it. And she feels that ‘if we run out of food we can always run in and have din ner with Mother.’ Mother in Despair. “This is so far from being my idea of a right and happy marriage for her that I am in despair. I am a practical woman with a houseful of boarders; I have supported my daughter since my husband died, but somehow I don’t seem to get on top of this particular worry. “Knowing Lolita, I know that she will throw herself into this new situ ation as if it were a game she was playing. For awhile everything will be fun and novelty, and then like a child she will want to throw it all aside. Our religion does not permit second marriages; when her fancy turns to someone else she will have to sacrifice either her faith or her happiness, and it seems to me some times as if I could not bear to watch this process of suffering and dis illusionment going on. “Do you not think that the ages of 18 and 20 are far too young for a woman and man to enter into the sacredness of marriage? Do you be lieve, as I do, that there should be laws forbidding marriage until both persons are—say 25 years of age? Finally, do you know of any argu ment or warning that will save this girl of mine from taking a step that may cost her years of bitterness? “She will be 18 in April. She and Len tell me pleasantly, but firmly, that they will be married that day, with my permission and blessing if possible, but married anyway, with or without it.” No Age Is Safe. This distracted mother chooses for her pseudonym “Thirty-nine.” So she was not much older than Lolita when she herself was married. Lo lita evidently is like her mother. If a girl has been petted and spoiled, indulged in everything, brought up in ignorance of the sim plest rules of cooking, housekeeping, budgeting: if she is accustomed to having her own way in everything, being praised and flattered; and if, consequently, she is impractical, ex travagant, idle, selfish, then she won’t make a good wife at 18, or 24. or 30. But if, on the other hand, she is a considerate, self-effacing, affection ate, practical, home-loving and baby-loving soul, and really loves SHOULD SHE WAIT? Lolita is 18. She wants to mar ■ ry a boy only a year older, who is not yet through school and who has never done a day's work. Should she wait? Will their marriage fail because they are so young? Kathleen Norris believes they should, perhaps, wait a year or two, but youth alone will not keep them from making a suc cess of marriage, if they have courage, patience and a sense of responsibility. Without those qualities of character they could not succeed at any age. the young man whose fortunes she wants to share, then the chances of their happiness are just as good as if they were both 32. So what “Thirty nine” ought to ask herself is not, “What sort of a bride will she make” but “What sort of a woman have I raised here, anyway? Is she going to develop as new responsibili ties come along?” Counts on Mother’s Help. Against Lolita’s marriage are these arguments: that after so many years of devotion she is will ing to hurt and disobey her mother. That she counts, at the same time, upon much help from that same mother. That when Leonard gradu ates a year from June he still will not have a job, and the education fund established by his grandfather will be exhausted. And that her un willingness to wait a year or two, at her mother’s earnest request, indi cates a certain hardness and stub bornness that do not auger any too well for the future. On the other hand; young love is a beautiful and educational thing in itself. This happy young couple, set tling down in mother’s furnished apartment, will be all the more anx ious to prove themselves worthy of their new estate, because of that same mother’s misgivings. Lolita, if she has good material in her at all, will rejoice in her tiny establishment that is in such con trast to the big boarding house in which she grew up, and her mother will have the great joy of having her near, and being able to help her with her problems. If a baby comes along there will be another tie, and another great joy. One “Lolita” of my acquaintance ran away with an unacceptable beau some 12 years ago. She was 18, the man 19, and their finances were in so low a state that they rented a garage for $5 a month, and went on their wedding afternoon to “Loli ta’s” father to ask him for the fur nishing of her room so that they could take possession of their new home. The mother was prostrated over the elopement and could only moan feebly that they could have what ever they wanted. So they took a frying pan and a dish towel along with their bedding and chair. They lived in the garage three months, the husband in college, the wife sell ing children’s shoes from door to door. Toiled for Seven Tears. Social life was out for them, but occasional callers always brought a pound of coffee or a box of straw berries to leave in the corner of the garage where stood a table and a gas-plate. After Ned was graduated, he got a job in an oil station. His young wife had a son, and another son. Her young bloom faded; she grew thin; she was always tired. Two more babies came along. But there was no question then and there is none today that she and Ned truly loved each other. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson o, D 0.f.... (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for April 5 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education, used by permission. CHRIST AND LIFE AFTER DEATH (EASTER) LESSON TEXT—Mark 12:24-27; I Corln- I thians 15:50-58. GOLDEN TEXT—But thanks be to God. which glveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.—X Corinthians 15:57. V for Victory! By that sign have many peoples indicated their con fidence in a victory to come. It is well to have a victorious outlook, but it is even better to be able to look back to victory already at tained. That is just what we are able to do as we consider man’s great and final enemy—death. That victory has been won on behalf of all who believe, by the risen Christ of whom we think in a special way on this Easter day. He is the Lord of the living, not of the dead; those who, even though they may have left this world, have only laid aside the corruptible body for the incorruptible. They are vic torious, even as we are, over death. I. Living, Not Dead (Mark 12:24- 27). The Sadducees, a rationalistic sect of Christ’s day, denied the resur rection, and so they were much distressed by His plain teaching of that truth. They therefore devised an intricate hypothetical case (see Mark 12:18-23) and sought to set a trap for Him. But they only caught themselves, for He pointed out to them and to the people that what was wrong with them was that they did not understand the Scriptures nor the power of God. That is precisely what is wrong with the modernists of our day— they misinterpret Godls Word, and they deny His power. Then Jfesus turned to them and in place of their fantastic “suppos ing” story He spoke of three real characters from the books of Moses which they taught. He said that God still calls Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, because though they had long been in their graves, they were still alive. God’s fellowship with His people is not merely for the brief life span of this earth, but for eternity. That fact, ' of course, carries with it the truth I of the resurrection. 11. Incorruptible, Not Corruptible ! (I Cor. 15:50-54). Man knows that his earthly body is marked for decay and death. That fact is written in its very members. He also knows that such a body would be entirely inappropriate for I heaven—for eternity. Is he then barred from God’s eternal kingdom? No, indeed, for there is to be a glorious change the corruptible i shall put on incorruptibility. Whether we shall tarry until Je sus comes and be transformed with i out dying, or whether we shall await His coming for a time among those who sleep, there will come that trumpet sound, and in the twinkling of an eye we shall be clothed upon with incorruptible bodies like unto His glorious resurrection body (Phil. 3:21). There we have an assurance : of victory already won on our be half, which can and does strengthen our souls against the trials and sor i rows of life. 111. Victorious, Not Defeated (I Cor. 15:55-58). WTien Satan after a long struggle finally had Christ’s body laid away in the tomb, he thought he had the victory, but just then came his great ; hour of defeat. Up from the grave He arose, With a mighty triumph o’er His foes.” Death could not hold its prey,” for it sought to hold one stronger than itself—the Lord of Life Him self. He had broken the bonds of sin by His sacrifice on Calvary; and since it was sin (the violation of the law) which brought death in the first place (Gen. 2:17; 3:17-19) there was now a complete victory over both sin and death. The one who knows Christ need no longer fear death. For him it is not a leap into the dark, or go ing as a trembling wayfarer into an unknown land. President John Qumcy Adams was right when, aged ana frail, he replied to a question as to his welfare: “Quite well, thank you. The house in which I live is tottering and trembling, and I may soon have to move out, but I am quite weU.” He was ready for the departure into a better land and a better body. Such a hope has a splendid practi cal application, which Paul stresses in verse 58. With victorious assur ance the believer stands steadfast and unmovable at the center of life while always abounding in the jovs and duties which come at its cir cumference. Like the wheel which can be useful only as its center is established and steady, so man can serve the Lord and enjoy a satisfy* mg life only as he has the stead fastness of which Paul here speaks. " 6 u rUS . that 13 your posses sion by faith in Christ. If not make it so on this resurrection Sun' Does He Ever Tell You ‘I Loved Your Letter’? > His Girl Knows Writing Rules. ’ C'ROM his happy smile you can 1 bet his girl will never lose him J by poor letters! She’s made her letter style as beguiling and as , smartly correct as her best date j dress! t After all, when you’re far away t your letter is your only represen’ t tative. 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