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Nation's Nutrition Problem
Is Subject of Wide Study I »J
Experts Seek Methods of Restoring ‘Pep’ to ,
America’s Diet; Chaplain Has Vital 'wOj
Role in United States Army. |lk
By BAUKHAGE
National Farm and Home Hour Commentator.
WNU Service, 1343 H Street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Starving in the midst of plenty!
That is what is wrong with a much
larger segment of the American peo
ple than we ever guessed. And a
Tot of the hungry have plenty of
money in the bank and a lot of
others have plenty of potential food
!in their garden plots. Sounds ridic
ulous, doesn’t it?
j But it is true. And in a week or
! two you will probably see one of the
; 2,000,000 pamphlets which were
printed by the government printing
office in Washington and distributed
Iby the office of the co-ordinator of
(health, welfare and related defense
activities.
This pamphlet asks and an
swers 20 questions about “enriched
bread.” Because modern bread is
not what it used to be when it was
the strong “staff of life” that helped
our healthier ancestors, a hundred
years ago, battle their way over
life’s highroad.
Os course it’s the vitamins we
lack.
What are we going to do for the
thousands of Americans who are
only “half alive,” as the famous nu
trition specialist, Dr. Russell M. Wil
der of the Mayo clinic, puts it? We
are going to try to make them “all
alive”—and alive longer, too.
, This month, organizations have
been meeting all over the nation to
i talk about this problem that has
; come upon America since we be
jgan refining the “pep” out of our
foods, our bread and our fats and
■our sugar. The American Medical
i association is taking a hand. So
is the National Society of Home
Economists with 17,000 teachers in
it—just to mention two of the many
groups which have joined Uncle Sam
in this job of building better bod
ies, brighter minds and a more stal
wart nation.
I sat today in the office of M. L.
Wilson, head of the extension service
of the department of agriculture. I
hated to leave, so fascinating were
his stories, true stories from the
laboratory and the home and the
canning factory, the garden and the
field, the hospital and the kitchen.
How the missing vitamins and min
erals through the co-operation of
food-processors will be restored
chemically to products. How a
great educational campaign will
teach people how to choose from the
foods they have; how to provide
food elements for those without
means; how the house-wife, the doc
tor, the dietician and the restaurant
keeper will be shown ways to help
nourish the nation’s sinews.
“Only about one-fourth of the fam
ilies of the United States with diets
that could be rated good” were found
in a recent survey by the depart
ment of agriculture.
And so a national nutrition con
ference was called which mapped
the job conquering hunger, “the old
est enemy of man.”
• « •
Why America
Doesn’t Want War
In the hours when Washington was
awaiting the details of the sinking
of the American ship Robin Moor,
reportedly by an “unidentified sub
marine” there was, for these days,
an indescribable calm in the capital.
After the White House press con
ference I walked down the winding
path under the elms which seemed
to cast a shadow of peaceful secur
ity across the whole nation. I re
viewed in my mind conversations
of the week with certain earnest
men in high places in the govern
ment. They had given me reasons
to hope that the United States would
not be drawn into Europe’s fright
ful struggle.
When I reached my office I jot
ted these reasons down. Here they
are:
1. The people do not want war.
2. The United States is not pre
pared—the navy, yes; but not the
army or the air corps.
3. If we went in there would be a
demand for supplies at home which
Britain needs.
4. If we took an aggressive step
against the Axis powers, Japan
would be bound to join Germany
and Italy against us.
5. If Germany struck first, Japan
would not have to go in, there
fore, Germany would avoid “inci
dents.”
These were the reasons, I believe,
BRIEFS • . • by Baukhage
This anecdote arrives from Trond
heim district, Norway:
A Nazi “missionary” arrived at
a local public hall to deliver his rou
tine address on the joys of living un
der Hitler and Quisling. As he en
tered the hall, two old fellows— Nor
wegian farmers —were standing just
outside the doorway, debating
.whether to go in or not. In a mo
tnent the Nazi speaker reappeared,
why Washington awaited the “de
tails” of the sinking of the Robin
Moor with such calm.
♦ ♦ ♦
Chaplain Is Important
In Army Life
“In all my years of service I have
never known a boy who was led
astray by anything in the army.”
There was a bouquet of red roses
on the desk of the sandy-haired
colonel who made that remark to
me.
It was his birthday but the 28
roses were for his 28 years as chap
lain in the army.
He was William Arnold, chief of
chaplains of the United States army,
whose job right now is being head
shepherd for flock of a million new
lambs, the boys in the regular
army, the navy, the marines and
the new selectees.
“Chaplain,” I said, “if you could
write a letter to the families of these
boys who read the weekly newspa
pers, what would you say to them?”
The genial features above the
clerical collar lit up with interest.
“The one thing I’d like to tell
them,” he said, “is this: as far as
religion goes—a boy is just as safe
in the army as at home.”
“From 5 a. m.,” as Colonel Ar
nold put it, “until the stars come
out.”
And then a twinkle came into his
eyes that I wish every mother’s son
might have seen.
“You know, they say the devil
finds things for idle hands to do,”
he smiled, “Well the devil is out of
luck in an army camp, hands and
feet and head are pretty busy from
reveille to taps.”
“Even old soldiers,” he went on,
“when the day is over are ready to
read a little and maybe sing a lit
tle, and then go to bed.”
And at this point, if I may inter
ject a personal word, I can come
out for confirmation of that state
ment. I know. I was there.
But as far as the soldier’s spir
itual life goes things are different
from when I was in the army and
when Chaplain Arnold began his
service.
Today there is religious service
every day in an army camp.
But let’s get down to brass tacks,
as the chief of chaplains and I did
in our talk. I call it a talk. It
was not an interview, just an ex
soldier talking to another in a room
with the scent of red roses and a
calendar open showing Jesus before
the tomb with the stone rolled away.
Is the boy in trouble, is he heavy
laden, is he sick?
It’s the chaplain to whom he goes
or the chaplain who comes to him.
Suppose the boy is just laid up with
a cold. The chaplain is there, ev
ery day in the camp hospital or
the sick-bay, to say, “Howzit, bud
dy?”
Suppose he is too sick to write
home. Down sits the padre and
takes the letter. Suppose he is real
sick. The chaplain talks to the doc
tor, and then writes to the folks.
Suppose it is critical. Then the chap
lain, if he doesn’t happen to be of
the same faith as the boy, gets the
lad’s own pastor or rabbi if he has
to send to the nearest town for him.
But suppose the boy is heavy la
den with some of the troubles he
does not like to write home about.
Nine chances out of ten the chaplain
has guessed it. If he has not he
will listen and give advice out of
his wide experience, out of the de
votion and charity that are in his
soul (or he would not have the job).
We talked of these things and oth
ers in the quiet office and then
Chaplain Arnold leaned across the
desk and said:
“Here’s one thing I wish you’d tell
these people you write for, tell them
to write a letter about their boy
and address it, ‘Chaplain’ and the
same address they write to the boy.
And if they know anybody—any rel
atives in the town nearby the camp,
write to them and suggest that they
invite the boy to come to see them
over the week-end, and write to the
priest, or minister or rabbi of their
own denomination. He’ll be glad to
co-operate.”
At that point he leaned back and
smiled. “You know,” he said, “Our
chaplains in the army represent 27
denominations of the 261 in this
country and they give a fine exam
ple of co-operation that the churches
outside the army might well copy.”
• red-faced and furious. The hall was
particularly empty.
t “Donnerwettes! ... It must be
• that Norwegian broadcast from Lon
■ don that everyone is listening to!”
At this one, one of the old men
• pulled out an ancient silver watch,
t verified the time and exclaimed:
; “By Gad! He’s right. Come on,
• Niles, we have just time to get
, home and hear the news!”
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1941
Second Registration
Called July 1
On July 1 ali young men who
have become 21 years of age since
October 16. 1940, will be required to
register for Selective Service. Of
fices of the Local Selective Service
Board will be open from 7 a. m. to
9 p. m. to take care of this registra
tion.
Chattooga county Local Board is
located at Summerville, Ga..
If all young men who expect to
register on July 1 will bring with
them, written down, the answers to
the following questions, no time will
be wasted and the information on
the registration cards will be accu
rate and complete.
NAME: This means your full
name. If you do not know what
your full name is, nor how to spell
each name, ask your mother or
father, your grandmother, or some
other member of your family who
knows the full name given you
when you were born. If you are
called by initials, find out if those
initials constitute your full name,
or if they stand for names and the
initials just used to shorten or as
a nickname. This is very import
ant, for the government does not
cecogninze initials as legal name,
unless so stated on each signature.
PLACE OF RESIDENCE: The in
formation given here will deter
mine the local board who will have
jurisdiction over your card and the
classification of your questionnaire,
so be careful to name the city or
county in which you wish your file
co remain, if you live in aribther
cate, but work in Georgia and pre
fer that the Board in your home
.own hold your registration card,
ive the address of your home in
hat other state.
MAILING ADDRESS; State here
he address at which you will re
ceive your mail. If you are board
ing, or living in the home of some
ie of another name than your
>wn, have the mail sent in their
care. If you have a post office box,
jive the number and the city in
which it is located. If you live in
a city street, be sure the name is
spelled correctly and that you give
the correct house number. If you
to not have a box of your own, be
prepared to give the name of the
person in whose box you receive
cur mail. Notify that person that
you will probably get some mail in
his box, so that it will be delivered
to you promptly.
TELEPHONE: Give the phone
number where you may be reached,
if any. If there is none, state that
fact.
PLACE OF BIRTH: Find out from
your family where you were born.
Write it down so you won’t forget.
DATE OF BIRTH: Give the
month, day and year of your birth
day. If you are not certain about I
this, find out from some member
of the family who knows. Be sure!
you have this information correct. I
OCCUPATION: If you are em
ployed, tell what you do. If you
are still in school, state that fact
and give the name of the school.
If you are studying some special!
course, or are in traininng for some!
specific trade or profession, be sure
to include that in your answer to
this question.
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PER
SON WHO WILL ALWAYS KNOW;
YOUR ADDRESS: Give the name of'
a person who will not be apt to]
move around with you. In the last
registration many men gave their
wives names in answer to this ques
tion, forgetting that wives generally ]
go with their husbands—and this;
caused many delays during the!
mailing of questionnaires. Do not
give your employer’s name, as this
information is stated in another
place on the card. Give the name
of your father, or your mother, or
some other relative with whom you
will keep in touch.
EMPLOYER’S NAME AND AD
DRESS: If you work for a corpora
tion, give the name of that—not
your superintendent or foreman.
Os course, if you work for an indi
vidual, his name should be given.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT OR
BUSINESS: State where your place
of employment or business is lo
cated.
This is all the information you
will be asked to give on Registra- I
tion Day; it is all the information
needed at this time. Anything else
jou want the local board to know
about you can be written into your
questionnaire when you receive it.
Study these questions carefully,
and be sure to write down the cur
rent answers and take them with
you when you report at the nearest!
local board to register on July I,|
1941.
| JNO. D. TAYLOR |
❖ Attorney-At-Law
Summerville, Ga. $
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A FAMILY REUNION
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Hughes was a happy meeting place,
Sunday. All the children and!
grandchildren showed their love for
dad by coming home, bringing their
love gilts on Father’s Day. At the,
noon hour a lovely dinner was
spread under the trees with plenty
of ice tea, lemonade and ice cream.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.
Dewey Morgan, Mr. George Hanes
of East Armuchee, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Coldwell and children of Sum
merville, Mr. and Mrs. George Tibbs,
Miss Bernice Tibbs and little Dor
othy Jean Hammit of Trion, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Hughes and son,
Herbert, of Crystal Springs, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilburn Hughes and daugh
ter, Marie, Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Mathis, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Pini
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