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LONDON SPRINKLER IN FRANC E—A water earl belonging to the London borough
at Bermondsey lays the dust at a Spitfire dispersal point somewhere in Normandy,
LOOKING
AHEAD
GEORGE 1 IINSON
'resfdeHtrflerdimg College
Seeuep,
SEED CORN
In the early days of my prac
tical usefulness on a farm, a
show-off cousin of even age vis
ited us every year when, in Ri
ley’s words, “the frost was on
the pumpkin and the fodder in
the shock.” Not so poetical per
haps, but we always had a few
porkers fattening in the pen also.
The “smart” lad shared my quar
ters and tried (I thought) to help
me with my errands which in
cluded feeding the pigs.
One evening my father had to;
be away and I had extra chores !
so I trusted our visitor to feed the
pigs laone. He finished in a sur
prisingly short time and I was
most grateful until I learned that
he had fed my father’s hand
picked and expensive seed corn j
because it was already shucked. I
He mus thave figured that I had j
stupidly overlooked this special,
box of fine ears all fall.
HE WAS A TYPE
In defense, the smart-Alec ar
gued that it made no difference; i
< he had fed the pigs corn, just
! like all other corn, which had no
value above any other nubbin in
j the crib. Special species, careful
cultivation, critical selection,
painstaking care and fancy price
were all lost on him. He saw only
| the convenience of the hour. I
hope he has changed but l know
j some grown men who act that
way now.
We have people in America
trying to devaluate things more
precious than gold—the very
germs of prosperity. National
prosperity is all-one with nation-;
al ‘ income, just like personal
prosperity and personal income
are the same thing. Now, with j
75 per cent of us, personal in- I
come depends on a job, so na- i
tional income depends on a lot
of jobs. High employment is the j
goal of all sensible postwar plans.
LET WORK THRIVE .i
As I write this victory in the
European theatre of war is ex
pected any day. Most forecast
ers Say we may look for it when
the frost is on the pumpkin. When
i tcomes we must guard the safe
ty of our seed corn. We must
jealously protect those priceless
sparks of life from which jobs
grow. Energy, education, enter
prise. Whoever devaluates these
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will be feeding Uncle Sam’s seed
corn to the pigs.
• Pigs can be ear-marked but
dangerous relatives are somewhat
I
harder to identify. Some are
lazy and wish human endeavor
was of nr) use . They want work
ers and drones to eat the same
fare. Others are greedy and con
coet taxes to grab the fruits of
other men’s work. They love to
squander what is not their own.
They think in terms of power,
reprisal, pillage and terrorism.
LOOK TO THE FUTURE
Bureaucratic brain trusters can
torment small employers until
they quit business. Power-mad
plutocrats can choke American
enterpris eby forcing government
into it. Moon-struck Pandoras
can handcuff honest workers by
pampering pet lounge lizards.
But the provident people of the J
United States want something j
spared today that will grow to
morrow and prosper in years to j
come.
We still have our smart-Alec
relatives, able to make short
work of valuable things; able to
kill a year’s hope in a reckless
moment and argue that it’s right.
It must not happen. We need
good seed for our post-war em
ployment crop. Representative
constitutional government; Gov
ernment by law and not by a
man’s directive; Freedom to own
property and operate business in
the hope of profit. These are a
few kernels that must live if
freedom lives.
TRAINING FOR
BIGGER GAME
ALEXANDRIA ARMY FIELD,
La. —(AP)— Cpl. Grady Kelly
was “totin’ a gun” on this air
field site years ago ■when the j
runways were part of a planta
tion and he was a boy hunting
squirrels on his father’s farm.
Now a 22-year-old engineer
gunner, Kelly lets his plane car-j
ry the gun.
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TENT STORE ORIGIN
McALESTER, Okla., —(AP)—
This community has grown froth.’
a tent store at the crossroads of!
two well traveled Indian terri
tory roads into one of Oklahoma’s
important cities. It was. at» the;
junction of the California trail
and the Texas road.
COMMANDERS
CHANGED AT
RICHARDSON
HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — Brig. Gen. R.
E. Mittelstaedt, a veteran of the
war in the Pacific, has been ap
pointed commanding general of
Fort Richardson to succeed Brig.
Gen. John N. Robinson, it was
announced recently by Lt. Gen.
Delos C Emmons’ Alaskan De
partment headquarters.
The new assignment of Gen
eral Robinson, recently awarded
the Legion of Merit for perform
ance of outstanding service dur
ing three years of duty in Alas
ka. has not been announced.
Prior to his arrival in Alaska,
General Mittelstaedt served 22
months overseas, in Hawaii and
the South and Southwest Paci
fic theaters.
Born in California, General
Mittelstaedt had made his home
in Sacramento for 20 years until
he was called to duty. He headed
| the Water Department in that
city for some time, and has been
active in National Guard affairs
in California since 1903. During
that period he served as Adju
tant General of that state for a
number of years.
In World War I. he was a bat
talion commander of the 07 th
Artillery, later serving as direc
tor of instruction at a Heavy Ar
tillery School in France.
General Mittelstaedt assumed
command of Fort Richardson
after a week of familiarization
tours through the fort’s installa
tions.
LAND MINES STILL DOT
INVASION BEACHES
WITH U. S ARMY IN
FRANCE —*AP>— The original
battle for Normandy beachheads
is over but risk is still there. A
veteran captain of port engineers
who had been here since D-day
plus two stepped on a land mine
100 yards from shore and was
killed. A
“Those things are all over,”
shrugged a military policeman.
“We have areas roped off w'here
wTe know' they are planted but
we have been so busy cleaning up
for traffic to the front we haven’t
had time to get them out.”
The United States has 41 per
sons to the square mile. ^
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