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MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1944,
WAR PSYCHOLOGY
FRED SHUMAKER of Nenana has called to
our attention an interesting article on the psychol
ogy of General Patton whose slapping of a sick
toldier in a Sicily Aimy hospital recently aroused
the indignation of the entire country. The article
by Fred Rodell, appears in The Progressive.
General Patton, the writer concludes, is still a
small boy with the emotional immaturity of a child
who changes abruptly from anger to tenderness or
even tears with no sufficient provocation for either.
The really shocking thing, thought Rodell. was not
what Patton did, which, being what he was, could
hot have been otherwise, but the fact that the “U.
S. Army should need, want or use in an important
command a soldier whose whole record, whose
whole life, whose whole personality has long reeked
with proof that he is an emotional adolescent who
never grew up,”
There is no time when both mental and emo
tional maturity are So required as now. and no
place where they are more important than in a
high ranking army or navy officer whom war has
given temporary dictatorial powers. One need not
look as high in the ranks as General Patton or as
far away as Sicily to discover unbecoming traits
in men whom war has lifted to positions of au
thority.
We realize that War Department problems are
wheels within wheels, and that officer personnel is
one of them. In peace no great demand is made of
an officer. He has a fairly easy life. It is in war
that he is called upon to prove his mettle Then
he may show true greatness—or he may try to
hide the weakness within him behind a bullying
attitude to his subordinates. i
It is a tribute to American young manhood that
It so willingly submits to Regimentation and be
comes good soldiers in the-highest serife when the
country faces a crisis. It is talso a 'tribute to the
beopie of a nation founded on jiripcipl^s of Liberty
and equality that they will . ^ehefneptly! protest
any slich dictatorial Tuthlessn'ess as. tbej Patton; epi-!
*®de "Americans are tolerant but they will not
'ountenance military brutishness'of the Nazi type,
—(Jessen’s Weekly). j
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
INCREASING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, par
tially due to broken homes with not only the father
in service or defense work but the mother also
holding a war job, is causing considerable concern
over *ne country. In Alaska the situation is not so
acute, due to a smaller population!tand fewer temp
tations. but even here numerous cases come before
the Welfare Board that have arisen out of parental
neglect due to wartime conditions.
In the States a counter move has been started
to the campaign to bring women into industry to
fill the places emptied by men being called intp the
service. Women with young children are more
and more being discouraged from taking war jobs
on the theory that the proper care and supervision
nf their children is of more importance than their
"onTibution to industry in wartime.
It has been found that positions filled by young
women with children can as well be filled by older
men and women, so there is no necessity for the
recr'fice of child welfare to war needs.
It is as important that the children of a nation,
v.-bo will be the future adults responsible for the
carrying on of world affairs have proper care and
guidance during their formative years as it is that
nations gone bad from lack of proper guidance
j-hould be subjected to necessary discipline.—
;• Jensen's Weekly"*.
FACTS: —INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS
International Red Cross Headquarters, located
in Geneva, Switzerland, had 17 employees dur
ing peacetime Demands of war have ballooned
the staff to 5,100
The present staff consists of 1,100 paid employ
ees. 2.000 volunteers and 2,000 more scattered
through other Swiss cities and towns.
In addition to the above employee-figure,
International Red Cross Committee has 92 delegates
in 67 countries to aid war prisoners and civilian
internees in 2.000 individual detention camps.
The Geneva offices of the International Red
Cross sometimes gets 100,000 letters a day.
During 1942, the International Red Cross
cleared 19 million incoming letters for prisoners
nf war, 20 million outgoing from military prisoners
plus 6 million civilian messages. (American post
age at 3 cents per letter, would amount to nearly
$1,350,000.*
The organization dispatched 250,000,000 pounds
in packages and 1,000,000 books for war prisoners.
It operated 6,000 freight trucks traveling be
tween Geneva ar.cj various ports, and also operated
12 ships sailing all the oceans to, collect and de
liver food, clothing and medical supplies.
Although. Switzerland is a neutral among be
lligerents, and does not require many actual Red
Crds? services * v^hich are so universally geared
to war, the peg (japita contribution in money an<
volunteer service: of the Swiss public has been
the highest of any nation.
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LITERARY
GllDEPOST
"WHAT TO DO WITH GER
MANY." by Louis Niier (Ziff
Davis; $2.50).
Louis Nizer’s prescription for
post-war Germany is by no mean
the first offered, but it at least
comes to the public with a re
markable list of interesting testi
monials on the jacket. These
‘ range from Walter Winchell to
Maurice Maeterlinck, by way of
Rex Stout, Vice-President Wal
lace, Senator Harrjf S. Trutnan.
Donald M. Nelson and others. Mr.
Nizer is a lawyer with a d«ep in
terest in international law, and
Whether or not his plan is the
greaVplan, it at least has a large
basic dose of logic in its makeup.
Germany <as Sigrid Schultz
shows in ‘‘Germany Will Try It
Again”) did a superb job of evad
ing her responsibilities after the
war of 1914-1918, and Mr. Nizer
bases his plan on the facts we
have learned about that feat of
magic. It is about half-way be
tween the German-inspired “for
give and forget” plan, and the
strict application of the ancient
Mosaic code. And it will not
work if this time we are not im
placable. Mr. Nizer Is sure that
the delegation in every nation
which carries a wad of kleenex as
a place to put its sentimental tears
must this time be held in check.
He insists that there is such a
thing as justice for the victor.
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, .3 can only name a ferw of his
provisions, the most sweeping of
which is that Germkrty’S sover
eignty as a nation be forfeit, and
be restored only “if, and when,
she-ceases to be a menace to the
society of peoples." War criminals
would t>e tried in the courts of
whatever nation they might be
caught in, with provision against
their gaining sanctuary in neutra1
lands, and with an international
court for “sovereigns” and as • a
court of appeals for lesser crimi
nals.
All plants and machines mak
ing war material would be de
molished or removed, important
heavy industries destroyed or ef
fectively controlled by interna
tional trustees, material stocks
above normal domestic needs re
moved and never replenished,
stolen property (almost 50 billion
dollars of it) restored to its own
ers when possible. He advocates
reparations^hri poney and kind,
and througl?*!aDor battalions, but
suggests that the German people
be fed as well ^jWifessible.
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SHOP FOR NEIGHBORS
Australian butchers and grocers
are so restricted as deliveries
that Australian womgrf face a
great marketing problem. They
have solved the difficulty in some
communities by fonping Good
Neighbor Clubs whose members
take turns doing the shopping for
the neighborhood.
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Ice Poo] Dates
According to the records at oiir
disposal, the following list are the
official dates on which the ice
moved at Nenana:
1917— April 30 11:30 a. m.
1918— May 11 .. 9:33 a. m.
1919— May 3 ..2:33 p.m.
1920— May 11 .10:45 a. m.
1921— May 11 .6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12 .1 20 p. m.
1923— May 9 2:00 p. m.
1924— May 11 . 3:10 p. m.
1925— May 7 . 6:32 p. m.
1926— April 26 4:03 p. m.
1927— May 13 ..• ...5:42 a. m.
1928— May 6....4:25 p. m.
1929— May 5 .3:41 p. m.j
1930— May 8 i.7:03 p. m.
1931— May 10 ..9:23 a. m.
1932— May 1 .10:15 a. m.
1933— May 8 .7:30 p. m.
1934— April 30 .2:07 p. m.
1935— May 15 .1:32 p. m.
1936— April 30 .12:58 p. m.
1937— May 12 .8:04 p. m.
1938— May 6 .8:14 p. m.
1939— April 29 ..1:26 p. m.
1940— April 20 .3:27 p. m.
1941— May 3 .:. 1:50 a. m
1942— April 3Q .1:28 p. m
1943— April 28 .i.7:22 p. m.
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Shepherd's Pie
1 pound lamb shoulder
3 tablespoons bacon fat (or
other kind)
2 tablespoons minced onions
1.-3 cup diced celery
2 cups water
Pinch of thyme or marjoram
1-2 teaspoon salt s \
1 -4 teaspoon pepper
Cut lamb into inch pieces, and
brown well in fat, heated in fry
ing pan. Add rest of ingredients
and simmer, covered, about an
hour. Add sauce.
Sauce
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons margarine, butter
or chicken fat
1 cup milk
1-2 cup carrot stock
1 cup cubed cooked carrots
1 cup cubed turnips
1-3 teaspoon salt
1-4 teaspoon pepper
Mix flour with margarine and
add milk. Pour into cooked meat
blend and simmer five minutes.
Add rest of ingredients and pour
into greased shallow baking pan.
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meeting at the home of Mrs.
Thomas Morcom. There was a j
very fine attendance and it was
decided to hold the annual Easter
Food Sale. Mrs. C. F. Yenney
and Mrs. W. McDonald will be in
charge. After the meeting, re
freshments were served by the
hostess
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