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Current events have made the
public flag-conscious, and it looks
os though that consciousness
were destined to increase, ra
than diminish. Many bills design
ed to prohibit improper use of
the flag generally, have been in
troduced in Congress. Thus far.
one of these has reached the
stage of final enactment. The fact
that Congress has not chosen to
legislate on the subject, does not
preclude the States from taking
action. As a matter of fact, all
of the States of the Union, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
and Hawaii have specific laws
prohibiting the desecration and
other misuse of the flag. The only
piece of Federal lawmaking that
is in point is an Act of Congress
which forbids the use of the flag
as a trade mark for goods. As
was said by Mr. Justice Harlan
of the Supreme Court of the
United States, the flag is the em
blcm of freedom in its truest
sense, and was hard y intend -d
for use on merchandise.
Those wishing to pursue the
matter further, will do well to
read “The Flag of the United
States." a pamphlet to be had
from the Superintendent of Docu
merits, Washington, D. C., in re
turn for a ten c( nt money or
dcr. The Government Printing
Office is perhaps the largest book
publisher in the country. Advan
tage is not taken of its resourc
es as fully as might be. A r quest
for a cata! gua of publications
along a specified line-in most in
stances will result in’ the rpceip'
of helpful informsfi'oia trie De
partment of Agriculture likewise
is a mine of advice.
Hitler is not interested in the
flag, other than that he wou'd
like to have it reduced to the
status of a museum piece: or in
the G jvernment Printing Office,
•aside from the circumstances that
the could use it to run off Naz'
leaflets. His notice, however
•must have been attracted to a
recent Senate vote of 59 to 13,
aproving a lend-lease appropria
tion of almost six b 11 n dollars,
the money to be spent for indus
trial or agricultural products of
the United States. 0”p or nts of
the measure branded it as a rati
fication of all of the steps taken
by the President without sub
mission to Congress, and Congres
siunal approval of an undeclared
war. The favorable majority was
known to be heavy, and a vote
was deferred by no more than a
few hours debate.
Although Nazi Germany fur
nishes the chief target for most
of the international hard feeling
in the United States, Japan also
is in the line of fire. It was nat
ural enough, therefore, that the
proposed shipping of war goods
to Archangel rather than to Vlad
ivostok should have kindled in
dignation hire, especially since
the Japanese were markedly sore
on the use of the port of Vladiv
tok for that purpose. The White
House and the State Department
are al cged to feel that the an
nouncement by the Maritime
Commission of a change of route
had some of the characteristics
of letting the cat out of the bag.
If, as stated. Japanese-American
tension has been lessened, some
thing has been accomplished, and
if. as claimed. Archangel is the
better and more available point
of delivery no harm has been
done. After al', the end in view
is to deliver the material to Rus
sia in the most expeditious man
ner.
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Orators are taking the stump
to insist that, here and there, the
business of war is not being pros
iecuted with the diligecne recom
mended by Eenjfjnin Franklin
:ii connection with other pur
suits. Mr, Bullitt, sometime Am
bassador to France, demands an
instant declaration of war on Ger
many, and finds, according to the
, newsaapsrs. that “we have hand
led our war preparati ns over a
irri d of years so im ffectively
that we are not ready. The tanks
that shou d be on the battle
lines now are not produced and
not even half produced.” With
•ut going into the merits of the
case, perhaps Mr. Bullitt has not
nade sufficient allowance for the
very practical maxim that it
mr.kes a go d deal of difference
whose ox is being gored. Mr.
Churchill, usua ly regarded as a
go-ahead r, is called upon by the
: Labor Pary in Parliament to land
nexpeditionary force in Rus
-: i. His del beration in making a
r ply, coupled with h'nts let fail
I y some of his brether-states
m n, lecd one to think that the
British mini-try has that very
rnve in mind.
John Cudahy (center), former ambasador to Belgium, chatted
with Chairman Tom Connally (left) (D-Tex) and Senator Walter
F.-George (right) (I)-Ga), before taking the witness chair at the
Senate foreign relations committee at Washington to testify against
pending armed ship legislation. Cudahy said the legislation was
only incidental to “the Administration’s main purpose of expung
t£ng the neutrality act from the statute books ”
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“ NOME TAILINGS ”
Here it is folks — the second
edition of Nome Tailings.
Facts Found in The Kitchen
Bakers Guy Simomns and Vir
gil Bcydstun recommend the fol
lowing recipe as a whetrock for
delinquent appetites. Think you
might enjoy and want to try an
army favorite. Well, anyway, this
is our donation:
Cocoanut Cream Pie —
The crust —
'scup of shortening
*2 cup of water
l2 cup of flour
'•_> teaspoon of salt
l2 teaspoon of baking powder
After mixing ingredients bake
in oven at a temperature of 450
deg. for 12 minutes.
The Filling-—
1-3 cup of pasting flour.
>4 teaspoon salt
2 cups of milk
>2 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of butter
3 eggs.
1 cup of cocoanut
1 teaspoon of vanilla.
Mix sugar, salt, flour — then
add milk: Cook in double boiler
until mixture has thickened. Stir
constantly while cooking. Cover
the filling and let the conglomer
ation cook for 14 minutes —
Next add egs and butter. Go easy
on the eggs and butter now, be
cause we don’t want to dump it
all in at once. Just a little at a
time please. After the butter and
eggs are securely launched in
the filling, cook the mixture 3
miuntes more. Remove from heat
add cocoanut and vanilla, let it
coo', pour into baked pie shell
and cover with meringue. After
the pie has roosted on the win
dow sill for a sufficient length of
time, apply your result to a hun
gry man and the Post bakers
guarantee proper results.
P. S. If your p.e doesn’t turn
out so well, come out to our
house and try some Army pie.
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Construction
The new mess hall, with in
creased seating capacity, is sched
u'ed for completion and occupan
: cy this month. To most of us it
will be a treat to have a dining
hall with such deluxe trimmings
as a serving table, steam heat,
and a separate room to wash dish
es in.
The only thing wrong with it,
the K. P.’s say, is that in order
to serve efficiently they will have
to wear roller skaes. The Mess
. Sgt. is seriously considering hir
ing only champion skaters for
;is "pearl divers."
Safety First
The first Fire Drill was satis
factorily completed one day last
week. The practice drill had
the distinction of the Post Bug
ler's official presence. It has been
a long time since these old ears
of ours have heard the bugle call
IC311 for “all hands to the fire
barrel" ring on!, and to say that
it was hardly recognizable would
! be exaggeration. Word was pass
ed around however, as to what
| was happening, and the results
i made the Fire Marshall breathe;
easier since the boys showed that
they could easily eliminate ser
ious fire hazard.
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Small Talk
You have heard of army sizes
"too big' 'and “too little.” Pvt.
John Crow specifically, and a
few odd members of the Post gen
orally, re-discovered that even
in Nome this old adage is true.
Pvt. Crow, who has a size 28
waist was melted and poured;
into a brand new pair of water
repellent duck "slacks” —size 44.
| Pvt. Crow is taking the act as bene
! facial, however, because he fig
' ures that sice thne army gave
] him such snug-fitting pants they
| will have to furnish enough ctoth
es to fill them up. Our deduction
is that everything has an opti- j
mistic side to it.
There is a certain personage
hanging around every officer’s
quarters that we call the “offic
ers’ orderly." Such a man is
James M. Kenedy. Pvt. Kennedy
•decided that things needed a lit
tie life, so he short-sheeted a few
beds. To say truthfully that he
picked on the Captain would be
to make matters embarrassing
for Kennedy, so just let it be stat
ed that "a certain prominent of
\ licer” rammed his feet into his
bunk and discovered that for
; some strange reason it had
! drawn up about three feet.
Thinking he had a cramp, “that
certain prominent officer” tried
jagain. No luck. About that time
I some of the “less prominent of
, fleers” encountered the same di
fficulty. Putting their heads to
gether (three heads are better
than none), they finally figured
it out. Summoning Kennc’dy,
they put him to the rather un
j pleasant task of making up three
; beds at the indecent hour of 10
| o’clock. Then the poor boy had to
; find his way to his own bed in
. the darkness. I assure the readers
! that the post is iively enough
! now even for such a playful lit
I tie private as Kennedy.
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Franchot Tone of the movies and Jean Wallace. 18-year-old blonde
actress, were honeymooning at the Racquet Club, Palm Springs,
Calif., following their aerial elopement to Yuma, Ariz. Tone, 36,I
once was wed to Actress Joan Crawford.
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HULL ESCORTED TO HEARING
Accompanied by Senator Alben W. Barkley (lelt) (I)-Ky), and
Senator Tom Connally (right) (l)-Tex), Secretary of State Cordell
Hull arrived at the Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing
it Washington, l). C., to testify in private c*n revision of the Neu
rality Act. The trio went directly to the hearing from a White
House conference with President Roosevelt.