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THE NEWHERRY RITN. VRwpwwpy. S. f!. Washington, D. C. ALCOHOL AND WPB A mysterious hand has reached inside the War Production board to hold up a new method of alcohol production. The process, developed in Germany, is the distillation of alcohol from sawdust and wood waste. All over the U. S. A. there is a great surplus of sawdust and wood scraps from saw mills. In some areas, its disposal is a prqblem. But in Germany, some 30 plants are in operation turning sawdust not only into alcohol, but yeast and cattle feed. This same process has been tested at a U. S. forest service pilot plant at Marquette, Wis., and recently plans were all set to open a com mercial plant at Willamette, Ore. The Vulcan Copper and Supply com pany was scheduled to do the job, and J. Alfred Hall, borrowed from the forest service by WPB’s office of production research and devel opment, actually had gone out to Oregon to inspect the proposed Wil lamette site. But now something has happened. The alcohol division of WPB is re ported to be quietly throwing mon. key wrenches into the works. For two long years, WPB’s alco hol division had blocked the saw dust alcohol method for the obvious reason that the big alcohol com panies are entrenched with the Cuban molasses method. Their plants are near the Atlantic sea board, where molasses is readily ac cessible. They don’t want competi tion from the lumber regions of the South and Northwest. But finally, because of the desperate alcohol shortage, they were overruled and the Willamette plant was authorized. However, queer things happened. When the Willamette application was sent by registered mail to WPB, it was “lost.” WPB refused to act without the "original” application, so valuable weeks were wasted ar guing. Then, an engineer named Levy, who had had experience with the sawdust method in Germany, was brought here from England. This time, the Willamette application pa pers were ready. But another hitch developed. WPB suddenly found some of Levy’s credentials unsatis factory, demanded an FBI investi gation. The FBI cleared him, but still the WPB’s alcohol division is holding things up. • • • AIR WAR OVER GERMANY Strange as it may seem, the pres ent problem of the U. S. and British air forces over Europe is not so much to locate the targets but to lo cate German fighter planes. Nazi fighters have been so reduced in numbers that they are being held back, apparently for the second front. Allied bombers occasionally make a complete mission to the Con tinent without meeting any opposi tion in the air. This is good news, but it prevents heavy attrition of the Luftwaffe un less the German planes are sought out on the ground. As American fliers put it: “We’ve done a birth-control job on the Luft waffe.” In other words, they have struck manufacturing plants so suc cessfully that fighter production is way down. This applies both to twin-engine and single-engine fight ers. Plants making both types have been struck systematic and devas tating blows. Air forces officials have figures on the exact amount of that “birth con trol,” but the figures are highly con fidential. British as well as Amer ican officials are delighted with the results, and the British are now ad mitting the superiority of American precision bombing in knocking off certain targets. Germans Avoiding a Fight. In the text book of air power, after you have attacked the enemy’s air craft industry, you aim at the en emy’s planes in the air. And that is what the RAF and AAF are try ing to do now. But the Germans are avoiding a fight. They are try ing to check losses by keeping their planes on the ground. Occasionally, returning pilots con tradict this. “The man who says the Luftwaffe is licked is just plain crazy!” And they have battle wounds for evidence. Explanation is that the Nazis concentrate fighter strength over one important target. Air experts say Germany is now in the desperate plight England was in at the climax of the blitz of 1940- 41. The British now admit that, if the Germans had come over a few more times, they would have bro ken the back of England. But the Luftwaffe simply couldn’t stand the terrific losses. • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND C. The U. S. Quartermaster corps now operates a slow-down-the-war system which requires personal guides and 20 minutes extra time to conduct visitors from the entrance of the building to various offices. C. "Man Mountain” Dean, the fa mous wrestler, has risen to the rank of sergeant at Camp Ritchie, Md., where he supervises the “pick-up squad,” removing trash from the company streets. Dean is down to a mere 275 pounds, after losing 90 pounds at this job. \\THATEVER happens to base- ’ ball through 1944, you can write it down in advance as the game’s greatest all around gamble since Abner Doubleday had his fan^ tastic dream. This goes not only for the two ma jor league pennant races, but also for the individual averages, includ ing pitchers and hitters. With the draft now working busily and effectively day by day, building up the reserves that will be needed later on, no one can pos sibly tell what will happen from week to w4ek or from month to month. Army and navy experts tell us the European war will certainly move into 1945, with the Japa nese climax set no later than 1946. If this happens to be true, and it seems to be the best guess in sight, the drain on man power will be well beyond anything we have known so far. It may seem to be a rather fntile matter and a minor argument to bring in baseball at snch a vital point in this nation’s history, but the fact remains that millions are still following what is left of baseball, in cluding a large percent of the 11,- 000,000 Americans now in army or navy service. Only pay a visit to any camp or talk with the returning wounded. In addition to the two pennant races they also want to know who will be the leading pitchers and the leading hitters among those left in the various training camps. “Don’t you think,” a wounded ser geant asked me, “that Mort Cooper should win at least 30 games with the weaker hitters he will have to face?” “What about those Yankee pitch ers?” another asked. “Bonham and Borowy and Donald should mop up.” “Some of these left-over hitters should reach .400,” another said. “This ought to be a big year for any 4-F regular.” Grantland Rice Rather Tough Queries Once again there are two sides to all these pre-season arguments. There are some good pitchers left —such as Mort Cooper and Whit Wyatt, Rip Sewell and Ernie Bon ham, entries from the Cubs and Reds, etc. They won’t have so many good hitters to mow down. But on the other side they won’t have the hit ting and the fielding support they have had in the past. The Yankees were poison for a pitcher. But they have lost, or will soon lose such men as Charlie Kel ler, Joe Gordon, Bill Dickey, young Johnson, most of their dynamite. If Spud Chandler is available he should lead his league again. He should—but what about the holes in his support? Plus a few of those timely Dickey-Keller-Gordon-John- son hits that will be missing all or most of this season. Not overlooking their defensive strength? The same angle will apply to Mort Cooper, Whit Wyatt, Rip Sewell and other leading stars from other sea sons. Anything Can Happen As we have observed and re marked and guessed several times before, this is the season where any thing can happen. It is no secret to remark that class has taken a heavy fall. This is the way it should be in the vital spot of the world's greatest war. It is the uncertainty of these two races, the uncertainty of any win ning sides, the uncertainty of any leading stars, that give the two big league races their chance to catch public interest. Racing alone has shown that this is the greatest gambling age of all time. To all the service men who write us, and to all who ask direct ques tions concerning what might hap pen, we can only ask a respite of a few weeks until the training season is further along and there is a better chance to find out just what men each league and each team has. This can never be any final judg ment with so many men to be called from week to week—or from month to month. But there is at least the early spring promise of a dizzy scramble, which might carry out more general interest than two one-sided races, such as we have had in the last few years. Some Favorite Old Timers Most of baseball’s top stars are in war service. But there will still be a few old timers left who are worth looking over. In this list you’ll find such veterans as Pepper Martin, Mel Ott and Jimmy Foxx. Martin and Foxx have come out of retirement. They are not what they used to be, I’d still like to see them play again. The Pepper re mains one of baseball’s colorful per sonalities, on or off the field. And that’s saying a mouthful. HIAWATHA—G.O.P. STYLE ("Wendell Willkie during hi* visit too* made a member of the Indian tribe and christened “Flying Eagle.’"—News item.) Forth upon the Gitche Gurnee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of the wigwam. With the royalties about him, Wen-Del-Will-Kie stood and waited. All the air was full of freshness, All the earth was bright and joyous, And before him, through the • sun shine. Westward, eastward, northward, southward Pa led the golden swarms, the Ahmo, Passed the bees, the presidentials. Singing “Nice place is the White House,” Chanting “This time you can make it.” r Bright before him shone Chi-Caw-Go, Level spread the boom before him; From it leaped the nomination, Sparkling, flashing in the sunlight. Looking fair again and tempting Even after what he’d been through. Toward the sun his hands were lifted Both the palms spread out against it. And between the parted fingers Fell the sunshine on his features. Something in the mist of morning Loomed and lifted from the water. Now seemed floating, now seemed flying Coming nearer, nearer, nearer. Was it Brick-Er, the self-made one. Or the Bob-Taft from Ohio? Or the great Shu-Shu-Shu-Tom-Tom The crusading one called Catch-’Em, The famed warrior on rackets. Baritone from far Owosso Known to all the tribes as Dew-Eh? None of these! But delegations. Delegations from the prairies. Delegations from the cities. Come by birch canoe with paddles, Trying oqt their vocal organs. And the mighty Flying Eagle, With his hands aloft extended. Waited full of exultation, * Saying in his best make manner: “Beautiful the sun, oh palsies, Bright the prospects are, oh walsies. “Never bloomed the chance so brightly, Never shone the outlook better!” And the delegates made answer: “Not so fast, best-seller chieftain, “Take it easy, global airman, “We admit your deeds of valor “But as yet ’tis early Springtime; “Gentle June is still far distant, “Anything is apt to happen, “Keep your shirt on, keep your shirt on!” And the Brick-Er and the Dew-Eh From their haunts, among the fend- lands Screamed “Farewell, oh, Wen-Del- WUl-Kie; “We’re your buddies, we’re your tribesmen, “But the battle is the pay-off!” And the Wen-Del-Will-Kie answered, “How I wonder, how I wonder!” • • • AMERICAN DIALOGUES “There’s a fortune in it for you.” * “Now look here, if you expect to get anywhere with this proposition, don’t depress me.” • • • Louis Schwartz, a New York gar- con known as "Louie the Waiter” has personally sold four million dol lars’ worth of war bonds, a record to be proud of. It occurs to us that possibly he took to selling bonds be cause they are the only thing a cus tomer could ask for and get. • We can’t help wondering if Mr. Schwartz, when a customer says, “I’ll take a bond, medium-well,” re plies, “but remember no butter.” • • • The war department has ruled that dogs in the war may be cited but not decorated. Fido would rath er have a bone, anyhow. How about a Distinguished Service Knuckle With Meat Attached? • • • A senator has introduced a bill asking for an investigation into the matter of why shirttails are getting shorter and shorter. It could be merely a matter of suspenders get ting weaker and weaker. • • • If Japan intends to remove ad mirals and generals every time Un cle Sam kicks her in the pants she will soon be running her war entirely through first sergeants and cor porals. • • • Two big hosiery manufacturers have been fined $40,000 for ignoring DPA ceilings. It can’t be said they didn’t have a leg to stand on. * Wanna Bet? “However much the storm may rage around our fortress, the day will come when from behind the dark clouds the sun will shine and imile on us.”—Adolf Hitler, in a re tent address to the German people. ♦ As a weather prophet Hitler is go ing to prove a terrible bust, too. • • • Ima Dodo says she can’t see why the gum makers don’t adopt that new song “Chew, Chew, Baby” as a radio theme song. UmL IMPROVED J UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST, D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for April 9 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. CHRIST’S VICTORY OVER DEATH LESSON TEXT: I Corinthians 18:41-58. GOLDEN TEXT: Thanka be to God, which Klveth ua the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.—I Corinthians 15:57. "If there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is oiw preaching vain, and your faith is also vain” (I Cor. 15:13, 14). In other words, the truth of the resurrection is an indispensable foundation stone upon which the structure of Christian doctrine rests. Beware of those who would spiritu alize or explain it away! The facts are there—fully proved and dependable; there is no need for doubt or question. In our lesson we find: I. The Great Change (w. 41-50). Since it is obvious that our present bodies are not suitable for the spir itual world (v. 50), and that there comes, sooner or later (and al most always, it seems, too soon!), an end to their existence, there must be a radical transforming change. This takes place in the resurrection of the body. To make such a blessed—and to the human mind, almost inconceiv able—truth clear, Paul uses the ef fective method of comparison and contrast. Following his skillful use of the illustration of the sowing of grain, which dies that it may live again (I Cor. 15:35-39), he gives us a picture of the resurrection body. That which we must put away in the silent earth at the end of life’s day is a natural body, weak and lack ing eternal glory (v. 43). It has al ready shown the evidences of decay and corruption, which we know shall be completely manifested in a short time. Marvelous as it has been as an earthly body, it cannot go with us into eternity (w. 47, 48), for it is natural and not at home in the spiritual world. Note, then, the great change that takes place. In the resurrection, the body for the eternal activity of the believer stands out as glorious, in corrupt and incorruptible, powerful, spiritually quickened, and heavenly. What more could be said? Here we stand amazed and at the same time encouraged by the reve lation of what God has in store for us who believe on Christ. Death does not end all—it is only the be ginning of real fullness of life and usefulness for the Christian. And all that is because of— n. The Great Victory (w. 51-57). Death is an enemy, indeed man’s great enemy. There are those who have tried to deny that fact, to ex plain it away. They talk about death as “the great adventure,” etc., but when one actually comes to face It, the truth is realized. It is an enemy. But in Christ, death is a con quered enemy. The blessed mes sage of Easter day is that “death is swallowed up in victory” (v. 54). Death could not hold our Lord (v. 57), and He was the “first fruits of them that sleep” (v. 20). This as sures us that because He lives, we too, who believe on Him, shall live. So death has lost its sting, and the grave its victory (v. 56). With Paul we cry out today from the depths of our beings, “Thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (v. 57). This is a day of joy, of singing, of victorious faith. But the joy of Easter is not sun- ply something to warm one’s heart. It is— III. The Great Incentive (v. 58). Living for Christ and serving Him in this world is our greatest privi lege, but we are all so human that we need encouragement. We need an incentive. The Bible speaks much of the re wards of God to those who are faithful, and gives many assurances that we are not engaged in a vain task. At times it seems as though men only reject, and the work of the Lord moves but slowly, if at all. Let us not be discouraged or dis heartened. We follow and serve a victorious Christ, One who has tri umphed over death and hell. What we do for Him is never done in vain. Note the helpful thought here. We are to be “immovable,” and yet “abounding.” That seems paradoxi cal, but it is not, for it is only the life steadfast and immovable at the center which can abound at the circumference. That center is the resurrected Christ, and when we are established in Him, we are ready to live the abundant life for Him. Easter is a glad day for a believ er, but it is a sad day for the un believer. He may attempt to main tain an outward appearance of joy, but he will know in his heart that the message of the day is definitely not for him. And yet it is, for today he may by faith take as his Saviour the Risen One and enter into full ness of joy in Him. So many people “celebrate” Eas ter all their lives, year after year, but never truly “keep the feast.” May many such friends make this Easter day, 1944, the beginning of a new life in Christ! 8589 12-42 Maternity Dress. A GOOD - LOOKING, comfort- ** able maternity dress which can be made in any color—any fabric. The pointed yoke, soft turn-over coUar and the tie belt with long ends give it most pleas ing charm! • • • Pattern No. 8589 la In lizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. 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