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■AKE PAWHUSKA YOUR SHOPPING CENTER
THE OSAGE COUNTY NEWS FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1941.
THE HEART OF THE OSAGE NATION
THE OSAGE COUNTY NEWS
CHAS. E. PRENTICE. Owner and Publisher
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ond class mall matter November Id, 1»», under the act of Consress of Mar. »■ 187R.
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Printed by The Oaaice County News. 713-715 Kihekah. Pawhuika. Oklahoma. Dusi-
as office 711-715 Kihekah, Pawhuika, Oklahoma
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Volume 29 Friday. July 11, 1941 Number 34
Congress Must Not Fail • '
• Congress is now working on a measure which will have
much to do with determining the future welfare of every citi-
zen of tiiis country—and of the country itself. That measure is
tne new tax bill. .
This bill, as the New York Times points out in a fine edi-
>rial, "must not merely raise a large amount ot revenue. It
must raise that revenue in such a way as to safeguard our
economy for the price dislocations inherent in a rearmament
program. . ...
"In the case of individual income taxes, the desired objec-
tives call for higher rates and a broadening of the tax base
:.o as to include a large number of those citizens, now exempt,
who will receive a major portion of the government’s increased
contribution to purchasing power through higher wages and in-
creased employment . . On the score of excess profits taxes
the main question is to devise a basis of taxation that will real-
y hit excess profits and not those normal profits, already subject
to large taxes, which are essential to the proper maintenance of
industry. The Treasury’s suggestion of a single formula for
calculating excess profits, based on average rate of return on
invested capital, would not accomplish this.
In any time, the power to tax is the power to destroy. In
these disordered times, that that power, if misused, can be in-
finitely more destructive. If we tax the profit out of business, it
will mean, in the long run, that we tax business out of busi-
less. It will mean that industry will no longer have the finan-
cial nourishment which is essential to keeping it alive. It will
nean. therfore, a collapse of our productive capacity.
Congrss’ job is to raise the revenue we need without en-
dangering the very life of productive industry. Congress must
not fail.
fhe New War
• The attack of the Nazis on Communist Russia came as a
meat surprise to most Americans. It is true that there had been
.mors from time to time of trouble between Hitler and Stalin
• it these have come so often that the people had begun to dis-
•unt them. However, it must be remembered that in the case
c the lx>y who cried “wolf ", the wild animal finally came.
The soundest opinion that one gets from this new war is
hat it is a big break for Great Britain. While Hitler is busy
.. Russia the British have more time to make munitions at
>me and to have them loaned to John Bull from the United
states. It is true that some military observers believe that if
litler conquers Russia his source of supplies will have been so
increased that he will be harder than ever to defeat.
However, it must be true that Germany’s immediate sources
>f material and manpower will be greatly depleted in the war
against Russia and that this gives Great Britain a considerable
bicathing spell.
So far as the United States is concerned, it is evident that
his new war gives more time to complete our defense al-
hough it has been the opinion of most military authorities that
litler could not attack us militarily in the near future if at all,
• ith any assurance of success.
One thought to be kept in mind is that Stalin from the
.'art has been seeking to keep the democratic powers and the
\’azis busy tearing at each other’s throats in the fond belief
hat in the end both sides would be weakened Communism would
veep over the entire earth. So successfu lhad he been up to
iow that he had been given the title of Wily Joe. Some people
ire now beginning to wondr whether or not he has not )>een
too wily. He has succeeded in alienating sympathy for Russia
from either side, no matter how much it may hate Hitler.
•Sven Churchill, who announced that Great Britain would aid
Russia now, took occasion to say that he had not changed his
nind about Communism, and everyone knows that in the past
us opinion on Communism has been pretty low. He will seek
o "aid” Russia to help destroy Hitler and not because he likes
Communism.
‘Thundering Frontier”
At the State Today and Saturday
Employment Service
Has Record Month
June job-finding by the Oklahoma
State Employment Service exceeded all
records In its 34 years history when
9,742 men and women were placed on
jobs during the 30-day period. Manaeer
C. H. Hinton of the Bartlesville office
said today.
In the territory served by the Bart-
lesville office, 158 workers were found
to fill job openings for employers.
Jobs included all types of works, from
farm labor and domestic help to the
highly skilled crafts and professions.
June placements tnrouguout the
state exceeded (he record Of 6.532 for
May by more than 50 per cent and far
out-distanced the 5,381 jobs found in
June last year. It brought to 34,088 the
total jobs found during the first halt
of 1941 as compared with 32.503 'or
the first six months of last year.
Increased employment activity and
increased use of government facilities
for securing suitable workers was re-
sponsible for the new record, officials
said.
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Dealer in Second Hand
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YOU don’t know how smoothly ycur car can really
run unless it’s had complete overhauling by Bill New-
port Pontiac. Your car is subjected to a" rigid 9-point
program, and when we’re through you won’t know it’s
the same car!
Bill Newport
Hominy. Phone 107
Pawhuska, I’hone 70"
tranquillity on its eastern
Simultaneously Stalin aban-
his traditional behind-the-
role and actively assumed
The German Military Attache in
Washington is supposed to have told
Washington reporters July 27 is the
timetable date for the Nazi war ma-
chine to take over the Ukraine.
During the early days of the Nazi
occupation of Paris, whenever Ger-
man officers entered a cafe, the
French patrons would promptly get
up and walk out. This so infuriated
the conquerors that they issued an
edict forbidding Frenchmen to leave
a cafe for at least 15 minutes after
the entrance of a German officer
. . After that, whenever a German
officer entered a cafe, the French-
men present would reach into their
pockets and pull out small alarm
clocks, which they set and placed on
the table. At the end of 15 minutes,
the alarms would go off all over the
place, and the Frenchmen would
rush for the doors!
Cuba has just had a near-revolt.
It had been getting along so peace-
fully that it was beginning to lose
prestige in the modern world.
L. B. Cruden says that Musso-
lini is conducting an all-out (of
Africa) war.
“Wanted—Stenographer; person-
ality, good looks, and brains. 521
Herald Building."—Phoenix Repub-
lic
Man wants little here below.
On Labor Day, 1939 (after the Com-
mies and Nazzies got married)
you reported this: Charlie of Place
Elegante says vodka (Russian) and
Rhine wine (German) is poisonous
when mixed! ... In other words
we scooped Mr. Hitler by two years.
—l our Girl Friday.
appearance on the
cafes with carnations
their
Nazis soon desisted
In Holland, one of the big prob-
lems in the underground warfare
against the conquerors is how to find
out who can be trusted. One couple
solved it in this manner: A few
minutes before two o'clock every
afternoon, the wife shouted to her
husband, who was working in the
garden. "Come in, dear. It's al-
most two o'clock.” Two o'clock be-
ing the time for a London news
broadcast, their next-door neighbors
reported them to the Gestapo . . .
The Gestapo didn't arrest the couple,
however, because they were able to
prove that they didn't own a radio
. . . But their neighbors had swal-
lowed the bait and unmasked them-
selves as Nazi stool-pigeons.
PORTRAIT OF THE DIZZY ZONE
"Crowds packed Lincoln Road to
see the presentation of the new film.
Many notables were introduced.
Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom got ter-
rific applause. Everybody knew
him. Then came a courtly old gen-
tleman from Indiana. He, too, was
introduced but the applause was
mild. His name was George Ade.”
—Miami Herald.
DlkKTION - SOUTHWIST HOTELS INCORPORATED
MRS. H. GRADY MANNING, Pre*.
“Jimmy and I are adults. So we
talked it over like grown people and
decided to stay friends instead of
being married.”—Mrs. Betty Comp-
ton Walker.
You married folks all understand
how it is, don't you?
CANDIDATES FOR THE FIRING
SQUAD
A heavy round of shot and shell
I favor for the lubber
Who in the rain steps on my heel
And thus removes ‘my rubber.
—Malcolm Burdette.
Memos of a Girl Friday:
Dear Mr. W.t Billy Rose offered
the editors of the Commy Daily
Worker a job in his Diamond Horse-
shoe revue. Billy considers their
flipflops, backflips and somersaults
the most comical in the world . . .
Tip the newspapers to see the next
edition of The Hour—amazing rev-
elations on activities of Ukrainians
in the U. S. readying sabotage, etc.,
campaigns. A new Nazi trick be-
cause Germans and Italians are no
longer in good standing over here
and Ukrainians wouldn't be ‘‘sus-
pected.’
“Don't forget the Scouts’ annual
banquet Tuesday night. Now that
you know the date and that you are
to bring your sweetheart or some-
body else's sweetheart, we will tell
you all about the big affair.”—Boy
Scout Pioneer.
Is that a nice way to talk to a Boy
Scout?
• ,s . o
Yehudi Menuhin, famous violinist,
gave his last concert in New York
recently before being called in the
draft. We feel that before it takes
the concert violinists the govern-
ment should take some of the saxo-
phone players.
By the way, does a bull fiddler get
exemption on the ground his fiddle
is dependent on him?
Washington, D. C.
MORE ON HESS—MESS'
Following the outbreak of the
Nazi-Russian war, European capi-
tals buzzed with reports of a Ger-
man offer to Britain to make peace,
then turn their united forces against
Soviet Russia. These reports were
not empty rumors; they were abso-
lutely true.
Behind them is a story of the most
audacious and astounding Nazi in-
trigue of the war .to date. Its open-
ing scene was the sensational Hess
"flight” to Britain; its closing para-
graph the "surprise” Nazi declara-
tion of war on their ally, Red Russia.
The inner details of this brain- ■
reeling plot are not yet unraveled
and all of them won't leak out until
the history book* are written. But
authorities have pieced it together
and it is now possible to get the main
outlines.
Hatred of Communists.
Following the victorious Balkan ;
campaign which made Germany i
master of Europe, powerful mil’tary-
Nazi elements, always hating the
Communists, began urging peace
with Britain in exchange for a Brit-
ish-German coalition against Rus-
sia. After a bitter struggle inside
the Nazi party, Hitler sided with
the anti-Red group and the wheels
were set in motion to line up the
British.
It was realized that they would
have to be approached in such a
manner that they could not doubt
the authenticity of the Nazi plan. So
Hess was chosen for this mission.
Not only was he the one man in
Germany closest to Hitler, but he
was also known for his hatred of
Communism. And before the war
he had had contacts with the British
nobility.
So Hess, not flying alone, but ac-
companied by several guiding
planes; and not taking off from cen-
tral Germany as reported, but from
Norway, made his dramatic descent
on the estate of the Scotch duke of
• Hamilton.
Hess' Message.
I The message brought by Hess in
| substance was as follows:
' (1) Britain and Germany would
I enter a coalition as the chief part-
| ners in a new Axis; (2) Italy would
I be placated with some minor pos-
I sessions of France, which would be
I stripped of its empire; (3) Germany
■ would retain a free hand on the
whole of the continent, with Britain
helping to establish that free hand
by joining Germany in conquering
I Russia.
I The British government's answer
was to incarcerate Hess and imine-
, diately notify Washington and Mos-
cow of the plan.
; The subsequent chain of events is
I history. Darlan and Laval were
! among the first to get wind of the
scheme, and rushed to Hitler of-
fering complete "collaboration.”
This drew withering denunciations
from President Roosevelt and Sec-
retary of State Hull.
Britain, which for months had
been trying to make up its miqd
to attack in Syria, launched an of-
fensive with Free French forces to
seize this strategically vital region.
Then on June 15, British intelligence
got wind of quiet German withdraw-
als of air and other forces from
French bases. This was why the
British took the initiative in their
continuous day and night bombing
raids wreaking havoc on key Ger-
man centers.
Russia Fearful.
Fearful of attack and anxious to
appease in all directions, Moscow
abandoned its stiff-necked coolness
to Japan and hurriedly signed a
pact in order to ensure at least tem-
porary
border.
doned
scenes
the reins as premier of Russia.
Russia began massing 160 divisions
on its western borders.
It was at this time that Ambassa-
, dor John Winant returned to the
' U. S. A. at the request of Prime
Minister Churchill in order to give
President Roosevelt a complete fill-
in and to deliver categoric assur-
! ances from Churchill that Britain
will never make peace with Hitler.
Note—The British government was
so sure Hitler would attack Russia
that Churchill was able to prepare
and deliver his history radio address
only 18 hours after Hitler invaded
Russia.
Ever since the Nazis conquered
Holland, the natives have been for-
bidden to listen to the Dutch broad-
casts from London, but most of
them defy the regulation, at the risk
of their lives . . . One Dutch wom-
an, who was recently caught listen-
ing to BBC (the British Broadcast-
ing Chain), was arrested. The in-
furiated Gestapo asked her explana-
tion ... "I wanted to hear Hit-
ler speak." was her calm reply.
“Hitler said he was going to speak
from London last September, and
I'm still waiting tor him."
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350 GUEST HUMS
WITH RATH
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Underground Ticker Tape:
The most illustrative underground
story circulated in Germany is about
the time Goering visited the direc-
tor of an important munitions plant
and asked him if there were still
any Social Democrats, Catholic Cen-
trists or members of the other out-
lawed parties among his workers
. . . "Well,” said the director,
“about 40 per cent of the workers
in my factory arc Social Democrats,
about 30 per cent Catholic Centrists,
and about 30 per cent are still mem-
bers of the other outlawed parties"
. . . “Forty per cent. 30 per cent, and
30 per cent?" bellowed Goering.
“That makes 100 per cent! Aren't
any of your workers Nazis?” . . .
"Oh, of course,” was the reply,
“they are all Nazis!"
In back of Cooksey Motor Co, Res. Phone 609
Pawhuska, Oklahoma
Our Service Department Means
Your Satisfaction
CAPITAL CHAFF
I Sentiment is increasing in several
states for a “Federal Union of Na-
tions." The North Carolina legisla-
ture has memorialized congress to
undertake an international federal
union now. and Representative
Woodring of Pennsylvania is propos-
ing the same to the Pennsylvania
legislature.
One of the strongest foes of war
in President Roosevelt's inner circle
of defense advisers is Bernard Ba-
ruch, head of the 1917 War Indus-
tries board. Baruch believes the
U. S. is not prepared to wage
large-scale military action.
Telling newsmen about his inspec-
tion of a new powder plant in Ten-
nessee, OPM Director General
Knudsen remarked. "They are turn-
ing out the stuff in great shape,”
and nonchalantly pulled out of his
j pocket a stick of dynamite. Most
■ of the reporters, pop-eyed, nervous-
| ly doused their cigarettes.
In Holland, on Prince Bernhard's
birthday, all loyal Dutch citizens
wore a white carnation, the prince’s
favorite flower, as a symbol of de-
fiance to the Nazis. Angered by this
display of "insolence" on the part
of the conquered people, the Nazis
went around tearing the carnations
from the coats of passersby ... A
short while later, Dutch sailors
made their
streets and in
prominently displayed on
chests. The
from tearing them off . . . The car-
nations worn by the sailors con-
tained ingeniously concealed razor
blades.
VITAMINS AND WORKERS
(“A Minneapolis factory has
been feeding its workers vita-
min and halibut oil pills to pro-
tect their health and give them
more pep.”—News item)
I
A happy factory is ours—
We do not mind the daily toil;
We like the boss and he likes us—
It's largely done by liver oil;
We work and do it with a song,
Our faces are a sea of grins;
No task is ever hard for us—
| We do it all through vitamins!
II
I A carefree family we are—
We skip and frolic to our work;
We chortle as we punch the clock—
And never feel the urge to shirk;
We gaily sing, tra la. tra loo.
And do our tasks quite merrily—
i We feel affection for the boss
Through vitamins from A to Z.
III
We thrill to hear the wheels
'round—
We dash around like busy bees;
The corporation can not do
, A single thing that will not please;
We hate to hear the whistle toot
To tell us that it's time to quit;
The little pills we daily take
Make each one love to do his bit.
IV
An extra hour doesn’t count—
We feel no urge to watch the
clock;
When there’s an extra task to do
We have the wallop and the sock;
What if we labor overtime?
What if the perspiration flows?
A little oil of halibut
At noontime keeps us on our toes.
V
What if the time for lunch is brief?
There is the thrill of getting back
And finding vitamins to give
To us the vigor that we lack;
The joy of honest toil we feel.
Reacting to its many thrills—
A worker isn’t quite himself
Without his capsules and his pills.
VI
To agitators we are deaf—
We pay no heed to what they say;
Their arguments are quite un-
heard—
Thanks to the vitamin called A;
Should we be urged to call a strike,
The impulse we proceed to kill
1 By paying no a: < ntion as
Wc blithclv take another pill.
VII
1 So three chcci for our gracious
boss!
And three more for the good old
shop!
Wc find that working is such fun—
It pains us when we have to stop;
■ In vitamins we put our trust
Instead of union concepts new;
How happy would we workers be
If all our leaders took 'em too!
RACE CHART STUFF
Pony Ballet...............Can Step.
Coffeespoon......May be taken out.
Pair of Dice.......................
.....Always dangerous anywhere.
Silent Witness.....................
.........Coupled with Yes or No.
Cherry Jam... .Looks like a spread.
Ship Biscuit.........Hard to crack.
WE PAY HIGHEST PRICES
Oscar Hoffman
Pearson and Allen are furious
with ex-Cong. J. J. O’Connor of N.Y.
They claim to have a certified copy
' of a letter from O'Connor (part of
; the Kansas court record) in which
' the ex-congressman recently wrote
U. S. Judge Richard Hopkins of Kan-
' sas. Alleging that two out of three
U. S. appeals court judges in N.Y.
were with him in the Congressman
Sweeney libel action against the
colyumists. Pleading sure victory
in N. Y., O’Connor asked Judge Hop-
kins to postpone any decision in
Kansas, but Hopkins promptly dis-
missed all of Sweeney's suits against
10 Kansas newspapers. Hurray for
him.
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We pay $6.00 ton for cable and $6 to $9 pe>- ton for
scrap iron
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