The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1944 Page: 4 of 5
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FRIDAY,_MARCH 8, 1944
THE DENISON PRESS
' PAGE JIVE
Why So Many
Fail As Soldiers
Do So Explained
Denton, Texas.—The fact that
four out of every five army re-
jectees are mental casualties
should teach Americans unfor-
gettable lessons in personality
development and adjustment.
Homes, schools, and other com-
munity agencies in the post-war
world must meet the challenge of
these lessons.
This was the assertion keynot
ing an address, “Personality
Problems of Soldiers,” by Dr.
Merl E. Bonney, of the North
Texas State education faculty in
an all-college assembly last week.
Dr. Bonney pointed out that
many of the service rejectees
are men who hold responsible po-
sitions in civilian life, but are
failures in military life because
of the personality traits of de-
pendency, social backwardness,
and rigidity of personality struc-
ture. In actual combat, he as-
serted, there ana additional diffi-
culties, “particularly in regard
to adapting the conscience to the
fact of killing, accepting without
undue disturbance the death ofipeorja
a comrade, and being able to
tolerate fear.”
Concerning the, last difficulty,
Dr. Bonney explained, “the
capacity to accept the fact of
fear and to keep going into posi-
tions of extreme danger in spite
of the fear, is .essential in mili-
tary combat.” He pointed out
that some cannot stand fear at
all, while others try to deny to
themselves that they are afraid
and consequently either become
unfit for military service or en-
gage in desperate acts to prove
to themselves and to others that
they have no fear.
“But fundamentally,” Dr. Bon-
ney declared, “an army must be
composed of men who can toler-
ate fear, who can live with it
face to face, and who can get a
job done in spite of it.”
Better Canning
EquipmentSeen
For This Year
College Station.—Prospects for
more and better home canning
equipment are brighter for 1944
than they were last year, and if
the home food preservation
movement is successful this year
the chief responsibility will rest
with homemakers to take care
of cookers and sealers and to
follow sound practices.
A recent War Production
Board announcement .that 400,-
000 new pressure canners will
be manufactured in 1044 should
be welcome, but prospective buy-
ers sihould take the long view
and not invest too heavily un-
less they regard canning as a
permanent part of their pro-
gram. While pressure cookers
are not rationed this year, equit-
able distribution will be neces-
sary if all needs for eqiupment
are met. This advice comes from
Mrs. Winifred J. Leverenz, spe-
cialist in food preservation for
the Texas A. and M. College Ex-
tension Service, who just has
returned from food preservation
conferences in Chicago and
Mrs. Leverenz also brings tKe
news that some cooker manufac-
turers will be able soon to pro-
vide dial gauges for valve-type
wartime models produced last
year, and most manufacturers
now can supply necessary parts.
She suggests that homemakers j
have their pressure cookers thor-j
oughly checked before putting
them into use during the coming |
months. This should ibe done;
immediately, Mrs. Leverenz says,
for delay until the canning sea-
son opens may prove unfortu-
nate.
In Texas, Mrs. Leverenz says,
every effort will be made to re-
duce spoilage of home-canned
food. A recent survey in one
midwestern states showed tihat
40 per cent of the homemakers,
who conserved home-canned food;
There are no particular devi-jhad some spoilage of products.
ces or educational processes
guaranteed to turn out heroes,
he declared. “The Nazis and
the Japs thought they had an
exclusive hero-producing formula
in their .emphasis on military
idealogy and their systematic
training in cruelty and barbar-
ism, but we have produced just
as good war heroes, and more of
them, by emphasizing instead the
idealogics of peace and the
practices of human kindness.”
Actually the heroes of the war
are “normal, Sensible American
boys with a well-balanced emo-
tional development who never
thought of themselves as heroes
or as of possessing any special
qualities,” the speaker continued.
The young men and women
whose lives have been turned
wrong side out by induction into
the armed services or by war
conditions in general and who
are making the best adjust-
ments arc those who had a high
sense of personal responsibility
for directing their lives toward
worthy ends, he emphasized. It
is this sense of responsibility,
together with the intiative and
courage which are usually tied in
with it, that is transferred to
new situations.”
Underlying Cau«e»
The weaklings, the psychonour-
otics, the drifters who do not
possess this adaptibility are the
failures in war time life, he
stated. Probing the underlying
causes of such mental casualties,
Dr. Bonney quoted reports from
army officers and psychiantrists
which stress over and over again
as being largely responsible for
sol-
Of 150 million containers re-
ported canned in that state inj
1943, two million were believed
to be spoiled.
Avoiding this is possible by
following proper methods of
canning, and Mrs. Leverenz sug-
gests that homemakers obtain
authoritative information from
their county home demonstration
agents.
HugeAmountOf
Garden Seed in
1944 Available
College Station.—Civilian gar-j
deners in the United States, who
plant farm and back lot plots,!
will have for their selection 70.3-
per cent of the supply of vege-|
table seeds allocated for all
needs through June 30, 1944.
In bulk, this is equivalent to
275,252,000 pounds.
According to information to
the Texas A. and M. College Ex-
tension Service from the War
Food Administration which ad-
ministers the allocations, an esti-
mated 391,000,000 pounds of
seeds are available this year.
Of the quantity remaining after
providing for civilian needs, 25.3
per cent, or about 99,000,000
pounds have been placed in a
contingency reserve to meet
emergencies. What is left goes
to allies and liberated areas,
U. S. Territories, Red Cross,
friendly nations, and U. S. Mil-
itary and war services.
Although certain accustomed
varieties may be missing at
to be without
personality failure. .man* ptatln, te, WFA officials
plwdl ^uP “never ** ~ «"*►
had any fun—overly serious and
overly conscientious,” unaggress-
ive—the kind who would walk a
mile to avoid a fight,” “a
mama's boy all his life,” “Pam-
pered by his parents,” “never had
any group loyalties,” etc.
“What challenge is there in
this for all of us?” the speaker
said. The basic requirements
for combatting these personality
defects have their roots in early
childhood, he pointed out, and
these requirements must be de-
veloped through the primary so-
cial institutions of the home, the
church, the school, and civic or-
ganizations.
___V----
The traditional “slow march”
performed by guards of Bucking-
ham Palace is said to have origi-
nated in the days of Charles II,
who used this test to determine
whether or not all the guards
were sober.
______V--
The stroke of a whale’s tail,
which can smash even a large
boat, is the most powerful blow
that can be struck by aa animal-
_V----
A remarkable civilization was
developed in Central America by
the Mayans before the time of
Columbus,
er will need
enough seed.
It is explained that while they
are not necessarily tJhe most’
important the large or heavy
seeds like peas, beans and
sweet corn account for more
than 263,000,000 pounds of the
total allocated to civilian needs.
The contingent reserve will take
about 92,000,000 pounds of this
type, largely seed peas-
Of the small or light seeds, |
3uch as beet, 'cabbage, carrot! j
lettuce and onion, civilians will
receive more than 11 600,000 j
pounds of the total supply of j
approximately 2.5,000,000. Sev-
en million pounds of the re- j
mainder have been placed in the
reserve.
Indicating the garden seed re-
sources of the nation, WFA ex-i
plains that in 1943, U. S. seed
growers pioduced the large t
crop of vegetable seeds in the
history of the country. Com-;
parably it exceeds the average
three year (1939-41) pre-Pearl
Harbor harvest by 91 per cent.;
Estimated increases for 1943 as
against that base include; enr-
rot 273 per cent; onions 189
per cent; garden beets 53 per
cent; spinach 328 per cent and
cucumber 135 per cent.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO HELP
SAVE THIS BOY’S LIFE?
Sr / ■ 'v :
Official U. S. Signal Corps Photo
He stopped an enemy bullet . . . bled
white before he was found. But now he
is found . . . and is having a life-saving
transfusion of Red Cross blood plasma.
The Army land Navy have requested the
Red Cross to collect approximately 11,-
000,000 pints of blood from donors in key
cities throughout the country. Add this
vital wolrk to all the other Red Cross
activities . . . increasing on a global scale
. . . and you will see why Red Cross must
raise over $2,000,000 for its March, 1044.
War Fund.
Your local Red Cross Chapter is raisirg
this fund from March 1st to March 31st.
For the sake of all oiw boys, on all our
far-flung battle lines, give every dollar
you possibly can. You may be saving
your own boys life!
This Red Cross Ad Sponsored by the Following Business Firms
K. Wolens
DEPARTMENT STORE
Snow* White
LAUNDERERS—CLEANERS
DYERS
N ™o K
SANDWICH SHOP
State
National Bank
PIGGLY-WIGGLY
DENISON
Home
Furniture
Co.
Langston’s Bakery
509 WEST MAIN
Steakley
Chevrolet Co.
Denison
Auto Co.
Babcock
Brothers
AUTO COMPANY
The
Lingo-Leeper Co.
GOOD LUMBER SINCE 1872
ASHBURN’S
Ice Cream * Sherbets
S. H. KRESS CO.
5c— 10c—25c STORES
Clevenger
Service Station
Hotel Denison
GEO. LEATHERWOOD, Manager
BOTTLING
COMPANY
BARKERS
Ice Cream
and Dairy
Jennings
Furniture
NORTH SIDE MAIN
Rockwell’s
LEADING JEWELERS
J. J. Newberry Co.
5c—10c—25c STORES
Carl’s Grill
A GOOD PLACE TO EAT
firestone
STORE
C. J. Corcoran & Co.
INSURANCE—REAL ESTATE
Grayson County
Abstract and
Real Estate Co.
SIMMS
TOBACCO—CANDY
J.'C. PENNEY fO-T/rtC.
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THE RED CROSS
IS AT HIS SIDE AND
THE RED CROSS IS fOU„
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1944, newspaper, March 3, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth527956/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.