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FDR Gets Tough, But Selfish Groups Start Howling
December 12, 1942 By Raymond Clapper
READING THE FUTURES
Scrappy Does It
When the nation’s steel mills were facing
slowdowns for lack of scrap, the War Pro-
duction Board called on the newspapers to
conduct an all-out drive to supply the defi-
ciency. .
They did. Whirlwind drives, in which the
papers turned news and editorial columns
into promotional organs for the salvaging
of scrap, brought six million tons of iron,
steel and other strategic metals to the coun-
trv’s junk yards." .
This paper is proud of its part in this spec-
tacularly successful war effort, and proud to
belong to a business which gave of itself so
universally, so intensively, and so effectively.
But that is only in passing. ,
The significance of the scrap drives suc-
cess is that once again it has been proved
that the wav to get results is to concentrate,
hammer and tongs, for a limited period, rath-
er than to amble along rather half-heartedly
day after day.
There had been previous appeals for scrap.
They failed, in the grand sense, because they
were humdrum, uninspiring—The newspa-
pers’ fast, hard-hitting drive, conducted at
—a tempo that could be maintained only for a
limited time, did the job.
Canada has demonstrated the same prin-
ciple in its Victory Loan drives, of which
three of three weeks’ duration have been
staged since the middle of 1941.
There had been two drives of the casual
sort previously. These sold, together, a half
billion dollars' worth of war bonds, equiva-
lent—on the basis of relative national wealth
—to seven billions in the United States.
Then the new National War Finance Com-
mittee took over and ballyhooed the three
• Victory Bond drives with every device of
modern promotional science.
• In three recent weeks such a “blitz” dis-
posed of a billion dollars worth of victory
bonds, equivalent to about $14,000,000,000 of
sales in the United States.
If, since the middle of 1940, we had done
as well as Canada, we would have sold $40,-
000,000,000 worth to the public instead of
$25,000,000,000 worth.
Some believe that Americans have gone in-
tellectual since 1918— that we have risen
above our emotions—that we discount ap-
peals to the heart, and are ruled solely by
our heads. These are opposed to parades,
bands, theatrical stunts, minute-men orators
everywhere to drum up enthusiasm.
Perhaps they’re right. But their method
did not get in the scrap, and the newspapers’
blitz succeeded. Their method has not sold
enough bonds, and the Canadians blitz has.
Perhaps they’re wrong..
A Poor Record
Petroleum Co-ordinator Ickes estimates
that half of the 712,000 eastern seaboard fuel
oil users could have converted to coal, but
that only 4 percent did—one out of 12. And
now there is danger that not even a 65-degree
temperature can be maintained this winter.
Granting the possibility of error estimates,
that still is not a record of which to be proud.
And yet, it was to be expected.
Experience is showing that when every-
body is compelled to share in the grief, there
is little protest; but that most folks dislike
to assume discomforts which their neighbors
should share but will not
Milk Man and Unions
The milk distributors in and around New
York have been given a deadline, the mid-
dle of December, after which they must show
a specified saving in gasoline and rubber
consumption.
When the distributors tried last summer
to achieve this saving, among other ways by
establishing every-other-day delivery, they
were stopped by request of Washington after
the unions had threatened a strike on the
ground that drivers’ jobs were threatened.
Is the government prepared now to force
the unions to play ball? Or must the whole
burden fall on the distributors?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—A
few months ago, when Presi-
dent Roosevelt was fumbling,
we were hearing complaints
that he was too soft, and that
if Washington would only tell
the country what was needed,
people would respond gladly.
But Mr Roosevelt finally got
a grip on himself, and now that
Washington is saying what is
needed, some people are re-
sponding with anything except
willingness.
Railroad employes respond to
the policy of holding down wage
increases by asking a 30 per-
cent increase—and they don’t
offer in return to give up any
of the featherbed practices that
spread the work.
The farm-bloc stooges in con-
gress respond to the policy of
checking inflationary prices by
new threats. They are trying to
hook price jacks on essential
appropriationbills so that the
president could not veto them.
CIO steel workers have re-
sponded to the wage stabiliza-
tion policy by walking out of
Bethelehem plate mills, causing
a shutdown in production of
plates for warships.
Montgomery Ward, the mail-
a order house, is buying page
• newspaper advertising to carry
on resistance to the war labor
Jawish Army
The movement for an army composed of
Palestinian and homeless Jews is meeting
with strong opposition, which some have
tried to rationalize by pointing to the diffi-
culties of equipping and supplying and di-
reeling such a force.
Such arguments have little logic. The
Fighting French, notably, and other similar
groups, have been encouraged to operate as,
national units. They have been outfitted and
armed quite as easily as though they had
been units in the British or American armies,
and they have placed themselves under the |
general United Nations command.
Why can’t the Jews be permitted to do
likewise? .
Today's Thought
So David wared greater and
greater: lor the Lord of hosts
was with him.—Chronicles 11:9,
Fortune truly helps those
who are of good judgment.-
Euripides. •
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N. A. M. I» Wrong
The National Association of Manufacturers
blames the critical rubber shortage on gov-
ernment inaction when our sources first
were threatened. That is an easy, popular,
but superficial approach.
There has been infinite bungling in the
rubber program Not even yet have we gone
far enough But after the true strength of
the Japs, was learned it was too late, even
if there had been no procrastination of errors
at all, to have averted the rubber shortage.
The basic fault was in underrating Ja-
pan’s military might. Our government did
that. We did that. Nor do we remember any
warnings demonstrating that the N. A. M.
was more foresighted than the rest of us.
Viewpoints
War Bond Cashing
From the South Bend Tribune:
Possibly many of those who are cashing
their War Bond's a few months after buying
them are misinterpreting the financial im-
port of the War Bond system. No doubt some
of the cashing is done by buyers who real-
ize that they are actually hampering the
Government s war effort, but are confronted
with financial emergencies which are forc-
ing them to sell their bonds. In the last an-
alysis, however, it seems that some of this
bond cashing actually is being done by “bo-
gus patriots.” That label is applicable par-
ticularly when those selling bonds use the
money to buy more bonds. They are bidding
for patriotic honor on the bond-buying rolls
and in effect, knifing in the back the Gov-
ernment. their fellow-citizens at home and
the Americans on the fighting-fronts. Sus-
picion exists that this spurious patriotism is
too common these days. The perpetrators are
moving themselves and others toward a
forced bond-buying system which will em-
body' a flat ban on premature selling of
bonds.
board and a presidential order,
with a line that recalls the old
liberty league fight against col-
lective-bargaining legislation.
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That is the way some are re-
sponding to the effort to carry
on the hardest war we have
ever fought. That is the news
that is reported at the same
time Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Ar-
nold is saying that the battle for
air superiority in Africa is nip
an tuck, with Hitler throwing in
his very best planes in a strug-
gle which may lead into the
all-out air battles that must
come to clear the Germans from
the sky.
This is the time picked by
selfish groups, such as those
just named, to buck their own
government and sock it in the
rear It is to be hoped that the
censor is not allowing this kind
of news to reach our fighting
forces. Those tank forces of
ours, trying to hold the Ger- s
mans until we get enough air
up in Tunisia, would hardly be
encouraging In their grim work
to know that at home labor
groups are demanding 30 per-
cent increases, and walking out,
that farm lobbyists are con-
tinuing their fight with the
threat of blocking war appro-
priations until they put their
shakedown across.
At the war department this
week some of us talked with
survivors of the 19th bombard- |
ment group, back from across
the Pacific They were at Clark
Field. Manfia, the morning the
Japs came over a year ago For
months they fought a retreat-
ing action, taking up their
planes without proper servicing,
sometimes going up with only
three engines working. They
couldn’t refuse to go up just be-
cause we didn’t have spare parts
and ground crews on hand to
put their planes into proper
condition. They had to go up
anyway They not only went up
but they shot down, over weeks
of most dangerous fighting, some
300 Jap planes
They were present here when
General Arnold said that while
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Remember Pearl Harbor!—Buy War Savings Stamps and Bonds
How Official Washington Looks When It's Listening
By MARGARET KERNODLE them look when they listen.
AP Features Writer | Here’s the President at a press
WASHINGTON — Lots of big conference:
shots in the captial get photograph-
ed frequently when they’re talking.
But I’ve been watching how some of
Today's Smile
MILL CREEK, W Va., — (PP—
Game protector Wayne Stalnaker
believed that a resident of Cheat
Mountain in Randolph county was
killing deer illegally. But he could
not discover proof at the moun-
taineer’s home Finally on another
Now THE JUDGE wal NAIL My
HIDE TO BE WALL [. .
FDR has what you can call a
“No” look and a "Yes” look. If he
is asked a question he particularly
plans not to
breaks into the question
’Nothing on that today."
When he is going to say no most
definitely, his lips form a big “O”
as he slowly says, "Oh, No!"
But you can toll when be en-
joys something being said, by a
special sparkle in his eyes. It
often means “Yes.” And while
answer, be often
with
he s listening, his cigarette holder
points up from the left corner of
his mouth at about a 45-degree
angle.
Vice President Wallace some-
Mrs. R slides one foot turned
over along the floor when she Is
pleased with what la being said.
Sometimes if she disagrees she
straightens up, very dignified. Her
frowns usually show mere from
her eyes than from her forehead.
She often smiles assent and laughs
heartily.
Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins listens with such an in-
tent expression that you know
she’s listening. When she goes to
Congress, she always wears white
gloves, usually removes them and
folds them precisely before put-
ting them neatly into her lap.
Then she crosses her hands Just
so
Recently Leon Henderson, lis-
tening to a speech by a woman
economist with whom be did not
times looks like a bad little boy t----,
whom mama made go to Sunday agree, was a picture of poised
school when *- didn’t wrente e- haredam. He did & routine HKe
he didn’t wanti, es- boredom. He did a routine —
be in the this: chin in one hand, then hands
while he rared back.
Washington in Wartime: Gas Ration Kickbacks Galore
we are getting planes in impres-
sive quantities we are not get-
ting them in satisfactory quan-
titles. They have been In total
war and they know that it
takes everything they have and
pecially when he has to
limelight as a listener, or has a in pocket ,
speech coming up. He doesn’t al- then chin in hand. He smiled only
ways look as though he is listen- faintly, keeping his URS tightly
ing, but he’ll prove he is If he together and never laughed aloud
speaks afterward. at the jokes.
at the jokes.
By JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON — Well, gaso- 1
line rationing is here and I
think no popular reaction has
been more disappointing to the
men in charge of the home-
front battle than the opposi-
tion to rationing that has come
from some quarters.
Actually, not since the war
started has the Administration
approached any step consider-
ed necessary to winning the
war with auch caution
Last spring, five months af-
ter we entered the war, nation-
wide gasoline rationing as a
means to conserving rubber was
considered inevitable As long
ago as that statisticians could
show that unless some such ac-
tion was taken about 20.000,-
000 of our 27,000,000 passenger
ears would be idle for lack of i
tires by the end of 1943 or ear-
ly in 1944.
...
The present rationing pro-
gram would have gone into ef-
fect in midsummer if bitter re-
sentment to it hadn’t spread
over the middle west and west-
meet this wartime emergency.
President Roosevelt asked Ber-
nard M Baruch and his lai-
finding committee to bring
some kind of order out of the
chaos
Baruch and his associates put
all the facts together in on or-
derly sequence and they en-
deavored to show that "mile-
age rationing" is the only
known solution to the rubber
shortage problem.
Why mileage” rationing? Be-
cause. except for the motorists
in the east where there is a
gasoline shortage due to lack
of transportation facilities),the
powers that be don’t give two
whoops how much gasoline you
use, provided you don’t use it
in driving your car. If you live
outside the east you can pour
it on the ground start, fires
with it, do anything you like
except use it to consume rub-
ber.
of any other means of travel,
etc.) are different from those
in other areas and that blan-
ket rationing regulations’ for
the entire country work an un-
due hardship on those com-
munities.
The government is well aware
of that Already ODT Direct-
or Boatman is conducting a na-
tional survey of the effects of
mileage rationing which may
be the basis for new regulations
to right these wrongs ..
The Baruch committee and
the administration thought this
would be clear to everybody it
wasn’t. Isn’t even now
em states Convinced that
various agencies had made a
muddle out of the rubber busi-
ness and that an informed pub-
lie would welcome sacrifices to
The one legitimate objection
to “mileage" rationing is that
| In many sections of the coun-
| try transportation problems
(distances to be traveled, lack
War Quiz
1 1 This is a corps insigne. The
various components represent the
functions of the divisions. Tanks
treads for mo-
| bility, cannon
[ for firing pow-
, er and lightning
| for speed of at-
tack Back-
I ground is a tri-
color tri-angle.
What does this insignia represent. i
2 . In what year did U. S Ma-
rines fight their first battle?
Where’
3 Where is the Qattara Depres-
ison end what isits significance?
everything we have at home to
give them.
Some people seem to think
that we can so in with this war
and still give everybody every-
thins he wants President
Roosevelt, McNutt. Wickard,
Ickes, Henderson, WPB, the war
labor board and others who have
the Job of backing up the arm-
red forces can’t make it their
first Job to keep everything
happy at home They have duties
which are extremely difficult
and unpleasant.
Pilots of the 19th bombard-
ment group had to work with
what they had. They would
have preferred better service
than they got But they knew it
couldn't be helped, so they made
the best of It They knew you
can t have everything you want
in war We cant have every-
thing we want at home either.
visit he noted that the suspected
huntsman had redecorated the ’n-
side of his log dwelling with bright
new wall paper There were sus-
picious bulges around the walls.
When his host wasn’t looking Stat-
naker scratched a hole in the pap-
When the Boys Come Flying Home
Barbs
it’s easier far a woman to
make a man a good husband
when she makes him a goud
wife.
CIRLS and a MAN
111
Chapter 18
THE MEETING—AND GLORIA
A dozen or so oddly assorted old
cars and trucks were drawn up in
the speckled pattern of shade that
spread itself peacefully under the
even row of rustling eucalyptus
trees that bordered the lawn of the
Blossom Valley Grange Juice Con-
centrating plant
Inside the plant it was much less
peaceful. The men were gathered
to Utile knots about the sprawling
to inform you that we are today [approval.
beginning foreclosure proceedings I "That ain’t the point, Jess," Sam
against the ranch properties of the Arlen boomed the thing is that
late Thomas Ralston This prop- Blossom Ranch was furnishin’ al-
erty known as Blossom Ranch was most half the fruit fer this plant!
designated as security for a $20,- You know blamed well we can’t
000.00 loan made over two years afford to go out and pay packing
ago by Mr Ralston and now in de- house prices fer oranges! If we
fault. ! do there won’t be a cent to makin’
“This loan was purely of a per-1 this concentrate!"
sonal nature and in no way placet STRANGE GIRL
any encumberances on the Blossom
Valley Orange Juice Concentrating
Company.’"
Ram Arlen stopped reading and
swept hla eyes over the tense faces
of the group A voice from the
back of the room broke the silence
room talking in harsh undertones.
Sam Arlen was pounding heavily on
the battered oak desk.
1 “If you fellows will give me
your attention, now, ru read the
letter we just got from the bank."
He waited a minute until the room
was quiet, then began
"‘Dear Mr Arlen In response .
Is your letter of June 2nd we wish few scattered heads nodded their
“Wal. I can’t see how we can
rightfully hold nothin’ against Tom
Ralston. It was his own place he
put up as security fer that loan." A
At this point a heavy man with
bulky, drooping shoulders pushed
his way to the front of the group
and faced Sam Arlen with a look
of grim determination on
bronze face:
his
"I don’t think that’s the point,
Sam, that us fellows is most inter-
rated in. I don't care if Ralston did
put up his own place as security
for our loan I’d like to know where
he got rid of $20,000! That’s a pow-
By JOHN SELBY
"Biography of A Business,” by Mar-
quis James (Bobbs-Merrill, $4)
Instead of writing the biography
of an insurance magnate, Marquing
James has revised the process and"
written the biography of an in-
surance company. Anybody could
be forgiven for expecting the result
to be about as interesting as the
prose in small type on an insurance
policy. •
Should the average American
read Mr James "Biography of a
Business," however, the chances are
good that he will change his at-
titude. There is some unexciting
material in the book, of course Bute
there Is a generous amount of
drama, a remarkably accurate mir-
ror of the social structure of Am-
erica through the last 150 years,
a history of Its business develop-
ment, and a study of the progress
of insurance in this country. Thisg
is, come to think of it, quite a lot
for one book, even one of 431 big
pages.
The Insurance Company of North
America began life in 1792 as a
lottery, or more properly a "ton-
tine." Originally the tontine was a
device whereby a large number of
subscribers bet each on his In-
dividual longevity. The man who
died first got least; the man who
died last got most. Samuel Blodgett,
Jr., had tried one in Boston withe
small success. Presently he was
helping organize another in Phila-
delphia with Ebenezer Hazard.
But the tontine did not do very
well, and in the fall of 1792 a
meeting was held in the State
House in Philadelphia to determine®
its future. The meeting broke up
after the appointment of a com-
mittee to investigate the possibili-
ty of an insurance company, and
on November 12 of the same year
the subscribers returned to the
same place to hear the result. That*
was the beginning of the Insurance
Company of North America. The
end is not yet—
Through wars, pestilence, major
fires, financial panics and the or-
dinary vicissitudes of ordinary life@
the company and the idea of in-
surance has progressed Mr. James
is a biographer of skill and taste.
He has used both: plus a really
startling amount of research to
produce his book. I should think
that most American business men©
would find it irresistible.
RED RYDER
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Ground Fora
Spends Busy
Berkeley Ins
America.
"Look at that formaticn." the
Lorient, as written by an Army re- boys chorus "The colonel’s got
em taped.”
LONDON—Here is an airforce-
eye view of a flying fortress raid on
porter;
The pilots were eating when the
er Underneath he found fresn
deer hides nailed to the logs. The captain came in. "About twenty
penalty—>100 and 90 days.
Hold Everything
nat-Mma-t-mu-P:
mintues,” he said.
There was a sudden surge to-
ward trench coats and flying
jackets, and then like a football
squad flowing out on the field
the pilots rushed out. They were
all out to see the "first team”-
the crews who were out on opera-
tions and about to come home.
Lorient, submarine base of the
But suddenly there is a wor-
ried note. Five planes are missing
from the formation. "Rose O’Day"
comes in for a perfect landing.
“Miss swoose ” follows, but still
there is no trace of the other for-
maticn.
Gloom settles over the pilots.
“Gee,” sighs one, “maybe they
came down on another field.”
LAST ACT
Question and
Answer
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neuver area west o
ley Thursday nigh
Lesley J. McNair.
"Tief of Army groun
the field and at ci
specting training of
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Maj. Gen. Henry '
mender of the SO
General McNair on
‘Ours of his division.
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Brownwood, acomp
McNair Thursday nl
tion of a problem I
the hills, but returne
stood headquarters
Brig. Gen J. J Cl
of General McNair s I
of the commander-!
most of them gene
officers, also went o
night problem.
Including the thr
Ine 90th, there were
ficers in the field lat
early Friday
General McNair.
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will continue his ins
bound forces at Bar
Some of the planes show signs
of hard fighting when they land.
Crews talk to intelligence officers.
They tell of a continuous running
battle from the time they crossed
the French coast until they were
near their target. They told € of
nine enemy ships shot down, of
bomb bursts on the target.
Then comes a thrill. Out of the - ______.__
west comes .the missing formation, et in tennis’
Five ships flying high and clean.
Not one faltering.
Everyone shrugs With fine dis-
do anything like that.” , regard they act as though they
Sure enough they fly on toward never had been worried at all.
their own rendezvous. The ships land. No crash wag-flag of what nation, with colors re-
Then home come the otherons are needed No ambulances versed?
planes, winging high, straight and even turn over their motors.
true as they roar serenely along. One pilot shrugs "All home.
The leading flight is a perfect V They only knocked down nine
v»—dress-up stuff like they Wished we had our first team up
do back on the training fields in there."
Nazis, in France, had been the
target. They worried good-na-
turedly how their friends had
made out laying their eggs
From the top control tower the
pilots spor the first flight cf re-
turning planes. One ship lags *
trifle and from It comes a white
plume of vapor
"Gasoline!" cried one pilot
"Prop feathered," says another.
Bet it ain’t Rose O’Day," calls
Lt. Bruce McKee. "Rosie wouldn’t
The report that Mussolini is
seriously 111 may merely mean that I That?. Oh, that’s for my wife in of
he is just sick of it all.------1 the WAACS!"
erful sight of money to sink in a
one horse business like this!" There
was a general nod cf approval
Before Sam Arlen could answer
the swish of automobile tires- on
the driveway outside drew every
pair of eyes toward the open win-
dows. They could see a brightly
pointed taxi pulled up to the front
door with a wake of white dust,
settling back to the roadway A slim
figure of a girl was getting out and
speaking briefly to the driver. A
moment later, the young woman
opened the door She looked smil-
ingly confident in a trim suit of
powder blue with crime n hat and
purse.
“Pardon this intrusion, gentle-
men." she said quietly, "but I’m
Gloria Cunningham from New
York I’m looking for Rita Ral-
ston ”
“She ain't around here any
more." Sam Arlen found his
voice.
Gloria looked despairingly from
face to face. "But I’ve come all
the way from New York to see
her!"
Sam Arlen’s eyes narrowed with
slow thought. “Say, you ain’t any
kin to the Cunningham in the bank asked Arlen to pound for atten-
at New York’ tion. When the group was quiet.
Gloria swallowed a desire to she said earnestly, "In fairness to
laugh, “I’m his daughter." She you and to Rita, too. I think the
dropped her dark eyes as she sigh- best thing would be a thorough In-
ed heavily. That’s why I knew Rita vestigation."
was in serious trouble I thought T agree with you!" Sam
maybe I could help her," shouted.
“Ya mean maybe she got some Slowly the group fell in with him.
“I’ll tell you what,” Gloria pro-
posed "I think that Rita has prob-
ably gone to Frisco That actor
friend of hers is playing in a show
up there I’ll take the plane up
this evening When I locate her I’ll
wire Mr. Arlen, here, and two or
of that money the bank loaned
her pa?” a voice from the crowd
asked.
Gloria looked alarmed. "You
mustn’t be too harsh with Rita.
She just got in with a fast crowd
when she came to New York "
Sam Arlen fairly shouted "Those
show people! Like as not that actor
fella in the paper has got the
you and to Rita, too, I think the
three of you can come up and see
things for yourselves."
The meeting broke up peacefully.
Gloria offered her crimson gloved
hand to Ram Arlen as ahe prepared
to leave "Ton’ll be hearing from
me—I’ll do all I can for both you
and Rita.”
"Thanks a million. Miss Cun-
ningham, you sure have helped us
out! Bam shook Gloria’s small
band enthusiastically
As the taxi wheeled out of the
dusty driveway a cruel smile drew
Gloria s lips into a hard line
money b* this time. I wouldn’t trust
a stage actor as fer as I could throw
this factory!"
Someone from the crowd cut in
bitterly. "Tom was a good fella
and a smooth talker, with hla col-
lege education, and we all just
trusted him to the limit! But he
was nuts when it .come to that
girl of his’n. Now we’ve gone and
lost our factory because of her!"
A hot argument raged on this-----.----
point. At the height of it, Gloria’P But she was just storting Now
it was a game of speed First she
must get quickly back to town, and
just a« quickly she must find a
plane for San Francisco
Then Duffy. It was lucky, she
thought, that actors were by the
nature of their calling conspicuous
people She could not possibly
have trouble finding where Clark
lived, and of course Duffy would
be there.
For a moment she thought over
the situation, first leaning forward
to urge the taxi driver to greater
speed. Gloria thought she could
understand why Rita had deserted
the.Ranch 1 First there had been
discouragement, then death to
blight her life there
And because she judged Rita by
her own standard. It seemed obvi-
ous to her that she had learned in
some way that Clark was to be
Ir San Francisco and had gone
there to meet him
She thought a little wryly of
the telegram she had stolen with
the help of Duffy, and then re-
written Well, she thought. I’m
prepared to do more than re-write
a telegram now!
(To Be Continued)
Q—American flying fortresses
have bombed the port of St. Naza-
Ire In France What connection
has that town with past U. 8 his-
tory?
A—It was one of the main
ports where our troops disem-
barked in the last World War.
ee e
J— What was
the California Com-
A—Maurice E McLoughlin, •
who won the national singles in
1912-13.
Q—The Red Cross emblem is the
A—Switzerland
Q—What Is Inflation*
A—Non -technically, as it af-
fects the public, it is a situation
In which money loses part of
It value In the purchasing of e
usable goods
Q.How did President Roosevelt
serve his country in World War I?
A—He was assistant secre-
tary of Navy. t
Answers to War Quiz
1. Insigne is that of First Armor-
ed Corps
2 In 1776 when a company of •
leathernecks stormed the forts of
New Providence in the Bahamas
and captured enemy stores
3. Qattara Depression is a marshy
swamp In Egypt which is too soft
to permit tanks to cross It en- e
closes a narrow passage along theW
Mediterranean coast—the short line
where British were able to stop
Rommel’s drive on Suez.
Speaking of styles, the latest
thing in pajamas is the last •
one home
% %*
Maybe rationing will make par-
ents stop pestering the baby was
refuses to eat.
Public Re
ORDras IN leant •
Owen Thomas, Jmd
Florence Hernandes t
nandez, divorce gra ted
ed custody of minor ch
Lee Akin & Sons vs
R. L Young, judgment
os fer plaintiff agal
H. and W. s. Chorn, j
ally (suit dismissed Ma
to defendant R L. You
plaintiff).
FILED IN 42D DIS
■. 8. Long, Juds
Mary P Lee vs. Ha
divorce
Tillie Lynch vs Woo
quit for divorce
FILED IN COUN
Carl Hulsey, Juda
Lester Humphrey vs
and Mr# R D. (Ernie
e a note.
V MARRIAGE M
Paul E. Guidry and M
both of Rayne, La
Floyd c Whitehead a
Jan, both of Phoenix, Ar
Walter C. Spaulding,
and Joane Cowden, Dou
Roy E. Olson and
both of Chicago,
(Mfaynard L sinkey,
and Violet Biranian, W
Fredrick Rinter, Oak
Be careful of too
ness—Iit’s charm gon
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