THE SENTINEL - LEADER. SPARTA, MICHIGAN THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. 1944

COALTF T M A A M A FTF w v w u i n u u p o Ui

Valley Council to Hear C. Carlson

G r a m ! Valley Council. Boy Scouts ot America, will hold the i r a n n u a l mee t -ing Sa turday . J a n u a r y 29. with C. J . Carlson, regionel executive, a s the prniclpal speaker. T h e a n n u a l meet ing will bring together t roop committee*, sponsors a n d scoutmasters f rom K e n t Ionia . Montcalm. Barry a n d Mecosta counties for group meet ings in the a f -ternoon a t the Pan t l ind a n d the gen-eral meeting in the Museum audi tor -ium.

Carlson enter d scouting profession-ally in 1920, previously he had been i 3 o y Scout with eagle r ank , scou.mas--er. president of the Boy Scout council in a western city. As a scout executive ne has served in Riverside and Long b e a c h . California, for 11 years as re-gional executive iur A iuu im. C i i i l s r -u la . Nevada. Utah and Hawaii. I n 1937 he became regional executive to: Michigan, Illinois, Ind iana a n d Wis-consin, which is the largest region in n u m t e r of troops and scouts in the na t ional council.

Afternoon sessions in the Pant l ind Hotel will cover various phases of th« Boy Scout program. L. F . Calahai will open the general session a t 3 p. m . and introduce group leaders . A movie showing senior scouting activi-t ies will open the evening program m the Grand Rapids Publcl Museum aud-i torium a l 7:15 p . m . Following the movie will bo the election ol o t i i ce r j a n d board members. Carlson will speak a t the evening session which is scheduled to ad jou rn a t 9:00 p. m.

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THIS LETTER WILL INTEREST MANY

OF THIS VICINITY

HiralUDlllGS by George AI bet

SECOND LETTER FROM WAR PRISONER

I T. GERALD TOTTEN

T h e in ternal revenue m e n are to a*d wxpayprs . says a news i t em. T h e tax-payers will prooab;y need f i rs t -aid.

We hope tha t Bet te Da-, is can af ford to buy her own c igure ' tcs in her next picture.

It took a few years to prove a cam-paign slogan. "A car in every garage." They better think u p a bet ter one thi* time

Overheard a t Luke 's : "You can tell a man when you « e one. but you can only l i i ten to ?. woman ."

We read that scientists believe a great variety of flying cockroaches ex-isted t housa rds of vears s m o . . . . and they must have come back to pilot t h s J a p zeros.

W n o thinks up the squib-fillers in I he Re'laire Rr-corcl? H t r e aer a few txamples : When par ro ts repeat what they hear, unlike people, they do not i d d to i t . . . . covering a house with a mortgage doesn't s top t h e l e a k s . . . Nature always compensates , consider how sanitary is a bald h e a d . . . . thos» who make history don ' t have time to write it . . . never Judge a man s knowledge by what he says

Forrest Gold aga in : ' P o o r poet-i. probably printers, produce plenty punk poems per pica."

Sgt. and Mrs. Clare Finch recently received the following letter f rom Lt . Tot ten . da ted Sept . 30.

Dear Clare a n d Helen: We have moved since writing last .

We a re in t ie mountains , living in a former summer home. Onlv the barb-ed wire su r round ing the place a-ak.es yuu up tha t y o u t e still a prisoner. Our food is adequa te a n d is skillfully pre-pared by Russ ian prisoners.

T h e Red Cross a n d Swiss Legation have visited us a n d they were encour-aging. Food parcels, clothing, e*«c., should be a r r iv ing soon.

Received a Red Cress food parcel while in G e r m a n y and they f u r e a re wonderful. Have been paid a».d now have money for cig*. beer and t h e Ut-ile incidentals t h a t maki life more

i pleasant . We have a good radio here j and can pick u p the news which I sounds very good. All in all. I can ' t ' rr.ukc a seriou.® c o a ? ! ® ' " ' T h e Ru-

manians a re very friendly and feel j-ure they a re doing their best to ma' te our "visit" a s comfortable as possible. Th is " f r a t " house we are in new does-n ' t seem real . Wri te and please send this on to my f a t h e r . My regards to the Bradfords . Hugh and Mina.

2nd Lt Gerald J . Tot ten . American Prisoner of War . Lagaru l Prizionlori No. 2. Sublagarul Timis. Brasov. R o u m a n i a . G-5921.

CONKLIN NEWS

T h e following le t ter received by L. A. Anderson f rom Mr. McNItt. former Lisbon resident and now cha i rman of t h e McNaught Newspaper Syndicate of New York, will be of special interest to 8entinei readers.

J a n u a r y 15, 1944 Dear Mr. Anderson

This will acknowledge receipt, for my son Frank a n d myself, of tne pro-bate notices f rom your office in the es ta te of my late aunt , Mrs. Dora Clute. I t was very kind of Mrs. Clute to remember us. I am under tne ur.-pression t h a t sne Intended small be -quests for a number of her relations. She h a d a great deal of family feeling, und got much pleasure in her later years f rom the thought of the scope oi ne r intended rememorances. I t Is un-fo r tuna te t h a t the family is so scat-tered that very few of us could be n e a r her a t the end .

I have very pleasant recollections oi Spar t a . Forty-f ive years ago I went there to work on ihe Sent lnei-Leader a s reporter, ad-set ter , make-up man , a n d Job pr inter . In the la te summer of 1900 I parted company wi th E. R. Bloomer, the publisher, to go to Ami Arbor to enter the University, i t l i likely few of the good people I «cn?*r a r e still there.

Should you have occasion to send l u r t h e r notices, please address l i e .a' 60 East 42nd Street. New York. F rank m a y be addressed in care of the wood Hills Press. 1055 Gayley Avenue. Los Angeles, 24. Calif.

Very mncfriOy yours. V V " McNitt .

Mussolini's daughter Is in Switzer-land . . . . out not to yodel.

MRS HERMAN SCOTT HAS A RED LETTER DAY

Five welcome let ters all in one day is t h e record of Mrs. H e r m a n Scott, of Engllshville. A let ter from Floya Skinner . Ge«ry Scott 's husband, in North Africa. A cablegram from Lt. Harvey 8cott . Other letters f rom Pvt. Herman Scott, Mrs. H e r m a n Scott . J r . of For t Bray and Mrs. Harvey Scott of Detroit

M O N U M E N T S James Beute, Agt.

RES. PHONE: 2451 SPARTA (Call Evenings)

B o n d e d

IS A It R E G R A N I T E

Work Guaranteed

Want a New Career? YOU CAN very likely f ind just

the c h a n c e you're looking for—In the WAC.

If yon haven ' t a skill. Army experts will teach you. Perhaps you'd like to drive a Jeep, work a teletype machine , or help di-rect a i rp lane t raf f ic .

Whatever you do. yon vlil get vaiuabie training:—learn inter-esting thing*—AND HELP GET THIS WAR WON!

TODAY—get full details a t the n-«rest U. S. Army Recruiting Station {your local post office will give you the address I. Or write: T h e Ad ju t an t General, Room 4415. Munit ions Building, Weahlngton. D. C.

Mr . and Mrs. Ward Finkler and Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Denhof gave a party Tuesday evening. J a n u a r y 18. at the Conklin Grange hall In honor of Cpl. Char les Chesla, with about 150 a t tend-ing. Finch 's orchestra of Spar ta f u r -nished music for the en te r ta inment . A donation was given to pay for the expense, a f t e r which t h e remaining $40.00 was presented to the honored guest . Ref reshments of ice cream, cake and cookies were served.

Mrs. Donald Tindle spent a couple of days with her brother- in- law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. K e n n e t h Doane.

Mrs. J o h n Stokker was a Conklin caller Wednesday.

Mrs. Segrld Bean was in Grand Rapids Sa turday .

Miss Florence Sher idan, who is a t -tending college a t Mt. Pleasant , spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mi». Tcrr€»iO£ Shcr tdim."

Mrs. Lester Dunneback and son Richard spent Wednesday with Mrs. J o h n Karel

Mrs . Maud Finkler visited a t t h e home of Mrs. Ann Schoenborn T h u r s -day .

Albert Chesla underwent a n opera-tion a t St . Marys hospital. G r a n d R a p -ids, Friday morning. All repor ts indi -ca te t h a t he is doing f ine.

Mr. and Mrs. Ward Finkler a n d M r . and Mrs. Lester Dunneback s p m t Thu r sday evening with Mr. a n d Mrs. Gera ld Schoenborn.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson of S p a r -ta visited their cousins. Mr. and Mra. Segrld Bean and Mrs. Audi? H a n t s

Lisbon F. & A. M Lodge pu t on the second degree work a t Cooper.-• i le Thursday n ight .

Mrs. Lloyd Arends and children Ictt Thursday to visit her parents . Mr. a n d Mrs. Ben Arends of Chicago.

I t looks good to see some fine a sh logs being shipped from our r o m m u n -

the good old days. Mrs. Nicholas Arends. Mrs . Minr.>e

Gilbert , Mrs John Seelrruin. Mrs.

TOO LATE! Too late to deposit those securities, gems, valuable papers a f t e r they have been stolen . . . or lost . . . or destroyed by fire. The one safe place for valua-bles of all kinds is a safe deposit box. with the secur-ity of reinforced concrete, combination locks, per-sonal keys and a system of certain identification. This besf. and most convenient protection is avail-able to you in our up-to-date vault. Investigate!

Put Voir Payroll Savings on a Family Basis M a k e 1 9 p t r c a n t

J u s t a S t a r t i n g P o i n t

Account* in this bank up to $5,000 a re insured in full under the provision!, of the Banking Act of 1933.

Sparta State Bank Member of the Federal Reserve Bank

SAFE . . . BECAUSE I T S SOUND SPARTA, MICHIGAN

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tP o t eve ry do l l a r a b o v e the n*r-:frBfttles of l i fe Into W a r Bonds . P a y i o h S a v i n g s Is the bes t m e a n s of doing you i bes t in he lp ing y o u r sons and

is on the l ighting f r o n t s . F ig-aro It out yourse l f .

Auction Sales

T H U R S D A Y , J A N . 2 7

H A R O L D H A W L E Y , M a r n e .

25 Guernsey and Jersey cows;

milking machine and good dairy-

equipment. Some farm ma-

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west of Sparta or mile north

of Alpine Grange hall. 16 head

good grade Guernsey cattle;

farm m a c h i n e r y ; hay, seed oats. •WHITE HOUSE 6VAfO*AT£D

THURSDAY, FEB. 3

LEONARD TOTTEN—8 miles

northeast of Kent City. 3 good

horses; 10 cows, some fresh; 10

head of young cat t le ; farm ma-

chinery ; 150 hens.

R. I.. Mclntyre Auctioneer

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OWN to ANO OPMATIO IT TH€ GREAT A 11 TEA CO. BUY WAR BONDS — WAR L0AH

Aloys Schoenborn. Mrs. Clarence True-dell. and Mrs. Jerome Arends spent Wednesday a f te rnoon a t the home of Mr. s n d Mrs. William Arends.

Mr and Mrs. Nicholas Arends and Mrs. Aloys Schoenborn visited ihcir aunt . Mrs Ka t* I V R v r nt P .nnri Rapids Thursda;-.

The /o s s Club met a t the liome of Mr. and Mrs. William Arends Sunday evening. Lunch was served to sixteen guests

The l ad i e s ' Aid of Conklin Reform-ed church is to have an al l -da v meet-ing with pot luck dinner a t noon, vn Thursday. February 3 a t the home of Mr .and Mrs. J o h n Stokker.

Mr and Mrs. Edward Kelly, J r . . en-tertained Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Oeo Chermak of Holland with a dinner and supper. In the a f t e rnoon they ail drove to Casnovia aixl called on friends. Mr. Chermak conducted ser-vices a t the Casnovia Reformed church last summer.

Born to Mr a n d Mrs, Jul ius Bert. J anua ry 19. a t the home of he r p a r -ents. Mr .and Mrs. Earl Stlnson. In Casnovia, a n e ight -pound daughter . Carolene Laura .

Julius Berl of Detroi t spent the ws«k v i l l i h is family s t t h e home cf

her parents . Mr a n d Mrs. Earl St ln-son

Here's the Right Spot

for your friendly gather-ings. Refreshing home-like atmosphere, with plenty of good eats in our icebox ADD plenty of good tunes in our juke box. Come over any day in the week.

Scotty's Tavern ENGLISH VILLE

WE CATER TO PRIVATE PARTIES

We print Wedding Invitat ions and Announcements. Sent inel-Leader Pub-lishing Co.. Spa r t a

Early to Bed May make a m a n healthy, but a few ccoU a day in the bank will do a j r e a t deal toward making h im wealthy. When you deposit your savings In ihia bank, you're sore of a safe place for your money.

Accounts In th is bank up to **?%! s r s U i t u r d in foil un-der t h e provisions of the Banking Act of 1S33.

WIJH

W A R B O N D S

Kent City State Bank

Registration Noti ce

— FOR —

Primary Election

Monday, February 21,1944 T O T H E Q U A L I F I E D E L E C T O R S O F T H E T O W N S H I P O F

S P A R T A , S T A T E O F M I C H I G A N :

Notice is hereby given t h a t in conformity with t h e "Michigan Election Law." I. the undersigned Township Clerk, will, on any day other t han Sends? , a iegai holiday, tne day or any regular or special election or primary election, and the days intervening between the 20th day preceding any such election or primary election, receive for registration the name of any leeal voter In said Y!!!ags s s t a£-ea£y i q W c r e d who may Appi»- rTo Me Personally for scch registration.

The last day for General Registration does not apply to persons who vote under the Absent Voters' Law. (See Registration by Aff idavi t ) .

N O T I C E I S H E R E B Y G i V E * £ T H A T I W I L L B E A T T H E F O L L O W I N G P L A C E S O N

January 22, 1944, ai Kellogg'S Barber Shop Each Day, 1944, at Kellogg's Barber Shop

A N D O N

Tuesday, February 1,1944

LAST DAY T H E T W E N T I E T H D A Y P R E C E D I N G S A I D E L E C T I O N

As provided by Sec. 3, Chapter 3, Part H, P. A. 306, 1929 and Sec. 1, Chapter 3, Part II, P. A. 1939, and Act 31, P. A. 1941.

A T K E L L O G G ' S B A R B E R S H O P

From 8 o'clock a. m. until 8 o'clock p. m.. for the purpose of Reviewing the Registration a n d Registering vuch of *be qualified electors in s r id Township m Shall Properly Apply Therefor .

The name of no person but an ACTUAL Resident of the Village a t the t ime of said registration, and entitled under the Constitution. If remaining Mtch cesldent. to vote a t the next election, shall be entered in the registration book.

R E G I S T R A T I O N O F A B S E N T E E B Y O A T H If any person whose n a m e is not registered shall offer a n d claim the right

to vote a t any election or primary election, and shall, UNDER OATH stata tha t he or she is a resident of such precinct a n d h a s resided in the TOWN-SHIP TWENTY DAYS next, preceding such election or pr imary election designating part icularly the place of h is or her residence a n d he or she pos-sesses the other qual if icat ions of an elector under the const i tut ion; and t h a t owing to the sickness or bodily infirmity of himself or herself or some member of his or her family, or owing to his or her absence f rom the TOWNSHIP on public business or his or her own business, a n d without in tent to avoid or delay his or he r registration, he or she was unable to make application for registration on the last day provided by law fa r the registering of sloe tors preceding such election or primary election, then the name of such person shall be registered, and he or she shall then be permit ted to vote a t such election or pr imary election. If such applicant shall In said mat ter , wilfully m«ir» any false s ta tement , he or she shall be deemed guilty of perjury, a n d upon conviction, be subject to the pains and penalties thereof.

P R O V I S I O N I N C A S E O F R E M O V A L T O A N O T H E R P R E C I N C T

Any registered and qualified voter who has REMOVED f rom ONE ELEC-TION PRECINCT of a TOWNSHIP to anoiher election orecinct of the same TOWNSHIP, shall have the right, on any registration day. a s in this act pro-vided. on application to Township Clerk, as the case may be. to have h is name t ransferred from the registration book of the precinct f rom which h e HAS REMOVED to the registration book of the precinct In which he THEN RESIDES Such elector shall have the right to have such t r ans fe r made on any ELECTION or Pr imary election day. by obtaining f rom t h e board Of in-spectors of such election or primary election of the precinct f rom which b e HAS REMOVED, s CERTIFICATE OR TRANSFER, and present ing the said cert if icate to t oe BOAKD O P ELECTION INSPECT ORB O F THE PRECINCT IN WHICH HE THEN RE3IDE6.

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i - a o - n H. M. LOOM IS, Township Clerk

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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS

Red Amiy Forges Deeper Into Poland As Southwest Drive Perils Nazi Troops; Allied Bombers Plaster Western Europe; Strikes Show Marked Increase in 1943

WHMra N t n H H ' aewa anal? Re leased by Western N e w s p a p e r Union.

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THE SENTINEL LEADER. SPARTA, MICHIGAN

ON THE

HOME FRONT lo thm

AILING HOUSE RUTH WYETH SPEARS

MUSTY SMELL

CUT PAPER I * " LONGER T H A N J I O F THE MEASUREMENT OF T H E TOP OF 1HE 5 K I R T

CENTER IFRONTI

"War Is HelP* N o w k t r * b e t t e r i s t h i s e x p r e s s i o n i n d i c a t e d t h a n i n t h i s I t a l i a n t o w n o f C a s t e l D i S s B j r o , l y i n g i n r u b b l e .

B r e a d s F r a z i e r K e O r w a s a r e -c e n t g u e s t o i W m . K- V a n d e r b i l t in F l o r i d a . . . W h i l e fishing s h e d r o p p e d a $25,000 s a p p h i r e r i n g . . . J t f e l l in to f a i r l y s h a l l o w a q u a a n d c o u l d b e s e e n g l i m m e r i n g . . . H o w -e v e r , t he c u r r e n t w a s s o r a p i d i t w a s i m p o s s i b l e t o r e t r i e v e t h e r i n g a n d f o r f o u r d a y s i t l a y o n t h e b o u o t n . . . A d i v e r w a s finally h i r e d t o r e -c o v e r i t . . . T h e B i g B u r g i s f o r -f e i t i n g i t s c l a i m a s W o r l d ' s F a s h i o n C e n t e r . C h i c a g o a n s h a v e s h o w n k e e n i n t e r e s t t o t h e t u n e of $200,000. S a n F r a n i s a n o t h e r . . . N e w Y o r k -e r s t h i n k t h e y c a n ' t l o s e o u t a s N e w Y o r k " i s so l o g i c a l " . . . B u t t h e r a s m o n B u r e a u g o t o n l y a i e w h u n -d r e d in i t s ' c a m n a i g n t o k e e p N . Y . " t h e f a s h i o n n u b . "

B i l l y R o s e , w h o j u s t s h e l l e d o u t (630,000 f o r t h e Z i e g f e l d T h e a t r e , showed good s e n s e w h e n h e d e c i d e d to l e t t h e o ld n a m e s t i c k . Z i g g y d id e n o u g h f o r s h o w b u s i n e s s t o e a r n a l i t t le r e m e m b r a n c e . R o s e ' s d e c i -s ion r e m i n d s y o u of M a r t i n B e c k ' s a c q u i s i t i o n of h i s o w n t h e a t r e — i t w a r so d i f f e r e n t . B e c k h a d a p r i z e c o n t e s t fo r t h e b e s t n a m e f o r b i s n o u s e — a n d c h o s e " M a r t i n B e c k . " How d id t h e w i n n e r e v e r h i t u p o n t h a t n a m e ?

AR E y e n l e t t i n g s s h a b b y c h a u m a r t h e l o o k s of y o u r h o m e ?

D o n ' t d o i t ! T h e s e e a s y - t o - f o l l o w s l i p c o v e r d i r e c t i o n s m a k e It p o s -s i b l e i o r y o u t o c u t , fit a n d finish t h e m l i k e a p r o f e s s i o n a l . B e g i n n o w i

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Instructions 7 397 contain step-by-step di-rections for making s l ip cover* lor var ied chairs and sofas; mater ia l suggestions.

Due to an unusual ly large demand and current w a r condit ions , slightly more t i m e

- I s retfuired in Oiling orders for a few of the most popular pat tern numfcers.

S « i d y&ur :

Sew tog Circle Ntedceeratt Dept. SM W. Randolph Sc. Chicago St, IB.

Enc lose IS cents (plus one cent to • e v e r cost of mai l ing) for Pattern

Address

J u s t 3 drop* P«aetro N o e s Drops la each n o s t r i l h e l p y o u breathe free* almost Instant ly . Rel ieve tha head coldnaaa) misery. O n l y S6o—2V4 t i n e s a* much for 80c. Caution: U s e on ly as directed. F e n e t r e N o s e D r o p s

Add Indigestion ~u>« f . m.l • «nas •yBriim karnra foe etieieSef—me-lieuwlHw «*•»!» Bell-aes No laaattve. Belt-aae brtna* o a t e t la a

bach «a w o t of bottle

G R O V E ' S ' C O L D T A B L E T S

A R e a J M e d i c i r t

Grove's Cold Tab le t s are prompt In action—dec tal ro In reenlta. They're • mult ip le m e d i c i n e an Internal medicine. O o to work In a bmlnaes l ike way to work o n all theee nenal n i l n u M M i f f k a •»«—« »l—-Relieve headache—case body a r h a e -reduce fever—relleva naaal stuf flnaas. Crowe's Cold Tab le t s t l x wonderful m m fort I Take exactly aa directed.

giaTfor Crove's Cold TabUta.

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a n i m a l in E g y p t .

SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT

RUBBER

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC: Jungle Fighting

L i k e t h e s t o r y of e v e r y o t h e r Is-l a n d in t h e S o u t h P a c i f i c , U . S. t r o o p s h a v e h a d t o fight f o r e v e r y i n c h of g r o u n d o n t r o p i c a l N e w G u i n e a , w h e r e l a n d i n g s h a v e p l a c e d d o u g h b o y s in p o s s e s s i o n of t h e a i r s t r i p o n C a p e G l o u c e s t e r a n d a b e a c h h e a d a t A r a w e .

W i t h t h e e n e m y d u g w e l l in t h e j u n g l e , U . S . d i v e b o m b e r s a n d a r -t i l l e r y h e l p e d c l e a r t h e w a y f o r t h e i n f a n t r y a s i t e d g e d f o r w a r d t h r o u g h t h e d e n s e b r u s h a b o u t C a p e G l o u -c e s t e r . In s i m i l a r t e r r a i n a t A r a w e , t n e e n e m y a i s o xeu O B C K g r u d g i n g l y .

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A n s w e r : T h e p i p i n g c o n n e c t i o n s m a y be f a u l t y so t h a t w h e n a l a r g e v o l u m e of w a t e r c o m e s d o w n t h e p i p e f r o m t h e b a t h r o o m a b o v e i t c r e a t e s a s u c t i o n , c a u s i n g t h e w a t e r in t h e s ink t r a p to g u r g l e , a n d , in s o m e c a s e s d r a w s i t d o w n . S o m e -t i m e s a n a c c u m u l a t i o n of g r e a s e wili j c a u s e t h i s t r o u b l e . If y o u r p l u m b e r c a n f u r n i s h you w i t h »n a n t i s i phon t r a p u n d e r t h e s i n k t h i s s h o u l d re -l i e v e t h e g u r g l i n g . If non_* is ava i l -a b l e , a l a r g e t r a p w i t h a d e e p w a t e r s e a l m a y h e l p . All s e p t i c t a n k in-s t a l l a t i o n s s h o u l d h a v e a g r e a s e t r a p c o n n e c t e d to t h e l i n e f r o m t h e s ink .

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Sounds in t h e N i g h i : In t h e Z a n -z i b a r : " T h e y m e t q u i t e a c c i d e n t a l l y . H e o p e n e d h i s w a l l e t a n d t h e r e s h e w a s ! " . . . A t t h e H u r r i c a n e : " A h a i r - d o ? I t l o o k s m o r e l ike a h a i r -d a l e ! " . . . I n t h e 51 : " S h e h a s m o r e c i r c u l a t i o n t h a n W i n c h e l l ! " . . . A t t h e L a t i n Q u a r t e r : " F i f t h c o l u m n i s t s d o n ' t u s e b y - l i n e s " . . . In the L i t t l e P a l m : " S u r e h e ' s t h i n -n e r . Y o u c a n ' t g e t a s w e l l e d h e a d in t h e a r m y " . . . A t t h e T a v e r n - O n -T h e - G r e e n : " A foo l a n d h i s m o n e y a r e soon p e t t e d " . . . A t No . O n e B a r : " I s m y a p a r t m e n t c o l d ? T h e E s q u i r e V a r g a g i r l s a r e w e a r i n g long u n d e r w e a r ! "

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l a c k of to b e c l o s e d b e c a u s e of f u n d s . P r o p e r t y of t h e p o w e r c o m -p a n y i s n o l o n g e r w i t h i n t h e towi.-s h i p ' s t a x l i m i t s t o p r o v i d e r e v e n u e , i t w a s p o i n t e d o u t .

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B E E R : B o o s t i n g m o r a l e w i t h " b e e r a n d p r e U e l s in m o d e r a t i o n , " w a s p r o p o s e d b y t h e C i n c i n n a t i r e -g i o n a l d i r e c t o r of t h e W a r M a n p o w -e r c o m m i s s i o n a f t e r s t u d y i n g r e -p o r t s of a f t e r - h o l i d a y a b s e n t e e i s m , w h i c h a v e r a g e d 8 p e r c e n t

P I 3 K : A f u r t h e r r e d u c t i o n in t h a c a r g o i n s u r a n c e r a t e o n g o o d s s h i p p e d b e t w e e n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d B r a z i l . A r g e n t i n a a n d U r u g u a y h a s b e e n a n n o u n c e d . T h e r a t e i s b e -i n g l o w e r e d t o 2Vh p e r c e n t , f r o m 3 H p e r c e n t . In A u g u s t . 1 « 2 . w h e n s u b -m a r i n e s i n k i n g s w e r e f r e q u e n t , t h a r a t a w a s 25 p e r c e n t .

T h e N a t i o n a l B o a r d of R e v i e w of Mot ion P i c t u r e s g a v e i t se l f s C h r i s t -m a s p r e s e n t of s e l f - r e s p e c t b y i t s c h o i c e of t h e b e s t flicker of t h e y e a r . I t m a d e a m o n k e y of a l l t h e o t h e r " b e s t s " b y n a m i n g " T h e Ox Bow I n c i d e n t " a s t h e t o p p e r . T h i s i s s p o w e r f u l d r a m a , b u t ( m o r e i m -p o r t a n t ) it p i c t u r e - l y n c h i n g a s t h e

a l w a y s b e e n . A t m a n y l u n a t i c f r i n g e r s w a n t a h a n d in t h e g o v e r n m e n t — m o s t of t h e m l y n c h e r s in s p i r i t — t h i s w a s a s w e l l p i c k .

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fireproof t i le w i t h a c e m e n t finish _ _ _ . . /-»-i 11 on t h e o u t s i d e . T h i s c e m e n t finish 400 ,000 Act ive Ull « ells h a s q u i t e a f e w c r a c k s o n t h e ou t -s i d e w a l l s . H o w c a n I finish u p t h e s e c r a c k s p e r m a n e n t l y , a n d m a k e a d e c e n t look ing j o b ?

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