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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07
Unfreeze Credits

WASHINGTON - The treasury
Wednesday unfroze the American
assets Of German. Italian, japanese
and Chinese nationals doing bust
ness within the British Empire.
Russia and other allied territories.
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Core Of the News
TO PRESENT SHOW

Chaplain Justin Edwards an
nounces that the 7th Infantry min
strel show, written by Pvt. Willard
Weinberg, will be reproduced and
presented at Fort Lewis In the
rear future. II was first presented
at Camp Hunter Lggett, Calf.
Always better butter at Cow
Butter store.-(Adv.)
REcRurr isi MEN
During July 1874 men were en-
listed In the u. q. navy In this
recruiting district, with headqusr-
tiers at Seattle. Quota for August
In 216 men.
Bedding plants, Him. Florist. ad'
CONTRACTS AWARDED
IF. Graham, Tacoma, has been
awarded a contract for a pump
house at Fort Lewis for s7,ei1.
Electric Construction Co, Tacoma.
was given the award for electrical
facilities at Fort Lewis on bid
Of ISL, $50.
DR.. II. o. Hoover has returned
to his practice OF osteopathy at
TO Fidelity bldg. adv.
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WISCONSIN PICNIC

Former residents of Wisconsin
will picnic at Woodland park in
Seattle Sunday. it was announced
Wednesday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-08-07

Your Postmaster can tell you
how to invest in u. s. Defense
Bonds.
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To Enter Flying School
-Krug-Lutz Photo
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
NOTICE or SAL.

SIs. oeo.oo Lake Township. Msesmb
County. Mlshigan. ls\i
8seun1iAG Dsnds
Sealed bids for the purpose Of "io<i
rsfsndins bonds" 10 b issued " Lake
Township. Ascomb County. Michigan.
Of Z par value Of -, 10000. win Be re-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

esivsd By ths undersisnsd 1t NE Offices
Of lake Township In the town hall
and municipal building. located ct Tie
intersection Of Elsven Mile RoaA and
jefferson Avenue. In the village of q.
Clair oheees. Ntehigan. until Z o'clock
P. ~. Kasesm Standard Time. On the
ism aay Of February. A. D.. issi. at
which the md place they viii be
opened and considered by the Town
ship Board Of said Lake Township.
TIE bonds viii be dated ~ Of Feb
rusry 70. leli. will be numbered con-
secutiysly from I 20 -. both inclusive.
and Win mature serially Soooo.eo on
February -. ieSa. eooooo.0o February IS.
isls. eo6oo.oo February Is. is>%. 5000. 90
February IS. lsSs. 5000 % February Is,
isAs. $e0oo.oo February Is, ls47. 5000. %
February IS, le%s. al except bonds ma
turing on February Is. is<7. and Feb
ruafy IS, is<s. win not Be subject TO call
for prior redemption. said bonds ma
turing February IS. isA7 and February
Is. iSso. win Be subject 70 redemption 1t
the option Of the Township Board 1t par
on February IS or August IS Of any
year after February IS. leS3. all will be
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

ssss: :. s -. = - $3.50 81. Z
Y q rs. M G15so1lAG 49, = -
rus1y Is. is1S. psgs16e . Assgaap - -
issh s:y 9 I.s.ss.Y 60 -: 9 s - :
payable q ths Natiooa1 oanh - D.
trcit, sscurittes Dsparsaout, leseted -
the National Hank 1uihAinG.. Dsueit
Michigan. o. IT, suceeseee peymG eoDne
named By seid Lake Township ooaso
which shau, b. q resosnSib,o benk -
trust company In The CITY - pseretl
Michigan.
Thee bonds win - tlss general oblie,-
tion of ssid Lake Township. which b
authorized ard required b. law to
levy upon all the tsxabls peoperty thsrs-
In such - valorem taxes - may b
necessary TO pay ths bends and The
interest thereon. without limitation ~ 70
rate o. amount. Bonds WIN - awarded
to the bidder whose prcpoeni produces
the lowest interest cost 70 TIE township
after deduetins the premium effered. II
any. Interest o. premium win not b
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

- ~. III. .sv:sin: p sS' E.s',sss . ana
properly damage lnsursnss q ssHnty-
owHod no1Dr vshieles anl miseellaneesn
OQnlpmenu. q this dspaytznsat lniosma-
tina concerning tAs Vehicles - b m-
s,ared can b ootainsd q the Office Of
the abovo mantteaed.
0oaRd - County Rosd
Commissioners Of Nacomb County.
HARRY w. v. LUlGKY.
Chairman
lloyd 3. FINCH.
vlco-ChairmAn
BERT MOORE
Member. uo,,
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PICxErs PICKET PlCKsrs

FLINT -@ - Two gasoline
station operators had pickets
picketed Thursday. The Amer
ican Federation Of Labor pickets
appeared before the stations a.
part Of IN organizing drive. Sta
ton owners Immediately hired
piekets to picket the AL pick
ets.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
MAcoMB COUNTY
~WHO'S WHO"
DIRECTORY
PUBLISHED EACH SATURDAY
INSURANCE


FOR LErrERHEADs that combine dis
tinction snd utility. TIE NEIIIS
NEWSPAPEN9' Job Printing Department
more <l3l.
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URANIUM .
( ANSWERS


II Questions on Page 8
I. Dean Jaeger played Brig
ham Young. Tyrone Power star
I'D In the picture but did not
have the title role.
Z. Paul Kelly played General
Custer In Wyoming. ~
3. Edward @. Robinson took
~ part u Reuter- In a Dispatch
From Reuters.
4. Jon Hall played Kit Carson.
], 8. Walter Brennan played
Judge Roy.Dean IN The Western
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

CIRCULARS OF ALL KINDS at reason
able prices. The NELLIE NEWSPAPERS
Job Printing Department. Phone Mt.
Clemens 1900.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
Legal Notices

NOTICE 70 AUTO INSURANCE.
A08NClIo
Sealed proposals. Win b received at the
office Of the Board Of County noao Com
missioner Of Nscomb County. County
building, Mount Clemens, Michigan. unlil
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

OUR MOVING equipment y The bsst ana
your furniture and housohola ooods oueh
~ moth-proof upholstsred furniture rsee
and Oh cloth coverings wrappenR oil
rugs. and c,ishtone Oisiniectjno ware
house. vans, pads aao clothtne Hundreds
OF satisfied customers. City Transfes 60
% Broadway rhous IA cesvscs 70 md
from Ootroit daily
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08

CROSSE POINTE - IN -
Charles A. PARCELS. school board
president. announced Thursday
that = s1l0,o00 addition 70 the
Crosse rcints high school would
be started Ia the spring.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
QUEEN NAAGED

NECAUNEE -M = Brown
haired Carol johnson, l7.year-
old high-school senior, Thurs
day was named Negaunee's 1871
winter queen. She viii be crown.
Cd at the city's winter carnival
next Wednesday.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
MOTOR OILS

CENTRAL PENN.PETR0LxUM OIL co
Motor. crude. tractor OILS I'll gradea
Alfred n Ehrks. Asp. d Wells q
Phone MI. Clemens -.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-02-08
Rodio - Vacuum Cleaner
and Washer Repairs

Complete 0teek. One Day Service. New
en0 Used WaGhorS. HetriOoratogS. Ironsss.
Vacuum C1oaners and Radios.
md LaCHofx SALHD & SERVICE
1Asas NJ 6 ins opsn 4vsainss
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Continued on page 81
Civilian, Two.
Military Police.
Must Face Trial

RUSTON, La. - (By jim
my Sanders for ANP)-Pvt.
Dennis Hill, Detroit selectee,
member of the Oath engineer
battalion, is in an army base
hospital near here, and two
military police, one city po-
liceman and one civilian, all
white, are awaiting tria! for
wantonly and brutallv attack
ing and beating Hill a mile
south of this town.
Private Hill In an affidavit to
investigating military authorizes
affirms that ne, Robert Jones and
Willie Nunley came to Ruston from
the camp to take shower at the
USO and use a telephone Hill de-
clares that as he and jones were
walking along the street a white
civilian in a large truck passed and
ordered them off the street. Hill
told the white man to drive on the
right side of the street. Hill de-
clares that the white man then
called them vile name. He and
Jones laughed and walked on. This
evidently angered the white man
who stopped the truck and started
Continued on Back Page)
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BY ALVIN E. WHITE

WASHINGTON, D. C.. ---(ANP)
--Alarmists throughout the country
are pointing with apprehension to
the comparatively small number of
Negroes receiving jobs in the far
flung defense progr.,n after having
heard of the changes which were
being effected in employment poll
Mrs. Gertrude Dent, a son, Sher-
man Dent, and other relatives and
friends mourn her passing
Funeral arrangements were ir
charge of Miller Funeral Home.
c1es throughout the nation.
While 1t is true only small num-
Der of Negroes have been put to
work, there has been definite
change in the employment policy
OF large number Of firms and
where no Negroes we're employed
before they are gaining positions
in spots they never before enjoyed
Some of the spots where Negroes
are employed, which hitherto never
permitted Negros to work there, are
listed herewith.
Simplex Wire and Gable Com
pany, Cambride, Mass, 4.
Pratt and Whitney works in
Hartford, 8 skilled workers; the
Hamilton Propeller Company, q
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Negro Workers
Crash Industry

semi-skilled workers. Both firms are
subsidiaries of the United Aircraft
Corp.
Allyn Company of Hartford,
Manufacturers of machine parts; 3
machine shop trainees.
Scoville Mfg. Co. If Waterbury,
Conn.,, greatly increased number of
skilled and scmi-skilled workers,
casting, rolling and febr1cating
bases. Negroes are working in the
mill and casting department as Dip
pers and platers.
Chase Brass and Copper Co., Wa
terbury, floormen and moulders; ex-
truSion press operators and muffle
men.
The Waterbury Tool company
asked for Negroes in certain fields
and agreed to take them on, but
couldn't find sufficient workers. CO.
In Brooklyn, the Shearon Metal
lie corporation has engaged two Ne
gro engineer technicianS, two sheet
metal workers.
The Standard Holloware company
OF the same city has four Negro
sheet metal workers from the NYA
training classes.
The Upper Bag corporation. Is
Negro power machine operators.
The Bethlehem Steel Company
Continued on Back Page)
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The bill of complaint alleges that
l.. G.. Holyfield was elected sheriff
of Rankin County in the 1899 gen.
eral election, posting $4,000 bond
as surety with the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty company.
It further sets forth that Holy
field appointed Prentiss Taylor and
E. w. Richbourgh as deputy She
riffs, and that on September 81,
1910, Eddie Adams was shot and
killed by the sheriff or one of his
deputies while they were searching
for Intoxicating liquor in the woods
surrounding the Gold Coast area.
This area described in the bill as
being located on the western board
of Rankin county near Jackson, a
thickly populated area consisting
Of many different kinds of business
enterprises, establishments, night
clubs. etc.
Allegations made in the bill state
that Adams and two Negroes were
seated at the foot of a steep en-
bankment on highway 49 when the
officers opened fire on them. 1t
holds that after Adams was shot
and injured he was subjected to in
human treatment and was then
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Arizona To Join Nation
In z941 Newspaper Week

WHEREAS, throughout Ameri-
can history, free press has taken
a leading role in the building OF
our nation, which stands today as
one of the worlds few remaining
democracies where freedom of the
press and Of speech still are num-
bered among the treasured human
liberties; and
WHEREAS, only a press that is
unclaimed and unenslaved, can pre-
sent truth, insofar as it can be OBJ
tained, mailing at their sources
false rumors, slanderos and libel
Gus statements and incorrect or
misleading information; and
WHEREAS, the newspapers of
today are the fountain head of ali
public information since virtually
all news, whether it comes to us
ever the airWaves or through the
medium Of the printed pages is the
result of their cooperative news
gathering efforts and
WHEREAS, in this area of world
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strife and turmoil, the threats
from abroad that hang \ over our
country like a forbidding cloud
demand more than ever that the
press shall continue to function
freely and without interference ir
order that the American people
may continue to occupy their rec
organized position as the best in
formed and most enlightened peo-
pie in the world; and
WHEREAS. the week of October
l to 8, 1914, has been designated fo1r
observance throughout the nation
as National Newspaper Week, during
which period public attention will
be focused on the vital part that
our newspapers take in the preser-
vation Of OUR democratic way of life
and on their many other services to
public community. and nation;
NOW, THEREFORE, I Reed
Shupe, as mayor of the City of
Phoenix, do hereby proclaim anct
Continued on Back Page)
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Arizona will join the nation be
ginning Wednesday in paying trib-
ute to the right arm of its freedom
the press.
Formally designated as Ma
tiouaI Newspaper Week, the
period October / to s has been
set aside as time when this
fact will be spotlighted: "The
newspaper lights the way to
freedom.
The week formally has been pro-
claimed by Governor Osborn, for
the state, and Dr. Reed ShUpe,
mayer. for the City of Phoenix.
In nations where newspapers have
been enslaved, it was pointed out,
the peoples of those nations have
been isolated, cut off from reality,
abandoned by truth.
Governor Osborn called on
all Arizonians to let the OBJ
servance be a reminder that
freedom of the press is a vital
liberty in a democracy.
His proclamation fellows:
' Whereas, the American press en-
ioys the confidence of a thought
full citizens because it has Steadtast-
lv kept faith with its readers and
has endeavored to merit the free
dom and protection by the ConStl-
tuition, and
WHEREAS. in most of the re-
rainder Of the civilized world the
press has become controlled by
propagandists and its policies and
opinions are dictated by designing
individuals to serve selfish interests
thus emphasizing the almost unique
freedom of our American press, and
WHEREAS, during the week OF
October l to 3. national attention
is being directed to the work Of the
newspapers in preserving cur Cod
given rights of free religion, free
speech and a free press;
NOW. THEREFORE, I, Sidney
p. Osborn, governor, in order tc
further impress upon the citizenf
of the state our gratitude and in
debtedness to the American press
and to the newspapers of our own
State. particularly, do hereby desig-
nate the week of October l to 8, as
National Newspaper Week III Ari'
zcna, and I urge all Arizonians tt
take this occasion to reflect upor
the significance Of the words 'tret
press" and the manifold blessings
and benefits which ar uncontrolled
press guarantees"
SIDNEY P. OSBORN,
GOVERNOR.
Mayor Shupe emphasized
that free press is zone of the
greatest bulwarks of our in
dividUaI freedom.
Ills proclamation follows.
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Negro Women
To Meet Al
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
To Address Natl
Council Session

WASHINGTON. d. C.-tSNS)---
A conference session and tea at the
White House with Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt as speaker was an
nounced as part of the schedule of
meetings of the National Council
of Negro Women, Inc, by its ma
t1onal president, Mary Mcleod
Bethune, when that organization
holds its annual meeting in Wash
lngton, DC, October 16 through 18
The White House session of the
conference will convene at 2:30 D.
m. on October Is, following the
opening session that morning at
which time a Symposium in
terpreting the Councils role will be
held. At the White House session,
conference leaders will make formal
presentations of the Role of the
Council in the World Crisis of To-
day.
Mrs. Roosevelt, Hon. Aubrey VIII
lialns, Administrator of the Ma
tional Youth Administration, and
Hon. Earl B. Oickerson, member of
the Presidents Committee on Fair
Employment Practices will speak.
Tea will be served at o'clock.
RANDOLPH TO SPEAK
The public mass meeting. to be
held in the Department Auditorium
on Thursday evening, October 16.
will be addressed by Attorney
Eunice Hunton Carter. A. Phillip
Randolph, and Hon. A. A. Berle,
assistant secretary of State
The Friday sessions, October II,
will be cltmaxed by National De-
tense meeting at Rankin Chapel,
University. Negro leaders in the
various departments of government
will be asked to answer questions
posed by council delegates. A re-
ception in Frazier Hall of Howard
University will follow this meeting
Business sessions will be held
Saturday morning and afternoon.
October 18, and the conference will
be closed with the annual dinner
meeting Saturday evening in the
dining room of the Department of
Labor. Congresswcman Frances P.
Bolton and Walter White will at
that time deliver addresses. and
report of the conference findings
will be given to the public.
NIGHT SESSIONS OPEN
The night sessions will all be
open to the public. Attendance at
the daily sessions. including the
White House meeting will be limit
ed to registered delegates. In order
to meet the request of White
House officials, Mrs. Bethune stat
ed that all registrations must be
received by midnight of Tuesday,
October 7.
Registrations for the conference
($1.50), reservations for the annual
dinner ($1.50) and reservations for
rooms should be sent to the Assist
ant Registrar of the Conference,
Miss Dorothy Height, care of The
Phyllis Wheatley YWCA at 901
Rhode Island Avenue. Me-, in Wash
ingtoll, D. G.
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56,549 See Champion
Defend Title For
Nineteenth Time
Brown Bomber Announces He Will
Not Retire, Seeks Five More
Tits Before Releasing Crown
By LUCIUS JONES
(SNS Sports EditOr)
By LUCIUS JONES
(SNS Sports Editor)

NEW YORK. Sept pa hysterical mob of 56549 ex-
cited souls baved football weather tonight at the Polo
Grounds to Joe Louis stupey acerate and chop down
Lou Nova in minutes seconds the sixth
successfully defend his world heavyweight for the
nineteenth time.
The teenng multitude bowling admixture of legiti
mate boxing fans and early arrivals for the 1941 World
Series knew beyond shadow doubt early the fourth
canto that knockout imminent.
SLOW START
Starting slowly, Louis scaling 2O2A, found Nova, the
Yogi impressive physical specimen at 202, difficult
target Time and again the aroused champion fented and
staked his prey waiting for that fatal mistake he felt
to come
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swiftly and minutes after the dead
ly kill had left a never-to-be-for-
gotten impression of mayhem upon
more than $4,000 minds, the vast
recesses of the Folio Grounds were
almost empty.
Both Louis and Nova fought
somewhat unconventional styles
here tonight The Yoga man, who
managed to win Louis respect ear
ly by popping Joe's head back like
a percolator lid with long left
hooks thrown from his celebrated
dynamic starce," circled to Louis
right la Bob Pastor and Billy
Conn and, for a time, made tough
mark. Louis, on the other hGAd
went into a semi-crouch and threw
so many left hands he resembled a
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thrown in jail.
He was transferred from the jail
to his home in Jackson on Septem-
ber % because he had become seri-
ously i'll. The next day he was ad-
mitted to Baptist Hospital in jack
son where he died on September
%.
The bill claims that his death was
the result of gross carelessness, neg
ligence and unlawful conduct on
the part of the defendants, l.. c..
Holyfield, Prentiss Taylor and E.
w. Richbourgh. The case will be
taker up by Chancellor R. w. Gut
rer at the December term OF the
chancery court.
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DEAN DIXON AGAIN TO
CONDUCT NBC SYMPHONY

NEW YORK-(AN Dean Dix
on, young maestro whose name
thrice in the past year has been
emblazoned upon the concert hori-
zon. is again scheduled to step to
the podium of the National Broad
casting company to conduct the
famous NBC Symphony orchestra
He will appear on the evenings of
Jan. 20 and q, 1912, according to
the announcement made Wednes-
day by the company.
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BIBLE THOUGHT

All HEALING HAS A SPIRITU-
AL ASPECT: And great multitudes
came unto him, having with them
those that were lame, blind, dumb,
manned, and many others, and cast
them down at Jesus feet; and he
healed them.-Matt.
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$4,000 Sought
From Sheriff In
Death OfHusbano

MAGNOLIA Miss (ANP)-Suit was filed recently in
Pike county chancery court by Atty j. B. Franklin Jack
son. Miss, seeking $4,000 judgment against Sheriff L. G.
Hoyfied Rankin county, and the United Fidelity and Guar
any company for the death of Eddie Adams The suit
of Rosa Adams Administrative OF the estate OF the
deceased Adams and in the of the state of ssssp
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LOUIS FINDS MARK

But in the sixth, a badly winded
Nova-who had seen the handwrit.
ing on the wall two rounds earlier
ran into windmill assault by Joe
Louis. Let's by the wholesale, rip
ping rights in lightning swiftness
rained on the game challenger as
the cruel, merciless fists of Louis
beat tattoo On Nova's badly dazed
head.
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HANDWRITING ON WALL

The first hint of an early pay
off came midway the fourth, fight
ing from slight crouch and throw
ing a score of left hands Z minute,
Louis staggered Nova with south
paw hook to the button and drop,
ped him to the resin for an incom-
plete count with a sizzling right to
the head tnat left the near prin-
tive gallery gasping with excite
ment
Res orting strictly to defensive
tactics, Nova weathered the re-
mainder of that cminous fourth
round and kept Louis surprisingly
at bay in the fifth when he landed
one good, solid right and ther made
brief rally which filled the vast
amphitheatre with drama.
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1t was slow Shedding and the irate
Louis, wearing mask of unques-
tionable impatience, trained his
guns menacingly at the bobbine
head of the Alameda, California
assassin.
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FOLK SAW II COMING

A telegraphic right cross, travel
ing no more than SIX inches, caught
Nova flush or the temple. Down
went the cosmic clouter, the mys-
terious disciple of Yoga, and he
was PROSTATE on the resin as the
count OF nine was clicked off over
his inert body.
Miraculously staggering to his feet
just ahead of the final count, Nova
groped blindly toward the cham
pion, but Referee Arthur Donovan.
displaying that degree Of mercy
foreign in the heart in this strange
hell-bent Louis we looked at to-
night, stepped in and declared it d
full days work scant second be-
fore the bell ending the sixth
stanZa.
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SCENE HURRIEDLY VACATED

The crowd which had gathered
slowly to eventually reach mon
strous proportions, dissemhled
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Mayor Shupe emphasized
that a free press is zone of the
greatest buIwarks of our in
dividUal freedom.
Ills proclamation follows,
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Beautiful Wedding Unes Frances Won Boes|ager and LEU
Proper Hot Weather Care
Increases Foot Comfort

on the market. This Il to be
massaged In night and morning
and il does have q cooling,
softening effect.
Putting on clean stockings
every morning and having sum-
mer shoes half size larger than
those you wear In the winter are
steps In the right direction to-
ward foot comfort. Keeping
your cosmetic drawer stocked
with foot lotion or witch hazel,
q piece of pumice and special
foot powder also is important.
Have your feet carefully meas
ured each time you buy shoes.
II you aren't sure that the pair
you like are quite comfortable
As you walk about In the store,
don't buy them. Shoes which
are right for your feet will be
comfortable then a. well as lat
er. Don't depend on stretching
of the leather to give your toes
more space. Shoes should fit
before stretching. Furthermore,
il they do fit when you buy
them, there will be less stretch
ing out of shape later, anyway.