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Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-13
Capital elk

Decision to let Henry j. Kaiser
proceed with the construction OF
70-ton Mars type Martin flying
boats for cargo carrying comes just
at a time when some naval avia-
tion experts are ready to abandon
the flying boat in favor of land
planes except for very limited duty
where no landing fields are avail
able Reason is that the losses of
Navy flying beats have been eX-
tremely high. Flying boats, in the
water, can't BE- camouflaged, can't
be hidden, can't be protected, are
slow on the takeoff, and for these
reasons they stick out like decoy
ducks before a blind, easy pickingS
for attacking dive bombers
ETIQUETTE TIPS
FOR SOLDIERS
HandbookS guidebooks, books of
etiquette or whatever you want to
call them are being prepared for
American soldiers in every country
where eXpeditionary forces are be-
ing sent to help the soldiers get
along we'll with the native citi-
zenly. Details of the British edi-
ton have alread% been announced,
but there are books in preparation
Tor Ireland, Australia and such
places Rule number one for the
Irish edition is to be Don't argue
religion" "
! COSTLY ECONOMY
This may not be typical, but to
show how much of a saving" is
being made by liquidation of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, there
| is presented the case of two color
ed CCC camps near Norfolk. Va,
which had been working ON a naval
project. When the order to disband
the camps was received, the Navy
! promptly moved in and hired the
! entire personnel to complete the
project. But instead OF the Navy
| paying the men at their old CCC
rate of $50 a month-Which figures
out at l8 cents an hour-the Navy
| had to pa" the unskilled laborerS
so cents an hour, semi-skilled 70
cents an hour, and tractor opera
tors 95 cents an hour
WATCH OUR SMOKE
If you really want to know how
prosperous the country is, consult
the statistics on consumption of
tobacco. New figures have just been
released by the Department of Ag-
riculture. and they show that for
l94l the domestic consumption
reached an all-time high of eight
pounds per person.
Previous peaks were just over
and 1929
About four and a half pounds of
the l94l record consumption was
in cigaret tobacco The more spend
ing money people have, it seems,
the more they go for reaCy-made
cigarets. Consumption of chewing
tobacco has been declining steadily
since the beginning of the century.
It was nearly three pounds per in
habitant in 1900, but in recent
years il has been less than a pound
Last year, however, chewing to-
bacco and snuff consumption went
up Only way the economists can
figure it out is that war industries
crli ted a lot of jobs where the
fire hazard was great and smoking
was prohibited
THAT FUEL PROBLEM
The question has been raised as
to why eastern states people who
burn fuel oil in furnaces to heat
their homes weren't permitted to
fill up their tanks this summer, the
theory being that such action would
help solve the storage problem and
be good winter preparedness, be-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-13

Paid Political Advertisement
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-13

Peter Edison

sides. Answer to this question, as
given by the fuel oil division Of
the Office of the Petroleum Co
ordinator for War, covers several
points
First. there %aS.t enough oil in
the suppliers' talks to fill the mil
lion and a quarter private resi-
dence tanks in the seaboard area.
Second. the average residence. tank
holds only 275 gallons, which will
last only Il couple of weeks. Third.
the OPC top men didn't want the
consumers to get 4 false sense of
security about the fuel oil supply
by starting them out with a full
tank at the beginning Of winter,
when they might get the idea that
everything was going to be all right
and therefore the furnace could be
started early. Finally, and most
important of ALL the oil bosses
diGLt want to get all these tanks
filled up, then have scme crisis
arise where it would be necessary
to supply the military with a lot
OF extra oil, which might have
meant going back TO the ultimate
consumer and asking, please, could
they suck the tank dry again?
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-13
THAT FUEL PROBLEM

The question has been raised as
to why eastern states people who
burn fuel oil in furnaces to heat
their homes weren't permitted to
fill up their tanks this summer the
theory being that such action would
help solve the storage problem and
be good winter preparedness, be-
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-13
WRONG REACTION

It's a quaint old State Depart
ment custom that whenever en-
ployes get raises. they must stand
treat to the other employees in their
particular division The rule is to
pass cigars to the men and a box
of cand% to the gals 1t works all
right among the State Dep. tment
people themselves, where the Gus
tom is understood, but sometimes a
visiting foreign embassy official or
secretary, making the rounds in
the department, fails to realize that
the worldwide custom of passing
the cigars doesn't necessary mean
that somebody has had a baby 1t
gets particularly funny when some
of the unmarried ladies in the de
partment have to stand treat or
pass the cigars for the boss.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-13
MIND YOUR
MANNERS

Test your knowledge of correct
social usage by answering the fol
lowing questions, then checking
against the authoritative answers
below:
l. If a brides father is not liV-
ing, would it be correct for her
mother to give her away?
2. Who traditionally proposes a
toast to the bride and groom at q
wedding reception?
3. Is it correct for the brides
mother to serve as her daughters
matron of honor?
4. May women guests to AN
afternoon garden wedding wear
large picture hats?
5. Is it correct for the marriage
ceremony itself to take place in
a garden or should the m9rriage
take place indoors, even though
the reception is to be in the gard
en-
(A) Wear a white linen suit?
(B) Wear a dark blue or dark
gray jacket with white ilannels?
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31
NEWSING AROUND
With
MAXINE FEARS

Japan has Ieen in India since 1897
She undcryells the British in manu-
-sstrttHr-ti -suc,is IN British markets.
The Japs appeal to the illitera,e
Indians by offering them two bowls
Of rice while the British give them
a fourth as much"
The speaker pointed out that
Great Britain has shielded herself
from scatching criticism Of her rule
in India on the grounds that the
country is so greatly divided by
religion, It is composed Of such
deeply religious factions as the
Hindus, Mohammedans. Moslems
and Christians. As a comparison, she
cited the hodge podge existant in
the United States Here are found
the jew and the Gentle the black
man and the white man, the Bos-
tonian and the Southerner, q the
Protestant and the Catholic. She
believes that for the common saliva
lion of India the Hindu would dis
regard HIS disdJin OF the Moham-
medan meat-cater. ana the Mo-
hammedan would overlook the
Hindu's vegetable diet
In conclusion, the speaker stated
tina: she believes If Great Britain
refuses to come 10 terms with India,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31
Wash. Tech. Teacher Goes
To Great Lakes Station

ST LOUIS Elmer L. Hubbard.
-1nmereist teacher al the Washing
ton Technical high school for the
past seyc$ years, enlisted in tho
U S navy on Friday. October IS.
He el: Friday, October 2a for the
Great Lakes Training station.
Hubbard who lived at 1922 Cora
avenue. is the son Of Mr. and Mrs
Lee Hubbard OF St Louis. No. a
graduate Of Indiana State Teachers
college, and has done graduate
work a. Indiana and Northwestern
universities He has a life super
yisor's license in accounting and
business administration and secre-
Irial training He is also a mem
Der Of p, Omega P., national hon
7ca-y fa'cw.,y for commercial
-e9chcrs and Kappa Delta Pi.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31


the glove is pulled over the suit
sleeve.
Twenty button gay-colored gloves
in acetate, are sketched here in
American Beauty, one ofthe fucbsia
and purple-red color families which
are taking on increased signia-
c.ncc in accessories this fall.
The short gloves take more dec
Grafton, as for instance in the dres-
sicr little glove, i'm their Doeval
fabric, carries on for another sea-
SON a favorite frlled top shorty
type, dress for daytime, yet simple
On the hand.
HAVE I BEEN OF ANY HELP
TO YOU?
Address your questions to Thelma
Lee, Fashion Editor, 1.-THE Michigan
Chronicle.
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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1942-10-31

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
Won a Honeymoon
With His Feet

NRIvATE LAWRENCE WILL
- LIAMS of the United States
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

NRIVATE LAWRENCE WILL
- LIAMS of the United states
U Army has had to take a lot
off people because Of his big feet
but the other day the shoe was
on the other foot, so to speak,
and the pride of Paoli, Indiana,
is a happy man.
About two weeks before ne
answered Uncle Sans call, Law
renee married his sweetheart and
a fortnight later. marched brave
ly off TO Fort Benjamin Harrison
to serve his country.
There the puzzled quarter
masters corps looked over its
stock of army shoes but none
of them fitted the huge 141a
foot of Private Williams.
Now, although he's officially
indicted and all that, Private
Williams can't get into the army
routine because he has to wait
for the right kind of shoes. But
he's in no hurry. The little wife
to whom he said goodby in the
old home town has joined him
for a second honeymoon in In
dianoplis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

a plan like II is working out IN
one of it's first try-outs in the
u. S. A.
Unlike the proverbial old wo-
man in the shoe who had so many
children she didn't know what to
do, the "block mother" knows ex-
actly what to do-for her work
has been planned and cut out for
her by all the other parents.
Under this plan. each mother
takes one day for looking after
the youngsters on her block. AS
many as three alternates are APP
pointed just in case the mother.
for-a-day might be i'll or called
away on some emergency.
The woman elected puts a
block mother" sign in the win
dow to let the kids under her
charge know just where the
headquarters for the day are.
Their play is organized and the
children are given special things
to do, according to their age.
Part OF their game Is to learn
what to do in case of an air raid.
II the siren should sound, the
children are taught to make a
Decline for the block mothers
house. There. special rooms have
been set up for them TO continue
their play in the basement.
In the particular community
shown in the pictures on this
page, the mothers have under
taken to train the youngsters TO
distinguish American planes from
! those that the enemy might send
over. Model airpianes, as shown
in one of the pictures, are used.
This is being done in order that
the children, who hear so much
war talk, will not take fright
when a commercial liner or
American bomber ICONS over.
Another engaging game is sal
wage and 20 play IL these young
sters go around gathering up old
rubber and scrap iron which
their parents then take TO the
salvage-gathering centers.
To keep track of her many
charges for the day, the block
mother has a register The chill
dren have to tell her just where
they intend TO play. She checks
up on them frequently so she will
know where 10 find them If and
when necessary. In one Of the
photographs the children are re-
porting to the block mother be-
fore starting out on their morn
ing romp.
Many other communities
throughout this country are be-
| ginning to adopt the block moth
err idea. On the West Coast in
areas where many women are
hard at work in plane manu-
featuring plants the idea has gone
so far that special nurseries have
been set up under the supervision
of paid" mothers.
The plan, on minor scale, is
even being adopted in some COM
munities where mothers do not
engage in war work but is being
instituted in order to give the
mothers an occasional day off"
for shopping or the movies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

What happens if I'm just curious but don't
'eant to do anything about life insurance noro?
Our representatives like nothing better than
healthy curiosity. They are always glad to
make recommendation From there on you
are on your own, of course. !, might turn out
that you have enough life insurance Ii some.
times does
When can see an AGENT
Any time you say. Our representatives suit
your convenience. ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

Exactly, that's why We don't know. When
YOU have six million policyholders, YOU know
from experience that no two families are alike.
Take YOU and the man on your street who makes
the same salary and has the same number of
mouths to feed as you have. -. We wouldn't
recommend the same kind or amount of life
insurance for both of YOU any more than your
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

Read The American weekly resulariyi
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

Another
job of the
Block
Mother Is
to Teach
Her
Youngsters
the
Difference
Between
Our Planes
and Those
of the
Enemy,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

doctor would give both your babies the same
formula. -. We'd have TO know more about
YOU than We do now.
Ion may hare something there. But I'm a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

busy man. haven't got all day TO recite my
life history
1t doesn't take all day. We respect your time
as well as our own. That's why We worked out
- after a lot of study of thousands of cases -
specialized John Hancock service which sim.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-01

Sorry, sir. we don't know!
Ny error. thought you were life inSur.
dnce company!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-02
EPISCOPAL WOMEN
 PLANNING FARLEY
Bishop BudIong to Greet Delegates at Hartford
 Cathedral Friday

The Connecticut Branch of thu Women's Auxiliary to the Nationa Council of the Episcopal Church will hold its 62nd annual devotional meeting at'Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford, on Friday, November
 The program will open at i0:3G o'clock with a celebration of the Holy Communion, conducted by the Rt Rev Frederick c. Budlong, bishop of Connecticut. The Ser- mon will be delivered by the Rev. W. Brooke Stabler, provost of Avon Old Farms, and former president of the Church Society for College Work.
 Parish treasurers will present the United Thank Offering of the wo- men of the church at this service and the Communion Aims will be given to the Bishops Fund for AL bar Furnishings within Connecticut.
 Everyone is asked to bring a box lunch and tea and coffee will be served by the women of Christ Church Cathedral.
 The afternoon missionary service will start at 1:l5 o'clock with branch es from all over the state respond ing to the roll call with their pledge for Connecticut's Quota for Missions. Bishop Budlong will greet the gathering at this session. and the Rev. Clifford L. Samuelson. secretary for Rural Work in the De- partment of Domestic Missions, will give the afternoon address.
 A large attendance of clergy and members of the Auxiliary is ex- pected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-02
SMALL TUBE UNIT
 FAVORS DRISCOLL

The French Small Tube unit of Local 25l has voted unanimous en- dorsement of aJohn J. Driscon of this city for the international presidency of the Mine, Mill & Shelter Workers union, according to an announce ment by John RoSSi, chairman, and John Mama. secretary.
 MT. Driscoll is opposing incumbent Reid Robinson, who is also a vice. president of the CIO. Voting among the membership all over the country is taking place this month.
 James Snowden, colored vice-pres- ident of the Bristol Brass Workers union, yesterday was in Bessener. Alabama. to address a rally on be- half of MT. Driscoll's candidacy. He lauded the local man as a champion of racial equality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-02

Thruppence .... There's possibility that they are going to mint at Washington D. G. three cent piece to help out in the copper shortage and meet coin demands
 The coin will be made of glass Never before has there been such property used in the making of coins One ha two cent and three cent coins have been in use before as in the British Ises but of glass Pennies
 now as we'll as nckeS the chief worry because of the
 metal situation During the past year less pennies have been minted so now it looks like they will have to turn to glass and mint three cent piece Already can hear youngsters wondering how far they go with three-cent piece Will they get nickes worth or penny's worth?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-02

bellion" of Pennsylvania distillers who finally were subdued by 2l000 federal troops at cost of $l ,500,- 0O0. After an abortive tax levied during the War of 1872, no whisky tax was levied against uItil during the Civil War.
 In 1905 the first temperance so- ciuety, "The Aquaties," was organ ized in Siinsbury, Conn, to promote water drinking. The WCTu-Won- en:s Christian Temperance Union was founded in 1874: B years after Mane hecamet the first state to im- pose prohibition. Before the turn of the century, Mrs. Carrie Nation, won wide publicity by entering sa- looms and smashing the bars with an ax. In 1917 the Senate voted, 65 to 20, and the House, 2s2 to 123, for prohibition. The wartime ban became effective July l. 1918. but the Eighteenth Amendment did not take effect until Jan. IS, 1920. It was repealed in 1893.
 Repeal Gave Local Option
 Because the repeal amendment provided for local option, five states-Georgia, aKnsas, Mississippi. permit the sale of beer and wines only; no hard liquor Sixteen states have liquor monopolies which give them a net profit of s5a.000. 900 an- nually. According to statistics. the average annual per capita purchse of liquor in the United tSates is $6.90.
 Prohibitionists argue that money spent cn liquor should be used to buy war bonds instead. A dry league in Tennessee urged its members not to ride in automobiles using tires of synthetic rubber made from al- cohol.
 Actually no more whisky is being produced in the United States. All distilleries have been changed over to production of alcohol and alcohol products of the war. Ofiicials in Washington, however. said that re. serves were large enugh to last three years. Besides, Scotch and Irish whisky will continue to be imported and the production of rum In Cuba, Puerto Rico. Jamaica and other West Indies islands will be increased.
 And since imports of French wines has stopped. Americas wine industry has grown fast. However it still is possible to get a choice of French wines md champagnes in America. even Pernod which s nov forbidden in France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-11-02
NAVY'S NEW AsRONAUTlcS CHIEF SEES AlR-POWER AND SUPPLIES AS SOLoMoNS FIGHTERS GREATEST NEED
M . n
BY THOMAS M. JOHNSON
 NRA saFrlrn Alllllarr IElIller


 Washington, Nov. es-The nations No. I eir-sailor Is no swivel ehair Admiral" - he cant sit sllll, long enough. He Is up and about, iM and out, oarting and sweeping through the rambling Navy Depart ment building like a little fiRhter planet rying to get out and at. the enemy.
 That's Rear Admiral John sid. ney Mccain. our new chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautlcs.
 His job is one of the most im~ portant and conspicuous in our entire war effort-to eQuip the Navy with lightning speed for the ned air~sea warfare. Mccain knows what that warfare Is. Already he has seen it and felt i6
 For six months he has com mandea all naval aircraft in the South Pacific. fn September he made two trips to the Solomon Islands flying in a B-lS which led in large numbers of Marine fighter plans, slipping them in at dusk when toae Japs couldn't see. And staying, too. under gunfire and -. RAN HIMSELF
 RAGGED ..."
 He was all over the island, seek ingf first-hand knowledge. question: ing all who had fighting experience: his rudy, freckled face alieht with puckish grin, bright eyes twink ling and snapping, gray hair rum pied, fighters jaw out-thrlst He ran himself ragged, lost five pounds from. his short, sparse frame.
 But he has lost six more in a month, trying to stay in Q swivel chair in Washington. Now he weighs l40 in his shiny blue uni- form with the frayed braid and ribbons working clothes for Q working air-sailor who is best de- scribed by the phrase "hard-bitten," :"
 Bombs fell on Guadalcanal with racking, roaring blasts, Cramped in dugout beneath the arching roots of banyan tree, sailos and marine cursed the JapS colorfully. Then up rose young lieutenant, who said.
 stop this profanity, Don't you know there's an Admiral pres ent?"
 Ensued death-like silence, broken by sounds of an Admiral chackling. For John Sidney Mccain is one of the Navy's best plain and-fancy cussers. But he uses cusswords, not obscenities. And the Navy knows that the cusswards are just irrepressible fighting spirit breaking out.
 were superior to the Japs in every branch" he snaps. "our