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Restless-We have four chii-
dren and we are renting one
room and kitchen. Of course, l
realize the war is on and must
be satisfied but I have two places
in mind to want to buy. One is
a house with two rooms, the 9TH
er is a spot Of ground, Please
help US by telling us whether to
buy or not? l have some private
questions too.
Ans: The war being on Is all
the more reason to want a plot
of ground to farm. Rent the
property if you don't feel you
can buy and stay right where
you are until you see your way
clear to go ahead with your plans.
Your husband has regular work
and you two are able to save a
little each month you are right
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White Prestige Suffering>
California Students Warned
~ OIL HARRINGT0N

to our condescending and some
times contemptuous attitude to-
ward the Japanese because their
skins are yellow and not white.
"After Pearl Harbor Negroes
were ready to give their lives for
their country. They were told i'll
a curt reply by the Navy that there
could be no change In regulations
which might have raised them from
a position of menials."
Mr.. White also led a discussion
group at the international House
at the University of California
here February Is, and On Febru-
airy II, addressed the convocation
of the University of California at
Los Angeles in that city. He will
continue his tour of the Pacific
Coast visiting NAACP branches
and other groups.
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NJ M. VIM writing you
concerning a man l met eight
years ago. We have been going
together the whole eight years so
on Dec. 5th he asked me to mar,
ry him, so l accepted and he
goes and gets the license and
brings them and shows them to
me and left to go home to come
for me on the eth so we could
marry. | haven't seen him since.
Should / continue to wait on
him?
Ans: The old boy took ''coid
feet" and backed out. he doesn't
want to marry. There's no need
iii the world of your sitting there
at home waiting for his return.
if he had intended TO come back
don't you think he would have
written a card or sent word Of
some kind? Get back into cir
cuiation and find you another
beau but don't be fool enough to
spend eight years courting an
other man.
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Berkley, Cal. --(SNS)- White
prestige is being lessened in the
world each day until the japanese
are defeated, Walter White, NAACP
secretary told the convocation o!
students and faculty members of
the University of California at the
observance of Lincoln'S birthday
here.
"The dark forces of greed, bas-
ed On skin color, continue to work
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READERS! Prof Wallace analyze your
problems "free in this just include clipping the
letter Private Reply" a
for ASTROLOGY READING & LUCKY CHART
will free confidential letter
understanding anayzng questions privately
birthdate address letters
envelope and
your letter WALLACE
Newspaper Syndicate, Auburn Atlanta,
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$4,000 Idle In
~ Y Need Work

117,000 among Harlem's $4,000 Ne
groes. He accused employers OF
finding out the amount OF relief
allowances and offering to hire a
Negro for only S. more month.
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away that
COUGH
d ne TO colds

It's dangerous to use harsh cough
remedies that may upset the stomach
and weaken the patient. Use gentle
preparation that acts soothingly.
That's why it's more satisfactory and
pleasant to use Cheney'S Expectorant,
IT has honey base that is soothing.
It is so gentle that you can safely
give it to young children.
Cheney'S checks the coughing
quickly. 1t also soothes the throat,
reduces irritation, quiets the nerves,
and restores comfort.
You'll never again use a harsh
cough remedy after You have used
gentle, soothing, Cheney's. Get
Cheney's today on money-back
guarantee.
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NAACP Sec'y
Says Jap Victories
Threaten Belief

their evil way in the world" Mr..
White said. "Fart of Japan's the
ory as to the United states is due
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in deciding to accomplish some
thing worthwhile, as we'll as want
ing a permanent home. Send a
quarter for my new Astrology
Reading if you desire a private
reply.
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HOTEL MACK

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LIBYA:
Tanks at TobruE

Biz Hacheim in Libya had fallen
and the British thought this might
slow somewhat the desert thrust Of
the Nazi forces aimed at Tobruk
but on came the tank army of Col.
Gen. Erwin Rommel. Forgotten
was the fact that last year the Brit
ish had held that city throughout the
Libyan campaign and had made his
tory during its siege.
There were mine fields and strong
barbed wire defenses stretching al
most Is miles around the city and
at its back door was the Mediter-
ranean sea. But it was at the CEN
ter of the land front that Rommel
threw his heaviest tanks. These
were met by British soldiers at the
controls of American-made "Gener-
al Grant, tanks, most successful
weapons yet found to harass the
mechanical units of the enemy.
There was some speculation at
first as to whether or not Rommel
might try a flank thrust to reach the
sea to the east or west OF the city
but from the start of the battle the
fate of Tobruk hinged on a frontal
drive itself. This fact stood out,
experts said, because Rommel was
intent on taking the city itself and
thus avoid the risk of leaving it as
a British "sore-spot" as it proved
to be last year.
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SYNTHETIC RUBBER:
And 'Cracking'

U. S. chemists have perfected
new petroleum cracking" process
for making high-grade aviation gas
oline that should also help break the
bottleneck in synthetic rubber pro-
duction, according to the War Pro-
duction board.
The same refining plant turning
out aviation gas would be able also
to turn out butadiene, vital ingre-
dent in making synthetic rubber,
according to this announcement.
Although both these products come
from the same petroleum base, up
to now they have been produced in
separate operations.
Plants which can handle the pro-
duction of 100000 tons of synthetic
rubber from butadiene will be in
use before January l, 1943, but until
this new process was discovered,
there were grave doubts as to
whether or not a sufficient supply of
butadiene to keep them going could
be supplied.
It is believed that the new proc
ess will permit just that.
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HICHTTCHTS in the weeks netUs

HEROES: Visiting Washington on
a tour of the nation in behalf of war
bond sales Is American and British
war heroes paid their respects to
President Roosevelt and congress.
At the White House, President and
Mrs. Roosevelt and British Ambas-
sador Lord Halifax were ON hand to
greet them. On Capitol Hill they
were greeted in the house cham
Der and by senate members.
DEATH: Political quarters in
Berlin announced that Free French
soldiers captured at the Biz
Hacheim outpost in Libya are ir-
regulars and, as such, are liable to
execution under the German and
Italian armistice terms with France,
which forbids subjects to serve in
anti-Axis armies.
OIL: Within six months the East
coast should be getting "an in
creased supply of oil, according to
the WPB, as the result of that
agency's authorization of immedi-
ate construction of a 24-inch steel
pipeline from Texas to Salem, Ill.
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TREASURE HUNT:
This Time Rubber

Although it was only one cent
pound, that fact didn't stop Ameri-
cans from stripping their homes,
garages and factories of every avail
able pound of idle and Ito them)
useless rubber.
The rubber salvage program got
under way upon President Roose-
velt's order. Collected by the ma
tons gasoline filling stations, the
scrap rubber is being transported to
central collection points by petro-
leum industry trucks and sold to the
Rubber Recovery corporation.
Undersecretary of War Patterson
reported that army and navy crude
rubber requirements during the 81
months after April 1, 1912, will be
100000 tons, compared with the
present U. S. reserve of 600,00
tons. He said he hoped the differ
ence would be made by the syn
thetic program. WPB Rubber Co
ordinator Newhall stated that the
synthetic program will produce
10000 tons in the rest of 1912 and
300, 1000 tons during 1913.
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MOST quilts today are planned
Az as bedspreads and have col
or scheme to harmonic with other
decorations. If a variety of fig
ured scraps is used one color is
generally repeated in each block
to give the design unity.
The beauty of any quilt is en-
HANGED if it is set off with a val
ance around the bed. The bed in
the sketch had no particular ira
dition and the footboard was much
too high to display the quilt to
advantage. What difference in
the effect when the board was cut
down and the crisp frills of dotted
Swiss were added! Surely, any
quilt worth piecing is worth this
extra touch.
NOTE: II you have metal bed that
you would like to modernize you will find
sketches and directions in Mrs. Spears
Book g. There are eight Of these booklets
of 80 pages of things to make from odds
and ends which accumulate around the
house, or from inexpensive new materials.
Copies are 10 cents each and with an or
der for three mo. to 81 you will re-
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necessary or useful to the war eff
fort :" Under policies laid
down by the President this office
will tissue directives to all depart
ments and agencies of the govern
ment with respect to their informa-
tional services"
This means that while the various
agencies and departments will still
continue to operate, their activities
must now conform to such direction
as the Office of War Information
may give them.
The presidential order provided
for close collaboration between
Byron Price, director of censorship,
and Davis to facilitate the prompt
and full dissemination of all avail
able information which will not give
aid to the enemy"
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CHINESE FRONT:
Nar,cheng Falls

On the Chinese front the Japanese
drive in Kiangsi province had adj
vanced 100 miles and forced the de-
tenders to evacuate the town of Nam
cheng, bringing the japanese within
125 miles of closing the gap be-
tween their eastern and western
forces.
Dispatches stated that the Chinese
had recaptured the town of Tsung-
jen, approximately half way between
Nanchang, Jap Kiangsi base, and
Nancheng.
A Domei news agency report
claimed that Japanese troops, ad-
vancing rapidly, have occupied
Kwangfeng, 18 miles southwest OF
Yushan.
Japanese forces northeast of WI
ming were reported to be under Sc
we're attack, and Anyi, west of the
Jap base of Nanchang, was under
seige.
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IALEUTIANS:
Foggy Details

When the Jap radio announced
that Nipponese troops had made a
landing on the Aleutian islands
there was no immediate denial by
the u. S. government. For the navy
had to wait for the fog to clear in
that area to check these claims.
When the weather turned better 1t
was found that enemy landings had
been made on the island of Attu, at
the extreme tip of the island group
which stretches off Alaska in the
Pacific ocean. Also Jap ships had
put into Kiska harbor on an island
nearer the North American main
land.
Navy Operations" were called
into play Immediately to squelch
any threat of Jap drive for Alaska.
It was believed that the landings
took place at the time of the first
raid on Dutch Harbor and about the
same time as the beginning OF the
Midway island battle.
Rear Admiral John H. Towers,
u. S. navy chief of the bureau OF
aeronautics, classed the Jap thrust
as of mo real importance" and
figured that it could even become a
liability to the enemy.
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0lENTY! We're building an
] army of men-not machines.
And men have minds. And minds
need freshening :. CHANGE.
relaxation.
So one of the biggest undertake
ings of the USO is its sponsoring
of free entertainment, through the
cooperation of the movie and the
atrical industries, at army camps,
naval bases-wherever the fight
ing men of the USA go to train
or dig in.
USO Camp Shows, Inc. is ac-
tually the biggest single theatrical
enterprise the world has ever seen.
1t books 264 shows for the boys
every week, which play to an aver
age nightly attendance OF $4,000.
It contacts movie stars, theatri-
cal headliners, big name bands and
their leaders. It routes all these
a.. plans their itinerary. ar
ranges the most convenient times
when soldiers and sailors can take
time out to sit and be entertained.
For it realizes that the one great
advantage Of the American fight
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WAR INFORMATION:
Gets ON OUerhauling

At long last there came word from
Washington that all the information
functions of the government agen-
cies were being consolidated by the
creation of an "Office of War In
formation" to be headed by Elmer
Davis, well-known writer and radio
commentator.
All the duties and activities of the
Office of Facts and Figures, the Of
fee of Government Reports, the d.
vision of information for the Office
of Emergency Management and the
foreign information service of the
co-ordinator of information, will be
under the authority of the new Of
fee, according to White House an
nouncement.
Further, Director Davis will have
'full authority to eliminate all over
tapping and duplication and to dis
continue in any department any in
formational activity which is not
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RUSSIA:
Diplomacy and Death

In Russia, even as the "citizens
army" took up arms to defend to the
death their city of Sevastopol, word
came from Washington, Moscow and
London that gave them cause for
cheer although their immediate fate
was darkened.
1t was the word that the Soviet
Union and the United States had
reached a misunderstanding" with
regard to the urgent tasks of open
ing a second European front in 1912.
After a conference between Russian
Foreign Commissar Molotov and
President Roosevelt in Washington,
methods of speeding U. S. war aid
to Russia were developed and the
fundamental problems of postwar
cooperation to safeguard peace
and security" were decided upon.
The state department of the Unit
ed States had further good news for
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PRODUCTIONS:
Cheerful Note

Donald Nelson, chairman Of the
War Production board, added note
of cheer to the current scene when
he stated that u. S. war production
is 'shigher than we had any reason
to suppose it could be" when war
plants were being planned. He
said industry can more than dou-
BILE present production by 1914"
War production in May, 1912, was
4 times that of May, 1941.
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Germans in the political and mill
tary administration of Bohemia and
Moravia."
In Washington, Jan Masaryk,
Czechoslovakian vice premier and
foreign minister, urged destruction
of several German villages by air
bombardment in retaliation for the
wiping out of the Czech town of
Lidice. (Lidice was eradicated as
a reprisal measure for the killing of
Reinhard Heydrich, Reich protector
for Bohemia and Moravia.) ITO my
mind" said Masaryk, sit should be
ten teeth for one and ten eyes for
one"
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VENGEANCE:
Promised Czechs
By President

In a broadcast from London,
Czechoslovakian President Eduard
Benes promised that, following the
war, military law, including the
death penalty, will be imposed on
all Nazis responsible for the "bes-
tial destruction" in the Czech nation.
Benes declared fatty that on the
first day of victory the policy of
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MANPOWER:

Industry and the armed forces
must forget the "quest for the ideal
man for every job" according to
Selective Service Director Hershey,
who said the time was not far off
when all men and women will be
needed and Selective Service will
touch the ''fringe of men deferred
because of dependency"
Congress had acted to raise the
base pay of army men to $50 per
month and the plan for authorizing
assistance to dependents of men,
bers of the armed forces cleared.
Some method of procurement of
physicians for the army and navy
would have to be worked out, said
VINO Chairman McNutt if more doc
tors did not soon volunteer for serv-
ice. During the first six months OF
war only 5000 physicians had vol
unteered compared with $4,000 vol
unteers during the same period In
the last war.
An army of 100000 will take one
third of all physicians in the coun-
try. Twenty-Five thousand doctors
are needed before the end OF the
year and 10000 more during 1919
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with winning a war?

ing man is his ability to think for
himself, to make the most of any
situation, to fight as a liberty
loving individual.
And this is one of his great diff
ferences from our enemy.
To help carry on the all-imPor-
tant work of maintaining the mo-
rale of our fighting forces, the USO
needs your help. lit needs your
contribution.
Your dollar has many demands
on it this year. Many Of these de-
mands must be met-others de-
serve to be met. And among these
latter, the plea Of the USO for
whatever sum you can contribute
merits your earnest consideration
For we have a war to win, and
the USO is directly concerned
with the men who husband VIII
win it.
Dig deep-for the men who are
digging inl
Send your contribution to your
local chairman or to USO, Empire
State Building, New York.
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HOUSING:
Conversion Loans

With a term as long as seven
years, a new type of "war CONVEX
sion loan" up to $4,000 is available
for converting an existing structure
into additional living accommoda-
tons for war workers in war pro-
duction areas.
This new type loan was announced
by Federal Housing Commissioner
Ferguson at the same time it was
revealed that during the first five
months of 1912, 70,225 new dwell
ings were started in war housing
areas. New home programs gener-
ally are from 35 to As per cent
lower than year ago.
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TINE TO REGRET

He spoiled her tUhen she tUas
a child, brought her expensive
presents, and ,Uhen she gradu-
ated he tUas there. She thought
it ,0ouId be wonderful and ro-
mantle to be married on her
graduation day NorU, three
years later, Catherine misses the
youth she gaue up to marry
man more than tt0ice her age.
She is unhappy, and he is jeal-
GUS. Not a pleasant situation,
but Kathleen Norris tells Cath
crime that she will haUe to bear
it. Why? Be sure to read this
story of a girl tohose hasty mar
riage has giuen her a lifetime of
leisure in which to regret it.
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in for charities or club work very
well. I am studying French with
an old refugee woman, but on two
occasions her young son came in
during the lessons, and after that
Lewis insisted that they be given
here in our house, which is very
dull.
"Am making myself out mar
tyr? You don't know what an effort
I make to keep cheerful and busy,
filling vases, ordering meals, play
ing with my baby, going every day
to pick Lewis up in the car. But
his continual questioning and suspi-
cions make me nervous, and of late
have been crying a good deal,
which does not improve my appear
ance and annoys him.
"What prompts me to write you,"
Catherine concludes her letter, sis
that last night, when Lewis was in
particularly inquisitive mood, I
suddenly emptied a vase was fill
ing with primroses right over his
head. He was wonderful about it,
but it really frightened me, and I
| thought that if there is any way to
cure him, or cure me if I am to
blame, I had better find out what it
is"
And there, you luckier women,
who are married to men without this
particular form of vanity, pettiness
and cruelty, is a perfect example
of the elderly jealous mate.
Waking Is No Fun.
It seems great fun to the little
beauty of Is to announce to her
| awed and envious schoolmates that
she is going to be married on gradu-
alton day to successful doctor who
is able to give her every luxury
and who has adored her since baby
hood. 1t is a school girls dream.
But the waking up isn't much
fun. Catherine has cheated herself
out of her happiest young years,
years of dancing and house par
ties, picnics and camping and ski
ing, trips and theatricals and beaus.
Every girl has right to these, and
every girl, rich or poor, manages to
have good share of them.
It wasn't GATHERINGS fault that this
path was made so easy for her. II
her mother hadn't sense enough to
suspect what prison Lewis was
preparing for her, Lewis brother
might have given her a hint. Cath
crime, at Is, wasn't supposed to know
that the flattery and the presents,
the plain-gold ring and the new es-
tate were just so many chains about
her.
Will Have to Bear 1t.
In GATHERINGS case she simply
will have to put up with it. Soci-
ETY. would stand aghast at the spec
tacle of that dear little pampered
wife, with her beautiful home and
two good servants, her adoring hus-
band and lovely child, running away
from it all. And she couldn't run to
her mother, because her stepfather
is Lewis brother, which would make
things very awkward.
No, she'll have to fight it through
to a happier day. That day will
find her an older, soberer, wiser
| woman.
When pretty girl-wife goes tt
Reno and declares that her husband
is jealous, lawyers look out of the
window and try not to smile. "Ano
I can bet you gave him plenty to be
jealous about" is their unspoker
comment. They prefer to change
the charge to ''incompatibility," OF
mental cruelty" and no woman o.
any pride likes to admit herself sc
weak that mental cruelty will cause
her to break down.
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the Russian people. It was that a
lease-lend agreement similar to that
signed between the U. S. and Brit
ain as well as China, had been en-
tered into with the Soviet.
The good news from London was
that Russia and Britain had signed
a 20-year mutual assistance pact.
But in the Sevastopol area and
around Kharkov the Nazis continued
their pounding at Russian lines. CT
william morale was good, said Mos
cow reports.