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spect for your advice and your Opin-
ions if you will modernize yourself
a little. Go to the movies with her.
Pay more attention to your looks.
Show her that one can still be
abreast with the times and still live
a decent normal life.
B. L.: With a great please and a
grateful heart wish to thank you
for your sweet answers to my ques-
tons in your letter I received this
week. This boy I love is a mother
less child, also he tries to praise
God in the highest all the time he
prays. In the last letter he wrote
he asked me why did my husband
beat me up and I told him he
snatched a letter out of my hand
I was writing to him and when I
told him that, he stopped writing.
Ans: The boy isn't sure Of you.
You appeal to him but yet he
doesn't like the idea of accepting
another mans cast-offs. He wants
definite proof of your love and
faithfulness to him can you give
it to him?
M. S.: love for you to tell me
if you can whether someone has
given me something to try to pois-
on me in any way. My face is all
blotched now, also my arms and
legs. Tell me how to get over this
trouble?
Ans: You must see a doctor
your case requires medical atten-
ton and it is folly to resort to half
remedies in a condition such as
yours. Forget about being poisoned
and get yourself under the care Of
medical doctor Immediately.
S. M: I have been married two
years and I really love my hus-
band, but he doesn't act like he
loves me. He never kisses me any
more or shows much desire for me.
Will we raise a family? I want
children so bad. Oh, yes, he is IS
years older than me.
Ans: Uh-huh-and they were evil
IDENTIFY the best 10 years of his life.
It's amazing how fast these old
timers slow down after they catch
a cute little wife. You must be pa
tient with him, feed him good and
let nature take its course.
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for them. All who are interested in
getting some of this fine physical
training are urged to contact the
athletic department of Halle.
Another big event is being plan
ned for April. The announcement
of it will be given later. The af-
fairs are to give clean, whole
some entertainment and your CO.
operation is necessary in order that
we can bring these various types
of entertainment to you.-By G. L.
Porter.
Welcome Hall News: For the
past two weeks on Saturday nights
the gymnasium has been the scene
of relay races and competitive
games between boys and girls.
On March 81, our devotional pc
riod which is always the closing
period of our Saturday night pro-
grams, was led by Bertha L. King,
the period closing with a short talk
by Orrington C. Hall, ST., who for
mally presented the books on Negro
history.
Saturday, April 8, will be anna
teur night, the committee arrang-
ing the program being chosen from
the boys and girls. On April 10 we
will again have our moving pic
lures.
Mary Collins, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Collins of Central Avenue,
was awarded $1.OO in War Stamps,
first prize in the essay contest on
what the Four Freedoms Mean
To Me-"
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CLASSIFIED ADS
House for Sale

Desirable two-story home in ex-
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This home is suitable for 2 or 8
families and is a very good income
producer. Automatic stoker-hot
water heat. Three car garage. Will
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sofa Legislature areas follows:
F. P. Memmer, chairman, St. Paul;
Carl Wegner, vice-chairman, Min
neapolis; Claude Allen, St. Paul;
Luke Burns, Virginia; Walter Cam
bell, Minneapolis; George Cham
plin, Lake Crystal; Andrew Fin
stuen, Kenyon; Arthur Gillen
South st. Paul; William Honeycutt,
Minneapolis; George Kiefer, Lewis
ton; Harry Lundeen, Minneapolis
S. C. Gutenberg, Wheaton; Sigvald
Oyen, Montevideo; E. L. Petersen
st. Paul; G. C. Peterson, Columbia
Heights; Walter Rogosheske, Sank
Rapids; Vernon WEIGH, Minneap-
oils.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-02

HALLE NOTES: The Carnival
held last week was a great success
and everyone is looking forward to
next year for a bigger and better
one. The Boy Scouts had about the
most interesting attraction of the
Carnival, the House of Horror
which created lots of excitement
and fun. This was the main attrac-
ton through the three days and
nights.
With the weather getting nice
again the aim will now be on the
spring program which will find
something entirely new due to the
war.
Frank Alsup may give to the men
some of the training which he re-
ceived during his stay in the camp
and this will be some fine training
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-04-02
Night in Huwuii
Enjoyed by 800

About three hundred dancers and
music fans enjoyed the "Night in
Hawaii" sponsored by the Work
ing Girls Council at the Phyllis
Wheatley House on last Saturday
night.
The party was held in the gym
nasium which was decorated in the
gay colors of Hawaii with settings
under big sun umbrellas and can
vas tops for the dancers to seat
themselves between dances.
This is the second such affair
sponsored by the Working Girls
Council who plan to make it an
annual function.
LAND TITLE SUMMONS
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C. L. P: 1 was going with a girl
for quite a long time and we got
along swell. I know she really loved
me when we were together, but an
other girl called her up and threw
slandering remarks to her and also
threatened her if she caught her
with me again. I know of no such
person who would do anything of
that sort for she was the only girl
I had dealings with.
Ans: If she won't listen to rea-
son -. there isn't much you can do.
She couldn't have been very much
in love with you if she would let a
gag like that break up your friend
ship. Some girls think up just such
gags to get shed of "suitors" who
don't come up to their expectations.
Think this angle over, my friend.
F. M: I am in love with boy.
I am a year older than he. He
swears that he loves me. Whenever
he goes off anywhere and comes
back he asks me whether I had a
date with any Of the boys. Why
does he ask me that question? Does
he go with me because he loves me
or to get what I can give him?
Ans: A little of both. You know
yourself when he is at home -. you
are the only girl for him. This GER
tainly proves that he loves you -. a
little bit. And, of course you
wouldn't want him yourself if he
didn't enjoy a little of the loving
you dish out.
C. A. M: I am a heartbroken
mother asking your advice. Please,
my child is going with a man and
tells me she doesn't go with him
any more. Tell me, is she telling me
the truth and tell me what's the
best to do. Pray for me. I am heart
broken.
Ans: What you must do mother,
is to bear in mind that your daugh-
ter lives in a slightly different
world than you do. She is more
modern, more worldly wise than you
are. In trying to live a good Chris
tian life yourself, you have lost
sight of the fact that your child
was being tempted on all sides.
Your child looks upon you as old
fashioned. She will have more re-
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Left Ericsson Day

In 1885 the congress Of the United
States designated October 9 as Left
Ericsson day in fitting tribute to a
man by a country which was the
field Of his explorations" In 1890 a
statue Of Left Ericsson, whose ira
ditional discovery Of America ante
dates that of Columbus by nearly 500
years, was presented by the U. S.
to Iceland, his birthplace, and now
stands in Reykjavik, the islands
capital
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THISA & THATA:

GERALD PORTER, the ener-
getic Boys Worker at Halle @.
Brown is bringing some more bas-
ketball thrills to town. He has
made arrangements for the appear
ance in st. Paul Of the Des Moines,
Iowa, Y.M.C.A. basketball team
this Friday and Saturday at Halle
@. Brown House. The Iowa team
will play against one Of Hallie's
SHARP" teams. The usual dance
will be held after the game.
Those young sheiks, SCOTT and
PRINCE TYLER are dashing about
town with two very beautiful cam
eras just a-takin' pictures. The
boys say they're looking ahead
you know, getting in a fine supply
Of pictures before they go to the
army. Did you know cute little
CLIFFORD "Butchie" FUCKER
Jr., son of CLIFFORD and CATH.
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Hello Folks:

delIO r OlkS:
This warm "springy" weather
has really got everyone walkin'
round in circles. Men are out clean
ing their cars, kids roller skatin'
and playin' marbles, girls dashin'
about in new spring outfits, house
wives are doing their spring clean
ing, and last but not least romance
really is in the air (even though
most cases, Of necessity, are of the
long distance nature) 5000.
QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK:
What two well-known st. Paul
lassies will be announcing their
engagements mighty soon? Zone to
an out-of-town boy and the other
to a recent newcomer) And
what bachelor (home on furlough)
waltzed down the aisle last week
end? And now that spring
has come around is A. again get
ting the grand rush from that New
Brighton Lochinvar? Is M. of
st. Paul going to marry her b.f.
when he comes up from the South
to visit her this summer? (Me
thinks she willy -. What Social
Worker in st. Paul gave what st.
Paul lassie a lovely Bulova wrist
watch the other day? What
st. Paul lass is carrying a terrific
torch for what Mpls. matron's hub
by Ia defense worker)? go. What
Twin City civic leader is holding
secret rendezvous at Loring Park
with a lovely church leader about
town? (They say their meetings
are strictly misunderstanding
up-to-date problems confronting
our people.) Tsk! Tsk! Did
that well-known furniture store
about town take back fine COM
bination radio from their customer
living on strain avenue" because
of lack of payments or because the
"strain avenue" family didn't like
the tone of the radio? -.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-17
TO Lose Lives
in Rail Wreck
Many More Moy
Yet Be Listed

LUMBERTON, N. c., Dec. IL
Up The toll of known dead
In the sou'heast's worst railroad
disaster rose to 20 today as
wreckers worked with little sue
cess to PRIV apart four telescoped
passenger cars that still block
ed the Atlantic Coast Line dou-
ble-track mainline from New
York to Florida.
The body of an unidentified
civilian was recovered from the
wreckage early today. Red Cross
and railroad officials he re-
ported eight more bodies we're
believed locked in a section 4
one of the cars which had not
been entered.
The four steel cars. stacked
one on top of the other. were
SO jammed together that they
were little bigger thai. one car
is normally. The cking
trains were able to move the
pyramided coaches only six feet
al night.
The double pileup of the two
crack flyers produced a death
list just short Of. tina. i'm the
week of the Congressional Linz
tied in PHILADELPHIA last Sep
TENDER when 80 persons lost
their lives.
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U.S.. Subs Raise
Score 10 374
Eight More Jop
Ships Destroyed

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17-(P)
United States submarines
roaming the Pacific have added
eight more japanese cargo ships
to their sighted and sunk" list.
These raise the total of all jap
anese vessels sunk since the start
of the war to 374.
The Navy announced the new
sinkings today in Communique
No. 400:
Pacific and Far East:
81. United States submarines
have reported the sinkings of
eight enemy vessels in opera
tons agains the enemy in wa
tiers of these areas as follows.
Sunk:
1.-Two large transports.
Two large tankers.
Three medium freighters.
"One small freighter.
20. These actions have not
been announced in any previous
Navy Department communique. "
Our submarines in the Pacific
now have sunk, probably sunk
or damaged a grand total OF 524
Japanese vessels, both fighting
ships and merchantmen. In adj
dition to today's report bringing
the sunk total to 374. 36 have
been reported as probably sunk
and ia damaged.
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Report Slight Improvement
in Churchill's Condition
Anxious Empire Studies Lotest
Bulletins on Prime Ministers HeoIth

LONDON, Dec. IL - (P) -
General Improvement in Prime
Minister Churchill's condition
has been maintained, bulletin
from his bedside announced this
afternoon.
There has been no spread
in the pneumonia, and improve
ment in the Prime Minister'S
general condition has been
maintained" said the bulletin
issued at No. 10 Downing
street. 1t was signed by Lord
Moran, Brigsdier Evan Bedford
and 1t. h. j. v. Pulvertaft.
Churchill, suffering from his
second attack of pneumonia in
10 months, undoubtedly will re-
quire long period for recuper-
alton and consequently it is ex-
pected Britain's War Cabinet
may name an acting leader to
serve in his absence.
The first of the daily bull
letins promised from his bed
side somewhere in the middle
East, was issued from No. 10
Downing street at z p. m. last
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Tito RepuIses
German Drive
YueosIovs Crush
Tonk Assault
EDWA ARD ID. BALL

LONDON. Dec. Il - (Pp -
A spectacular defeat has been
inflicted on the latest German
humiliation offensive against
Yugoslav guerrillas, a special
war bulletin from the haadquar-
tiers of Marshal Josip Broz (Tito)
said today.
The broadcast victory COM
munique said that Nazi and
Satellite forces everywhere had
suffered defeats. and that the
e. envy had been thrown into re-
treat in numerous sectors.
Cairo reports indicated pre-
v'ously that Titc's forces, aid
ed by Allied aerial blows, are
engaging or are pinning down
as many German divisions as are
being battled by Allied armies
in tie Italian campaign on the
other side of the Adriatic.
The vengeful Nazis. making
another of their big-scale tank
led efforts TO crush the fiery
patriots, we're brought TO halt
just six days after Tito. in a
dramatic appeal to his men,
told them this is the decisive
hour" Tito's communique was
broadcast by the Free Yugoslav
radio and recorded here by the
Associated Press.
The German offensives were
aimed at the Kordun and Ban
iva districts of Croatia.
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Reds Tighten
Grip on kiev
Appear to Hove
Stopped Onslaught

MOSCOW. Dec. IL - up -
Gen. Nikolai Vatutin's First
Ukraine Army appeared to have
firmly established the upper
hand west of Kiev today after
more than five weeks of des-
perate fighting against heavy
German infantry and tank at
lacks.
Russian counterattacks dis
lodged the enemy from several
settlements in The Teterev Riv-
er sector SIS miles west of the
Ukraine capital for the second
successive day yesterday. Rus
sian communique said, enabling
Vatutin's columns to resume
their drive northwest of Ra-
domysl.
Nazi Marshal Fritz Won Mann
STEMS hold on that important
S. onghold. lying between the
Korosten Kiev and Zhitomir-
Kiev mai highways, is now Sc
riously threatened by the Rus
sian gains. dispatches from the
front indicated.
Meanwhile Gen. Ivan S. Ko-
news Second Ukraine Army, 200
miles to the south, pressed its
attack belo, captured Cherkasy
toward the rail junction Of Sme-
10,
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Allied Planes Roar
Above BuIqar Capital

LONDON, Dec. 17-(P)-The
Hungarian radio said today that
Allied planes roaring over Sofia
had set the sirens going twice
during the night in the Bulgar-
ian capital.
The broadcast, recorded by
Reuters, said that according to
first reports no bombs were
dropped.
American four-engined bomb
ers from the Mediterranean
theater bombed Sofia in a
steady procession for los min
utes the afternoon of Dec. 10
the third time they had smashed
the city in a month.
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CoodfeIIows
Still Have
a Big Job

Regardless of plentiful en-
ployment and high wages. the
Goodfellows will always have a
burden at Christmas time, it
was pointed out today by Mrs.
John Gillett, of the Metropoli-
tan Club Ladies Auxiliary. who
is in charge of Goodfellow head
quarters, so Court street.
Mrs. Gillett is being aided in
the investigation Of some $50
cases. and sorting and wrapping
of gifts by Mrs. Bernard Dubay.
another auxiliary member. The
auxiliary has for many years
shouldered the tremendous task
of doing everything in the Good
fellows campaign except rails
ing money and delivering pack
ages.
This years total number of
cases has dropped considerably
from the peaks of former years,
when as many as 800 cases were
See GOODFELLOWS-Page 2
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WASHINGTON, Dec. IL - R)
- Bronzed and smiling - but in
need of a haircut - President
Roosevelt came back home to the
White House from his long trek
into the Middle East today and
found a tumultuous reception
awaiting him there.
Members of the Cabinet and
other top officials Of the govern
ment were assembled with host
of senators and congressman of
both major parties in the diplo-
matte reception room of the ex-
ecutive mansion TO extend a
noisy greeting.
After a general round Of
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-12-17

Influenza, raging unchecked
throughout a major PORTION of
Macomb county today had left
Thousands of persons bedridden
and resulted in the closing of at
least eight large school systems
W h er absenweiym yesterday
scared 10 well over so per cent
of student enrollments.
In addition 10 the East De-
troit systems, which closed down
Wednesday morning when alb
senteeism approached 35 per
cent. and the Harriso.I No. l
district where both flu and scar
let fever had struck down stu
dents, tn following systems
were closed tight today:
Center Line
Van Dyke
Fitzgerald. Warren township
Brunert, Warren township
RosevilIe
Lakeview Ii ST. Clair Shores)
The Roseville and Lakeview
See FLU-Page 2
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ESCAPED BATH OF BULLETS
How Yanks Gained New Britain FOOthOld

threw at the enemy during the
day. Brig. Gen. Julian Cunning
ham, one of the senior officers
in the task force, told me the
first days objective, seizure of
Pilelo island and Arawe penin-
suit, was accomplished in five
hours.
Sitting on a log under a CO.
conut tree. Cunningham greet
ed Captain Bill Laird of Dali
las. Tex. whose job it was to
seize Pilelo.
Laird, his clothing torn and
dirty, saluted and said:
mission accomplished, sir. We
killed Is of the enemy for the
loss of one man."
The captain reported no radio
See EYEWITNESSvPage 2
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Consolidate
Grip on Key
Jap-HeId Isle
Mightiest Compoisn
of South Pacific
Launched by U. S.
BY MORRIE LANDSBERG
Associated Pe>s War Editor

Jungle-trained troops of the
American Sixth Army estab-
lished hold on the Arawe pen
insula of New Britain today as
the Allies moved into mighty
campaign against the SOUTH
western bulwark of Japan's de-
tense line in the Pacific.
Assault forces waded ashore
in pre-dawn moonlight Wednes-
day in a combined operation of
land, sea and air units, and
quickly obtained a footing on
the southwestern coast of the
300-mile long island which the
Japanese seized early in 1912.
BREAK DEFENSES
Advices today from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquar-
tiers indicated that enemy resist
ance had been broken and that
soldiers of 1t. Gen. Walter
Krueger's Sixth Army were
consolidating their positions on
the L-shaped peninsula.
The long awaited invasion,
threatening the approaches to
the Philippines and The Neither
erlands East Indies, was accom-
panied by new air blows against
the enemy elsewhere in the
vast Pacific battle front.
The japanese showed signs of
aerial endorsements in the
central Pacific as the u. S. Sew
enth air force continued the al
most daily attacks on the Mar
shall Islands. Thirty enemy
planes challenged a raid
Wednesday on Taroa on the
Maloelap atoll. Two were down
ed. eight probably, and eight
more damaged. But for the first
time in five weeks, an American
Liberator was listed as lost.
The main fortified base of
Wolfe in the Marshalls also
came under air bombardment,
while the Solomons air force
showed no signs of relenting its
heavy assault on japanese posi-
tons on Bougainville, where
American troops are seadily en-
larging their holdings.
AERIAL SUPPORT
And while the invasion force
swept in on Arawe, heavy and
medium Allied bombers pound
ed other Japanese positions
along both coasts of New Brit
ain. The targets were the Cape
Gloucester area, 20 miles from
Arawe; Gasmata, 85 miles east
of Arawe, and the Vunakanua
aid-ome at Rabaul, main enemy
base on New Britain.
Seven hours after the first as
sault on Arawe, Brig Gen. JUL
ian Cunningham, commander of
the invading force, messaged
Gen. Macarthur that "our OBJ
jective is attained" Later word
said patrols had been organized
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Flu Epidemic Closes Down Six More School Systems
Gains a Respite
from War in Sky

Blasting Jap Zeros out of the
South Pacific skies over Guadal-
canal, Munda, and the Solomons
cannot be compared TO shoot
ing fish in barrel, contrary to
some theories, although under
favorable conditions many spec
tacular scores have been rung
up.
This is the opinion of an ex-
pert who ought to know. He is
Major Paul S. Bechtel, IS, for
mer Selfridge lieutenant. who
has just returned from two
years of day and night combat
duty in the Asiatic- Pacific area.
In the beginning of the Japa-
nese conflict, Zeros were not
armored and their tactical for
nations were loose and inferior
TO those of the Navy, Marine
Corps and Army, Major Bechtel
points out. Today Jap planes and
pilots are vastly improved, al
though man for man and plane
for plane they are no match for
American fighters.
JAPS GROW CAUTIOUS
The Japs have lost much of
their original code of reckless
ness and are fighting carefully.
AT the wars start, Jap fighter
pilots went down with their
flaming ships, their lives fool
ishly sacrificed for their gods
and the emperor. Today they hit
the silk" and parachute down.
However, Major Bechtel points
out that Jap bomber crews, for
some undiscovered and unex-
plainable reason. do not wear
chutes. They invariably go down
with their ships.
FIVE DECORATIONS
Major Bechtel wears the Pur-
pie Heart for wounds received
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SAFE HOME FROM TRAVELS
President Returns to Desk

handshaking, Mr.. Roosevelt got
together with the congressional
leaders to discuss the possibility
of his appearing on Capitol Hill
to report on his conferences at
Cairo and Teheran. Speaker Ray
burn said later the chief execu-
tive had decided he would not
appear before Congress until he
delivers his ANIMAL message early
next year.
Rayburn said he thought Mr..
Roosevelt would incorporate
both in a Christmas Eve broad
cast and in the annual message
:. See PREslpENT-rsse Z