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Let's Garden
Home Gardening Specialist. Michigan State College
By PERRY BOWSER

A RE there enough vegetable seeds to go
~ around?
Generally speaking, yes. However, we
may not be able to purchase the same old
reliable variety of carrots or onions as we
did last year. There are three things for
gardeners to remember.
First-buying seeds early is patriotic
and sensible.
Second-use as many carry-over seeds
from last years garden as will terminate.
Third-vegetable seed boarding is as
unpatriotc as coffee boarding.
1t is interesting to watch the develop
ment of the seed industry in the United
States. Many gardeners do not realize that
we formerly purchased large supply of
our vegetable seeds from Europe. Cabbage
and caulihower came from Denmark and
the Netherlands, spinach from the same
countries, and many others were also i'm
ported before the war. In 1912 we supplied
three-fourths of the world with Seeds
Michigan alone sent to England the
harvest from 10000 acres of radish seeds
There is tremendous demand by local
commercial growers for carrots, beets,
cabbage, tomatoes, lima beans, onions and
snap beans. Of course, the home garden
demand will increase.
What is the situation in relation to
individual crops?
Beet seed shortage is serious so to so
per cent of delivery
Cabbage in general is sufficient, except
the Danish variety
Carrots, for the third year in sue
cession, are in poor supply. Nantes variety
is most serious.
White, red and Spanish onion varieties
are seriously short. Yellow Globe is much
better The general onion seed picture
cannot be rated over So to rs per cent of
normal.
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placing the shade in a current OF
air from the windows or an cleo
trio fan.
Blotting with a soft cloth will
also shorten the drying period.
If the trimmings are soiled
and cannot be washed separ-
ately, make new ones, or leave
the shade untrimmed. Don't
spoil the effect by sewing soiled
braid or fringe on a freshly
washed shade.
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shopping 88O0
Wartime Marketing
Menu Planned Without Rationed Foods
F., Cherry $500. line 347.

Creamed fresh peas over steamed
potatoes, tossed green salad, hot
whole wheat biscuits. cuStard
pie and coffee. If it's luncheon
Scotch soup. raw spinach and
caulillower salad. crackers. but
ter and fresh pears would be
tasty. Here are recipes for the
main dishes.
Bruised Veal With Lemon
4 veal chops or 2 veal steaks
, tablespoons -four
. teaspoon thyme, if desired
! Glove garlic
l bay leaf
= teaspoon cayenne pepper
/ teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
l small lemon
, tablespoons shortening
y cup water.
Rub skillet with cut Glove Of
garlic before melting shortening
IN skillet. Season flour with.
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And if there are good deeds 10
be performed. We'll perform
them, if sufficiently prodded.
But it's so seldom that one
can be alone with the sunlight
and the wild flowers and a sing
ing meadoWlark!
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Playing Hockey Reaps It's Reward
Elsie Robinson

THIS is the story of a Bad
Little Girl. who has never re.
pented of her crime. l was 6
Maybe z. And school was still
A tremendous adventure. To be
late for school was unthinkable.
But il was March. And March,
in California, has a lure which
knows no laws. Particularly If
you're 6 or 7.
The grass is ankle deep and
webbed with lace. The trees
are tassled. fringed, powdered
with gold studded with rosy
buds. Wild flowers spill around
each messy rock or spread their
gay embroidery on each soft
green hill. The sky's a turquoise
glitter. yelled with gauze. And,
on each fence rail, there's a
meadowlark.
Lsrks Bubble
Ever see a meadowlark with
its crescent of black on its
golden breast and its lovely
throat bubbling with joy? Other
birds chirp and tweet, carol and
trill But larkS bubble.
They are like winged brooks.
Waterfalls of music. Up from
the bushes, rocks and fence
rails, their songs bubble in foun-
tains fade and foam away
rise to lovelier heights.
So there was l at s on my
long way to school, lunch pail
in hand, grim duty reckoning
when up pops a meadowlark be-
lore my rreckled nose, and my
heart singing with il.
| shouldn't have stopped. OF
course / shouldn't.
/ shouldn't have sat myself
down in the wild, sweet tangle
of grass and flowers and list
ened while the school bell
changed itself to silence and my
dutiful schoolmates went TO
their respective tasks.
l should never have thrown
my reader and 'rithmetic away
and lay and soaked in that
golden tide until l was COM
pletely drunk with song and
loneliness.
A youthful delinquenb-thats
what l was. A three-petticoat.
pigen-toed crime wavel But if
you think I'm going to regret it,
you're crazy. For that morning
when / played hockey with a
meadowlark Is one of the proud
est moments of my life.
Never Happier
have done so many things in
the long years since. Dutiful,
drudging things as we'll as
quite a few which were not so
amiable.
l have been a good girl as
we'll as a bad girl according to
my fancy. But / was never
happier girl than on that
morning-nor was my time ever
better spent. For three lovely
hours / saw God in all His
beauty and didn't give a boot
whether school kept or not.
And the Older / grow the more
I regret that we don't all waste
more time playing hockey with
Ueadowlarks.
Z II there's work TO he done.
then well do IL.
IL there are solemn thoughts
TO be thunk. we'u think them.
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And have an idea that we'd
all be much more gay and gen.
erous and gentle if we'd forget
our work and even neglect our
good deeds once in a while and
just play hockey with the beauty
we pass unheedeG.
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thyme and cayenne pepper.
DredCe chops or steaks in sea-
soned flour and brown in hot
fat Place slice of lemon on
each chop Add bay leaf. Wor-
ccsterShire sauce and y cup
water. Cover and let simmer for
one hour.
Scotch Soup
l ? pounds lamb neck
! quart cold water
? potatoes
> onions
: tablespoons rice or barley
Salt and pepper TO taste.
Cut the lamb from the bones
and place with bones i'm a stew
kettle with the cold water. Cook
slowly for several hours. One
hour before serving. remove the
bones, add the sliced potatoes,
onions, rice or barley and sea-
SOningS. Thicker with a little
flour combined with cold water.
If desired. Slices of carrot and
stalk of celery may be added.
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An Authoritative Series;
Day-by-Day Guidance on
What and How to Plant
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PAGE IL

here, in suits like these. At left, scrolled
pockets decorate both jacket and skirt
of blue and beige or gold and tan wool
E.. sbooo;.r .nfo~ot:a-. Ill
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flannel, The price is $49.95. At right, a
gray mems wear worsted carries a touch
of pink, in a classic three button style
at $685.. Sizes from 10 TO 1S.
, Dec, |He,rN QQOO liz 2dz
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Thursday: Spinach Leads Vegetables

THE Detroit Times, March 2, 1885,
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Bungalows for Sale
Income Bungalows for Sale

.4-RooM lot 7oxi23 gear. Dan
HarrIson. NV 1-i2hO.
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AgFsi MOVING -- Lstge vans. Insured.
So ~, 81. two men. any Tine. Town
ALBRIGHT MOVING. Nst9rags, cfatIag an1
sntr.nE ser'llt anywhere. al MhHau-
bee. Tllrry 2slit
ATLANTIC padded vans. insured truck
ipR S. lead. tree estimates. TWinbrook
f.F4H5
couLTERS M1W1R. st1raFe-Usef fUrrf
tore bought. CAD .iae 2fIs. Townsend
s-f&lo. evenings sunday
MpVTNG7-grInss. flrriture. arriarces.
iII6 CARThGE. Warren and Twelfth
Tyi@r fTE22
ROBERT pALMER-sovrnr. carag,. f1r.
nliufe. pianos, refrigerator. 33i7 Harper.
PlAza 1910.
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MoUihg, Storage, Cortage

Ntheu, for reaIinN VA
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\ ALL CASH FOR YOUR SINGLE
NOL-NInLE. 1h4n0 Plymouth. VI
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BUYERS GUIDE
ADVERTISING DISPLAY
INSURANCE
ATTICs CONVERTED INTO INCOMES

CARLSON MISUNDERSTANDING displays.
posters. 1909 Brush street. Telephone
pApdolph Q11A
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CASH for your property. What have W
Hurry. Johnson Co. CA $3.50. MA. 42i5
DRAFTEES-Hav clients for any type
home N. w. sec. Mr. Huntley, Tn. i-7700.
KLlPFEL co, TOO W. McNicHoLs RID.
HAVE immediate cash buyers, good prop
erty vicinity TrImhuI-Grand River. Tenn
pie i-073i.
Grand River. YER. 5-i234.
LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US
s. c. HADLEY, INC. CA. 0060
RELIABLE colored buyers waiting for
property; any sect Singleton, CA. 1905
24-HoUR service: sale, trade, east side
property. Ptttine, 6336 Gratiot PL. 1890.
CoLoRED buyers waiting; quick sales
Cannon Bros, 1850 sherman. Fl. o140.
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Little Farms for Sale

BOMBER PLANT sPECIAL-Warmly In
sulated 3-bedroom, l-story house, COM
plete plumbing, wired for electric stove
bus service 20 Detroit and Bomber Plant
only 81 200; II you have $500 we can ar
range a deal. GROSSMAN, cor. Van Born
and Wayne roads. Phone Wayne $40.
Arm. HOME on Ia acres; elec. bus serv-
ice; almost completely finished inside :;
down payment, $3.50 Newman. Allen and
Dix Toledo Roads. CHI. 1850.
CoLoRED--Don't 90 hungry without your
pork chops, steaks, chickens. Raise your
own, AT Brighton, Mich. Lake privileges.
skating and tobogganing. sl25 gives deed.
Write Box Ala, Detroit Times.
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"A CERTIFIED READER-Your problems
solved Dany- sundaysD Florence La
Valley. 42o5 Larchmont. Tyler 7-3431
ADVISER on all affairs OF life. Mrs
Taylor. Special readings, soc. Daily.
sundays, 1913. 1850 West Jefferson.
Ecorse over Edgewater Bar. Atlantic
aPsi tWyandotte bus 20 door,
ADVISER. Radio Astroioger; 81 years
experience. Evenings TO, Sundays. 80
Peterboro.
A RELIABLE READER AND ADVISOR
Mrs Edwards, 1870 Fort. Lincoln Park.
Special. soc. (Hours 1919 daily, Sundsy)
Atlantic 1908
ANNA sANCSTER. Spiritual Clairvoyant
Reader-Daily Appointments. S74l Mack
Olive 1881.
ASTROLOGER--E vangeline Berry Read
tngs, 81. Appointments Townsend 5-726q.
II Elfnhurst Woodward.
IAsTROLoGER PHOEBE CARTER--Con-
sultation daily; very reasonable. 44s
Helen tnear Jefferson.
AsTRoLoGlsT-Ma Madame Fioys. Problems
Tfuhfully Solved. sB4l East Forest.
Plaza O7Gs
AsTRoLoGER Mrs Lena Manning
Cherokee indian Appointments. Tyler
Ie-7lii 1925 McGraW.
lBARBAGLIA system plaster produced for
rheumatic treatments. h05s Chalmers.
DIVINE HEALING Improves health
Reverend Hazel Damrau 1871 Ferry
ParN Trinity l-72q2
'GALL-KLENZ - Recommended by users
Liver, Can Bladder. stomach, Gas. Call
stones Prevents operations. Information.
Townsend 1870.
GYPSY CARD Reading, Palfnlstry. by
Madame Marie, SAC Cary, Vinswood
2-s5i3
HAIR CUTTING 35c, good work Mex,
20 Loop Theafer. 4l4 Michigan.
HINDU SYSTEM READINGS. tells future.
'Roskpn' Joss West Grand boulevard.
TRINITY 1886
MADAME ELISE Unusual French reader
sand and FIRE solve your pr0hlcns-lUve,
business. columbia 27oo. ffi7 Second. C-3.
MADAME LOUISE 81 card and character
readings hours. % > 1ifs " Warren.
MRS JOSEPHINE QUINN returned 10 he.
trot Reader. iilS Dragon VINE.
wood 1-47ss
Mp RATE-- Asir7lopist featured az state
fair. 5g57 Mitchell Plaza 25o3.
I NOT RESPONSIBLE for fsy wifes credfi
from MS day Ralph J.. Bell
PILLS. AND CHRONIC DISEASES
Successful Office treatment while working.
Doctor be kwarte Rectal Clinic
tll5 Second. near Palmer. Trinity 1-72i2
PROF. ELTON Advisor WIN be away own
irgA holiday sessonA 3tiS John R\ w
WILL not bc fespo1fhle Tor any debts
contracted by ray wife Vivian, legal or
e'hereise. Charles schauies, e65o West
~ S.
frND, Tu1ss Wtnt AAs Wv rr8N,--Gse
Nfoeut for reauiN} IA
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Land Contracts

ALL land contracts bought, mtgs. made
McHugh, l4l0 Ford Bldg. Cadillac 0349
ANY desirable land contract purchased.
\ MELVIN i. LANPHAR & COMPANY
sth Floor. Lafayette Bldg. Cadillac 6310
I CASH for land contracts; quick service.
/ NORMAN SKY, Real Estate TO. $4,000.
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Vacant Lots for Sale
Real Estate Wanted

BUY STATE owned. properties.
real estate trokkr.
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Board and Room

transportation; board optional. Tyler
7-e636.
SHERIDAN. 1920 (Gratiot: Packard -
steam heat; home privileges; gentleman.
Ivanhoe 1925.
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pEWICK--Corner Gothic Brick 4-family I;
3 rooms Sacrifice s. 500 81, 500 down.
petfine. PLAZA 1920.
BEWICK-Near Warren. Move tn rooms
Bargain. $500. terms Pettine. Plaza
1920
COLORED-EAsT slDE-MOVE M
PRESTON, mr.. Eilery. mod. 2-fsm., sim.
ht, gar, lower . rms. vacant; $3.50 On.
r. SLORlN 1905 Woodward-rR. 1-0366.
/ COfORED-REAL 2-FLAT BARGAlNl
KIRBY, 8 rms. ca; $1,000 81 600 an
O w WHITE. 1850 Hastings TT 10000
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Miscellaneous for Sale
SfoUes and Heaters

KODAKS-M0 Icarnersas VIII sell, buy.
exchange. Acme Camera Co. SIT Shelby.
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Electric Washers
Electric Refrigerators
SeUing Machines

REASONABLE refrigeration repairs.
$3.50.
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Business Opportunities

CONFECTIONERY--S groceries, pat
ent medicines. Excellent business. (Sell-
ing illness,) Vlnewood 2-90S6,
HAND laundry, cleaners; very good bust
ness. Illness forces sale. Cherry 1888.
RESTAURANT-Mod fully equipped.
refrigeration; sacrifice. 1923 East JEFF
ferson.- Murray 1860.
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NeU Houses for Sale
Houses for Sale
East of Woodword)

IMMEDIATE PoSsEssIoN-s-ro brick
bedrooms; fun basement hot air heat
2 garages. only $1,000 down. Horton Ave
nue. Tyler 77li5.
CONSULT the enlarged Real Estate list
ings in the big Sunday Times Want Al
Section
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Rentals Wanted

COLORED-Housekeep room or small
apartment for defense worker with two
small children. $3.50 Epworth. Tyler
6-sl09
CONSULT the enlarged Real Estate list
ings In the big Sunday Times Want Ad
Section
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Houses for Sale

DEFENSE HOMES PROJECT
$500 DOwn--Move Right In
1884 East Smile Road Prospect 1895
DEARBORN-sman homes, vacant: $3.50
20 $1,000 On. Martin Realty, 2O0le Van
Born Rd Dearborn 9743.
LANSING and Lafsyette---s rms. hot air
heat; 81 600 down. 4340 Vernon. Hurry!
IA. $751;.
NEW 5-RM.. lge lot 1910. $500 dn. /;
immediate possession
CRIGh.R
1927 T.. 9-Ml Rd, Hazel PIX. II. o. 1850
RUTHERFORD. l535T-Attractive brick. Z
rooms. large bedrooms, Al condition;
81 zoe down. VI. 1900.
YOU'RE PAYING FOR a HOME
WHY NOT OWN ONE7
In Wayne area near all west side defense
plants, new modern home. including tile
bath complete plumbing. full basement,
etc. Only $500 cash required.
IRA HOTCHKISS co.
320i3 MICHIGAN WAYNE MICH
!. MILE WEST OF ELoIsE HOSP.
PHONE WAYNE 24pO
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RELIANT Industries--D Designers and manu-.
facturers General machine work. Ho.
garth 1900
y. a r.. Machine shop. 44052 Yost, Wayne.
Michigan Dearborn 1918.
Skilled Labor Shortage?
Investigate DUPLIMATIC, the modern ma
chine tool control that increases production
despite scarcity OF skilled labor. Used IN
al leading war plants. Call
DETROIT UNIVERSAL DUPLfCATOR co
723 F. MILWAUKEE, MA $50
VALOR oOL-MACHINE co. - Cutting
tools, general machine work. Tyler 7-4700.
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Diamond Loans

Federal Collateral Society, Inc.
I1I7 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
LIBERAL LOANS - Diamonds. watches
Jewelry. extraordinary unredeemed bar
gains. Bonded Loan Company. 253 Mich
igan ave.
SEE STONE for a loan. Amy amount.
1117 Griswold ST.
CONSULT the enlarged Real Estate list
ings in the big Sunday Times Want Ad
Section
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Wanted Miscellaneous
Gold, JeWeiry Wanted

HIGHEST PRICES, diamonds. tewelry. old
gold Original Detroit Gold Refiners.
SIDNEY KRANDALL, 1850 BROADWAY
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Churches

SECOND Spiritual Church. so w Forest
7.45 p. N Mrs. Elizabeth Wineman,
pastor and speaker. LA. 1858 Dinner
served AT SUNDAY. soc Messages by
those present.
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Lumber, Building Materials

FOR WIRING and repairs. Rays Electric,
10i63 Gratiot.
NEED PLYwooD? we have plenty on
hand, 3-18' thick, sizes 3e"x36" and
So x4s,. box grade. salvage &c per square
foot. Tyler 5-1760.
LIBERTY LUMBER 800 RADCLIFFE
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Musical instruments

ANTIQUES, melodian. rows keys: good
condition. 119 East Seventh st., Monroe,
Mich. Tel. $4,000
ACCoRDrONS-Las specials for 1912;
new $3.50. s295 takes; suproni, rebuilt,
1925: 40 bass. s65, terms. open evenings
Sunday. CAstglione, $3.50 Gratiot.
LARGE upright, fine tone; reasonable.
University 1-470o.
PIANO-Upright; used, $40. CITY MUSIC,
7412 MACK. OPEN EYES
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FRED SANDERS

UsEwoRK-Cooking and downstairs
city references. Two adults, one child
nursemAd employed; excellent wages whit,
girl, under IS. Tuxedo 2-002s.
HoUsEWoRK--No laundry, no cookinE
$40; references. 2e7i Glendale Town.
send s-6oos
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-01
Comes With Bad Grace

Midwesterners are getting hot under the
collar at the prospect of having their gasoline
ration cut to the point of equalization with
that of Atlantic coasters. Instead they ought
to be thankful they have had too much too long.
Throughout the period of petroleum malad-
ministration during which Eastern consumers
have been Disseminated against, there has
been no word from the Middle-west to en-
courage a square deal in gasoline, no sugges-
ton that all areas and consumers be treated
alike, no appeal for fair play everywhere.
On the contrary, the people of the Middle-west
were content to get all they could and let
the East walk.
Now, with greater supplies reaching the
Eastern seaboard and Secretary Ickes at last
inclined to let Fasteners out of the dog house,
SO to speak, our cousins out yonder are dou-
bling up their fists and hurting fighting words
at us because we are to have part of the
gasoline they have enjoyed so long. Their
complaint comes with bad grace, and the
situation thus created indicates how much
better it would have been had gasoline ra-
tioning been equalized from the start.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-01
The Italian Navy

It is noted that, however hot the fighting
in Sicily, Allied bombers are not using the
Italian navy as target. One commentator
says that ION the whole the Allies appear to
have been almost as solicitous for the safety
of the Italian navy as was Mussolni.'' And
the reason is obvious While the Italians have
made as poor showing at sea as on land
their warships have real value once they are
manned with Allied crews.
There is no knowing now how many war
ships Italy still has, nor how battle worthy
they are. But it is to be assumed that under
Allied command, and with such repairs as
they need completed they could play an inn
portant part in battles to come, either for
combat service or as conveys for transports.
And in any case their possession by the enc
mics of the Axis would contribute to Allied
mastery of the Mediterranean, which is stead
ilv becoming more vital in the overthrow of
Hitler.
The report is that the Germans are demand
ing the Italian fleet be moved to Toulon and
Marseille and as Italy is still an Axis part
ner the Italians may be forced to comply.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-01
It's Not So Trivial

What are we fighting for? One young person
answered. ITO get the sugar bowls back on
restaurant tables"
Sounds frivolous. doesn't it? With the world
in turmoil and matters OF great pith ana
moment" still to be settled, how can anyone's
mind focus on an inconvenience like this?
Because. we believe, 1t is inconsistent with
freedom for another to put sugar in our coffee
or on our mush, and deny us the right to
do it for ourselves.
It is an infringement on our fundamental
liberty That's what counts. Any abridgement
of liberty, however trivial it may seem, is
another good reason for defeating Hitler who
brought it about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-01

Alps. Entrances to and exits from
Italy are thus routed over noun.
tain passes. through tunnels, and
along rocky Lodges where heavy
bombs may bring disastrous land
slides to block the roads and tun-
mel openings, or even shatter the
roadbeds.
Especially vulnerable to such
attack is the coastal line that
runs along the Italian Riviera. 1t
clings to Lodges, goes over many
bridges and through literally doz-
ems of tunnels. Other susceptible
spots are found in variuos noun
tain regions of the Alps and in
the Apennines, where innumerable
engineering works were necessary
to complete the rail network that
holds Italy together.
Over the Alps come many of
Italy's essential raw materials for
carrying on the war. That way
must come any aid in men and
supplies to help repel an invasion.
Yet Italy is particularly poor in
the necessary transport fuels Of
coal and oil. Now cut off from
the normally large sources Of
coal from Great Britain, as well
as from oil once received from
Soviet Russia and the Western
Hemisphere, it depends almost en-
tirely on supplies from the Ger
man-occupied coal-producing re-
gions of Europe. AS a result, heavy
shipments of coal from the north
continually add to emergency con-
gestion of the Italian railway sys-
tenn.
Long before the Europe conflict
loomed, Italy had begun the cleo
trification Of its railway in order
to make up for the fuel shortage.
In 1922, some 500 miles of railway
were operated by electricity. With
plenty of water power available in
its mountain districts, the country
had raised that figure to more than
5000 miles by 1899. An additional
zoo miles were completed in 1882
40.
Coal. however, remains a prob
lem for most of the Italian rail-
ways. Also, in wartime, electrified
lines may present an even greater
handicap in case of bombing. For
when power installations are put
out OF commission, the effects are
felt not simply in the bombed area,
but all along the line.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-01
French Appointments

The announcement that General Giraud has
been given command of all French armed
forces with General DeGaulle named perma-
nent president Of the Committee Of National
Defense, seems to clear the atmosphere after
storm that has lowered over the Allies for
many months, al least for the present
The value Of the arrangement will depend
in chief measure on the cooperation these
leaders are capable Of achieving between the
administration and the military 1t is hoped
that it will harmonic all elements in the
French empire, something it can do only if
Giraud is allowed to fight Frances battles
without interference and heckling by DeGaulle.
II there is some distrust Of the outcome it
is due to DeGaulles temperamental outbursts
during the eight months Of negotiations
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-01
QUOTATIONS

It is believed that the equipment of the
american Army is superior to that of other
armies This is particularly true of Ameri
can transportation, which has continued to
stana up uader almost inconceivable condi
tlons.-Lieut Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Second
ARMY commander in Tunisia
That means I'll have to spend the whole
two weeks with my mother-in-law. so think
I'll just stay at home. New York physician
refusing extra gasoline for vacation trip.
No satisfactory all-svnthetic truck tires
factory all synthetic tubes have been h,s;1.
as ,et by anyone. P sieberlng. rubber
manufacturer.