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Of ones income. The meals were
edible at first but later became
a scandal of insanitary slop.
One dish was pate de pois-
son." consisting of putrid fish
waste pulverized into a paste.
NAILS LIVED WELL
Against this background, the
German living in Paris had tick
cts which permitted him to buy
monthly, at legal prices, ga
pounds of butter, against less
than half pound of all fats for
the FRENCH; three pounds OF
meat against half pound for
the French); and additional ra-
tons of six pounds of bread, one
of sugar, cheese, and preserves.
Throughout the occupation
German soldiers had milk in
their coffee in Paris. Most of the
time Paris children got none.
The condensed milk sent from
Switzerland and the United
States for the children mysteri-
ously vanished, reappearing, if
at all, on the black market. BY
a strange coincidence quantities
Of empty milk boxes could be
found near the airfieldS around
Paris from time to time.
Without help from friends
and relatives who sent food
from the country, Paris would
indeed have completely starved
during the occupation.
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black market, leaving about 30
per cent of the official ration"
available to the population
through official channels. No
wonder the people of Paris sell
dom saw meat, fats, milk or
fruits.
To appreciate the hardship Of
the black market, look at these
figures obtained by the Founda-
ton for the Study of Human
Problems, directed by DR.. Alex
is Carrel, in the autumn Of l943.
About 10000 French Workmen
were surveyed:
The average daily income of a
single Frenchman was 70 francs;
of single FrenchWoman, SO
francs. At this time a pound Of
potatoes cost ST. francs official
ly, and 1920 francs on the black
market. The official fat ration
was only 10000 grams per
month, so that even the poorest
had to go to the black market
to obtain sufficient fats to live.
Fat on the black market cost
from 100 to 80 francs pound,
The only alienation Of this
starvation were free lunches Civ
en- by Vichy to the Paris school
children. In January, 1943,
Vichy also started some COM
munal restaurants, where one
could buy meal for from 8 10
10 francs, depending on the size
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Four Years in Hitler's Gray Paree
Nozis Cleaned Fortunes
in Black Market Profits

bought 20 pounds of meat in the
country and sold it TO his neigh
bors; a girl who bought 200
grams of bread with a forged
ration ticket.
CASES SETTLED"
In the case of the real black
market, infringements of the
law were settled" Vichy pre-
ferred this to letting the gigan-
tic scandal become known. And,
anyway, it was profitable for
the Vichy government to allow
settlements" - in which 1t
took an illegal cut.
For example, in June, l943,
Food Minister Bonnafous pub
lished some statistics: In 1912
about 100, 900 food black market
cases were discovered. Of these
only 12,461 were fined and $500
were jailed. The fines totaled
only 1913 million francs. But in
come from settlements" with
black marketeers totaled some
where over a billion francs. II
is interesting TO note that for
each settlement he arranged,
the price control enforcement
officer received 10 per cent Of
the amount involved.
Anything in which the Ger
mans were interested came out
side the law Thus, by l94l the
Germans had already decreed
that about half a dozen Paris
restaurants and dozen night
clubs were "horS- class II. e.
they need not submit to price
control. Maxime's, Bouquets,
Rotisserie Perigourdine, etc, led
the way in prices which jump
ed from about 1000 francs (cur-
rently 500 a head in 1912 to
10000 a head in 1914.
At the same time, the Ger
mans requisitoned 40 per cent OF
all food sent to Paris from the
country. Beside this official re-
QUESTION, about half of the re-
naming food was sold to the
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A 10TH AIR FORCE BASE
IN INDIA - U.P) - With more
than 1000 combat hours TO his
credit in the China-Burma-India
theater, including 104 trips over
the famed hump" Capt. Cor
don J. Andrews, %, of Sacra-
mento, Cal, is heading back TO
the United States for a we'll
earned leave.
Andrews com b at achieve
ments stand as records for flyers
in this area. During his first
month in India he crossed the
hump" IS times. That was in
February, 1943. In the first Is
days of the next month he flew
the treacherous route IS times
including IL round trips.
Recalling the days when a
large number of his squadron
were lost flying supply missions,
Andrews said, I'VE would sneak
out at dawn and dusk in weather
that nobody but a damn fool
would fly in. Those were volun-
teer missions. The patrols were
moving toward the Japanese
lines and it was our job to sup
ply them by air.
Those were the days" the
tall young veteran recalled. II
remember one day, l took off
and coaxed the ship over the
hump toward China. I circled
and circled trying 10 find hole
H. the weather. Just as I was
about to set down, I received a
radio message from my base
telling me TO return.
when returned and landed
I asked why ii had been sent.
They told me-'the weather was
reported bad UP there-too bad
to land That was a most en-
tightening bit Of information
Andrews, who came overseas
as a staff sergeant, Joined the
army in 1910. He is returning
captain, wearing the DiStin-
guiShed Flying Cross, with four
clusters. the air medal with four
clusters and the Presidential cit.
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Everyone Skates
at Navy Wedding

SHELBYVILLE, Ind.-U.D-
Everyone but the minister skat-
ed at the wedding party of Sea-
man &c Edwin E. Hammond,
of Shelbyville, and Miss Mildred
Taylor of Bremerton.
Seaman Hammond, who dur
ing his three years in the Navy
has seen action at Guadalcanal
and Tarawa, met his bride-to-be
on a roller-skating rink. Skates
were provided for the entire
wedding party, with the excep-
ton of the minister.
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Marihuana in Weeds

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. -(U.D
- Police are searching for To-
cal victory gardeners who were
cultivating a little marihuana
along with regular crops. The
officers explained that the mari
huana bush resembles a COM
mon garden weed, and is very
difficult to detect.
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Written for NEA Service

Written for NEA service
PARIS - The black market
which for the four years Of the
occupation starved and robbed
the people of Paris, was legal
business, officially backed by
the German government.
Only when this fact is thor
oughly understood can one be-
gin to grasp the gigantic power
which this economic tyrant as
sumed in Paris. At the very
same time that the Germans
were loudly calling for price
ceilings and upbraiding weak
French morality" for the exist,
ence of the black market, Off
cial Nazi agents were creating
the greatest black market the
world has ever known.
In order to be able to buy
French materials to satisfy criti'
cal Nazi needs or critical ca
prices, a series of buying offic.
es" were established, licensed
by the German government
They were German directed ano
dominated, although a few OF
them maintained some French
agents on their staffs.
The capital of these buying Of
fices was equivalent to the cred
it of the German government
should that be needed. Usually
the billion francs which France
was paying every three days a!
the cost of the occupation sui
feed for the deals made by the
buying offices.
The employees Of these buy
ing offices not only paid fantas
tic prices, but themselves OTTER
took a commission on the sale
In addition the officers and civil
employees of the German price
control committee had to be Gu
in on the deal.
There was no need to fear le
gal retaliation. ! frequently at
tended trials at the Paris Tribu
nal. The judges seemed to have
no cases to deal with other thar
black market. But I never heard
a single case in which agents OF
a German buying office were
mentioned. The victims Of Gus,
tice" were all small fry-a cof'
fee shop owner who had sole
his tin bar covering at an above
ceiling prices; workman who
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again come TO peace and to an
enjoyment of blessings that
abound here as in no other land.
And let us resolve that we shall
strive TO preserve for posterity
those same blessings which we
hold so close to our hearts.
DONALD r. WESTENDORF,
Mayor
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Five On One Cake

CLEVELAND - U.P) - Ra-
tioning note: One cake served
for the celebration Of five birth
days Of Cleveland youngsters
the other day. The celebrants,
three boys and two girls, we're
born a few days apart four
years ago at st. Luke's hospital
here.
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Times Do Change Dept.

ABINGDON, Mass. - U,P -
In ITS, the citizens Of Arlington
voted that 1T was an indecent
way the female sex do sit in
their hats and bonnets to wor-
ship in the House of God"
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Filler Returns After 1O4
TRIPS Over India's Hump

alton given to the second troop
carrier squadron.
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Written for NEA Service
This is the second of three articles
about life during the occupation OF
Paris II was written by an eminent
journalist who lived in Paris through
out the occupation. Because ne has rel
atives still living in areas dominated
by the Germans, his name cannot be
revealed
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From where | sit by Joe Marsh.
AS American as
HUekIeberry Finn

About the best.read books In our
town are the works Of Mark
Twain who wrote Tom S1,ryer
and Huck Finn and all those
other lovable, undying stories.
And I think it's because he's
the most American of all our
writer's. He understood his fell
low men-and loved them as he
loved all humanity.
You may remember what he
said Of Tolerance and Freedom
those principles so basic to our
way of life. Mark Twain believed
In them, of course. He fought for
them. But he cautioned: Never
No. 90 of a Series Coz
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let tolerance become indiffer.
ence, never let freedom become
license"
From where I sit, that's timely
wisdom for troubled world
whether It applies to interna.
tional politics, or to mans right
to enjoy a friendly glass of beer
occasionally.
For tolerance respect for the
other fellows rights-is impor.
tant not ,ust in the big things,
but In the little human everyday
things too &s M~1e
n a
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WELL-LOVED CHILDREN MAKE MOST
RAPID PROGRESS, SCIENTIST FINDS

two babies are alike, and the books
are written along q certain plan
ned line which doesn't take indiv-
idual cases into account enough,
ANY arbitrary attempts 10 set
up and maintain an artificial SEIZED.
ule on any basis other than spon-
taneous behavior, natural 10 the
healthy baby, will be damaging 10
his development" Or. Ribble warns.
'Those mothers who must return
to work after their baby Is born
will find it is better to start the
infant on a bottle right away, she
says, because nursing for the first
three months is only for nutrition,
while II the nursing keeps up after
that time, a real mother-infant re-
lationship is built up. However, IL
the infant starts out on the bottle,
his relationship with his mother
Will be hte same after the mother
returns to work.
Feeding, bathing and all the de-
tails Of physical care should most
certainly be studied by mothers, DR..
Ribble agrees. but she warns that
Just as much attention must be paid
to the psychological care of infants.
Fondle your child, rock him to
sleep, lavish affection on him. 1t
won't spoil him, this baby author
ity insists, but will make him more
fit for a normal adult life.
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I'LL GaA hR#sal
c. fckoM.As4M44alj
BY GAYNOR MADDOX
NEA Staff Writer

Give 'em something special for
Sunday to put morale into the
weeks work. These sweet potato
balls with chicken hit the spot.
Crisp Coated Sweet Potato DalIs
Makes 12D
Two cups mashed sweet potatoes,
/ teaspoon salt, IA teaspoon pep
per, 2 tablespoons brown sugar. IL
cup chopped nut meats, Q eggs,
tablespoon water, fine crumbs, lard
or other fat.
Combine sweet potatoes, salt, pep
per, brown sugar and nut meats.
Beat / egg: add. Beat well. Shape
In balls. Beat remaining egg with
water. Roll potato balls in crumbs;
dip in egg mixture; roll again in
crumbs. Heat enough fat in large
deep skillet to float balls. heating
to 375 degrees F.. or until 1-inch
bread cube browns in 40 seconds.
Fry potato balls about 8 minutes,
turning to brown on all sides. Drain
on unglazed paper.
To ice cream and sponge cake
squares, this sauce adds flavo -ome
excitement.
ButterscOtch Sauce
Three-quarters cup brown sugar,
! tablespoon all-purpose enriched
flour, tablespoon cornstarch, IA
teaspoon salt. tablespoon butter or
fortified margarine. l IL cups wa
ter, teaspoon vanilla.
Blend flour and cornstarch with
the brown sugar and salt. To avc'd
stir in water slowly. Cook
5 minutes, stirring constantly. Add
butter or margarine and vanilla.
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close month-to-month development
of babies whose mothers are emo
tionally detached or absorbed in So
cial, professional or artistic pur-
suits, that such babies are apt to be
retarded in either beginning to talk
or beginning to walk or crawl They
are slower than those children
whose mothers are not worrying
about their careers" observes DR..
Ribble.
She feels that the same holds
true for eating problems and other
disturbances Of the digestive syS-
tenn. Babies whose mothers leave
them too early in life are apt to
sleep too little, and then grow up
to be Imperative children who are
not well focused or adjusted.
Then there are the modern young
mothers who start out with n pas
sion for standardization, she points
out. They want to follow what
ever they have read in the most
modern book on child welfare. Well,
this is not right. In the first weeks
of life, 1t Is necessary for the moth
er to give close attention to the
routine which suits ner baby, for no
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you Will get as much sugar for your
household ration as you have been
getting, The new sugar stamp No,
81 has been validated for April /
for five pounds of sugar, and both
stamps 80 and 81 have been made
good indefinitely. This same pro-
cedure was used to slow I'D shoe
buying, when an extreme shortage
threatened.
The civilian five-pound ration
will be kept in any case, because
the five-pound bag makes the most
efficient use Of bagging facilities.
If change must be made, the
June is valuation date for the
next sugar stamp will be post
poned. 1t Is hoped, however that
buying will slow down under the
new system, and that ends will
meet on supply and demand.
In view Of great war demands
for shipping space in the Caribbean
area, 1t may seem to some that too
great to-do is being made to keep
the home front sugared. Some in
dustrialists will get cuts, and many
bcverage-makers will have their
output curtailed by the new rcstric-
ton on importation OF sugar syrups
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ave A&AD8AD VklyCNlNlTlSb ana
research fellow for the National
Committee for Mental Hygiene, DR..
Margaret A. Ribble, who has made
q study Of hundreds Of babies and
their parents.
Or. Ribble has put her findings
into book form, which she calls
'The Rights OF Infants" In ex-
planning the title, she says, Most
babies books deal almost exclu-
sively with such matters as nutri-
tion, fresh air and sunshine, i'm
humiliation and daily routine. Dis
tracted young mothers, who have
given earnest attention to watching
the clock instead Of the child,
sometimes treat the baby as If his
mental and physical insides were
run on the same principle as the
clock"
But DR.. Ribble, through her stu
dies, has found that those babies
who do not have consistent moth
ering grow up less well equipped for
later life than those who do. She
calls the separation OF a mother
from her infant absolutely damag-
ing to the mental security of a
child. And she thinks that working
mothers have no right to plan to
return to their Jobs soon after the
baby Is born.
TT Is interesting 10 note, from the
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SQUEEZE PLAY USED
IN NO TRUMP HAND

The Eastern states Champion
ships tournament will be held at
the Park Central hotel, New York
City, February 20 to March s, in
elusive. The competition in this
tournament Is always equal to
that in a national event.
I recall a hand played in the
Eastern finals last year, in which
the majority OF the players bid
seven no trump and made 1t, even
though 1t involved a nice squeeze
play. One pair, however, arrived
at six no trump and made only
six by careless play.
To make seven, the opening
lead must be won by the declarer
with the club king, and now the
five spade tricks are caShed. South
must discard three diamonds from
dummy on the three long spades.
East can discard O club and two
hearts.
Cashing the king of hearts gives
the declarer the bad news on that
suit. But now he cashes the ace
Of clubs, and East is fixed. II he
throws away a heart, all OF
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"As pretty as a lovely girl In a
pinafore"! That just about ex-
presses the charm and popularity
of this be-ruffled, large-pocketed
and buttoned down the back pima
fore. Make 1t Of checks, ginghams,
flower prinkled cretonnes, candy
stripes or in pastel linenS-it's go"
ing to be lovely in any fabric!
Pattern No. $3.50 is designed for
sizes 10, II, IA, 16, Is and 20. Size
~, with sleeves, requires 3% yards
of 39-inch material; sleeveless, 81
yards.
For this attractive pattern, send
is cents, plus / cent for postage,
in coins, with your name, address,
pattern number and size to Water
bury Democrat Today's Pattern
Service, 1850 Sixth Avenue, New
York, ~, II. Y.
Ready NOW, the Spring issue Of
Fashion, Just l5c. Complete. Full
Of brand new wardrobe ideas.
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gratifying remarks about the food,
and that he will relax and enjoy
himself.
But If they are having q woman
IA, they get to worrying about the
living room curtains that should
have been washed weeks ago. and
they think they have to rush out
and buy flowers for the table, and
look TO the corners - for fear a
woman's eye will judge them as less
than top-notch housekeepers.
PAYING PENALTY NOW
So, rather than 60 to all that
trouble, they Just put off having
lonely women In for family meals.
It IL q pity this Is to be, since
there are so many lone and lone
some women today who, for the
most part, probably wouldn't be
critical guests at all.
But women have the reputation
for going into a house and look
ing II over with a snoopy eye and
even somtimes going out and dis
cussing what a poor housekeeper
warm hearted hostess Is.
And 50 now lonesome women,
who should be having all the In
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HOME FRONT FORECAST
Few Grains Of Comfort Are
Offered By Sugar Planners

but It doesn't look like o real belt
tightening.
ODDS AND ENDS
Vegetable seeds and small garden
tools are going to American pris-
oners In German camps from the
American Red Cross. Gardening
provides hobby rs we'll rs food
The War Production Board
wants you to look around bathroom
cabinets and bureau drawers for q
Anal cleanup Of used collapsible
tubes for shaving and dental cream.
The old ones are especially valuable.
II you've been holding old ones to
turn In on future purchases, you
can let 90 Of them now After March
/, no tube will be required when
making O purchase.
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Red-heads bright thatch
often and admire
aurea has her problems She
which quarremuch
BEST oos in makeup" Montez-who hair
technoor asset the film "ypsy
serve the natura. sharp contrast between skin and hair"
Marias hair carnelan-
der and foundation exactly match the light
And Maria makes attempt spnkng
~ 49,
be
this knowing
beads Wear shade of p that you goes
with Clothes purple
Dress colors that increase the pulling according
Maria are green brown black beige
red hair purple red pink white be implicitly
Maria
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THE FItzgeralds, well-known
i stars Of the New York air waves,
enjoy morning coffee with the lis
tening audience during their regu-
lar $3.50 am. broadcast. Coffee-and
Pegeen and Ed-help thousands Of
loyal fans start the day off right.
The show, unreheaFsed and without
benefit OF script, Is made up Of the
normal conversation Of an average
married couple over their coffee
cups, That's one reason the coffee
must be goodl The kind Of coffee
that stimulates conversation and
gives Q "lift" Is full-strength and
freshly.made.
Here's cake that Pe1nen and Ed
favor 10 60 with colEee--moFnlnR,
noon or night. It's Apple Coffee
Cake and win become q favOrite
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For
Young
Women
(2o-s6)
Questions, Answers
About the WAVES

WHAT pay may q girl expect after
completing the WAVES training
eouEoee
That depends upon her rating.
For instance. as . third class petty
officer she would receive base pay
Of SO . month. In addition, where
government food and quarters arc
not provided. she would receive
$3.OS Q day for subsistence total
Of about $40 . month. The base
pay Of . seaman, second class, Is
$S4 q month; seaman, first class,
$50; second class petty officer, 500;
first class, STA, and chief, $l26,
with the same subsistence and
quarters allowance in each case.
What about dates" in the
WAVEsi
AT training school, dates are
permitted during weekend leave.
While girls In training have crowd.
ed schedules, there Is opportunity
for recreation. After assignment to
. duty station, members OF the
WAVES enjoy the normal social
activities Of girls in civilian life
with the added advantages, how
ever, Of entree TO service clubs not
available to civilians and free tick
cts to theatres, movies and other
afnusements where such tickets are
provided for service men.
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had so far have
been detrimental
to health" he de-
clare d recently.
Some of them
have been helpful
to persons W h o
lived to cat a diet
too sweet, too fat,
a n d too plenti-
full"
You wont know
until at least
June 10, W hen
the next sugar
st q m p normally
W ould become
pOOfl w n nthar
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SUNDAYS MENU

BREAKFAST: Fruit cup,
whole wheat cereal, omelet,
raisin toast. butter or fortified
margarine. coffee. milk.
DINNER: Roast loin of pork,
apple auce. crisp coated sweet
potato balls, green beans, en-
riched bread. butter or fortified
magazine, chopped greens sa-
lad, sponge cake squares with
butterscotch SaVce. coffee. milk.
SUPPER: Con- meat, cream
cd potatoes. cole slaw. hot rolls,
butter or forth margarine,
canned fruit, cookies. tea, milk.
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dummy's hearts are good. If he
dlscards the seven Of diamonds,
South goes over to the queen OF
hearts, cashes the ace and dis
cards his three Of clubs. He cashes
the ace of diamonds and wins the
last two tricks with the king and
ten Of diamonds.
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NAARAN Az NAl
q bit OF filling
to make him
C o m Portable,
I'll wager he'll
choose the pill
low.
No sick per-
son ever has
enough pillows
Of J Il s t tn e
right size and
softness to meet
all his needs,
And the right
number OF pill
| o W S m c n n 3
more than n