The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-05

Teaming up with famous Sergeant
York Of the seth Division, SlocumI
also came back a hero. A fighter
and one Of the few TO receive his
American citizenship, he was the
driving force in bringing about a
special Act Of Congress. He Is on
his way to visit Vancouver, B. c..
-. If you smoke a pack of cigar
cites a day at 20 cents pack, in
years time your have spent $73,
And II you're one to inhale pack
and a half, $4,000 is your expendi-
ture. That's q lot Of dough In the
long run. Some say that If you
don't smoke cigarettes, 1t goes In
to something else 80. Roughly
speaking, II you bought ten-thou-
sand home today, on terms, in
twenty-five years you viii have
paid some sixteen thousand bucks
for it. what with the principal and
interest, mortgage and interest,
FILA mortgage insurance, fire in
surance and tax. That's lot Of
hay but what can guy do when
hes backed up to the wall on
housing. Furniture has to be con-
sidered, too. And that hits fell
low for another three grand. It's
tough life If you don't weaken.
Throw as much down payment rs
you possibly could and see that you
can pay more down than the min
imum monthly figure-should you
hit the jackpot somewhere along
the line. "A family with two
young fellas LETT town. The two
made the opposite and wrong de-
cision,-the turning point in their
lives,-at the time of war and
cooled their heels for the duration.
Their record doesn't help. All
vets living in Housing Projects voice
the same opinion in that too darn
many agents, salesman, politicians,
and buns come around to sell their
wares. A day doesn't go by without
someone wanting to sell you BRUSH
cs, pots'n'pans, policies, perfumes,
etc. I guess you can't blame the
sellers since they have to walk but
a few steps to a unit. :. The OPP
rosite sex turns down their skirts.
at least; that's what the designers
want. But gentlemen, here's bad
news. The leading men designers
state that by next season mems
trousers will have to go up to their
ankles. More ankle appeal and
oomphl!l They are going to draw
up the cuffs on the Eastern Coast
first. College students will be wear
' ing them soon. While the women's
covering goes down, the mems go
up"
You'd better tell your wives to
sew your torn socks 'cuz it won't
be long before we just cont af-
ford to hide the holes. -. If you
own and run an Automobile, it'll
cost you about twenty dollars q
month to operate. That includes
driving to and from work, oil, gas
lube job, and insurance. Whatta
hfellll!i
Speaking about the high cost 81
living today, the only thing that Is
free is the "air" you breath!!. 80.
Many people will argue far into the
night that the younger Nisei girls
are far more beautiful than the
slightly older. We of the column
4 don't think So Both factions are
the same, beautiful and intelligent.
One more comment though-the
younger group might be Slightly
taller but not noticeable. !. The
summer vets meeting attendance is
smaller due to the fact that many
OF the boys work in Alaska and
are too busy in the Valley The
attendance Of the major organiza-
tons such as the American Legion
and DAv is not too large though
their paid-up membership is great