This Card Is an Ace
XT. S, navy task forces, spearhead
ed by modern, hard-hitting aircraft
carriers, are ranging the Pacific,
blasting Japanese island fortifica
tions from Wake to Rabaul and de
stroying German submarine activity
in the Atlantic. At this writing we
have 40 such carriers. Tops among
them is the U. S. S. Card which, with
her planes and escort vessels, has
destroyed more submarines than
any other unit in naval history. One
of the Card’s escorts was the over
age destroyer Boris which sank after
disposing of two Nazi submarines in.
a stormy sea.
Left: Signal officer at stern
of carrier orders pilot of an in
coming plane to cut throttle.
“Talker" in foreground relays
orders from the captain.
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Thia is what the pilot sees as he turns for a landing on the deck
of the Card. At a higher level the flight deck of a carrier appears
as the side of a match box.
Top: Torpedo planes and
dive bombers on the flight deck
of an aircraft carrier. Bottom:
From the bridge of his carrier
this captain conducts the many
activities which are necessary to
operate the complex mechanism
of hia craft. The Card, which teas
converted from a merchant hull,
is an escort carrier of the type \
known as “baby flat top.” Car* j
riers are enabling our forces to [
control the sky from the moment \
they move into a new area.
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Left: Dive bombers roar into
a take-off. Right: Another
“talker” relays commands.
Another take-off is under way.
This navy Hellcat is going to help
ruin a Jap Pacific base.
By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
LOOKS as if Warner Bros.
agreed with Jack Benny
when, on his return from the
European battlefronts, he de
clared the trip was the best
vacation he'd had in years.
Humphrey Bogart was just well on
his way to entertain servicemen in
that area when the company an
nounced that as soon as he returned
he’d start work on “To Have and to
HUMPHREY BOGART
Have Not,” by Ernest Hemingway.
It’s a tale about the rum-running
skipper of a yacht operating off the
Florida Keys—sounds very Bogart
ish.
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That nation-wide search for the
voice which most nearly approxi
mates that of the famous Nellie
Melba wound up with the selection
of 22-year-old Jean Forward, who’ll
sing in Rene Clair’s “It Happened
Tomorrow.” She moved to Los An
geles two years ago, and before that
had sung leading roles with the
Golden West Opera company, the
Southern California Opera company,
and the American Opera company.
Her voice was selected from hun
dreds by Robert Stolz, who’s serving
as musical director for the produc
tion.
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When Janet Wilde was in Holly
wood she appeared in a mere hand
ful of pictures, mostly Westerns.
She switched to radio, and was cho
sen to portray Corliss Archer in the
new comedy series—and now the
film folk want her back. “That’s not
for me,” says Janet.
Tom Coats is a stunt double whose
services are hired for extraordinary
feats of horsemanship. He worked
in “Riding High,” and one chore
was to impersonate Cass Daley
driving a heavy wagon at full tilt
over a desert road. He had to wear
a wig with a pompadour, so that in
long shots he'd look like Cass—and
that wig above his rugged face prac
tically ruined the members of the
crew!
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His outstanding work in films and
in radio guest appearances has won
William Bendix a starring air show
of his own, the Blue Network’s Sun
day afternoon comedy-drama “The
Life of Riley.” It was those guest
appearances that attracted the ra
dio moguls’ interest.
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To present a broad, inclusive pic
ture of American youth in wartime
and to show how youth itself is meet
ing the challenge of increased Ju
venile delinquency, the National
Broadcasting company has an
nounced a 13-week series of pro
grams, “Here’s to Youth,” which
will be heard Saturdays from one
to one-thirty, Eastern War Time,
beginning January 15. The broad
casts will be presented in coopera
tion with 10 major voluntary youth
organizations with a total youth
membership of 31 million.
At 66, Charles Coburn, veteran of
stage and screen, not only sings for
the first time in films but also en
gages in his first screen romance.
The girl is blonde Constance Dowl
ing, who, with Coburn and Nelson
Eddy, is co-starred in “Knickerbock
er Holiday.’’ As Governor Peter
Stuyvesant, Coburn not only wears a
peg leg, but does a dance as well.
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Ella Raines was considered too
typically American to play the Eng
lish girl in “The Uninvited’’—Gail
Russell got the role. Ella was
lliought too sophisticated for “Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay”—Gail
got the part. But—Ella’s set as lead
ing woman in “Hail the Conquering
Hero," in which she'll play oppo
site Eddie Bracken—and it’s a Pres
ton Sturges picture!
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ODDS AND ENDS- With that lucky
alarm clock back on the Fox Fop
show, Darks Johnson and If'urren Hull
are wondering again xchul will happen
if it ever goes off during the commer
cial—would the sponsor get the $10, or
would it go to the announcer, they ask
. . . Clifford Goldsmith, author of “The
Aldrich Family," has been asked to re
peat some of his especially popular
scripts—an innovation in radio if he
does it . . . lienee. Terry of CBS’
“Bright Horizon" has been auarded
service stripes as a nurse's aide . . .
There's been an avalanche of sugges
tions that Fred Allen and Lauritz Mel
chior do their stunt in pictures.
Choosing Right Breed
Of Rabbits Important
Market Demand Should
Govern Selection
Every farmer who wishes to raise
rabbits should become familiar with
market demands in order to select a
breed that will find a ready sale,
says a U. of California publication,
“Rabbit Raising," by H. M. Butter
field and W. E. Lloyd. Seme rab
bits will satisfy the market demands
better than others. For example, a
market that prefers a small fryer
rabbit weighing from lt4 to 2 pounds
dressed or 3 to pounds live
weight will justify the producer in
considering a breed that develops
early and soon reaches a market
able condition with a low feed cost.
Breeds that are slow to develop or
that do not fill out well when young
are better suited for markets using
large meat rabbits weighing five
pounds or more.
Only a few breeders cater to a fur
market and sell the meat from rab
bits producing the fur for whatever
it will bring. The meat from a six
month-old fur rabbit will usually
weigh four or five pounds or more;
it is important to find a market that
is willing to take dressed rabbits
of this size. Such meat is usually
low in price, five to nine cents a
pound live weight being a fair range
in list price.
The production or Dreeding siock
calls for a wise choice from the
many breeds now available. The
newer breeds usually sell for more
than the old established breeds, and
the beginner should anticipate a
drop in prices for some of the pres
ent high-priced new breeds. Nearly
always the final choice will rest on
the value of the animals for meat
and fur. A new breed may possess
excellent fur qualities and yet have
no value on the fur market because
the pelts are not available in suf
ficient numbers for matching.
Breeds for the Beginner.
Most rabbit raisers find it best to
start with but one breed. The char
acteristics and requirements of one
breed are far easier to learn than
those of several. As skill is ac
quired and markets are developed,
the producer may then find it profit
able to cater to several kinds of de
mand.
Certain breeds have become popu
lar because they have returned a
profit and have had the approval 6t
buyers. For example' the New Zea
land Red or New Zealand WWte
and the Flemish Giants are very
popular for supplying the market de
! mand for high-quality meat. Among
the fur rabbits the Chinchilla, the
American White, the New Zealand
White, the White Flemish Giant, the
Havana, the Lilac, ,the Castor Rex
and its crosses, and certain blue
and silver breeds have been very
popular for fur and have consider
able meat value. All these breeds
are produced in quantity so that
stock is easily purchased and the
market demand is kept up by a regu
! lar supply. Some of the newer
breeds might be more popular if
they could be secured in larger quan
tities and at smaller expense. The
introduction of a little-known breed
is not always a paying undertaking.
Selection of Individuals.
Some general characteristics
which should affect the choice of
breeding rabbits, regardless of the
breed or variety are:
1. Ability to maintain health and
vigor under commercial conditions;
not unduly susceptible to disease.
2. Meat white, fine-grained, firm,
and delicately flavored, in the case
of meat rabbits.
3. Dressing percentage high, with
a large percentage of the best meat
cuts (saddle); body compact, meaty,
with fine bone for the meat trade.
4. Ability to thrive on inexpensive
feed.
5. Market weights and desirable
plumpness reached at an early age.
8. Value sufficient to leave a prof
it for the producer under existing
conditions.
7. Ability to reproduce true to
color and type.
8. A good breeder the year around.
9. Females good mothers, able to
bear and rear large litters.
Utility vs. Fancy Stock.
The first concern of the breeder
should be with utility rather than
with fancy stock. Rabbit breeders
have too frequently wasted much
time on unimportant characteristics.
Leg bars, black toenails, and nose
or ear markings ha e little effect on
the utility value of any rabbit, though
such markings may sometimes be
correlated with certain desirable col
ors in the pelt. Ultimately the pop
ularity of a breed will largely de
pend on its utility value.
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Term* need In docribln* rabbit*: 1,
ear; t, rye: 3. no*e; 4, mouth; B, dewlap;
6. cheek; 7, neck; 3, cheat; 0, shoulder;
10, flank; 11, loin; 17, *addle; IS, hip; 14.
tall; IB. hock; 16. belly; 17, tec; 18, foot;
10. toes.
VrOU’LL see this set in the very
1 best places this winter—they’re
second to none in good looks. Cro
chet the smart pill-box hat of black
wool and please—do the separate
flowers in pink! The pink and
black combination with the match
ing mittens are lovely with a bea
ver coat—or a fur coat of any sort.
The hat and mittens are as at
tractive on the chic gray-haired
woman as they are on the college
girl!
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To obtain complete crocheting Instruc
tions for the Pink-Flower Hat and Mitten
Set (Pattern No. 6644) send 16 cents tn
coin, your name and address and the pat
tern number.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
Is required In Ailing orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
HOME NEEDLEWORK
530 South Wells St. Chicago.
Shipwrecked Sailors Use
Pants as Water W ings
Newly developed lifeboats,
parachute boats, and collapsible
rubber rafts are daily saving
scores of planewrecked and ship
wrecked men from the ravages of
the sea. One of the newer wrin
kles in life saving is the conver
sion of the sailor’s pants into wa
ter wings which will keep him
t'loat for hours.
Both the navy and coast guard
are teaching their men the simple
trick. First, the trouser bottoms
are tied securely. Then, grasping
the open waist, the men blow air
into the pants just as we blow up a
toy balloon. The last step is tying
the waist, sealing the air in the
pant legs.
Money Could Grow
Seeds of the cocoa tree wer*
once used as money in Mexico.
WHY TAKE
HARSH LAXATIVES?
Simple Fresh Fruit Drinl$
Makes Purgatives Unnec-*
essary for Most People
Here’s a way to overcome con
stipation without harsh laxatives.
Drink juice of 1 Sunkist Lemon in
a glass of water first thing on
arising.
Most people find this all they;
need—stimulates normal bowel ao
tkm day after day!
Lemon and water is good tor
you. Lemons are among the rich
est sources of vitamin C, which
combats fatigue, helps resist colds
and infections. They supply valu
able amounts of vitamins B, and
P. They pep up appetite. They
alkalinize, aid digestion. Lemon
and water has a fresh tang too—*
clears the mouth, wakes you up,
starts you going.
Try this grand wake-up drink
10 mornings. See if it doesn't help
Ioul Use California Sunkist
emons.
TOO BAD
TRADER
We can’t make enough Smith Bros. Cough
Drops to satisfy everybody, because our out
put is war-reduced—so please buy only as
many as you really need. Through three gen
erations and five wars. Smith Bros. Cough
Drops have given soothing relief from
coughs due to colds. Still only 5f.
.SMITH BROS. COUGH DROPSj
' HACK OK MINTH01-— 5*
MARK*
—Buy War Saving* Stamps—
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ter than any other dry yea.
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Ute ireshness, the lull strength!
FAST -RJSINO-!
Tender, even-grained bread
“me baJn, reerdU ever, rmre.
tAves ust-mmwe shohwm
Dry *easi ,. that round out
breads and to U
wartime meals wiu _|flfl
goodness.
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Acts first! Stays fresh!
GROCERS! If you have not yet received
yourfcupply of the new Fleischmann’s Dry
Yeast, write immediately to: Standard
Brands Incorporated, 1229 Montgall Ave.,
Kansas City 16, Missouri.