Keep 'Em, Uncle
Better Than Walking
A native of Guam takes great
pride and delight in his water buf
falo, and spends most of his spare
time riding him. Combat artist
Herman Vestal, U. S. coast guard,
painted this picture in water colors.
j By GABR1ELLB '1
Try to manage a visit to the chi
ropodist for the removal of callous
spots on your toes and soles and for
nail trimming. Even if your feet
are free of blemishes you will find
a professional foot massage won
derfully refreshing. It is a good
idea, too, to massage your feet your
self before putting on your shoes.
Ledger Syndicate.—WNU Features.
I “GAY GADGETS"
Associated Newspapers—WNU Features
By NANCY PEPPER
MEDAL MANIA
Let's see how quickly you gals
can move in on a High Fashion.
Seems the smart
fashion leaders
in New York and
in Hollywood are
wearing costly
antique medals
for decoration on
all kinds of
clothes. Well,
who says they
have to be an
tique? See if your
father has some old medals (wasn t
he wading champion or something
In his youth?); see If your O.A.O.
will part with the medal he won
for track. Pin them to bits of col
ored ribbon and wear them Instead
of your trickier lapel gadgets. If
you have a lot of medals, you can
pin them to a broad ribbon worn
diagonally from one shoulder and
tucked into your skirt belt. It's a
fad!
SCHOOL DAZE
Pupil—Should you be blamed for
things you haven’t done?
Teacher—No, that wouldn’t be
fair.
Pupil—Thanks, I didn’t do my
homework for today.
_•_
Teacher—What happens when the
human body is immersed in water?
Pupil—The phone rings.
m _•_
Teacher—Order, please.
Pupil—Double chocolate malted.
• • •
$64 Questions
Why are Boy Scouts Dlssy?
Because they do so many Good
Turns.
Why did the Little Moron hit his
gal friend In the eye?
So he could go out on a Blind
Date.
_•_
Why should you take a frog and
a porcupine shopping with you?
Because frogs have greenbacks
and porcupines have points.
• • •
Sad Sonnets
Early to bed.
Early to rise,
And your gal will go out
With six other guys.
HOW DID IT START?
• • •
Q.—Who was "Davy Jones" and
what is meant by his "locker"?
A.—In nautical lore, Davy Jones
has long been spoken of as the evil
spirit of the sea. The name is sup
posed to be a corruption of Duppy
Jonah. Duppy, a word used among
Negroes of the West Indies, desig
nates a malevolent haunting spirit.
And Jonah, of course, refers to the
Jonah of the New Testament; his
name has become a synonym for
a person or thing that causes bad
luck.
Davy Jones’s locker is the bottom
of the sea Of lost ships or drowned
seamen, it is said that they have
gone to Davy Jones’s locker.
»_
Q.—How did the Mardi Gras car
nival of New Orleans get its name?
A.—Mardi gras is French for "fat
Tuesday.” It refers to Shrove Tues
day, which is the day before the be
ginning of Lent, therefore, the last
day of feasting. In France a fat
(gras) ox was ceremoniously parad
ed through the streets.
In New Orleans the carnival of
Mardi Gras ends on Shrove Tues
day. "King Rex.” accompanied by
his "Mystick Krewe of Comus,” ap
pears in the spectacular parade of
floats, and is later unmasked at the
Mardi Gras ball.
In Roman Catholic countries the
carnival is a period of festivals and
merrymaking preceding Lent. The
carnival takes its name from the
Latin phrase carne vale, meaning,
“O flesh, farewell!” an illusion to
the putting aside of carnal things
during the Lenten season. (Carnal
is from the Latin carnls, which
meant originally "a piece of meat.”)
Bell Syndicate.—WNU Features.
Texas Moon’ Color
This coat for fall, made of hollow
cut cotton velveteen in a cedar rose
shade called "Texas Moon," com
bines style and beauty with com
plete comfort. The deep armholes
allow for a suit underneath; sleeves
buttoned tightly at the wrist keep
out cold air. The self tie in front
can be as loose or as snug as the
wearer wishes. Pockets grace ei
ther side of the skirt and silver but
tons add bright chic.
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Released by Western Newspaper Union.
ATOMIC BOMB CREATES
SUPER-SPY SYSTEM NEED
WASHINGTON—Major General
W'ild Bill Donovan bowed out of
the first real American intelli
gence service (OSS) with a some
what cool-sounding response from
President Truman to his idea of
developing his line of effort fur
ther for peace. Mr. Truman cut
up OSS, sending part to the War
Department, but most to State.
The Donovan notion of hiring
someone like Sumner W'elles, the
ex-diplomat, to keep intimate and
independent watch on the inner
international world, was left hang
ing in air—somewhat foggy air.
General Donovan has never been
a glamour boy. He is a rather
crusty soldier-lawyer. Those who
know what he did in the confi
dential special agent part of the
war say his work in the Balkans
particularly was excellent and
could have been done by no one
else as well. Into his organiza
tion, however, crept a number of
persons who did not fit the best
nature of the endeavor and gave
it distaste with Congress. I think
this fairly sums up OSS. It did
great work, but was not popular.
(I can never learn what accom
plishes popularity in this era when
a bank robber can possibly attain
it by merely being for the 30-hour
week or some such social innova
tion.)
In the wake of this peculiar con
dition, congressmen are arising to
shout “There will be no American
Gestapo,” and I assume also they
mean no OGPU or NKDV. In
deed there will not. But there is
a grave danger that the first vital
necessity for a secure postwar
world will be ignored and shunted
aside by muddleheaded political
thinking about it.
If you thought Pearl Harbor a
surprise and blitz warfare sudden
as lightning, you are already old
fashioned and obsolete in your
thinking. The next war will start
like a flash—the brilliant blinding
flash of the atomic bomb. If our
defenses were archaic last time,
they will be pitiful next time un
less our officials know everything
going on in this world. Advance
knowledge is more essential to de
fense in a future world than a
superior air force, an army or
fleet.
Not the Fascists or the Con\*
munist nations, but the British,
a democratic nation, have the
best world intelligence. It was
built up through generations.
Their survival depended upon it,
because their little islands had
absolutely nothing to justify
their superior position in the
world, except an awareness of
the facts of national existences
and a superior shrewdness in
using them. That is what we
need—only a better one.
it cannot De an army enterprise
because the army covers only one
phase of world facts influencing
peace and security. It cannot be
navy, marine corps, or merely all
three together, because diplomacy
must be founded upon such in
formation. (The British even move
commercially from such realistic
ground news.) It cannot be split,
or you will have each department
performing again the coordination
they showed about Pearl Harbor—
namely none.
INDEPENDENT BUREAU
NEEDED
Consequently it must be an in
dependent bureau covering at
least these government elements
and probably more (Justice De
partment and FBI.) Furthermore,
the head must be a man whose
character and personality guar
antee full pursuit of the business
to be done, and a complete dis
avowal of any political implica
tions in the work. He must not
be a leftist or right or even a
professional Democrat or Repub
lican. That service must lean
over backwards to keep itself po
litically inviolable, and beyond
even the faintest suspicion of po
litical use. (The British know
how to do it.)
The only limit on its appro
priations should be our need of
information. If we need the
information—get it. If the
spenders want to let Treasury
money loose, here is one place
where they could get something
out of it. Some interested par
ties wish to limit the scope of
activity to foreign information.
It should be limited only by need.
If it is found counterespionage
in this country it requires action,
no political aoftpeddaling con
siderations should be allowed to
■tand in the way of getting it.
Advice Is Where
You Get It
'Qy
By RICHARD A. McGIVERN
McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Features.
«« ND SO we can’t get married?"
"Now, Jane, don’t be like
that. We can and will, but not now."
"Why not now?"
"I've told you a dozen times. We’ll
have to struggle along and perhaps
never get on our feet. If we wait
until I’m started everything will be
easy.”
"We are on our feet now. You
have some of your mustering out
pay and I've saved a few dollars.
How much have we?"
“In cash, all together, about two
hundred dollars."
"That’s a lot of money to me.
Plenty to get married. We don’t
need much. I’ve been thinking of
this for two years. If we had any
confidence in ourselves we would do
it. Ma left me those two acres on the
turnpike. We can fix up the shack
there. I can keep working for a
while.”
"That sounds all right, and all
through those months in the Army
while the other guys were talking of
going back to the bank, the store,
or the post office, I kept thinking of
the day I could begin an egg route.
It’s my dream.”
She gripped ms arm. "ir inai is
what you want, go after It. It may
not sound like much, nothing does
at first. Just think. Pete, how lucky
we are. There are so few egg men
in this town, it ought to be easy.
I bet I can get fifty regular cus
tomers in a couple of days.”
Slowly they sauntered toward
town. Pete sighed and grinned.
“Gee, Jane, I can hardly wait! I
can peddle butter and oranges
and ..."
“And I’ve learned to make swell
Jelly. . . ."
"By fall we should be all set.”
Though his voice was casual, it
broke the spell.
“There are a lot of folks with hens
around here. I’m sure they’d be
glad to sell you eggs. And with a
cart you could take them into town.
It would be tough on your feet but
you’d soon harden up. The doctors
told you to walk a lot. You’re not
afraid of hard work?" The question
was lightly put.
"No," he said. “It’s us I’m afraid
of. I don’t want to look forward to
hard times later. It’s not my pride.
I’ll pull a cart if that’s the test, but
I'll not take a chance on two hun
dred dollars.”
They neared the main street.
Finally she spoke. “Let’s ask a few
people what they’d do. There must
be a lot who have had the same
problem."
Pete laughed. “Who’ll be the first
victim?"
Jane pointed at a couple. The man
rested his hand on the door knob of
a long shiny motor car. “Yep,” said
Pete, “they look likely. One of them
probably inherited so much dough
from a tightwad uncle that he never
had to work a day. Try it if you
like."
Flashing her best smile — which
was very nice indeed — Jane said,
"Pardon me, I wonder if you would
do us a favor?"
The man opened the door of the
car, looked at the dashboard clock
and answered, "We're in a bit of a
hurry but we’ll be glad to help if
we can.”
“Will you answer just one ques
tion? How much money do you think
a couple should have before marry
ing?”
The woman was about to speak.
But the man answered again. He
nodded toward his companion. “Ma
and I got married on her dowry,
eighty dollars in American money.
That paid our passage from Dublin
to New York. In 1899 it cost thirty
dollars for each. V.e landed with
twenty-five dollars. Twenty of it was
’.la’s and five I earned on the way
over. Twenty-five dollars was
enough, young lady. That and Ma's
faith in me.” He smiled and patted
the auto. “The rest came with hard
work.”
Pete cut off all further talk by
saying, "That does it. Let’s go home
and tell our families that we’re go
ing to take the big jump.” They
rushed off hand in hand.
The woman turned to the man.
“Were you ever in Dublin?”
He was grinning. "No, lady,” he
replied ‘Tve never been out of this
state. But if I owned this auto I’d
soon fbt that.” He looked up the
street. "You say this is my bus?
Do you take it too?”
“No, I live on the other side of
town.”
“Then good day to you, madam.
Don’t worry. Those youngsters will
be all right.”
"Let us hope so. Good day to you,
sir.” She watched the bus disappear,
muttering, "And I was just going
to tell them what a time me and the
ol’ man had in Cork borrowing the
money for our marriage license
and passage over. Well, he'll laugh
when I tell him.” She opened the
door of the car. "I’m glad he left
the machine unlocked so I can wait
in it."
Preventing Covered Smut Loss
Good insurance against reduced
grain yields caused by covered
smut is to treat winter barley or
wheat seed before planting in the
fall with an organic mercury dust.
The cost of treating the seed
amounts to about three or four cents
an acre, a small price, compared
with the loss of several bushels of
grain per acre.
Avoid Sllcklnesi
Before melting chocolate In a dish
over hot water, rub Inside of dish
with melted butter or olive oil to
prevent sticking. Measuring cups
may be greased in the same man
ner before measuring molasses or
syrup.
Lifts Bed
An electrically - operated hospital
bed has been invented. It raises and
lowers with the flick of a switch.
The use of a nurse or hospital aide
is eliminated.
PUPPIES WANTED
Wo buy puppies of all kinds, also kit
tens, Canaries, parrots, etc. Give descrip
| tlon and lowest dealer’s price In first let
ter.
GEIS1.ER PET STORE
IIS N. 16th Si. —. Omaha 2, Nebraska
WATER-FIRE and mildew
proof CANVAS
All new material For covering—
Grain
Machinery Trucka
The Army sold us a large quantity of this
special treated Canvas.
Price lower than regular goods.
Write for prices on sire you would want.
SCOTT TENT AND AWNING CO.
1501 Howard - Omaha 2, Nebr.
HOME FURNISHINGS £ APPli.
REPAIRS ant stove”
" C r ** 1 J FURNACE or BOILER
Prompt Shipments Since 1882
Order Through Tour Dealer
Compliments
OMAHA STOVE REPAIR WORKS
Omaha, Nobraika
/£ KIL-RAT 31
MO TOO! PLACE Of RATS — MICE — MOLD
3bis< - 35< S-'ZisrsrSLi
Peep Rooted Plants Aid Sell
Plants that root deep. Including
trees and some grasses, are Impor
tant agents In enriching the surface
soil, the department of agriculture
has found. The deep-ranging root*
draw from the deeper layers of the
soil the various plant nutrients,
particularly minerals. When the
plant dies and decays these are re
turned to the soil, but are concen
trated in the top layers where
shallow-rooting plants can draw on
them.
Washing Egg-Beater 1
Avoid putting the cogs of the egg
beater in water. Rinse the spokes
under cold water first, then wash
only the spokes with your dishes.
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"Tbs Grains Art Crist tools
! Kellogg’* Rice J |
| Kriapira equal I [,
the whole ripe I ■
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all the protec I f
live food ele- J H
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BACK FROM WAR...
Iii I'. S, Army Field kitchens overseas, where linking speed, linking
quality and keeping quality of the yeast are all equally important,
Fleiselimanirs Fast Kising Dry Yeast was used almost exclusively in
turning out line American lircad for our lighting men*
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hark lo serve in your kitchen as it served in field kitchens abroad. IF
YOU HAKE AT HOME—Fleisehinaiin’s Fast Rising Dry Yeasl will
help you make better bread in just a few hours.
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FLEISCHMANN'S 1
fast rising DRY YEASTa
As easy-to-use ... as fast acting as ever, Fleischmann's Fast Rising
slays fresh for stecks on your pantry shelf—ready for quick use. Ask
for Fleischmann's F'ast Rising Dry Yeast. At your grocer’s.