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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION Luggage, brief cases, men's belts, books, leather chairs, card cases, purses and handbags should be treated with vaseline occasion-ally to prolong their life. A delicious dessert is a serving of baked apples which have been baked in pineapple juice. Peel and core the apples and bake until they are soft and juicy. To provide the most adequate serving of omelet allow three eggs for every two servings. To tighten springs in curtain rollers, hold roller firmly, put end of spring between tines of fork and turn until spring is tight. If your fountain pen is found to be dry, and there is no ink avail-able, draw up a dozen drops of water into the barrel and shake well. It will tide you over. ' A fine spread for lunch sand-wiches: Cover a pound of dried apricots with water and cook un-til tender. Then add an equal quantity of apples (in bulk) and cook all together. When it is cooked, sweeten to suit the taste. Inspect the refrigerator every morning before planning the day's menu. That is one of the best ways of checking on the cooked food supply and of utilizing every leftover. Table salt added to blue water distributes the color more evenly and prevents streaked or patchy-lookin- g clothes. Unused soap should be made into soap jelly and used for wash-ing stockings, gloves, lingerie and curtains. SEWING OJRCLEJl idnia3 M 3Ewli IhIe EBr joy sewing this useful, fresh flat-lilUMJ. M IIQuRP L0Jrw tering apron a style which can "T33 3BHItE" TT15H'' be completed with just two pieces. llrudair' Not only is the pattern simplified, 1 V the apron is designed to put on in 1 a jiffy it ties in place nrmly, the fed.. j:i I straps stay up and it gives your lfiw I dress complete protection. Pattern No. 8127 is made for sizes 14 to "f'.Yi'.l 1 11 42. Size 16 requires 1 yards 32, or tal I II material, 5 yards ric-ra- braid for ni mm I 1 No. 1; 7',i yards bias fold to trim No. 2. ?140 J I Send your order to: j ' , Nursemaid to a . 20;ton;clipper! ) I v.. Ltr-- " - - ' HE'S A "SELF-STARTE-R" PAN AMERICAN'S lOE wuller is chief of ths UmmmMmmm "Beaching Crew" for the big, ' .s g South American mCfazdf clippers-H- "You'vB ' "VV got to keep your eyes open pAnll on a big job like this. The fLfUlill breakfast that helps keep me rTi 1 in there P'tchin8 is 3 bi8 b!)wl FLAKE J of Kellogg's Corn Flakes with ry fruit and plenty of milk. It's ' a great favorite here at the Mlfafy? employees' cafeteria, too." SEWIN9 CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT. 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco Calif. Enclose 20 cents in coins for each pattern desired. Pattern No Size Name Address : rairaBt's'Aarr'WJWittiBaa T TNIVERSALLY becoming, this button front shirf waist dress is the style which pleases every taste and which looks well in all kinds of fabrics. The clean cut lines and the restrained details in-variably make this dress the fa-vorite in your wardrobe! Choose it now for cool materials cham-bra- y, homespun rayon weaves, shantung or light weight rayon crepe. Pattern No. 8145 is designed for sizes 12 to 20; 40 and 42. Size 14 with short sleeves takes 418 yards material. Fresh New Apron I5ANDS of ric rac on a slim waisted, full skirted apron! In-spires the sewing urge in you, doesn't it? Every woman who likes to "make her own" will en-- ' n s ! i'" 4 i hill it man n rrari rn r" tii mi - - in in mum inn 'ir - l Casualty 1000 miles from the enemy A LMOST as fatal as a bullet or a shell is the and naval stations have a place to go, to turn to, a X. breakdown in the spirit of a sailor or a soldier. "home away from home." Our men'have the finest spirit in the world. But The duties of the USO have more than doubled it must be maintained in the American way. during the year. Its field of operations has enlarged t0 include almost entire face of fte SIobe' They must not be made to feel that they are mere automatons, fighting machines, as the armed forces To carry on its work, it needs funds. i of the dictators have been made to feel. your contribution. No matter how small you j Life in our make contribution, it needs it. Now. navy and army is hard. Discipline is tough. It must be. But there also must be moments You are beset by requests for help on all sides. when the sailor or soldier is treated as Mr. Some- - By all means, try to meet those requests. But among ' them, don't neglect the USO. i That's where the USO comes m. For the USO is Send your contribution to your local USO com- - j the banding together of six great agencies to serve mittee, or to USO, National Headquarters, Empire one great purpose to see that our boys in the camps State Building, New York. Give to the USO : : J UMMM! COFFEE CAKE RIGHT OUT OF THE TT NEVER HEARD OF THAT BEFORE. F"" 1 I AREN'T ALL YEASTS THE SAME ? ,? " ' "J I SOMETHING ELSE YOU MAY NOT KNOW, JOAN, 1 I OVEN. MARTHA, ITS WONDERFUL - BlTr IS HE KIDDING YOUR LITTLE , mmwr-f- - , . lwilr'tiia J IS THAT THE FLEISCHMANN'S YOU BUY I 3 fesssFI zM'S MvPS J sssKSfss I Jl y?S3 r LOST IN THE OVEN. FLEISCHMANN'S WONOERFULNEW RECIPE 7 Ss fe -- SL- THEY ALL GO INTO YOUR fe BOOK? IT'S PACKED WITH ALL KINDS OF "C'OUS BREADS AND ROLLS y-- f jjjj nlV 3" Ji JSu ; 7OT FREEI book with over VvsY 71 1 !2AY i5V; Xv 777Zmf? V yDCiSj 60 recipes. Write Standard Brands, Inc., fl J tafr-A- J , I L- - S A 1 (&W.tyyZX?r-- JjtffXlXi 595 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. I Ml AdvertisemfiU J weekly news analysis 'j , Terrific Air Offensive Against Nazis j Is Opened With Epic Raid on Cologne; j Violent Fighting in Battle of Kharkov i Drains German Reserves in Ukraine (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed In these columns, they lire those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union i' 20Q miles i Z JSi' If u-- 1 1 T: L3JUa ,. The above map shows why Hitler drove his armies toward Kerch. i Beyond Rostov and the Crimea lies the fabulously rich land called the Caucasus. Larger than the. state of Texas, it is wealthy in oil and met-als. However, Russian warriors at Kharkov may well shatter the Nazi dream to bits. HITLER'S EUROPE : Gets a Taste , ' From London came the first word of the new United Nations offensive ;. against Hitler on his home grounds occupied Europe. This first word was described as part propaganda j: and part actual heavy aerial war-- F fare. The propaganda effect was i to strike a definite element of fear into the hearts of the German peo- -' pie by announcing that high U. S. officials had arrived in London to plan an all-o- attack upon the Nazis. i There was loud talk of non-sto- p bombing attacks on the Reich. Said ,! some reports, these attacks would be the heaviest and most fearful the world had ever seen. For the first time American bombing crews were taking their places in the non-sto- p bombing raids being dealt to indus-trial centers of the Rhineland. The London radio let the Ger-man people know that Britain was being visited by U. S. Services of Supply Commander Somervell, Air Borne Command (Ground Forces) Commander Lee, SOS Chief of Op-erations Lutes, and SOS Transportat-ion Services Chief Gross. Army Air Forces Commander Arnold and Chiefi of Naval Operations (Air) Towers had arrived previously and were already in conference with British military and government leaders, said an official report from Allied headquarters in London. SOS Commander Somervell told a London press conference that U. S. and British officials were conferring on a program to standardize mili- - " tary equipment, including tanks and planes. : From Washington came a report c quoting Army Chief of Staff Marsh-all as saying that American troops , are "landing in England and they will land in France." Cologne But the Nazis had something to listen to that was stronger than propaganda. It was the whir of 1,250 British bombers and the thud ot 6,000,000 pounds of high explosive bombs as the RAF unleashed the "most devastating aerial raid in his-tory" to level and burn three-fourth- s of the industrial city of Cologne in a single night. Called the first of the "four-figure- " bombing raids on German industrial centers, this raid on Cologne saw a British bomber swoop over its ob-jective once every six seconds. Equipped with both British and American-mad- e planes the raiders "ere reported by London sources to have made the vicious Nazi annihil-ations on Britain last year look fee-ble by comparison. Even Berlin admitted that terrific damage had been done. The Royal Air force used so many planes in the mass raid that ft de-fenses were of little use. This meth-od was described as "super-saturatin-the Nazi target field so that his aim was constantly diverted. One after another the planes dove low to blast their objectives. One Canadian Wer was quoted as saying that when his turn came so much of the city "as in flames that he felt like leavi-ng the scene and seeking another ,target It didn't seem possible, he sa'd, to do any additional damage. RUSSIA: Kharkov Claims While local encounters were being reported on the Kharkov front in the Ukraine, the operation was con-sidered as having resulted in two vital factors: The Kharkov battle drained Ger-man reserves and diverted a mini-mum of 36 German diyisions which had been massed for an all-o- of-fensive against Rostov. A Russian communique stated that while "attempting to improve their positions, the Germans threw in large reserves for three days in continued counterattacks. All coun-terattacks were repulsed with great losses to the enemy." Claiming a brilliant success in the y Kharkov campaign, the Rus-sians admitted the loss of 75,000 troops 5,000 killed and 70,000 miss-ing. However, a Red army com-munique claimed the capture or kill-ing of 90,000 Germans. The same communique pointed out that Soviet offensive operations in the Kharkov region were started only in order to forestall the an-ticipated blow of the Nazis. The Russian plans did not include the capture of Kharkov. The communi-que concluded: "Now that these bat-tles are nearing their end, it can be said that the main task put for-ward by the Soviet command to forestall the German blow has been completed. MEXICO: Power for Camacho With Mexico's proclamation of hostilities, 11 of the 21 American republics became aligned in the war against the Axis. In addition to the United States, war has been declared by Costa Rica, Cuba, Gua-temala, Panama, Haiti, the Domin-ican Republic, Nicaragua, El Sal-vador and Honduras. Eight other Western hemisphere nations have broken off diplomatic relations. In paving the way for war on the Axis, the Mexican senate approved a bill to suspend 14 constitutional guarantees, including freedom of the press and the right of habeas cor-pus. The vote was 53 to 0. Gen. Salvador Sanchez, chief of Mexican general staff, announced that a supreme national defense council with Camacho at its head was being established to mobilize re-sources and manpower. The high command has ordered strong army units into positions on the gulf and Pacific coast. GASOLINE: Rationing After WPB Automotive Division Chief Kanzler had stated that gaso-line rationing on a nationwide scale would help in relieving potential rub-ber and automotive replacement parts shortages, Board Chairman Nelson said that administrative dif-ficulties will make it impossible to start a rationing system before July 1. The Office of Price Administration meanwhile was reporting that the June ration quota of new passenger automobiles will be 40,000, plus carryover of unused quotas from March, April and May. AUSTRALIAN FRONT: Exchanges After a lull of over a week, aerial "gating on the Australian front be-j- n again. This time it took the of a series of exchange blows ,.y &!t the Allied forces and then fe Japanese. Heaviest Allied attacks were by ican and Australian planes triking at enemy invasion bases at aual and Lae. There was also Hea"vy raid on the Jap seaplane 1,11381 111 ae Solomon is' lands l,?le.JaP hit back hardest at Port fesby, his main objective for rPast weeks. Damage to mili-y- . Sanations here were slight, a General MacArthur's head-- Warters. r, army communique an-th-the Army Ferrying . Dd faad evacuated 4,228 per-se- , Buria during the past weeks. belie' ap midSet submarines were raid destryed in an attempted "tated Sydney- - war buUetin ',the enemy's attack was .C(laPletely unsuccessful." MISCELLANY: Wheat: Department of agricul-ture experts estimated probable win-ter wheat production in the nine states at important producing 436 305,000 bushels. Also announced was a deferred payment plan for the crop insurance con-tract new three-yea- r offered wheat growers the first time this year will permit pay-ment in annual in-stallments of the premium (about harvest time). Whiskers: The War Production board announced a Victory safety handle, a one razor with a plastic cap and a zinc or plastic guard. This model will go into production in a few months and will be offered to me public when the present supply of razors is used up. Existing razors will go to the armed forces. asked by Housing: Congress was appropriate an ad-ditional the President to $600,000,000 for bousing an estimated 1,600,000 war workers ex-pected to move into war produc-tion centers in the fiscal year begin-ning July 1. Heartily Sick of 'Em Defending his client,' who was charged with stealing ducks, the lawyer put up a strong case. First, he pointed out that it had not been proved conclusively that the prosecutor had lost any ducks; secondly, the ducks found in the accused's house were not the prop-erty of the prosecutor ; thirdly, the accused had provided an absolute alibi. Then, just as the judge began to sum up, the man in the dock asked if he could say something. When permission was given, he re-marked: "All I've got to say is that I'm darned sick of those ducks.. I wish I'd never seen them!" Waste of Time Mrs. Bjones had only one fault to find with her maid. She ignored the telephone when it rang. "You really must answer the Clarice," she said in exaspera-tion. "Fes'm," replied the girl glumly. "Seems sort o silly, though. Nine times out o' ten it's for you." Eerie "Why do you always sing the same song?" "It haunts me." "No, wonder. You've murdered it." "There was a time when I be-lieved my husband, but that was before we were married." Wife at court. A case of "wed" and found wanting. ' At Least a Relief Voice over phone "Is this Mr. Sofosgoloposis speaking?" "No, it is not." "Well, aren't you glad?" So That's It! It was at a musical comedy. "Why are all the men in the front rows she asked. "Because they bought their tickets from scalpers," he replied. After a Struggle Farmer (after the land army volunteer has milked his first cow) "Well, you learned some-thing new today." Volunteer "Yes, I learned that the man who says a cow gives milk is a liar." r. (v. - c. o-- n-- - o 0-- - - cl. c. f.- - o- - - r- - (v. o- - ASK ME n ANOTHER I 7 A General Quiz - - C" - P-- P-- O" O- - - - CV. V. v. (v. fv. f. (V. The Questions 1. Whose motto was this: "Ev-erything comes to him who hustles while he waits"? 2. What was the "Invincible Armada"? 3. What fraction of a mile is a furlong? 4. How many railroads enter the City of Chicago? 5. In American political history the Free-So- il party sought to re-strict what? 6. What is the second largest state in the Union?. 7. Which is the oldest royal fam-ily in the world? 8. If the ship the Queen Mary were stood on end, how would its height compare with that of the Chrysler building? 9. Where was Illinois' first cap-ital? 10. What was the largest single printing order in history? The Answers 1. Thomas Edison. 2. King Phillip of Spain's fleet that tried to capture England in 1588. 3. One-eight- 4. Forty-on- 5. Slavery. 6. California. 7. The Japanese. The present emperor is the 112th of his line, which hails back to 660 B. C. 8. Approximately the same (ship 1,018 feet; building 1,046 feet). 9. Kaskaskia. 10. Probably the largest single printing order in history was the one recently created by the ration-ing of sugar in this country. Twenty-th-ree private printing firms as well as the Government Printing Office were required to produce the 700,000,000 forms, cards and booklets. PREPAREDNESS if 11k AMERICAN RED 'CROSS tATERIAli assistance to serv-ic- e men's dependents by the 3,700 chapters of the American Red Cross has increased more than six-fol- d in the past few months, officials announced today. Families or dependents of men in the armed forces are urged to keep in close touch with their Red Cross chapters so that existing problems may be handled promptly and oth-ers arising from war condi-tions may be prevented. When war was declared whole-sale cancellation of applications for discharges from the army on the grounds of dependency upset families' .plans for the immediate future. Likewise, the transfer of troops from one station to another, and orders for departure from the country, left many unsettled prob-lems. These sudden shifts creat-ed an unprecedented increase of work for the chapters. However, with its resources gen-erously contributed by the Amer-ican people, the Red Cross is en-abled to relieve immediate hard-ships of the service men's fami-lies and to help them plan adjust-ments to wartime conditions. Officials stress the fact that this service to dependents is a legal and moral obligation of the Red Cross derived from its congressional charter. Young wives and children left stranded far from home; parents who are hard-pushe- d to make ends meet; younger brothers and sis-ters in need of food or clothing these are just a few of the thou-sands of situations which are be-ing taken care of by local Red Cross home service workers. If a service man is reported killed, wounded or missing the Red Cross will obtain information through its communication facili-ties. The men of the armed forces are likewise served by the thou-sand or more field workers on duty at all major military and naval stations at home and abroad. The minds of men on duty are relieved by. the knowledge that the Red Cross will help clear up the un-settled problems they left behind. Prepared Exclusively for WNU. Horace Greeley Disliked Being Disillusioned Horace Greeley, famous editor of the old New York Tribune, was notoriously absent-minde- One cold Sunday morning. Mr. Greeley stepped into the Tribune office after church. Taking off his boots, he sat down before one of the hot-ai- r registers to warm his feet and read the papers. After a while the janitor hap-pened by and, seeing the boss there, exclaimed: "There's no heat coming up from downstairs, Mr. Greeley. The boiler is being fixed." The editor glowered at the man. "You fool," he yelled. "What did you want to tell me that for? I was just getting nice and warm!" |