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Show HIGHLIGHTS . . . in th e week's news I LONDON: "Take a towel with you when you go visiting" was, in effect, ef-fect, what Britons were told in a new set of rationing regulations. In announcing towel concessions for factory and medical workers, Hugh Dalton, president of the Board of Trade, said that in future "we must be prepared to take our towel with us if we go away to stay, or if asked to do so, to the hairdresser." WASHINGTON: Surgeon Gen. Thomas Parran, director of the U. S. public health service, warned that "war nerves" hold a serious threat in coming months to the nation's health. Dr. Parran declared that poor leadership both in private life and national affairs was one of the primary causes of war nerves. Mental Men-tal distress, hatred, unsatisfied desires de-sires and resentment against the hardships of war which are upsetting upset-ting the world today will pose ofte of the greatest problems science has ever dealt with when the war is won, he declared. LOS ANGELES: Canned baby food is becoming more popular particularly particu-larly with adults, according to Sam M. White, secretary of the Southern California Retail Grocers' association. associa-tion. The reason, he says, is the present rationing system. The low ration point value of canned baby foods constitute their chief appeal. A purchaser can get a 4 or 5V4-ounce 5V4-ounce can for one point. BERNE: Diplomatic circles reported re-ported that Pope Pius XII had been asked to assume the initiative in an effort to obtain agreements among the belligerent powers to refrain from bombing "open cities." According Accord-ing to reports, Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York, a recent Vatican City visitor on an unannounced unan-nounced mission, had examined the possibility of such a move. Well informed quarters said it was possible pos-sible that Spellman had discussed the question of aerial warfare with the Papal secretary of state during his Vatican visit. |
