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Show f V n...amu - if f ' 4 1 V I r. To Watch French Holding! In Atlantic for Move By Germany. WASHINGTON. Pierre-Miquelo- a n, French - & the weekly reflex -s Blitzkrieg Makes Way for Cow Up by U. S. Listening Posts Diplomatic look-ou- ts for the United States government will be established at Dakar, French West Africa, a Jumping oft place for planes flying from Eu-- j rope to South America, and at St? t- has since taken unto its own ment, for the duration of the n occupation of Denmark, rogatives concerning Iceland ordinarily are exercised by nish king. L ' 'ay, the state department sent e al to Greenland, a Danish North Atlantic and a stone to the Amer-- r any power seeking to at-I- s country with bombing and planes. )er consulate has been re-- , I recently at Martinique, a FrtuUi island In the Caribbean, w'here trouble has been threatening over a cargo of American-mad- e planes aboard the French aircraft carrier Bearn. British warships have been reported maintaining a watch to see that the carrier did not leave Martinique. Still another consulate was established on July 23 at Georgetown, British Guiana, In South America. A consular agent was already stationed in neighboring province of Dutch Guiana. - General Hugh Pierre-Miquelon- ," Gen. Hugh . S. WASHINGTON. Johnson has made two extraordi- ' v . nary predictions in public speeches or articles in the last few days. One of these is that, if the cow. She calmly A very effective tank stopper is Carrie, President Roosevelt should think, somemoseys across the road In front of a tank, halting the metal Juggernaut dead la Its tracks. Bnt this Is only practice; If It were a real blits, time between now and election, that bossy would now be a hamburger. The incident occurred at Pines Plains in upper New York state, where guardsmen and regular army troops Wendell L. Willkie held maneuvers. is becomihg a serious threat, he would throw this country into war in order to Bedbug Found Cause create a situation in which the President Of Sleeping Sickness would believe bis WASHINGTON. Discovery of inev"own a bedbug which insures sound is other The itable. sleep but the wrong kind was if President that reported by the public health he will haVe Roosevelt is ground at ber feet You see, he was service. war within the in United State the so fat and had done so little running The bug, which is the grandweeks. two in that be was no condition to make father' of all bedbugs because it Curiously enough, Johnson has not such a long, hard run as he had had is several times larger than the what seems to some military made to. Sparks of anger flashed from ordinary insects, carries the germ in Washington the most devexperts Granny's eyes as she looked at him. of sleeping sickness from man to astating attack be could possibly What have you been doing now? man and from animals to men, on the President in connecmake she demanded sharply. said Dr. Arzroony Packchanlan, tion with the whole question of preI Nothing, of the National Institute of Health. panted Reddy. paredness. haven't done a thing. Favored Mechanised Army. Dont tell me that! snapped This is that when Johnson was just Farmer Browns Boy the far comer of the Green Meadows entering the administration, back in Granny. doesn't get his gun out for nothing where Old Man Coyotes home is she 1933, to become head of the NRA, he at this time of year, and I saw him crawled on her stomach so. as not insisted that a fair portion of the with it hiding behind the old stone to be seen, and she took the great$3,300,000,000 which was being apwall where he thought you would est care not to make the .least bit cocgresa for relief, propriated cross. It is a lucky thing for you, of noise. By and by she reached a should be by. In mechanizing the spent Reddy Fox, that you didn't, try to place where she could see Old Man army, t . cross there. Now what have yotr There he lay He obtained NO SUPPORT WHATCoyotes home. been doing? Haven't I warned you stretched out taking a nap, and EVER from the administration for to leave those ducks and chickens near him were two or three bones thia proposal, though it was directed alone? I wonder if you ever will which Granny knew to be chicken SOLELY at bringing our army up get any Fox sense into that silly bones. to date. Congress debated it, and head of yours! I thought as much! said Gran- solemnly adjoined the administraPoor Reddy! It was bad enough ny to herself. Hes been stealing tion from spending ANY of the 3 to have to run until he was out of chickens and is making Farmer billion, 300 millions for bringing the breath and tired enough to drop, and Browns Boy believe that it is Red- army up to date from a military then to be blamed for something be dy or me. Well see about this! standpoint. hadnt done! It was too much. At that time. It should be rememYou may be smart, Mr. Coyote, but chickI havent been near those there are others! Yes, sir, there are bered, congress was slavishly folens and ducks! he snapped. lowing the President on his every Its others! wish. The revolt against the White so long since I've tasted one that T. W. Burseaa. WNU Service. had not yet raised its hand. House Ive almost forgotten what they taste like. I haven't been doing Consequently if the President had thought it wise to spend some of anything. That pesky dog found me this huge appropriation in providing asleep on my sunning bank and I IliniitoSIakc-Up- s tanka and armored trucks for the waked up Just in time. Thats all I know about it" army, and in transforming the obV.V. By solete horse soldiers into fighting Granny asked a few questions and units capable of resisting a modern Reddy told her about his dream and foe, congress would have fallen over how it had turned from a beautiful itself complying with the Presidents one into a bad one, and then he bad wish. waked up just in time to run for his Promoted Preparedness. life. Reddy was so much in earnest and Johnson seem to . Johnson to him. believe that Granny just had the very few men been have among Thats different, said she. It bad President Roosevelt's have who is very clear to me that Bowser the ear at any time in the last few years Hound was led to your sunning bank who have had --v by somebody who knew that you jetF" any intelligent were there. You stay right here unof the nanotion til 1 come back. tional defense With this old Granny Fox slipped situation. The away through the Green Forest. case of Gen. Straight through the Green Forest Hugh S. Johnand down across the Green Meadson vainly advoows she trotted. As she drew near cating, as far back as 1933, the use of some of the relief funds with sensitive skin SOME people or cry when eyebrows are funds for plucked. If you find the plucking the mechanizing disagreeable, try holding down the comer of your eyelid near the nose army, has just been told. The other Johnson is Louis. More so the skin is stretched. This will two years ago, it happens the than help keep you from weeping while assistant secretary of war was comthe eyebrow is plucked. plaining to several friends that the (Releaaed by Western Newspaper Union army was woefully deficient in certain. vital details. Among them was U. S. Monitor Stations powder-makinmachinery, which ft " ed the infantry leaves Salt Lake Citys historic Fort Douglas for a new assignment in the South, a military occupation begun in bitterness and bloodshed will have h tered there. The fort was founded in the early days of Salt Lake City, and against the wishes of the Mormon pioneers. The encroachment of United States troops on the then state of Deseret was interpreted as an act of virtual warfare. For several years the city existed in what amounted to a state of siege, What have you been doing now? she demanded sharply. hasn't for as surely as 1 am sitting here this blessed minute that good for nothing dog is chasing him now. It isn't the hunting season yet and we ought to be left in peace while the weather Is warm. It must be that Reddy has been after these chickens in spite of all 1 have said. Meanwhile poor Reddy was puffing and blowing as he tried to fool Bowser the Hound and get him so mixed up that he couldn't follow Reddy's and It was not until the end of the track any further. At last he Civil war that the pioneer colony-act- ing and then, so winded and on the orders of President tired that he could hardly walk, he Brigham Young made its peace joined old Granny Fox. He panted with the soldiery. for breath as he dropped on the kuc-ceed- tv -- Fort Douglas, Historic Fort, Loses Infantry ended. Although the fort is to be utilized as an air base, with an expected 1,500 men to be quartered there, no more infantry troops will be quar- V v; 'ft'' Pierre-Miquelo- When , WNU Service.) (Bell Syndicate reached recently at Havana. Ibese provided tor establishment of pro- Granny fox listened to voice of Bowser" visional administrations in any foreign possessions in this hemisphere Hound as It rolled across the Green which were threatened with a Meadows and through the Green Forest and she scowled. What has change of sovereignty. that careless scamp of a Reddy been of Sumner Welles, undersecretary I've doing now? she grumbled. beFranca if said has that state, to him him and warned warned keep came a Fascist dependency of Gerducks many In any foreign possessions away from Farmer Brown's to get which were in this hemisphere, it and chickens while it is easy would create an emergency in this enough to eat down on the Green Green hemisphere requiring action under Meadows 1 and here in the had Forest. learned he thought the Havana agreements. his lesson, but it seems that he Effects of German Conquest. The reopening of consulates at SL n and Dakar fits into a pattern which has been developing ever since the Germans Invaded Denmark. Late in April, this government established a consulate in Iceland, SALT LAKE CITY ed In a worried tuna the was never at a lost for surprises, kiniim m ias of tha first spring flower, or a good book, or a new lutle iui j By KATHLEEN NORRIS near are you to being a perfect woman? This is a fascinating question, and the answer to it may suggest to you fascinating occupation. It,4nay amuse you and keep you busy and happy for years trying to turn yourself into a perfect, woman. A mans letter suggested this idea. He writes me that he has the perfect wife. They have been married seventeen years; .they arent rich or famous or young any more; theyre both close to forty. But his letter makes thrilling reading, and I pass it on. g a and liawaiL jwouldcotabout The Federal Communications commission plans to erect powerful monitoring stations in Alaska and Hawaii to trace illegal radio communications by foreign agents. V. Ford Greaves, chief inspector or the commissions western area." said three of the stations would be erected in Alaska and one in Hawaii. He added that under the defense program sites were being sought for 100 monitoring stations at intervals across the continent appreciate the kiiSv wad distinction which his majesty, the king, hai conferred npon the Bahamas in appointing yonr royal lhneoa to be governor of this ancient and loyal colony, says W. K. Moore, --mct -- ar he vrrlcomcs the fluke oT Windsor On bchaff of the president of the Bshama-4etislIslxtaertTbndlare y The scene Is the tiny legislative t in Nassau, Bahamas. The duchess of Windsor la on the dnke's left, news reels of the war. " 0RT OF MAXIMUM ENLISTMENTS , FIXED ARMY 105,000;; ' WASHINGTON. The army mutt ;elt on September 8 issued a recruit about 105,000 men in order! ! 1 emergency proclamation to attain its authorized maximum f an increase of the regular enlisted strength of 375,000 men, the enlisted strength to 227,000 actual total as of today being about J goal that was attained in a 270, Qpo. An increase of about 95.000 "atively ahort period. When is reported since June 30, 1939, when ay appropriation bill for the the total wai 175,000 men, or about j Jrar 1941 wag passed, it 45,000 under the then authorized the . strength of 210,000. to 280,000 men. In'the A few days after the .outbreak of - ? supplementary appropriation file present European War President act confess again increased the au- au-4- th -- thorized strength this time to which is the armys goal The army recruiting service is proceeding with thC enlistment of the' men necessary to bring the army to maximum strength and every volunteer accepted for service must' meet the test of loyal citizenship and good character. Sereral months may elapse before the maximum is reached, probably by the end of th.s Joar or dur 375,-00- 0. ing the early part of 1941. The navy recruiting drive also I under way and, while the navy has waiting list of 3,000 men, the recruiting of the new men is proceeding cautiously and is described as a "build-u- p campaign timed to wnd some tune in March, 1941. . The present authorized enlisted strength of the navy is 170.000 and the latest figures show that ths h is now about 140 000, stre-igt- f nv fles! - - Nevertheless. Louis Johnson 1 his political life in hit hands 1 made the contracts for the pow making machinery, with a prh individual It is generally regarded as of the most extraordinary epl in the official life of the Washing government i J told perjeclf kind and generous iks lor offers a "metuunsf t tpomen everywhere to at selves and tea how lufk- -e they rate. Why not suit test your sell? i human being I ever ksev. ' the other side; you write d and problems, mean motbr money troubles, faithless h extravagant and discontent But there are a lot of a other side of the picture; women who through the t; changes of man; mame have only come the more and truly to love and ae other. Thats the letter. It did good. The writer did not his address, but I hope his see this column and knot is appreciated. 1 1 1 We had to wait seven years for our happiness, he writes. "They were long years, and sometimes discouraging years. Dee eras taking Bow Would Tea bi care of her mother, helpless InHow close to her measa valid, and teaching school as well There seemed to be no reason why you Come, if your husban she might not be so held for many a letter describing you? E ael years. I was in medical school, with acteristics would you of tb the hope that a hospital appointment were choosing those would ohm might some day pay me $75 a wife? .What 10 Well, perhaps first of sll month. be gentle. She ibo should 28 When Dee was and I 30, She s however, I waa offered a position a sense of humor. manager in a small country town, with $100 capable, a good a month and tree rent guaranteed. nursery and budget She At the same time an aunt of Deea neat about herself and ha was widowed, and came to live with ings. She should be pr Economical her mother, and we persuaded the fectionate. old folks to let us turn the upstairs Imaginative. CheerfuL floor of the home Into a flat The , This is a big order. kcl rent was $35 and we sent them an- never stop even to other $35 and they managed easily. qualities, much less to tosi We went at once to our own selves If they happen res1 home, and I took up my clinic duties them. Many women tb change; could at once. My wife kept a wonderful that they let table and we could entertain sim- they are, with no need You know me." they ply on her food allowance of $25 a month. Presently I began to get an placently, when anyone n outside case or two; every dollar anything over on me, I Or. Jim's counted, of course, but we never get it! had any sense of anxiety or scrimp- him for 25 years. THAT! ing. Two boys came along, and .get any more of mJ their mother took care of us all; good hot temper of Bake: always gentle, sympathetic, underits about time Jim out. standing. 1 think gentleness is Dees outOther women tell yon Pr latefor standing characteristic. ShefT al- Ihey'areTttways Bob ways neat and fresh, always merry it does make poor and adequate and wise, but her out- theyre very poor cooks. n her standing characteristic: is gentle- she never wanted ness. If something comes up that any mans kitchen, troubles her, she is silent, thoughtcan keep their boola least t ' ful, gentle about it. out; dont know the money, t Always gees the Bright Dee never will have a bill standing debt. We may hat .Jl - . go on short rations for a whilv h she must pay bills first Her mothtime, and then reg ers final illness was'a long one; we man of the family upon had doctors and nurses, but Dee ess quarrel and COIf managed to make us all feel that with and of the childr It wa s privilege rather than a bur- extravagant and vaUV. t den to do all we could. band serving them w constant "She makes picnics, parties, fesfor and tivals of ordinary S.uty worparlor ' 1 -is mthere Then iong; ness she waa never at a loss for puts somebody surprises, kindnesses, discoveries of. man ahe mamed. the first spring flower, or a U tw good or a new little dish for my whole devotion got pr-4- personally," To understand this it is necessary to realize a few points about Wash ington procedure Armyand navy officers are not allowed to go up before committees of the house and senate and tell what they think SHOULD be done. They have to get approval of the budget director before they can even ASK congress for anything. Presidents Responsibility. Naturally this is really the responsibility of the President. The secretary of war and the ot It .MBUia JWJfcuui to the President, and if the budget bureau cramps their departments In ways they think vital, they can complain to the President personally But woe to any admiral, genef bmet - officers wbo, n bet called before a committee on Ca' tol Hill, proceeds to put in a pi for softie 'appropriation which I personally thinks is Vital, but wfc. has not had the approval of " President BEFORE the officer tc is about w An tpprwJ band writes Mus horjis, about his wife, and koa is ' . Navajo Indians Request Films of European War We deeply contratt?orTit7r said Baruch.. Tell the contractors that if congress does not appropriate the money for it, I will pay the bill 200-mi- le GALLUP, N. M. The progressiveness and nmt7itibir'ofthemodertr Indian was exemplified when members of the Navajo reservation here placed a surprising request with reservation officials. A band of the Navajos asked that $3,000,000. Go ahead and SAN FRANCISCO. Norris 1 I For-Alask- n A Tough Beginning. I Znr.tzxmn PERFECT Tin Almost all wives set women in many ways, in ! H Duke of Windsor Becomes Governor of Bahamas ay sts! Jot Johnson risked his j to aid preparedness. Pierre-Miquelo- Thirty-eight- fa members how Lot sion ofj the coast of Canada, This was disclosed in a state de- partment announcement recently. The announcement said that thef consulate at Dakar, which was closed in 1931 as part of an economy drive, would be reopened as soon as Thomas C. Wasson of Newark could arrive from Vigo, Spain, to take charge. - Likewise, it was said, the consuwhich late At St closed last was January tor only lack of business, would be reopened as quickly as Maurice Pasquet of New York reached there from Dairen, Manchuria, where he has been vice consul. Link to Hemisphere Defense. Dakar is the nearest point on the Afrjcan coast to South America. Planes $f the French transatlantic air service, now inoperative, normally hop off there. n is a possible St GRANNY DISCOVERS OLD MAN action for by the American subject COYOTES SECRET republics under the agreements 1 WNU Service (BeD Syndicate Sa y son's Preparedness Pld in N.Ri A . days are I called ; Washington j pos-tappi- ng posses-- 1 The Perfect Wife Really Reviewtd by CARTER FIELf col-tb- ( Kathleen Norris NATIONAL AFFAIRS I I 'T V else( not t sr? WLXirifccominwhei). rothers were 9 and 7, was born fairs. Nothin fun. jrt blind. Normal now, for her course, but such wouldn Bob two years her mother had to be only i for her. Dee never showed me ulously jealous! bitter worry, never grew tired. ' -- er home is a place of rest and 1C. and' laughtefr juad ' happy Ja and happy talks. In winter are te coziest family in town, summer Dees beloved garden I our supper table in It, under oak. For vacations we have a e lake cottage; for hob-b- and her own fine we have them all! so high a Pmt The vivid, eager, loving woman ment that the Jo has done all this for a man and with her for H years -r-ee children is. I think, the finest perfect -- leJf ..bob7Chc.lu ut j J |