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Show You'd Only Need to Buy a Calendar Once In Your Life- -If We Used 'World' Model mom imnwv kwpARSON Things I Never Knew 'Til Now About Miss America: WACs are considered precious gov- ... At most ernment commodities camps when a soldier dates a WAC he must sign for her when he takes her out and when he brings her back . . . The utility bags the WACs carry are known as "portable powder rooms" . . . WACs are permitted to wear lipstick, but they must wipe It off before putting on their gas mask and before going into the mess hall (so they won't smudge the drinking cups)' . . . Though every WAC Is Issued two girdles, regulations do not state whether she must wear them . . . The only difference between the girls' barracks and the men's Is that the WACs have shades on their windows (to keep the wolves On the away from the door!) way to Africa the WACs dubbed their life preservers "second fronts." ... The WAC at Algiers live in a convent bldg. and must be inside at 7 o'clock every evening except one night a week when they get a pass until 11 . . . You'll never see a WAC with her boy walking arm-in-arfriend (because she must keep her right arm free for saluting!) Gen. Eisenhower, after reviewing the WACs, commented: "They are In North among my best troops" Africa, an M.P. stopped a WAC because she failed to salute a group of second lieutenants . . . "Would you have saluted," she snapped, "if they called you 'Toots'?" m ... ... April Fools' day always would fall on Sunday. This is what is meant by a "perpetual" calendar. Even leap year does not throw the World Calendar out of joint, as the extra day is fitted in as a numberless or "intercalary" day like Year-En- d day is day. Leap-Yea- r PINE ELLIOTT By an extra Saturday too. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Next in importance, probably, is New Year's day falls on the that every quarter of evSaturday this year. If it ery fact year would contain the same hadn't been for Hitler and the number of days, 91, making calcuambitions of Japan, New lations of interest, rent, comparaYear's day might be Sunday tive production, and so forth, much this year, and next year; in easier. Each month would have 26 days, so direct comparisons fact it would be Sunday every week of months as equal working periods year. would be possible. Thirty - day Back in 1931 the League of months would have four Sundays, began to talk about calendar y months five Sundays, so the reform. During the next four years extra day would not be a working there was much talk, but at last day anyhow. Holidays, insofar as two plans emerged from the welter. One was the year, and the other the World Calendar. In the World Calendar, New Year's day is always on a Sunday. If it were not for the war, the League would still be functioning, and the World Calendar might be in use by now. So Hitler is responsible for wrecking, or at least sidetracking, calendar Any Date Always Falls on Same Day Of Week, Every Year Na-tio- reform. But the calendar can wait. Time goes on, and a better way of measuring it can be adopted at some future time. Of the two schemes, the World Calendar seems to be the more favored as it does not break violently with custom and tradition, dorsed the plan. Little religious opanposition has been shown or is in World Calendar, to the ticipated fact. Business men want some kind ol calendar reform. The difficulties of computing interest, making comparisons of periods, keeping inventories, and other accounting problems, are much complicated by the irregularities of the months. A few businesses use 52 weeks, divided into 13 periods of 28 days, or four even calendar, weeks. But this it is thought, would never be adaptable to general use, for many reasons, some traditional and sentimental, but real, nevertheless. In any case, the International Chamber of Commerce went on record in 1933 as favoring the World Calendar, or a similar plan. Lawyers Like It. The legal profession also has endorsed the World Calendar through action at a conference of the American Bar association in 1931 Lawyers are particularly anxious for the complications of the present calendar to be ironed out, according to spokesmen. Social activities would be easier with the World Calendar in use, as invitations would then be dated accurately more often than now. People would not be arriving on the wrong day so frequently. Practically everybody, in fact, would benefit by a simplified calendar: farmers, merchants, housewives, scientists, schoolteachers and everyone else. Publishers of calendars would be the only losers. Leaders of every importantnation have endorsed the calendar reform, most of them advocating the World Calendar, or some similar r plan. In June, 1931, a special League of Nations committee, after due consideration, had trimmed 200 proposed reformed calendars down to two. One was the calendar The other was the perpetual, equal-quartscheme, known in the United States as the World Calendar. Delegates of six nations leaned toward the plan. Most speakers stated that the people they represented would wish to retain a calendar from custom and religious reasons, and that, in their calopinion, a change to a endar would be too drastic to gain wide acceptance. In the end, the question of reform was laid aside for further study. Mast Wait on New 'League.' In the '30s the League of Nations steadily lost power and prestige, and with the outbreak of the European war the only international body capable of putting the World Calendar into effect, disappeared. It must be remembered that a new or reformed calendar would have to have world-wid- e acceptance. The world has grown too small, as has often been said lately, for nations to go their ways independently. Air travel will demand uniformity. It may be that the Peace Conference everybody is looking forward to will give this calendar reform matter consideration and perhaps, in the postwar period of eagerness for improvements, some new League may be able to have the reformed calendar adopted. Swift action will be necessary, however, as the next chance to slip the World Calendar into use without a ripple will be January 1, 1950. If much time is spent in arguing and ratifying, the opportunity for a smooth transition will pass again. An Inca calendar, made of hamcalendar does. mered gold, found in Peru. The symPrincipal advantages of the World bols around the rim are supposed to Calendar are: first, it is perpetual; represent the months. Many ancient that is, any date in any year Is al- peoples devised fairly satisfactory ways the" same day of the week. calendars, often having the year diFor the first time, women may now Second, every quarter is the same periods. The enlist In the WAC specifically for in length and arrangement. Third, vided into 12 of the year at end five left the days service with the Air Forces, and will the months are almost the same were special days, sometimes feasts, be assigned to the AAF after comlength; eight have 30 days and four sometimes unlucky or evil days. pleting basic training . . . 31 "days. Every month has 26 week 15S are eligible for specialized Jobs days. possible, would be celebrated on in radio, photography, medicine, meHow It Works. Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. chanics, public relations, weather, The World Calendar is based on Holidays, at least in the United An instructing and other fields the idea of equal quarters. Each States, would fit into the week-end- s Amphibian Commando recently sent three - month contains the rather Christmas, the his mother, a WAC, some spending same number ofperiod 91. The first 25th of conveniently would always be December, days: money and enclosed a note reading: month of each has 31 days; on Monday, giving most working quarter "Mother, this is my salute to you the other two, 30. So January, April, people a 2 holior three-da- y . . . The more there are of you the The new holiday, "Year-En- d are October and months; day. July sooner we'll be home." the other eight each have 30 days. day," being an extra Saturday on To accomplish this rearrangement the end of December, would lengthEach WAC is permitted to have it is necessary only to change seven en the New Year's week-enfor three pin-u- p pictures in the bar- days in the familiar pattern. The New Year's day would be Sunday racks, but photos of movie stars are first is in February. That peculiar always. Labor day would fall on rare among the girls (their glamour month gets two additional days. Monday, September 4, every year, boys are brothers and sweethearts These two days are the 31st of providing a nice long week-end- . The overseas) . . . The WACs stationed May and of August, which are tak- disruption of holidays in the middle in North Africa claim they'd rather en off these two months, leaving of the week would be done away receive vitamin pills and calcium them each an even 30 days. Then with. tablets as Christmas gifts than any- the 31st of March is sliced off and Thanksgiving day could be moved thing else . . . WAC slang for cos- put onto ApriL Lastly, December to Monday, November 20, if it were metics is "dry ammunition" . . . 31 becomes "Year-En- d day," which thought necessary, or Monday the WACs aren't permitted to wear earno number on the new calendar. 27th. So various other holidays, obhas rings (a military appearance must This "Year-En- d day" is the really served in different sections and be maintained at all times) . . . of the World Cal- states, could be moved to the nearbrilliant feature They may wear signet, engagement endar. The 365th day is the one est Monday, Saturday or Sunday. or wedding rings but bracelets and to formuthrows Churches in Favor. that attempt every Ancostume jewelry are taboo . . . an evenly divisible year into late councils and synods have Church other favorite with the WACs is this calling the last day of gone on record as favorable to the O.I. comment: "There are so many chaos. By "Year-En- d day" and mak- World Calendar, as well as a fixed women in the Army now that when the year an extra Saturday, the prob- date for Easter. Between 1931 and it ing a soldier sees a uniform coming 1936 the Episcopal church, the Presis pretty well solved. down the street he can't tell right lem One the additional other the United Lutheran, and difficulty, byterian, away whether to salute or whistle!" day of leap years, as 1944 is, must the Methodist Episcopal of the be taken care of some way. This is South, to name a few, have all The at Kingman Army done by adding a day to June. In passed resolutions endorsing calenAir Field, Ariz., call Lt Evelyn the last week of June dar reform, and a fixed Easter. The years leap Biggs, the femme postal officer would have two Saturdays. Roman Catholic church, while mak"Postal Packin' Mama" . . . Muriel This "Year - End day" seems ing no formal declaration of approvHubbard McCormick, Rockefeller's somewhat fantastic, the first time it al, has stated that no dogmatic difgranddaughter, is a WAC in the mo- is thought about, but it is no more ficulties exist Eighteen Catholic tor corps . . . WACs aren't permit- difficult in principle than turning bishops and archbishops, throughout ted to carry any weapons not even back or your watch an the world, are members of the World advancing imitations . . . The gals refer to hour when you cross one of the Calendar association. The Eastern G.I. shoes as "gruesome twosomes" time belts, or picking up or los- Orthodox church, through the Pa. . . The green ribbon vVACs wear a whole day at the Interna triarch of Constantinople, has en over their left breast pocket means ing tional Date line, out in that they served honorably in the the Pacific. It would not WAAC and when the be hard to get accuscorps was made part of the regular tomed to the change. It Army . . . The first thing most is 60 years about only WACs look forward to after the war All Years Alike All Quarter Equal the time Standard since is to be able to sleep on an inner-sprin- g was adopted. mattress . . . The WACs have system Sconj Qaartw. t flnr Qua .,, difficulties as well ';' 'Fowfk ,0,wrtr .,?.j;;:vTfcW Qwrt an answer to the soldiers' chant: The of the as advantages "The WACs and WAVES are winning ;, tANUAHY : ' AHUl - "y OCTOBEt. )ULY time are now Standard so we what the bell are the war, M 1 T W , T f S i M T. W T f I for granted. Right j u T W T f t 5 M T W t ,f It is: "The Army taken fighting for?" 7 1. 2 3 4 5 - 6 7 we are living un1 now 2 3 4 12 5 4 S 6 7 8I 2 103 4 5 6 7 thought they won the war, but the der a 9 10 11 12 13 14 8 9 10 U 12 13 14 9 1112 13 14, t 9 10 ,tl 12 13 14 temporary disWACs were there the day before!" 15 U 17 18 19 20 21 15 6 17 18 19 20 2t 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 15 H 17 18 19 20 21 turbance of this system, War Saving Time, 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The WAC outfit furnished each called 29 30 31 29 30 31 2? 30 31 v, 30 31,..;..".,.. inconveniences which recruit would cost her $250 in the beneits ' despite many, ' "' MAY AUCUST shops (each girl's clothes are fitted FEBRUARY NOVEMBER , The "Year End to her) . . . Her leather gloves alone fits. would 'W T M T M T W f $ T M T S 1 W W T T M t i t t fit in much j TPS would cost $12 . . . WACs refer to day" at 1. 2 3 4 seems than it easier 2 3 4 .. .. 1.2 1,4 a date as a "night maneuver" . . . 9 10 II 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 II S 5 ' 5 6 1 I" 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 Dark nail polish is taboo for the first glance. 16 17 13 18 15 12 14 12 13 14 IS 16 17 18 17 12 13 14 15 16 18 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 of the Advantages WACs. They can use nail polish pro19 20 71 22 23 24 "25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 sev19 20 21 22 23 24 25 vided it's light and ladylike . . . World Calendar are 26 27 28 29 30... .. 26 27 28 29 30 .. .. 26 27 28 29 calenthe 26 27.28 29 30,,, ., eral. First, favorite for Their place hiding gewUNE is under their dar is "perpetual"; .' ; , SEPTEMBER gaws and knick-knack- s MARCH '' DECEMBER . that is, any particular hats, of all places! . . . The last date T T i" W T WM M T W T T 5 t T f M T i I V i would i f j" in any year j WAC census showed that the largest 1 .2t 1 1 on same 2 the fall 2 always 12 percentage of the girls were 22 years 7 89 S 67 8 9 3 4 S 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 3 old . . . Gen. George C. Marshall's day. Thus, for instance, 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 U 12 13 14 15 16 10 '11' 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 May 21 would always niece and Gen. Douglas MacArthur's 17 1 8 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 2223 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 no on 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 fall Tuesday, cousin are WACs . . . Sgt Alvin C. 24 25 .26 Zt. 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 k 24 25 2 2t 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 York's niece is a sergeant in the matter what the year. I ;,, iZJ j WACs. Once, while drilling a group It would be Tuesday in 1949 or any 1976, 1950, of recruits, she was heard to shout: "When I tell you to come to atten- other year. Fourth of YEAR-ENDAY, December Y, follows December 30 every year. July would always be tion, I mean come to attention LEAP-YEADAY, June L, follows June 30 In leap years. Wednesday; Christmas AND NO WIGGLIN'J" From the World Calendar, edited by Elisabeth Achelis. day always Monday. as the 30-d- equal-quarte- Air-WA- ... 31-d- Air-WA- The World Calendar - ... S- -- . ........ .;i ' '. .... .3456 45 34 JL. R Irene Quotation Marksmanship: Vis: Leaves turning cartwheels on the lawn . . . Hilda Morris: Snow, tufting the branches, looking like lace-edge- d valentines . . . Henny Youngman: The big "?" in 1944 is Dewey, but the very big "I" is still FDR . . . H. Klurfcld: Rationing divides goods; inflation devours it . . . M. Richardson: His conversation was as pointless as a prct-Ee- l . . . Helen Todd: A face starched with disapproval . . Bob Hichens: The serrct was hushed from place In place. . Roman Emperors Gave Us Present Calendar Oar present calendar was arranged largely by Julius Caesar and his nephew, Caesar Augustus. When Julius returned from his Egyptian campaign In 46 B. C, he brought with him Sosigrnes, a famed astronomer, to correct the Roman calendar. This sage established the length of the year at 3C5'4 days, divided Into 12 months. The unevenly numbered first, third, etc., had 31 days each, and the even months 30 days, except February, which had 29 days, regularly, and 30 only in leap years. The seventh month was named Julius, by order of the senate, to honor Caesar. When Caesar Augustus came to power he had the eighth month named after himself. This being a y month, Augustus felt It was Inferior to July, so he lengthened August to 31 days, taking the extra day from February. Then to avoid months in a row, he pulled three the 31st day off September and November, and added them to October and December. Thus the egotism of one man completely disrupted tbe wise and orderly year of Julius. 30-da- " h. v.. "k w: I 31-d- Julius Caesar Tti i i t Tihn Washington, D. C. LABOR PREPARES FOR 1944 MM-cmvprnment officials are f3 iUv. asso gradually leaving to become ciated with farm ana iauor uuivu. The CIO Committee for Political Action has now recruited: n n RaMurin. fnrmer Farm Se curity administrator and short-tim- e state department official, ana Rvmnnd s. McKeough, former forcongressman from Illinois, and Infor director mer OPA regional diana, Illinois and Wisconsin. vr.onmhiu Anhrcv Williams, for- m. Hir.rtnr of the National Youth administration, has joined the Farm a V. ers' towels as rav dishes are new transfer. AppliqueWi tnck, with dMesprovidmgthemo4POtled7 gaiety is achieved bv dishes on shelves above of colorful shelf paper . The I 2 k 2 union. MAIL BAG G.L.T., Great Neck, L. I. The Caucasus mountains are 17,000 feet high. But the passes through which Stalin flew en route to Teheran are 12 000 feet . . . H. L., Chicag- oAll Argentine meat exports are bought by the British government, which then resells part to the U. S. army. Thus, U. s. soldiers are eai-iArgentine beef bought from Brit ain. Value of Argentine meat ex ports last year was 139 million col lars. ni DWINDLING AAA Budget estimates for the next cal year are not yet public, but here is one estimate which will come as a blow to farmers. which The famous "Triple-A,- " saved farmers in 1933 and has always been synonymous with the New Deal, is about to be cut drastically. It is the Roosevelt administration which is making the cut, not congress. In fact, Budget bureau first prohearings, to posed, in closed-doo- r eliminate AAA altogether. This proposal was ruled out, but Budget then made a 50 per cent slash from 400 to 200 million dollars. Taken together with the near elimination of Farm Security administration, the AAA cut indicates how far farmers have come back economically. fis- seven of these appealing motifs for your tea towel corners; the eighth design is a bowl of flowers for a panholder. No. Z9501, 15 cents, is the hot Iron transfer bringing all eight fiesta motifs. Welcome this set to your own kitchen, and make extia sets (the one pattern will stamD them) for gifts that excite comments. AUNT MARTHA 27W Westport Rd., Kansas City, Ma. Enclose 13 cents for each pattern desired. Pattern No Name Address Indexing Names ' The latest system for indexn. personal names enables a clerk to locate quickly even those that sound alike but are written differently, says Collier's, such as Kelly with 14 spellings, Snyder with 29, and Burke which is also written Bork, Byrk, Bhourque and 36 other ways. Each entry is listed alphabetically under the first name in the section containing all surnames with the same chief consonant sounds. Hence, the card for Lily "Burke," however spelled, would be filed in section Brk under NO SECRET 2ND FRONT The invasion of western Europe is Lily. just around the corner, but it cannot come so fast as to surprise anybody least of all the Germans. In fact, the first news of the coming invasion will probably come from Germany. They will spot the gathering of the world's greatest armada of fighting ships, presumably along the channel coast of England, and they will announce by radio that the invasion is coming and that they are ready for it Gems of Thought i Be what your friends think you are; avoid being what your enemies say you are, go right forward and be happy. Pom-eroThe soul of a philosopher runs away from his body and desires to be alone and by herself.-Pla- to. Even before that, they will be forewarned by a switch in tactics of It is something to have an inthe British and American air forces fluence on the fortunes of mabased on England. Those forces nkind; it is greatly more to have e will turn from bombing an influence on their intellects. to an all-oassault on Nazi coastal installations. For every tree is known by The channel is so narrow that British-base- d his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of planes will be able to make as many as three daily round trips a bramble bush gather they each to the German-helshore, grapes. Luke 6:44. dumping bombs on coast artillery, rail lines, ammunition dumps, troop concentrations and, in general tearRecords Phone Talks ing up everything in sight A new portable device picks up This strategy the pattern of and records incoming and outgwhich was made clear in assaults on oing telephone conversations withonea Tunisia, Pantelleria, Sicily and Nasapphire stylus on roll film, plestakes most of the surprise out loading of which will take down 15 of surprise landings. The air forces hours of talk. Recording by inwill trumpet the invasion of Euduction, the machine does not rerope to the waiting world. quire any physical connection with the telephone instrument or the LIGHTS OUT wires, even being able to operate WPB officials are worried about some distance from them. the American public's profligate use of electricity and water. Proposals have been studied to ration electricity, but these have been set aside in favor of voluntary economy. Few people realize that extra lights or a dripping spigot mean waste of coal or fuel oiL Some cities have no meter control oi water, with a resultant high consumption. Chicago is one. It's an American's privilege to take a bath, but he takes so many from developing more baths than Europeans that the op U. S. per capita consumDtion nf wa Put a few dropi of each nostril at the very first sniffle ter is more than twice that of Eu- or sneeze. Its quick action rope. WPB doesn't say so officially, aids Nature's defenses but it implies that six inches of waagainst colds. Follow VI A ter in the tub will make you just as clean as a full tub. VMBO-flO- i The worry comes from the problem of keeping war plants provided with light and water. Electric companies which have always heavier use of electricity promoteda new toaster or iron") are now("buy spending money to advertise conservation. Note to WPB: One of the most wasteful users of light and power is the government itself. all government offices Practically are overheated. long-rang- trip-hamm- d ( COLDS ol . ST For Victory MERRY-GO-ROUN- D C There are 10.313 Mexicans in the U. S. army, and 050 Cubans . Agricultural experts are with Alston Waring's book,intrigued "Roots the smaU rmerEanh'" bSt 'r C Smiling Jimmie Davis, author of You Are My Sunshine" and candi-dat- e for governor of Louisiana, sug. Costs U,at 811 candidates Uis.r campaigns in the formconduct of a bond drive for Uncle Sam. 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