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Show m& m "mm m till UI - o.. a Jynwarial - 4 ) Candid Camera Shots of the Quints: AVw Their Tenth Birthday) In spite of the invasion of their realm by the five in Argentina, the Dionnes are still the only identical Quints in the world. And they ARE identical; outside their own Immediate family there is practically no one who can tell them apart. Eight to the day he died, Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, the physician who brought them Into the world, couldn't pick them. He could recognize Marie, but the other four all looked alike to him. They have always dressed in different colors to make identification easier, but they knew the doctor didn't recognize them otherwise, and they loved to switch dresses and fool him. (Following Even though they have been living normally with their family for the past two years, "the Quints still act as a unit as against everyone else. They are normal, in that they quarrel, but these quarrels are very seldom among themselves. Marie has the biggest fan mail. She is also the charmer when visitors come. It's unconscious with her, and this annoys Cecile, who thinks herself the personality kid. She tries too hard. Emilie is the comedienne and a great mimic. The others look to her to give impersonations of visitors as soon as they've left, and it's uncanny to see how she picks up gestures and peculiarities for her performance. Cecile is very observant of vsitors' clothes and criticizes them with all the confidence in the world. She is the one of the five that tends to be a bit "catty." Yvonne has most influence with the others, and if there is a difference of opinion, they do as she says. Annette is the competitive one, gets upset if the others beat her. She is not a good loser. Marie, who has always been the slowest and weak, est, makes up for these deficiencies by being the daredevil of the bunch. ' Many think the "Sixth Quint" is best looking of the group she is Pauline eleven months older than they, but just about the same size. She is in sharp contrast to their dark beauty, for she is a blonde with fair hair, fair skin and dark eyes. Of all the family she is closest to them and because she is such an unusually 1 e!y child, sometimes takes the spotlight away from them. They have all but adopted her into the lodge. ; Of their brothers and sisters, only the three oldest show any signs of regarding the Quints as "different." This is because they, Ernest, Rose and Therese, were old enough to be affected by the early quarrels among the pressure groups that surrounded the Quints until the last couple of years. Mr. and Mrs. Dionne do their level best to keep the five from being treated as different Forest Fires Sabotage War Plans by Destroying Lumber, Hastening Erosion, Diverting Manpower Each year loyal American citizens, through carelessness and thoughtlessness, start an average of some 190,000 forest fires in the United States. This tremendous annual destruction of our timber resources has been going on relentlessly year in and year out. Now has a cavity in a tooth. Dentists say this is due to scientific diet plus the fact they have always brushed their teeth. A couple of them may treatment Ceneed orthodontic cile in particular. She is very conscious that her front teeth protrude a bit, and it bothers her no end. In addition to its effect on our war production activity, forest fires further complicate our manpower shortage problem by draining away from critical war industries those wasted man-hour- s necessary to extinguish and fight the thousands of fires that rage yearly throughout the country. The problem is one of personal interest to every American. Forest fires speed up erosion of farm land by denuding watersheds. On millions of acres, forest fires induce swift run-ofand heavy seasonal flooding, resulting in serious property damage, less water stored for irrigation or power, and thus less food to fight for freedom. These fires also destroy wild life along with its food and cover. Untold numbers of deer, birds and other wild life as well as fish (in streams polluted by wood ashes) are crippled and killed annually because of forest fires. Prevention. Objectives of the 1944 forest fire prevention program are to help speed victory by: 1. Reducing greatly the more than 210,000 forest fires occurring each year, 90 per cent of which are man-causand therefore, preventable. 2. Releasing manpower of which are tied nearly one million man-day- s up yearly in fighting forest fires. 3. Cutting down on actual and potential dangers and losses to such critical war materials as timber and feed for domestic stock and wild life. One Third of U. S. Is Forest. The forest empire of the United States, exclusive of Alaska, is larger than the combined area of France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, The Netherlands and the d British Isles. It constitutes the area of the continental United States. No region or zone is without its forests, although 60 per cent is east of the Great Plains in an area cons of our population. taining The other 40 per cent is west of the Great Plains and includes most of our remaining virgin timber. It is evident therefore, that forest fires constitute a national problem which can be solved only by nationwide action. Statistical information on hand which was gathered over a five-yeshows that an averperiod, 1936-4age of 210,970 forest fires rage each year throughout the nation and burn over an average of 31,233,000 acres. This represents an area much larger than the land area of New York state. This wartime waste represents three billion feet of timber killed or enough to build 215,000 homes for war workers. Ninety per cent of all forest fires are The remaining 10 per cent are caused by lightning. Careless smokers and campers are responsible for starting 30 per cent of all our forest fires. Other forest fires are INTENTIONALLY set for such purposes as clearing plow-lanburning off weed patches, logging slash, brush or debris, and although many of these fires are started lawfully, great numbers of them get out of hand because of carelessness and ignorance on the part of the burner or because of his willingness to "take a chance." Forest fires in this category constitute 40 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL. In its wartime activities for 1942 the United States used more wood than steel. According to R. W. Patterson, undersecretary of war, tons of wood were used as against 100 million tons of steel. As a further indication of its importance in our wartime activities, we have the statement of Rear Adm. E. L. Cochrane in the International that "Every Woodworker, naval vessel, from the log battleship of the North Carolina class to the small mine sweeper, depends on wood." It is a problem then of national concern when the production of lumber (estimated in 1943 to be four f, ed five-roo- The Quints' great ambition is to see New York. They have already traveled to Toronto and to Superior, Wis. New York is their next goaL Travel bothers them not at all; they are great troupers. But Mr. and Mrs. Dionne hate it. They get upset by excitement and the crowds and meeting strangers, and come back exhausted, so they refuse to take the Quints away from home unless it is for some patriotic reason like a Victory Bond rally. Doctors for a time were a bit worried because the five were persistently overweight. Then they decided this was because their bony structure is heavier than normal. This, the medics think, is the result r of the heavy doses of oil they were given to combat the rickets they had at birth they have taf-e-n cod-livoil every day of their ten years. cod-live- Besides giving the Quints religious teaching, Bishop Leo Nelligan, their Chaplain, is head Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Canadian armed forces. His outstanding work has brought promotions until today he holds a unique rank in Canada he is an Admiral of the Navy, a General in the Army, and a Marshal of the Air Force. The Quints DO speak English and with a delightful accent They know over 400 words. Their conversational English has been retarded purely because their mother still doesn't understand it, and so it is spoken but seldom in the home. man-mad- Ob serving I m of 60, includes: 1. Three Pacific coast states plus western Montana and northwestern Idaho. 2. Most of the three Great Lakes states. 3. All or parts of 26 states from Missouri, Arkansas, east Texas and Louisiana to Maine. Zone II, with a relative importance of 30, includes: 1. The area lying east of the Pacific coast portion of Zone I and west of the Great Plains states. 2. The area lying between the Lakes states and the Atlantic coast-Gu- lf of Mexico portion of Zone I. Zone HI, with a relative importance of 10, includes parts of Montana and Minnesota, and all or parts of the Great Plains states of North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma. These zones have been subdivided into regions as follows, with the particular fire hazards briefly listed: Region I: (Montana and Northern Idaho): Ninety per cent of all fires here are caused by lightning, with the greatest damage done to white pine timber. The resident problem is more important than the visitor problem. Region 2: (Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas): Thirty four per cent of all fires in The visthis region are itor problem is more important than the resident one, with carelessness more of a factor than intentional fire setting. Region 3: (Arizona, New Mexico): There is less of a fire problem here than in any other region. Region 4: (Utah, Nevada, most of Idaho) : In this region fires run from 17 to 57 per cent, varying with the locality. Careless smokers, logging operators, campers, land - clearing farmers and ranchers, are the causes. Serious erosion is often caused by fires in many localities. Grass fires are a great hazard. Region 5: (California): Three-fourtman-cause- d. man-cause- d of all fires are is due to the great influx of war workers, but the majority of fires are caused by residents rather man-cause- Part of this than newcomers. Region 6: (Oregon, Washington): Most forest fires here are due to careless smokers, but forest industries and incendiaries cause the largest area burned and the greatest damage. Region 7: (New England and Middle Atlantic states plus Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia): Again the local resident and the smoker are mainly to blame also the farmer who burns to clear land. Region 8: (The South, from North Carolina south and west to and including Texas): The intentional burner who has believed in burning for years is the greatest problem. He is the local resident, not the visitor the white man rather than the Negro. Region 9: (the Great Lakes states, North Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio): Diverse conditions exist in this region with large numbers of fires and tremendous acreage burned. Ninety-seve- n per cent of all fires are in the following order of importance the smoker, the incendiary, the debris burner. man-cause- d TVT isiNo 1 rick at Washington, ROOSEVELT-CHURCHIL- D. C. AGAIN L Churchill's recent "powerhouse" didn't click speech before Commons admin-- , with persons high up in the it out; brought istration. Actually, the growing differences between him, and the President, also his spats with Foreign Minister Anthony overEden, also the importance of rela-( political U. hauling tions. (Administration permanent, those peace ideas are much nearer announced by Eden the day after Churchill, when he went out of his way to emphasize the cooperation of smaller countries with the Big Four.) V3 Sat dajse V-Here are some of the differences Java tos which realistic advisers inside the fling riveI administration have been wanting R L M V, na to have straightened out with .side, Churchill for some time: jHintry. 1. American boys will never fight vt mac so it in the future, to protect India jelate-ai is foolish to let Churchill think that ;8 camoi Britain and the U.S.A., through al- I Hi liances with Russia, can help guar- antee the Empire. The only pro- itnines. tection to India must be a healthy - .v v 't India willing to protect herself. Sewed t When FDR talked to Churchill about junglf India two years ago, the P. M. was Jed it Makine Slinrnvp almost insulting. ithencov 2. The United States will insist on ()NCE you know how to go a'a es that giving Hongkong and other former it,T it's really no trick at. m.a out of n.im f.l.n " Chinese possessions back to China. i throug When this was proposed by the Pressands of American women are led the reident at Cairo, Churchill flatly natives coming expert fused. and upholsterers the slipcof i were ' 3. An alliance of big powers as instructions m mis design i i had proposed by Churchill cannot keep re the s; permanent peace in the world any covers for your chairs and soiai icular more than the congress of Vienna, 1 ed to US which divided up Napoleon's emTo obtain complete Instructions I ab tow pire in 1815 among Russia, Austria, "How To Make Slipcovers" (Patterrl .1 recov' Dciiu aw wema ill turn, your England and Germany. 4. President Roosevelt, so far as address and the pattern number. Eight a he has thought things out, favors a ?tngi v peace machinery based on cooperanew Montgomery St. jiion foi i tion with small powers as well as San Francisco, Calif. The Jat Enclose 15 cents (plus one cent 4 -big. He doesn't go for Churchill's Jght, bi cover cost of mailing) for Patte: Metternich idea of balancing the Vs. world among heavily armed big No aetzel, powers. Name X whif 5. The old British Empire for .iirtys Address which Churchill fought 50 years ago could in the Indian northwest border wars, the a and in the Sudan and the Boer wars,, :itkWg will never come back despite his :ias saf youthful memories. And the United big ai FACTS States can never assume the drag pofflK anchor of helping to protect that ABOUT But wh kind of an empire in the future. wge & RUBBER rsble, wi Finally, every time the British have been pulled into a war in ps out the last half century, we have nally a helped pull them out. There7 spo' fore we should have a large vote Presen In the set-u- p which may make .and need tubes or prevent wars in the future. Synthetic inner : enormi lubrication before being ISome of these general Ideas that Is nserted in a casing. Partially were hinted to Churchill during orduse It's it inflate the and tuba n 'the conferences 0U inary pure soapsuds as a with no very favorable reaction. lubricant in the absence of a JO fee It may be that in the near future special tube lubrication prep ever. they will be taken up again. aration. Dry synthetic tubes So wh and do not "slide" in the tire itokei ad. unless lubricated may not FULL PAY FOR RETIRED hit Da just themselves properly. OFFICERS o 01 Higher-rankin- g army and navy of.ere to Proponents of the continuance of ficers have recently discovered a our synthetic rubber insurance 30, Ci neat way of retiring on full pay inpolicy after the war hold that jungle But if stead of ordinary retirement pay, growth on the rubber plantations :rbelt the Japs of and the which is only probability as much. it each wrecking the plantation equipment They go to the hospital a month or mean a loss of two yean 'be ah may so before they are slated to retire before normal levels of rubber for age, and then are sometimes can be realized. production The able to retire with disability, which aroui gives them full pay the rest of their rsllel lives. am This system is based upon the Mites, fact that congress recently changed spted the army-navretirement set-uin ' ga order to aid wounded men. It was 7tsgei provided that a veteran might re; lown tire on full pay if disabled. However, it was the intent of congress to aid young lieutenants and "We, officers who usually tjass suffer the highest casualties in war"it or time due to the fact that they have 'iiia I to be in the front lines. an an, Apparently, congress did not realize that, when a colonel or a "Aa: general reaches the retirement age of 64, tut o it is not uncommon for him to have 'txtai arthritis, gall stones or some other Jjal disability which can be discovered at any army hospital a few months bring before he retires. This gives him Sosef full pay for life. tod, MIBWORIB I URGES! SfllU iera Another interesting angle to reci j tirement pay is that an officer getting retired pay cannot take another LET DON'T from the government and iJIhe get paid for it, but he can take a Job J'k with a company under a s SLOW YOU UP government contract. In this case When bowels are sluggish end f" the government pays him two sal' "At feel headachy do s Buta anes, except that under the cost-plu- s do -- irritable, !!Jin the mode chew contract a third party hands chewing-Kulaxetiv Simply cnew over the money. before you go to t itoirj nr! VSTsi at . e- ."1 home-decor- C; 1 si ( SNAFPY a Cairo-Tehera- OS! two-thir- i 1 y lower-rankin- p B.EGoodrich g I jb CONSTIPATION . cost-plu- FEEN-A-MIN- et FEEN-A-MIN- MAIL BAG O. Max Gardner of North Carolma-M- rs. Gardner denies my story that, when it comes to ham and hominy grits, you and Senator George always do the cooking She ought to know. Ex-Go- p I J L I Zone 1 Relative ImtVIPtanr i) . ' I J Zone i . .. l III Relative Importance w V J,, 10 '. .A ti I N hese Precautions Would Grcatlv Reduce Fire Losses Campers Ilefore building a campfire Observe the state laws. If a permit is necessary, get it from a ranger or state fire warden. 2. Scrape away around the fire all No, the Quintuplets haven't lost inflammable material in a circle at their looks or charm, as you often least five feet in dinrr.eter. l)ii? a hole in the center, build hear tell. It Just appears that w.iy your flre In it. and keen your fire in photographs because they a!i developed a shyness so small. leaving campfire, stir the that when photos are taken, they r Ms and soak them with water. lust "freeze up." s d areas. They are potential threats too, to the efficient operation of defensive air and sea patrols, training pilots, etc. They threaten the nation's war program by diverting manpower from war industries, training camps and farms to the fighting of fires. Every patriotic citizen should regard helping prevent forest fires as an essential wartime duty. Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt, while head of the Western defense command, listed reasons why the forest fires endanger our national security: (1) Smoke-pall- s from forest fires along coastal areas limit visibility of air and sea patrols. (2) Smoke haze reduces visibility from aircraft warning stations and fire lookouts. (3) Many defense plants and military establishments are located in or adjacent to forest areas and might be damaged or destroyed by major conflagrations. (4) Forest fires serve as beacons for the enemy. The Government's Part. There are 160 national forests with about 178,000,000 federally owned acres in 42 states and two territories. All are under 10 regional foresters (one in Alaska) and their staffs. National forests are protected from fire by a decentralized organization that is in close and con stant touch with local conditions, problems and people. Normally, this organization includes about 4,000 year-lon- g forest supervisors, forest rangers, forest guards, etc., and another 4,000 short-tersmokechasers, lookouts, etc. But the manpower situation has been so acute during the war that the Office of Civilian Defense established the "Forest Fire Fighters Service" to help the established forest fire protection agencies. It is reported that more than 185,000 recruits have joined the FFFS to date. There are 281.000,000 acres of state and privately owned forest land. Federal aid, through the Forest Service, goes to 41 states to help state foresters and private owners give organized cooperative forest fire protection. Funds from state and private sources are greater than those from the federal government. However, there are over 146,000,000 acres that need, but still lack, organized forest fire protection. In their efforts to prevent forest fires, the federal government and state governments have operated on a regional and state-wid- e basis. Their educational efforts on a local level have been carried through the media of newspapers, radio stations, motion picture theaters, civic organizations, etc. And in addition, they have used exhibits, lectures, pamphlets, admonition signs and posters. The Public's Part. Above all else there is need to Impress upon the public that every individual has a patriotic stake in this EMERGENCY that the problem can only be solved through individual action. Specifically, the need is: 1. For the public to be careful with matches, smokes including cigarettes, cigars and pipe ashes and campfires. 2. For victory gardeners as well as farmers, ranchers, stockmen and forest Industries to ask about a per- brush-covere- curity. ar At the age of ten, not one of them board feet below require- billion that these resources are so ments of that year) is slowed down time woods and mill crews critically needed for the suc- everyfires. cessful prosecution of the war, fight Forest fires are real and the number of forest fires threats to war plants and potential cantonmust be reduced drastically ments, many of which are located in the interest of national se- in and near forest, woodland or four-fifth- mix mit-a- nd Over 90 Per Cent Of Conflagrations Called Preventable one-thir- the law before burning grass, brash, fence rows, ferns, fires trash, or before starting any in forests. 3. For everybody to put out small fires and to report all others quickly to the nearest ranger or fire warden. Geographical Aspects. With an eye to the tremendous war value of timber in our all-oUnited production activities, the States has been divided into three broad zones, each of which has been weighed and its relative importance indicated on the map which also shows the Forest Service administrative regions. Before the broad zones and administrative regions were determined, war industrial acconsidtivity and national defense erations were studiously reviewed. Zone 1, with a relative importance Making Slip . Cover T forest industry workers: Farmers and Ranchers: Never burn to clear crop land: around mills, logging camps, etc. Without getting a permit from a Keep efficient spark arresters on ranger or fire warden, if state laws locomotives, tractors, etc. require it. Without scraping a trail or plowComply fully with state laws. Keep fire patrols on the fire ing around for safety. durinR dangerous fire Without having plenty of help on weather, and make frequent inspec- the job. tions for fire hazards. During unusually hot or dry or Be extremely careful to put out all windy weather. matches and cigarettes before throwWithout beating out all smouldering grass after burning is finished. ing them away. Build and maintain safe fire lines job-espe- cially Darryl Zanuek, ions on bringing out one the most important pictures of of time. "Woodrow Wilson." when all it will really help us to build a new and permanent peace. Nothing could be more timely. 1 p" taking only in accordance with directions sleep without being disturbed. Nesf morning gentle, thoroul" relief, helping you feel sell again- - in FEEN-A-MIN- T Tastes good, is bsnr and economical. A generous family supP'7 FEEN-A-MINTl- ol L, A,"JLn Pae of the world te My T ton conn Hollywood-Congratulat- Mr,. Laura Fom. AnBcIewA summary of how we paid part of he Alaskan purchase money to Rus. ' ,Hr Placing the Russian (loot ".in "r . 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