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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX PAGE TWO (1 hi H H mm mmnmmmm m Gibraltar Rock Is Made Stronger . - Kathleen IN orris bays: Defenses Called Fantastic1 f Guard Fortress From. Atteek by Land. x i Dont Marry Army Beau in Haste (Bell Byndlntr "v1l v ' d 4 WMT Natives Making Camouflage Nets m mmm 1 11 ded with immense 'pillbpxes and stations tank traps, -and batteries. , "At the end of the mile is the first of two canals between the sea LONDON. The reported arrival and the harborT cut across the road of German troops on the Spanish and serving as great modern moats., frontier as having come through tho Beyond these you reach' the garriBiscay littoral arouses son gates and theantonments, the renewed interest in the defenses of mined approacnes to the docks and the Mole. Gibraltar. Just before the war Marshal re"Here a great battle fleet rides tain, when ambassador at Madrid, at anchor, among it two famous paida visit to the Rock and pro- ships recently under repair at New nounced it, in a private letter to a York.. Paris friend, impregnable even "There is no general entrance to from the land side, where the apthe Rock. The Rock itself is a mile can be enfiladed proaches by easily long and a half a mile wide, 1,000 warships." n the last four years, according feet high, consisting entirely of limeto periodic reports dealing with gen- stone, through which it is relatively eralities, the defenses have been easy to tunnel Its fortifications are completely reconditioned in order centralized on each of the three to meet modern methods of attack, faces, each an immense network in which have been employed by the itself. Germans elsewhere with more and Some 2,000 tunnelers are workmore finish. ing in Gibraltar 24 hours a day. Writer Leeks It Over. There were two miles of tunnels Quite recently General Viscount when the war started. Today there Cort, who is in command of the are ten. A total of 20,000 men can Rock and director of the various live in that Rock indefinitely, and naval army and air staffs assem- these men are stationed. at Gibralbled there, was permitted tq divulge tar now. certain aspects of the new 'Gibraltar and ordered an officer to accompany a correspondent ol the rynrg jiim i Daily Telegraph of London on a tour of inspection through the works. From Madrid the correspondent got the following dispatch through to bis paper, with no censoring in evidence: "For two days 1 was taken GRANDFATHER FROG FALLS through every phase of these fanASLEEP tastic defenses, starting where you cross into the zone from the little town of La Llnea on the border. RANDFATHER FROG, sitting "There are three zones. They are: on his big, green lily pad, was "The new defense area against feeling very good, very good indeed. attacks by land from Spain; the har- He couldnt remember when he had bor areas containing the immense felt better. You know, there is nothanchorage and dock facilities and ing like a full stomach to make one the tremendous new seaplane base; feel good, and Grandfather Frogs the interior of the Rock itself, which stomach was fulL You see, the has been developed fivefold since Merry Little Breezes of Old Mother the war began, for the British have West Wind had danced over to the now made Gibraltar as impregnaSmiling Pool very early that mornble from land as from sea. and they had blowp foolish green "You reach Gibraltar along a nar- ing flies over to Grandfather Frog- so row peninsula separating the Med- fast that he would hardly get .one iterranean from the harbor. On this tucked out' of sight inside his white stretch 28 sets of concrete tank bar- and waistcoat before another yellow riers cross the road and you weave would be right in front of his nose. through these for a mile. So Grandfather Frog had eaten . Ne General Entrance. flies foolish until he just green "On each side of this single route couldnt find room for another one. is a flat area 700 yards wide, stud Indeed, the legs of the last one were still sticking out of one corner of his great mouth when the Merry Little Breezes bade him good-b- y and Make-Up- s raced away across the Green Meadows to do a good turn for somebody else. He hadnt forgotten to thank Djr them. Of course not Grandfather Frog never forgets to be polite, for he is very old and very wise, and long ago he learned that good manners cost nothing, while at the same time they make a great many friends. Mr. Redwing sat on the very top of the tallest bulrush and sang the sweetest songs to Mrs. Redwing siteggs in the ting on four wonderful nest which they ' had so carefully hidden in a great clump of cattails. Grandfather Frog sat listening. his hands folded across his white and yellow- waistcoat He is very fond of Mr. Redwing's song and never tires of it Nazi-occupie- 3. 1 flame-throw- anti-aircra- er s V ft d m IV ,AL Ajyyfn of si v fnr- J man, i It ilmoii stranger to IAm girl, returns homo. Perhaps ho hat in mind or body. In the yeart of edjuitment that mutt follow thit war he may not be fortunate in finding hit place, for e while anyway. mAo By KATHLEEN NORRIS problem of whether THEgirl shall marry her before he goes or. promise to wait for away, him and maTy him when he gets home is a very serious one. And, as is usual in marital questions, it is a matter about which one cant generalize; everything depends upon the girls character, and the mans, and how long they have known each other. In 1917 a young woman of my acquaintance waa. deeply In love with a certain fallant swain, and they were to be married before he went to France. Her father and mother persuaded her to make It d a engagement instead, and that was the understanding when Bill went away. Both being persons of honor they met when he came hack In December more than a year later, with the eiLgagement still valid between them. But after a few days they mutually confessed to changed feelings, and Betty, with infinite relief, found herself free to marry an older man whose friendship had come to mean everything In the world to her in the 18 months of separation. Bob shortly followed suit by marrying a demure little. French girl for whom he sent Immediately. And both marriages have proved eminently successful, with friendship maintained all round.- J This wouldnt have been the case if Betty had insisted on the week of thrill and marriage and farewells that was all she could have had in the war year: 1 . Shifting Affections. There were many tragic cases of shifting young affections in those years; the girls who Jiad only a fewjdays or weeks of wifehood to remember discovered that theirs weren't real marriages, no adjusting and growing to know each other was included, and consequently it was hard to regard them as binding. So my answer to scores of girls who are asking me now whether to marry their army beaux is, Of course there are exWait ceptions: girls and men sure of their own feelings, anxious only to have their little hovfr of happiness before the war clouds thicken. ' For these, marriage under any circumstances is safe. But aometimes what actuates the girl is the glamour of the new man and his new uniform, and the determination to seize this hour of life anyway,' no matter what to-- . morrow may bring. Tomorrow comes. A man, who is almost a stranger, returns home. Perhaps he has been wounded in soul or mind or body. In the years of adjustment that must follow this war he may not be fortunate in finding his place, for a while anyway. Or perhaps he has seen somewhere the other woman, the woman he really loves. On the other hand, what does a girl 4060 by waiting? She gets to work, as all girls must nowadays; she writes her soldier letters full of cheerful nonsense; she sends him boxes of the things be needs. And if by chance some other man comes along, and her maturer affection goes to him, at least she' is much better off, in writing an honest letter to her 'man in the army, than if she were his wife. . "Dorinda is an undeveloped, shallow, fickle little creature f only rock-boun- - i I . ft COUNT THE COST Are you sure that you will love him as much a few months, or a few years, from now? Are you sure that if he comes home weary and die couraeed you will be able to help him find his place in a changed world? Are you sure that if he comes home sick or wounded you will be willing to nurse him back to health or cheerfully face the fact that he will always be an invalid? If you are, then by all means marry him now end seize those fete moments of happiness to which you feel you are entitled. If not WAIT. s' - y, . 17 . years house. quite. oftrn..-.He-older than I am, but my father and mother heartily like him, too. "My father was born in England, 4i Jn NR (Natures Remed phendmvauvTN&Kg?? , h i veSW combination of 10 formulated over 50 cr candy coated, their j. wLa Tet KenUe- proved. G vrncer Box. Larger 5W' ' (25 irigb 155? i COJTJ Bor1 Kcam j)", MJI TOMORROW More Raleigh Jingl Before the Japanese struck in the Pacific, these native and fishnets. Now they are Raleigh Cigarettes ar. . Hawaiian women and girls used, to make-leiof cloth nets and dusk stripe liberal attaching 'til from dawn making employed to them for nse by the army as camouflage coverings for gqn emplace- jingle contest running thi ments and military installations in the Hawaiian defense area. The per. One hundred and tkirtvS,! landbe awarded strips of cloth are later dyed with colors selected to blend with the scape where the bets will be used. HONOLULU. s .I paT Minnrn'miim r Isbov Tlin British Now Can Send Children Expense Cash i - j - seemed as if Jie would fairly split his throat in his efforts to pour out his happiness. Grandfather Frog nodded his head in approvaL He is a great believer in happiness, U Grandfather Frog. Presently, as be listened, he began to dream of the days when the world was young. It was a very pleasgnt dream. He still nodded his head, but he didnt know it (Jolly, round Mr. Sun, looking down, smiled and poured his warm- est rays on Grandfather Frogs broad back. His eyes closed, opened again, closed, opened once more. . LONDON. An official spokesman announced that British parents, for the first time, would be allowed to send expense money to children evacuated to the U. S. Remittances up to 812 a month may be sent to any child under 18 and $40 to adults wha left the country in charge of children and are still responsible for them. Grapes $6 and Salmon $3 Per Pound in London LONDON. Relief At last ForYourtar Creqmalrion relieves w cause it goes right to the eaT2 trouble to help loosen and germ laden phlegm, and aid au to sooUie and heal raw, tenu. flamed bronchial mucosa bmnes. Tellyour druggist to eeC bottle of Creomulslon with tl S deptanding you mustlhathevni quickly allays the cough or to have your money back. Mr ) z rank CRBOMULSIO), for Coughs Chest Colds, Breads Exorbitant prices are Bride at Two . being charged tor what before the Princess Mary, daughter of Et war were considered only moderate luxuries. Today grapes were selling ry VTU, had one of the tmv for 30 shillings (about $6) a pound, wedding rings ever worn wheat while fresh salmon sold for IS to- 21 was married to the Dauphia shillings (about $3 to $4.20) a pound. France. The bride was two yti Home grown pears were selling tor old the groom, nine months! three shillings six pence to four shillings (about 72 to 80 cents) a pound. Mushrooms bring eight shillings (about $1.60). Most prices quoted are about 1,000 per cent above the prewar figures. Lord Woolton, food minister, today announced that beginning Mon2f you Buffer from monthly enagn headache, backache, ntnomm day, the maximum retail prices for and dtotreaa ef tmcularftto-eaodates will be seven pence (about IS by tunctimal monthly O for curOuzbaacae try Lydia rinkhanl raisins, sultanas, cents); Vegetable Compound tune It rants. dried apples, prunes and figs yeUevins pain and nertout Mhe 9 pence (about 18 cents) a pound, et tremenw difficult days.1 Taken regularly Lydia pmkhmt and dried apricots, peaches, and Compound belpe build up wWiae 1 20 (about pears shilling cents). egalnet ouch annoying symptom. - rFOR l"J0uEl. ONLY Md label TBTIKOi PoUew Grandfather Frog, sitting on his W'as 'feeling very Green Lily Pad, good. and then closed and stayed closed. Grandfather Frog was asleep. Now. someone else had been watching Grandfather Frog and had chuckled to himself as' he watched him nod and nod. When he saw that Grandfather Frog was really asleep he crept out of his hiding place on the edge of the Smiling Pool and he was grinning broadly. for daytime must Never was there anyone happier It was Your make-u- p Billy Mink. than me! be soft, in natural tones. Do put it "Grandfather Frog may be wise on in daylight or use a daylight My mate b on the nest as everybody says, but even the And you can guess the rest lamp. At night deepen your makewise are foolish sometimes," said tones Just why it is I sing all day this up, accent your Billy to himself. "Now, Grandfabut do it cleverly and be sure to little song to .thee. ther Frog ought to know better than have a good light on your dressing to go to sleep right out in plain table. So and Mr. it . sang Redwing sight Yes, sir, he certainly ought (Ledger Syndicate WNU Service.) to. He is very fond of giving advice to other people and teaching them lessons, and qow I think it is my duty to teach him one. I really da" eyes. tainkledwith. mischief as he started off to hunt up Little Joe Otter. The truth is. Billy Mink hadnt forgotten bow Grandfather Frog had once made him the laughing stock of all the little people of the Smiling Pool and the Green Meadows, and now he saw a chance to get even. direction. WOS3 Alien Needles The ordinary steel sewing die, used in every American for fenerations, has never j been manufactured in the TJn" 1 States. oded - "Tra-la-la-la-le- 5, y yz Gabrlelle me to have a good time and not mope, when I was crying my eyes out saying good-band I am sure if he thought that way other people ought to let me alone! "But here is the thing: 1 met an Englishman last month who is my ideal of a hero. He is in the R.A.F., was tvounded and cannot fly again, but he is going back to England after a six months rest to go into the ground service. Life with such a man would be one long thrill There is not a girl here who is not crazy about him. From the beginning, however, he seemed to pick me out as his especial friend, and he is at the AU.-YK5IE2t ef NRh811 illlinnte 18; she married a navy man in October. had just three days of honeymoon. She wrote me this letter in December, and it has made me somewhat thoughtful Regrets Hasty Marriage. "Mother and Dad think I am very bad to want to have dates and go dancing," her letter says. "But I am too young to sit knitting, socks with all the old women! Nat told KVmKWMI y k Thornton W Burgess (mi wounded r ISMT tHls'WA i INDIGESTION t doee net harm the beert hot cm one mighty uncomfortable. If p to distend etemach eauehgt to teseing "fwghofl ead crowding, AD LA Tablets. Ik and Carbonates for QTCLnSd Tablet. ADLA gists have e! own-natur- e! - Elccjric Power for Alaska Equal Graces . Common sense and a respect t Will you please tell me if it is realities are not less graces correct to shake hands when intro- the spirit than more zeal duced? I realize men shake hands 3 Joh with each other, but dont know if women follow this course or not and sth V wduld- apprcl&te' your help'." ASX TOtht bfALZS W OUTSTANDING Answer Women - usually do not shake hands, but it is perfectly correct to do sa If you are doubtful In the same place Sidney comes take your cue from the woman to n e.nee BLADES from. Sidney is divorced and has a whom you are being introduced. If Utile boy of 12; his former wife Uves she offers her , hand extend yours in Hollywood and he went there to immediately. Professional and busi-- r see her; apparently they are still WNO Service. I (Associated Newspaper ness women and women who do friends. But I am sure that if I charity and welfare work usually, WN1J W was free he would want me for his Unde Sam .Contracts for ' at least in their business contacts, wife, and while I hope I am too 632 More Cargo Vessels shake hands with one another as . sensible to ask poor Nat for a diOut of the men do. WASHINGTON. seldom vorce, I hardly know how Ufhandle The United The heart When being introduced to a man States maritime commission anthe situation,-foNat may be at sea mouth expresses. Campistroofor months, and I would like nounced that it had negotiated con- it is a womans place to offer her tracts for the construction of 632 hand should she wish to, but if the something definite to Sidney before he returns to England. additional merchant vessels. These, man extends his hand it would be It was said, would bring its program rude of her to ignore it ' Aa Extreme Case. Women who know each other usuup to President Roosevelt's request "My feeling for Nat was that of for 8,000,000 deadweight tons of ship? ally shake hands when they meet A a child, pity and affection and exhostess greets her guests by shakping this year and 10,000.000 deadrntDltocieml citement and the thought of being hands with them as she weling May Tais tons next weight year. on . married my eighteenth birthday, comes them to her home. Kidney Aerie I L Capt Howard L. Vickery, a memwhich I had always planned. But with We IttbwrrJ (Ledger WNU Syndicate lfedare Service.) ber of the commission, estimated what I feel for Sidney is the deepest 632 vessels, all of the emer-genc-y the that and truest emotion of my life. Turkey type known as Liberty ships, SlttolSdeey. is the name first applied Turkey Although I devoutly trust that fcver hear of Ice- afire? Here b a four-fot gr eeeMawd end to power switch undergoing will cost $1,110,000,000. to the guinea cock1 with which there are few American girls capathe . aadettor All the vessels will be for one are built Switches tests like chamber. in a thb refrigerated LekV completed American bird was identified, and ble of writing such a letter, it does t of to end 120,000 volts under similar working by the 1943, Captain Vickery service in Alaska and can carry up Tee may which was imported into present an extreme case of the dif- conditions Europe said. during (he severe Alaskan winter. from Africa through Turkey. swell ficulties that attend' a sudden,' warlee -i all ran, a" and who are girls parting wedding, blsddw er w-kidney ti scanty wise enough to look forward more than a few weeks "might learn somerw'peee JHIh. ' thing from it 10OoctanT for of NEW YORK. Planned expansion duction of 400.000 tons synthetic gram production of not yet been clarified, the In Europe engagements, klways committee will be rubber annually by 1943, compared aviation gasoline. if rubber plants synthetic predicted that have been longer than they are with the starting petroleum The committee predicted that on a scale that will with estimated annual rubber reAW fum mmrwmt Pointy" us; one meets over there wives who carried through isobutanes, . 800.000 tons. priorities also would be granted for butylenes and admit waiting three make the United States at least 50 quirements of other cheerfully gaseous hydroThis program, it added, will be the tons of cent independent of natural ruballoy steels carbons in cracked years, five years. One happy Eng-Us- per refinery gasses and to needed oil build on the based new re"almost ber sources more than within little entirely" plants and natural gas which are used wife, engaged in 1913, did not in for the materials. $400,000,000 raw quired as natural Petroleum American a, the gas year, synthetic both synthetic rubber and hear'ueiJding bells until 1919, but rubberthis which on The major problems program, because of the gasoline would be when she did hearthem they Industries committee predicted. made available. Such a program was Retiewing the progress of the expansion depends, the committee governments interest in the project were teal wedding bells, and her necessitated While details of any possible confinancing, the said, are government because of the loss of ones in the dignity anJ courage and patience synthetic program sponsored by flict with conflict the rapidly expanding southwest government, the committee pointed steel priorities and possible have brought her a rich reward. Pacific from where crude out that present plans call for pro with the petroleum Industrys pro aviaOon gasolineproduction have rubber was exported. . &T m ? W' 'Wr (55 HEHT htion. pis c r0 - - - r to-sa- . . - ot . - l- . if PLAN EXPANSION FOR SYNTHETIC RUBBER FACTORIES f -- high-grad- e h 35 100-octa- j I I fighting V. .Mtrpv |