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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER WEEKLY Axis Threat to Western Hemisphere Forestalled by Move on Martinique; Nazis Begin Eastern Crimean Drive To Gain Needed Caucasian Oil Fields Rattlesnake Rattle Axis diplomats have started the groundwork for a peace offensive. Their peace conditions will be flatly rejected by our Commander-in-ChieThere is no other course because there is no such thing as conditional A peace offer, from a freedom. dictator is what a rattle is to a rattlesnake. The American war policy is both clear and final. We will only return to peace when Ilitler can never again return to war. Once we were lulled into false security but we shall never be swindled out of victory. We shall never lose with a pen what our men have gained by America remembers the sword. Pearl Harbor and she is determined that Tokyo will never forget. The only Americans who will ever go to Munich will be flying bombers made in Detroit Our fleet stands between us and Hitlers war but our graves stand between us and Hitlers We have learned Eupeace. ropes lesson there Is no such thing as an honorable treaty with a dishonorable government. The American people will make peace some day but only a peace that will explain to Colin Kellys son why his father died. these columns, they (EDITORS NOTE When opinion are expressed In of this newspaper.) of the news analyst and not necessarily ... by Western Newspaper Union.) , GERMAN DRIVE: PROTECTORATE: In Caribbean In Eastern Crimea Adm. with Dealing directly Georges Robert as the ultimate of the French governing authority possessions in the Caribbean and French Guiana, the United States moved to forestall the Axis powers from gaining any foothold in the Western hemisphere. President Upon orders from Roosevelt, American representatives arrived at Martinique and informed Admiral Robert that the United States desired to place troops in the French possession to guard against Things Never Knew And Still Dont Knoiv: That the Japs consider four an unlucky number, just as we feel about That the word coined by the R. A. Fliers for those propaganda pamphlets they drop on enemy territory is Bomphlets . . . That the Chinese regard cockroaches as symbols of wealth. (Their logic being that a family must be pretty poor, if they cant afford to feed a few cockroaches) . . , That the British Medical Journal offers this tip for prevention of colds: Throw your head back and let a few drops of pure medicinal cod liver oil slide into your throat through each nostril (Id rather have a cold.) Whether you know that ice cream concocted a "victory sundae, which is made of red, white and blue ice cream. The plan is to charge 25 cents and give the customer a 10 cent defense stamp as a rebate . . . That Mrs. Chip Robert, wife of the secretary of the Democratic Committee, recently gave a Washington luncheon for some femme friends. One of the women invited, phoned and asked: "What shall I wear to your luncheon?" To which Mrs. Robert replied: Come in an open throat and a back suitable for knifing! manufacturers have ... Whether it will depress you to learn that you have only one ctfance in 20,000 to be questioned in a Gallup poll. (Thats the capitalistic system for you) . . . That in Australia there are lizards that bark . . . Whether, after all these years, Jimmy Cagney wont finally win the Academy Award for his Geo. M. Cohan portrayal in "Yankee Doodle Dandy, the film dandy . . . That the recruiting slogan of the Marine Corps at Amarillo, Texas, is: "Join the Marines and see Tokyo. Whether you know that cats are employed by the U. S. Government with the Post Office Department footing the bill for their keep. (Their job is to keep rats and mice from making a meal of the mail) . . .. That on a highway in Venezuela theres a monument to a wrecked automobile with the inscription: "Slowly one goes far . . . That the tag of Ann Sheridans oomphlicker, is the funniest fun. Juke Girl, Annie says to Ronald Reagan: Let settle down on a farm and raise tomatoes . . . Reagan, ogling her chassis, retorts: "Whos interested in raising tomatoes? d Nazi spring The drive finally began with a thrust toward Kerch in the eastern Crimea. Kerch is a key peninsular point along the shortest route to the Caucasian oil fields. The Nazis main effort was directed, as many observers thought it would be, at driving across the Kerch peninsula to win the rich fuel deposits. Too, they would be in a position to threaten the Allied eastern flank in Iran, another oil kingdom. Comparative quiet had prevailed in the Kerch peninsula since last December when the Russians hurled the Germans back from the town of Kerch. Neutral observers stated that approximately 2,000,000 men were in action on the Donetz front. Early reports indicated vast Nazi strength e front between Dneon the the peninsula. and propetrovsk long-heralde- 250-mil- 1 thirteen over here. (Sho null the American eagle unloaded his first batch of eggs on Nippon in April, which is the fourth month of the year!) . . . That a new official edict in England prohibits those rows of Xs, representing kisses, at the bottom of letters, because spies can use them as a code . . . How we overlooked this for our Literary Lace dept: Alimony the high cost i of leaving. Madagascar Guards V ital Supply Routes arc those f. , NEWS ANALYSIS ADMIRAL JOHN II. nOQVEU Messenger to Martinique. any Axis threat. The state department ignored Pierre Laval, chief of the Vichy government, to deal directly with Robert. Adm. John H. Hoover, representing the United States, made it definite that this country would desire to garrison the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, off Newfoundland, in addition to Martinique and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean sea. The state department emphasized that no ultimatum was being served on the French admiral Robert had been friendly with the two previous American missions since the fall of France in 1940. PRIME MINISTER: A Report The above map depicts the size of the French island of Madagascar by comparing it with the area of New York state. Madagascars importance to the United Nations lies in the fact that bases on the island control the supply lines to India and the Middle East. British occupation forestalled a possible Axis move in that direction. TRAP SPRUNG: On Jap Invaders d, TRADE BARRIERS: Impose Heavy Toll g In an message to the Federal-Stat- e Conference on War Restrictions, President Roosevelt declared that legal obstacles to commerce, arising from a desire for regional and local advantage, have imposed a heavy toll on the national war effort. Rep. Emanuel Celler of New York, in a radio broadcast, pointed out a vivid illustration of existing action-producin- trade barriers: Rhode Island requires that all milk brought in from neighboring states must be colored pink. Imagine drinking pink milk. The obvious purpose is to keep out foreign milk and make all drink Rhode Island milk." restrictions However, trucking have limped northward to their were responsible for njost of the bases in New Britain and the Solowrath. mon islands following the rout. Public Roads Commissioner MacSweeping claims by the Japs as Donald said the following regulato their success in the battle were tions would remove the most serifactories. discounted by both General MacAr-thu- r ous stoppages of interstate truck Joseph B. Eastman, director of in Australia and by the navy traffic: Maximum width for trucks, the Office of Defense Transportadepartment in Washington. MacAr-thur- s 96 inches; height, 12 feet 6 inches; tion, stated that there is no shortheadquarters described Jap length, 35 feet for single vehicles age of coal, nor will there be. But reports of Allied losses as "entirely and 45 feet for combinations; load if consumers wait until the fall and fictional and the navy department for a single axle, 18,000 pounds; winter months to fill their requirestated that while reports of the dam- gross weight, 30,000 pounds for vements, a serious transportation age to U. S. forces was still incomhicles having two axles and 40,000 shortage will possibly result. This plete, neither a U. S. aircraft car- pounds for vehicles with three or we must avoid. rier nor a battleship had been lost. more. Bo-ma- However, Joe Eastman claims that these materials, chiefly steel, already had been bought and cut out for certain cars, in certain shapes, so the order merely will make the materials go unused, with car shops closing down. Already, Eastman argues, certain plants of Pullman Standard are idle, at a time when all plants should be used to capacity. Meanwhile railroads are groaning with traffic. Sugar is now being hauled by rail as much as possible from Florida to avoid submarines. Oil is clogged up in the producing fields for lack of railroad transportation. And with the sinkings of several Chilean ore ships, more iron ore has to be hauled from interior U. S. iron mines. In view of all this, Eastman complains bitterly that Nelson wont release the steel and let the ear foundries do the job. 2 Repeated warnings issued by the HIGHLIGHTS cars. A Keep butter covered in the refrigerator lest it pick up flavors from other foods. Also keep butter in the coldest part of the refrigerator. Eggs should be stored in the refrigerator but they do not need the coldest spot. If level teaspoon of baking powder is added to every four eggs used in making a souffle, it will not fall after it has been removed from the oven. one-ha- lf Individual service table mats save lots of laundering. Use them in place of luncheon or tablecloths. For outdoor or porch serving try the prettily decorated oilcloth mats ; they only need a daily wiping with a dampened cloth. I 4 -- 4 IN 63 B.C. MARCUS TULLIUS TIRO INVENTED A SYSTEM OF SHORTHAND USED IN THE ROMAN SENATE -- AND CREATED A BETTER WAY OF RECORDING SPEECH. i THE BETTER WAY TO TREAT CONSTIPATION DUE TO LACK OF PROPER'BULK IN THE DIET IS TO CORRECT THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE WITH A DELICIOUS CEREAL, KELLOGG'S ALL'BRAN. EAT IT EVERY DAY AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.. r one-thir- Reserve Supplies That if you feel cold in bed because you havent enough blankets, just cover your head with a scarf, and your whole body, feet and all, will warm up in a jiffy. (In these days that alone is worth the price you paid for the paper!) . . . That when Louis XTV was King of France, for a nominal fee people could come to the palace and watch him eat (That must have been scads of fun!) Whether you know that in ancient Gaul there were laws making it taboo to get too stout (If a guy got stouter than the law permitted he was fined) . . . That a psychologist Italy: Premier Mussolini and the has figured out that a person who lives seventy years has spent 2,100 king of Italy watched a parade of men and lines of war mahours looking in mirrors. (Who, marching chines wind through the streets of . . . the latest That wrinkle me?) is a cosmetic for women to put on Rome as part of Italys observation their teeth, like nail polish, to give of "Empire day. Actually it was them that toothpaste-a- d smile . , . the sixth anniversary of Mussolinis n That in China the nicest gift you can formal proclamation of a new on based the empire conquest give a man on his 41st and 51st of Ethiopia, which has since fallen (Because birthdays is chow-meithe British. to its a symbol of longevity there). of Cinnamon toast may be made without sugar by blending 2Vz tablespoons of honey with two- thirds tablespoon butter. Increase amounts as desired. pro-labo- COAL: nations coal dealers were strengthened when Donald M. Nelson, war chief, declared that production emergency rationing of coal is probable unless consumers build up their reserve supplies immediately to the limit of storage. Nelson pointed out that the fuel oil situation on the East coast and winter problems transportation make stockpiling operations now of utmost importance to all consumers who are dependent on coal for heating their homes or running their Washington, D. C. RRs VS. SHIPS It hasnt made headlines, but a battle royal has been raging between WPB Czar Donald Nelson and Transportation Czar Joe Eastman over the freezing of steel for the construction of railroad cars. With less and less shipping moving along the coast; and more and more traffic by rail, the question is one of the most important facing the country. What happened was that the War Production board froze all construction materials already on hand in railroad construction shops. The intention was to transfer these materials for use in building other types A stirring story of how Japanese invading forces on the Burma road were sent reeling back by a surprise MALTA: Chinese blow from a "trapped More Bombs army was told by dispatches from Chungking. In a ceremony punctuated by fallThe Chinese on the Burma road Nazi Great Britains bombs, ing their prearranged plan. followed Lord Gort was sworn in as the new of They allowed the Japs to sweep into governor and commander-in-chie- f Malta, the most bombed spot on Yunnan province and lengthen their communication lines. The Japs adearth. vanced triumphantly. of took his office Lord Gort oath A strong Chinese army, which the amid the ruins of a building smashed in a previous attack. Bombs were Japs had bypassed in central BurINFLUENCING EUROPEAN ma, struck hard into the exposed falling throughout the proceedings ' LABOR The and thd chief justice administering rear lines of the invaders. Here is one inside reason why commucut off the main maneuver the oath had his hand cut and bleedroute and line of retreat of Roosevelt leans toward labor. ing from a wound sustained during nication the President always has the Japanese units, which had split Basically, the raid. r, been and continues to be, to outflank to two columns try More than 10,000 high explosive, into even though he has become fed up One columns of the these Chinese. armor piercing bombs have been was wiped out in the first 24 hours with some labor activities in the dropped on Malta this year, accordyear. to an Alexandria, Egypt, source. of fighting. The other forces were past ing But in addition, U. S. war strateThe island, lying off the coast of expected to be "liquidated within a a Chinese com- gists are convinced that the chief Italy in the Mediterranean, has been few days, said hope of revolution in Europe comes under constant attack by the Nazi munique. from labor. And most of the psybombing forces because it guards GAS RATIONED: chological warfare strategy being the vital Axis supply routes to Afdevised here is aimed at influencing Middle and rica the East On Eastern Seaboard labor in Germany, Czechoslovakia, As a result of these continuing of all aud Austria and the occupied countries. Approximately raids an official British check-u- p tomobile owners in the eastern seaAlthough not generally known, the shows that Maltas property losses board states have been limited to nucleus of the old Social Democratinclude 15,500 homes, 70 churches, three gallons of gasoline a week by ic party which tried to create a real 18 convents, 22 schools and eight an order from the Office of Price republic in Germany is still intact. hospitals. Seventy-fiv- e per cent of Administration. When Hitler came into power, they the property in Valetta, the princiwhose use of autoThe moved to Czechoslovakia. After the pal city, has been made uninhabita- mobiles is classed as Sudetenland seizure, they moved to ble by the attacks. will be entitled to purchase a, total Paris. After the downfall of Paris, of 27 gallons of gasoline from May they moved to the U. S. A. CORAL SEA: 15 to July 1, when a permanent raFifty Social Democrats from the old Reichstag are now in this countioning plan goes into effect Heavy Toll Motorists have been classified in try with U. S. officials. Exacting a' toll of at least 21 Japfive categories for rationing purFurthermore, it is labor in the anese warships in the Battle of the of A cards are European occupied countries which Coral Sea, American sea and air poses. Holders B-B-l, nonessentiaL and to a forces combined slap back Jap B-- 3 cards have been issued to mo- is able to assemble or make radios. German labor listens to the radio fleet in its first major attempt to smash through the outer defenses of torists, including workers in arms far more than other classes. Some industries, whose cars are necessary labor groups even have published Australia. Advanced Allied bases reported in pursuit of their employment The very small "underground newspathat at least 500 planes took part amount of gasoline they receive de- pers on hand presses and these are amount milethe of distributed by hand. daily in the five-da- y battle which was pends upon declared at registration German labor resents the long fought 450 miles off the northeast age they time. It ranges from 4 57 to 8 17 hours in munitions factories, the coast of Australia. small pay and the lack of food, more Battered remnants of the attack- gallons a week. The X cards were issued to than any other group. Also labor to were forces ing Jap reported unrestricted users, including buses, is about the only group which was not taken over completely by Hitler. taxicabs, physicians, nurses, ambulances, hearses, ministers, highway The Communists, his chief oppomaintenance crews and government nents, now have long been underof municipally operated cars. ground, but secretly active. one-thir- As he reviewed the war on the second anniversary of his rise to the premiership. Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain indicated that he believed the tide of battle had turned in the favor of the United Nations. While he foresaw suffering ahead he told his people that deserved to hear the encouraging news that Britains great air force had been constantly bombing a number of Nazi industrial cities and "would continue to bomb them. Churchill warned the Nazis that if they used poison gas against Russia, that this same RAF would be used to carry gas warfare in the "largest possioie scale against miliThis tary objectives in Germany. remark received special attention as less than 24 hours before he spoke, Russia had reported that the Nazis Were using gas mines in the battle of the Crimea. War shipments through the Arctic supply route are definitely getting through to Russia, said the prime minister, although there have been losses to the United Nations in these convoys. He also thinks Russias army is growing stronger. OUSEHOLD Commander of C. S. naval forces in the great battle of the Coral sea was Vice Admiral Herbert Fairfax Leary of Washington, D. C. Admiral Leary is a gunnery expert and won the Navy Cross in World War I. in the weeks Women: news War Manpower Chair man McNutt indicated that the U. S. has an adequate supply of woman power to train and employ in war and essential civilian industries at an increasing rate during the next two years. Next year, he predicted there will be 4,000,000 in war jobs out of an expected 20,000,000 war workers. Three weeks after American bombing planes rained bombs on Tokyo and other Japanese cities, the raid has been confirmed by an official U. S. war department commu- nique. The bombing flight was made in mid-daand the selected targets were unmistakable and were accurately attacked. Further, the communique stated that "Military, naval and industrial plants were the objectives." Some of the large fires burned at least two days. book crammed with recipes for d all kinds of breads and cakes. Its absolutely free. Just drop a postcard with your name and address to Standard Brands Inc., 691 Washington St., New York City. Adv. yeast-raise- CALLOUSES To relieve painful callouses, burn-in- s or tenderness on bottom of feet and remove callouses get these thin, soothing, cushioning pads. D ( r Acid Indigestion Whai many Doctors do for It When excess stomach acid causes gas. sour stomach or heartburn, doctors prescribe the fastest-actin- g medicines known for symtomatic relief medicines like those in Beli-an- s Tablets. No laxative. If your very first trial doesnt prove Bell-an- s better, return bottle to os and get double your money backs 25c. To European labor Roosevelt has been one of the worlds greatest leaders. And one thought in the minds of war strategists is to show Europe that the rights of labor here will always not be thrown completely overboard during war. WALLACES FAVORITES The men who came to Washington with Henry Wallace in the early days of the New Deal realize now that they picked a winning horse. Almost to a man, they have moved up to important posts in the gov- ernment Claude Wickard was head of the corn-ho- g section in Wallaces AAA. Now he is secretary of agriculture. Milo Perkins was a lowly assistant to Wallace, holding down a desk in the outer office. Today, he runs the Bord of Economic Warfare, as important as a cabinet post Paul Appleby was an assistant in the inner office. Now he is undersecretary of agriculture at $10,000 a year. Chester Davis was head of the AAA Now he is director of the Federal Reserve bank in St. Louis. R. M. (Spike) Evans was an aide to Wallace; now head of AAA. Sam Bledsoe, Roy Hendrickson, and Whitney Tharin were newsmen covering agriculture. Bledsoe is now an assistant to the secretary. MERRY-GO-ROUN- TOKYO ATTACK: Note Its OfficiaF Do You Bake at Home? If you do, send for a grand cook Buy , U. S. SAVINGS BONDS k HOTEL BEN LOMOND h v D Secretary of War Stimson Is held in the warmest personal esteem by g army commanders. and he never meddles in military operations and backs up his subordinates 100 per cent. Stimson is always at his desk by 8 a. m., and rarely leaves until evening, when he always takes home with him a big bundle of papers that he works over after dinner. Good explanation of "Your Army and how the draft works, has been written by George H. Jiler of ths Bridgeport Post. Hard-workin- open-mind- 5 Baths . Rooms .0t to 54. 11 Booms for 4 porsocss - 14.01 Air Cooled Loongo snd Lobby Dining Room Coffee Shop Tap Room Homo of Rotor Klvtnis Exccntfvca Exchange Optimist "tM4 Chsmbor of Commoreo and Ad Club 15 Ism Hotel Ben Lomond ... s' OGDEN! UTAH Hubert K. Vislck. Mgr. V |