Show r r 6 y L P BUILDING ANYTHING MISTER lISTER has ruled that no new public public public pub pub- lic or private building may be started started started start start- ed unless it is essential to the I and safety of the country Pop there goes that idea of a new two-car two i garage I Ii i The government must save all critical material for the war C Critical material Is almost everything every every- I thing from the blueprint to the architects architect's bill ti 1 Q s The man who has just dug a cellar for lor anything may find he is just the custodian of a hole for the dura duration tion of the war Director Donald M. M Nelson says that if it you have a building partly finished he will try to take you out of your position in mid-air mid but it is ismore ismore ismore more than likely that the man with witha a house only 50 per cent finished will save himself a lot of trouble by just putting a sign Opened By Mistake on the whole project This is an out all war and it appears appears ap appears ap- ap pears to be leaving the building all aU out of most everything from Cram cellar door hinges to lightning rods Is the construction directly Tiec hec essary for national defense 0 or for forthe forthe forthe the health and safety of the civilian population This is the test question question ques ques- tion Washington asks How are you going to make a new country home I fit into that In fact how are you going to tomake tomake tomake make a garage fit Almost everything is necessary to defense including those bronze knockers door-knockers and the bathtub faucets The House That Jack Built Is becoming the Bungalow That Nelson Stopped Mr Nelson says the restrictions will halt baIt pork barrel projects The answer to that is Wanna bet He will have his work cut out for him trying to convince a congressman congress congress- man that the new power dam at ai Corncob Valley isn't essential to the safety of the country and that the thede thede thede de post office in Cribbage Hollow Hollow Hol Hol- low isn't vital to the health of every politician involved Some questions and answers issued issued is sued by the to explain the situation include Q lf If If I were building a story 10 building and had four stories up could I get material to finish it A. A Very A.-Very Very likely yes Q U lf If only an excavation existed A. A It A.-It It would be a tossup And the builder would be He who gets tossed AS ASIA MA IA GOOSE MIGHT lIGHT PUT IT This is the house that Jack built This is the architect that planned the house that Jack built This is the builder retained by the architect that planned the house that Jack built This is the stuff they needed for forThe forThe forThe The cellar and the second floor This is the owner oh sad is he Who got word from He couldn't get stuff needed for forThe forThe forThe The cellar and the second floor You can go on from here All it takes is imagination LINES ON LONGEVITY An average life liCe span of years is attainable if conditions in the body at the age of 10 years are retained retained re re- re- re tamed according to a professor inthe in inthe inthe the Columbia university school of medicine News News item Consider please the child of ten Whose bodily conditions condition's A miracle to learned men Professors and physicians Who say that if we could retain This stamina and vigor Five hundred years we might remain And somewhat more they figure But I have bave watched a child at play From morning until night time And wearily I now DOW must say That threescore ten is quite time Richard Armour There is a 5 per cent tax on all railroad plane and boat tickets now and one hesitates to think what this must mean to Mrs Roosevelt Commuters are excepted This Is the first instance in hi history where a commuter got any consideration wha whatever Roach powders are now hit by priorities An ingredient is needed in munitions Well if the insecticide insecticide- man goes after Hitler Hiller well we'll take care cart of the situation around our own kitchen sink I l |