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Show THE PROGRESSIVE OPINION r- - Second Contestant Chance for Children Soviet Russia has applied sym-bols of its machine age to s, substituting miniature tractors, automobiles and motor-cycles for the customary horses and boats. While youngsters ride, in-structors explain the working of real vehicles. Deer Found No more frogs' legs are to ap-pear on menus in China. By order of the ministry of industries, no more frogs are to be killed for eat-ing purposes inasmuch as the leap-ing amphibians are considered of more value to agriculture than to epicureans. WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS U. S. Troops Fighting Nazis in Tunisia As British Push West Through Libya Close Strong Pincers on Axis Forces; Ceiling Is Lifted on U. S. Farm Wages (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's news analysts and not necessarily of this newspaper.! Released by Western Newspaper Union. r ' . Kr ;t ' n m--' vi - ( A E. ' . life . LEND-LEAS-Still Up Even while the United States was undergoing the huge task of g for the North African eva-sion our allies were getting even lend-leas- e aid than before. This Set was revealed by President Roosevelt when he announced that amount of goods and services fur-nished the. other United Nations last month increased one-thir- d over any previous month. A record-breakin- g $915,000,000 worth of lend-leas- e was chalked up in that period. This the President Indicated, should' convince all that the Axis was wrong in assuming that our aid to the United Nations would de-crease once we began a strong of-fensive action. Also, said the Presi-dent, our lend-leas- e aid will not de-crease in the future. Production schedules are aimed at supplying both the needs of military forces and many of the needs of the United Nations. Among items which did not show up in the cold figures of the report was news that before the U. S. air-craft carrier Wasp was sunk, that ship had carried two priceless loads of British Spitfire fighting planes to Malta and that American engineers and soldiers are expanding the capacity of railroads taking supplies into Russia. The President pointed out that two-thir- of the goods were mili-tary items, including large numbers of planes and tanks that helped turn the tide in Egypt and to hold the lines in Russia. DARLAN: Legal Authority? The status of the French fleet at Toulon appeared unchanged, as the Vichy radio reported that a large number of French troops had ar-rived to occupy the. city. Although Adm. De La Borde, com-mander of the Toulon naval squad-ron, renewed his pledge of alle-giance to Marshal Petain, crews were reported unable to leave their ships, indicating Axis mistrust of the sailors. A Nazi broadcast said that "all strategically important points on the Mediterranean coast of south-ern France are now protected by German and Italian arms." Adm. Jean Parian and the Vichy government continued their bicker-ing over which is the legitimate au-thority in French North Africa. Dar-la- n, over the Morocco radio, pro-claimed that his authority is legal because it came from Marshal Pe-tain himself. He pointed out that Pictured at their weekly joint luncheon in Washington, U. S. chiefs of staff plan future strategy. Left to right: Admiral E. J. King, command-er in chief of the U. S. fleet and chief, of naval operations; Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff, U. S. army; Admiral William D, Leahy, chief of staff to the commander in chief of the army and navy, and Lieut. Gen. H. H. Arnold, commanding general, U. S. army air forces. L.yJ L.wh..w.. .J TUNISIA: Kick for Rommel American soldiers battled against German troops in their first regular engagement of World War II when the British first army and a smaller United States force clashed with Axis troops defending the naval base of Bizerte in Tunisia. While United States Rangers par-ticipated in the raid on Dieppe this was the first time that a strong force of United States soldiers and the Germans faced each other in battle. When the Morocco radio con-trolled by the Allies announced that contact had been established be-tween the Allied force and the Ger-mans the broadcast was confirmed by German wireless. The Morocco radio estimated at the time of the broadcast the Axis had landed 10,000 German and Italian troops in Tuni-sia, and said enemy forces were reported arriving in transport planes and by sea. Early reports gave no indication of the size of the American force. However, Lieut. Gen. K. A. N. An-derson, British commander of the combined operation in Tunisia, said that it made up h of his striking force and included special units. The British nine-tenth- s con-sisted of veteran soldiers, superbly trained, who have met the Germans in previous engagements. Lieut. Gen. Dwight E. Eisenhower announced that the drive in Tunisia was "advancing as fast as possible according to plan." Several French garrisons were battling incoming Axis troops, con-centrating on transports and shoot-ing soldiers as. they came to earth. However, the opposition from the poorly equipped French was consid-ered' more as a harassment than a serious hindrance, but was given a warm welcome by the Americans and British. Eisenhower reported that the Mediterranean waters were "swarm-ing with enemy submarines" de-tailed by the Axis to disrupt Allied landing of reinforcements and war stores. In London Prime Minister Churchill announced that Allied countermeasures had resulted in sinking 13 enemy subs in North Af-rican waters, five of them in. two days. MAXIMUM PRICES : Amended Regulations Office of Price Administration of-ficials have announced amendments to the regulations covering certain essential food products such as but-ter, eggs and fruits. Under this OPA policy food pre-- 1 pared and sold on the premises is excluded from the maximum price control. Sales by a farmers' co-operative are covered, but sales by a farmer of the products on his farm are not included, unless made to an ultimate consumer. War procurement agencies can buy any of the products at higher than established prices. Sales de-liveries to the U. S. or United Na-tions in some cases are exempt Meanwhile, after a four-wee- k en-forcement drive throughout the country, more than 4,000 grocers were served with OPA license warn-ings. These charge violation of the general maximum price regulation. NEW GUINEA: Trap Closes Word of action on New Guinea came from General MacArthur's headquarters where it was announced that American and Australian ground troops, converg-ing on the Jap invasion base at Buna, had joined forces for the at-- tack. Continuous air attacks supported the steady advance in New Guinea, an official communique said. The Allied forces had been closing on Buna, only Jap base in southeastern New Guinea, ever since American troops were landed, by air late in October. Australian troops have pushed down the north slope of the Owen Stanley mountain range to near Buna from the west. The Ameri-cans approached up from the south. "The enemy, under command of Lieut. Gen. Tomatore Horii, now faces the Allies to the west and south, with the jungle and the sea at his back. Our air force is at-tacking without respite," the com-munique said. GUADALCANAL: Touch and Go While Americaft and Japanese warships hammered at each other ta a gigantic Solomon Island battle, Australian Navy Minister Makin warned his people that the outcome of the naval engagement will deter? mine Japan's plan for the invasion of Australia. A navy communique from Wash-ington said that the fight which raged on the sea, in the skies and on Guadalcanal resulted from "a de-termined effort on the "part of the Japanese to recapture positions in the Guadalcanal-Tulag- i area" which U. S. marines had captured last August. Navy Minister Makin warned that there should be no undue optimism or complacency over Allied suc-cesses in Africa and New Guinea. "The Solomons," he added, "are the screen between the enemy and Aus-tralia, and if the Japanese should break through the Allied naval cor-don they certainly will attack Aus-tralia." FARM WAGES: Ceiling Lifted It was announced by the Office of Economic Stabilization that for the time being the ceiling on agri-cultural wages has been lifted. Ac-cording to OES Director Byrnes, this plan will be in effect until the department of agriculture can de-termine two things: (1) What effect farm wages have on farm production in the more critical farm labor shortage areas; and (fc) Where increases in farm wages may threaten, to cause an increase in the price ceilings on farm pro-- . ducts. 1942 Production Meanwhile the department of was estimating the 1942 production of principal farm crops and comparing them with last year. This is the way these figures looked: 1942 ProducUon 1941 Production Com 3,185,141,000 bu. 2,672,541,000 tm. Wheat 984,046,000 bu. 945,937,000 bu. Cotton 13,329,000 bales 10,800,000 bales ADJV1IRAL DARLAN Takes North Ajrican reins, whatever the marshal might say now should not be heeded "because he (Petain) is unable to let the French people know his real thoughts. Darlan, in one of his first demon-strations of power, appointed Gen. Henry Giraud commander in chief of French forces in the region. Vichy radio replied with an order attribut-ed to Petain "prohibiting" French colonial troops, from obeying Giraud. Also it was stated that Giraud "broke his officer's word and thus lost his honor. He received his self, conferred title of commander, from a foreign power." London dispatches said that the appointment of Darlan was unpopu- lar there because he worked to as-sist the enemies of Britain and America since the fall of France. Hope was expressed in some quar- ters that Darlan's assignment was only temporary. DOUBLE FEATURES: Dim Out? Meeting in New York city, the motion picture National Board of Review passed a resolution recomr mending theater owners double features suspend for the duration "as a saving of time, critical materials and manpower needed for winning the war." Previously, Lowell Mellett, chief of the Office of War Information Bu- reau of Motion Pictures, had ap-peared before the board asking for the elimination of double features. "The habit of sitting three or four or even more hours, with one's mind afloat in a fictional world, hardly equips the American population for the serious job of dealing with real life That way lies degeneration rather than growth. And we must grow. We must grow into a people competent to win this war," he said Mellett also said that his bureau is trying to help the American pub- lic see what the war means to them This is done through and with the of newsreel editors and with Hollywood producers of fea tures and shorts. FOILED: Sub Sabotage When recently a Na2i subma- rine tried to land some of its sengers on the Atlantic coast Costa Rica it met with some un! suspected resistance by Costa Rican ar.d,Smen- Ater an exchange of shots raider submerged and left the vicinity. Costa bor ders Panama on the north and sources thought the attempted raid might have been a aimed at the canaT Runner-U- p to the Wnril Both were very proud of tv vocal abilities: for months ,? had squabbled over- the ' qu. as to which possessed the ' 9 voice. At last, to settle betst? had made with each ? other T arranged to give a recital LrJ an eminent professor and his judgment. - at"S When they had concluded iv professor- turned to the first ti i ing his head sorrowfully. ' "You're the worst ; singer v ever hard," he said. "Hurrah!" shouted the otu "Come on! Pay me that five; "One moment, please," said professor, quietly. you can't sing at all!"CI" The oratory now under construc-tion at St. Joseph's Shrine, Mon-treal, in the province of Quebec, will accommodate 15,000 pilgrims at one time. Sumatra Game Preserve Thirteen Hundred square miles in Sumatra have been reseryed for the protection of elephants, rhinocer-oses, bears, deer and tapirs. Turkeys Increase About 1 per cent more turkeys than in 1941 is estimated for this yearl In February, turkey produc-ers intended to increase their flocks 8 per cent but weather conditions and labor shortages cut down the crop. Simple, Isn't It? A Siamese cook, arrested for at Los Angeles, gave his name as Lleieusszuieusszei ii Williminiddssteizzi and proudly translated it as "Great j Mountains Wonderful Strength J Lion of the Sea." n Cheerful Panholders Add Color to Kitchen (BEEBJ, tractive eco-- K nomical, practical here is a new group of panholders Perfectly described by those words. An ani-mated pansy and rose, a kitten and pifp pair, and the twosome which features bouquets of flow-ers are included. That's six rs in all. . They are all on a single transfer-Z94- 60, 15 cents From this s hot iron transfer you can stamp sets which will give you color ul PMhoWer. for gifts or for your own kitchen, Send your order to: AUNT MARTHA Box 166-- Kansas City. Mo. 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Purely vegetable a combination of 10 vegetable ingredients formulated over 50 years ago. Uncoated or candy coated, their action is de-pendable, thorough, yet gentle, as mil-lions of NR's have proved. Get a 10iS er Box. Larger economy sizes, too. Raw, smarting surface relieved - Ingly by the soothing medication ; L i.Lj oH C w SNAPPY FACT3 ABOUT fe) RUEED fn th modern automobile trier are 32.5 pounds of rubber In od. d it ion to that ud In tirei and tubes. Last summer's national scrap rutir drive brought out 6.87 pountii capita. Even this gratifying amc-- 't represented 00I7 a scraping oi surface of the scrap littering tha backyards, cellars and attics of to , country. There arm some 3,065,000 mUei of roads In the United State of which 40 are of the surfaced highway type. More Improved roads than any other country in ' the world There are more than 10 motor v-ehicles for each mile of highwat in the United States. s ratiocisg Sundays made this ratio seem 10 cars to each 100 feet of road. In 1940 It was estimated that the market value of passenger cars in the U.S. was $7,209,000,000; tmcu had a ralue of $1,165,000,CXX). WANTED ! ! Raw Furs - Sheep Pelts j Hides - Woo! FOR HIGHEST PRICES AND A SQUARE DEAL Call or Write NORTHWESTERN HIDE & FUR CO. 463 South 3rd West - Salt Lake City, Utah aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawiaaaaaaaaal mmm go Pain goes quick, corns rTTI 1 speedily removed when I .AiUl you use thin. aoothuiB LONiJ cushioning Dr. SchoU's TA If IfS s. Try them! ft La - cj ! VISIT NAVY RECRUITING STATIONS IN SALT LAKE CITY -- PROVO - OGDEN - LOGAN - CEDAR CITY BOISE, IDA. - SHERIDAN, WYO. - LAS VEGAS, NEV. I CHAPPEDj : SKIN f? SOOTHES RAW HANDS ...CHAPPEDL1PS gaaaal J HOTEL BEN LC3 1 OGDEN. UTAH v Jsi.S , ; ljo ; .S , J50 Boom ISO Batha - JJ'JJ Family Roomi for t ptnonu Air Cooled Loontt and Dlnlni Room Collet Shop TP" Home of Botary Exchanjo OpUmisl- a- '"''gii Chamber ol Commerce and Hotel Ben Lomori OGDEN. UTAH j Hubert E. Vialck. Attention Hunters! DEER HIDES WANTED HIGHEST PRICES PAID for HIDES, SHEEP PELTS, FURS AND WOOL Call or See Nearest Branch Colorado Animal Company Ogden - Spanish Fork - Logan Salt Lake City - Garland - Heber City 5 iQcai merchants , i Grow Hedges on Farm A variety of hedge plants may be grown on farms, for fences and protective screens, as well as for ornamental purposes. Blankets From Paper More than 56,000 blankets made of discarded paper machine felt have been fabricated and shipped to Britain. ; Lucifera Matches were at one time caiVi Lucifers because the sudden fl produced by rubbing an early ? of match upon a prepared was accompanied by a sulphuv'! .odor. This was supposed reminiscent of the infernal and of the chief fiend, Lucifer 100,000,000 Shades of Color Richard Hunter of the bureau of standards, Washington, D. C, has developed an instrument with the name of Photoelectric Tristimulum Colorimeter which can distinguish approximately 100,000,-00- 0 shades of color, only an infin-itesimal few of which are discern-ible to the human eye. The finer and "invisible" distinctions have a value in certain operations in in-dustry. Catch as Catch Can fhe world hasn't beaten a path-way to the door of Private William J. Monroe at Camp Roberts, Cali-fornia. ' But there is still a possi-bility. The private built a flytrap at the request of his mess sergeant, and placed it in the drill yard near the mess hall. Two hours elapsed before anyone checked it to see how it was operating. The trap worked, but not as originally planned. In-stead of flies the trap contained two mice! Guiding the Child Some teachers of child guidanc say that punishment means to look backward at what a child h s done, whereas guidance mea-- j to look forward to what it is hoptj he will do in the future. Direct Quotes Before a cop-o- can be sure it is "building a better mouse trap," it needs to know a lot of facts about the type of mouse trap the. world wants. Tom G. Stitts, Farm Credit Administration, U. S. De-partment of Agriculture. Mental Weight One way to develop the memory Is not to load it with things not necessary to remember. We once knew a man who was proud be-cause he knew how many feet high the Washington monument is. Live Mouse Traps Irish fishermen have a neve method of catching mice in ti ;r shacks. They use live oyster;! These are scattered around srl when a mouse sticks his n';e or foot into the half-ope- n shell t:e oyster closes up on it. Easy to Forgive It is easy enough to forgive your enemies if you have not the means to, harm them. Heinrich Heine. Charles Heck, Monroe, Mich., who has shod 300,000 horses in the last 50 years, announced recently that the blacksmithing business is improving this year. Farmers are again using horses instead of trac-tors, he said. Receiving Only That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one. Plautus. Unbroken Word ' No word He hath spoken was ever yet broken. HIGHLIGHTS in the week's news PACT: Looking forward to bet-ter commercial relations after the war, China and Cuba have signed an alliance and friendship treaty. FOUND: Missing for three weeks on an inspection trip of Pacific bases for the army, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, World War ace, and members of his plane's crew were rescued. ORDERS: Brazilian diplomatic representatives in France were or-dered by their government to leave the country after word reached Rio de Janeiro that German forces had seized Brazil's embassy in Vichy. ACCEPTS: "I accept with pleas-ure," said Gen. Francisco Franco, head of the Spanish state, in speak-ing of the assurances made to him by President Roosevelt to the effect that the American African cam-paign is in no way directed against Spain. CASUALTIES: Australian casual-ties in the British offensive against the Axis in Egypt were set at about 2,000 (mostly wounded), according to a Melbourne source. STATIC: From Bombay, India, came a dispatch that police had seized a broadcasting station said to be operated secretly by members of the Congress party. SAFETY: Secretary of Navy Knox has revealed that not a single man was lost in the vast movement of troops by convoy to start the North African campaign. UNANIMOUS: As the CIO closed its convention in Boston, Philip Mur-ray was unanimously its president. Outstanding result of the gathering was the decision to make a strong bid for settlement of the CIO-AF- union controversy. A plea for unity was made by Sidney Hill-ma-labor adviser to the President. |