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THE MODESTO BEE EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE BEE SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1945 Peti-illo-Lewis 'Royalty 1 System Is Outrageous John L. Lewis has learned some thing from James Caesar Petrlllo of the musicians union. The latter some months ago coerced the phonograph lecord makers Into paying his union so much for every record turned out. Now Lewis demands that the operators pay the miners union 10 cents royalty on every ton of coal mined after April 1st. Pctrillo's scheme vill net the musicians union only 'a paltry $4,000,000 per year, while Lewis' 10 cents per ton would yield $60,000,000 per annum--and perhaps more.

However, ns in the case of Petrillo, complete control of the $60,000,000 would be lodged in Lewis' hand. It would not mean necessarily more wages for the rank and file of the miners, but rather a huge fund to sustain the Lewis dictatorship. And the public would pay the bill. It scarcely need be said that this proposal Is a racket, pure and simple, no matter by what other nomenclature i may be pleased to refer to It, And what manes It all the more tempting: and attractive Is that if written into the new contract It will be buttressed igainst any form of court attack. If Petrillo and Lewis can institute such a system what will stop the autmobile workers' president, for Instance, from demanding a special levy on every car made for the benefit of the automobile workers union, a special tax on every airplane for the benefit of the plane workers union, a royalty on every garment produced to be turned over to the of the garment workers union, The possibilities of the "take" by a universal application of the Pe- trlllo-Lewls plan are simply enormous.

State Should Act To End Adoption Racket Evil California is one of the states having stringent laws regarding the adoption of children but, it appears, even this state is not Immune to the pernicious adoption rackets. Charles M. Wollcnbci-if, director of the state department of social welfare, has revealed that the Columbia Foundation has alloted California $8,000 to finance a survey looking toward strengthening the language of state adoption statutes. Whatever is necessary to stop the rackets and to punish those who engage in bootleg baby bartering should be done without hesitation. The mother giving the child seldom profits financially by the transaction.

As Wollenberg explained: An unwed mother leaves her baby with a certain doctor, who contacls a couple desiring to adopt a child. The doctor informs the prospective parents that the mother owes him so much, say $200, for confinement and that he is certain he can Ret her consent for the adoption if the couple will agree to pay the bill. They do and the doctor gets the $200 merely for acting as agent In placing the baby in a home. In fairness to the child and to the foster parents as well, adoptions should be handled exclusively by the recognized agencies I which make sure the child is placed in a good home and the foster parents get a healthy baby. in The Week's News flRSENTINft Will HflVE TO COME CLEAN MOSES.

SENBTOR FROM NORTH DAKOTA 1585--1945" PREMIER BONOni PRINCE UMBGRTO 5TIU WORRIED Of course, the constitution says the congress exclusive right to levy and collect taxes, so far as the nation ib concerned, and In the states the same power is conferred on the legislatures. But that was before Petrlllo thought of levying and collecting a tax on every phonograph record and now John L. Lewis plans to do the same thing with respect to coal production. It this nefarious business is not to the exactions which sooner or later may be Imposed on the public through such union Working Mother Often Is Cause Of Delinquency An assembly Interim committee on Juvenile delinquency has found that nearly 1,200,000 -women are employed In industrial plants in California and at least half of them have children under 14 years of age. In the opinion of the committee members, this fact accounts for a considerable part of the ugly specter of delinquency.

The detrimental effect upon young children of being left to their own resources without competent adult has been recognized all along by social workers concerned with the delinquency problem. It is in the number of employed women having children of tender ages that the assembly interim committee's report is both startling and appalling. Those engaged In bootleg adoption activities are more interested in getting the money than in the welfare of the child or foster parents. Legal adoption proceedings sometimes may appear to work painfully slowly and frequently applicants, tiring of the painstaking investigations by the recognized adoption agencies, may feel tempted to deal in the bootleg market. However, to yield to this temptation may lead to future unhap- plness and even tragedy i could have been averted with just a little patience.

No Great Slackening Will "ome With Nazis'Fall Those looking forward optimistically to a partial holiday from their arduous war duties with the fall of Germany are due for a disappointment. Speaking in New York last week, William L. Batt. vice chairman nf the War Production Board, warned that the end of the war in Europe will make little difference In America's all out war production. For one thing, he said, in the Japanese Army the United Nations will be facing a foe approximately as powerful as Germany at her peak.

Supply lines will be three times as long as to Europe. The army and air forces now operating against Germany will have to be reequlpped almost entirely to fight against Japan. FREPM.VIN50M THE MEW FEDERRU LORN BOSS. TflKES OVER GENERAL I I I pUISLINS, IS NOW IN SRFE KEEPING VETERANS IN NEW JOB5- LIEUTENRNT GENERAL MIURRD COMMRNDlNfi RRMY AIR FORCES IN THE PflORC. MIS51N6- News Behind The News With commendable energy the government has extended every effort to reduce the physical casualties on the battle fronts, but nothing comparable has been done to avert moral casualties on the home front.

The committee makes the sound and workable proposal that all mothers with children under 14 years of age be required to provide proof, before taking a job, that proper care of their children has been assured. The suggestion proposes nothing which should not been prq- vided for by the mothers themselves as a matter of course. Consequently, said Batt, American industry can look forward to only a 20 per cent reconversion at the conclusion of the European fighting and hinted it may be less. In any event, the outlook will not encourage people to knock off essential as soon as Hitler surrenders, or to ease up in any respect in the home front prosecution of the war. Rather, it will be the time for the people to get their second wind and to go after the mikado's men with both fists.

The length of time it will lake to finish off the Nipponese will be gauged to a very great extent on how much the people let down after the collapse of the Nazis. Railroading By Radio "rom Washington By RAY TUCKER PARTITION The major pattern of the postwar division of the earth's surface as arranged by the three great powers has now become fairly plain to American and foreign officials who attended the decisive conferences at Teheran, Cairo and Yalta. The globe will become a closely knit corporation managed by Russia, Great China and France eventually will become branch managers. Moscow will be given sway over the area of Europe extending from the Baltic to the Black Sea by the promise of Stalin that the native populations will enjoy virtual autonomy in domestic affairs. But so far as international questions are concerned, they will be yoked to the Hed chariot.

The Polish settlement is the tipoff on this kind of general agreement. Britain will retain suzerainty over most of the Mediterranean bases, including North Africa and strategic islands. This allocation of power will protect her life line to India, regardless of the sort of government that turbulent land obtains in future years. This partition is eminently sat- i a to Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin. It gives the Kremlin the participation in European affairs which the czars sought and fought for since the time of Peter the Great.

It provides a warm water port more accessible to world markets than would be a harbor on the Black Sea. The Russian reorientation toward western Europe, so 10 Downing Street believes, will banish the ancient threat that the Great Bear some day would pounce on the Middle ii.ast and India. London, prefers that the Soviet extend its sphere of interest to the west rather than the east. The Southern under an sued by th, tions Comm finding uses for radio in railroading. By no means have all possibili- DEFENSE--The United States did not ask for and will not receive hegemony over any areas which will produce direct political, economic or territorial advantages comparable to those which fall to Russia and Britain.

Our gains will consist chiefly in the establishment of new and trong defense lines in both the i i i ugimisu lines in uoin me acific Company, Atlantic and Pacific, and the for- the military value of these holdings. The treatment of small nations Stalin-Churchiu'-Roosevelt pacts will differ greatly from the plan promulgated at Versailles after World War I. Then they were established or the basis of homogenous population (though many mistakes were made) and self determination, and allowed to paddle their own canoes. paddling threatened regional wars which jeopardized world peace. The alliances which Paris negotiated with Poland and Czechoslovakia provided the cue for Hitler's warlike cry that Germany suffered from "hostile encirclement." This time, in so far as international matters and difficulties are involved, the smaller and weaker states will take their orders from the corporation's executives--Moscow, London and Washington.

A President Roosevelt's state of health has been a chief topic of discussion since his return. He is so thin his face appears almost haggard in photographs, but his personal appearance belies flashlight pictures. His skin is taut, his eyes clear and he has a splendid tan. His appetite is as fine as ever. His sense of humor has not left him, and he smiles easily.

But he does look tired, and fresh lines have accu- mulated beneath his eyes. He spoke slowly, almost haltingly, before the joint session of congress, according to his friends, because he preferred to use a conversational, living room style rather than indulge in operatic oration. He felt the gravity of the subject deserved that sort of treatment, and that a homey manner would be more effective. work Roosevelt puts his greatest faith in a league which always can supervise and readjust all arrangements. Our triangular defense system in the Atlantic should make the now being done indicates I Western Hemisphere impregnable v.

to assault from a European enemy can used effectively to or even a concert of powers. A ties been explored but the spade speed up operations both in thei 1 1 a a embracing the This rule, if carried out, unques- I yards and on the main lines and tlonably would have the immediate effect of reducing delinquency among the children of swing shift mothers. For the first time in the history to promote safety. Train to station ns well as intra- train communications many technical difficulties which are being overcome gradually by the experimental work carried on of sea warfare, British aircraft op- in the hay area, the San Joaquin erating from carriers now can i Valley and over the hump between take off carrying mines. The sig- Sacramento and Reno, nificance of this disclosure can Key points in in will explain why.

We will have a powerful air and From New York By ALBERT LEMAN JAPANESE The news from Iwo, Lubang and Corregidor adds drama to the inching of our fighters closer to Nippon. But from almost every front in the Pacific come less spectacular reports which disclose that Japan, though still tough, is severely strained. Carrie! plane and B29 assaults on the enemy's homeland are destroying military targets. Officers back from the Orient have personal knowledge that Hirohito's people are suffering from an acute housing shortage, intensified by our incendiaries. Because the average dwelling is made of bamboo and tile-- a flimsy structure at best more than 150,000 houses are rebuilt every year in normal times.

No construction has been attempted since 1942. Thousands of homes have been torn down in congested areas in Tokio and Yokohama to make wide boulevards which act as firebreaks. To further increase Japanese real estate troubles, we now have naval base on the west coast of I a bomb which explodes in nine Africa, probably in Liberia; a sim- 1 ten thousandths of a second after liar stronghold on Newfoundland I impact. This lightning i i Is or a nearby island; another on designed to wreck machinery. An Jamaica and, possibly, a fourth de- infinitesimal difference in fuse Sumatra refineries were so close to the battle zones swift transportation was possible.

Japanese women and children, as well as men, are regimented for war work. High school students stamp out nuts for motor companies and even youngsters in primary grades fashion small parts for airplanes. Before the war Koreans were imported to Nippon for the mines, where they were treated like slaves. In me manpower emergency the Tokio government is offering foreign coolies better pay and giving permission to have their families with them as inducements to work. Chinese laborers are kidnaped in Asia and sent to toil in Japan.

STUPIDITY Eyewitness tales from veterans in the Far East reveal the curious strength and weakness of our inscrutable adversary. Our technical experts admit the Japanese are exceptionally clever in field engineering. Pillboxes and blockhouses built of coconut logs and coral often withstand direct hits from naval guns--as was demonstrated once more on Iwo Jima. Yet our staffs are amazed at the stupidity of Japanese officers in attacking objectives again and again identical tactics and charging from the same direction, even though such previous onslaughts have failed disastrously. A group of American rangers and British commandos were resting beside tanks in Burma, protected by machine guns.

Suddenly a crowd of apparently unarmed Japanese soldiers rushed at them, screaming at the top of their lungs. Bullets mowed them down but they did not stop. A few survivors actually reached the tanks, took grenades from their pockets and held them against the treads, deliberately committing suicide. One of General MacArthur's units once was driven back so swiftly it was obliged to leave a half dozen prisoners in a barbed wire enclosure. The oncoming Japanese halted for a moment.

But instead of releasing their unfortunate countrymen they shot every one--as punishment for allowing themselves to be taken alive. Your Health By DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Some food faddists warn people against mixing i and starches in the same rneal. The Idea Is ridiculous a meat Mild a a a cheese arc mixtures of proteins a a a a years been constituents of normal diets. Moreover, bread, cereals and potatoes by Nature's own processes of growth contain both i and starches.

There must be a of DR people who believe it is a to take milk with fruits or sour vegetables, notwithstanding the fact strawberries and cream have been a favorite American dish for many generations. If you like strawberries and cream or peaches and cream, do not let these Ideas keep you from your enjoyment. Scientific evidence shows the combination is quite as digestible as any other foods and will not harm anyone provided the fruits and the milk are good. Almost everyone has some sort of combination he thinks is particularly harmful to him. I have heard these people complain about fish and ice cream, cherries and milk, oysters and milk, oysters and whisky or lobster and ice cream.

The ancient Hebrews and some modern orthodox Jews will not mix meat and milk nt the same meal, but many a restaurant has chipped beef and cream regularly on the menu. From the scientific point of view danger arises only when the food is contaminated or when some other food taken at the same time is with the germs associated with food poisoning like the staphylococcus, the botulinus or the salmonella group of germs. Some of the faddists were so active in and promoting their notions that a prominent expert decided to make a scientific study specifically directed against this notion. In- a hospital some specialists in diseases of the stomach tested all of the usual mixtures both on sick people and on well people. They puevcd meats, fish, eggs, cheese and milk and bread, vegetables and fruit along very well together in the human stomach.

a i a 20 a A MARCH 10, 1925 The Turlock High School trustees were to open bids for 1,300 opera chairs for use in an audi- torium which was under construction. Samples were being received by the high, school to give the trustees an idea of the style to be chosen. Dr. J. C.

Robertson of Modesto addressed the Turlock Chamber of Commerce. He i his travels through England, France and Italy and explained the opinion of the people of France in regard to paying tneir aeot, to the United States. Fourteen Boy Scouts were elected members of an auxiliary fire department at -the central fire station in Modesto. Royal Samuelson was made chief of the department. The boys were to assist at fires by handling the crowds and laying- the hose.

They were to be instructed in their duties by the firemen. The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors voted to make the Stanislaus School District library a branch of the county library. The supervisors declared easier access to books was made possible and greater economy realized. Dr. Tully Knoles, president of the College of the Pacific, was to be speaker of the evening at a mseting of the Brotherhood of the First Methodist Church in Modesto.

Special music was to he furnished by the church choir. Sixty mothers and a score of teachers and visitors attended an entertainment by the John Muir Parent-Teacher Association. Professor Frederick Knorr of the Modesto Junior "was speakpr of the day. He suggested mothers of John Muir contribute plants and shrubs to be used on the school grounds. DISORDER--The Japanese are regarded by our higher officers as poor organizers.

Often their camps are "pig The Aussies seized a strong point in New Guinea which had been occupied by the enemy for several months--plenty of time to set their house in order. Not counting battle losses, one out of every 20 Japanese who died there was a suicide, six had starved and 13 were victims of disease. Incidentally, medical officials who were in North Africa say Rommel's men also lived in insan- itary fashion. This is astonishing, for most Germans are orderly and sticklers for hygiene. But these Nazis, unfamiliar with tropical diseases, tolerated i i which spread malaria.

However, Nipponese signs of weakness certainly do not mean the end is in sight. "Our 7th Air Force alone," declared General Arnold in his recently released official report, "had to operate in an area of 16,000,000 square miles, five times that of the United States." Japan's inner empire--the islands plus Korea and a i a covers 730,000 square miles an almost self sufficient and agricultural unit three times the size of Germany. The World At Its Worst By Gluyas Williams fense point in Brazil. It is probable we will be given lease of strategic land on the Azores or Canary Islands. With setting would cause a charge to go off too soon and merely pulverize a factory roof without demolishing lathes and drills.

Tokio England's future woven so closely na much less ability to replace only be assessed against the background of the Pacific war. It is bad news for the Japanese because it means that carrier borne aircraft will be able to carry out widespread mining operations in the heart of the Japanese trade routes against an enemy whose depleted shipping resources are already his greatest problem. The Japanese now insist Manila is of no military importance. Will it be as easy to bring them to the tame opinion about Tokio? into our own, the British Isles will I serve as a "stationary aircraft car- Thc SP was among the first rail- rie1 to the north. PROTECTION-A" likn arrangement in the Pacific will givn us advance air and navy defenses in Alaska, Hawaii, New Guinea and he surprising if a repair and supply base for southeastern Pacific wa- tdis were granted to Uncle Sam by Australia.

In addition (o (hose major mit- Iiost.s, Wf. piobably shall over the key ntolls in the Marshalls and I Marianas, and retain such lookouts as Iwo Jima, Formosa, Tarawa, etc. Possession of such far flung dladels will emphasize protection of our by a and permit vast economies In the more cx- per.slve surface battleships. Again, a glance at any map will reveal roads in America to try out radio phones on train operations. The results have been sufficiently good in a I I i oil III ca to encourage the Association of the Philippines.

It would not American Railroads to ask the FFC to assign some of the ultra high frequency channels for the exclusive use of the railroads. Most of the practical application of radio methods must await the war's end but the public can expect some day to sec radio used extensively to promote faster a i operations and to add to the traditional safety of railroading. ruined mechanisms than has Berlin. TIEGIMRNTBD i i has been given lately In the blows struck at Iho industries of I southwest Pacific by the USAAF and RAF. But thn aviators still am very much on the job.

Our Far Eastern air force played havoc with the oil installations in Balikpapnn, Ploesti of the pipe lines over River. Planes from the British mm bombed tbe refineries In Palem- bang, Sumatra, and damaged I source of 75 per cont of the foe's nvintion fuel. Hirohito's invaders! cnptnred a petroleum wells. Those were not of I i a use ns the Japanese had lo ship crude oil to Japan find wait i it wnn processed (hers before. It could i i distributed to the front).

But the ycd PUT" THE CAR AWAY, CON6RAfJLATlH6 YOURSELf OH 6ETTW6 HOME PWSHOD III.SPITE OF NOT" WEARING RUBBERS, von DISCOVER THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE BF.L I SPENPirfe A HAPPY M'ftRMOON WJlLDlNSWI5 THAT HWE COMPLETELY JOLftTED frtf 6ARA6E a Public Think Some Complainers Should. Spend Night In A Foxhole Editor of Tho Bee--Sir: A reading of strikes over Ihe nation and tho people complaining about tho midnight curfew I have tow things 1 would like to get off my chest. I htivo son In the south Pacific. He has been stationed thero on an island for over year. He never has had a leave or been off tho Island In all this time.

HIM complaints are very few. Hut there is very, very little entertainment. The food well, judging from the few snapshots 1 have received from him he has not gained any weight. Far from It. Like many other boys this is his first time away from homo.

Most of us should understand what this means to these very young boys. They have experienced diseases, sickness other things which are new and strange to them. But these boys complain very little. Their minds arc on tbe job they have been sent to do. But I wonder if sometimes they don't feel they would like to go on a strike and come home, just to see a familiar face for a few minutes, just to go anywhere to get away for awhile from the jungle, insects, rows of tents, and army routine.

These boys arc giving the best years of their lives and doing it willingly that the world may be a safe place in which to live. And yet there are those at home who crab because they cannot make a night of it. If these complainers could spend a night in a foxhole I am sure they would be mighty a to return to the good old USA and feel they are mighty lucky to have until midnight to enjoy themselves. I wonder how our boys feel when they hear of us complaining because we have to go home at 12 o'clock. Forced to go home! Home --what a sweet word to those precious boys out there and what they would give for our good fortune.

MRS. G. L. P. Modesto.

Driving Advice Editor of The Bee--Sir: Fast reaction is an asset in automobile driving. If you never have taken reaction test, do so at the first opportunity. The amount of time required to react to a given signal probably will be a surprise. For instance, when I was prepared to make an emergency stop, I found my car would be standing still in about a car length after 20 miles an hour, but that did not take in reaction time. When did not know at what point the stop would begin, it took longer to make.

No matter how fast your reaction time, your thoughts will travel much faster. A person probably can think the word "stop" in an instant. Folks involved in serious a i undoubtedly thought instantaneously of what they wanted to do, and where they would like to be, but were powerless to bring it about. Tlie main point in safe driving not fast reaction but advance thinking. It is the ability to see what is going to happen in advance and taking the necessary steps to avoid it which spell safety.

Think ahead to avoid dangerous a use tne last reactions only in an emergency. Depending upon fast reactions for ordinary driving will leave no margin of safety for the unexpected occurrence. Bakersfield. F. B.

WILLIAMS. Favors May-BajJey Bill Editor of The Bee--Sir: The letter which appeared recently in the Public Thinks, written by Mr. Robbins of Berkeley, filled me with disgust! Mr. Robbins is very much against labor conscription, for that is a form of slavery, to his way of thinking. I ask you, is it any more slavery to draft men to work than it is to draft men to fight? Mr.

Robbins sounds to me like a 4F who is very satisfied with his status. The 4Fs should all bc in defense work, instead of being allowed to continue in their trade or profession and fill their pockets, while their brother, because he happens to be physically fit, has to leave his home and country, get maimed or perhaps killed for men like Mr. Robbins and $50 per month. Here is one hopes the May- Bailey bill passes--and soon! Modesto. A GI JOE'S JANE.

Hits Postponement Of Health Plan Hearings Kdltor of The lice--sir: 1 see the papers of March 7th that heai'Stf ings on health insurance have beeip postponed. Hnw it would slmplifl' our oviM-yduy life If wo coulcl nris del-stand Ihe working of the huS man i a a we all i alike. The various exU periences we have in lifo guide oul thinking. If we are self centcret we i destructively. If wf would realize the necessity of cori strucllvc i i for tho good oL all, bow much better off wo woul'l be.

In the past I have known suil goons' fees and hospital bills lead to tho final loss of home ami family, from which they havp -oicver recovered. ft i Coming up in tho next few days a young woman in the office iij I which i am employed, is going undergo an operation for whlclt' two surgeons are asking 5504 apiece. That does not include hosl pital expenses. I do not know whether thif young woman has saved an-f money or not. She received a ver-t moderate salary.

If she has imagine what will happen to thosi'" savings with a 51,000 doctor bllf and hospital expenses. I know of a physician who up practice because he could nos make collections. The complaint In the past been, "The physician is the last be paid." Under these conditions, undo! which everybody benefits, wh, should there be any hesitation Its connection with a bill as impoi tant as health insurance? It does not seem to make gooi sense. After we elect men to we are helpless. They do ouf thinking for us.

The future caif be bright. It is up to them. HARRY A. TRUAX. San Francisco.

Blowing Of Car Horns Editor of The Bee--Sir: If may have the privilege of stating my opinion, I might say the sut5 ject of whether the proved loyaj Japanese are to be allowed to live peaceably in the United States not seems about exhausted. Those of us who try to live the Golden Rule without will continue to do so. Those o' us who dp not think the Goldei Rule applies to them in all prob! ability will continue that way o.i thinking. It is almost impossibly to change another's belief if his mind is firmly made up. I would like to mention anotheS subject.

Sometimes, in a bus; lane of traffic, someone stalls aij automobile. bebim-; promptly blows a horn and take it up with different of impatience. Does anyone pose horn blowing helps the i happy person who is holding traffic to think more clearly? The embarrassment is enough without the added confu'l sion of a dozen horns steadily. Especially if the driver I a woman, as most women are noJ I expected to know or understantfl the innor workings of an automofl bile. They do the things they alfr 1 ways have done'to start it, and that fails they are apt to become confused more quickly, although .1 have seen men who become prettjii i badly rattled under those may read this been in this posifj tion? If the Golden Rule means anyM thing at all to you, you would nojj hold your thumb on the horn ton the next time you get in i traffic F.

M. C. Modesto. Veterans Want Loan Editor of The Bee--Sir: We two veterans of Modesto who havfl applied for a loan on a farm. Thi! 'application was made to the Vetf erans Welfare Board in Sacr mento.

The board's appraiser refused tijl look at our land as it was whaa was termed a "broken dowif farm," We were informed when we wenj discharged we could borrow on a farm and $5,000 on a house! It so happens there has beeiS $30,000,000 donated to the Veteranil Welfare Board, but this has nevea been touched. Several veterans have applied for loans, but havfl been asked to defer their cases. Since there has been $30,000,1 000 donated to this board for thij use of veterans of World War why cannot we get a loan? Modesto. TWO VETERANS. Questions And Answers Laundry Charge Why do returned laundry bundles have the statement; "Surcharge permitted by OPA to maintain supply, 15 per A.

Modesto. The Office of Price Administration says all services, including dry cleaners, automobile repairers, have ceiling prices established for the services they render as the price which they charged during March, 1942. This method of establishing ceiling prices has been used on several segments of our economy and is still in effect. Any regulation which seeks to establish ceiling prices by the use of this "freeze type" technique must contain a method by which inequities and hardships can be alleviated. These inequities or hardships may arise because of increased labor costs or increased material cost; and in order to be sure of the continuance in the supply of such services it is some- i TirTPFnry to their maximum prices which were frozen on the March, 1942, base date.

Inasmuch as the OPA considered it no more than fair a the consumer should be advised of this allowed increase, thn method was adopted of requiring the supplier to add the allowed increase at the bottom of his invoice as a lump sum. These increases were permitted after a careful analysis of the operating conditions faced by a particular supplier and the i i whirh will permit that supplier to continuing furnishing the service. Stars' Religions What In the religion of the following slars: Dcnnna Durliin, Hing Crosby, Gildcrsleovo, Robert Taylor. Boh Crosby, Unda Darnell fiml Ilcdy Lnniarr? What is the nationality of i 1 A Ncwmnn. Such information is not uiado public by studios.

Gilderslcevc wns horn in Snn Voice System Whero. rnn I i nn i i system? WORKMflD, Turlock. Such equipment will not available until after tha war. be Allotment How long does It take for serviceman's family to receive thd allotment after he enters the Modesto. It may receive the first within 10 days, provided he has all the documentary evidence wittf him at the induction center.

ThJ first check would be mailed dil rcctly from tbe induction centei and the second check would ba sent from the allotment and all lowance division in New Jerscyl This one may arrive a. bit latel but thereafter, they should arrivq on time. Civil Service goi would like to put in my applicnl tion for a state civil service job! Should I apply now or wait until I am out of the Modesto. The state personnel departmenl slates it wuuM be best to waia until you return. It is necossarjT to an examination to be ployed permanently and the job now are on a for the duration basis.

Ouspenskaya Ploase print a brief biographjl of Mfiria Modesto. Maria Ousnpnsknya was hnrrl in Tula, Russia, on July '29, She came to thn United Htatos ir 1023 as a member of the orig Moscow Art Theater. Sho I became associated with Richarn nolcslnwshy in the Laboratory! Thonter i York. In 1(131 ahf to opnrnto a school of art! ing ami moved lo Hollywood 1030. She toured thn United HlnlcJ in The Cherry Orchard, Tl Kistfrs, Dodswortli, then ap-j pearcd on I nrnicn In liOvn Af-l fair, 'Clip Wtonu.

Watnrlon Bridge, How and other films. Jan Valtin Will you plcn.no i i nn-l tionnl a of Jan Valtin, author! of Out Of The Is hn in thfi United at tr.u present --A. Modesto. The Information Is not available,.