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TVO-Sn?rQHD (OBSQOm HAH. Tmsuirs .Thunder. KtrCb 17. 1131 4 NkhotsT Worth of Common On This and That BY MARMAM W. NICHOLS Ufts futa WriMf If V Washington 1 Aviation Cadet Paul 14 Shortal Jr.. of Jleese Air re Base, Lubbock, T., to serv ice Qiao who can sahrte a lady and kiss her at the same time. Ed went through that unusual per formance here. The tody was his aunt, Miss Hazel Shortal, Harmon MMWto a 1 1 c u tenant colonel tu n public nursing service. As such, she holds a number , of ratings over her nephew. The cadet's buddies, had kid- . ded him about what he did when be met his aunt? "Do you kiss, ber or salute her? The answer turned out to be "both". Shortal is en o( three cadets chosen ixom the Air Training Command's, many bases to come to our chewy- blossom festival, April 2 to 6, and help select a blossom queen. That job in former years has been perfpnnecl by faVtummied politicians who usually spun a wheel. Will Pluck 3w These streamlined kids, though just youngsters, are go ing to go. eld-fashioned on the girls and use the time-honored practice of; plucking straws froca a broom. Beauties will be on hand from the 48 states and the territories. There will of course, be only one queen and the rest will serve as her attendants. The game of chance will be a sensible way of choosing the prettiest because at a glance one girl 1 ;oks as lovely as the next. Selection of cadets was made throueh a screening rtroees eaiv tied out by the base command-! ers. The Air Force went for tht stunt because the higher-ups thought it would point up the great need for more air cadets, lew Bscor, Studied One lad was picked from each base and the blossom people eut the field down to three by look' ing over the boys' records and photos. The three, who made the grade in the race to look at all of the pretty girls and pick one, are typical of the type of men who fly our planes. - Shortal is 23 and comes from Alton, 111. He's a six-footer and weighs '190. He attended St, Louis University and was presi dent of his senior class, a foot ball and baseball star and later coached at a high school. Cadet Paul B, Hoot Jr., from Craig AFB, Setma. Ala., comes from Erie, Pa. He attended Washington and Lee and studied business administration. Cadet Joseph H. Paniel is sta tioned at Ellington AFB, Hous ton. He comes from Evanston, 111. He played football at Simp son college, Indianola, la., and did some fancy kicking around on the stage as a member of the school's drama elub. Government Lifts Ban On White SidewaU Tires Washington (U.R) The gov ernment Wednesday luted the ban on manufacture of white sidewall tires. It authorized in creases in the natural rubber content of all types of automo tive tires. The action, effectvie immedk ately, will be followed in the "near future" bv further relaxa tion of restrictions on natural rubber, the National Production Authority said. The first record of an earth quake in the San Francisco Bay region was 1808. 1 W , "i 4J w IKE'S STAND-IN -Cen. Alfred V. Gnwnther (left), ckief of staff to Gen. Pwight D. Eisenhower and a stand-ia for him. chats with Chairman Tom ConnaUy of the Senate foreign relations com mittee prio? to reporting on the progress of rearming la Europe. The "ommittee is considering the 1700,000,000 foreign aid program. Human Blood Used As Totem Pole Glue Washington (U.R) Human blood i used as glue on a totem pole made by Australian abor igines that is part of a collection on display at the Smithsonian Institution. The totem pole, called the "Yermerlindi," is eight feet high and made from a bundle of sap lings covered by paper-bark. The La ' Paz, Bolivia (U.R) Presi dent Hugo Ballivian has cabled President Truman asking that Bolivia's demands in a tin price controversy between the two countries be met in a "just and equitable manner." Ephrata, Wash. (U.R) Some 6000 acres of state-owned Co lumbia Basin land near here will be auctioned off next fall State Land Commissioner JacV Taylor said Wednesday. I bark is coated with human blood which acts as an adhesive to glut an outer covering of wild buih cotton to the poie. On top is a plume of emu feathers that represents the head of a sacred python. The Yermerlindi and the other objects in the collection were gathered by an interna tional expedition to Arnhem Land on the northern coast of Australia. As Advertised in LIFE! Lit- - i J .-lavs.- Around Hollywood to AUMI M0SIY a. V L! I Hollywood Uf9 Brmsjlere anakers accused Marlene Diet rich today of trying to promote , a race m jojh mmmt aided women. I ka. voicr a i a in r ' our 1 1 1 i b. Lr nounced last (V week that 0 American la- males would ? look better tf they didn't wear bras. or. at least "not Aline Neeby the pointed bras that make them stick out in front Marlene figures this country is too bosom-conscious. If it wasn't for those glamorous bras siere ads. she said, "women prob ably wouldn't wear bras." A couple of bra companies were shocked right up to their stitched up-lifierj. One firm, Formfit. got right on the phone from Chicago. "Miss Dietrich probably hasn't got any bosom. sput tered a spokesman, Druacilla Handy, who's size 3S 9. Will fend Bras "We'll send her some bras. A woman to be properly groomed looks better in bra and girdle. Even a woman with a small bust should wear one with built in cups. Then the boys will whistle at her. "A woman actually looks more pointed when she doesn't wear a bra. A bra gives her that rounded, natural look that Miss Dietrich says he likes.". Another firm, the Benee of Hollywood Co.. insisted that if a woman's bra gives her bosom a pointed profile, it's the glrl'f fault. ot the bras, Soma women Iron their gat-' menu for that pointed look," confided executive N. R, Sam' uela, over the roar of sewing machines at his factory. "Others look pointed because they're built that way. During the war girls went for pointed bras part of the war psychosis. These days bras have rounded con tours. We Just follow fashion trenda If all ills left off bras, he added, "we'd get a race of wom en who would look a little dis torted." "If the bosom Isnt properly supported, the tissues break down." he explained. "It's healthy to wear one." I will tell you the history of the bra." he went on with dig nity. "first came the camisole top to a corselet, then the ban deau type of bra. Both had a tendency to flatten, not healthy. In the early '20's came a new idea of a bra, a construction to fit the form. Poffe Alderman Gives Assistance Milwaukee (U.R) Alderman E r w i n Zillman's constituents never give him a chance to relax. He was walking down the street when a trolley car halted In the middle of the block. The motorman shouted to Zillman: "Hey, alderman! I've got a lot of rubbish in my backyard I'd like to have the rubbish man take away. Will you take care of that?" "Sure," Zillman said, taking down the man's name and address. School Census Shows Increase of 17,371 Salem -flJ.R) Oregon's school eenius of October, 1051, showed an increase of 17,371 over the eensui of October, 1530, Re Putnam, state superintendent of public instruction has an nounced. The 1951 census ahowed 387,328 persons of school census age, 4 to 20 years. The October, 1850 census showed 389.937. Seven of Oregon's 38 counties phowed decreasesBaker, Clat sop, Deschutes, Gilliam, Hood River, Malheur and Wheeler, The 1951 census by county with increase or decrease in cluded: Jackson 16,830, increase 851, Josephine 7,849, Increaie 311. Klamath 12,856. Increase 823. Korea War Casyafffei Increase 122 in Week Washington (U. The e fense Department has reported that announced American battle casualties in Korea now total 106,79 an increase of 113 over last wee. It was the smallest increase, since the department began is suing weekly casualty iummar ies in October, 1950. Burbapks, Calif. (U.R)Loe heed Aircraft Corp, reported Wednesday a 1931 sales increase of 37 per cent for net earnings of 35,793,000, equal to 33.53 per share on outstanding atock. WINDOW SHADES MADITOORDU BARNARD'S 317 I Miia ef 144IT FAMOUS: 4 1 cur TO A CUP" PEACH & ALMOND, JAM V PEACH JAM 1 AT 12-oz. 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