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Flashes of
Life
WHICH FRENCHMAN?
FORT LKWIS. Wash.. Feb. 22
(IP) A locul librarian was un
ublo to comply when a shy
younx man askud for a book
written by "that eminent French
uutlior, KIhcmio."
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SATISFACTION
SALT LAKE CITY. Fnh 22
(!) Some Salt Lako cillzons
don't bother to complain to city
officials about the nlukol-an-hour
parking meters: they dimply re
move tho offending meters. them
selves. ,
Hnllco rcnortad lit nt tlm
machines ml.nilng over a two
week period. Six wore taken In
ono night.
TOUCH FOR BLOODHOUNDS
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 22 (IP)
Included In the loot of a burglar
who robbed a Hollywood boule
vard perfumer were scents
named Follow Mo, Escape, and
My Alibi.
LETTERS FROM CONGRESS
BOISE. Idaho. Feb. 22 a
In what ho termed a "reversal of
mo procedure" under which citi
zens write to their congressmen,
U. S. Sen. Glen 11. Tavlor in.
Idaho) wrote a letter to the stale
legislature protesting a pending
Ulll.
He based his nrlvllnco nn ho.
lug "a voter and citizen of our
great stoic."
THE BETTER HALF
MILWAUKEE, Feb. 22 (IV)
A. taxpayer who sought help
from tho office of internal
revenue will havo to settle his
own problem If ho wonts to file
form W-2, wAk-h requires listing
or incomes iiuioui husband and
wife.
"My wlfo won't tell mo her
Income," he told a deputy collec
tor. "She says It's nono of my
business."
Somo research exnerts contend
that natural gns contains about
twice as much heat per cubic foot
as docs ordinary city gas.
Seaman Says British Navy
Escort Lured Away From
Convoy Sunk by Germans
NEW YORK. Feb. 22 (IP) A
merchant seaman repatriated on
tho Grlpsholm said today that
British escort shins abandoned
a Murmansk-bound convoy In the
norm Atlantic in July, 1042, and
that the Germans "had their
pickings" of tho 38 merchant
vessels,
Tho seaman. Walter Stnnklo.
wlcz, 28, of Baltimore, Md., said
he had been on tho freighter
Carlton, which Berlin and Vichy
Identified at the time, as the last
30 ships Berlin said wcro sunk
in tno convoy,
Stiinklcwlcz nut the number
sunk at 34, including the 5127-
lon canton.
United States and British navy
public relations officers in Now
York and Washington offered no
objection to publication of his
story but said they could not
vouch for its authenticity.
Stankiewlcz said the convoy
was attacked a few days before
July f by submarines, on July
4 by 24 torpedo bombers and
again on July 5 by submarines.
Before tho first attack, ho
said,, tho British admiral in
charge of some 14 destroyers, six
corvettes, four navy cruisers and
several small boats ordered the
escort to leave tho convoy, tell
ing the merchant ships they
would have to make their own
way to port.
Stankiewlcz said he under
stood the British ships left to
cngugo in battle with German
warships and that the battleships
Scharnhorst and tho Gnciscnau
lured them away.
Ho said he was picked up by a
German torpedo piano whose
navigation officer showed him
charts indicating the exact posi
tion of each ship in the convoy
and told him "how they worked
It to determine Just where the
convoy was."
Another seaman, George Allen
Rigglns of Norfolk. Va., who said
he scrambled aboard the Diane
with Stankiewlcz, said the tor
pedo planes went over the con
voy in groups of six and that
"you could hear them attacking
ships on the horizon."
, No Information about the con.
voy's losses has been announced
oy aiuca sources.
Canneries Charge
OPA With Error
SALEM. Feb. 22 (IP) Three
canneries, charged by the office
of price administration with vio
lating price ceilings, contended
today that the OPA was in error
by bringing the suit In Marion
county circuit court..
Tho canneries, tho Producers
Packing company. North Pacific
wanning ana racKtng company,
and the Stayton Canning' com
pany, said the suit should have
been brought Jin federal court.
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Portland Housing
Still Full Despite
Shipyard Layoffs
PORTLAND. Feb. 22 fPl
Despite shipyard layoffs, public
housing is still filled and close
to 2000 families are waiting for'
homes, Harry D. Freeman, execu
tive director ol tne Portland
housing authority, said today.
He stated the turnover of ten
ants is at its lowest level in two
years. He listed 18,449 occupied
dwelling units with approxi
mately 7,0,000 residents.
"Public housing community
tenants show Increasing willing
ness to remain on the job and to
stay in the communities to which
they are assigned," Freeman
said. He added that the communi
ties have "matured" and are
more home-like.
Firearms were introduced into
Europe by the Mongols in the
13th century.
WHEELBARROW LICENSE
A wheelbarrow used In the
town of Humford, Maine, by the
local mail: carrier for carting
mail 100 yards from the station
to the postoffice had to be regis
tered as a "for hire" vehicle.
The owner paid the $3 fee.
Relief At Last
ForYour Cough
Oreomulslon relieves promptly be-,
cause It goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
J soothe and heal raw, tender. In
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Thursday, Peb. 22, 194S
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