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What Does
Y our Car Need
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To Cut Operating Costs and Go On ;
Through This Period Of Emergency?
[>> front wheels need aligning? Are transmission and rear axle noisy?
Do brakes stop car in safe distance? Does car need tightening up?
fa oil consumption high? Does the heater operate OK?
Is gas mileage low'? Does the radio operate OK?
Does motor run smoothly on pick-up? Are seat covers needed?
Ask yourself these questions and many others . . . and
decide to do something about your Used Car performance
. . . After all it IS a used car which all of us drive.
It is vitally necessary that your car be kept in excellent
running condition throughout the emergency.
DRIVE IN TODAY for INSPECTION
OR ESTIMATE FREE OF CHARGE
mclendon auto company
Phone 57 Perry, Ga.
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“AMERICA FIGHTS” —one of a series of 12 Victory windows to he shown at Rich's, February 12th
vntil 23rd. The windows answer the momentous question of “What Can 1 Do To Help?” The Victory win
k'o«H give a complete picture of Civilian Activities during war time, and should inspire every citizen to
««n np for Defense at once. If you arc in Atlanta any time during February 12th to 23rd, see “WE,
tilt REORLE AT WAR”, 12 Victory windows at Rich's.
RICH’S DIAMOND JUBILEE FASHION MURALS
, THE FRUITS OF GEORGIA
„ By Witold Gordon
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Lights of New York
by L L STEVENSON
Assistance: When a young worn-1
ai. went into one of those little shops
on the upper East Side and asked
the price of a gay handkerchief she
saw in the window, the proprietor,
an old man with flowing white hair,
excitedly ordered her out. Puzzled
she started to leave, but turned
back ready for an argument. The
old man’s belligerence vanished and
he was very apologetic. He need
ed money desperately. But people
merely came in, asked How
much?” and walked away without
buying. The need for money? In
i Czecho-Slovakia were two orphaned
grandchildren he wanted to bring
, to this country. The young woman
! bought not one but a dozen hand
kerchiefs at 50 cents each. She also
sends friends who make purchases.
Occasionally she returns —she and
the old man have become fast
' friends—to buy and to check up.
, And she reports that indications are
that the grandfather soon will have
money enough to bring two children
i to America.
• • •
City Life: One of the strangest
folk customs of New Yorkers is
their secrecy concerning their des
tinations when in elevators. Though
not a New Yorker, I’ve become a
victim of it myself so I know how
it works. You try to withhold the
information until the last possible
moment and if some other passen
ger calls out your floor for you, it’s
1 a minor triumph to be celebrated
with a secretive smile. The only
explanation I can advance for this
peculiar trait is that it imparts an
element of mystery and intrigue to
the extremely prosaic business of
rising from street level to an upper
story of an office building. It is like
the captain of a ship sailing under
sealed orders. Or possibly it’s a
carry-over from some medieval
superstition.
♦ * *
Error: Speaking of elevators, the
I other luncheon time, Ira Wolfert,
I drama critic of the North American
Newspaper Alliance, was descend
! ing with a number of fellow workers
| in the New York Times annex. As
t usual, Wolfert was puffing on a pipe
of considerable caliber and even
j more strength. One of the mem
\ bers of the group, who had unwill-
I ingly inhaled some fumes, asked
him why he didn’t take up cigars or |
cigarettes. The Wolfert reply was, 1
“All women admire men who
smoke pipes.” With that, a digni- j
tied, somewhat elderly woman, who
had been acting a bit uneasily, gave
him a glare that convinced behold
ers that a drama critic had ad
| vanced an opinion not entirely
founded on fact.
♦ • *
Occupation Echo: A group of
men, each wearing Free French
buttons, sat at a table at the St.
Regis’ La Maisonette during one of
Eve Ortega’s recent supper hour
song sessions. They applauded po
litely all Miss Ortega’s numbers,
but when she concluded singing a
French song called “Ne Viens Trop
Tard.” (“Do Not Come Too Late”),
they arose and cheered. Miss Or
tega sang the tune well, but the en
thusiasm seemed excessive until she
gave the explanation.
“It is an old Parisian love song,”
said the singer. “But when they
sing it in the cafes of Paris today,
it has a political meaning. ‘Don’t
come too late, England and Amer
ica,’ is the message. And that is
why those men cheered.”
* * *
Pastime: At the Two Hundred
and Forty-first street subway sta
tion, Ed Hart reports, the guard
that had charge of the chain which
holds back too eager passengers,
spotted an attractive young woman
carrying a hand bag which bore the
initial “C.” The guard, in an en
deavor to learn her identity, began
to recite feminine names beginning
with “C”—Cora, Clara, Carrie, Co
rinne, etc. By the time a train
pulled into the station, he had called
off a long list, but the girl hadn’t (
given the slightest sign of recogni- |
tion. “On this job,” the guard ex- (
plained a little sheepishly as he re
moved the chain and passengers
plowed past, “You have to do some
thing to kill time.”
♦ ♦ •
Remarks: Frank Fay asserts that
combining business with pleasure is
I all very well, but a much harder
thing to do is to combine business
j with profit . . . Billy Mills says
that the “b” in debt is silent, but
presumably was put there to supply
i the sting . . . Bob Hawk holds that
j Eve was the end of Adam’s perfect
j day.
* * *
End Piece: As I was drinking a
I cup of coffee in a nearby restaurant,
| a truck driver took the next stool’.
I Big, powerful, his face black though
j he had shaved only a short time
! before, he looked the part of a real
| he-man except for one discrepancy
I —he was smoking a cigarette in a
' fragile and dainty holder.
(Bell Syndicate—WNU Service.)
Jailed in France for
Listening to Radio
AIX EN PROVENCE, UNOC
CUPIED FRANCE.—Three resi
dents of Nice and one from
Grasse, on the French Riviera,
were sentenced to prison terms
up to three months for listening
to the British radio.
Sentence was pronounced by
the Aix En Provence appellate
court.
CHILDREN WILL NEED TIMBER
GROW TREES!
PREVENT FIRES
As our nation moves ahead to defend its future so
must your children move ahead, adding one year’s
growth to their life and their pine seedlings. As
we fight to make a country safe for our children,
we should not forget to assure them a future sup
ply of timber resources. Let our planted forest
grow up with our children.
Jeffery-McElrath Manufacturing Co.
Macon, Georgia
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