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:V -rsj: SECURITY FOR ALL I* r r /» ^ ' 'â- . ^ 7 DOLL UP JAP SHIP FOR DATEâ€" WITH DAVEY JONES jyypwpw iwi m i !â-  i i < United States Social Security Board Chairman, A. J. Altmeyer, propos- irg that benefits be liberalized and extended to 21,000,000 employed persons not now covered, said it might be necessary to raise the con- tribution rate from 1 to 10 per cent. He suggested a "stamp book" sys- tem for covering agricultural and domestic workers. 'BLIZZARD' BOSS Rear Adml. John H. Cassady com- mands the special United States Navy task force engaged in "Oper- atioa Blizzard" in sub-Arctic areas of the North Atlantic. His force, consisting of the new aircraft car- rier Midway, three destroyers and a tanker, is seeking out the most foul weather possible to test out carrier operations, planes and equip- ment under adverse cold weather conditions. Admiral Cassady is one of the famous wartime skippers of the carrier Saratoga. ARMY TO STATE President Truman has appointed Maj.-Gen. John H. HUdring to be Assistant Secretary of State upon his forthcoming retirement from the Army. He was chief of the War Department's Civil Affairs Division. CIGARET? Here's what New York lighting ex- pert, Douglas Leigh, would do for the Empire State Building if they would give him the go-ahead signal. "Make your building spectacular," he says, "and double your rent." The cigaret on the Empire State Building is just one of his ideas. The Jap warship that never saw action, the 10,000- ton light cruiser Sakawa. is undergoing a cleanup and conditioning at a naval base in Japan preparatory to enacting its role of "guinea pig" in the U. S. Army-Navy atomic bomb tests in May. Top photo shows the Sakawa, which was commissioned in November, 1944, but never was put in operation. At lower left is Commander H. L. Stone, Yonkers, N. Y., who is captain of the Sakawa for preparation and participation in the tests. At lower right, U. S. sailors swab down the Sakawa's deck. Note that ship's turret has been stripped of its guns. A DRAIN ON HIS MIND Something about an 8-inch drain hole on the campus of North Texas State College. Denton, Tex., bothers the dog. Since Jan. 21, he has kept a strange vigil, growing thin with the strain. As seen in the photo, he just sits and stares at the hole, apparently seeing something or hoping to see some- thing. What it is, no one has discovered. The dog is not vicious and submits to being led away, but always returns to his self-imposed watch. Occasionally he wanders away by himself, but returns. UNDERGROUND AMBULANCE FOR MINE RESCUES Scientifically constructed for mine shaft travel, electrically heated and equipped with first-aid sup- plies, this new underground ambulance has been put into operation at Piney Fork Mine, Ohio. Mounted on rail wheels, it insures an injured miner a safe and comfortable ride to the surface. STAMP OF WORLD UNITY HOLDING THE UNE IN PHILADELPHIA It's "hold that line" at the Goneral Electric Co. plant in West Philadelphia as pickets hold back department superintendent Charles R. Bloomer, back to camera. Bloomer, repulsed when he tried pass- ing the picket line Mrithout showing an admittance pass, later entered the plant after producing the necessary credentials. When your BACK ACHES... Backache is often caused by lair KAitf action. When kidneys gel out of order excess acids and poisons remain in the system. Then backache, headache, rhetmutic pain, (ji*> turbed rest or that 'tired out' feeling may soon follow. To help keep your kidneyt working proper<r-use Dodd's Kidney Pilla. Tune-tested, popular, safe, noo-habit-fonn- ing. Demand Oodd's Kidney Pills, in the blue box with the red band. Sold CTcrrwhere. 135 For Faster Relief of CHEST COLDS Muscular Aches & Pains Tired Burning Feet MASSAGE WELL WITK UCKLEY STAINLESS WHITE RUB MHCC 30o mnd SOe •< All DraMtots Above is the first design submitted for any form of United Nations postage. Technically known as an indicia, it is intended for pre- stamped. metered mail. Highlights of the News Demobilization (^f Women Complete demobi!iz;4tion of the women's services in the armj navy ai-d air forces is "contemplated" before the end of thi? year, deftnco headquarters announced last week. Ai January 31, only 15,769 of tlie 45,430 women who enlisted during the war still were oi stiei.gtli. most of tliem being used .)n clerica! work involved in t!ie general de- moiiilizution program, the an- ncuncement said. All members oi the Women'j Royal Canadian Naval Service are expected to be discharged by Au- gust, tliosc in the Canadian Wo- men's -Army Corps by September ar.d tliose in the women's division of the RC.A.F. b> Decrmber. Quit Syria By Anril 30 Tlie French torciun office ha= announced that France and Britain have agreed to withdraw their troops from Syria .April 30. Joint withdrawai of the trcop* wil! begin ifari-li li. the announce- ment said. Sweden Aids The Hucgry Sweden is to reduce its bread ration aflT declining a consign- ment of bread, grain, and rice from the .'Mlied Food Board because it was more urgently needed in other countries, Stockholm Radio said. The amount which Sweden de- clined would have been sufficient to abolish the bread ration com- pletely, it was stated. Gov.-General Here In April It was reported that Field Mar shal Viscount Alexc.nder, Governor General designate of Canada, will sail from a British por. March 39 and arrive in Canada about April 4. The present Gov; rnor General, the Ear; of Athlone. will leave Canadi shortly after he opens the new session of Parliament March 14. 'Caretaker Government For Spain The United States, Great Brit- ain, and France called for a peace- ful a.')olition of the Go\ernn-.ent of Generalissimo Francisco Franco by the Spanish people. The three powers, in a joint statement made public in Londoii by tlie British Foreign Office, proposed that an interim or "care- taker" government be set up in Spain until the people have an op- portunity to pick t^e kind of gov ernment they want. The three powers declared that COMING! New protectiou for your vegetable, fruit and flowercrops nextyear! Green Cross lusecticido*. first with DDT, %»tII be first with a complete line of powerful new insectieides and fungi- cides for farm and garden. •TiWc Mark flpg. LOOK FOR THE "GREEN CROSS' "so long as General Franco con- tinues in control of Spain, the Spanish people cannot participate in full and cornial :i snriation" with the nations that dcfi ated N'aziism and Fascism. Bananas For Britain The first postwar consienment of bananas ha.s reaiicri London. The banar.as â€" approximately 96,- OOU stems â€" are inter dei for child- ren under IS in the home counties â€" one pound fo- every child. Red Demands On Ir;*..- Britai'i asked lernir.ily ._;• • x- planation of the continued Russian occupation of Iran amid persist- ent reports that Soviets were de- manding five major concesions, includin-, Iranian oil leases and recognition of the /Xzerbaijan "government," as the price of th ir withdra-.v.'l. Speech From Throne A minimum wage for men. !-•- scribed a= a "new depaiture"' for Ontario, was forecast ia the speech trom the throne read at the open- ing of the second session of On- tario's 22nd Legislature. The sptecii aI=o forecasts im- provement regarding marketing of farm i-roduce, mothers' allow- ances, mining taxes, tourist trade and higt.ways. EASE PAIN OF COIi)Sy SORE THROATS FAST! 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