Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1943 — Page 8

LISBON. 1 March: 26. —In the busihess of propaganda, the. American ‘government, ‘offices here were at 8 Wy They . were .not “doing much to

show Portugal’ ‘that they represented powerful country ‘at war. ! ‘The Germans were distributing brightly. colored copies of a maga‘%ine called “Signal (Sigal in PortuBuese); in ‘addition to all the other llustrated German propaganda pubfications. ,

* The English had the Mundo

Grafica magazine, printed’ in Porose and showing British effort.

_Only Movies Then

55d & American propagands. of that pe‘flod—soon after the United States entered the war—was confined to fnovies, most of which are American there, and to commercial propa-

“There was nothing like Signal or Mundo Grafica to reach those with few stray ‘escudos to spend for pn-essentials. § Sishony in Washington began

Bp ‘day 4" large consignment of ‘ton or more arrived at the Ameran office in Lisbon. It was opened nd out spilled thousands of books paper matches, each Beating a rillinng design. . . Carry F.D.R. Speech The front cover was red and white nd showed a U. Ss. army air force with a° bomber in ‘the ‘center. 2 Inside the flap was printed in Portuguese an extract from Presi‘dent Roosevelt'sgspeech about the reedoms, with his signature. And en there were the matches—a free Git 5 i Matches are a great boon in Porfuga, especially good American patches that light at the first scratch. ¥: The day came for distribution and fen trouble followed fast. § Just before the ‘boys went: out ith the presents ‘it occurred to goniebody that matehes were a state fnonopoly here. ‘There's a tax ‘on $them—an: important source of state fevenue. ; go Violate’ Law And here was the government of fhe Tnited States trying to make friends and influence people by Breaking Portuguese law! Anyone

i : paught with a book of free matches

= fineable for a maximum of 400 : ng or nearly $20. “With much regret, the free disi ution of matches, bearing the jctlire of the bomber and the F. ‘R. speech was abandoned. ‘egently there arrived in Lison another consignment—a larger - weighing nearly 13 tons.

THe consignment contained sticks Bf Hard’ candy, each wrapped in fixed paper and printed with an

tof the president’s speech,

you was happy. There was| Yes, it is true, there is a safe, ||

Meet the dog with a peek-a-boo bang, a blue ribbon afghan hound named Amellah of Walgrove. Actress Jean Parker helps curl the coiffure at Los Angeles dog show.

VENEREAL RATE ‘SHOWS DECLINE

Army’s Health Campaign Shows: Results, War

Department Says.

WASHINGTON, March 26 «(U. P)—The ‘almy’s venereal disease rate was reduced substantially in

1942 compared with 1941 and is falling rapidly this year as the result of an unremitting campaign by army medical authorities, the war department announced today. The 1942 rate was 37.8 cases per 1000 men compared with 40.5 in 1941. In January of this year the rate translated to an annual-basis was 25.2 per 1000 men compared with 45 per 1000 during January, 1942. Lieut. Col. Thomas B. Turner, chief of the venereal disease control branch of the surgeon general’s office, said four media were employed in the campaign:

Education a Factor

1. Co-operation of local, state and federal law enforcement authorities. 2. Education. 3. Assignment of full-time venereal disease control officers to camps of 20,000 men or over and part-time officers to other camps. 4. Provision of prophylactic facilities. The lowest venereal disease rate in army history was in 1939, when it ran 29.6 per 1000. The rate ‘mounted sharply with mobilization.

Rates Listed

The rates for the past five year, per 000 men, were as. follows:

‘All Venereal Year Syphilis - Gonorrhea Diseases 1938... 79 19.6 30.6 1938 .. 6.6 20.2 1 29.6 1940 .. 73 30.6 . 425. 1941 .. 57 314 405 1942 . . 59 29.7 378

PIMPLES DISAPPEARED OVER NIGHT

‘Portuguese law against being| harmless medicated liquid called

ght with free stick candy The sticks of pure American can- %. wrapped in United States colors

¥ vy to thousands of podr people. i'There was one ‘drawback ‘which : fad not ‘occurred to ‘anyone: con

goed.

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