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DE- MORE AND MORE ETHYL IS GOING OVERSEAS It would take a train of tank-cars The American petroleum industry is 1500 miles long to carry the high-octane doing a magnificent job of meeting the gasoline used by the Army Air Forces in ever-mounting requirements of our own the first two years of the war . and the Army and Navy , the British, the Russians requirements from now until victory will and the Chinese. be even greater. To help oil companies meet these war- This gasoline, too, must be the very time needs, government agencies have best. For example, military specifications placed limits on the quantitjtend quality call for extremely high antiknock qual- of gasoline for civilian use. You can help ity. That's why oil companies use Ethyl by sharing your car as often as possible. fluid to improve nearly every gallon of ETHYL fighting gasoline— aviation and motor. ETHYL COOPOBATION, Chrysler Building. New York City IS A TRADE MARK NAME Cop' — . Quiet Please A Young Man is deep in Thought. An Eager Mind is Growing, A Character is Taking Shape. And we see him a Man whose Wisdom and Understanding show in his Smile — a Smile that owes much to Ipana and Massage! x_T ere is America! Here is the future of our coun- know why gums tend to become soft, tender . quickens in the gums — helps them to healthier fl try! For in this small boy, and in millions of often signal their sensitiveness with a warning firmness. Adopt the sensible, modern dental health youngsters like him, lies the promise of fulfillment tinge of "pink" on the tooth brush! routine of Ipana and massage — for firmer gums, of all our hopes, our plans, our dreams! brighter teeth, a sparkling smile! Thoughtful teachers and devoted parents have Never Ignore "Pink Tooth Brush" given America's children every advantage of If you notice a tinge of "pink" on your tooth brush health and education— have prepared them to face . see your dentist right away. He may simply say their future— strong and happy and smiling. your gums have become tender because of today's Yes, smiling! For even their smiles have the best soft foods. And, like many modern dentists, he may of care. Today, in classrooms all over the land, very likely suggest "the helpful stimulation of youngsters are being taught a lesson many parents Ipana and massage." have yet to learn— the importance of firm, healthy Ipana is designed not only to clean teeth thor- gums to bright teeth and sparkling smiles. oughly but, with massage, to aid the health of the These young Americans know that today's soft gums as well. Massage a little Ipana onto your Ipana Tooth Paste foods rob our gums of work and stimulation. They gums when you brush your teeth. Circulation Product of Bristol-Myers LIFE LIFE is published weekly by TIME Inc.. 330 East 22nd Street, Chicago. 10, 111. Printed in U. S. A. Entered as second-class matter November 10, 1930 at the I'ostollice at Chi- Volume 10 1 May 3a 1944 cago. III. under the act of March 3. 1870. Authorised by Post Office Department. Ottawa, Canada, as sooond-class matter. Subscriptions (4.60 a year in U.S.A.; Canada. $5.50 Number 22 HE >:"WE THANK ALL YOU FOLKS FOR DOING A SWELL JOB 99 The Army doesn't endorse any product. Neither may "We 8 of that bomber thank all you folks for any of its personnel. doing a good job on them engines. We can't lose with folks like you all that are making them engines." But here at Buick we get letters from people who've learned that Buick powers the Liberator. No heroics. No colorful writing about bursting flak, riddled wings, vicious enemy attack. And there's one that holds a special place with us be- cause of what shines through its direct and homely phras- Just faith. Good, solid American trust in every word! ing. It reads, in essence: What honest American can fail to put his 'This bomber I was in had Buick's best into any task, big or little, with faith bomber engines. Well we got shot up like that riding on what he does? bad . Our engines were shot up bad too . They held out just Buick powers the Liberator. And as long enough to get us back to long as we do, we'll do the best job our base. we've ever done on anything. 'Ou, BUICK *** THE U<***° The Army-Nary "E"\ proudly flies over'Buick plants, BUICK DIVISION OF GENERAL MOTORS Every Sunday Afternoon - GENERAL MOTORS SYMPHONY OF THE AIR-NBC Netwvrk *As of May ij, '944, Buick has built more than 4J,ooo Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines. had business KMXSSS I SB you 've •PRO-W-LACTIC LETTERS youRsmiu/ TO THE EDITORS longer ms CLEAN m EUROPE'S CHILDREN ARE HUNGRY THE Sirs: May T congratulate you on the excel- lent article "Europe's Children Are Hungry." bp Dorothy Dunbar llrom- Joy (LIFE. May 8). Thin is a timely SHOES! emphasis on a tragic mistake which our country is making. We are very grate- ful to you for the article. " HOWARD E. KERSHXER Chairman Temporary Council on Food tor Europe's children New York, N.Y. Sirs: We deeply appreciate your article. "Europe's Children An- Hungry" which brings to a nationwide public facts that have long concerned and burdened us. Since the war began in HKiO, we have watched the deepening of malnutrition and Its effect on children, especially in' France. The American Friends Service Committer* anticipated the complete oc- cu)>ailon of Franco ami established a French corporation. Secours Quaker, which continues to administer relief ini- tially made possible by American sup- port. Throughout our negotiations in Washington and London there has never been any serious questioning of the integrity of our administration of foodstuffs in occupied Europe, nor is there any reason to doubt that relief supplies properly supervised will not Actual Phot ornict 003 phs reach the children and other civilians — Says attractive American Airlines for whom the supplies are intended. Stewardess, Miss Margaret Prokaska. For years only hog bristle made JOHN F. RICFI Associate Sccretary • Stewardessing for the largest airline Ann'rican Friends Service Committee ••»«•«>• fine tooth brushes. Then Science "™ Pliiladelphla, Pa. in the country is exciting, but very de- manding, too. Every detail of groom- Sirs: Mrs. Hromley mentions the Greek re- ing is important. In the summer, the made round-end IflUBhfc lief program as "shining proof of what stewardesses depend on Shinola White PROLON-* M. IVJ/ IX-t M ORDMARY BRISTLE can be done without benefit to the Ger- mans." to keep their white shoes sparkling. It is no exaggeration to say that this program has saved the Greek people Here's the Trick: First remove surface from extinction. Since the first ship- menus were made from Turkey in ltMl, dirt. Second, go over the soiled spots more tlian 1 .000.000 people of the Alli- with a little Shinola White. Then you're ens area, and between two and four mil- ready to go over the whole shoe. lon bhistus lion Greeks outside the capital have re- Not .^duccDUPONTck^s™ ceived daily rations of bread and semi- covering the dirt, but cleaning the monthly distributions of dried vegetables and other foodstuffs. Many of the peo- shoes, that's the Shinola White way. away the best of the new It's a fact! Under special patented Far and a ple would long since liave died of starva- being synthetic toolh brush bristles, process, exclusive tcith Pro-phy-lac-tic, tion If the relief scheme had not been in Why Shinola Is Tops: It's safe for all marketed under various trade names, tee smooth and round the end of each operation, and official testimony to its types of white shoes, because Shinola success is offered by the fact that the are those made by duPont. and every Prolon bristle in the Bonded blockade authorities in Washington and White contains no harsh alkalis which Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth Brush, Sec for "Prolon" is our trade name for the very London have recently agreed to a greatly yourself gentler these round shrink and crack leather. The whitest finest grade of this duPont synthetic how much augmented program. ends are on tender gums! MARGARET THOMPSON bristle. white pigment available, plus special Greek War Relief Association. Inc. selected oils, a truly superior New York, N. Y. makes PROLON— no finer bristle made And with PROLON these other "extras" product . Shinola White, the liquid when you read or hear competitive Sirs: So, In addition to Round-End Prolon, the cleans it Mrs. Uroinley's arguments are ikjw- that as whitens. toolh brush claims, ask yourself this: Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth Bonded Brush erful. Hut if. as she quotes von Rund- duPont bristle, in How can the same gives you these three important "ex- stodt at the beginning, the German aim Shinola White remot e! surface stains beau- tifnlly, hut of course no cleaner will re- another brush under another name, last is to decimate captive Europe by star- tras": 1. The famous Pro-phy-lac-tic move penetrating stains of ini, dyes, etc. vation, especially by child starvation, longer or clean better than under the end tuft, for ease in reaching hard-to- then how is it that the Nazis will have name "Prolan" in a I'ro-phy-lac-lic get-at back teeth. 2. Scientific grouping no objection to our feeding those same Tooth know the answer Brush? You of bristles to permit thorough cleansing children? If starvation Isa powerful mil- ..