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It not only relieves* distress and coughs due' to colds but ALSO builds resistance. Rich in vitamin* A and FI |»S YEARS FICHTIWO COLPS| Felled Tree Trunks Form Last Barrier On Finnish Front Barbed Wire-Tangled Swath in Forest Is Military Innovation By WILLIAM L. WHITE. SOMEWHERE IN FINLAND.— The bluff and hearty Finnish major who looks like a football coach leads the way up the winding communi cation trench toward, the front lines. The trench, of course, does not cover us completely—ahead we can see the bobbing of helmets, just over the surface of the snow, of a file of soldiers on their way back to rest camp. We step aside to let them past. A few hundred yards farther on the major stops us to point with pride through the forest. We look and there, lying twisted in the trees, is the wreckage of three Russian tanks, destroyed two days ago with dynamite bombs. Farther on down this winding, communicating trench soldiers are constructing rest-dugouts, deep in the ground and roofed with several layers of pine logs—the first layer close together, running north and south, the second layer running east and west, the third parallel to the first, the fourth to the second, so on until there are more than two yards of tough green pine, and on top of that at least a yard of hard-packed dirt. Over that will soon be snow. Proof against anything, boasts the major; even the direct hit of a 6 lncn shell explosive will only jar the stew out of a man's mess-kit. His own post-of-command dugout is no stouter than this, built for his men. Tree Trunks Form Barrier. A hundred yards beyond this we halt again, for here the communi cating trench ends in the deeper front line trench, the last outpost of Finland, and we can look over her defenses. Here the forest ends. In front of our first-line trench is a clearing and a couple of hundred feet of barbed wire, thigh-deep, as in the last World War. The wire is laced around( stumps of hewn-down trees. But out beyond the wire is some thing new found only in Finland— a great swath in the forest, parallel ing the wire and trenches, at least 200 yards wide. Here lie the prostrate trunks of trees. Their branches have been lopped off and these again have been laced with barbed wire. On the opposite edge of this swath the Russians have dug their trenches, as we quickly dis cover from the occasional nine! fit sounds like the tearing of silk by a quick jerk) of a rifle' bullet aboVe the deeper thunder of artillery. Any mountain climber who has spent a weary, nerve-racking hour going a quarter of a mile across a forest of pines ’felled by an old forest fire, can understand why Fin land can never be conquered by this route, Every square foot of this fallen timber is covered by Finnish machine guns, spitting death from the tall forest behind. A Russian attack can only be a slow crawl, a laborious, tedious climb over fallen trees, with their bodies exposed to fire, with branches and batbed wire jerkin* them back every foot 'of the way. Sand Bags Made of Paper. So now we walk along the front line trench, paralleling this wide ribbon of wilderness, felled trees and barbed wire. It is much deeper than the communlating trench, and bolstered with stout pine branches, which hold in place the tiers of sand bags, which in this country are not bags at all. Finland is an ex porter of wood plup but must impart all her textiles, so her army’s sand bags are, consequently, stout paper sacks. They are waterproofed, rot no quicker than cotton sacking, and a bullet makes no greater tear in them. Automatically we duck down when Russian rifle bullets ping over (which la foolish bees use a bullet travels faster than He own sound, so the ones that kill you are never heard), and yet not qhlte folllsh, for me ulnslns bullet may be the first of a clip from an automatic rifle dt a machine gun belt full of them, and if you duck at the first the others cannot get you. ' Street Sweeper, 90, Retires HARVARD, Ill„ Feb. 19 OP).— Ernest Zell has announced his re tirement as street sweeper at the age of 90 because, he says, he's get ting’too deaf to hear the automo bile horns. He has been working for the city for 39 years. If Yeut Dentist Hurts Yeu Try DR. FIELD PLATE EXPERT Double Suction I caaraataa a Ttohl nt la an Moatfe ssj.K.'.’ir'sr .'r srs;: vs rmian ,._i. if aa DR. FIELD 406 7th St. N.W. MEt. 9256 Oaar Waalwarth d | id gtara *1J* jOOD many motorists put more attention on the used car they’re selling than on the new car they buy. That’s “duck soup” for the dealer who mixes his pricing with mystery. • 7 ’ : He’ll let you set the figure on the trade-in anytime if you’ll let him set the new-car price. Why not? He has just as many digits as you have, and you’re playing his game. We General Motors dealers are staking our success with you on the values we offer—rather than on such “dickers.” To enable you more completely to measure such values, we are making the details of our pric ing unmistakably plain. So that you may know it This is ths standard price tag used by General Motors dealers to show what makes up the prices of new cars delivered to customers. “PRICE OP CAR” means the price we charge for the car itself, including reim bursement for Federal Tax and conditioning — “TRANSPORTATION CHARGE” means a charge for trans portation from factory to you, based on rail rates — "OPTIONAL EQUIP MENT AND ACCESSORIES” means the charge for any extra equipment or accessories you elect to buy. ■ .i • ’ ■ ■ >•! j U1! exactly what makes up the dif ference between prices of cars delivered at the factory and prices of cars delivered here to you, we are marking every car on our show* room floors with the “plainview” price tag pictured here. This tag shows every item that goes into our total delivered prices, and we display wall charts and supply itemized invoices giving you similar information. If you like out-in-the-open deal **• , ing, come see our splendid new General Motors cars for 1940 — easily the finest and ablest auto mobiles we’ve ever shown. Examine their features. Check their quality, point by point Then consider the price tag. Thus you appraise for yourself the value of these cars and you know what every penny of • your money buys. WASHINGTON ADDISON CHEVROLET SALES, INC. 1533 14th St. N.W. ARCADE PONTIAC CO. 1437 Irvine Si. N.W. BARRY-PATE MOTOR CO.. INC. (Cktvrtltt) IIM Connecticut Ave.. N. W. CAPITOL CADILLAC CO.. INC. (Olhmthlt. Ctitlltt-Lt Stilt> till >In4 St . N. W. COAST IN. INC. 441 Ploti4e Ave, N R. (Pttntt) CONOR t IIION A L MOTORS 144 M St. S. B. (Olitmtbilt) WASHINGTON—Coat. EMERSON A ORM£ 17th A M Ste„ N. W. (Back) FLOOD MOTOR CO. 4221 Connecticut An. (Petite) STANLEY H. HORNER, INC. lS2t 14th St, N. W. (Buick) MANDELL CHEVROLET CO, INC 12*4 Ooo4 Hope Rood, S. E. McKEE SERVICE CENTER 12M 22nd. N. W. (Petite) McMAHON CHEVROLET. INC •12* Oeorgio Ave. OURISMAN CHEVROLET SALES CO, INC •I* N St, N. S. WASHINGTON—Coat POHANKA SERVICE It26 20th St., N. W. (OldsmebiU) STOHLMAN CHEVROLET. INC 2207 M St., N. W. ALEXANDRIA. VA. AERO AUTO CO. INC. 1101 Xing St. (Ck*Y., Cti.-La S.) KINO STREET PONTIAC CO. 1701 Kiag St. H. C. RESSLER 1701 Ml. V•rnon A**. (OHtmtbiU) TEMPLE MOTOR CO. ISM Kiag St / (Buiik) ARLINGTON. VA. OLMSTEAD MOTOR CO.. INC. 1101 WlWaa SI*A (OIUm+lh) BETHESDA. MD. COVINGTON MOTOR CO.. INC (Ml Wifcoaiia At*. (Black) CHEVY CHASE, MD. COMMUNITY MOTORS. INC Mil Wiicontia An. (Olicmcbilt) CLARENDON, VA. KINYON PICK, INC (CkcvrclH) EAST FALLS CHURCH. VA. MAKELY MOTOR CO- INC. (Cktc.) HYATTSVILLE. MD. HYATTSVILLE AUTO S SUPPLY CO. Ill MarylaaS At*. Click) LUSTINE-NICHOLSON MOTOR CO. (Ckcc., OI*c.) ROSSLYN. VA. H. J. BROWN PONTIAC, INC. Mil N. Moor* St. WINDRIDOK * HANOT, INC. Mil N. Hnn St (Buiek) SltvER SPRINGS, MO. MANN MOTORS. INC , (Oldtmtkilt, CtiiUtt-Lt Stilt) SIM Oaarsia Aft. THE WILLIS MOTOR CO. Oaarsia Aft it VUIatt (Buitk) WILSON MOTOR CO. SMS Otar sit Aft. (Pm*itt) THE WOLPB MOTOR CO.. IRC. (Ckttmht) CHIVIOllT «_PONTIAC » OiDIMOllH . IU>CK • IA UU| » CADIllAC General Says Britain May Help Reich Fight Reds By the Associated Press. A prediction that Great Britain might find herself allied with Ger many in a common war against Russia before peace comes again to Europe was made today by MaJ. Gen. J, P. C. Puller, a British mili tary analyst. In an article written for Army Ordnance, publication of the Army Ordnance Association, Gen. Puller expressed the view that Stalin’s most profitable course was to “aim at a Franco-British defeat and risk a German victory and, further, whilst the clinch In the west con tinues, to advance Into Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and establish him self so firmly in those countries that, should Germany win the war, he can at once move Into India and prevent the Japanese from oc cupying that country.” It is, therefore, possible, he said, “before this war enters Its final lap, that India, and not the west ern front, will become the decisive area of British action." Ettabliihmd MU OUIS ABRAHAESS OANS ON JEWELRY DU B. L An. N.B. Cash tor Your Old Gold 711 o At. w.w. You can go ahead with your spring pointing under our Financing Flan. 922 H. Y. Avo.Ho. 0610 i . JJJ2I till I St These prices effective in all stores (unless otherwise speci fied) until close of business Tuesday, February 20th, 1940. Sale of Milk-Fed m SHOULDER . _ VEAL ROAST.lb 17e RIB VEAL CHOPS.lb 3 5C TENDER ju — CUTLETS. .lb 45c Breast of Veal 2lb*25c D. G. S. (Govt, Grade I%o, 1) BOLOGNA Ham, Veal ^ P ( or Pimento lb> ^ ^ anHBSBaBgnBKBMKaarBBDK^HB D. G S. Sliced Bacon___ib. 25c ?«.£>. & S. Fresh Scrapple_ —2 ib*. 25c Sunshade Roll Butter_ib. 35c D. G. S. Creamery Butter_n>. 38c JELKE'S Ib. O f\ Good Luck Margarine_pkg. xlwC (Only in LieenteJ Store,) (SPECIAL COMBINATION Breakfast Sale! 12 oz. bottle of VERMONT MAID SYRUP l and pkg. of D. G. S. Buckwheat PANCAKE FLOUR 29c Value ^ r For Only ^ J CAULIFLOWER Fancy . 1 EC Snow-White Heads each | J GREEN CABBAGE 2 ">•• 9Cx Red or Nancy Hall ^ 1/\ SWEET POTATOES 3 lb#* lUC Crisp and Tender ay ^ TEXAS CARROTS A bunches Juicy Florida ^ me" GRAPEFRUIT O for 25c California Seedless - NAVEL ORANGES *- 3 3 CONSUMER DIVIDEND % EXTRA FREE! in every con of JOHNSON'S GLO-COAT or JOHNSON'S PASTE WAX GLO-COAT *59* *Ma PAST* WAX