Foreign News: Oil, Unrationed

Nazi Propagandist Paul Joseph Goebbels is separated from his wife, has a wandering eye for an attractive secretary or footloose movie star. Dr. Goebbels sounded as though he might have been speaking from experience last week when, as part of a "Politeness Month" campaign to improve home-front morale, he broadcast:

"Dear Husband: Dear Wife:

"Put some oil into the workings of home life.

"Then the carriage of marriage will run smoothly.

"It has the advantage of being unrationed. Its name is politeness. . . ."

Dr. Goebbels recently tested the oil-of-politeness of Berlin streetcar...

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