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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-28
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couldn't walk all day with an
army pack on my back and Uncle
Same turned thumbs down on me
when l was on my uppers. even
before | registered for the draft.
You see. an army cook has TO
stand the same kind of a physical
exam AS any rookie.
l had been in any, number of
army theatricals and they tell me
I'm pretty good.
So | registered as an extra. got
a few calls, and had 10 pull in the
waist band.
FINAL l looked up my old both
Infantry sidekick, Pete Gray, and
he hired me.
I gave Central Casting this
phone number and. made Pete
promise 10 work for me il I ever
got r call that looked good.
Then I fell in love with Della
which probably isn't any secret to
you.
She was burned up when | told
her | still had some hopes of a
real chance in the movies.
She's soured on them, you
know l did have a few calls
after I came here. but didn't take
any of EN-.
A BIT PART
Last Tuesday afternoon Central
Casting got me on the phone and
some girl said
"Mr. Malloy, you've been a
cook In the army, haven't you?
Your card shows it,"
r | said yes, Id been a cook, a
baker and for a spell I'd even been
A mess sergeant.
She told me there was a BIT
part in a draft film and did j care
10 report Wednesday at 8 a. m
and | quickly said / would. Maybe
here was my big chance.
/ knew Della would get sore
but II il led TO regular job she
might get over IL.
Pete said he'd take my shift and
/ let him break the news 10 her
so she wouldn't talk me out of It
i Next morning found me in Cul.
Yer City ahead of time. along with
half dozen other gents who pro.
feSSed 10 be both actors ano
cooks, but ] was the only one who
knew the difference between {
rolling kitchen and caiSson.
II was easy 10 III us all out with
kitchen apparel, but it took longer
10 outfit us in real soldier toys.
The part called for appearances
in both.
) Most ~ The others had lot
more poundage about the middle
than ! have and their uniform,
had 10 be altered right then anc
there
II was the middle OF the after.
noon before we were all set for
tho biz guy the casting director
ADVERTISE MENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-28
Daily Short Story
Vital Statistics
By SANFORD FARRELL

By SANFORD FARRELL
THERE are 4 number Of reasons
Il why ! often drop into Gray
Place for spot OF food. First
It's handy IN the studio and "a
the bungalow court where I live
but so are a dozen other batteries
in Burbank.
Prices are reasonable. and I'm
not the highest paid fack press
agent 10 YOU IN FINLAND and
therefore see what's on the right
hand side 81 the menu card.
The food AZ Grays is little
better than good and the coffee
excellent
More important. though, is the
personal touch. It's only little
cafe, spotless white counter and
small tables. with the chef work
ing AZ The front window in plain
sight Of everybody
Jim Malloy has the 4 10 mid
night shift.
Jim rs guy in his early thir-
ties and won't Get caught IN the
draft despite three bitches IN the
army because an auto crash two
or three years ago famed him up
q little
I'm an eX-soldier too vintage of
1e17-lel9. and ! came back from
France with a mighty poor opinion
of army cooks
In my outfit. If a guy said he
was a blacksmith or a dental as
sistant. he'd wind up in the
kitchen-our mess sergeant was a
veterinarian.
When Pete Gray told me he'd
hired a former service cook and
baker 10 broil steaks and flip pan
cakes for him, ] darned near quit
the Joint
But Pete. an old-tlmer from the
30th Infantry, told me that times
have changed and, 10 be original,
he added truthfully. and how!
COOKS GO TO SCHOOL
He said the cooks for the dough
boys and redlegs now have to 60
10 school. and that the course they
take couldn't be any sitter II
George Rector bossed the works.
He asserted with his customary
contempt for the nicely Of the
kings English that all this talk
about the draftees being fed well
was not mere propaganda from
Mrs. Secretary Stimson's over
worked publicity mills.
Give this guy \ try, Matt"
he said. Forget for once you
have a single-track mind"
! said ] had my fill of goldfish
and half-cooked beans and spinach
with sand in ii back in the days
when Hitler was only a crack
Drained corporal.
He countered with when in the
blankety-blank did / ever order
salmon or beans or spinach in his
Joint as ! am what is known as n
nightly breakfast fiend-ham and
eggs and the like.
He lured me into~ordering for
that first meal something from
the table d'hote list.
I forget now what II was, but il
broke bad habit.
NoF 4 consume my liberal
plate OF ham-and only at break.
fast, and four or five evenings a
week. after a hard day trying to
please a varied assortment ot
studio bosses who think we ought
10 hog the front pages each
edition. I let Jim Malloy do my
culinary thinking.
That is, Jim and Della.
Della is the ravishing brunei
behind the counter on the same
4 10 midnight trick.
II took her some months before
she'd 60 farther than the set smile
of welcome she gives 10 any Gus
toner.
You see. Della hates the movie,
and everybody connected will
them.
Shed won some sort of a con
test back home in Des MONIES
and the prize was an expense paiC
trip to Hollywood and a screer
test.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-28

ADvERTIsEMENT
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
FOURTEEN DRAFTEEs FROM
CECIL COUNTY

The Cecil County Selective Draft
Board has received orders from the
War Department to send IL white
and two negro draftees to camp
next month.
The board also is endeavoring to
locate Samuel Brown, a draftee from
Principle Furnace, this county, who
left home several weeks ago, and
later wrote relatives from Philada.
saying he had gone to work as a
machinist. He did not say where he
was working. Since then he is one
of the draftees called for service
from this county, but he cannot be
located.
The board officials do not think
that Brown is endeavoring to es-
cape service, but that he probably
believed, on account of his number
being large one, that he would
not be called for long time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
JAMES L. BAKER

James L. Baker, aged n years, a
retired Pennsylvania railroad en-
ployee, died suddenly at his home in
Havre de Grace on Friday afternoon.
Mr.. Baker was native of Cecil
county having been born and reared
near Principle Furnace. He had re-
sided in Havre de Grace for the past
six years.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Catherine
Baker, he leaves one son, Lloyd s.
Baker, of Havre de Grace; daugh-
ter, Mrs. Stella Drummond, of Wash
ington, D. c.; one brother, William
e. Baker, of Perryville, and two sis
ters-Mrs.. Elizabeth Charshee and
Mrs. Emma Mckinney, of Whining
ton, Del. He also leaves several
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon and interment made in
Principle Furnace Methodist ceme-
terry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
ROWLANDsvILLE

Mrs. Martha Hostetter had as her
guests on Friday Mr.. and Mrs. John
Hostetter and children, of Darling
ton.
On Thursday evening the Woman's
Society of Christian Workers met at
the home of Mrs. William H. Bowen.
Mrs. Charlotte Ward has return
ed to Baltimore after spending some
time with Mrs. Martha Hostetter
and family.
The friends of Mrs. H. D. Smith
will be pleased to learn that she is
improving steadily, following an
operation in the Osteopathic Hospit-
al, Philada.
Mrs. Elizabeth Logan, of Berlin,
Nd, spent the weekend with friends
here.
Lee Ewing and family had as their
recent guests Mr.. and Mrs.. Donald
Ewing and son, of Liberty Grove,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
PILOT

Irwin Cutler and wife, Oak Hill,
Pa, spent Monday evening with the
A. B. Trimbles.
Listed among the sick this week
are Mrs. James Belcher, Mae Moore,
Clara Mccullough and Marie Dew
onshire.
Harry Houseman spent Sunday
with friends at Coatesville, Pa.
Frank Steauffer visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Harry Warner, near Wake
field, Sunday.
Miss Louvenia Dorsey continues
poorly and under the doctors care.
Miss Beulah Richie, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G. Richie, and Os-
car Long, Rising Sun, were quietly
married Saturday, January Is, at the
Methodist church, Baltimore.
Rev. Woodrum officiating, is Mrs
Longs former pastor.
william johnson, Wilmington
Delaware, spent the weekend at his
home.
Mrs. Lydia Narvel's Sunday guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sproutt and
daughter Jane, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G
Fulton and son Wade, Union, Pa;
Mrs. Mary Racine and daughter Turf
of Media. Pennsylvania.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
DEATHS
MRS. RACHEL A. CAMPBELL

Mrs. Rachel A. Campbell, SS years
old, widow Of William H. Campbell
formerly of near Elkton, died FRI
day at the home of daughter, Mrs.
James Brown, 1908 Van Buren, st.,
in wilmington, Del, after short
illness. Mrs. Campbell had been liv-
ing with her daughter since the death
of Mr.. Campbell about year ago.
The funeral was held from the
home of a son, Andrew Campbell
near Blue Ball, Md, Sunday after
noon at 2 O'Clock. Interment In st.
Johns Cemetery at Louisville.
Mrs. Campbell is survived by an
other son, Homer Campbell of Chesa-
peake city, Md. and another daugh-
ter, Mrs. May Beers of Elkton; IL
grandchildren, seven great grand
children, and two brothers, George
Howett of Chester, Pa, and Linton
Howett of Wilmington.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
J. WOOD WRIGHT

j.. Wood Wright, formerly of Lew
isville, died Jan. II, aged 70 years,
at his home in Aldan, Pa.
Mr.. Wright was a son of the late
Lydia and Wilson Wright, Elk town
ship, where the deceased spent his
boyhood. He married Miss Rita Al
exander, Lewisville, where he en-
gagged in the mercantile business,
with his grandfather, John Kerr.
Later the deceased moved to Aldan
and was manager Of the Mione Soap
Company, until his death.
He is survived by his wife and
two daughters, Lydia, wife of Rev.
William Allen Dean, Aldan, and En-
ma, q member of the faculty OF Al
dan High School. A sister, Mrs. Earl
Barry, also survives.
Interment was made in the Johns
cemetery, Lewisville.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
MRS. JOHN e. JACKSON

Mrs. Louise M. Jackson wife OF
John e. jackson, Of Fishing Greek
Pa, died Jan. 20, aged "a years. Hell
funeral was held Thursday, Jan. 90
and interment made in Mt. Zion
Methodist cemetery, Lancaster coun.
ty, Pa.
Mrs. jackson was born in Cecil
county, daughter of the late Philip
and Arlly Marsh Harris. Besides
her husband she leaves these child
rem: Mrs. Cora Davis, Of Dubuque,
Iowa; Mrs. Max McVey, HOLLYWOOD;
Mrs. Hayes McCauley, Jr., Kirk
wood; Mrs. James Flahart Coates
VILE; Mrs. John Flahart, of New
town Square; Elmer, Fort Davis,
Panama Canal Zone; Cecil, of Peach
Bottom; Elizabeth, at home; also
two sisters; Mrs. Bessie MacVicar,
OF Upper Darby, and Mrs. Florence
Deweese, Perryville, Md, and a
brother Herbert Harris, Colwyn, Pa,
Ten grandchildren and two great
grandchildren are also left.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
WOODLAND

There was no preaching service
at the Hopewell and Asbury Church.
es, Sunday, because Of the illness OF
the pastor, Rev. s. T. Hamblin.
Circle l of the Woman's Society
of Christian Education held lunch
con in the Church house, at noon
the twenty-first, realizing about
twenty-four dollars.
Mrs. Guy Kirk is spending coup
le of weeks with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Archer, Joppa, Md.
Mr.. Robert Rawlings spent last
week with his sisters in BALTIC.
Mrs. Clifford Rutter was the guest
of her son Curtis and family, Perry
Point, few days last week.
Curtis Paxton, Hopkins student,
spent this week at home, between
semesters.
Norman Barnes and Amos Burlin,
Jr., are home from Maryland Uni
versity until the 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Benjamin Wis
tied his mother at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Adolph Baines in Will
mington, Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. william Rea, Mrs. Gilbert
SINNERS, Mrs. George Mccullough
and Mrs. Jack Seabold surprised Mrs.
Carroll Tyson by going to spend the
day with her and taking the lunch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Hall, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rufus Benjamin and Mr.. Ar
thur Benjamin attended the Penna.
Farm Show at Harrisburg, last
Wednesday.
Miss Iva Hite and friend, of Will
mington, spent the weekend at home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
CHARLES H. KIRK

Charles H. Kirk died Jan. IL, II
Delaware Hospital, Wilmington
His funeral was held on Jan. Fl and
interment made in Silverbrook Gem
etery. The deceased was so years Of
age.
Mr.. Kirk was born in Rising Sun
Md, but located in Wilmington al
an early age and had lived there evei
since. He was employed by the Penn
sylvania Railroad as train dispat'
cher on the Maryland Division.
His widow, Mrs. Carrie A. Kirk
and two children, Mrs. Gertrude
MARQUES, Philada. and Hubert Kirk
Wilmington, survive. He was mem
Der of the American Train Dis
patchers' Association and OF the
Methodist church.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
MISS MARY FRYER

Miss Mary Fryer died Wednesday,
Jan. %, in Monclair, N. j., Hospit-
al, after a long illness.
The deceased was the daughter of
the late Samuel D. and Belle Fryer,
and was born near West Noting
ham, where her girlhood was spent.
She had been a teacher in East Or
ange, N. J. high school for the past
twenty years.
Surviving is one sister, Mrs. Her
bert Suchs, of Summit, N. j.
Funeral services in charge of DR..
s. ]. Venable, were held Saturday
afternoon, at two O'Clock, In West
Nottingham Presbyterian church, of
which the deceased had been a mem
Der since her girlhood. Interment
was made in the adjourning ceme-
terry.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
MRS. FLORENCE r. GRAVES

The FUNERAL Of Mrs. Florence r.
Graves, wife OF DR.. Edward D. Grav-
% Of Chesapeake City, who died at
Union Hospital, Elkton, following an
emergency operation, was held Jan.
IL, from Pippin's Funeral Home,
the Rev. John q. Thomas, pastor OF
Forest Presbyterian Church, Middle
town, Del, officiating. Interment was
in Bethel Cemetery. near Chesapeake
City.
Mira. Gravs was the eldest daugh-
ter Of the late John M. Reed. fol-
many years merchant of Chesa-
peake City. She was SO years old
The greater part Of her married life
was spent In Pennsylvania. she and
her husband returning to this coun-
u about 10 years ago. Besides her
husband, Mrs. Graves is survived
By two sons, Comm. Edwin Graves,
D. 3. Naval attache In Rio de Janiero,
and Capt. Reed Graves Of Fort Mills,
PHILIPPINE Islands; also two sisters
ana brother, Mrs. Hugh Caldwell
e Chesapeake City, Mrs. John ].
Hartnett Of Elkton, and John N.
Reed, Jr.. Of Chesapeake City.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31

Wheeler & Grier. Realtors, res
port the following sales during the
past week; For Clinton w. Purner.
his dwelling and three adjoining
lots on Beach street, North East.
Maryland, to Mary A. Connors of
North East.
The same brokers have also sold
for the Harbison- Walker Refrac-
tories Company of Pittsburgh. q
tract Of land on U. s. Route /, near
Sylmar. OF Frank B. Newsom of
Media. Pa, who will erect Q diner
and tourist cabins on same.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
GRACE BIBLE CHAPEL

A w. Konrad, Pastor

A w. Konrad, Pastor
1000 A. M, Sunday School for
all ages.
1900 A. M, Worship Service.
Message: "Discipleship and Disci-
pine"
7:45 P. M, Gospel Service. Mes
sage: For their sakes".
Special Notice:
Missionary Pictures and Messages,
Monday night, Feb. 3rd, 7:46. Mr..
Edward Haugh, of South America.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
MRS. SARA CARVER

Mrs. Sara Carver, Of Union, Pa,
aged 80 years, wife Of the late VIM.
H. Carver, died at the home Of her
daughter, Mrs. Emma Sprout. Be-
sides Mrs. Sprout she leaves these
children: Frank and Jacob, Nickel
Mines; Mrs. Maggie Virgins, near
West Chester; VIM, West Chester,
and Joseph, of Downingtown.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day at one p. M, at Kirkwood Ortho-
dox Presbyterian Church, with inter-
ment in Union Presbyterian cemtery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
MISS HARRIET =. GRosH

Miss Harriet L. Grosh died Jan.
81 at Union Hospital, EIkton, aged
70 years. The funeral was held Fri
day morning and interment made in
Elkton cemetery.
Miss Grosh was daughter Of the
late Warren Grosh, of near Bacon
Hill, who for years was one Of Cecil
County's leading horticulturists.
One brother, John L. Grosh, surviv-
es her. She was an active member of
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church,
Elkton, for many years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
HARRY MILBURN

Mr.. Harry Milburn Of near Elkton,
died ian. FL at Union Hospital. Elk
ton, after several months illness.
FunerA services were held Friday,
January "a, 2 o'clock from the Pip
pin Funeral home, with interment in
Bethel cemetery.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31
FOR RENT

Small first floor apartment: steam
heat. electricity. Also for sale good
Roll Top Desk. Apply to Mrs Tina
H. Woodrow. Korner Ketch. Colora,
Narylsnd. Phone Ia.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-01-31

You don't really pay for insurance
on your car. You pay for theta and
swiudlss and other psopls's wrecks
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-10

and for shipment abroad, has boost
ed income of dairy farmers approx
mately 20 per cent on the average.
While the increase has been greater
In some regions than IN others, the
improvement is widespread.
Farmers who produce livestock
for meat are another group which
has been enjoying increased income.
Hog prices have risen steadily m-
til they are near the highest for the
past three years. The government
program of purchasing heavy hogs
has stimulated the raising of heavier
stock
This has increased the price
per hundredweight of heavy hogs to
that of light hogs, adding substan-
tally to the income Of farmers In
this group. More cattle are being
sold, with prices quite stable at a
relatively high level. Conditions are
favorable for poultry and eggs, with
prices above those of year ago.
An increased demand by textile
mills for cotton, at the higher price
level affected by provisions for high
er loans on major farm crops, has
helped cotton farmers. The m
creased domestic demand has par
tally Offset the decline in exports.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-10
100000 Citizens to Be Eyes and Ears
OF Army Air Corps Defense Program
Men and Women Volunteer
As Plane Spoilers for
Air Defense.
By DONREID LAWNFELL
Released by Western Newspaper Union


WASHINGTON, D. C. En-
rollment of 500, 900 U. S. civilians
as volunteer observers for the
army air corps is proceeding
under the direction of Lieut..
Gen. Delos G. Emmons, COM
mander of the general head
quarters air force, whose head
quarters is at Boiling Field,
D. G.
Thus a million eyes and ears
join in another forehanded step
in the accelerated national de-
tense program. The war de-
partment asserts it has no de-
sire to alarm the general public,
but points out that the active
cooperation of the citizenry at
large is needed for the success
of national defense measures.
Organization of this volunteer
corps will constitute a nationwide
civilian force who will act as spot
tiers for the four air forces of the
army air corps. They viii be afili-
ated with the interceptor commands
Of each air force.
Modern Paul Reveres.
These modern Paul Reveres who
are being welded into compact
unit of defense "minutemen and
minutewomen," may not adopt the
slogan, lone if by land, two If by
sea-" But their words in the mouth
piece of a crank driven model tele-
phone from an Iowa farmhouse, or
terse message from a shiny new
dial instrument in New Jersey, will
send fighter commands, anti-air-
craft artillery and balloon squad
rons into action.
From the rooftops of their homes,
In the towers of churches and sky
scrapers, on prairies, farms, fields
and beaches, Mr.. and Mrs. Average
American Citizen will watch for that
speck and listen for that telltale hum
that may reveal the presence of an
air enemy.
Patriotic organizations like the
American Legion, and their women's
auxiliaries, forest fire wardens,
weather observers, CCC and the
coast guard, would of course, CO.
operate in flashing an alarm to head
quarters.
Public utilities, telegraph, tele-
phone, railway and light and power
systems will take an enormous part
In the warning system, for the alarm
flashed would be sent over their
communications.
The importance Of air-warnings
cannot be over-estimated, says the
war department. To know where
the attacking force is poised, where
it strikes and where it may be ex-
pected to strike, is essential for de-
Tense of the country. Here is where
the volunteer watchers play a vital
role. Organized in their home COM
munities, IN grid fashion, they will
man listening and watching posts in
established time shifts. At the first
sign of danger, they will call Army
Flash" into their telephones. In time
of attack they would maintain their
positions and continue their reports
of the enemy's movements, concen-
tration, numbers, etc.
Plan Is Workable.
This method of aircraft warning
has already been tested and proved
feasible. An experiment was held
in the New York-New England re-
gion, under the supervision of Maj.
Gen. James E. Clancy, commander
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-07-10

of the First air force. A corps of
civilian observers was organized by
the American Legion, to work with
the army. The American Telephone
& Telegraph company and its affili-
ated companies handled the commu-
nications over their network.
Results were excellent and the ex-
perience and knowledge gained from
the tests, laid the groundwork for
the present program. Also taken
into consideration were methods
used abroad, as reported by Ameri-
can army officers stationed there.
AIl-Around Air Defense.
Modern air defense is divided ba-
sically into active and passive
phases. Included in the active phase
is the defensive" attack, carried
out by fighter planes. It embraces
also the network of civilians giving
the warnings of enemy aircraft.
Anti-aircraft artillery, pouring bar
RACES of exploding steel into the
skies, and balloon barrages that COM
pei enemy aircraft to fly too high for
effectiveness, partly complete the
picture of active defense.
To obtain information of the move
ments of hostile air threats, to at
tack these threats in the air, to pro-
vide simultaneous protection of all
sensitive home areas, will be the
detectives of these agencies of &C
tive defense. Cooperating in a COM
bined effort, they will make posi-
bic a positive, aggressive and CO.
ordinated counter-blow to sweep en-
envy fighters and bonbers from the
skies.
Close iaison will be maintained
with the agencies engaged in pas
sive defense. To them, also, warn
ings of approaching enemy aircraft
are vital. They will warn the civil
ian population and industry, warn
home guards, police, fire depart
ments, anti-gas and medical work
ers to stay on the alert at their
stations. They will enforce black
outs of lighting and radio broadcast
ing which might guide enemy air.
craft to their targets. This is phase
of civilian air raid defense, howev-
er, for which separate, detailed
plans will be made.
The Four Air Forces.
The First air force is commanded
by Maj. Gen. James E. CLANCY. II
covers the northeast and includes
the following states: Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu-
sets, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-