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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
Massachusetts Just Half
Size of Solomon Islands

Solomon islands, where units Of
the United States fleet and Austria
liam units are reported engaging
Japanese forces, lie east Of New
Guinea and roughly thousand
miles northeast Of Australia, says
the National Geographic society.
Great Britain annexed a part Of
the islands so years ago. Those be-
longing to Germany before the First
World war were inundated by the
League Of Nations to Australia. The
entire group has an area Of more
than twice that Of the state Of
Massachusetts.
Units of the United States navy
have been reported attacking Japa-
nese positions in the Tulagi area.
Until the arrival Of Japanese in
vaders, Tulagi was the capital of the
Solomons, where the British high
commissioner ruled over this 600
mile double chain Of ten large is
lands and innumerable smaller
ones.
In Tulagi harbor the United States
navy destroyed Japanese invasion
fleet three days before the main
Coral sea battle. This harbor is
about three hours bomber flight east
of Port Moresby, New Guinea, and
about seven hours fight north Of
Sydney, Australia.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
Are You Needlessly
Suffering Constipation?

Many people think that consti-
patton is lone of those things"
you must put up with. That the
only thing you can do is take q
purge or cathartic-and hope it
doesn't come soon again. How
foolish that is if you, like mill
lions of others, have the ordinary
kind Of constipation that's due
to lack of bulk" in the diet.
Kellogg's All-Bran is probably
just what you need! This crisp,
delicious cereal has the bulk
forming properties your tntes-
tines need to function regular
1y"! II gets at the cause of your
trouble and co7rects it - helps
you get back to normal, easy
elimination. Eat All-Bran regu-
larly, drink plenty of water. and
help free yourself from consti-
patton. All-Bran' is made by
Kellogg's in Battle Creek. If
your condition is not helped by
this simple treatment, it's wise
to see a doctor.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
NEHER

Snow that the fish have had their
dinner, let's go home and have
ours! !"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
Famous Cardiff Giant
Was Proved to Be a Hoax

The Cardiff Giant, strong con-
tender for the title of greatest
hoax of all time" was the contract
ed figure of a giant, more than 10
feet tall. Uncovered by well dig
gers on the farm of William New
ell in Cardiff. N. Y, it was rumored
to be the petriied figure of pre-
historic man. It was exhibited (for
an admission fee) to thousands of
the curious. Psychologists, physi-
clans and art connoisseurs offered
theories on its origin ranging from
petrifcation to a buried Phoenician
statue.
Andrew D. White of Cornell and
DR.. o. c. Marsh Of Yale proclaimed
it hoax and, pressed by the result
ing inquiries, neighbors recalled the
arrival Of big box to the farm.
Eventually the giant was discovered
to have been carved by a Chicago
sculptor from a block of gypsum.
The hoax was perpetrated by New
ellis brother-in-law, George Hull,
partly to make money and partly
to gull an Iowan clergyman with
whom he had arguments on giants
in Biblical times.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
Drouth Takes Heavy Toll
Of Canadian Waterfowl

Nearly rs per cent of the pros
pective crop of wild ducks on their
great breeding grounds in Canada's
prairie provinces is destroyed by
natural and man-made catastro-
plies.
The destruction, principally Of
eggs and newly Matched ducklings,
is estimated at as high as $4,000, 600
during single nesting season, the
nationally known conservation writ
er reports.
The principal cause of mortality
is drying up of marshes before the
young are able to fly. Drouth and
faster evaporation of surface water
due to increasingly higher summer
temperatures in recent years have
made countless prairie ponds death
traps for the wildfowl.
Describing an exodus of drouth-
stricken ducklings, an investigator
related: "Across the prairie start
ed the broods, putting one webbed
foot in front of the other in brave
trek for that element which ducks
must have or perish.
'"The food they had to have wasn't
available on the way. Small bones
and muscles weakened. Cactus
spines penetrated tender threats,
bellies and feet, and took hold to
stay. In the end distracted hen
lay down and died beside the last
of her offsprings."
In addition to drouth, voracious
pike, or jackdsh, are estimated to
eat some 100000 ducklings, other
predators take 8,0O0,00 marsh fires
destroy 100000 and other factors
including farming operations almost
the same number.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
If Woman Drives, Sit
In Back Seat. Brother

TULSA, OKLA.-A woman taxi
driver answered a mans call.
At his destination the customer
met his wife.
Two policemen arrived shortly
thereafter to settle the argument
between the man and wife.
The cause of it all?
'sHe didn't have to sit in the
front seat with the driver!"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01

Plebes, carrying full combat pack
weighing % pounds, are shown as
they hurdle trench during an as
sault course at West Point Military
academy. I'm running the course
they encounter every kind of 0bsta-
Gle which may confront them in &C.
tual combat.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01

ADOuC MduudLLdus l0uGG DGMdT-
CO at the Stork wearing a hat made
like pair of wings in honor of her
fiance, Fred Levy Jr. and his newly
won commission in the army air
force Colorado-born Josephine
Antoine of the Metropolitan Opera
company showing group of her
friends the gold whistle and chain
presented to her by the Illinois
naval reserve militia when she sang
for them recently 'Cellist Maui
rice Eisenberg in Grand Central
terminal buying an upper and low
er berth, the former for his precious
instrument Mae Murray, the
Merry Widow" waltz darling, dem
onstrating that she can rhumba and
conga and samba at Ell Chico by
dancing for one hour without sitting
down Paul Hartman at Leone's
showing off a gift he received from
Raymond Massey-an extensively
wrapped razor blade and a sugar
cube Mary Croft, movie song
bird, listening to the robins chirp in
Central park.
Joan Edwards stopping on
Broadway corner to tell friend Of
the movie star who led such furi-
GUS life that most of his relatives
died young Anna May Dickey
going through drilling PAGES with a
group of soldiers at the Stage Door
canteen where the singer is great
favorite Janet Reed, star of
the Dance Players, trekking into
town from New Hope, Pa, where
the company is CHARTERED for the
summer, on one Of the hottest days
to keep luncheon date with Poetess
Winthrop Palmer at the Colony
Zlatko Balokovic in Jugoslavian
garb, entertaining group Of friends
in his uptown East Side penthouse
by showing co1ored movies Of his
latest trip around the world
Oracle Fields and Wendy Barrie sip
ping iced tea at the Olney Inn
Simone Simon dining at the Magyar
in her best bib and pucker.
A British Commando telling some
of his war experiences to Meyer
Davis in the Promenade Outdoor
cafe directly in the shadow Of the
statue of Promenthus, the founder
of civilization Irving Berlin at
the Algonquin dining with Emil
Fried1ander, head Of Dazians,
Broadway's oldest theatrical fabric
supply house, which furnished the
cloth for 'This Is the Army
They met Is years ago when Da-
zians supplied the cloth for another
Berlin hit, the well-remembered
"Yip, Zip, Yap-hank'' Milton
Berle dining with his two gag writ
ers at Ruby Foo's den Keeping
his wits about him! Loretta
Young crossing Times square
The Young in heart-of the city
Hal Mcintyre stopping your CORE
spondent to ask whether he'd heard
about her keptomaniac with a sense
of humor Seems he never takes
anything seriously.
This & That: Romo Vincent has
discovered beauty salon on Lex
ington avenue with a sign which
says: "Come in and have your face
retreaded" When New York
taxi drivers are indicted into the
army they are asked whether they'd
like the tank corps Army heads
probably feel that if the cabbies can
show as much disregard for anti
tank guns as they do for pedestrians.
the war will soon be won
George Jessel may become a MGM
producer Sophie fuckers first
gesture after buying farm in Ken
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
Speed of Forest Fires

Forest fires have travelled five
miles an hour, lava has flowed at
the rate of so miles an hour and
clouds have attained velocity of
over hundred miles an hour.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
SOY BEANS
Acid Indigestion

What many Doctors do for il
When excess stomach acid causes gas, sour stomach
or heartburn doctors prescribe the fastest acting
medicines known for symtomatic relief medicines
like those in Bellans Tablets No laxative. If your
very first trial doesn't prove Belans better return
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-10-01
One, Other, Three

Before the English language
adopted the word 'second' from
the French, it's predecessor was
the Anglo-Saxon word "other."
Hence, our ancestors used to say
one, other, three, four and so on.
Evening star., 1942-06-24
Two Women Beaten
And Robbed on
Streets
Two Men Also Victims
Of Bandits; Ice Cream
Truck Driver Held Up

Two women were assaulted and
robbed late yesterday and early to-
day, police reported
A man of about 80 seized Kath-
leen A. McNeiSh, %, a Canadian
employe of the South African Le-
cation, as she walked along a path
about 300 yards south of Massa-
chusetts avenue NV. yesterday
He pulled her into the bushes and
threw her to the ground, but was
frightened away when he heard
footsteps. police said He fled with
the girls watch, which he had torn
from her wrist
Two colored men knocked Helen
Cumberlige, 80, War Department
employe, to the sidewalk when she
neared her home, 2217 1 street NV,
at 2:20 am, police reported. They
took her purse, containing more than
$50 in Defense stamps, cash and a
Government cheek.
An armed colored bandit held up
Carol P. Roberts, %, of Berwyn,
Md, driver of an ice cream truck,
shortly before midnight in the 900
block Of P street NV. The loot
was SAL.
Two colored men, one flourishing
revolver, took $50 from Harry
Trumbell. A, of 149 D street NV,
early today in the 900 block of l.
street N. w.
Murdock Hall, At, 1138 Fourth
street NV, lost $50 to colored man
who threw him to the ground on H
near Second street NE. shortly after
midnight.
Evening star., 1942-06-24
Rubber Output Spurred
In CeyIon and Africu
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 24-Harold Mac
MILAN. undersecretary for colonies,
told the House of Commons today
that rubber production was being
intensified in Ceylon and East and
West Africa in the hope that we
may help fill the gap before great
production of synthetic rubber be-
gins in the United States"
Reminding the House that Brita.1
had lost 80 per cent Of the worlds
rubber production and go per cent
of tin production. and other i'm
portant raw materials. Mr.. Mac
MILAN said colonial output must be
increased ION an immense scale"
Evening star., 1942-06-24
Assault Attempt Charge
Holds Man Under Bond

Lawrence Powell Owens, 81, of the
100 block Of Ridge road Sc, today
is under $4,000 bond for attempted
criminal assault on a 33-year- old
married woman of the 700 block of
Seventh street Sc.
Police Court Judge Walter j.
Casey was told yesterday the hus-
band was out and that the defend
ant beat her. During the tussle she
sustained a fracture Of the right
hand and later was treated at Gal
linger Hospital
The jurist set pond at $4,000 on
recommendation of Assistant United
States Attorney Sylvan Schwartz
who prosecuted the case. The de-
fendant, who entered a plea of not
guilty, was held for grand jury
action.
Evening star., 1942-06-24

Jardins and last night was commit
ted to the Detroit House Of Correc-
ton.
The young woman received q life
sentence for second-degree murder
Of her 7-year-old daughter. Helen,
and a 5 to Is year concurrent term
for manslaughter in the killing of
her husband, Peter, 80 a factory
worker. A murder charge in con-
nection with the death of her son,
Nicholas, S, was dismissed.
All three victims were shot to
death. At the time Mrs. Kulinich
told authorities that her husband
had shot the children and himself.
Evening star., 1942-06-24
Hale Succeeds Tinker
As Huwoiion Air Chief
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HICKAM FIELD, Hawaii, June
disappointment of Maj. Gen.
Willis H. Hale as commanding gen.
eral of the 7th Air Force, covering
all Army air units in the Hawaiian
area, was announced yesterday.
Gen. Hale replaced Maj. Gen.
Clarence L. Tinker, reported missing
in the battle of Midway Island
earlier this month He served under
Gen. Tinker since his arrival in
the islands shortly after Decem-
Der 7.
During the Midway battle Gen.
Hale commanded Army units which
co-operated with the Navy and
Marines in crushing the japanese
invasion fleet.
Make it pleasure to lend your
treasure. Buy War bonds.
Evening star., 1942-06-24
Mrs. Ku|inich Gets Life
For Family Sayings
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LAPEER, Mich, June 24.-The
case of Mrs. Julia Kulinich, 26, who
was accused Of killing her husband
and two children in their home at
Marlette last September IS, has
ended with her sentencing to life
Imprisonment.
Changing her plea to guilty as her
murder trial opened in Circuit
Court yesterday, Mrs. Kulinich was
sentenced by Judge George w. Des
Evening star., 1942-06-24

NEW YORK.-N NGERSOLL DEFERRED Ralph M. Ingersoll
0ef editor OF PM he learned from his local Seecv Service
Board chairman, Walter Mallory, that induction
Army has been postponed for at least weeks pending the
outcome of appeal by the publications publisher
Field Ingerso lined with other prospective nductees when
the board headquarters opened. "A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1942-06-24

Make it pleasure to lend your
treasure. Buy War bonds.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Ocean FIving
Records Made

nv international News Service
New flying records in ocean
CROSSINGS were established to-day ~
both the Atlantic and Pacific areas.
Lieut.. Gen. George II. Brett in a
FLYING Fortress piloted by Maj.
Frank 4. Kurt. established new
record for the flight from Brisbane,
Australia. TO san Francisco, Cal.
The Fortress made the jump OF
6.191 nautical miles in 36 hours and
10 minutes 10 beat the record OF 81
holp.s - minutes established in
1894 by the late Sir Charles Kings
ford Smith. Sir Charles record COW
cred the elapsed time for the hight
" hich actually took two weeks.
with stops for fuel and rest. II wa.
not revealed what stops General
Bretts plane made
The other records were set by
commercial aircraft in the Atlantic
serl ice. Pan American reported a
Clipper carried sixteen passengers
from Europe. thirty-seven from
Bermuda and 500 pounds Of express
for new record load. American
Export Lines said their Flying
Ace established a new commercial
ives Tern crossing flyingtime record
OF nineteen hours and fifty-four min.
ute.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Ship Fights Off
Sub, Vessel Lost

CIV International News Service)
While an alert gun crew OF an
American merchantmen was credit
ed with driving off an attacking
submarine. a British merchant yes.
sci was added today to the wartime
tell United Nations -sitiPs sank
by enemy action.
Although the American mere haut-
man was torpedoed and crippled
early in July. the gun crew fired
on the attacking submersible as IL
surfaced and forced II to crash dive
without being able TO deliver the
coup de grace.
Two members OF the crew Of 81
were reported missing. according TO
the Navy Department announce
ment. The survivors. including the
eight members Of. the gun crew
were landed at southern port. and
the disabled craft was towed 10 a
Caribbean port
The British merchant vessel was
torpedoed and sunk ~ miles Off a
West Indian island in mid. August.
Two members OF the crew o. So
we're lost The survivors. including
seven members Of the gun crew.
we're rescued two hours after the
attack and brought TO southern
port
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31

Washington. Aug Sins De
signed as reply to critics OF Con.
gfess a 80 page report was deliv-
cred TO members OF the House and
Senate today disclosing for the
inst time that from 1888 to 1912.
Congress appropriated Sll.000.000.-
00u more for the armed services
of this country than President
Roosevelt requested
The report. entitled The War
Record Of Congress" and prepared
by the legislative reference hu
reau Of the Library OF Congress,
declares that Congress has an.
ticipated the defense needs Of
this country and cannot be accused
OF giving TOO ttrtie and TOO fate7
"Not only the 18th Congress
(now IN session. but all Congress
s. since the End may well poiut
with pride to their foresight and
initiative in providing material tor
defense" the report asserts.
More Than Asked
These Congresses appropriated
almost ten billion dollars more
than was requested by the Pres
ident for the military establish
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Soldier Vote
Bill Speeded

Washington, Aug. 31-AP-Con-
gressional leaders were divided to-
day over how best to expedite pass
age of the service mems absentee
voting bill with the controversial
anti-poll tax clause in time 10 make
it effective for the November cleo.
tons.
Their decision lay between send
ing it to a conference committee TO
work out differences between the
Senate and the House and asking
the House 10 accept imm ediately
numerous Senate changes, includ-
ing an amendment providing that
service men may vote without pay.
ing poIi- taxes even though their
home states require them
Passed by the House last month
and amended by the Senate early
last week, the bill was returned to
the House Thursday but no action
was taken after Chairman SABBATH
D-lll) of the Rules Committee an
nounced he hoped an agreement on
procedure could be reached over
the week end.
Edgar & Brown director of the
National Negro Council. said his
group would endeayor to have some
one preferably Representative Nit.
chell CD-lll) only negro congress
man, insist on immediate House
action Brown said the conferees
undoubtedly would eliminate the
poll tax provision from the bill.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Workers Move
From Orchard

only a few heitsrs remained %
dav al Wizard Orchards opposite IN =
Ford Bomber plant following ord
era for removsl last week The re-
naming few will be moved as soon
a. Other sites rsn be obtained
tenants. most - fhrm workers
At the Ford Bomber Plant have
been reported cooperative in com.
plying with th-mofiug order Many
ala they were forced 10 rent or buy
tents and tiailers or other shelters
when they could not End houses
and also couli not ind any other
available lots.
AZ the pruffftT - = . :. -
thew we're notified hy state police
that all would hays 70 move SAM
tary conditions grew sieadlis.
worse as moe m9.sd lh. Io4HIY
health adthoritca n investigating
found many drinking polluted
water There was an outbreak o.
form Of dysentsry among the ten
ants Nake-shift SHELTERS we're
crowded and uncovered Garbage
vas only a few feet from shelters
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Meat Prices
to be Pegsed

Washington. Ang. 81 ms
Price administration experts today
disclosed that program TO assure
adequate distribution OF war short
meat supplies by pegging whole.
sale prices and allocating meat to
retailers will be announced by
OPA late this week
The price sterilization plan. they
said, will be the first step In a
program designed TO get meat
into shortage areas"
Since % per cent OF this years
meat supply must 30 to the armed
forces and lend-lease. the OPA ex.
perts explained, sections OF the
country. not profitable to the
packers. would 90 short of meat
should OPA not take immediate
action to equslize distribution.
Sterilization OF wholesale prices
they added. should make all sec
lions Of the country equally prof
liable 10 the packer.
ALLEGATION to retailers. experts
said, will be entailed in price sta
bilization, in order to prevent big
packers supplying pegpriced meats
"preferentially" to outlets that
might be profitable after the war.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Made
to Send Help
to Prisoners
State Department
Awaits Answer

tRy International News Service E
Washington, Aug 5f-4NS- The
State Department today awaited a
reply to its latest proposal for aid
ing American prisoners OF Japan.
Acing Secretary of State Sumner
Welles disclosed he had proposed
that food and supplies for impris-
oned Americans be taken to Por-
tuguese East Africa by neutral or
Red Gross ships and transferred
TO Japanese vessels.
Japan has refused to permit the
neutral swedish motorship Kanan-
gooda to carry supplies for the
Americans to Manila by way Of
Kobe, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
The Japanese, in the refusal, sug
gested that vessels used TO ex-
change American and japanese ma
tionals al Lourenco Marques, South
Africa, also carry the food and sup
plies but Welles pointed out that the
motorship Gripsholm being used
by this country in exchanging ma
tionsls, does not have sufficient
cargo carrying capacity.
Welles. in making the latest pro-
possl, via the Swiss government,
reminded the Japanese of their OBJ
legation under the Geneva conven-
ton TO facilitate delivery of sup
plies to prisoners and internees. He
added that this country lis fully
conscious OF is own obligations
under the convention.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Stir it up, Squeeze it Out
And There You Have Rubbcr'

Akron. o. Aug. 81 ms Eff
teen girl reporters saw and felt Of
synthetic rubber today and watch.
ed il brewing by the ton in huge
watts at Akron. II was small com.
fort, however. for the worn treads
on their automobile tires.
The rubber men tell us II will
be the middle OF 1914. possibly
1945. before any synthetic rubber
is on hand for civilian automobiles.
It will be made before then lis
being made now and in large
quantities The military will need
1t, though.
Synthetic Plant
The plant visited by the all-girl
war production tour Is that OF
,Firestone Rubber Company, first
of the governmentfinanced syn
thetic rubber plants to go into
production. Its capacity Is the
equivalent OF rubber plantation
covering 10000 acres, A twin
plant is going up nearby. Both
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-08-31
Congress Points to Record of Preparedness


asked by Mr. Roosevelt. and 1885,
642 626600 for the Army against
st25.962.423.1l4 requested by the
President. according to the report.
Concerning the present Congress,
against which most Of the cnti.
cism has been leyeled. the report
observes
Acted FsVorably
THE 18th Congress has acted
lavorably upon every war measure
proposed BY the administration n
is doubtful n the legislative branch
Of any Democratic government
ever threw its weight back OF the
administrative or executive branch
to the extent that this Congress
; fffz=siFfts tame into Being
January 1871
a perussI or the public laws
will indicate that prior consider
alton MAS gwen measure pertain
Inc 10 improving the armed forces.
n will also refute any claims that
Congress has been dilatory in the
matter Of defense and war legis-
lation. The record Of the 9Th
Congress in supplying the sinep e
Of war is without parallel"