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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03

effort of the best pupil in pen
manship class.
"Here are my stamps for
bond. $18.75. I started last
Christmas when / got $500. Not
counting SO cents, l have earned
all the rest, working one or more
days a week at a local grocery
store, and I'm quite proud to say
I worked hard to get it.
Janey stared out of the window
at Peterson's house and beyond
at the big yard where the kids
were playing football. She held
her pen elegantly in air.
Sitting here looking out the
window, see peaceful little
town, and I wonder how the world
can be in such turmoil and the
people of this world can have such
hate for their fellow men. So I'm
proud to send these stamps be-
cause I know I'm helping to make
the whole world peaceful again
like our little town."
She signed her name with an
important flourish, not forgetting
a conspicuous miss" in front of
the Clancy" After she had
sealed the letter she went on star
ing out of the window. It really
was awfully peaceful. Overhead
she heard a plane go hunaming by
through the sunny afternoon air.
Then the voice of her best
friend, Betty, called from out
side-"Jan-ey!" In an instant
Janey was on her feet and tear
ing downstairs and out. She was
not Hedy LaMarr nor a deep phil
osopher any more, but exactly
twelve years old.
dieter from an actual commune cation
in the files of the Treasury Department.
Grown-ups and children alike
should all help the "breadwin.
ner" of the family to budget for
War Bonds. Let's all join a pay.
roll savings plan and "top that
1919 by New Years."
q. S. Treasury Departments
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03
(I4lfR6ll
fancy
fancy

Janey closed the bedroom door
and locked it. Alone at last! She
threw back her head and heaved
a deep sigh. Then she peeked out
of the corner of her eye at the
mirror to see whether she really
did look like Hedy LAMAR. Quite
a lot, she decided.
And now to business. She drew
forth from the bottom of her top
bureau drawer the sheet of pink
writing-paper and the envelope
that she had been saving for this
day. She sat down at the table
by the window and dipped the!
pen into the bottle of green ink
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03
TARPON News

George Mullins, employed at
Kingsport, spent the Week-ellu
with his family.
Cecil Frazier and Kermit Puck
EFT left for the army Saturday.
ter Wednesday afternoon.
John Henry Wright has been
sick but it able to return to his
job.
Miss Kathleen Beverly visited
at the home of Joe Potter Satur-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03
LONZA NEWS

Miss Vonda Cochran spent
Tuesday night with Mr.. and Mrs.
Worley Gibson.
Clyde Amos visited at the home
Of C w Davis Sunday.
S. P. Cochran visited Allen
Musick and family Tuesday.
Make Cochran spent Monday
night with Helen Spriggs at
Splashdam.
Pat Adkins visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Pearlie Adkins Saturday.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03
Around Town
Call Phone 817-
(Too late for last week)

Miss Thelma Sykes and Miss
Lois Stone spent Thanksgiving
Day in Radford as the guests of
friends.
Rev. L. D. Perkins and daugh-
ter, Frances, and son, Joe, visit
ed friends here Friday Of last
week.
Mrs. Sam Lawson of Norton is
the weekend guest Of Miss Imo-
gene Deel at her home in west
end.
Harold Remines of Washingtn
is the guest of his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. NJ. w. Remines.
The ladies of the Baptist VIM.
U. honored Mrs. RS. Sutherland
with a shower this past Thurs
day at the home Of Mrs. R. L.
Phipps.
Shelby Hylton of st. Paul and
John Evans of Coeburn were the
Friday guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Mccoy and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Stanley.
Mrs. Charlton Graham, who
has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Bess Adkins, has returned to her
home in Selma, Ala.
Mrs. Gus Steele and son. Jess
W.. have returned from a weeks
visit with Mrs. Steele's sister,
Mrs. Fern kennedy, in Akron, O.
Mrs. Victory Molinary has re-
turned to her home in FIT Knox,
K, after a weeks visit with her
mother, Mrs. C J Mullins, and
son, Harold Preston Remines.
Friends will be glad to learn
that Fred Garter is much i'm
proved at this writing.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03

that her sister
Rose was such
a pig b out.
She wrote, with
beautiful ara
besques, Dear
Mr.. M or a.
thau," and held
her head back
to admire this
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03
ia IN DECEMBER DRAFT
(From page one)

(trOm page One)
Montague Crabtree, Long Fork
Clair Wetsel Hays, Rt. l, St.Paul
Jerry Elmer Brooks, Clinchco
Merlin Farley Vanover, Blow
ing Rock
Clayton c. Sutherland, Bee
Luther E. Stanley, Clintwood
Edward Lee Stanley, Nora
William Vernon Kiser, Hazel
Lee Trinkle Gibson, Clintwood
Carlos Lee McClain, Leck
Hubert Mason Sluss, Nora
Ernest F. Linville, Haysi
Milton L. Sutherland, Clint
wood
George A. Austin, Trammel
william Earl Cantrell, Mcclure
Mckinley w. Vance, Mcclure
Guy Curtis Sluss, Tivis
Edwin F. Hill, Rt. 2, Coeburn
Elmer w. Newberry, Blowing
Rock
eOnard Mullins, Bartlick
Erwin Mullins. ClintWood
Ralph E. Reedy, Fremont
Odell Homer Greer, Mcclure
Rufus Ernest Price, Clintwood
George A. Williams, w. Dante
Alfred Mullins, Freezing
Derweod C. Yates, Cocburn, 2
Edgar Morris Rasnick. Birch
leaf
Luther M. Swanner, w. Dante
Floyd Newton Keith, Wakenva
Adrin Earl Mccoy, Trammel.
Cifus Mullins, Skeetrock
Carl D. Hughes, Clintwood
Claude C. Stallard, Herald
Morgan J. Anderson, Birchleaf
Bubby Bumgarner, Clinchco
Ralph Haynes, Freezing.
Brady Lyall, Steinman
Billy M. Owens, Bartlick
Leonard Reynolds, Clinchco
Garcie Thurston Rose, Omaha
George Dewey Anderson, Dwale
Albert Carl Silcox, Nora
Arville S. fleming, Bartlick
Denver M, Kilgore, Nora
Carl Fuller, Splashdam
Clinton E. Robinson, Clinchco
George A Anderson, CintWood
Rufus Mullins, Isom
Luther Ramey, Haysi.
Kermit Finis Farmer, Duty
Kennis Ben Martin, Wakenva
Jerry Friend, ClintWood
Erwin H. Presley, Coeburn 2
Larkin Howard, Trammel
Robert B. Miller, Clintwood
Vance Monroe Taylor, Clnchco
Allen Yates, Willard
Robert E. Lee, Nora
James L. Sutherland, Clinchc.o
HAZEL NEWS
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-03
Sn,iLin,' Jack says

"You know, it's swell of the folks
at home to buy War Bonds the way
they're doing. I understand every
body is going to be signed up for
1920 of their pay by New Years"
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-29

st. Louis Stcr-Tines
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-29
The United Nations will

The United Nat ons will
not win the war until every
citizen"reelizes vivid1y
that he is engaged in q CON-
non effort t. preserve his
very ext stence," Dr.. Cyril
F. james, Principal and
Vice-Chancel1or Of EcGill
University, Mont real, told
a dinner meeting Of the
University Of ennsylvania
club Of New York.
I'VE are not fighting for
natl one1 honor and prestige.
He are fighting for our
very lives, and for every
thing dear to US.
Mn that effort there
can be no striving for per-
sonal advantage, nor can we
t olerete argument 8 ub out the
relative share Of RESPONSE
|bi1ity which should be borne
by ecch Of the united natl ons
With the Death Of Gener-
al Hugh Johnst on, President
Roosevelt loses one Of the
hornets that has buzzed c ,n-
tinuo11y around his bonnet.
Buy.lvict Dry Stamps at the
Trading Post and General
office.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-29

TOUGH TURKEY
At Pale St inc, Texas, Eddie
Devers inspected G. nest Of
turkey eggs ond, deciding they
wouldn't hatch, threw one Of
them against G fence post.
A baby turkey hit the
ground and walked off.
4 smoked han weighing IS
pounds row weighs 10 pounds
four ounces cooked, and yields
7 pounds four ounces Of solid
meat.
Fifteen pounds Of potot oes-
tho l pound 8 ounces is lost
in peeling-vill weigh 10
pounds ma ehed(2 quarts milk
being adeed), enough for IS
servings.
RE steurent News.
Womnnpower Of the nation is
Q stirnted today at 80 mi Iii IN ,
Of which about 70 per cent cen
be expected to continue in es-
semitic office and factory
work, hone ma int enance and
civilian morale pursuits. Nat :
i onel regi st rati On may bring
a large portion IF the remain
der into war production work.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1942-05-29

Dr.. Ralph Mackenzie Of
Seldovia, Mr.. end Hrs. Cor
don, Mrs. Frank Dorsey and
children of anchorage were
guests last Tue sday Of Dr..
and Mrs. Leroy Flora.
DR.. Mackenzie has been
on an extended trip thru
the States, making the
round trip by plane.
Governor Gruening and
Colonel Gibson spent 10 day
in the Colony while Cover
nor Gruening wu s in Anchor
age recently.
Neil Wright returned on
Saturday from q trip to the
States. He drove across
the States to New York.
Miss Key Kreinbring WIS
passenger on last weekend
boat for the States. She
is going to Minneapolis.
Lloyd Olsen who has been
manager ct the Anchorage
Creamery for the hvFCA wi IL
enter the Army ct Fort
Richardson Tue sday.
Mr.. St eek says that the
situotion as to the water
supply is now better and
that if the users cont inue
not to wa ste it is likely
that Two shall be able to
hold our own.
John Barrymore If stage,
film and radio fcme is very
ill with pneumonia at g
Hollywood hospital He has
been in vretched health for
the Last several years.
The ext re- ordinary con-
ceit of Ita1y's mssolini
me demonstrated Nay 7 when
he WIS installed es Lord
Chief Justic and told Fus-
cist officials: "Fron now
Evening star., 1942-10-18
HOW IT BEGAN 90.

anese traders kidnapped -four
Chinese girls from a silk-weav-
ing village, and forced them to
reveal the method!
TIPPING goes back to the days
,0l,en BARRIERS performed bleed
ing operations. They received
no definite fee, but soere siue',
schateper the patient could
afford. Payment sOas sent in q
little box with the sp0vds ssTo
Insure Pron.ptuess." From the
first three letters Of those
soords comes our ,p0rd "tip."
a DEBUTANTK has . looming
out" party because in primitive
times q girl did just that. When
they reached a certain age, girls
literally "came out' of the
huts where they had boon inn
prisoned, and were offered in
marriage! - ARkADY lE0kUM
Evening star., 1942-10-18

phesosIsesrie eye proof Of Pepsodent's
superior polishing ability convinced
scientists. But not the Rick Twins
They wanted TO see just how good
Pepsodent was without scientific gad-
gets-when it was used in the practical
way the way anyone would brush
teeth. So they tossed coin to see who
would use Pepsodent, and Margaret
won. Marilyn chose to test another
leading tooth powder.
Evening star., 1942-10-18

HoMEY1Go0lGS are a relic from
the days when the bridegroom
captured his bride by force, and
then had to hide away with his
prize until her kinsmcn grew
tired of searching for her!
>>R1TAURAlgT'' scas originally
the name of o soup! 1t is first
men toned in a book published
in France IL, 1857. Then only
rich people could a6osd soup.
In I765 a tavern soas estab-
Hshed ,Uith the name of '@Res-
taurant'' ,ohich serusd exclu-
sipeiy this s0onde!ful soup.
Later on it became the name
for any eating house.
SILKW0RlG1 were first culti-
vated by the Chinese 4, 500 years
ago. China kept the process of
silk manufacture . secret until
the fourth century. Then Jap
Evening star., 1942-10-18

People oIwoys hod hard time telling
them apart =. . they were that alike
But that was before the test started
Then, admitted Marilyn, did | learn
about tooth powders! Our dentist was
skeptical at first :. . then amazed that
PePsodent made Pegs teeth twice as
bright as mine! He said he never saw
anything like it, Neither did we.
Pepsodent showed us how really
bright teeth can bel"
Evening star., 1942-10-18
and HE Rick
Twins dentist soys:

+" OF course, !
was skePtical.
P e Ps o d e nt's
claims sounded
JUST TOO good to
be true. How
ever, this Rick
Twins test con-
vinced me the.
statement of Thep
Pepsodent Com !
pany is accurate
and truthful.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
g. Esther Van Wagner Tufty

B. Esther Van Wagner Tufty
London. Sept. % Delayed -
What does England think about the
United States today
That's best revealed. perhaps. in
the question 'Gey ask OF Americans
who come to England
Some of the questions they ask
me We're lulus, but no more so than
the American soldiers who ask IL
only titled Britishers can buy a
first class railroad ticket
To begin with, it's a new kind OF
growing interest in America that
they ask questions a all. (The
average Britisher leads a secluded
life in his own house and garden
many don't know the name
Of the next town or how to get
thereJ
Thu BRUSH are Just not a ques-
tion-asking fox They are startled
at the number the American soldier
can find TO ask
Besides, the reserved Briton h. ST..
tates TO ask the kind Of questions
he really wants answered
But in q midnight canteen some
war workers asked some questions
which surprised me. will America
swing TO the left after the war;" 1T
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
Amusing Questions Reveal
British Ideas on America

was made clear that England
would
is isolatiorism dead in Ameri.
ca"
Why didn't America come into
the war before Pearl Harbor?"
How do American workers feel
about Russia Are they working
as hard as we are?"
At gunner's unit some British
soldiers, smartiug under the arrival
of the American soldiers in natter
uniforms and more money in their
pockets, asked.
Why do American soldiers in
sist upon buying drinks for us
We can't afford TO return the treat"
A member OF Parliament. Sir
| William Jowitt. who Is charged
with postwar reconstruction plans.
asked How much postwar plan
ming is going on in America ."
One Of the girls a private Of the
ATS, asked, Are you rationing lip
stick?"
At big public meeting in his
toric Bath was asked "Will Lind
bergh ever be PRESIDENT" "A ques-
ton about LindberRh. whom they
had welcomed after he flew from
America, was certain to pop up at
every meeting They can not un-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

I derstand how he OF all Americans
can turn against them
viii President Roosevelt be
president as long as the war lasts?'
is Willkie's popularity growing in
America Hes popular with the
Britishl
lis there a blackout along the
east coast?"
why do Americans call a good
chap a guy" My answer TO this
was. Because they never heard of
the word bloke"
as our British Ambassador Hall.
fax as well-l'ked in the United
States as your ambassador Winant
is here?' And what has happened
to former ambassador Kennedy p"
Have you ever seen Clark
Gable? "Can you get all the pc
troll (gasoline) and tires you want
in America ?"
A lord mayor of the black coun.
try asked me: do your aliens
cause sabotage remembered the
trouble with the Germans around
Milwaukee during the last war.
What is the official attitude toward
Finland"
But the little boy who carried my
bag to my room the first night
arrived in London really topped
them all. Are you getting enough
10 eat in America >"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
A Terrible Attitude

Remember materials We ship Il
day are gun bait tomorrow
Remember, never forget il, W
can lose il, il We don't all wake up
| beseech all Old Timers, al
Young Timers. and those in be
tween from the cities and farms 4,
forget sentiment OF yesterday. ~
admit it's a beautiful thing to pos
sess, but never forget your necl
and mine is in a dangerous spot
and all the old cannons can he'll
save them. Don't tell me you won
be grateful!
1t matters little to me IL Geors
Washington brought back all tn
cannons from Valley Forge ano
planted them from Alaska to Flori
da He'd feel the red bloodet
American Spirit in us all the NOR
II we get together and start ever
cannon in the nation on the way Il
being jeeps, tanks. bullets, or what
ever it takes to put the Japs am
Axis where they belong.
With all respect to Old Timer for
get the years gone by. cherish you
memories, but be one OF us tods,
who doesn't forget Americas need
Salvage is an urgent need
Nothing but our own laNity I,
properly arm ourselves can eve
destroy the beauty OF Prospeo
Park. Out future is none too bril-
liant An air raid could make oul
parks look pretty sick. II can hap
pen.
The government ! understand, u
willing to credit each community
for the cannons they send. and vii
substitute, at the end OF the war
each park with a trophy taken dur
ing the battles OF today.
Good judgment is an attribute to
age. so think it over. Wouldn't I
be great for future generations t.
feel the old cannon brought one
from Germany or Japan.
All American cannons can keel
our enemies on their own huntini
ground. without them I'm not 81
sure
Get war conscious, Old Time
and start helping every American
youngster to salvage all loose iroi
and metal lying around. It ma,
help save your neck as we'll as his
Remember 81 pledge allegiance
10 the Flag" Salvage is one
those AlleEiances.
AMERICAN
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
How About Hiker Statue?

While our vigilant salvage com
mittee has been searching ~ for
scrap metal. how come they have
overlooked that bronze statue, THE
Hiker,' west OF uae water tower?
That is really something, 1t is of
bronze which contains tin aud cop
per. both of vital importance to the
war effort. more so than iron.
The statue has not been here
long enough to have made much I'M
preston on the daily life of the
citizens. many Of whom have never
seen it. The tiny plot on which il
stands has not attracted scores of
school, Sunday school. church. fam
lily reunion and birthday party
groups each summer. not to men
ton the crowds that attend band
concerts and ball games.
II commentaries only recent
war. which was over while the Ypsi-
lanti boys were still in camp, and
which never endangered our coast
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

Your paper recently printed a
letter, bemoaning the fate OF the
old cannon which rests in Prospect
Park The letter was signed by
Old Timer To either Nh. or Mrs.
Old Timer | should like to make
this reply
have been resident OF your
community for only year but had
| sailed in here with the Ark. and
the Ark could help one bit in win
ming the issue today: then I'd sure
ly say, throw in the Ark "
! wonder Il Mr. and Mrs Old
Timer stopped TO think that Oliver
L. Thompson, if he were in our
midst today, might appreciate our
being full Pledged Americans. rath.
er than dwelling in ancient history
] know he would if he was deserv.
ing OF memorial in the first place.
Your letter states that it would
be a shame TO sacrifice this source
OF happy memories to senseless
fad that would mean little to the
government. as there are other
sources of metal
This is terrible attitude for any
one to take. Only those who are
working in all branches OF the war
effort are equipped TO express
opinions. Thousands like you are
going calmly on expressing opin-
ions. Opinions don't count now
facts are all that matters. Our
papers will do better service when
they stop silly discussions and en-
tighten the multitude on the need
OF every war effort.
have a civilian defense Job. and
am glad to Do it, have attended
salvage meetings where thinking
men are getting together to wake
the cities and communities to the
drastic need Of salvage IT ISN'T
A FADE,
Your letter leads me to believe
that somewhere along your life's
journey you Lay have been inter
ested in some war I'll bet the last
shot from the cannon that you did
your part 10 the hilt then and
that's the way it must be today.
Our boys can't win this war on
just air. nor will memories of 1900
help much either They have TO
have iron and all the other metals
II will take for all the machines
and guns thew have To use
Remember We haven't won II vet.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

wiped out in lig-time, and as long
as the merest handful Of en- re-
main they'll 90 on fighting pre-
cisely as ex-Ambassador Grew
says They don't care boot II
they're committing suicide. It's A
kind Of religion with 'em-the
Spirit Of Bushido, as they say.
Joe Crew is correct. The German
Samurai is a one-man set-up, con-
sisting Of Adolf Hitler. practically
alone. If he's bumped off, the rest
Of the Naz.s may have sense
enough to quit. The Japs' maniac
samurai are sufficiently scattered
70 be hard 10 hunt down. one at
time. and they'll keep It up until
he last ones in suicides grave.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

line Besides, it is new metal tina
has not been softened and mad,
less valuable by many years OF eX
posure TO the elements. Also
weighs more than a mere cannon
Here is treasure, indeed
Otter cities have found rici
metal treasure in city dumps-hsv,
Ypsilanti's been dug into?
HOW ABOUT TT
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25
APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED

Jackson, Sept. 25-Announcemen
was made Thursday OF the appoint
ment of f. G. Wright as superinten
dent Of the Michigan Division
the New York Central Railroad
here and promotion OF R. J. De
forest, division superintendent
since last spring, to the superinten
dency in Detroit.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-09-25

Impulsive. warm-hearted and
sincere are today's birthday chill
dren They are influenced by the
opinions OF Others. They judge
people at hrst meeting and go TO
extremes In their likes and dis
likes They are lntuitive and VIII
be likely to marry early IN life.
Finances improve during the next
year. and elders. strangers. social