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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Claudette Expert

Claudette Colbert has had a
taste Of being a war widow for
nearly 10 months.
Her husband, DR.. Joel Press
man, has been living at San
Pedro, coming home two nights
a week and attending to his pri-
vate practice few hours daily.
But now Jack, as Claudette
calls him. has been sent to an
other naval base, and that means
she will be alone for the dura-
ton.
l was touched when I talked
with jeanette Macdonald. She
was so proud that Gene Ray
mond had joined the air force.
jeanette and Claudette, of
course, will be making pictures,
but that won't lessen their lone
illness, for no matter how busy a
woman is with a career, II does
not fill her life completely, es-
pecially if she has been happily
married.
But women of Hollywood are
not complaining. They are try
ing to do their part-not only to
keep the home fires burning but
also by helping in some branch
of the service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Too Tired TO Date

AS for dates with other men
even old friends-that Is out.
Owen says I am foolish and he
wants me to go around with our
friends, particularly for dinner
and theater parties. But when
/ am working at the studio I
am too tired, and when i am not
making pictures I am too busy
with defense work.
Mary Aston. whose husband.
Manuel del Campo, is serving
with the Royal Canadian Air
Force, has a different problem.
Even If she thought il wise. she
could not go to Canada 10 be
near Manuel for several impor-
tant reasons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
SIS to $500 a Week

Song pluggers earn from SIS
to $500 a week plus expenses.
They needn't know ANYTHING
about music except be able TO
sing their songS-and project
sufficient personality TO sell
those songs 10 bandleaders TO
play over the air or at night
spots.
Many of them are wits-mv
favorite being Dave Franklin.
Rare personality is Mitchell
Parrish, talented lyricist, not the
least Of whose artistic contribu-
tlons were the lyrics for the
tender "Stardust" with the
divine melody by Hoagy Car
michael.
Mitchell's income. I am told.
exceeds SIS, 900 a year.
Before he became a writer of
songs, he was a court clerk
and he still holds on 20 the lob.
The position of court clerk
doesn't pay any great shakes of
salary. and you might ask why
keep the job? Parrish explains:
"Who knows how long the
music business Will last for me ?"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Freak Styles End

No more freak styles from
Hollywood. Over at Paramount.
l saw copy of a letter TO film
designers from the textile de-
partment Of the War Production
Board.
you (the designers),' il in
structed. "must think along con-
sentative lines and not develop
styles which would lean toward
longer skirts, balloon sleeves or
other fashions which would show
abundant use of materials in
dresses for stars at time when
women of America are being
instructed 10 conserve on ma
terial."
First stars wardrobe 10 be af-
fected at Paramount will be
Veronica Lakes in The Glass
Kew"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Bonita Denies Rift

Bonita Granville bears Jackie
Cooper out that here is no
break between them. She tells
me.
II did 20 out with Jack Briggs
and i may do II again, but things
are just the same with Jackie
and me. I'd feel terribly II we
ever had quarrel"
Bonita, at 10. is quite the
young lady these days. She's
apparently stopped growing at
; feet =.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Composers Lyricists,
Publishers, PIuggers
Material for Drama
BY LOUIS SOBOL

TIN PAN Alley Stuff-S ON
u day some one who is a blend
of Dickens and o. Henry, Rabe-
lais and Ring Lardner, Irwin
Cobb and Johnny O'Connor will
come along to do the story of
Tin Pan Alley and its fabulous
characters past and present.
1t will be stormy and bawdy
and humorous and fantastic-it
will be dramatic-and in many.
instances, preposterous.
The history will discuss the
publishers and the song-plug-
gers, the composers and the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

disrupted, even though the hus-
band and father Is In the service.
We no longer need such a largo
house with Manuel gone, but
this is home to our children, and
this Is where they should be-"
Cobina Wright Jr., whose
bridegroom, Palmer Beaudette
of Pontiac, Mich, is stationed at
Fort Macarthur, has moved
from her home TO a hotel. She
explained:
eff 1 have q word OF advice 20
young brides of this war, 1t IL
this:
'Visit your husband as often
as you can. Be as gay and happy
as possible when he visits you on
leave. But don't set up house
keeping with another young war
widow or group OF girl friends.
Live alone in your home with
your parents IL possible; II not,
by yourself.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Lots of Eeeentrics

have overlooked hundreds OF
names-and among them no
doubt my favorite-but it wasn't
my intention to run a catalog
today.
Instead / wanted to discuss
a few of the eccentrics of the
alley.
Like Jack Robbins, for in
stance, head of three music
firms, who is known to the
Indy set as MIR. Buster"
Not in. derision. Robbins is a
shouter and barker, and when
he has you thoroughly scared
that's the time to make your
touch, for he's a pushover for a
sob story and has lent more
money to impecuniouS musicians
than some of us earn in a life-
time.
Having started as song
plugger behind the counter of a
five-and-dime store, Robbins will
sing any of his firms tunes
whenever you ask him, where.
ever he NAV be-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Children Considered

where two children are In
volved 1t Is not 80 simple" Mary
told me. Il think II Is extremely
important that the normal homo
life of children should not be
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

Or should they take jobs or
busy themselves in war &C
tivities?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Hollywood Answers

The movie war widows
IL / am any judge-are NOT
meeting their problems accord
ing to advice of psychiatrists or
any self-elected experts-that is,
if they are wise.
Generalities are dangerous in
dealing with such a problem as
this, and each case must be met
by the individual and with CON-
mon sense.
Brenda Joyce. for instance,
whose husband, Owen Ward, left
recently for camp, says she does
not feel that other young
brides should necessarily follow
the plan that she has made for
her life while Owens is serv-
inp~ his Cotinfry
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22

|PoueM O. "a arson
Should War Widows 60 Out With Other Menu
Film Stars Answer Queries on Proper Behavior
HOLLYWOOD. March 21.


WHAT part in American life today is there for left
w expectedy alone-ther husbands camps high
seas-"war widows" of World War II?
realized what deep subject
until young and older married started writing asking
how the left behind in Hollywood carrying
with their problems
Magazines lately too, have been filled with articles psy
chars and experts (mosty male I've noced) Offering advice
to the rapidly growing army of women without men.
Should women whose husbands service accept
dates even of the most patonc variety with other
Should they uproot their routnes by moving
small apartments and furnished rooms?
Should they follow if conditions permit to
homes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-22
Berlin, Steve Foster,
Cohon, Kern. Porter
CoIorfyI Characters

bert, Rodgers and Hart, the
Fieldses. Herbert and Dorothy.
The newcomers like John La
Touche and Vernon Duke, or
men who climbed to fame over
night like Mack Gordon and
Harry Revel, when they were a
team, will have a place.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24

but instead Of taking one every day,
ne swallowed the whole boxful one
night before going to bed Next morn
ing the family had great difficulty In
waking the old man. At last he rolled
over and rubbed his eyes. IAN right,
all right" he grumbled, @Tn get up.
But I won't go to school
An undertaken handling his first
funeral said to the mourners: Now
we win pass around the bier"
Mama: What becomes Of a car
when it gets too old to run2"
Someone sells 1t to your father"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24

and when the Dartmouth bovs
have their girls come up for the week-
end they take them to the library and
show them Howe.
she: Would you like to see where 7
was operated on for appendicitis
He; mo, I hate hospitals"
park" '-AlS
He and She: Who's sleepingP"
May I take you home? I like tn tale
experienced girls home.'
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NO

CRUATLEY-T RUsTEE-WEAvER NO.
B.
SW NWa SCI 27-35-6W
Completion. finch at 1912; Sun
burst sand, 2slO-2sSO; upper Cut
Bank, 2860-29OO; show Of oil, 1919
1900; lower Cut Bank, 2900-2918,
main pay; Ellis, 2918; fluid level,
1900 feet; swabbed 140 Dbl In "a mr.;
shot four times with 10 qt. nitro
glycerin; completed Oct. IT,
STEEL CREEK CARMEN NO. s.
Sc SW3 NE3 19-34-5W
Drilling 855
RITA JACOBSON NO s.
c NE3 SW3 23-37-5W
Completion. Sunburst sand, 2555-
2577; upper Cut Bank, 2580-2595;
lower Cut Bank, 2595-2616; main
pay, 26O8-2616: fluid level, 1900 it.;
swabbed 200 Dbl LIST "a hr.; COM
pleted Oct 10.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24

Income taxes could be a lot worse.
Suppose we had to pay on what we
think we are worth.
A young Swede appeared at the
county judges office and asked for a
license.
what kind Of a ncense?" asked the
judge "A hunting hcense2"
mo" was the answer, cay tank ay
bane hunting long enough Ay want a
marriage license"
Jones has II children"
Gosh, he's gone stork mad, hasn't
hep"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24

I'm not experienced"
You're not home yet"
A long skirt Is like prohibition-the
joints are stin there, but they're
harder to find.
Roses are red,
Violet's are blue,
Lilies are pink;
saw them on the wash line.
An old man heard about a treat
ment that would restore his youth.
The medicine was a certain extract
lade up in pills. He bought box,
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24
DARLING POOL
GIVES ANOTHER
GOOD PRODUCER
0Continued from Page one

Continued from Page One)
CONSOLIDATED GAS-FRARY- TRT
BAL 2OS NO. B.
Sc NW4 Sci 24-32N-6W
Drilling $500
GLACIER PRODUCTION SCHEU-
Rim NO. s.
C SEA SW3 2O-33-5W
Completion: finch cemented at
1894; Sunburst sand, 29SO-294O; up
per Cut Bank, 2ss2-sO15; Lower Cut
Bank, SOl5-3O27. Ellis, 3O27; total
depth, 5000. Fluid level, 500 feet;
swabbed % Dbl in 16 hr Shot with
60 quarts nitro glycerin. Compile
ton date, Oct. 20.
GLACIER PRODUCTION BAILEY
NO p
Drilling 2915
COBB g. CO.-TRIBAL ZOE NO. p
C Lot 2 24-S2-6W
Rig up.
SANTA RITA-vALE NO. l.
C SW4 SEA 30-34-5W
Completion. 7-inch at 2778; Sun
burst sand, 2725-275O; upper Cut
Bank, 2775-27S5; lower Cut Bank,
2785- 28O5; Ellis. 28O5; total depth,
2715; fluid level, 1900 feet; swabbed
20 Dbl. LIST "a hr; shot with 60 quarts
nitro glycerin; completed Oct. II.
A. P.-CONSOLmATED- KESEL NO.
J.
c NW3 11-34-6W
Drilling 2545
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24
WE BELIEVE

WE BELIEVE
GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS have been definitely proven in
dispensbe in Montana. Every wildcat should have both
Madison and Devonan highs" determined by reflection
seismograph before drilling begins.
DEEPER DRILLING is essential write the real history
the Montana oil industry The major of Mon
tana petroleum is in formations BELOW THE BIC
LIME Abandonment of wells at the Cat Creek horizon
stupidity No well should be considered a completion.
until it is drilled into the Devonan.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24

The WPB is about to start cam
paign for collection of discarded silk
and nylon hosiery for use in the manu-
facture Of gunpowder bags. Now there
is a job the Badger could go for
hosiery inspector, collector and adj
juster.
Some one has reported that they are
going to open recruiting station in
Washington to enlist for Alaskan SER
vice men who are accustomed to work.
ing in continuous fog.
They say that Dartmouth has a
statue of the famous Revolutionary
soldier. General Howe. It's hidden in
the dark, deep interior Of the library
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1942-10-24

present price is not sufficient to provide
funds and incentive
To encourage and provide funds to
carry on a research program to develop
means of making available the immense
reserves not capable of being recovered
under present known methods.
To provide necessary funds to enable the
industry to keep in employment within
the industry the trained and skilled en-
ployees in competition with industries
not 50 necessary To nltr mar effort
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Recess Granted
 In Rate Hearing

Seattle (P)-A two-day recess has been ordered in the Federal hearing on the shipping rate in- crease in Alaska. The recess was granted at the request of the Alaska Steamship company after James Curtin, representative of the Office of Price Administration introduced tonnage revenue fig ures to support his contention that the company's l941 income was adequate, and that income on food cargo was too high.
 The recess was asked for pre- paration of a rebuttal and was granted over the objection of Paul Page, IT,, Solicitor General of the Maritime Commission, who contended the move would delay the hearings unnecessarily.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
3ond Drive Enters Second Week; Stunt Sc

You can't buy 8 bomber with out buying a bond, but you can buy bond without a bond.
 That seeming paradox has come about because the actual bond certificates have not ar- rived yet, but latest advices are that they will be on the way as soon as possible from the Feder- al Reserve bank in San Francisco.
 There are two main advantages to buying the bonds now before the certificates get here.
 1. It is not known how large the shipments of certificates will be, and those who pay their money now and receive their receipts, will have first chance at getting the actual bonds.
 2. The campaign for buying bonds to be earmarked for a bomber for Alaska has only three more weeks to run, and the pur- chases must be made before --,- March g to be credited toward it.
 As explained before, the money may be pald now at the post office or bank, receipts will be issued, and the bonds will be turned over to the purchaser when they arrive. At the end of the campaign the total will be repo' ted to headquarters at Juneau, and the Alaska total will be reported to the Treasury Department at Washington, D. C., so that the funds taken in may be earmarked for a bomber to be called the Spirit of Alaska" which will take it's
 (continued on page 4)
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Make-Shift Ink Prints
 Mirror Until "Next Boat

The ink with which this issue of the Kodiak Mirror is printed is d combination of 3 cans of mimeograph ink, l sixth can of regular news ink, plus some ink once thrown away but reclaimed, strained through a kitchen sieve, and used. The resulting product exceeded expectations.
 A formula for printing ink has been borrowed from the Kodiah library, a check make of avail able sources of lampblack, Pruss- ian blue, etc. needed for it, and Melvin Fewel, pharmacist of Bert's drug store has expressed a willingness to try to concoct it- in case an overdue ink supply does not arrive-you guessed 1t Ion the next boat" in time for the next issue.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14

The central business district of Kodiak was endangered for a time Wednesday when fire com pletely gutted the frame resid- ence located between Sears, Roe buck & company's order office and Dads Liquor store on the south side of Alaska Way.
 The alarm was turned in at 11:40 pm. by Jerry Lodge, rest aurant owner, who saw the flames in a ground-foor window.
 The fire was said to have start ed from a reflled kerosene lamp which Rose Martin, owner and occupant of the house, was re- lighting. When the lamp fared up she received burns on her hands and arms that necessitated treatment, including second de- gree burns on one hand.
 The dry. frame building blaz- ed stubbornly, and the volunteer fire department was forced to use three chemical engines, num- erous hand extinguishers, and the recently repaired water bumper.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Stamp License
 Needed For Cars

A new license stamp, required by federal law on all cars, has been received by Al King, post master, and may be obtained at the post office.
 The license is a Federal Use Tax, costs $2.09 for each vehicle, commercial or private, and will expire June 30. On July 1 the new o- will cost $5, but will not expire for one full year.
 The license is due now, and is transferable with the vehicle
 The new tax makes all cars and trucks require three licenses: the Territorial license, obtained at the U. s. Commissioners office, fee, $l0, and $15, for hire; the city tax, payable at the city clerks office, fee, $5 per license; and the Federal Use Tax, fee, S2.09 each vehicle, s5 yearly after July 1.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14

census.
 A further breakdown of the figures shows a total of 395 home units, of which 23O were of couples with children, and 165 of couples without children.
 Of special interest to spinsters will be the following figures:
 Single men 225
 Single women 115
 And that's not counting (censored) men at the base.
 There were 6 men and 10 wo- men over the social security age of 65 years.
 Of the native population Mrs. Whalley reported AS native fam lilies, approximately l2 and 1-2 per cent of the total. She classed as native all families in which the wage earner, or head of the family, was one fourth, or more native.
 The evacuation slips used in the survey included those from Mill bay and Mission road.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Midniuhf Fire Strikes House Locofed ln Business District

A sump behind the building near Christy's bakery was pumped dry during the course of the fire. An army fire truck, called from the U. s. Marshals nffice, arrived quickly and assisted in extm- guishing the fire with water pumped from behind Delps cafe
 Bremen were aided in battling the blaze by the lack of wind, and by the construction Of the house, which consists of siding over original logs. Although the building was saved the interior was badly damaged, and furnlt- ure and personal effects were a complete loss.
 The building at one time was one of Kodiak's finest residences, and was built of hand-sawn logs about 1900 by Wasilji Balashoff. First owner was Paul Tripitson, who lived with his family and mother. It was purchased recent ly by Rose Martin from Otto Mahle, at a reported price of 4 : GOO.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Mayor Endorses compoign

w feel that the campaign to buy bonds for the purchase of bomber be called The Spirit of Alaska deserves the whoe-hearted support of every loyal Alaskan and that every Alaskan.
 The first few days of the drive here have shown how eager the people of Kodiak ae aud how effective they be- in demonstrating their willingness to do all in their to help prosecute fight for freedom and safety. "To me that is the real spirit of Alaska'p'
 Signed, Mayor R. H. Chadwick
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
vifuI Sfutisfics Drawn From .ensus After Sturf Of War

At the time of the evacuation snSus taken right after the out Teak of the war, the population
 Kodiak was 1896.
 This figure was arrived at by drs Anne Whalley, public fslth nurse, who made a com Ration of evacuation slips to get dormation for use in the work her department.
 This total was composed of Following groups:
 Adults 1240
 School age children 228
 Pre- school children 168
 Infants 50
 The population of Kodiak at e time of the last census (1940) asS55, and estimates of the pDulation since the advent of le base have run from 1000 to yer 2OOO. Although Mrs. Inalley made no attempt at ex- fne accuracy, her figures can E Accepted as the best available pn any source since the last
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Added Fists Fly In First Smoker

Lew Taylor staged his first box
 e bout last week, and the noothness with which the entire ,oram was run off can be cred ed to Lew Taylor, and the co perstion of Harry Whitelaw, sck Altman, Bill Falconer and sveral other business people. he judges were Mayor Chad lick and Ray Martin, and Jack
 llman was timekeeper.
 lThe show was opened by two aoOl boys, Vim. Robertson and eSprocker, 120 lbs. The sec Id bout was Elmer Sandstrom pd Bud Miles at 90 lbs.
 The semi-fnal return bout be- Reen Charles Hartman and Tex Hawkins had the spectators out their seats, and finally ended lhsdraw.
 (21e main bout of 6 rounds As fought by Harry Coseti and Rmmy Thompson, which ended Va knockout by Coseti in the th. Coseti put over a right hook D Thompson in the 3rd that pped him for the count of nine.
 Lew Taylor has another smok- | Scheduled for tomorrow, which E promises will be a bigger and etter show. Box office will open t2l5, first bout at 4:30.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
INDEX

Last Of Three Articles
 On Aleutian Chain Page 5 Weeks News Highlights 2 Council Wants USO 3 Survey Being Made 3 Canneries Biding Time 3 Poem Alaska 2 Rotary Hears Request 8 News Pictures II Classifieds II
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14


 okyo-Japanese tanks have penetrated camp" of the British Imperial defenders of Singapore at a point little more than a mlie northwest of the city along the northern end of the race course there, Domei. news agency sald' The dispatch reported severe offensive and defensive opera tions are in full swing between Japanese and British troops slnce morning in the northern suburbs of Singapore city"
 British artillery was sad to pe concentrating it's fire on the taps from southern sector of the city in an effort to cheek the Japanese advance. Civilians are fleeing the city to escape the Japanese bombing.
 Tacoma-A group of between 40 and 50 psckets of welders seeking an independent union at the the big seattle-Tacoma shlp- yards, were beaten and man handled, and their picketing signs torn from them and then chased over the tide flats in a clash with AFL welders coming off duty at 2 a. m.
 About a dozen policemen on duty, and guards were unable to stop the fighting. Some Of the pickets took refuge in nearby coal and freight cars, and some were chased blocks.
 The fighting started when the shift left the yards. About ID
 (continued on page D
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14

Louisville (R)-Mrs. Alice iegan Rice, 72, author of Mrs. Fggs of the Cabbage Patch", led this week.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14

As we go to press at 3:3O thls morning Singapore is still hold ing out, but the fall of the Brit ish stronghold is imminent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21

n 9TH "The Miracle" and
rs "Aphrodite" were pro-
- duced at the Century
Theatre i'm New York; the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-21
Texan Reveals
Hull S Secret

WASHINGTON, May q (UP).
There was only embarrassed
silence at the state department
today after an announcement by
Chairman Tom Connally CD OF
Texas, of the Senate foreign rela-
tons committee, that merchant as
we'll as fighting ships at Mar
Unique, French colony in the
Caribbean. were being immobilized
The department has been giving
out only scanty information about
the negotiations now in progress
al Fort-de- France Martinique. be.
tween Admiral Georges Robert
high commissioner OF French pos.
sessions in the Western Hemi-
sphere. and Rear Admiral John II.
Hoover, American commander of
the Caribbean area.
But IL was known that the state
department had hoped to keep the
neutrality discussions,
now said to be approaching criti-
cal stage, as quiet as possible for
the next few dayS.