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Evening star., 1942-02-26

IN military Scnool UNIFORM, MS nat
being cap.
We're wondering what's wrong with
that schools regulations, or with its
instruction in manners, If any.
Usually military schools are pretty
strict in such matters. so it was
probably the fault of the boy and
not his instructors. But any fellow,
in uniform or otherwise, who eats
at a restaurant table with his hat
on is giving a black eye to his
parents, his school and any one else
who is responsible for his training.
Item 2. At another table teen
age charmer with a gorgeous mop
of honey-colored hair seized a mo-
ment when the boys were absent to
give her coiffure a quick overhaul.
She dragged out a comb, pulled II
through her flowing name and
shook the waves out by tossing her
head. A lot of good 1t does for
mattresses to wear hair nets when
the customers let their treSSes ny
all over the place! Let's save the
combing out for the ladies' room.
Item 3. Why do some young peo-
ple always leave table looking as
though it had just been hit by
hurricane? Precious sugar spilled
all around, napkins in messy balls
a cream jug overturned, barbecue
sauce smeared on the table top. II
they act that way at home their
mothers ought to make them eat
under the sink with F1do-1 Floo
would stand for 1t.
Item 4. Any boy who wasn't
brought up in a teepee helps a girl
on with her coat and then walks
beside her to the cashiers desK:
He doesn't just get to his feet ana
walk away, leaving her to trail a1ter
him like somebody's squaw. Yet we
saw two fairly nice-looking boys
do lust that within five minutes OF
each other.
Item 5. Young people who haven't
smoked much, but who wish 10 ap-
pear very practical and experienced
invariably give themselves away by
the number and elaborateness OF
their gestures. They put excessive
emphasis on the flicking OF OF
ashes, the blowing out OF smoke
and the tapping down OF tobacco.
You'll be smarter if you never start
to smoke, but if you must do II, go
easv on the stage business.
Item 6. This one is for restaurant
cashiers. BY actual count, only one
cashier in five thanks a customer
when he pays. his check. Most OF
you merely dole out the change
with a dead pan and frozen
tongue. Why not smile and say
'Thank YOU when you take our
money?
Item 7. In spite of the items
above, the big majority OF fellows
and girls behave themselves very
well when they are eating out. The
mere fact that we cite the excep-
tions shows that they are exceptions
and not the rule. Nice work-and
keep it up!
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Matters of General Interest Women Washington and Vicinity

friend Of the girl giving the party.
It Is also expected that q girl
friend who brings another girl with
her shall be accompanied by at least
two boys who may be expected
guests, but who viii be doubly well
coined If they are new boys who
dance well.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Delicious Dessert

If you have any leftover bits Of
fruit cake, heat them 10 minutes in
a double boiler and serve as a pud-
ding topped by fresh or canned
fruits. Try pound cake the same
way.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Egg Whites

1t takes about eight egg whites to
equal a cupful. Remember this
when using up leftover egg whites in
cooking. Store the whites. covered,
in the refrigerator and they will
keep for a week.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Canape

Hot Of the press is this canape:
Cut six hard-cooked eggs in halves
crossways, mash yolks and season
with chopped pickles, onions, parsley
and mayonnaise. Refill egg whites
and top with broiled shrimps.
Evening star., 1942-02-26
Columnists' Observation
Of the Younger Sets
Restaurant Manners
Items Listed Here Were Found
To Be More of an Exception
- Than the General Rule
By Kay CaldveH and Alden Harrison

II we should out Of things write aoou in this depart
mentwh1ch until could
always repensh stock simply
hamburger beak of
people congregate after their
occupied completely
rounded couples aSsorments
And observed the following items which worthy of comment
l. booth fellows school
their hats throughout their visit these boys
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
COUNTY WINS REMNANT
FOR GOOD WORK In
SCRAP. HARVEST

The Salvage Pennant for Dick
enson's excellent showing in the
recent nationwide Scrap Harvest
was officially presented to the
county at the meeting Of the
Board of Supervisors. here lion
day.
After a group of children from
the high school here paraded to
the court house, the program OPP
ened with the singing Of the Star
spalngled BANNER, followed by
prayer by the Rev. Cicero Dobbs
pastor of the Methodist church
The pennant was presented to
county officialsaby E. c. Smith,
Of the Salvage Committee In the
absence of the superintendent OF
schools, Mrs. i. Elizabeth Skeen,
Clerk of the school board, accept
ed the pennant and gave credit
to the school children Of the
county for the splendid showing
made by Dickinson County in the
scrap harvest.
The program closed with a
chronology of the war since the
United States entry and group
of children singing Remember
Pearl Harbor.'' Officials of the
county then went to the school
building for the flag raising.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
Renew Your Subscription
STRANGE CASE OF
THE MISSING PIGS

Silas Mullins, good citizen of
the Tivis section, had the mis-
fortune to lose the greater part
of a fine litter of pigs during the
past few weeks.
Every few nights a pig would
be missing from the litter and
no trace or clues of the thief be-
ing left. Starting with eight pigs,
the litter was reduced to two
when the snow of the past week
helped bring to light the identity
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

Of the thief. Going to feed one
snowy morning, Mr.. Mullins
found the number of pigs reduc-
ed to a single survivor. However,
in the snow were the tracks of
a wildcat. The trail was followed
by Mullins until some bare land
was reached in the Cumberlands
and the trail was lost. If the wild
cat is ever killed, it is the opin-
ion of citizens that he will be
large and well fed.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
Noah Counts
Passes After
Long Illness

Noah B. Counts, we'll known
county citizen, died at his home
on Nealy Ridge last Sunday mite
after an illness of several months
at the age of IS.
Burial was in the nearby fam
lily graveyard. Elders Clyde
Reedy, Jack Kiser and other min
listers of the FreeWill Baptist
church conducted funeral servic-
es. Mr. Counts had been a mem
Der of the Freewill Baptist church
for several years.
He was born and reared in
the Mcclure River section, the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William L.
Counts. He was reared on farm
and followed farming as long as
he was physically able. He NOV
ed to Nealy Ridge many years
ago and lived there continuously
until death.
He is survived by the wife and
several sons and daughters.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
WINS PROMOTION

News was received here this
week that William Skeen, form
erly a sergeant in the coast .
tillery at Fl. Monroe, had beon
promoted to the position of war
rant Officer, junior grade.
Skeen has been in the service
approximately a year and a half.
He is & graduate Of the local
high school and Marshal College
Of Huntington, w. Va, from
which school he graduated with
honors in 1889. He is the young
est son of Lille Long Skeen and
the late John NJ. Skeen.
So far as is known, this is the
first service man, from Dickinson
County to hold such rank.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
DAUGHTER OF EVERETT
TACKETT DIES AFTER
A SHORT ILLNESS

Mary Elizabeth, Swear old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Tackett of Haddonfield, in the
South of Cumberland, died at
the home of her parents Sunday
morning at am. after an illness
of several weeks. Her death was
attributed to a disease of the
lungs, said to be a new disease
Of children by the attending ply
sician. The child was brought to
the local hospital for treatment,
but without avail.
A brother of the little girl is
also reported quite i'll with h
same affliction.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
LOCAL BOY RETURNS
FROM NORTH AFRICA

A letter to relatives of James
Fleming, son Of HILBERT Fleming
formerly of Clintwood, reports
that he has been to Africa, has
been returned to the States and
is now in Arkansas, presumably
wounded in the opening drive
on North Africa. Young Fleming
is volunteer, and has been in
the regular army for near two
years.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
HOME BURNS ON
POUND RIVER

The dwelling and practically
all the household goods Of Mr..
and Mrs. Blueford Mullins, Of
Cutter Branch, was burned to
the ground Sunday.
It is believed that their small
child set fire to some kindllng
behind the stove. Mrs. Mullins
was busy about the place and
the fire had gained such head
way when it was discovered that
she was unable to save anything
to amount to anything. The dwell
ing was built but few months
ago.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
AGED LADY VERY ILL

Mrs. Peggy Colley, aged 81
md said to be the oldest person
in Dickinson county, is reported
very i'll at the home of a daugh-
ter here. Because of her advanc-
ed age, her condition is regarded
as very serious.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
Relief Work
To End After
February LIST

The W.P.A., or "Relief,'' one of
the last reminders Of the hungry
DAYS of the depression, has been
ordered liquidated by the Presi-
dent, and all that work will
come to an end shortly after the
New Year.
The President in his order to
the Federal Works Administrator
said the WPA rolls had greatly
decreased through the tremen-d
Gus increase in private employ
ment, assisted by the training
and unemployment efforts of it's
own organization, to point
where a national work relief pro
gram is no longer necessary.
The closing out of all project
operations in many states by
Feb. l, 1943, was ordered, and in
other states as soon thereafter as
feasible.
The President said the work
program had employed 100000
persons, with 80 100000 depend
ents.
The WPA spent $1O,468, 249, 900
between the time it was estab-
lished in the summer Of 1885 and
last June 3Oth.
The order to disband came
when the organization had
shrunk to one-tenth Of what it
was in its heyday. The WPA re-
ported that the number of per
sons on it's rolls had dropped to
354,619 by Nov. "a, compared 10
the peak employment of 1884,
594 back in November, 1888.
WPA's appropriation from Con
gress for the fiscal year begun
last July l, was $28O,OOO,OO0, a
m .ked cut from the 1915, 100000
allowed the year before, and a
big slash from the peak allow
ance of $2,250,O0O,0 it got the
year ending June 80, 1889.
For the continental United
States, WPA employment on Nov.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
CARD OF THANKS

Elder Roley Stanley and fam
lily desire to express their heart
felt gratitude and send thanks to
the many kind friends who gave
their aid and comfort during the
last illness of their loved one,
Mrs. Susan Stanley.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
Mrs. Susan
Stanley Dies
Last Week

Mrs. Susan Stanley, wife of
Elder Roley Stanley of Ramsey
Ridge, died Wednesday Of last
week at her home after a long
illness of heart trouble.
She was born March %, 1873,
the daughter of the late Rain
water Ramsey, and was 50 years
of age at her death. She joined
the Baptist church in 1905 and
had lived a faithful Christian
life since her entry into the
church.
She is survived by her hus-
band and nine sons and daugh-
ters, only part of whose names
we could learn. They are: Leon
ard Stanley of Clintwood, Mrs
Roy Hilton and Mrs. Ed Kelly Of
st. Paul, Mrs. Fannie Hale of
Herald, and Fleetwood and Will
lard Stanley of near the old home.
A short and impressive service
was conducted on Friday by Ed
ers Charley Ashby and Hampton
Osborne Flower girls were her
granddaughter, Misses June Hill
ton, Illna and Ann Sue Fields,
Vernice Hale and Rita Mae Ram
sey.
Pallbearers were the grand
sons, Sidney Stanley, Roy Hilton,
Jr., Billy and Boyce Fields, Ay-
ers and Ralph Ratliff.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge of Elmer Poore of the
Clintwood Funeral Home.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

Fred Carter, who has been
very i'll from stomach trouble for
the past few weeks, is much i'm
proved and s,ble to be on h e
streets again.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

Sgt. Pridemore Steele, of the
army air force, and his brother,
Homer Steele, who has been in
the Navy for some weeks, are
spending a furlough with their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Gussie
Steele, here.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

TheBoard of Supervisors met
here on Monday for their regular
monthly session and transacted
routine business. All members
were present.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10

"A was 321, 229, decline of
62 8 from the previous week.
New York had the greatest re
duction among the states in WPA
employees as 984 left the rolls in
New York City and 292 went off
the WPA in the rest of the state.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1942-12-10
MRS. SARAH JANE ROSE

Mrs. Sarah Jane Rose, aged 70.
died at her home near Dwale last
week. She had been i'll for some
tine and her death was not I'M
expected. She is survived by one
son, Jess Rose, and a brother,
Elder Jack Dutton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-08
Fantastic, Yet Logical

(Bremerton ews-Searchlight)
 Hitler will be beaten by 200 men he never heard of Fantastic and impossible as this sounds, there is sound logic in message sent forth by nation ally known steel corporation which says that Ameri- production will swing Hitler, Hirohto, Mussolni and their gangsters in the hangmans moose, all be- cause 200 men, many of them who died before those human hyenas were whelped. bomber an hour from this plant, two tanks day from that one shell minute from another are miracles of production. Not one of them would have been pos sibe without the free American industry these 200 or so men founded 50 and 75 years ago. They were rugged Yankees. They founded little machine shops to build crude turret athes and other machines they had dreamed. They and the men who after them worked no eight hours day, but 10, Is and IS hours into the night to improve and perfect the products they had conceived. They plowed back profits in research and development. They trained skilled men to enlarge and carry on their work They knew the theories were wrong who said that mach ines put men. out of work-and a steadily increasing American standard of living proved that their mach ines made more good things of life available to more people. Their factories and output grew-and when the war came those plants were ready. Many of the 200 men who started them are long since dead, but the industries they founded have provided the tools, production lines and experience that make the airplane, gun and shell records possible. The ironical part Hitler, is that of those POO men were Germans, .who came to America to enjoy the freedom and fruits of the private enterprise system that is the American way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-08
Sea Horses On Shore
(NeW York Times)

NNcW 1OTk 1lIIleSJ
 One of our Washington dispatches reports that the Coast Guard is about to set up "a corps of horse marines, mounted guardsmen, to patrol desolate stretches of the coast line" The horse marine one foot on sea and one on shore and two a horse strs the curiosity of learned correspondent He calls Clyde Ftch's Captain Jnks of the Horse Mar ines" in which Ethel Barrymore first starred This was produced at the Garrick Theatre Feb f. 1901 contemporary of Methusaleh permits us to quote from his memory and that play these affecting lines: I'm Captain links of the Horse Marines feed my horse on pork and beans, often live beyond the means of Captain in the Army"
 The Aged One swears that he heard this sung in public when Clyde Fitch was years old However that may be, let us rest again on the bosom of the Oxford Dictionary. horse marine proper is o1 was sea-horse. horse marine special is marine on horseback or "cavalryman doing a marines work" Two troops of the British Seventeenth Lan- cers, famous cavalry regiment, were called Horse Marines because they fought as marines aboard a frigate. According to Walsh's Handy Book of Cur ious Information" half the line regiments in the British service have been either marine corps sea service foot or employed like the marines as soldiers embarked for service afloat" s' How then does the term horse marine" come to be applied to a marine? Farmer and Henley slang collectors call the horse Marines "a mythical corps very commonly cited in jokes" But where is the joke? Marines are both landsmen and seamen There have been plenty of horse marines good fighters seamen and soldiers all. Some envious sailor must have tried to stick epithe on our admirable am phibianS 4'a sSfisaf4 ft
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-08
BETRAYAL EITHER WAY

An imposing list of charges against the actions of the American forces defending Alaska have recently been brought to the attention of The Empire and they are too serious to be ignored.
 If these charges are true then the faith which Alaskans and other Americans have placed in some of our forces in the Territory has been betrayed. Similarly, an equally serious betrayal is involved if these accusations false because all persons who have heard the charges and believe them have cer- tanly lost great deal of faith in their military leaders for no true reason
 The involves the Jap attack on June on Dutch Harbor-the attack which brought forth the following comment in the States from more than newspaper:
 Dutch Harbor was no second Pearl Harbor.
 Japan struck again, and for the first time in history bombs fell on North America. But the at tack was surprise Dutch Harbor ready and waiting.
 "The enemy planes which roared over the Alaskan naval and air base found Tanks with planes and Tanks with guns ready to fight. Terse Navy com muniques told the story few casualties no serious damage"
 The question we ask is this. Is the above quoted report true and accurate account, the fol- lowing charges made by an eye witness to the bomb ing accurate? This thing must be strengthened out Here are the charges:
 | The attack surprise in spite of the fact that assurances had been given that warning would be received at least 30 minutes before any attack. The first Dutch Harbor inhabitants knew of the attack when the Jap bombs began to drop
 9. The Jap planes received opposition from "Yank planes because there was no landing field there at that time and they were too high for ef- fective anti-arcraft fire. Catalina flying boat which tried to take off from the harbor was pinned to the surface by the faster Zero fighters
 nm wac huilt uh or,o runway for airfeld should have been and had to be torn down. It painted a bright orange easy to spot from the air.
 4 A large warehouse was built where the other runway should have been and also was torn down six days after being completed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-08
H0R0SC0PE "Fhe stars incline
 bat do not compel"
SUNDAY, AUGUST g

Benefic aspects dominate today which should be most fortunate for industry. Both employers and employees should benefit under this configuration.
 HEART AND HOME: Women come under promising sway late today. It is a favorable date for beginning any new project and should be stimulating and encour- aging. The aged should benefit. The stars encourage effort along new lines of work and are bene- ficial to those who are in training for a trade or profession. This is an suspicious time to study re- ligious trends and the churches should inspire enthusiasm among young folk. Applied religion will gain in wide practice.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: As the Summer wanes small business con- cerns probably will be absorbed. According to certain astrologers the trend will be toward large organi- cations that are conducted with military precision. This will apply to agriculture. Having proved the magic of production on large scale, industry will operate mag
 
 nificently as the United States con- tinues to supply the needs of a world laid waste by war.
 NATIONAL ISSUES: In plan ming for the school year that be- gins next month, educators will dis cuss vocational guidance versus academic instruction. Since the main reward of college training is practice in straight thinking, there will be strong opposition to neglect of old-time courses of study. Those who read the stars advise a care full balancing of the practical and the ideal in college courses. The fact that women have entered all branches of industry to remain will add to the educational per plexities.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Vigor and energy in the promotion of all that relates to the war will be intense in the United States. True patriotism will be manifested in service and sacrifice. As re- verses are met by the Axis powers their desperation will cause resort to harbaric practices of many sorts, some of them hitherto unknown among civilized peoples. Sabotage, espionage and even assassination will be attempted in various parts of the United States. Danger is foreseen for the President and men prominent in Washington.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of much happiness as well as many anxi- cities. It is g propitious year. Children born on this day prob ably will be highly ambitious as well as talented. These Leo na- tiyes like luxury and all the crea- l lure comforts.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-08
COUSINS" ON THE PAYROLL

Gregarious Representative Nat Patton of Texas is one of the most popular members of Con- gress, also one of the most uncon- ventional "a distinction earned when g he called the King and Queen of Great Britain Cousins. '
 Recently, Cousin Nat" caused Q fresh flutter on Capitol Hill by inserting the following homely com- ment in his biographical sketch in the stiffly factual pages of the Congressional Directory:
 Nat Patton, Democrat, of Crockett, Tex. Since last biogra- phy he and Mfrs. Patton are grandparents again-Martha Ruth Patton, born February l, l942, at Crockett, Tex; she is the daughter of their youngest son, Nat Patton Jr., attorney at law ;
 However, life moves fast in the Patton family, and since the Tex as Congressman struck off these
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-08
LOOK and LEARN C. GORDON

Union the most rainfall? number radio receiving sets in the United States?
 What hypochondriac? In what way are related?
 admitted to the Union under the Constitutional
 ANSWERS: 1. Louisiana average rainfall of 5511 inches. g. In of million.
 mobdy depressed especially with anxiety as 10 his health and with conjung imaginary ailments 4. They fifth Vermont
The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-08-08

lines, another event has occurred which renders them slightly out-of- date. Cousin Nat now has gen. erously added Nat, dr., to the Federal payroll as his secretary, at salary of $2.9O0 a year.
 This makes three Patton off spring billeted on the government The Congressmans pretty daught- CT, Bonnie, for some time has beer employed as an attendant in the ladies cloakroom of the House al a remuneration of $l,680 a year Also Weldon Patton, another son is contract examiner at the General Accounting Office at $2,- 600 a year.
 All of which proves that Repre- sentative Patton's flair for the un- conventional does not extend te the gravy bowl. The spectacular Texan runs decidedly true to form there.