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Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-25
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I,.,,rOs NJ ennro9ch. such means
TOR -r.rsu,eiou as q beautiful sill
v.r Inin tina, could take one away
f,nDI all earthly Times up into the
VERY, heavens" By tins. too. he had
tnnloved I'm, even more subtle
measure Of maxim. her. therefore,
feel obligated. almost trapped. How
could she refuse such i roval GIFT =?
HOW could She dare refuse the hon
or bestowed upon her by a proposal
Of marriage from a man like him ?
oh. YES, Wayne knew all there
was to know about love and ro-
nance He had even assured libby
that It need not matter whether
she was sure or not that she loved
him. Since he was SO wise IN every
other way, no doubt he was right
in this as well, for libby certainly
was more confused than ever be
fore, more uncertain, more in a
muddlc.
She wished there We're someone
To advise her. She coulG have
talked with Mar2 but she knew
her friend was too confused herself
these days in trying 10 come to her
own decisions. She could not, of
course, discuss such a personal
problem, with the many personal
complications, with Stecna. She
had no other close girl friends, eX-
eept back home. She had no close
friend at all, now that she had lost
Tommy.
If only she could have talked 1t
over with him, but that WAS non
scnslcal. She already had guessed
what his reaction would be; he
would heartily dlsapprOVe of her
marrying Wayne, Just as he had
dlsapproVed Of her flying or beCoM-
ing an air hostess. Tommy, it
seemed, dlSapprOVcG of most every
thing she did or thought of doing.
That surely showed plainly enough
that there never could have been
anything between her and him,
even had Tommy had all Wayne's
experience III love making.
She would just have to decide
without any help from anyone. 1t
would have to be a solo decision.
But she could be nice to Tommy,
anyway.
She was no nice to him the next
time ne came to date Steena that
Tommy wondered what on earth
mad happened. She did not try to
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-25

last time she had been on, u,,
Wayne he had asked her what I'm
would like to have him hi,y 49,, sue
had said he wanted to oiy. ne
something. He had not ssiI "ee
but he had been most ins,s.a,. '"S'
Naturally Steena could rot
that Wayne felt he owed he, snU
sort OF slft. He had taken un o ylls
a lot OF her time. perhans b
thought she ought to have nc
thing to remember him by If Tib'
by accepted the silver shrn-an
Wayne himselt-he would nor Nv
dating Steena any mcrt VS.
Wayne made an ending TO any Ia,.'
affair, since he was SO ex]peranca.
IN all the intricate ways and ma,nS
he usually presented the ladv WIZ
a suitable present.
Steena had said he might DIV.
her anything he chose. bec5na.
anything he chose would EF ,-t9.
she would want. She could bals
told him what she would have n,,
fefred. a lovely Solitaire fn, IL.
RIGHT finger of her left hand e..
instance, but her reply. She falt
was much more tactfuI
Apparently Wayne had been sat-
lstied; maybe he had been Hattare5
as she had wanted him to be a, ba,
leaving the choice and selection wv
to him. He had assured her that
she would receive the GIFT the fol.
lowing week as he would attend "a
It almost immediately.
This certainly looked as if(ya,-.
Well as libby. from What
Tommy had just Reconnaissance
waking up to the fact thar if h..
had serious intentions he OUGHT IA
be getting around to DECLARING
them. Steena had let Wayne know
that SHE had been getting 4 IRISH
from young DR.. Dare. She had i'm.
plled that 1t was a very serjouz
rush that undoubtedly would lead
TO even more serious complications,
"The poor boy" she had to),
Wayne, has lost his head. | don't
know what l am going to do about
him. She had said it lightly, but
there had been her dates with
Tommy in proof. and the tuaera,
smell in the apartment. and the
phone calls each day. which She
also had reported.
1T seems to me then" Tommy
sad, bringing Steena abruptly
back to the present and face 10
face with the future, that we
ought to cut this all out. tins cam
palSn, as you call it" The truth
was that Tommy was sick of It
having to remember to phone
Steena every day, to order flowers,
which she had insisted be CHARGED
to her account at the florists s, to
pretend to come out to see her
When he only came in hopes of get
ting a glimpse of libby He not
only was sick of it. he did not like
it, since he did not like deceit in
any form or fashion.
THAT would be the worst thing
we could do" Steena declared With
absolute conviction. You Just
leave everything to me, as YOU
have, Tommy. I promise you III
tx it She had a plan that would
indeed ti&-and settle-eVerytAing
or each of them.
ITO BE Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-25
ru,pTrP IuIRTY ONE

,f.-
l'hH' I'.fH
10 Tommy. even u IT, N'A'" N'' ''
nice tu her. NOW this resolution
,, .,~.,rur,,.d Tbfy did not
.,t w., t.,,. a4ni,-
- | ,,-. U.,,r.s of
~" -, : y .G.f.I ~ .pf,- and
I 'r n5arw.,. r4T any
.rs .-,,r tr,. s-f,ercthen-
f"4 49, ,,aI.a ~, her mind
~ - anina ia fn aho1l il
-. T. m -,rIf W3yrfs PRO
- v,,n, + che and Tommy
In h.,f No., ,rirads everything
.inbt INV. 400, different Navhe
= en-, mad. ,ra ,aet effort to go
ro.r. f.. tt.,t n,l friendly basis She
-,.,bt n. abre +, decide what 10 10.
Cf cor,sn If Tommy did not are
if his old playmate cot engaged to
Someone elise if was foolish for
Tibbv even to consider him. or how
he world feel about it. She had a
sort IT buarh. as she usually had in
connection with Tommy. that even
f Ne did not carr-in one way
that he would in several others.
For instance. Tommy might
think that libby was marrying
Wayne for his money. She would
hate to have him. or anyone. think
that, since 1t most certainly would
- 1-.t, 81
Henderson daily dispatch., 1942-05-25

Buy War Savings BONDS or Stamps.
Evening star., 1942-09-20

That was 10 years ago. Today she's
so familiar with the highways che
never needs road map to route one
of her drivers around trouble.
Once, in the SOS. she was deliver
ing a fine new cruiser herself. She
drove all night. At dawn she pulled
into a filing station. looked back at
the boat, and screamed. The white
hull was splashed with road tar.
Desperately. she started suubbing
with kerosene. A fat man drove up n
a limousine, offered to help.
"The owner will have a Fl" said
Mrs. Slocm. a. they scrubbed away.
But finally. every trace of the tar had
Evening star., 1942-09-20
CANCvvAY FOR A LADY

million and quarter miles her trucks
have Travelled. no accident to any boat
has ever marred the company's rec
ord. Mrs- Slocm can do more tricks
with her huge trucks than the average
woman can with q hairpin.
For instance, once = truck. trailer
md boat had 10 detoM in West Viz
ainia Up Z dizzy tr1il that apparently
hadnst BEEN Travelled since Daniel
Boone's day. They came to Z corner.
They couldn't make Il: IN turning. the
Evening star., 1942-09-20

hauling body was their only post
depress;on asset. Larry was driving It
and his wife was reading newspapers
and magazines trying to find money
making opportunities.
81 was reading about the boat races
at Gull Lake" she remembered. i
knew Gull Lake was inland. and that
boats from Cleveland, Detroit ana
Chicago would take part. Just asked
myself how the boats got there
Trucking companies weren't very
interested in handling boats. Nobody
was, except Mrs. Sloc,lm - and ahe
went out and dug up contrsc0 g
deliver Is boats to the races-
~vyvS C1nr1mn dS(l.
Evening star., 1942-09-20

Company is still the only outit that
specializes in this tickiish kind of
work.
In shipyards all around the Crest
Lakes they are turning out boats for
the Army, Navy and Coast Guard -
and Mrs. Slocum knows how to bring
them down to the ocean without
scratch on their graceful hulls. She
will deliver more than 800 Of them
this year. And fast.
Oddly, she's far from Tugboat
Annie in temperament. She Il
soft-spoken and charming, hut
there il a quality there which
makes tough truckers whip o6
their hats and 'sYcs, ma'am" her.
They know she knows her stuff. In the
Evening star., 1942-09-20

been removed. Hell never know the
difference" Mrs. Slocum said. The
fat man chuckled and drove away.
When she reached the owners
home and honked. the fat man came
out. He made q great show of inspect
ing his boat. mot 4 scratch" he
said at last. ''but do you smell kero-
sene?"
It's not hard to understand why
this year the Navy was asking MIN.
Slocam to hurry four life-saving rafts
and two lifeboats to Maine. while at
the same time the Army was asking
her 10 freight 60-footen over the
noumtains to the West Coast.
II cther morning. John. one Of the
drivers, called up from Indiana.
4Iook. boss." groaned John. that
Ininois permit was turned down.
We're gning to be stuck =
Whn he sid we" be was inciud-
M IL General Motors Cooperation
and Tie Navy. On his two trucks were
the models for q 1lO-foot sub-chasz
bound for 4 war plant. They were to
BE the patterns for mass production
at 4 ptant just 80 miles away.
.'Take . nap" Mrs. Slocum told
John. s.I'll be there in a little while
with the permit" :"
She kissed her three children. tucked
! briefcase under her arm. drove to
the airport and hoped a plane for
Illinois Before they could batten
down the matches at Springfield, Mrs.
Slocum told them a few things about
defense production, had special per-
init, hired 4 car to take her to the
Indiana line, got the models moving.
and few home in time to tuck the
little Slocums into bed.
From now on, they'll know enough
to gangway for a lady.
- JAMES s. nARRiso0
Evening star., 1942-09-20
= In. Helen Sloc,un,
whose unique business
= vital 70 the Navy

4F xUU see a boat coming down the
road some day soon, you men
= might Dip your hat, for it may be
little Mira Helen Slocum - 80. slim.
GOOD looking. with flaming hair. If it
= not the boss herself, it's almost Ger
tsinIy one Of her II rigs.
Thxe u no business ia the country
lire heEs. She's been driving boats
ovx the nations highways for the
past 10 years. And her Boat Transit
Evening star., 1942-09-20

A3ky 0AOSAAA
MT see any future in
the boat-cartAge.
business and went
back to regular
trucking. But H3en
Slocsun had faith IN
it and her ahility
And she knew that
Detroit wa begin
ming to make motor
boats On q mass pro
duction basis. She
decided to uow mp
with the btsainess.
Evening star., 1942-09-20


q psecipice. Mrs. Slocum has both.
Thae @e few highways east Of the
Mississippi over which Mrs. Slocm
hasn't Travelled trailing boat behind
her. Mrs. S1ocm started her unique
business to serve yachtamen but the
war has lifted it to a new Importance.
She has little time to 60 out on the
road now. It's usually Is hours day
In an Office in Detroit - an Office so
small it fits her like q sweater.
How did she ever get started in such
a crazy business?
Until 1929, all she did was worry
shout her home and her husband.
Larry Slocsm. A truck with car
Evening star., 1942-09-20

outer wheele would
run al the 6de Of the
pEedpice. But they
managed it. How?
Simply By taking
Out tie elkids they
had for tie
sbof nd uiIding =
1recariotl6 wooden
extension beyond the
eilee Of the clG. II
tillkeo 4 6ne blend Of
courage and self
confidence TO dangie
= 412 0O0 hoaf over
Evening star., 1942-09-20

rs cIefbes came from my
washer-in just regular run.
ming tine-so clean / could
hardly find = place that needed
rubbing. No need for that
hard bling fhafwears things
shin and threadbare. Yes, my
sfamily's clothes are going TO
last much longer, n0w!'
Rig6fyes1re Mrs. HopwoOd.
Every ounce Of New Oxydol IS
now much richer in washing
power. It's s'Hustle-Bubble
isuds ger more dirt for you.
And yet New Oxydofs safe
for lovely colored washables.
Yes, safe for dainty washable
rayons. Even milder on hands.
So change to New OXYDOL
land get sparkling whifeness
a safer way that makes clothes
last longer.
Evening star., 1942-10-05
| WAAC, WAVES
Vie for Recruits
| In Same Room

) Two members of the WAACS and
. a member OF the WAVES smiled
4, pleasantly at each other across the
+, room, but there was steel in their
F. glances.
: In photo finish squirt, the Wom-
p. ems Auxiliary Army Corps and the
$ Women's Reserve of the Naval Re-
: serve opened their separate infor-
: nation Offices this morning at the
: United States Information Center
/: at Pennsylvania avenue and Four
! teenth street NV.
: The Army girls opened their stand
/. ct II am. Exactly 10 minutes later
/. their Navy counterparts had set up
! a table and pamphlet exhibit
: across the main entrance hall.
: Purpose of both is to tell inquirere
/. about the work. pay. promotion
! prospects and enlistment require
T, ments in the Womenis Auxiliary
! Army Corps and the Women's Re-
f. serve of the United States Naval
+. Reserve, respectively. >The Army
! auxiliary had the idea first OF set
! ting up a branch in the Informa-
. tion Center and when the Women's S
/. Reserve of the Navy heard this they
Immediately decided to do likewise
(. Actual recruiting for the WAAC
: takes place in their Earle Building
! ONCE and for the WAVES at the
/. naval recruiting oflices at 1870 9
> street NV.
Its. Julia M. Kerby and Marian
! L, MacAdam handle inquiries for
+. WAAC information and Ensign
Rosa Miller Hobbs, daughter Of
. Representative Sam Hobbs and
Mrs. Hobbs, is In charge Of WAVES
Information.
Evening star., 1942-10-05
| National WCTU Officers
Slated for Reelection
BY the Associated E-esS.

BY the Associated Press.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. S.
Most of the officers of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union were
expected to be retained in Office
today as the group met for its
annual election.
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith of Evans
ton, ILL.,, has been president since
1888, while Mrs. Anna Marden Deyo,
also of Evanston, is completing her
9th term as corresponding Sec
retary.
Other officers are Mrs. D. Leigh
Colvin of New York. vice president;
Mrs. Margaret c. Munns, Evanston
treasurer: Mrs. Nellie G.. Burger
Springfield. Mo-, recording secretary
and Mrs. Ella A. Boole, Brooklyn
honorary president.
DR.. George Barton Cutten. retiring
president of Colgate University, tole
the temperance leaders yesterday
that churches have been used a,
the tools Of liquor propagandist,
in discrediting the successes ,o1
prohibition"
Evening star., 1942-10-05
; Brigadier Generals
And 5Co|oneIs in
Marines Promoted
Nominations to Ruise
Men One Rank Are
Made by President

President Roosevelt today nomi-
mated three Marine Corps brigadier
generals to be major generals and
five Marine colonies to be brigadier
generals.
Brigadier generals nominated are
Emil P. Moses, Sumpter, s. c., COM
mandant of the Marine base at Par
ris Island, S. c.; Ralph j. Mitchell,
New Britain, Conn, director of the
Division Of Aviation of the Marine
Corps, and Harry L. Schmidt
Stapleton, Nebr., attached to Ma
rine headquarters in Washington.
Nominated for advancement from
colonel to brigadier general were
Earl c. Long, Louis E. Woods. Pedro
A. del Vale, Francis P. Mulcahy and
Field Harris.
Col. Long, who lives at Berkeley,
Calf, has been in the supply head
quarters of the marines for the
Pacific, and Col. Wood has been
attached to the First Aircraft Wing
at Quantico, Va. Col. del Vale
San Juan, Puerto Rico, was an
observer for the marines in the
Italian Ethiopian campaign in 1895
and 1896.
Col. Mulcahy is q native OF
Rochester, N. Y, and has been In
the Marine Corps since 1917. He
served In Haiti, Nicaragua and Al
commandant in the Virgin Islands
before being made q colonel in July
1941. He was graduated from Notre
Dame University in 1914.
Col. Mulcahy, holder Of the Navy's
Distinguished Service Medal, is, al
AZ, regarded as one Of the Marine
Corps outstanding flyers. Added
to innumerable hours of actual fly
ing he has the technical training
of an advanced flying course, as well
as the course of the Army Air Serv-
ice tactical school. In addition he
completed the Naval War College
senior course and the Army Com
mand and General Staff course.
He was stationed at San Diego
and resided at Coronado, Calf, al
the time of Pearl Harbor. His wife
is the former Elizabeth Bertrand
st. Martinsville, La. They have
two children.
Evening star., 1942-10-05
1000 Buried Pets Mourned
In Dog Week Ceremony Here

Ceremonies were held yesterday at
Aspen Hill Pet Cemetery in tribute
to the 1000 pets buried there as part
of the 14th annual observance of
National Dog Week which opened
last Thursday.
R. G. Birney, director of the ceme-
terry, traced the history of the
cemetery, which he founded in 1920,
and recalled some of the pets buried
there.
One of the more famous pets now
resting in Aspen Hill is Rags, the
only dog to go entirely through the
World War. Rags gained fame when,
with one eye shot out. he saved the
1st Division, at the time hopelessly
trapped in shell holes with their
communication lines broken, by
carrying message to the rear lines
amid barrage of artillery fire. A
smoke screen was laid down and
the men were rescued.
Evening star., 1942-10-05
D. 5. Expected 10 Get
'6spound |! per Capita
Meal Cut IN 1913
Institute Head Predicts
Drop, Although Production
Moy Reuch New Peck
By the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-Per capita
consumption Of meat by Americans
next year probably will be about 6
pounds less than the amount con-
sufned by each person this year, the
american Meat Institute was told
today by George A. Schmidt, chair
man OF the organizations Board of
Directors.
In an address before the opening
session of the Institutes annual
convention, Mr.. Schmidt asserted
production of meat in 1943 prob
ably, would be greater than this
years output, but sales to all Gov
ernment agencies probably would
make less meat available for do
mestic consumption.
Indications are, he said, that per
lcapita consumption next year would
fbe about 137 pounds, compared to
143 pounds this year and 142 in
1941.
Mr.. Schmidt declared meat pro-
duction this year was the greatest
in history. He added:
Pork production this year will
be the largest on record, and, ac-
cording to latest available estimates,
about 81 per cent greater than last
year. Beef production will be about
13 per cent more than last year.
Veal production will be up about
per cent, and lamb about per
cent. Total production of all meats
will be about 16 per cent over that
of 1941."
He estimated that about 16 per
cent of the total meat production
this year would be sold to the Gov
ernment for shipment abroad under
the Lease-Lend Act and for sup
plies to our armed forces, and in
dications now are that about 80 per
cent Of the meat supply will be pur-
chased by the Government in 1942
about 100000 900 pounds.
Evening star., 1942-10-05
Officer Trying 10 Que||
Disorder Injured by Blow

Paul p. Hendly, 80, sergeant OF the
Washington Terminal police, was
struck over the head with a blunt
instrument while trying to quell a
disturbance in the Union Station at
8 am. today. He was taken to
Emergency Hospital. suffering a
conclusion and decorations of the
scalp.
Police reported that a 30-year -old
colored man was being held at the
LIST precinct station on an open
charge pending the outcome of the
policeman's injuries. His condition
is undetermined.
According to a police report, the
colored man was disorderly,. and
when Sergt. Hendly intervened he
struck the ofiicer.
Evening star., 1942-10-05

When Rags was sent to a hos
pital, Gen. Pershing ordered him
transported In the same ambulance
carrying wounded officers. Rags was
70 years old when he died. Mr.. Bir-
ney has already collected some
money to erect a monument to Rags
and has hopes of obtaining enough
by subscription to carry out his
plans.
Mrs. Lloyd Biddle, legislative di-
rector of the Washington Federation
of Women's Clubs, appealed for
more love and understanding of
dumb animals.
Other speakers included A. H.
Pinney, secretary of the National
Society for Humane Regulation of
Vivisection, and Robert Acorn, au-
thor of dog stores. The program was
under the direction of James P.
Briggs, president of the Washington
Humane Society.
Evening star., 1942-10-05
Army's Air Transport
Line World sLaIyest,
Gen. George Says
,Disoerees With Those !.
Critical Of Nations
PIune Production
By the Associated Press.

s.
MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 5.-Maj. Gen.
Harold L. George said yesterday that
because Of good planning by the
Arnny's General Staff the Air Trans
port Command is operating the
worlds largest airline.
-'It is bigger than the combined
airlines OF the world before the war; .
the commanding general of the Air
Transport Command said. He is here
to set In motion the machinery by
which the Army will take over Pan
American Air Ferries, Inc, on Octo-
Der 81.
He cites an instance in which Gen.
Douglas Macarthur needed certain
supplies for q vital operation.
I'VE got them to him in Austria
liza In two and half days" said Gen.
George, adding, I'VE have planes
leave Miami and be ready for use
in Cairo in less than three days."
He expressed disagreement with
groups critical of aircraft produc-
ton and crying for vast fleets of
cargo vessels.
"Of all multi-motored aircraft
produced in the last half of this
year. 81 per cent are transport air
craft" he stated. This is true be-
cause of far sighted policy started
back in the days when nobody knew
just what was to come. I think it
was damned good planning"
Gen. George declared United
States transport aircraft have no
equal in the world, and said of the
Air Force in general:
"Our Air Force has demonstrated
its superiority. Whenever it has met
the enemy-Germans. Italians OF
Japs-it has beat them at their own
game.
Some people say our boys aren't
tough enough. Before this war is
over, the Germans, Italians and Japs
are going to be pretty well convinced
that they learned their own brand OF
toughness in kindergarten"
Evening star., 1942-10-05

during the week to permit the JUS
tices to discuss whether to review
the large number Of cases that
accumulated during the summer.
Whether Q review will be granted
or denied will be announced next
Monday. Oral arguments on cases
left over from last term also win
begin then.
One Of the controversies awaiting
argument involves whether member
ship In the Communist Party con-
Stitutes an adequate ground for can
collation. Of United States citizen
ship obtained by an alien.
The alien, william SchneidermAn,
State secretary of the Communist
Party for 0ahfornia, u Represented
~ Wendou 4 W1llkie.
Evening star., 1942-10-05
Wender 10 Summon
Meeting Of Physical
Fitness Officials
Consolidation Of Program!
Dealing With Health of
Youth to Be Discussed

A war physical fitness confer
ence, to discuss consolidation of all
local programs involving the health
Of District youth. will be called for
next week by Harry S. Wender,
chairman of the Board of Educa-
ton.
Mr.. Wender told the Federation OF
Citizens Associations Saturday night
that he had received the idea Of an
overall physical fitness committee
at the War Recreation Congress
held last week in Cincinnati.
He Is conferring with interested
groups this week, he said, on plans
to call preliminary meeting of a
steering committee" early next
week.
Representatives will be invited
he indicated, from the Board o1
Education, nutrition groups, the
Board of Public Health and the
District Medical and Dental So
cieties, Boy Scouts, Boys Clubs and
Young Mems and Young Women's
Christian Associations, the Jewish
Community Center, the Welfare and
Recreation Committee of the Fed
eral Government and any other
agencies concerned with health
building.
I'VE have just got to get oul
youth in shape to win this war,
Mr.. Wender declared
He emphasized that the schools
already developing an expanded
physical fitness program, will be
only one part of the health drive
It must also include, he said, young
Government clerks, factory workers
grocery clerks and any other young
men and women who should be
conditioned for future war service
He had been particularly i'm.
pressed, Mr.. Wender explained, by
statements of Army and Navy mer
at the recreation congress that tn.
first three months Of military servic.
have to be spent getting the mer
in shape.