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ard, returned yesterday to their
home in Miami
Mrs. H. F. Taylor and child, who
had been visiting relatives here
The last six weeks, left yesterday
for Asbury Park, N. j., to join
Mn. Taylor. 6.
Today The Citizen says m an
editorial paragraph:
Talk is cheap, and the nations
owing billions in war debts to- the
United States affirm that fact in
their many parleys with Uncle
Sam
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1937-Joe Lewis defeats Brad
dock-winning works ehampi9n-
ship.
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Today History

IT'S = Continental Corgrzs
resolves that a sum uut ex-
ceeding two miIhon S1zr1sh
nilled dollars be emitted sur
defense
1793-lI50 years ago. Alexzn-
Ter Mackenzie. Scottish Eur-
trader. reaches Pacific - flrst
known white man 70 cu-rlete
overland journey across conHn-
ent- n
1870-u s Depzr1renf G.
Justice formally organized
l884-Hist0ric rescue IN Ar-nc
of 1t Greely and others By
Capt Sehley az head o. c g
Navy expedition
1896-Bombardneut Of fartz
at Santiago, Cuba. BY American
forces
1904-Secretary Of State John
Hay sends MOrOccO's sultan rs
toric cablegram, We want Per-
dicaris alive or RsisuE dead
l9l8-Sugar rationed by Food
A. ninistration-
1932-Pres- Hoover puts before
World Disarmanenf Conferences
proposals to limit men under
arms, abolish tanks. etc
1937-Joe Lewis defeats Brad
dock-winning worlds ehampion-
ship.
1941-Germany declares Wsr
and invades Russia
l942-German sub sinks A.
gentine ship 40 miles OF New
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Today's Birthdays

Gov. John J. Dempsey Of New
Mexico. born Whifehaven, Pa
IS years ago
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l037-Paul c. Morphy, New
Orleans chess genius, among the
great of all time, born there.
Died July 10, 1884.
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1932-Pres- Hoover puts before
World Disarmanlenf Conferenc@
proposals to limit men under
arms, abolish tanks etc
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-22

Joe knight and son, Joe, Jr., left
yesterday for Miami for a stay of
few days.
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1843-Q00 years ago. Mayer
Sulzberger, Philadelphia law
yer, jurist, scholar, philanthropy
list, born in Germany. Died
April 20, 1923.
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l9l8-Sugar rafioned by Food
Al 1iniStration-
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1859-Frank H Damrosch. mu-
sic educator, brother and son to
noted musicians, born Germany.
Died Oct. %, 1887.
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I666-AIan Seeger, nOIeu
poet, born New York. Died on
battlefield at battle of the Som
me, July 4, 1916.
1875-Caroline O'Day, Rye, N.
Y, congresswoman. peace work.
err, born Perry. Ga. Died Jan
4. 1913.
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l904-Secretary Of State John
Hay sends Morocco's sultan his-
toric cablegram. We want Per-
dicaris alive or RaisuE dead
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-22
'S:1''ass|s' : s;allla|R 81! q
0MoRRls

THE STORY so FAR: Charlotte
fCherryy Rawlings, an orphan at Saint
Dorothea's convent school since she was
seven, knows almost nothing OF her early
history. but she has gradually realized
that like other girls at the school she
mas no family. She questions whether
she has the right TO her fathers name.
Judge JudsOn Marshbanks and Emma
Haskell, housekeeper for wealthy Mrs.
Porteous Porter In San Francisco, are
her guardians. when Cherry IL twenty
Emma gets her secretarial JOB with
MRS. Porter, but she goes first to the
Marshbanks mansion, meeting tho
judges young wife and his rich niece,
Amy, daughter Of his brother, Fred, now
dead. Life at Mrs. Porter's becomes
monotonous and Cherry Is thrilled when
Kelly Coates, an artist, sends her box
Of candy, and she Is jealous when he
brings Fran to n party at Mrs. Porter's.
Emma tells Cherry that her sister Char
iotte was Cherry's mother. Kelly takes
Cherry along SO Fran can visit his stu
die, and Cherry senses that he 10 very
much In love with Fran, but soon he tells
Cherry despondently that Fran has prom
Used the Judge she will not see him any
more. Mrs. Porter dies, leaving Cherry
$500 and she learns from Marshbanks
that his brother Fred, who was Amy's
father, was also her father. Cherry de-
cides to go to Stanford University and
the Judge suggests that she live with
Mrs. Pringle. AS Fran is driving her
there she asks Cherry to be Kelly's
friend, saying he likes Cherry and that
she has decided to do the honorable
thing and avoid him. Kelly wires Cher
ny, drives her to his studio, and after .
party there with friends starts with her
to the Marshbanks mansion. Dora Marsh
Banks, the formidable woman who was
the judges mother and Amy's and her
own grandmother, objects to Cherry's
presence in the house. Cherry tells Kelly
about It some weeks later.
Now continue with the story.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-22
WINTER. 1925

I pull dosUn shades, sue0r my longs;
Foe put up nes0 storm doors;
I sleep sOish heavy, wooIen socks;
Rugs corer all my floors.
Each crack is sealed, PUe closed Of rooms;
Such neat tricks sgell kn0sO;
PUe even insulated pipes
Do keep s0arm? Gosh! mol
PIER.
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-22
CHAPTER XII

was too wild to mind that Well,
after we'd all stood petrified for
what seemed about an hour, she
said to Amy, it is extremely dis
honorable to listen to the converse
ton of others!' and walked out OF
the room. OF course Amy was mad
with curiosity and so pretended
that her grandmother didn't like me
because Emma was once their
nurse, and she didn't think it was a
very suitable friendship for her
granddaughter"
"Good girl, Cherry!" 7'-t
There was a long silence. Kelly
raised himself on his elbows and
stared at her.
what are you thinking?" Cherry
said.
''That you look very nice, today.
That-well, was wondering if you'd
like to come and live at Topcote,
Cherry" ~
She looked at him, flushing and
paling.
How do you nean?"
81 mean marry me, of course; l
mean as Mrs. Coates"
'Tosee," Cherry said, she looked
away. sa
give been thinking about it. Ever
since that night when you made the
toast and it was so cold and the
Wilcoxes were there, I've been won
dering why it, was all SO coy that
night! It came to- me that it was
you. So telephoned you and asked
you if you were free last Sunday,
and you were going on picnic to
Point Lobos." N N
George arranged that"
SIS George Pringle in love with
your ,,44a As5
'He has case" Cherry answered
indifferently.
'sBuf you don't like him."
mot that way. No.. He's nice,
but not that way. No." s.s
"You know how I feel about
Fran Kelly said presently. She'll
always be the unattainable-the
dream woman. I can't help that.
But you and I could have lot Of
fun, Cherry, roaming about, paint
ing things and clearing the creek"
He looked at her expectantly, and
met a strange, thoughtful look in
her eyes, fixed upon his. ea
Cherry jumped to her feet, and
started to walk to the car that was
parked a hundred yards away.
why. thank you, Kelly" she said
politely. You're tremendously kind
to think that way about me. I APP
preciate it just as much, and I'm
eternally grateful to you," she went
on briskly, no emotion whatsoever
discernible in manner or voice, ''but
well, you see, I've missed good
deal in my life. I've never had q
father; j barely remember my
mother; ! had no home as a child,
no birthday parties and bedtime sto-
ries-au that.
s'Now I have half sister and an
aunt and a grandmother and a cous-
in and / can't claim any Of them,"
she continued, still in the same light,
impersonal voice. II never can
claim them. So when am wife,
Kelly" Cherry said, with a quick
glance at him over her shoulder as
they walked toward the car, 81 want
the whole thing. / want some man
to think am perfection. ! want
romance and glamor and the feel
ing that we two are all the whole
world to each other. No Fran in
the background!
so do thank you, and the an
swer is NO. And hope you'll for
get that you said anything about it,
and wen have more picnics and
walks some day. I'm walking
home," she finished. as they
reached the car. "It's not far, and
/ want to be alone. Good-by Kelly"
ssCherry, you've got me all
wrongi" he began distressedly. But
she only said go0d-by again, and
walked away down. the orchard Aft
efI . minute, or two he. got into the
car and drove away.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-01-22

Do l keep soarm? Gosh! mol
PIER.
Everybody is remarking ON the
splendid appearance of our service
men. When the first draft army
was called the boys didn't look any
too hot. Even year ago the equip
ment seemed somewhat catch-as-
catch-can. But there are no smart
er looking soldiers on earth today,
and the same applies to. other
branches Of the, services.
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Oak Decided Land

Oak Decided Land
A Georgia owner of an oak in
his will decided to the tree posses
sion of itself and all land within
eight feet. 1855 ss8a
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The felIosu seho has laugh on Others
today Is the man tUho stuck to his old coal
furnace and heper fes the oil.burner sales
man get foot aside The door.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-29
ASK Me a
ANOTHER {
The Questions
A General Quiz

1. Where is the Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes?
2. What states name means
"red people,?
8. What is the chemical symbol
for gold?
4. What name is given to a per-
son who derives pleasure from in
fiicting pain?
5. What opera was based on the
assassination of King Gustave III
of Sweden?
6. The separation of complex
light into different colored rays is
called what?
Z. How long did federal prohibi-
ton last in the United States?
8. What is the approximate
civilian population of Alaska?
9. Are the depths of the earth's
oceans greater than the heights of
her peaks?
10. Which President has vetoed
the most bills?
The AnsUers
1. The Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes is in Alaska.
2. Oklahoma.
8. The chemical symbol for gold
is Au.
4. Sadist.
5. "The Masked Ball."
6. Dispersion of light.
z. Thirteen years.
8. Approximately $4,000.
9. The depths of the oceans are
greater than the heights of her
peaks. Mt. Everest, our highest
known peak (29, 1000 feet), could be
dropped into Swires Deep, pro-
digious hollow off Mindanao, P. l.,
and still have 5000 feet of ocean
overhead.
10. President Roosevelt has We
toed more bills than any other
U. S. President, about 600 in the
past 10 years. Grover Cleveland
is second, having vetoed 464 dur
ing his two terms, or an average
of So annually.
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CHAPTER II

A soldier stuck his head through
the door of our new dormitory and
gave sharp whistle. mime
o'clock" he yelled. Lights out and
no more noise! Go to sleep!"
"It has been, withal, very busy
day." I said to Piel, who was bur-
led with his hay fever in the next
bunk.
"It sure withal has," he said.
"What day! What place! What
life! With my eyes wide open I'm
dreaming!"
"It's been a little hellish out to-
day." I agreed, although it could
have been worse. We actually saw
a corporal and he didn't cuss us.
We have eaten Army food twice,
and, except for the haphazard way
the pineapple was thrown toward
the peas, it wasn't horrifying."
81 am broken and bleeding"
moaned Piel. Classification tests,
tipping tests, medical examinations.
I think I walked eighteen miles
through those medical examina-
tons. It's good thing this is July.
I would have frozen in my tricks
with all that walking and exposure.
Nothing / had on, except a thin
little iodine number on my chest"
Funny thing about the medical
examination, voice broke in from
down the line. Before you get it,
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CAPITAL CHAFF

q Since the Washington Post ex.
posed the use of diplomatic cars for
driving to dinner, many a Washing.
ton diplomat has been going out on
foot Among five Washington.
ans who were penalized for pleas.
ure driving was John Quincy Ad.
ans.
q One reason for the NaZi announce.
ments that an Allied invasion will
start on such-and-such a date is that
if the invasion does not materialize.
Hitler can boast that it was called
off because of German strength.
q Keep an eye on the tiny Short
land islands in the South Pacific
They are key points in the march
north to Rabaul-which, however, is
likely to take some time.
q Elmer Davis expects to take 6
trip to London before he resigns.
d Barometer of how the war has
changed: one year ago; Tobruk fell
and the German-controlled radio
blared forth, 1.-THE victor of Tobrul
can now receive all the necessary
reinfcrcements without difficulty;
the moment has now arrived wher
a decision will be reached in the
struggle at the gates of Alexandria
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- IN III
|5oil9!i31Q

ERNEST JONES, that famous
- apostle of "Swing the Club
Head was standing on the practice
tee at Maidstone, surrounded by
sand dunes and ocean. Also by
brooding melancholy.
Jones has taught or instructed at
one time or another more women
stars than any three pros in the
trade. In the list you will find such
names as Virginia Van Vie, Eliza
beth Hicks, Helen Hicks, and many
others known to feminine golfing
fame.
The able instructor was in de-
pressed mood as I came up. "It
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looked like Goldenberg's Basement
on a busy day. A score of filters
measured necks, waists, inseams,
heads, and feet.
My shoe size, the clerk yelled
down the line, was ten and half.
II beg your pardon" prompted,
81 wear a size nine"
Forgive me-" he said, a trif1e
weary, ''tne expression is I wore
a size nine These shoes are to walk
in, not to make you look like Gin
derella. You say size nine; your
foot says ten and half"
We filed down long counter,
picking up our allotted khaki and
denims, barrack bags and raincoats,
mess kits and tent halves. Then we
were led into large room, where
we laid aside the vestments of civil
life and donned our new garments.
While I stood there, wondering
what I was supposed to do next,
an attendant caught me from the
rear and strapped to my shoulders
what felt like the Old Man of the
Mountain after forty days.
"Straighten up, soldier" the at
tendant said, "and git off the floor.
That's nothing but a full field pack,
such as you will tote many miles
before you leave this mans army.
Now want you to walk over to
that ramp and over it. That's just to
see if your shoes are comfortable. "
with these Oregon boots and this
burden of misery" I told him firm
ly, 81 couldn't even walk over to
the thing. AS for climbing over it,
not even an alpenstock, a burro
train, and two st. Bernard dogs
complete with brandy could get me
over it."
There was something in his quiet,
steady answering glance that re-
assured me. ! went over the ramp
in short order. On the double, !
think the Army calls it.
From there we went to the thea
ter, where we were given intelli-
gence tests, and to the classified
ton Office, where we were inter-
viewed by patient and considerate
corporals.
"And what did you do in civil
life?" my corporal asked me.
81 was feature editor of the Char
lotte News"
"And just what sort of work did
you do, Private Hargrove? Just give
me a brief idea"
Seven minutes later, / had fin
ished answering that question.
Lets just put down here, 'Edi-
torial worker" He sighed compass
sionately. "And what did you do
before all that?"
I told him. I brought in the pub
licity work, the soda-jerking, the
theater ushering, and the printers
deviling.
"Private Hargrove," he said, "the
army is just what you have needed
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'When you finish cleaning those
cans, I want to be able to see my
face in them"
any rate. But KIP is like woman
work-never really done. Conra,
Wilson marked one caldron and at
the end of the day we found that we
had washed it twenty-five times.
Jack Mulligan helped me up the
last ten steps to the squadroom.
finally got to the side of my bunk.
Gentlemen" I said to the group
which gathered around to scoop me
off the floor, 81 don't ever want to
see another kitchen!"
The next morning we were clas-
sified and assigned to the Field Ar
tillery Replacement Center. Gene
Shumate and I were classified as
cooks. am a semi-skilled cook,
they say, although the only egg I
ever tried to fry was later used as
tire patch. The other cooks in
clude postal clerks, tractor sales
men, railroad engineers, riveters,
bricklayers, and one blacksmith.
But well learn. Already I've
learned to make beds, sweep, mop,
wash windows and sew fine seam.
When Congress lets me 60 home, win
/ make some woman good wifei
ITO pE CnNTTNTrEni
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"Straighten up, soldier, and git off
the floor. That's nothing but full
field pack"
to ease the burdens of your exist
ence. Look no farther, Private Har-
grove, you have found a home"
d
This was lovely morning. We
began at daybreak and devoted all
the time until noon to enjoying the
beauties of nature. We had a drill
sergeant to point them out to us.
We marched a full twenty miles
without leaving the drill field.
Lunch, needless to say, was deli
cious.
We fell into bed, after lunch, de-
termined to spend the afternoon in
dreamland. Two minutes later, that
Internal whistle blew. Melvin Piel,
guardhouse lawyer for Company A,
explained it all on the way down.
stairs. We were going to be as
signed to our permanent stations.
I fell in and a corporal led us off
down the street. could feel the
California palm trees tanning my
face. We stopped at Barracks II
and the corporal led us inside.
"Do we go to California, cor
poral?" I asked.
''Naah," he said.
"Where do we go?" asked him,
a little disappointed.
sSTo Tho III ~
Double quick" He thumbed John
ny Lisk and me to the back of the
barracks.
At the garbage rack we found
three extremely fragrant garbage
cans. Outside, we found more. Lisk
and I, citizen-soldiers, stared at
them. The overcheerful private to
whom we were assigned told us,
"When you finish cleaning those, /
want to be able to see my face in
theml"
There's no accounting for
tastes" Lisk whispered. Neverthe-
less, we cleaned them and polished
them and left them spick and span.
''Now take 'em outside and paint
en-" said the private white. Git
the black paint and paint 'HQCO-
RRC on both sides of all of them!"
''This is summer" I suggested.
Wouldn't something pastel look
better?"
The sun was affecting the private.
ST think you're right" he said. So
we painted them cream and lettered
them in brilliant orange.
All afternoon, in blistering sun,
we painted garbage cans. The other
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States. Now, damn IT, smut up.
you're afraid you'll pass. When you
go through the examinations, you're
afraid you won't"
81 noticed that" said. 81 don't
have any special hankering for a
soldiers life, but I thought when !
was going through the hoops this
morning that this would be helluva
time for them to back out"
''The little fellow who slept down
at the end got sent back" said a
loud whisper from across the room.
"One of his legs was shorter than
the other. He's lucky dog"
"I'n bet he doesn't think So" said
Piel. cat this stage of the game,
I'm glad it was him instead of me-"
A dark form showed itself in the
doorway. ST told you guys to shad-
dap and go to sleep. Do it!'
A respectful silence filed the room
for three minutes.
''Look at me-" said Piel. won't
the folks in Atlanta be proud when
they get my letter! Me, Melvin Piel,
I'm a perfect physical specimen"
Big Jim Hart, the football star
whom I had known in high school,
spoke up. Don't 60 Hollywood
about it, Piel. Just remember, Har-
groves a perfect specimen too. And
just two weeks ago, when we were
waiting out in front of the armory
for the draft board examiners to get
there, he had one foot in the grave"
"And the other foot?"
'That's the one he keeps in his
mouth
"Yessir," said Piel, 'the Army
makes men,"
The discussion was interrupted by
the temperance of the soldier. eff
youse blankety-blanked little dash
dashes don't shut your cuss-cuss
yaps and get the blankety-blank to
sleep, I'm gonna come back up here
and make yez scrub the whole
blankety-blanked dash-dash cuss-
cuss floor with a blankety-blank
toothbrush. Now shaddap!"
So we quietly went to sleep.
This morning we took the Oath.
One of the boys was telling me later
that when his brother was indicted
in Alabama, there was a tough old
sergeant who was having an awful
time keeping the men quiet. Gen
tlemen," he would beseech them,
"Quiet, pleased" They were quiet
during the administration of the
Oath, after which they burst forth
again.
The old sergeant, his face BEAM
ing sweetly, purred: "You are now
members of the Army of the United
States. Now, damn it, SHUT UP"
This morning-our first morning
in the Recruit Reception Center
began when we finished breakfast
and started cleaning up our squad
room. A gray-haired, fatherly old
private, who swore that he had been
denoted from master sergeant four
times, lined us up in front of the
barracks and took us to the dis
pensary.
If the line in front of the mess hall
dwindled as rapidly as the one at
the dispensary, life would have love-
illness to sell above its private con-
sumption stock. First you're fifteen
feet from the door, then (whiff)
you're inside. Then you're stand
ing between two orderhes and the
show is on.
The one on my left scratched my
arm and applied the smallpox virus.
The only thing that kept me from
keeling over was the hypodermic
needle loaded with typhoid germs,
which propped up my right arm.
From the dispensary we went to
a huge warehouse of building by
the railroad tracks. The place
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Revised Version

Sergeant-Always remember it
is the duty of a good soldier to die
for his country.
Buck Private-Nuts to that. It's
the duty of a good soldier to make
the enemy soldiers die for their
country.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-29

is so SIMPLE" he
said, $50 very SIM
pie, and they all
make it so complex.
Oh, so complex"
"Just what are
you talking about?"
I asked. "The food
situation, gas, rub
Der or coal mining?
Or the Brooklyn
Dodgers?"
81 am talking
about the game of
0oJf - tho IN
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Well. Amt 1t?

An oral geography test was in
progress. Johnny" asked the
teacher, "what is bay?"
"a bay" answered farmer john
ny promptly, sis a brown horse"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-29
BOYS Are Bows

Small Niece = Boys is awful
coarse, isn't they?
Aunty-Why do you think so!
Small Niece-Bobby calls his
new coat sweater" stead of
perspirationer.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1943-07-29

THE STORY so FAR: Edward Thomas
Marion Lawton Hargrove, feature edi-
tor Of the Charlotte IN. CD News, has
started his story Of private's life In
the army by giving prospective dough-
boys some solid advice on what course