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Evening star., 1943-02-15

On the metal collection drive YOU
have an S card. Go the limit.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26
Brief, Newsy, Odd
Items Out of the Ordinary
From All the World.

Failing to wait for the third strike
of lightning, Francis Bush, of Med
ford, Ore, forest service lookout
man wasted no time in driving for
help. The first time a bolt struck
his post the shock knocked a spoon
full of apricots from his hand and
started fire in nearby timber.
Dazed but unhurt, he lifted the tel
ephone to report the blaze A sec
ond bolt hit the telephone Again
he escaped injury. Then he left for
help
Because she called a traffic officer
a "nincompoop" after he arrested
her, Alice McIrney paid a So extra
fine in court at Detroit. How
much would it have cost if l had
slapped him?" she asked over her
Chivalry isn't dead in New Jersey,
and in the towns of Secaucus, Union
City, and North Bergen there were
plenty of black eyes and damaged
noses to prove it. A boy from
North Bergen or Union City insulted
"a Secaucus girl. By appointment,
youths from the three towns met at
the Lincoln School, in Secaucus, to
fight it out. There weren't just two
or three, however. There were 100.
1t took an hours brawling and po-
lice intervention to'end the fracas.
Women are now serving with the
Marines as auxiliaries, performing
clerical and other duties that free
men for fighting, but in the War of
1872 a woman was Marine in fact.
She was Lucy Brewer, of Boston,
who served as a Marine aboard the
U. S. S. Constitution for three years.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26

In those days the captain could en-
gage anyone who came aboard to
enlist. The Brewer girl, farmers
daughter, enlisted and was honor
ably discharged three years later
without her sex ever having been
discovered. She fought in several
battles.
Twenty-one men charged with
dice shooting were standing peni-
tently before Magistrate Robert B.
Mahoney, in New York City. AS
the judge grinly prepared to pro
nounce sentence Patrolman Vincent
Hagan whispered in his ear. The
magistrate jumped from his chair,
tapped his gavel hurriedly on his
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26

desk, exclaimed: case dismissed, .
and hurried out of the court room.
He offered no explanation, but later
a box of cigars arrived. His wife
had given birth to daughter.
Just 81 years after the disappear
ance of Carmen fiesta, brother-in-
law of Luigi Stable, the latter,
father of II children, was held Grim
inally responsible for his death by
"a coroner's jury at Montreal, Can.
The skeleton had been discovered a
week earlier in the cellar of a farm
house nearby. Festa's daughter,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26

Mrs. Raphel Costello. of Montreal,
said Stable had seen his wife and
fiesta embracing. She said her ia
theirs disappearance had never been
reported because the family, having
moved there from Italy, was not ia
miliar with Canadian legal methods.
shoulder as she walked out of court.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26
CORNERS AND CANYONS
By Frank Edwards HenckeI

NEW YORK; wish luck to DIR.
Oskar Goldberg in his ghost-stalk-
ing up at Columbia university. The
magazine New Yorker says an err
rant spirit has been bruising around
the campus of late, and DR.. Goldberg
wants a chance at it with his spook-
camera. He is an ex-professor at
the University of Munich, and open
minded spectators take his psyche
scientific Investigations seriously. It
would be interesting to be along
with the doctor on this quest; but
have rheumatism in the legs and am
not as good as I used to be at leaving
anywhere in hurry.
There's group of fellows here
who gang up at one of their homes
of nights to tell stories, mostly of
amazing things that never happened
in the little crossroads towns from
which they come. One recent night
they got around to ha'nts again.
They kept it up till two in morning,
and got so realistic about it that
some were afraid to go home till day
light. I stayed all night myself.
The last story of the session was
mine - about the Ghost Light on
Newcastle hill, which takes its name
from a little town that once stood at
the foot of it-for years a group of
ramshackle empty houses staring
mournfully out over solemn wide
river. The inhabitants had sudden
ly moved away when the bottom fell
out of an industrial boom there. But
long before their abrupt hegira our
people had sat of nights watching
the Ghost Light take its way up and
down the slope. Often it would
appear near the Old Cinder Dump,
where the big salt works had stood
From there it would bog up the hill
to the crest, and then halt while as
if to rest after its long steep climb.
Then it would come slowly back,
sometimes over another route, but
keeping among the bushes and trees.
1t might then remain about the old
Dump for half an hour, or for only
a minute or two; or it might sudden
ly disappear and seem to have quit
for the night. Then quite as sud.
denly it would again flash into view
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26
and resume its eerie rambling

and resume its eerie rambling.
Our folks had been so long used
to it they seldom ever talked about
it. It was a mystery, but nothing to
worry about. Uncle John Neal was
riding his black horse Freddie along
the river road when the light was on
the jog one night, and it came and
passed under old Freddie's saddle
girth. Uncle John said "Good even
ing" but it paid no attention. Uncle
Dan Varian, who lived on the hill,
also spoke to it one night, and it
came and played around his feet,
like kitten. Uncle Dan had been
through the Civil war. and wasn't
afraid Of anything, but he didn't like
that much, and so he never spoke to
it again. :. . Some of the old-timers
thought it was the ghost of someone
who had died by foul play and been
buried on the river bank before
there was any town there. There
was the story that a traveller had
died in a house where he had taken
lodging, away back in the 1850's, and
some thought he had been slain for
his money and buried secretly in the
night. They said his bones were
found there forty years later, about
the time the light first appeared.
Others said gang of outlaws had
once operated in the valley, and
sometimes lit signal fires on the hill
to call the stockholders together.
They said the light always travelled
between where the stranger was
buried and where the fires had
burned. So they put the two things
together and worked up quite tale.
At last reports the Ghost Light
was still doing business at the old
stand, little way from where the
jack-o'-lanterns used to dart around
at midnight in the Clifton burying
ground: and it was anybody's guess
as to how it came to appear there,
and why it continued through the
years.
(The writer of Corners and Can
yons invites correspondence. He
may be addressed through New
York Feature Service, 5O7 Fifth
avenue New York
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26

(The writer of Corners and Can
yons invites correspondence. He
may be addressed through New
York Feature Service, 507 Fifth
avenue, New York;
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1943-08-26

P. S. Don't forget that Connie
Mack and his Athletics will play the
Owls here tomorrow (Friday) night.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
I'VE GO FAST" IS
COMING FEATURE
At 10Th CENTURY
Motorcycle Squad Adven.
lures Are Told with
Comedy Cast

Coffee pot cuties, speed demon
debs and big time thrills make
every day a fast and exciting one
for the motorcycle squad. And how
these pursuit men on wheels spend
their days is laughingly told in the
new goth Century Fox comedy, I'VE
Go Fast" which is slated to open
Sunday at the Goth Century Thea
ire.
The laughs start when motorcycle
policeman Don Deforest stops OIL
at "Billys Beanery" to find fresh
Alan Curtis flirting with Lynn Bari,
the waitress Don had considered his
girl. The two boys have q tussle,
which ends only when a customer
tries to hold up the restaurant.
Curtis foils the crook, and finds
Lynn looking upon him with APP
proval. This annoys Don, who is
further angered when he is forced
to sponsor Curtis application to
become an officer. And the way
the recruit gets along with deb
Sheila Ryan, to whom Don has
given many speed tickets, does not
please him either
How the boy$ end their rivalry
and capture clever confidence
man who has fooled the towns
leading citizen makes for an excit-
ing and happy conclusion.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
NORMA 5HEARER,
ROBERT TAYLOR
STAR AT CAPITOL
Her Cardboard Lover
Opens Here Sunday
RoIIitking Comedy

Fascinating as she has always
been in cosmopolitan comedy roles,
Norma Shearer has Robert Taylor
as her co-star in Her Cardboard
Lover" coming to the Capital The
atre Sunday.
The story is based on the play
by Jacques Deval and it is devoted
happily to light romance and laugh
ter. 1t was skillfully directed by
George Cukor.
Rollicking characterizations OF the
gay world at fashionable Florida
winter resort are portrayed by
George Sanders, Frank McHugh
and Elizabeth p atterson. No
thought of worlds worries and kin
bred woes enter into the story,
which accordingly provides excel
lent relief.
( The story relates the ludicrous
adventures of a charming girl at a
fashionable winter resort who en-
beavers to elude the man she loves
by accepting the attentions OF an
other who adores her Needless to
report, Taylor wins, but not without
a considerable struggle. Meanwhile
the complications develop fast ano
furiously, with laughter enough to
satisfy any audience.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
CONFIRMATION AT
LUTHERAN CHURCH
ON PALM SUNDAY

Palm Sunday, April ID, will be
observed in Resurrection Lutheran
Church, corner of Main and Third
streets. at the IL o'clock worship
service with the reception OF the
following young people into church
membership by the rite of Confir-
nation. Harvey Hildre, Helen Is
AJAX, Arthur Lowell, Harriette Stone
house and James Rude.
The Senior Choir under the d.
rection of Mrs. Eunice Nevin will
sing 1.-THE Palms" by j. B. Faure.
Visitors are cordially welcome to
all services OF the church.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
CLUB WOMEN OF
DOUGLAS, JUNEAU
HAVE MUSICALE
Event Honors New Mem.
bers of CIub-Start al
8P. NJ. Promptly

AS a genuine homecoming event,
many members of both the Juneau
and Douglas Woman's Clubs will
have their first opportunity for
some time to meet with the group, at
the presentation of the splendid
musicale arranged for this evening
by members of the Associate Mem
bership Department of the Juneau
Club under the Craftsmanship of
Mrs. r. r. Hermann.
Through the courtesy OF Mrs.
Ernest Gruening, the Governors
mansion has been made available
for the event, which begins promptly
at 8 o'clock this evening. Guests
are asked to arrive few minutes
before eight, so they may be seated
before the program opens.
A record gathering is anticipated,
with the Douglas Club promising a
full attendance and several out.of-
town guests expected.
Program Planned
In addition to an Informative talk
and an informal hour of games and
conversation the preceding musical
program will present several num-
eers by the Aurora Trio, vocal solos
BY Mrs. Erles5 Gruening, and dance
numbers ~ pupils of Dorothy
Stearns Rolf. when little Mary and
Elizabeth Rekosh will perform a
charming dance fantasy, THE DAT
fodil and the Eli" and Lane Rolf
will do a charming Interpretation
called Modern Spring
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
10th CENTURY HAS
HIGH SCORE FOR
BOWLING FRIDAY

DR.. A. w. Stewart was high bowl
err in the Merchants League at
the Elks last night but in spite OF
his 2O5 in his first game and total
of 588, his team had second high
score with 1891.
High team was the Goth Century
Market with a total of l457.
Other single games reaching zoo
were 1t. Commons with 200 and
B. Duckworth with 202.
Following are last nights scores
Henning's
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
Government TAKES
$50 ACRES OF LAND
IN JUNEAU VICINITY

u. S. District Court Judge George
F.. Alexander has signed an order
giving the United States Govern
ment immediate possession of $50
acres of land near Juneau, con-
tanning property belonging to Joseph
A. Kendler, Lee H. Smith, Frank
Maier and Pan American Always.
The order was signed today after
Assistant U. 8. Attorney p. J. Gill
more, Jr., filed a petition for con-
demnation and immediate possess
sion. The order contained no in
formation concerning the compen-
sation for the land.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
DR.. MERTlE LEAVES
ALASKA BRANCH OF
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

After 80 years in Alaska work,
DR.. j. B. Mertie of the Alaska
Branch, U. S. Geological Survey,
has been transferred from the AL
aska Branch to serve in specialized
capacity with the Geologic Branch
in Washington, D. C.
In letter written to Territorial
Commissioner of Mines B. d. Stew
art, Mertie said the transfer be-
came effective April /.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
ROEHM HAS IMPORTANT
JOB IN CALIFORNIA

Jack G. Roehm, formerly associate
mining engineer with the Territorial
Department of Mines, has arrived
with his family in Oakland, Cali
fornia, where he has been assigned
as chief geologist for the Kaiser
Co., Inc, according to word received
by B. D. Stewart.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
Mrs. Case Leaves on
Plane for Interior

Mrs Howard Case and small son
William Howard left by plane via
Fairbanks and Bethel on their way
to Goodnews Bay where Mr.. Case
is assistant civil engineer with the
Goodnews Bay Mining Company
In Bethel, Mrs Case will visit
her aunt, Mrs. John Snow, whose
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
WAHTO TO HOSPITAL

Gust Wahto was taken to st.
AIMS Hospital by ambulance about
10 o'clock this morning. Reported
suffering from the flu, he was
brought down from the ditch on a
stretcher by the line crew following
receipt of word at the foundry of
his condition.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
TONIGHT!
There's One Born
Every Minute
AND
mot a Ladies
Man "
DOUGLAS
NEWS
O. e. S. INITIATION

A practice meeting of Nugget
Chapter No 2, Order of Eastern
Star, will be held Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. All officers are re-
quested to be present.
Initiation ceremonies for the Star
will be held Tuesday night at 8
o'clock in the Eagles Hall Visiting
members are welcome to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
I :!1E!!!!!| GREAT GUNS :

husband is reindeer superintendent
there.
Mr.. Case is in Juneau awaiting
transportation to the Westward.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17

HELENA, Mont. = George Leach
says the fellow who owned the SO
cent piece that he found recently on
street was no spendthrift. The
coin was dated 1823-119 years old
and yet it showed hardly any wear
from circulation. How it came to be
on a sidewalk Leach was unable to
guess.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. James Reed entered st. AIMS
Hospital yesterday for surgery.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17

Mrs. E. j. Caukle was an outgoing
medical patient yesterday at st.
AIMS Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17

Leo Neoills, medical case at st
AIMS Hospital, has been dismissed
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17

Surgical patients Joseph Whiting
and Edwin Emang were released
from st. AIMS Hospital yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17

H. C. Kemmer has been admitted
to st. AIMS Hospital as surgical
patient.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-04-17

BUY WAR BONDS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-18
Death lotites

COOPER-Jsmes. at Orlando, Fla, axe
~ years beloved husband OF Anna
Cooper tnee Horschl dear father 81 Mrs.
Pau WfockX. grandfather Of Alfred VIII
i6ckN. dear brother of Joseph Cooper
~ Mt Morris. Mich, Richard Cooper.
Mrs. Caroline CLANCY and Mrs. Emma
Miners all Of Detroit. Services AZ Alfred
" "Opens Funeral Home. $3.50 Graiioi
avenue. Saturday afternoon ~ O'Clock.
lnterment, Mt Ohvet
ECKFRT-Sov rs. Ida. of i005 Rochelle.
wife Of the late Fred0lin dear sister OF
William SchwarzWaider sr aunt OF MIS-.
LA Iaa.atzl Mrs Joseph Kelly, Frank.
William Frederick SchVarzwaldct. Funeral
service Saturday. I ,. M. AT \. H. refer $
Funeral Home i20a7 Graiioi.
M FF-,Nov IS. al his late, residence. 653
Meadowhrook. John Henry. husband OF
Mildred father ~ Ms. juanita Bellows.
Mrs FthI HOPKINS and Mrs.. Elsie Smith.
FUNERAL al John D. peKsy Funeral Home,
i05ae y. Jefferson. Friday at ? .. m.
HTIN November i6. Irene B., Of i4ss0
Parkgrove. Wiz - the late John c. {,
dear daughter a. Mrs Elizabeth krants;
sister Of Marion Hailock and Melvin
A Bickle Funeral service Friday p m. 4,
nj the A. n Peters Funeral Home, l2O5I
Cratic, avenue Deceased was past
president ~ Antler Unit 3ii, American
Legion AUX Dept - Michigan.
kA>TI RskI-Nov 10, 1943, Mary, al res
idence. 340S r.. jefferson, dear wife OF
the late X Kastursh. dear mother OF
,ouise Walter and Stanley. Funeral from
George r. Warrick funeral home. 1893 +.
Grand Blvd, Friday. 10 a. m. Interment
Forest Lawn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-18
LOST AND FOUND

Losr-BLAcR PURSE, VICINITY HUb.
SONS OR CRoWLEY's. MONDAY
AFTERNOON: CASHIERS CHECK EN-
CLOSED REWARD. OREGON 2fs3
LOST IN Checker cab around $50 p. m
Saturday. small black and gold evening
bag containing folding glasses ana toilet
articles; reward. Madison $3.50.
LOST Black and blue velvet dress on
Grand Belt car. sunday night reward
Trinity 1888.
LOST Male hunting dog, black. Retriever
with white spot on chest. Reward
Arlington i7l5
LosT-Brown and white dog; answers tC
name Bozo. reward; license is12p
MElrose 24Os.
LOST Brown spitz; s. reward; pet gone
? weeks: 19f2 license. Trinity l-2s56.
LosT-Dismond ring. Initials l.. s.; price
less keepsake; reward. Townsend 5-667s.
SPRINGER spaniel. female. liver and
white, tan spots on nose: wearing 1912
license. vicinity emile. Evergreen; re-
ward. Dearborn 1892.
SUITCASE lost In vestibule AT office OF
Upgrade Food Products. Contained brief
case IN which were valuable papers. Please
return brief case by messenger, mail or
otherwise. Reward. lafayette 400,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-18
CUTTERS
HOME INSULATION
LAuNDRIrs
MATTRESSES RENOVATED

CURTAINS. tablecloths. bedspreads G.
and deliver lie Week Curtain Cleaner
TEmple l-ssif.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-18
PAINTING Ann DECORATING

Al PAPERHANGING. CALCIMINtNG
PAINTING ANY TIME. TEMPLE PORE
Al WORK ONLY. Paperhanging, 81 60 a
roll Also WALTER hanging, Temple
726g3.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-09

road. For this offenSe, each man
was struck across the face.
In Stanley Prison Camp where
the entire civilian population of
Hong Kong has been informed
now for more than a year, this
order has been issued you is
never 10 look down on Nippon
csc" There are 200 people
crowded on few acres of hilly
ground. Jap soldiers roam the
roads and TO avoid looking down
upon them Cor being higher than
they) IS almost impossible.
Orders issued by the Japanese
command TO English and Amer
leans meeting Japs on the prison
roadways are:
You must 10 take hands out
Of pocket. You must to take hat
off heads. You must 10 bow. You
must to smile. -
One day while I was in Stan
ley Prison. l saw little Jap
approach tall. gaunt English
man. The man was chatting with
several women prisoners and did
not see the Jap. The Jap ac-
costed him. Snarling Why YOU
no bow TO Nipponese soldier"
I'm sorry | didn't see you
My back was turned, explained
the EngliShman.
SO you turn back on Nip
ponese," The little Jap slapped
the tall man across the face. then
ia bbed him in the ribs with two
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-09
Author Tells Of Nip Tyranny
In Hong Hong Prison Camp

stiff fingers. very painful as
sault.
The Englishman, ragged and
dirty from months of imprison-
ment, half-starved and sick with
dysentery, gave a little sigh and
slipped TO the ground.
The Jap gave him two vicious
kicks, one in the ribs, the other
on the head, then walked jaunt-
lily away.
Another day ! saw a group
of men standing near the quar-
ters of Cheng, our greedy, vi
cious turncoat Chinese warder.
Cheng sometimes brought small
supplies of food into the camp
which he sold TO those fortunate
enough 10 have money. The
prices he asked were fantastic
$50 for a pack of cigarettes, $40
tor a l0-ounce tin of jam, So
for a nickle candy bar. Yet men
who had wives and children in
the camp were eager TO spend
their last few dollars for a little
food and often waited for hours
10 catch Cheng upon his return
from the city,
A Jap officer drove through
the camp on this particular day
and saw the group of men wait
ing on the hill for Cheng. He
ordered his chauffeur TO drive
-up-the sharp incline He then
lined up the men at the point
of his revolver and ordered his
driver TO slap each man.
AS the squat, dirty chauffeur
went from man TO man dealing
each resounding blow across
the face the officer stood smil-
ing and pointing his gun at the
stomach of each man as he re-
ceived the blow.
When the slapping was com.
pleted, he screamed:
You is never to look down
on Nipponese! You must learn
that Nipponese is above every
other man, All white man must
be below Nipponese'
And in these words he sum-
married. the reason for which
the Japanese fights - that he
may be above every other man.
The choice that Japan has given
us is 10 win this war or 10 live
forever below the Japanese.
Today in Stanley P is o n
Camp. 200 harried, hungry
men. women and children live
as prisoners of the Japs. But
they have sent out message
through the few of US who were
exchanged: Don't let US be for
gotten. Let America know what
has happened TO us, for If only
America knows what happens
to a beaten people, dear Lord,
how they will fight"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-09
Hunters
Roundup
Planned

Plans for the Hunters Round
UP TO be held in conjunction
with Conservation week on Oct.
9 were discussed yesterday at
the regular monthly meeting of
the Roseville Sportsmens asso-
citation. held al the Independent
social club hall at 28444 Utica
road.
A report on hunting within
the village and city limits of
Roseville, ST. Clair Shores and
East Detroit was made, and a
report was given by Earl Bloom
ingburg. Earl Golf of the con-
servation department discussed
the hunting situation for the
coming season.
II was announced by the War
Production Board that Michigan
will get the largest allotment of
shotgun shells $3.50 rounds)
and the second largest allotment
of center-fire cartridges: second
only TO the state of California.
Michigan hunters will get $780,
600 center-fire cartridges, based
on the amount of licenses sold
during the past years. The al
lotment of % caliber shells will
be decided later.
The conservation department
has reported 1920 additional
acres open for public hunting
this fall, including 400 acres
near Port Huron, which is ex-
cellent rabbit, squirrel and
pheasant shooting.