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The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
LEATHERNECK HAS DOGS LIFE

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP)-Here's what the record shows about Private Sammy Elm bry, officially a leatherneck at this post, actually a small black and white and vivacious canine of unrecognizable breed.
 He enlisted in October, 1942. His address is Guard House, Marine Corps base" He has drawn this equipment: harness, canteen and heat can CT. Against him are three demerits, one for fighting, one for stealing laun- dry, one for chewing socks. And he is described as possessing "one tail, siv inches long,"
 His master, a Springfield Va, first lieutenant, Dewitt Embry, reports he marches in parades, accompanies his platoon on ma neuvers, never misses chow and is an inveterate movie-goer.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
MEMS SKIRTS GET SHORTER

CHICAGO (AP) - Shorter skirts" for men are coming soon.
 The Linen Supply Association of America reports that to con- serve cotton fabric, shorter gro- cers' aprons and bartenders' jac- kets will be made for the dura- tion of the war.
 Mattresses skirts will be short. CT, too, the LSAA said. New gar ments will stop just below the knee.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
BATHTUBS AND MILKSHAKES INTEREST NURSES ON RETURN HOME AFTER ACTIVE DUTY

SAN FRANCISCO - Shopping modern plumbing and chocolate milkshakes were the objects of a city spree" when forty-four Army nurses arrived here after sixteen months in the South Pa cific. They were stationed on New Caledonia, the Hebrides and Fiji Islands, and in Auckland and Melbourne, Australia.
 They got a thrill out of light switches in hotel rooms bath tubs and upholstered chairs.
 They hadn't shopped for so long, they insisted on carrying each package separately instead of in one large bundle, ''just to get the feel of packages again."
 "It's the first time in months and months we've been able to walk on real rugs or sit in real upholstered chairs" exclaimed Lieut.. Joan Douglas, Philadel- phia. Boy, this is simply won derful!"
 "On New Caledonia we lived in Army tents," Lieut.. Hettie Hop kins, Goode, Virginia, recalled. But they weren't bad. One of the boys built little white pie ket fence around ours and it was honey"
 Between three and five of us lived in a tent" she continued. Each tent had a dog for pet. The dogs went by variety of names, Askit, Rodgers, MacGreg- or. Then we had a couple of par rots, pair of love birds who weren't very much in love, two cats and one billy goat"
 Baths were terrible, according to Lieut.. Constance Finney, of Philadelphia. We bathed in a sheltered place up the river. But we had to bathe in pairs. One of us would take some leaves and fan the other to keep from get ting eaten up with mosquitoes"
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
NEW WRINKLE IN COTTON

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - There is a new twist in the an cient art of cotton picking as practiced in the Mississippi delta.
 At the Luther Wade plantation, cotton plants-heavy boiled and blowing clean white puffs-are being defoliated to speed picking and eliminate trash from the staple.
 Airplanes skip back and forth over the fields trailing powdered cpanamid in advance of the har- vest. The chemical causes the leaves to drop from the plant; sunlight streams around the naked stalks, drying and ripen- ing the bolls; from top to bottom of the plant the fibre leaps to meet the pickers' fingers.
 Planters in the area say the de- foliation improves the yield. rids the plant of trash and makes the harvest easier and cleaner-all at a cost of $1.65 an acre.
 ''Now," says one old timer, Eff they could only find a way to take out the sore fingers and aching backs, they'd have some thing"
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
NEW FLAG SALUTE IS DECREED BY LAW

A new law, recently passed by Congress, takes note of the fact that our popular flag salute, in which the right arm is raised to- ward the flag, is too much like the Nazi and Fascist salutes to suit our American taste.
 It is decree that this salute is no longer good form, or for that matter, permissible. The correct salute now is given by merely placing the right hand over the heart and keeping it there while the pledge is repeated.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
ENGLISH LIFESAVER
 LONDON (AiP)-One ,

lands most illustrious war work CTS is the paddle steamer Royal Eagle, which used to carry holi- daying Londoners to seaside re- sorts. Since the start of the war it has been in action against air craft 52 times, has saved "A lives at sea, has destroyed two enemy planes. In addition, at Bunker que, it made three crossings, brought home 5000 troops, was dive-bombed 48 times.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE WELL DONE

FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga. (AP)-Theres one FAC at the third training center here who knows practically all the an- swers-well, down through 'b" anyway.
 Private Louise M. Kable of Kabletown, W. Va, had a job in New York rewriting an encyclo- pedia, but she'd finished only one volume before deciding to join the WAC.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
OVERTIME IN A GRAVEYARD

CHANUTE Kas. (AP)-Ihe city commission has approved a $5 extra charge for burials in the cemetery after 5 p. m. The fee goes to the sexton and hls nelp- CTS as overtime pay.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01
MISS FAYE ALLEN
 NOW WITH Y. w. c. A.

Miss Fay Allen, daughter of the late Scotty Allan of Nome fame, has accepted a position with the Y. w. C. A. as representa- tive in Argentina, South Ameri ca.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01

It is estimated that the weight of gases given off in a volcanic eruption is much greater than that of the lava and ashes.
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01

One of the first authoritative works on African commerce was published in 1705 by Willem Bos-
The Nome nugget., 1943-10-01

Experience keeps dear school but fools will learn in no other Benjamin Franklin.
Evening star., 1943-12-30

entrance, but otherwise the build
ing was undamaged.
Toward the end of the first stage
of the fighting the two were per-
mitted to leave their post, and they
reached Yiyang with their. radio
equipment. Enroute, they met some
Japanese and a shooting match
f1ared, but the Americans were not
injured. -
So swiftly were the invaders
driven out of Changteh that they
did not have time to cremate and
take along all their dead in keep.
ing with their customs. officials said
500 bodies of japanese troops were
found in the city, some of them
in ashes.
Maj. Gen. Ho Chung Pan, com.
mander of the new 18th Division
which helped deliver Changteh, said
the enemy tried to evacuate all their
lightly wounded personnel, but
placed all the hopelessly injured
and dead they could find in a house
and set fire to it. He said they did
not even take time to administer
the usual opiates to the injured
before putting them into the house,
Evening star., 1943-12-30

ragged about them was related today.
Concealed In big vault Of the
Central Bank of China, situated in
the heart of the city, 1t. Paul w
Frillman OF Chicago, ILL.,, and Corpl.
S. H. Liljestrand, jr., born In
Chengtu, China, to missionary par
ents, kept radio contact with the
United States 14th Air Force, OF
which they are members.
Co-Ordinated Defense Operations.
They became the hub of informa-
ton between their headquarters and
Chinese troops, enabling the Chi
nese to keep tabs on enemy move
ments and helping to coordinate
ground operations of the defenders
with air attacks by the 14th All
Force.
For days during the swayine
battle the Americans stayed at theil
radio transmitter and receiver while
= crisscross lacework of 4-inch BAN.
boo on the roof of the two-story
building protected them from bomt
detonations. This bomb-proofine
was supplemented by layers Of
bricks inside the grilled windows.
Before the battle ended, a shell,
ripped into the stone work at the
Evening star., 1943-12-30

he learned by studying at night.
Starting in as a messenger, he
became the supervising engineer
of the Capitol, under the Architect
of the Capitol, in 1921.
Among his duties are the super
vision of safety measures at in
augurations and appearances of the
President before Congress, and daily
visits to every room in the Capitol,
Except private Offices, to see that
physical conditions are satisfactory
He worked with police, secret
service and soldiers during seven
presidential inaugurals. He recalls
vividly the blizzard which forced
President Taft to take the oath of
Office in the Senate chamber in
stead of on the Capitol portico.
Rain does not halt this traditional
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Dodds Is Voted Sullivan Award
As Years Leading Sportsman
B, the Associated Press.

Ds tuc hSSOClhleQ fIeSS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Gil Dodds'
willingness to compete against that
great Swedish runner, Gunder
Haegg, at any distance and at any
place, during the latter's summer
tour of the United States has been
declared the best example of sports
manship during 1943. BY his exam
pie and influence as the one to do
the most to advance the cause of
sportsmanship, he is being awarded
the James E. Sullivan Memorial
Trophy for this year by the Amateur
Athletic Union.
DoddS was selected by vote of more
than 600 AAU officials. He will re-
Iceive the trophy at the National AAU
indoor track and field championships
at New York on February 26. He
was given big majority in the
balloting, receiving $50 points to the
469 polled by Bill Smith, Hawaiian
swimming ace. In third place with
AIS points was Joe Platak of Chicago,
veteran handball champion.
Cited by the AAU as modest in
victory and gracious in defeat and a
splendid influence on all with whom
he comes in contact" the Boston
divinity student particularly was
praised for his cooperation during
Haegg's tour. Although mile
specialist, Dodds agreed to compete
at greater distances knowing he had
little chance for victory. He ran
against Haegg eight times, which
largely was responsible for the AAU
being able to turn over more than
$135 900 to the Army Air Forces Aid
Society as proceeds from the Swedish
runners tour.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Chongteh Ranks With Coventry
And St0Iinqrud in Devastation

Changteh after being forced to
evacuate in November will be asked
to move to villages south of the
Yuan River. AS for the well-to-do,
there is no problem; they have
gone to cities as comfortable as the
old Changteh.
100 Dollars for Each Person.
1t. Gen. Moshaoman, former COM
mander of Guerrilla forces in this
war area, who is distributing TO-.
100000 Chinese dollars to men,
women and children in Human
Province, gave out 100000 here
yesterday 100 dollars to each
person Of proven residence In
Changteh.
The money is expected to work
in a pump-priming fashion. OBJ
viously, there is not enough food
here to care TO. all the people,
but 1t is likely that merchants
will set up shop again when they
know that the people have funds
Congee (rice stew kitchens are
being established for emergency
feeding.
Some rice, which was hidden
hereabouts, is available. Other food
has had to be brought from 20 miles
away.
The Japanese offensive cost
Changteh and Hsein alone 10000
tons of rice. This either was car
ried off by the enemy or detroyed
by him Considerable quantities Of
commodities were taken across the
Yuan River by the Chinese in their
evacuation of Changteh in Novem-
ber.
Two Americans Operate Radio.
Commissioner Huang told Of the
orderly evacuation from Changteh
when the japanese offensive first
was threatened. In order to avoid
public hysteria, the task was carried
out in the guise Of precautions
against air raids. BY November "A.
the population, not counting the mil
itary, was down to about 100 police
and other functionaries. Even war
service workers left.
Huang said there were neither
disorders nor looting-until the
enemy came.
Scarcely a piece of furniture is
visible in the city now What the
japanese couldn't carry away con-
veniently, they burned.
How two Americans helped drive
out the Japanese by doing radio
liaison work in reinforced con-
crete building while the fighting
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Ace Seniors Battle
In Golden Gloves
Semis Tonight

Lewis Pavone, Nick Mancini, Pete
Cilinski, Jimmy Vakas and Ray
Hanbury are among the well-known
amateur boxers on tonight's semi
final Golden Gloves tournament
program at Turner's Arena. All are
in the senior division and battling
tough opposition in bids to survive
for next weeks title round.
Cilinski and Pavone are defending
champions in the 1875 and 100 pound
divisions, respectively.
Twenty-three bouts are scheduled
IA novice and 9 senior, with the
opening contest at o'clock. First
heavyweight match of the tourney
goes on tonight, with Gene Wilson
CT st. Mary's Club meeting Moe
Erana of Apollo in the novice un-
limited division.
Tonight's pairings:
Senior Class.
1876 pounds-Henry Fleming (Apollo A.
g. VS. Jimmy Vakas washington B. CJ
HSrry fG ismer apollo A. c. VS.. Joe Annette
135 pounds-Dave Staples (Merrick)
vs. Pete Cllinski tSt. Merys) Jimmy Buhl
(Bolling Field VS. Ray Hanbury (Merrick)
l47 pounds-Joe Cannon (Apollo) VS.
George Fspina (Merrick), George Rife
!.Bolling Field VS.. Frank McGregor (St
Mary's)
100 pounds-Lewis Pavona (st. Mary's)
vs.. Duane HoStler (Fort Meade), Nick Man.
cini (Washington B. CO. VS.. John L. Sui
G75 poundsNTom Poole washington B
c. VS.. Hardee Harrell (Fort Meade).
Novice Class.
112 pounds-Johnny. .Arduini (Apollo) VS.
TTensee Tsee 'st' Mary's) VS.. John Kelly IN
lis pounds-Leonard Tozzola IN. T. s.,
vs.. Don Carter IN. T. 81, Joe Smith (NaVa
Torpedo Station) VS.. Paul Homer (Moun
Ralner).
l26 pounds-Jim Madison IN. T. S. VS.
Bob Duvall washington B. c., Bob Mar.
sters mount Rainier vs. Ray Kenned,
lWashngton B. c..
1876, pounds-Billy Goettling (unat
tached vs.. Billy Waugh IN. T. s., Bot
Rayburn IN. T. s. VS.. Bernie Barry IN
147 pounds-Blackin Annisi (ouanticc
Marines vs.. Jim FoeSte tApollo), Cliff
Hart (Pete's A. c. VS.. Jim Balderson IN
:. 100 pounds-Benny Aouilino (Apollo) VS.
Henry Paulucci (Merrick1 Francis Sweeney
tMerrickl VS.; Pat Palumbo (Merrick).
I75 pounds--Dick -Bohn IN. T. s. VS.
Ted Szotank Omitted States Marine Corps)
Heavyweiaht-Gene Wilson (St. Mary's)
VS.. Moe Erana tApollo).
Evening star., 1943-12-30

an attorney with the Interstate
Commerce Commission. In 1888 he
was appointed Research Assistant
and Attorney to Joseph B. Eastman,
then Federal Co-ordinator of Trans
portation. He served as special
counsel for the Senate Committee
on Interstate Commerce.
Before coming to Washington Mr..
Freer was engaged in private law
practice in Cincinnati, Ohio. A for
mer president of the Federal Bar
Association, he is consultant to the
Harvard University Graduate School
of Public Administration and a
trustee of George Washington Uni
verSity. At one time he was pro-
fessor of law at ST. Xavier College,
Cincinnati, and the Washington
College of Law here.
Born in Madisonville, Ohio, he is
the son of the late Guy M. Freer,
for years president of the National
Industrial Traffic League. He lives
with his family at 116 Woodlawn
avenue, Chevy Chase. Md.
The Craftsmanship Of the COM
mission rotates annually with the
shift coming each January /.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Yellow Masks Quick Grip
Conquers Favored Leone

In an all-star rassling show at
Turner's Arena last night the Yellow
Mask won the feature bout over the
favored Michele Leone in 20 min
utes with body press. Until the
final grip, Leone was leading by a
wide margin.
George Macricostas was disquali-
fed in the seminal for hitting the
referee and the decision went to
Don Evans after they had tangled
for Is minutes.
In a tWo-man team bout, Maurice
La Chappelle and DR.. John Bonica
won from Mike Demetre and Bobby
Nelson, taking the first and third
falls.
The opener ended with Dick Bish-
op downing Dick Craddock in l6
minutes.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
BY CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH,

hSSOSidtcu EIc5S war SUETtSpOnQent.
CHANGTEH, China, Dec. % (De-
layed) "A reborn Changteh is the
vision of Chinese officials who have
surveyed the war-wrought ruins of
this old walled city at the gateway
to China's rice bowl.
1t was here that Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek's veterans, aided
by American war planes, broke the
back of Japanese offensive in
North Human Province December
after long and bloody fighting in
which the invaders had held the
town almost a week.
Thousands perished in the piv-
otal battle. The japanese sur
vivors left little except ashes and
rubble behind in their retreat.
Changteh, whose normal popula-
ton was between 10000 and 140,-
600, has joined Coventry and Stain
grad on the war record; it is the
most widely devastated city of
China. The damage has been esti-
mated officially at $100,000,000, per-
haps more.
A systematic reconstruction is
possible. This, though, may-and
probably will-take years.
Only 80 Buildings Standing.
Huang Wei Kuo, administrative
commissioner for the central gov
ernment in the fourth administra-
tive district of Human, which in
cludes Changteh, estimated that
before the fighting in November
and December more than 10000
buildings stood in Changteh. Only
about 80 Of these stand today, he
said, and most of those are dam
aged.
The commissioner said 100000
Chinese dollars Official rate is 20
Chinese dollars per one United
States dollar would be the mini
mum average replacement cost for
the buildings.
His estimate, however. does not
cover the untold damage to pub
lie property-the power plant, Of
flee buildings and the streets
whose stones had been used for
Notifications. Nor does it count
the loss of household property and
commodities through the pillage,
fires, shellings and bombings.
For the present, the construction
of permanent buildings will be dis
couraged on the grounds they might
not conform with eventual plans for
the city.
The poor who have returned to
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Basket Games Curded
At ~ Celebration

Three basket ball games are sched-
uled on Saturday at the YMCA as
part of the celebration commemorate
ing the "Y's" Tooth anniversary.
First game is at 3 o'clock between
Woodward School and "Y" Flashes
Others are Lelands against the "Y'
Eagles at o'clock and the big "Y'
team against Marine Headquarters
at 7:30. Volley ball, handball and
a drill by Navy officers also are on
the program.
Evening star., 1943-12-30

ceremony, since a canopy is spread
over the presidential box.
His relationships with fellow en-
employees and with members of
Congress during nearly half a CEN
tury have given him his greatest
satisfaction, he says. His genial
personality and willingness to as
sist others make him one of the
most popular men on the Hill.
Evening star., 1943-12-30

~ p ! e a S a II I
years there in
continuous Fed
eral service.
A n a t v e of
the District, of
Virginia ances-
try, Mr.. Cook at
tended local ele-
mentary schools
and E a S t e r n
High School. He
learned e n 6 j.
neering the hard
way, by practi-
cal application
during working
hours to theory
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Grid Cooch''s Optimism
Proves Well Founded
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
High spot in optimism from the
late football season: When he took
his team to Sarasota for the de-
Gliding game of its conference race,
Coach Joe Rousseau of Bradenton,
Fla, High carried along an extra
suit so he'd have something dry
to wear home after his boys ducked
him under the shower. They did.
Evening star., 1943-12-30

Commission by
President Roose-
velt in 1895 and
re-appointed for
a S e v e NY e a r
term four years
later.
One of the
hve-man COM
m / S S ! o n S two
r e p u b ! / C a n
m e m b e rs, Mr..
Freer has been
in the Govern
ment servic C e
since 1925 when
L
n e c a m e to
Washington as
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Sick Owner of Hawks
Good to Seryicemen

Maj. Frederick Mclaughlin, owner
OF the Chicago Black Hawks, hasn t
seen his hocky team play this sea-
son because of illness.
But that hasn't stopped him from
giving away 500 choice seats to
servicemen for every home game.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Will Mail Grid Letters

Postmen will make the awards of
varsity football letters for Law
renee College. Nine of the 19 men
who won them have been trans
ferred BY the Navy.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Freer Again 10 Head
Federal Trade Commission

Robert E. Freer will become
chairman of the Federal Trade
Commission for the second time on
Saturday. He was appointed to the
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Seniors
In u. S. Service

There is an excellent reason why
Gus Cook, Engineer of the Capitol,
regards the Capitol and Congress
as his only hobby. He has spent
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Labor Leaders 10 Address
German Freedom Dinner

Philip Murray, president of the
CIO, and George M. Harrison, vice
president of the AFL, are sched-
uled to address a dinner meeting
Of the American Friends of Ger
man Freedom Tuesday at the Stat
Ter Hotel.
DR.. Reinhold Niebuhr, chairman
OF the group, said Mrs. Roosevelt
had been invited to speak. The
oinnere meeting has as its theme
"Labor's Battle for a Democratic
Europe"
The. dinner is the first step in
formally establishing a relationship
between the strong democratic Or
ganizations of America and their
weaker but no less democratic
counterparts in enslaved Europe. in
cluding Germany and Italy" DR..
Niebuhr said.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
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Grab Apple Blossoms
Now Taking Spotlight

The Towering crab apple trees
IN Anacostla Park today are in full
bloom and have taken public at
tention which was given to the
cherry trees in KenWood and
around the Tidal Basin.
The trees, which include num-
Der of varieties with blossoms rang
ing from white to pink. border the
park between the Eleventh street
and John Philip Sousa bridges in
front of the public golf course.
National Capital Parks officials re-
port that there are at least 300 trees
in bloom now out of the 600 in
the planting.
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