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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-18
CHAPTER ONE
%LLERY QUEEN stood knee

-LLERY QUEEN stood knee.
n deep in luggage on the
- WrightSville station plat.
form and thought: This makes HE
an admiral. Admiral Columbus.
The station was II squatty affair
of black-red brick. On rusty hand
truck under the caves two small
boys in torn blue overalls swung
their dirty legs and chcwcd gum in
unison, staring ut him without ex-
preston.
Cramped two-story frame houses
and little stoop-shouldered shops
with Il crackcr-barrel look huddled
To one side of the tracks-the city
side, for up steep street paved
with square cobblcs Mr.. Queen could
see taller structures beyond.
To the other side of the station
there were merely garage. an ex-
trolley labeled PILLS DINER, and
smithy with IA neon sign.
Country looks good, by jake, mur-
Inurs Mr.. Queen enthusiastically.
Green and yellow. Straw colors.
And sky of blue and clouds of white
-bluer blue and whittier white than
he recalled ever having seen before.
City country; and here they
meet. where Wrightsville station
filings the twentieth century into the
Gstonished face of the land.
Yes, sir. my boy. You've found It.
The Hollis Hotel, Upham House.
and the Kelton among them could
not offer the stranger at their desks
one pitiful room. Boom times had
hit Wrightsville two jumps ahead
Of Mr.. Queen. The last room at the
Hollis was filched from under his
nose by portly man with defense
industry" written all over him.
Undiscouraged, Mr.. Queen
checked his bags ut the Hollis, ate
a leisurely lunch in the Coffee
Shoppe, and read copy of the
WrightsUiife Record-Frank Lloyd.
Publisher and Editor.
He memorized as many of the
names mentioned in the Record as
seemed to have local prominence.
bought a Wrightsville street man
from Mark Doodle's son Grover at
the lobby cigar stand, then struck
out across the red-cobbled SQUARE
under the hot sun.
At the horse trough in the center
OF the Square, MIR. Queen paused to
admire Founder Wright. Founder
Wright had once been bronze, but
he now looked messy, and the stone
trough on which he stood had obyi-
ouSly been unused for years. Words
on a plaque said that Jezrecl Wright
had founded Wrightsville when II
was an abandoned Indian site, in
l,Ol. The chaste windows of the
Wrightsvillc National Bank, John
+. wright. Pres, smiled at Mr..
Queen from across the Square. and
Mr.. Queen smiled back: O PioncersI
Then he circled the Square (Which
was round) pcercd into Sol Cow
dy's Mems Shop, the Bon Ton De-
partmcnt Store, Dune MacLean-l
Fine Liquors, and William Ketcham
- insurance; examined the three
Rilded balls above the shop of J.P.
Simpson. the jardinieres of green
and red liquid in the window of the
High Village Pharmacy, Myron
Gdrhnck, Prop, and turned to sur
vey the thoroughfares which radi-
atcd like spokcs from the hub of the
Square.
One spoke was a broad avenue:
the rcd-brick Town Hall. the Car
ncgie Library, a glimpse of park, !
tan praying trees, and beyond, a
cluster of white new WPA-lookinr
buildings. Another spoke was a
street lined with stores and full of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-18

Notice what a difference North's
choice of suits made after hearing
his partners jump In clubs. Those
were two Of the bidding sequences
al tables in a duplicate game.
Some Of the other South players
used a double OF the l-Diamond
Did TO indicate their strength.
and in each of those cases North
answered With spades, SO that
hearts could Ne shown later with.
Out embarrassment. If necessary
to show them.
Practically any experienced
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-18

sion one dollar per person. and for
Pete's sake Marge keep your mother
away from the parking lot, will
you! don't wanna get caught like
two weeks ago and have you start
bawling!
Mr.. Queen strollcd about the
town, approving and breathing
deeply of wet leaves and honey
suckle. He liked the stuffed eagle
IN the Carnegie Library vestibulc I;
ne even liked Miss Akin, the elderly
Chief Librarian, who gave him n
very sharp look, as if to say: Don't
you try to sneak book out of
here" He liked the twisting mar
row streets of Low Village, and he
went into Sidney Gotch's General
store and purchased n package of
TOBACCO Just as an excuse to smell
the coffee and rubber boots and vim
egar, the chccscs and kerosene.
lie liked the Wrightsville Ma
chine Shop. which had just re-
opened, and the old cotton-mill fac
tory, diagonally across from the
Low Village World War Memorial.
Sidney Gotch told him about the
cotton mill. 1t had been a cotton
mil, then an empty building: he
could see for himself the splintery
holes in the windows where the Low
Village boys threw rocks in sum-
mcr and snowballs in winter on
their way to school. But now "spc-
cials' prowlcd around the mill with
long fat holsters strapped to their
thighs and eyes in their heads that
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-18
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

payer would know that the spade
suit Is the correct response TO u
double. rather than hearts. II Is
equally the correct bid when
South makes the kind Of lump
which he did here. just one level
higher than enough to overcalI
the opponents bid. II that kind Of
jump Is being used as a sure one
tlme force. the answers to II
should be Just the same as to q
double. except when the partner
raises the bid used by the Jumper.
1t surely made a great differ
ence here. When South knew his
partner had enough spades for re-
spending with them to his club
jump. ne was almost ready for a
siam. which he invited. North ac-
cePted the invitation because of
his diamond blank and his two
Kings. But where the hearts were
bid In response. there was hardly
any sound ground to 20 higher
than game. or course tre slar
was made. in fact a grand slam
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West having opened this deal
with psychic l-Spade, South
winding up in 6-Hearts, East
doubling and West making the
bad lead of the spade X. what psy.
Geological play can South try
against East?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-18
SUIT LENGTHS SOUGHT

A SUIT overcall OF one more
then necessary To overcall the op-
ponent is used by mary players to
indicate the likelihood offa two
suiter. possibly formidable one
suiter. and to imply a one-time
force on the partner. just az an IN
formative or takeout double
would. In responding. the partner
should consider the length of his
suits rather than their strength.
The bid. as would u double. says
In effect: I'll furnish the high
cards and you supply the suit
length"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-05-18

r drives
the bcaktrough OF the Allied Spring offensive
Line the
gain strategic positions Fighting French and Greek O
miles below
clearing the Gargano River bend
earlier thrust 2 through Auona u troops (3 drove
Spigno
British north Giorgo ), hit deeper the M Valley
with (5 driving north Casino Still further
fe reported to have bypassd
shows battle (InteTnattona)
Evening star., 1944-08-13
HELP MEN AND woMeh tce,,., ,

COUPLE, maid and handyman. sober and
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MEN OR WOMEN with or without car to
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DRUG STORES, III p st. ne. -''
REsTAURANT HELP. colored; second COOK,
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CAFE. 1914 Conn. ave. NV, after IL noon
SODA FOUNTAIN CLERKS cb, white
Attention Arlington residents For mod
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experienced people. Hiring ARRANGEMENTS
approved Call oxford 1925
SWITCHBOARD and elevator operator.
Hours 4 to l., pm | day Off d week
1873 Kenyon ST. See resident manager
WHITE COUPLE o. woman housEeeper,
"odern loomino holse near Dupont Cir
Gle: part time: living quarters DE. a6SO =
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HELP MEN AND WoMEN.

ASST BOOKKEEPER, experienced in real
sential; excellent salary and working con-
ditions. See Mr. Pope, CAFRITZ. 1404
cAfSEiTE;RRlA SUPERVISOR. experienced
preferred: 11:45 am to- q pm; good
working conditions: no Sundays. Apply
TALLY-HO RESTAURANT. s12 18th st.
NV.
CHEMIST. man or woman. high school pre-
requisite and l or 2 years college expert
ence: plant on North Carolina coast. post
war position and future assured State
salary expected. references. Reply to p ..
Box 43l. Alexandria, Va. or telephone
Alexandria 3137
COLORED COUPLE on small farm nearby
Maryland. wife to do cookins and cleaning
for . adults. man to do gardening and
light farming: must be sober and depend
able: good salary plus room and board
1921 9TH ST. NV.
COUPLE, excellent cook and houseman,
white Ireferred: references: live in; two
comfortable rooms and bath: good wages;
hours; RE $500; Ext. 22a5, HILL
couPLE .rcSdor ,coloredo no childTep husoand
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GAS WATER HEATERS-2O, 80. 40 gal
automatic; no cash needed; small monthly
sFASssURY sFSshssR Ymnsa1s5s hinson 'ssssi'f'0n sSas D.
ACCOUNTANT-Will keep your books on
Fart time basis: social security, withhold
lns, d: c. tax returns prepared: reasonable
eooxSeGn enkn SsTkGcrfoN ESsensGn aGnts so nutri-
tion course. planning, preparation balanced
meals: grad. teacher: limited no. EN-. O7S0.
FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS-Rent 6 Gu
IT. zero frozen food locker for only ST. 80
yearly. No Investment. Save money and
get better quality foods at farm prices in
season Sc no OF pieanty snd store Tor year-ro.nd
PEACHES, S. bushel and UP: also canta-
loupes and watermelons for sale. HARRY
CHOPPER, 47Oa Rittenhouse ST., River
dale dale. Nd, opposite B. O. station,
PUBLIC ACCoUNTANT-will care for all
your accounting and tax problems: rea-
sonsble fee. Call OR. GAO. one-day-a-
rEAcHEs PEA iks'en ARE RIPE at Quaint Acres.
vegetables in variety, cooking apples bring
sxER :! sPRN sf5s1 ssssSIe
district. open daily and Sunday ~ until
PEACHEs, Alberta and Hiley Belle, now
ripenins at Lewis Orchards: =. Take q; 9;
oFFfCE SAFE tMiller, for sale: U. S. Sup.
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OSCAR J. TRAINUM, Branchville, Md. -13'
FURNITURE repaired and upholstered III
your home; experienced mechanic. Box
AK, Star.
stock. STUDENTS HS q BOOK s 'uSosnets CO, sl6a i
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Attention

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on these pages must be inter
Dieiued first By the advertisers,
and must then secure final re-
terrdl from the United States
Employment Service unless ar
rdngementS hare been made for
direct hiring as indicated in
the advertisement.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

GAS WATER HEATERS-2O, 80. 40 sai
automatic; no cash needed; small monthly
paymeEts; immediate installation. D. A
STANsBuRY: Lincoln 302e.
Evening star., 1944-11-26

FRESh... .und Fun Of Flavor
land why not1 After all, that's
what you expect of leftovers
} when they're wrapped in Cut
Rite Waxed Paper!
For Cut-Rite is made to give
foods better protection. That's
why its super eaIesdsred and
desblt-Waxsd- to provide great
er resistance to air and moisture.
That's why il combines strength
with pliability- TO permit ef-
fective wrapping. That's why its
} always samifS'J - untouched by
hands other than your own.
To cut food costs - to help
} Food Fight for Freedom" there's
nothing like genuine Cut-Rite
Waxed Paper. Look for it-in
the blue and white carton at
your grocer's.
~ Avsssssais Psess Msehssssy Co.. sNe.
hobeksa. t1sss Jsrssy
Evening star., 1944-11-26

days a week, at profit of two cents
each. A cool $434 a week!
Laundry was serious problem
when our boys hit the Marshall
Islands. There was no hot water
readily available. and the Quarter
master laundry wasn't set up.
Privates Smirk and Fooble then
initiated the first joint American
enterprise set up on a captured
Jap base. Using salvaged Jap wreck
age, they rigged up series OF three
windmills attached to buckets.
They HAxnssssd the Wind
Thus the almost continuous gales
that famed the island were har-
messed and used to churn dirty uni
forms. A sign was posted which
read, Marshall Islands Laundry
Service - Like Home - Special
Rates. The rates averaged two
dollars per bundle. The firm aver
aged twenty bundles week and
turned away customers.
Eventually the Quartermaster
laundry functioned. Since, however,
it prescribed a limit Of II pieces a
week to each soldier, the Marshall
Islands Laundry Service - Like
Home" is doing capacity business.
The war has not stunted the YAM
kee trading instinct. Sgt. Buzz may
pick up radio from forlorn SOL
dier who has shot craps a bit too
enthusiastically. Maybe it cost $50
new. Buzz will give $40 for it. Then
he'll advertise in nearby daily
paper. In no time, via the telephone.
he'll have buyer ready to pay $50.
In many camps there are boys
who for five dollars will take your
place on KIP, and for dollar -and-a-
half will clean your rife.
Men handy with tools seldom fail
to turn an honest penny. Sergeant
Sparks was a radio repairman in
civilian life. Now he's a bench me-
chanic in an Air Force squadron
radio section and, in his spare time,
Evening star., 1944-11-26
GPsthink up some
clever stunts to get
cash. Look at these

TTNcLE SAM pays a buck private
in the Army $50 month. and
80 out of 100 privates are more or
less satisfied. But the hundredth
guy is out hustling for more.
The adage that an American who
really wants to make money will
find a way has no better veriflca-
ton than in this army of Army
entrepreneurs.
Their activities may range from
doing home laundry" to taking
part in exhibition wrestling. Extra
income varies from a few dollars to
thousands of dollars a year.
Take Pvt. Joe Whistle for in
stance. He arrives at new and
rapidly expanding Army post. He
notices that at breakfast time con-
versation lags. Nothing new has
happened which wasn't discussed at
last nights bull session. Aha. he
thinks, if these men had a chance to
buy a newspaper.
He Poddles Papers
PRIVATE WHISTLE goes to town and
contacts the local newssheet. Yes,
they will deliver to him at the post,
and, since it's large order and he
is willing to guarantee there will be
no returned copies. they will give
him exclusive distribution.
Private Whistle buys a second
hand jalopy, gets up a couple OF
hours ahead of his barracksmates,
and drops around to every mess hall
on the base, leaving stack of papers
and a cigar box to catch the five
cent purchase price.
BY giving the mess sergeant free
paper, he makes sure the receipts
will be held for him. Today Private
Whistle is selling 3, 100 papers seven
Evening star., 1944-11-26
$50 A Month Plus! BY sscr GEORGE ZIMMERMAN

does a land-office business in mend
ing imperative commercial sets.
Local repair shops talk fantastic
figures for radio service. Sergeant
Sparks can underprice them and
still pocket an extra $50 month.
Tszae On His Hands
CoRpoRAL TIcKToCK operates the
same way with watches. He was far
sighted enough to bring set OF
jewellers tools with him when he
left the States. Virtually every GI
owns a watch, and dislikes trusting
his timepiece to local repairmen.
Corporal Ticktock has plenty of
time on his hands, as many watches
as he can handle.
Then there's the soldier who acts
as room orderly for the officers. He
doesn't have to do this. but as a
means of augmenting his income he
may oblige, to the tune of SIS per
month per officer.
Athletes, performers and musi-
clans also share in the gravy. Cor
poral Burrel is putting away $lOO
each month at the cost of weekly
appearance on downtown" wrest-
ling cards. One popular band amass-
es $40 a week for each member.
Lonesome islands don't provide
much chance for extra profits. but
few CTS have been known to make
money even there. Private Busby
buys silver chain for two dollars,
strings some fancy shells on it
and exchanges the finished neck
lace for $40.
Seryicemen who find themselves
part of. that hazardous movement
known as the first wave" have a
great opportunity to accumulate
Jap souvenirs. Corporal Frisker,
who has weathered the Guadalcanal
and Marshalls invasions, has rung
up a neat So, 200 on his souvenir
sales register.
Colonsls Envy Him
NURSE morale in the South Pacific
was enhanced considerably when it
was discovered that Sergeant Tweeze
at near by base was an ex-beauti-
clan. The paltry two dollars per
permanent he receives is indeed in
significant. Colonels from his COM
mand would trade their eagles
to run their fingers through a
woman's tresses in that remote
jungle-land.
And so the record is filled with
one instance after another of GI
business initiative. Today, the war
rior -opportunists are envisioning
the invasion of Toxic and Matching
out multitude of schemes to put
that triumph to paying use.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-14
BY Westbrook
Pegler

denounced him n being unfair"
to labor, which Frankfurter adj
mitted he was not, and or
ganized q national boycott Of his
product, which was beer.
Frankfurter held that, be-
cause this was "a familiar prac-
tice" and for other reasons
couched In that mysterious OBJ
scurity which II his manner, the
union was within the law.
Mere usage. the mere act that
unions had habitually, over
many years, INDUCED in false
accusations to the detriment Of
innocent victims, justified such
vicious conduct.
Or, IF you want another ex-
" ample. Jimmy Petrillo sup
piled IL when he censored the
text of q play, threatening to
withdraw the musicians and
close the show unless the name
of John L. Lewis were deleted.
Petrillo IL an eminent New
Dealer.
So, though we realize that
this use of the boycott is Hit
lerian, we must recognize that
IL is distinctly Rooseveltian.
Copyright, 1874. By United Features, synd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-14

LIN most cases, true. Moth
Ing lowers your personality or
wears you out as does indie
cision. Psychologists Norman
Maier, University of Michigan,
and II. s. Liddell, Cornell, have
shown that animals break down
nervously when they are placed
where they can't decide what to
do. The proverbial ass between
the two stacks of hay did not
starve to death, but went crazy
and, in q coma, died.
2-On most OF the customary
rules of conduct, such as the.
Ten Commandments, yes. On
many questions, however. there
is endless debate. One psy-
chologist submitted 10 great
many people this question with
10 different solutions: "A hus-
band discovers his wife Is in
love with his friend. and her
love Is returned. What should
he dor" There was no general
agreement. Some would kill one,
some both. some have them kiss
and make UP, some let the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-14
One Word Led to Another
By Patterson
BY Arthur Bugs" Baer


If actors didn't fb about their ages they wouldn't get
into much trouble know punk who lied so much
about his age that he got into the draft backward
At that time the limit As He was 65 if he was
day. And he was day.
He is still playing juvenile parts in Hollywood with
jaunty crutch and streamined wheel chair. Every
day he stands on his head bootback stand to have
his hair polished
Now that's all right in the show business But there
times when you must be correct about your age
Little gadges like insurance companies and governments
like to keep their accounts straight.
Fortunately I'm in racket where can look my age.
And do it without effort. I'm round-shouldeped
roll top desk and wrnked enough TO hold two-day
rain
I've reached that terrible stage in suspended ANNA
ton where look like my passport picture.
Right I'm sliding out Of my ffties Lots of
people have done that before. But I'm the first mug
to do it without pulse qi
I'm writing this because was asked to tour the war
and didn't want to get sick the army's time.
The old fellows my age who tried it all curled up like
drying inoleum And, to my badly garnshed astonish-
ment, they were PANIED by some of the army papers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-14
FAIR ENOUGH

owners to hire some OF its
members to do their work. In
which case, they would have
been forced to stand idle and
60 broke. There was no labor
dispute and so there could be
no strike and the original issue
was a racket.
IN THE case of the Roosevelt
L Communists and fellow-trav-
elers, however, there In evidence
which gives positive ground for
reasonable suspicion, which was
not the case with the owners
of the cafeteria.
There was not the slightest
ground for calling them Fascists
but if you find men and women
in close political association with
Communists, you do have reason
to suspect them.
So, according to Frankfurter,
ii is reasonable and just to de-
eide that a certain radio pundit,
let us say, is a Communist and
to boycott the product Of the
company which employs him as
an entertainer to advertise its
goods.
ERANKFURTER had endorsed
l. malicious pub lish e d lies
against innocent persons in an
earlier decision in the so-called
carpenters case. In that case, q
union violated its signed agree
ment with an employer and then
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-11-14
WASHINGTON SCENE
By George Dixon

MY OLD mujik friend. Dave
Vl Sentnerovitch. came dash
ing up in snow-covered
droshl<y the other night and let
loose a rousing huzzah!"
why are you not st the So
Wet embassy, comrade?" he de-
manded. II understand it In the
biggest party hereabouts since
the war;
Tho revelry can be heard for
blocks. Maybe they are having
q bout between Abdul Abulbul
Amir and Ivan Skvinsky
Skvar."
/ hailed a passing Volga boat
man and rowed up TO the place.
chanting "Oy-yoy-yiff- milf" as
/ pulled. But / was barred at
the door and asked to show Gre
dentials.
Don't you recognize me - /
asked. resorting to cunning.
my place IL here. I am Ida the
maynard sturgeon"
mo sturgeon this year," the
doorman grunted. mo sturgeon
no caviar"
what - no sturgeon ?" ]
gsped. aghast.
NO sturgeon!"