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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

small city of less than $4,000 population, she sees
beautiful community. For Reno is blessed with
great scenic beauty and of the most attractive
natural locations in America.
The town. perched at elevation of 1850 feet
is still at the very feet of the towering, majestic
Sierra Nevada mountains whose peaks lift them
selves into sky almost eternally blue and sunny.
Through the center of Reno races the swift
Truckee River on its way from lovely Lake Tahoe
where ii has its source, to Lake Pyramid, that
amazing, fascinating desert lake
On high, abrupt bluff, like a minor Palisades,
on the south bank of the Truckee are big, hand
homes. Spread out south Of the bluff are
substantial residential districts whose occupants
scornfuy swear they never go near the neon glare
except when inflicted with visiting fireman like
myself or a divorce with letter of introduction.
IN THE other side of town is the University Of
- Nevada, perched on its own hills and Boosting
its own crystalline lake. Divorces not enCouT-
And at the back door of Reno lie two Of the
wonders of the world: the enchanting Washoe Val
ley where the excellent dude ranches thrive and the
ghost mining town of Virginia City
The divorce who comes here has her choice:
She spend her time drinking, gambling and
oglng in The two neonencruSted acres; she
can live quietly in Reno, working at the Red Cross
or serving in the local hospitals a nurse s aid.
Or she can discover the simple joys of the Great
they are 10 remain simple do not include ogling
the wrangler. Cowboys are pizen to divorces
but that is another story
Next week, Miss Robb will tell how many
women seeking a Reno divorce fall victims of
cowboy natives who muct them of their money
and then kick them out.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

back on Long Island had been doing some heavy
thinking. BY 10 a. IN. Reno time he was fit TO be
tied over the curious hours and places for consul
tation obviously preferred by his wife's supposed
Reno attorney
He decided to call up the SoandSo, innocent
a new born babe, and demand explanation. He
called the lawyers home. But unfortunately, he
got hold of the poor guys wife Nothing daunted
the semi-injured husband told his version OF the
goingson 10 the wife, who had Mysteries and
screamed Il knew il! / knew it,"
Her worst suspicious had been confirmed. The
night before the timid lawyer for the first time in
ten years had finally wangled permission from
his wife TO attend lodge initiation at Carson City
p miles away But try TO tell the little woman that
when he hadn't gotten home till dawn! Yeah!
JISt try. He did, and what it got him should hap
r-&tto Hitler
Slhis is just one of the plots Boccaccio could
pick up for the asking in Reno. The only really
ptiful character in the whole episode is the poor
lawyer. Everyone feels sorry for him-but they
can't help staggering when his name is mentioned
AS purple tale this is of Reno's minor
items. When the citizens really dish the dirt,
which is all mattcrotfact commonplace stuff to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

The Biggest Little City in the
World congresses i'm two acres
enough Moons 10 earn the title of The
Biggest Little Broadway in America"
Harold's Club, the Palace and The
Bank, three OF the towns super gam
bling joints, tell the world in Moons
ten feet high. AS our DIVORCE stands
on the sidewalk, trying 10 hail a cab,
the spots before her eyes are all neon
and read "Bingo." It's Reno rash.
FINALLY, when no cab appears,
someone directs her TO the cab stand
across the street. Like myself, the di.
Vorcee is bound TO think she's in the
wrong place when she pushes her way
through the door into a typical old
fashioned saloon
But she has made no mistake. Her
Reno education is just beginning. The
taxi company has merely taken office
space in the saloon. The desk and the
manager are behind that bank of slot
machines on the left as you enter.
II the gal sticks 10 the two acres
OF Moons, its saloons, its roulette wheels
and its predatory wolves during her
six weeks here, she sees town Shoddy
by day and tawdry by night.
But If she looks at the rest of this
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

them, the out
lanCier's hair does
a hand.stand, the
eyebrows gyrate
like an elevator In
the hands Of a
wartime operator
and the mouth
definitely gapes.
The town is
hardened TO such
performances. II
is not even sur
prised when the
hook and ladder
diVi ion of its
fire department is
called out, as IL
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

was on one occasion, to
rescue a lightly clad gen
tleman from a tall tree
into which he had fortu-
itously jumped from a
local hotel window. Most
smoking-car stories either
originate or come true in
this city of Reno.
Well. some of the girls
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

II she has arrived by the night
by two acres Of the gaudiest neon
lights and signs in the nation.
The Biggest Little City in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18

ask for IL. But 10 the ajority Reno
is their first encounter with a wide
open town. What TO Edo with il is
certainly up TO them.
When the average Divorce steps
from the train into Reno, she is entering
town the like of which she has never seen
before and is not apt 10 sec again. As she
stands in front OF the station on dubious Com
mercial Row, there lies before her one of the
most amazing sights in America: Two acres
Of gambling houses that never close, saloons
that are always open, cabaretS both gawdy
and bawdy. and night clubs populated with
girls. ostensibly waiting on table, entertaining
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14
South Pacific 81 Sends
Butterfly Collection Home

had to be on the alert for an oc-
casional Jap sniper," Cpl. Nc
Donald wrote. 1--WE were
warned, too, to watch out for
head hunters, who back in the
hills still pursue their traditional
practiseS.
There are many ways of net
ting butterflies. One, not too
sportSmanlike, is to smear mo-
lasSes and stale beer on a tree
trunk. The molasses attracts
them and the beer makes them
giddy, so that they are easily
taken.
Many tropica | butterflies,
particularly the most brilliant,
produces a very exquisite per-
fume, presumably from andra-
coma or scent scales on the
wings. Some scents are spicy;
others are like mignonette, hello
trope, violet, or sandalwood. I'm
fortunately, the perfume disap-
pears when the insect dies. The
average age of the tropical but
terfly is only about eight
weeks" he added.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14
5hopIiffers Steal
80 Million Per Year

NEW YORK - U.P) - Shop
lifterS, IS per cent of whom are
women, make away with $50,
100000 worth of goods a year, a
professional department store
detective says in a current
magazine article.
The "spotter" said many of
the petty thieves were war
workers building a nest egg for
postwar plans, others were thrill
seekers, and others were socially
prominent women covering-up
bridge debts. Only three per
cent of the shoplifters were said
10 be kleptomaniacs.
According to the article in
Life Story, an average sized
store in a large city loses be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 an
nually, and since the war, the
shortage of trained help has
made the shoplifting easier.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14
Yank Organist
Earns Applause
in Nazi Prison

DENVER - U.P Lawrence
K. Whip, formerly of Denver,
once again is playing an organ
in a church in France, after hav-
ing been confined 10 a German
concentration camp since the
Nazis occupied that country, &C
cording to word received by
friends here.
Whip, a native of Cripple
Creek, Colo, got his musical
start at st. Johns Episcopal
cathedral here, where he became
IN organist after giving UP his
job as a bank teller.
Later he went to New York
City to study and was an organ
ist at st. Thomas Episcopal
church. In Paris he played at
the Cathedral Church of the
Holy Trinity for % years.
The night Germany declared
war on the United States, three
Nazi officers entered the fash
ionable cathedral and arrested
him in the name of the Greater
German Reich"
In a concentration camp at
Clairfontaine, Whip was named
a Judge to try offenders and fix
penalties. Once the Nazis order
ed him to play a concert, and he
gave such feeling to the classic
German compositions that even
the Nazis cheered and his pris-
oner official kissed his hand.
Whip re-entered Paris with
the American and British forces.
1t. Gen. John v. Lee, formerly
of Denver, who is deputy COM
mander for Gen. Eisenhower,
was present at a religious cele-
bration he played at.
The organist served as acting
pastor during the German occu-
patton and conducted funerals
for 40 Americans and baptized
six infants, one a grandson Of
Clemenceau.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14

PENDLETON, Ore UH "A
rare collection of butterflies, APP
praised by lepidopterists at S.
900, has been captured by Cpl.
Laurence Mcdonald, son of Mr..
and Mrs. B. A. Mcdonald of
Pendleton, who formerly was a
soloist at the Little Church
Around the Corner, in New York
City.
The 16 trays of beautiful but
terflies contain more than $50
varieties and were sent home to
his parents. They were caught
amid the muck and discomfort
of warware somewhere in the
South Pacific" but probably
either in New Guinea or some of
the nearby islands.
CTS JOIN CHASE
when l first started out, l had
to take a lot of ribbing, as you
can imagine" Cpl. Mcdonald
wrote his parents, but when Id
made a few sales to collectors
and museums (some rare speci-
mems have sold for as much as
$75) and had mounted special
collection for Gen. o. w. Girls
void of the XIV corps, lot of
the fellows Joined the chase
Now it's quite amusing to me to
see half the GIs in the camp
dashing around with long-han-
died nets"
Many of the butterflies have
jewel-colored Wings-the color
ings are iridescent blues, pur-
Pile, tawny yellows, gold, tanger-
inc, velvet green with white and
rose bands, gol d en- browns,
blacks, tans, and whites. Some
show the cleaning multiple
shades found in peacock feath-
erS.
In his collection there is a
wide variety of designs and
markings, and one, with green,
black and copper colors, is the
second one of its kind ever
known to be captured. Included
is the beautifully marked fe-
male Victoria Regina" with
nine-inch wing spread, and its
male counterpart, slightly small
err, both with blue and black
wings and gold-colored body.
Also there are many almost un-
known specimens of the papili-
onids known as "ornithoptera"
(giant-winged butterflies); rare
swallowtails, daniads, lycaenids,
and even the acraea, the hard-to-
get Tiger butterfly.
JAP SHIPPERS A HAZARD
"At times, when collecting l
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14

a large quantity Of ginger Gle
also were found.
So great was the "haur that
two days were required to make
even a partial inventory, based
on the counting of units Of 50 q
all items.
Incidentally, the ancient wine
cellars also held about 20, 900
cases of assorted bottled wines,
and several thousand more gal.
Ions of wines III watts.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14
Divorce Costs to Have
Long Wait on Convict

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-U.P)-
1t wasn't that A. l.. Powe was
naturally a debtor when he ne
elected to pay the Jefferson
county Department Of Delin-
quent Collections $22.40 for di-
vorce costs, as his letter in an
swer to a DDC query proved:
Due to the fact that l am a
convict" it read, land making
but five cents per week, l am
unable to pay you until | have
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14

shortly after occupation revealed
that nearly a million pounds of
canned meats, including beef,
pork, sausages, hams, sardines,
tuna and several stew combina-
tons, were neatly stacked in
branch tunnels. Nearly 1000
cases of canned milk; more than
$4,000 pounds of dehydrated
potatoes shaved like chips: 1000
large cans of "kraut"; thousands
of cases of assorted canned
fruits and vegetables, and even
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14
0CD AuxiIiaries
Aid in Emergencies
Mony Communities
o Receive Handy Aid

CHICAGO-U,P-Mr. John O.
Public and his neighbors are
turning in more than an ordi-
nary job as members Of the
auxiliary police and fire protec-
ton organizations, and are aid
ing in almost every type Of emer-
gency except the air raids for
which they were created.
The Office of Sivilian Defense
has reported accomplishments
by auxiliary groups Of 80 COM
munities in 80 states.
Most assistance rendered by
the auxiliaries has been in fire
and flood fighting. Outstanding
work in firefighting was done
recently by the auxiliaries OF
Grand pids, Mich, and
Nashua, Mo.
Among the more unusual tasks
done by the auxiliaries were the
handling of insane asylum pa
tients during an Evansville, Ind.
fire, assisting police after tor,
nadoes in South Carolina and
California, directing crow d
after two ammunition cars ex-
ploded in Colorado, and build,
ing a heavy protective wall oil
n d b gs when heavy seas
threatened to topple homes into
Lake Michigan.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14
French Wine Cellars
Reveal hazi's Loot
Yonks Discover
Germons' loreeny

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.P-
Those old French wine cellars
hold more than wine, Yank
quartermaster soldiers discover
ed upon entering the town of
Gig Mars la Pile, in Northern
France.
American soldiers discovered
an unbelievable amount of Ger
man subsistence supplies stored
III the series Of wine cellar tun-
nelS under the town, officials Of
the Kansas City quartermaster
depot reported.
A rough inventory begun
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14
$1,000 SURPRISE

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec. IA -
(P)-Sgts. Robert w. Anderson
and Howard w. Goodrich, rail
way military policemen, know
servicemen need their sleep.
3 So, when they found a slum-
boring Navy lieutenant's bill
fold-crammed with $1,000 -
they held it overnight, surprised
him with it in the morning.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-14

served my eight-year sentence.
But as soon as / am free l will be
glad to consider your request for
the money"
Evening star., 1944-08-06
f1f&~

Big Ben. Baby Ben and other
NJ Wcstclnx electric and spring wound
clocks are not available unit il fur her
notice That's because Wcstclox craftsincn
and facilities are devoted to vital war work
WksrCTOx l., Sale Peru Illinois DIVISION
d General Time Instruments Corporal
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Watch the Color

HONEY balls and honey dews are
a different story. The honey ball
is but slightly netted and when
ripe its skin changes from lightish
green to lightish yellow. The
smooth skinned honey dews are
poor travellers, usually picked
while still growing, so these come
to market with their stems
attached. Best to cut when the
skin changes from light green
to palest yellow.
Watermelon ripeness is tricky
to Judge. The humping test OF
"Plunk. it's ripe - pink! it's
green" means only that the melon
thus saluted is not immature. But
it may be over-npe, it may have
a white heart.
Ripe watermelons of good quail
ity are usually firm, symmetrical
in shape and the larger the better.
They should be fresh looking with
a bloom on the surface. The rlnd
on the ground" side will be yel-
lowish white.
Chill. cut and serve ''in the
raw" are directions that go for
using any fragrant ripe melon'
sweet tasting of the sun. The
refrigerator is the best place for
chilling. Muskmelons should be
wrapped in waxed paper to keep
their musky odor confined. Small
halves may be served on chopped
ice, but never be caught ice-pack-
ing the centers for this bruises the
flesh and dilutes the flavor, Don
Evening star., 1944-08-06
H. ARMSTRONG RoBERTs

cut melons until ready to serve,
and take heed scraping out seeds.
Choicest pulp surrounds the seed
cavity and part of the delicate
melon flavor is lost when this por-
ton is removed.
Use melons in appetizers, eat
them in salads. The crushed pulp
of a melon is smooth and fragrant
in ice cream or whip. Put that
delicate melon flavor into puddings
and pies.
A cool delicacy this pale pink
ice, its sole duty to please the eye
and offer cooling refreshment.
Watermelon Ice
(For hand freezer
2 cups watermelon pulp and
juice
~ cups water
Is cup sugar
4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons lemon juice
Cut melon into pieces. Remove
rind. Rub pink meat through sieve
to measure two cups of pulp and
juice(about u medium sized melon
will be required). Combine with
u cup water and sugar and boil for
three minutes. Cool. Add lemon
Juice and remaining water. Pour
into freezer, pack with 9 parts
chopped ice and l part rock salt.
Turn evenly until frozen. Drain
off water, remove dasher; repack
in 4 parts chopped ice and l part
rock salt. Allow to ripen l hour
before serving. Approximate yield:
l quart of ice.
CAutaloupe Pie
2 medium cantaloupes
3 tablespoons gelatin
u cup water
y cup sugar
Juice and grated rind of orange
crumb pie shell
u package lemon gelatin
cup water
Remove pulp and juice from
cantaloupes and press through
potato ricer. Bring to a boil.
Soften gelatin in water and dis
solve over boiling water; add to
cantaloupe mixture with sugar.
Cool until slightly thickened and
add orange juice and rind and turn
into pie shell. Let stand until firm.
Top with meringue of lemon jelly.
made by d.ssolving lemon gelatin
in water according to package
directions. When almost set, beat
until light and frothy. Heap on top
of Die and let stand until cold.
Approximate yield: E portions,
Evening star., 1944-08-06

Melons are good! And
there are many ways
YOU can use them -.
THE melon vendors are back =
"Sweee-test, Waaateee-
millions! Sweetest. ripe Waaa-
tee-millions" A cheerful earful to
the melon lovers. But early last
spring we knew more melons would
be along this summer than last.
Crop predictions said there would
be Sc per cent more watermelons
and 70 per cent more cantaloupes.
Pick winner from the melon
pile. Best cantaloupes are vine
ripened showing a smooth scar. no
stem attached. They are firm,
heavily netted, the criss-cross veins
standing out like whipcord. The
ground color is uniformly yellow
ish; but not too yellow "a sign
of over-ripeneSS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
MPs Get Orders
ToCrock Down
On SIoppiness

Button up that blouse, soldierl
Don't you know better than to sa-
lutte an officer with a cigarette in
your mouth?"
MPs in the Military District Of
Washington are going to be extra
busy these days, for Maj. Gen. John
T. Lewis, commanding officer, has
ordered them to keep sharp look
out for all offenders.
Lapses in military courtesy and
too many evidences of sloppiness in
wearing the uniform have given
the National Capital black eye
in military circles and Gen. Lewis
is out to correct the impression.
Patrols composed of officers and
enlisted men of both the Army Air
Forces and the Military Police were
ordered yesterday to take the situa-
ton in hand There's been a lapse
of good military discipline, too, es-
pecially in the late evenings, and
the campaign is to apply not only
against soldiers and WACS sta
toned here but to transients as we'll.
Soldiers from every State are
found in the Capital of the Nation
at all times" Gen. Lewis pointed
out. These transients, also, are
expected to observe the rules and
regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
Five Killed, 13lnjured
In Two Rail Wrecks
BY the Associated Press.


CAMDEN, Ark, April 8.-Cotton
Belt Railroad officials reported q
switching locomotive, apparently
unnamed, backed out of the Cam
den yards onto a main line, roared
backward three miles down the
track and smashed into an incom-
ing freight early today. The engi-
neer, fireman and brakeman Of the
freight train were killed.
The victims were listed as Engi-
neer w. e. Hugon, 81, Fireman E. G,
Davis, ~, and Brakeman E. c. Nor
row, all of Pine Bluff.
Cotton Belt officials said the run
away locomotive, used in the yards,
had been parked for the night.
LONDON, Ohio, April P.-The
New York Central Railroads New
York special was derailed 4 miles
southeast of here yesterday after
noon, killing the engineer and fire.
men and injuring at least Is per-
sons, 8 of them soldiers homeward
bound to observe Easter. Most Of
the soldiers suffered bruises.
Engineer John Nelson, 81, and
Fireman Clarence C. Martin, As,
were fatally scalded. Both were
from Columbus.
Seven of the 10 cars in the Gin
cinnati-to-Cleveland train were de-
rallied.
Failure of maintenance crew
foreman to close switch caused the
wreck, Division Supt. Fred A. Daw-
son announced,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-08
Senator White Insists
Bone Should Assume
Judgeship al Once
Acting COP Leader
Declares Good Faith
Would Dictote Move
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Acting Senate Minority Leader
White declared today that good
faith" dictates that Senator
Bone, Democrat, of Washington
take office without delay as
JUICE of the Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals, the post to which he
was appointed a week ago by
President Roosevelt.
Commenting on reports that SEN
ator Bone might continue in the
Senate until the November election,
thus delaying appointment of a sue
cessor by Republican Gov. Arthur
B. Langlie of Washington, Senator
White said Republican Senators had
agreed to Senator Bones immediate
confirmation in the belief he would
assume the judgship at once.
Rule Waiver Cited.
Pointing out that the judiciary
Commute waived its rule requiring
such nominations to lay over for q
week, and that the Senate approved
with bipartisan accord, Senator
White said:
II think there was implicit in this
action, and in the statements of the
chairman Of the Judiciary Commit
tee Senator McCarran, Democrat,
Of Nevada and Majority Leader
Barley, justification for belief that
there would be prompt consumma-
ton of the Senate's action through
the prompt assumption OF the
judicial Office by Senator Bone.
II think good faith dictates this
course, and have no question that
Senator Bone will follow it,
Senator Bone told an interviewer
earlier this week at the Naval Med
ical Center, Bethesda, where he has
been undergoing treatment follow
ing hip fracture suffered in a fall
more than year ago, that he was
undecided when he would assume
the judgeship. He said he had a
"lot of work" to do in the Senate.
Term Expires in January.
Senator White said the question
Of Republican action In the event
Senator Bone held the Senate seat
for some time had not been con-
sidered officially by the party lead
ership and added he wouldn't want
to comment" on the possibility of
an O ttennr,t RI rosripd tho cop 6rro a =
ton.
Senator Bones term expires next
January. If he contended in the
Senate until the end of his term
his successor would be elected next
November instead of appointed for
the interim by Gov. Langlie.
Appointment of a COP successor
would reduce the Democratic SEN
ate membership to So and give the
Republicans 81 members, with one
Progressive.