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but we nicknamed her 'Merrylegs'
because she's got the best looking
pair OF legs that ever came out of
the States, and those legs are al
ways flying around on errands for
soldiers lucky enough to be among
her 'wolves'-her name for all
G.. is"
Its impossible" the article con-
tinued, ito believe that one Ameri-
can girl could so change an Army
group. From the first day she ar
rived, the entire atmosphere
changed around what had been a
rather drab but well.meaning club.
Her merry laugh and her teasing
cheer every one. Rebel can spot
a lonesome or blue G. I. anywhere:
right away she pulls some trick to
snap the worst case back to laugh
ter. She can make a stranger feel
the most welcome man around
American soldiers love to tease and
Phyl can take it with the best. Her
replies delight the boys so homesick
for the snappy comebacks typical
|of American girls.
"Her lemon pies alone would have
made Merrylegs famous. Men had
heard of Phyl and her pies long be-
fore furloughs introduced them.
You have to be one of the gang
that has descended on the Red
Cross Club for Rebels midnight
snack before humping back to
camp really to appreciate how this
gal knows her wolves. Her coffee
is the best anywhere, and leave it
to her to teach Filipino cooks to
make cheeseburgers.
Try and describe her-you can't
She's a composite picture of sis,
sweetheart. mother, nurse, cook,
housekeeper and perfect hostess
AS an American girl in a foreign
country we are so proud of her
that we want others to share our
appreciation of one Phyllis Pedigo
OF Covington, Va, in the good old
U. S. A."
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Supreme Court Denies
Oklahoma S Right 10
Seize Fl. Sill Liquor
BY the Associated Press.

The Supreme Court ruled today
that Oklahoma officials had no right
to seize alcoholic beverages trans
ported from outside the State and
consigned to the Fort Sill military
reservation in Oklahoma.
Justice Black delivered the To de-
cision, Justices Frankfurter and
Roberts dissenting, involving seizure
by Oklahoma city and county Off
ciaS Of 225 cases of wine and liquor
which the Yellow Transit Co. was
transporting from East st. Louis,
Ill, tc the Officers' Club at Fort Sill.
The majority opinion stated that
with certain minor exceptions not
here material Oklahoma ceded to
the United States in 1918 whatever
authority it ever could have exer-
cised in the reservation. The Okla
homa Supreme Court has recoe-
nized that the general power to
govern the Fort Sill area is vested in
the United States, not in Okla
homa."
Inc dissenting opinion by Justice
Frankfurter stated that Congress
II it chooses may provide a rule of
law which runs counter to the ex-
pressed dry policy of Oklahoma, and
1t may do SO either specifically for
Fort Sill or generally for all Fed
eral reservations.
Congress has not done so. 1t has
done the opposite. For nearly $50
years, most of the rules of life on
national reservations have been
controlled by the laws of the States
in which these reservations are To-
Gated"
Evening star., 1944-03-13
17-Year-0Id Student!
Urged by Stimson
To Take Army Tests

Secretary of War Stimson today
urged all 17-year-old high school
seniors to take the tests slated for
Wednesday to determine their quail
fication for the Army Specialized
Training Reserve program.
Il know of no way in which a
young man can better serve his
country and himself in the months
preceding his active military serv-
ice," he said.
An increase in the reserve pro-
gram Is intended by the War De-
partment to make up partially for
the reduction of soldiers now train
ing in colleges throughout the
country.
Army to Pay School Costs.
Those accepted will get special
training in colleges at Army expense
until they reach the age for active
military duty. The examinations are
intended for high school graduates
who will be not more than II years
and mopbi1s old next July 1.
Mr.. Stimson said ''the Army's ex-
perience with such training in COL
tleges has shown that it increases a
mans fitness for his future duties
as soldier"
Schools Here to Give Tests.
The tests will be given in all pub
nc high schools here, Chester w.
Holmes, assistant superintendent of
schools, said TO-DAY More than mn
public high school students were said
to be eligible.
Application blanks still are avail
able at the high schools. In addi-
ton to those who apply in advance.
the test will be open to eligible
youths who appear at a school or
college before 8 am. Wednesday,
Evening star., 1944-03-13
BiIbo Calls Meetinu
On Baby Broker Bill
And Oil Tomorrow

Chairman Bilbo OF the Senate Dis
trict Committee today scheduled a
meeting Of the group for 10 am.
tomorrow to consider action on any
bills on which subcommittee are
ready to report.
Prominent among those which are
to be considered is the House
approved bill to license and regu-
late child-placing agencies on which
Senator McCarran, Democrat, of
Nevada obtained an agreement from
his subcommittee last Saturday.
1t had been thought the McCar-
ran "home rule" subcommittee might
be ready to bring up the bill to pro-
vide for an elected city council as
substitute for the appointed Board
of Commissioners, but Senator NC
Carran said today he would not
be ready.
Chairman Bilbo said he planned
to bring up for discussion the fuel
oil situation here, but he doubted
If the Senate committee had any
jurisdiction.
I'VE might 'cuss" about the sit
uation," said Senator Bilbo, "but you
boys should remember I am Roose-
veit Democrat"
He then explained that a Roose-
welt Democrat was "a plumb good
one"
On the House side delays in pass
ing on emergency fuel oil rations
were discussed by Representative
D'Alesandro, Democrat, of Mary
land, but he indicated he would
seek no action from the Health
Subcommittee of the House District
Committee which he heads.
Il just hope it won't happen
again." said Mr.. D'Alesandro
Evening star., 1944-03-13
foss Returns 10 So|omons
To Head Fighter Squadron
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
ADVANCED SOUTH PACIFIC
AIR BASE, Mar. 10 Delayed D.
Maj. Joe Foss. the Marine Corps
top ace of Guadalcanal DAYS. is
ready for more action against the
japanese.
The ace from Sioux Falls, S. Oak,
who has shot down 26 planes, has
returned to the Solomons as skip
per OF a marine fighter squadron
which includes four other veterans
Of the Guadalcanal campaign.
We're not out for records" the
cigar-smoking flyer said. II want
to do our job we'll and bring these
kids home safely. If we get any
Zeros it will be the result of team
play.
Il would just as soon have a pilot
in my squadron who has never shot
down a single Zero if he does his
job of protecting bombers properly
That's what we're here for"
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Five Die, Three Escape
When Fire Levels Home

By the Associated Press.
ROLLINGSFORD, N. H., Mar.
13.-Five persons perished today
when fire leveled their home and
three others escaped.
The dead were John Servetas, 27:
his son John, jr., 4; Barbara Downs,
10; Virginia Downs, 2, and Law
renee Downs, 16
Mrs, Servetas and her sister, Mrs
Emily Downs, leaped to safety after
being trapped on the second floor
Mrs. Servetas was reported to have
jumped first, and caught Mrs
Downs infant when the child IS
mother dropped it.
Mr.. Servetas, who discovered the
fire, awoke others and then lost
his life attempting to guide them
to safety.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
jap Is Killed Four Feet
From Ex-VioIinist
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WITH THE AMERICAN CHINESE
FORCES NEAR WALAWBUM
Burma, Mar. 10 Delayed 1t
Henry Alper of Hollywood, Calf, a
former violinist with Artie Shaw S
orchestra, may exchange his ham,
mock for foxhole after the night
marish experience he had the other
night.
Lit. Alper, now a liaison officer
with a Chinese artillery unit, was
asleep when a Chinese guard killed
a Japanese only feet away.
He tried to scramble out. but his
hammock overturned and entangled
him, leaving him dangling there
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Five Of Bomber Crew Die
AS Plane Hits Mountain

By the Associated Press.
MENA, Ark, Mar. 13.-Five air.
men were killed when a twin-en-
glned Army plane from Barksdale
Field, La, crashed and burned on
the south slope of the Fourche
Mountain range Is miles east of here
Saturday night.
The Federal Forest Service re-
ported the crash occurred about 8
pm. during an electrical storm.
Rangers reported the ship crashed
some 1000 feet below the 2,400-foot
summit of the range.
The dead and next of kin in
cluded: Bombadier- Navigator Or
mond Gerard Bennet, %, Green
wich, Conn; Engineer Gunner
Corpl. Benjamin F. Craig, Tacoma,
Wash; Engineer-Gunne Sergt.
Andrew Carney, 20, Bronx, NY.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

Record for Last ~ Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayD
HIGHEST. 80, 1850 am Year ago, as,
Lowest. ~, 2:20a m Year ago 80.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90. on February "a.
Lowest, II. on January 2.
Humidity for Last 24 Hours
From noon yesterday to noon todayJ
Eighest, 81 per cent, at $50 am
Lowest, 40 per cent, at 2:30 pm
Tide Tables.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Draft Center's Shore-Home Plan Works

| BY rights, it shouldn't have been
as good as it sounded.
| Everybody has always said two
families can't live together under
one roof-not without scratching
each others eyes out.
! And yet, report had it that Mrs.
Ray Barney and Mrs. Lillian Ray
mer, who didn't even know each
other a month ago, were living to-
gether in apparent harmony with
! the 8-month-old baby of one and
the 3-week- old baby of the other to
make it more difficult.
introduced at Center.
1t had all begun at the Draft Aid
Center when two young mothers,
both wives of Army privates. were
introduced and decided to try to
stretch their $80-a-month allot-
ments with a jshare-t -the-home ar
rangement. Having made the in
PRODUCTION and sketched the idea,
the center left the rest to the two
women.
According to the center, Mrs.
Barney went to work and Mrs. Ray
mer stayed home-in Mrs. Barney's
two rooms, kitchen and bath at 1901
F street NE.
A reporter gave the arrangements
a few weeks to fall apart, checked
again, found the arrangement was
still operating and decided to pay
a call.
What about compatibility? Surely,
there must be some argument over
finances or who did the cooking or
who slept in which room.
Who Does Housework?
In the first place, asked the re-
porter, cycling the two mothers
feeding their babies, what about
the houseWork?
''Oh, I guess Lii will get hooked
with that" grinned Mrs. Barney,
and Mrs. Raymer grinned right back
at her. "Of course, she's not strong
enough yet-she's just come from
the hospital, you know, so I'm do
ing it,"
Il like to keep house." said Mrs.
Raymer; "its more like it was be-
fore my husband went away"
And the finances?
II pay the rent and the other
expenses except half the food. It's
worth it to have Lii watching out
for my baby-and, after all, there's
an extra bed since my husband went
away"
1--WE didn't know just what to do
about the food" explained Mrs
Raymer. First, We thought we'd
have kitty, but now we add up
the grocery slips and have an ac-
counting once week."
And the babies-don't they cause
friction?
TITS a funny thing about that"
said Mrs. Raymer. 1--WE never hear
each others babies cry. My baby
makes an awful fuss and I'm sure
he'll wake Ray, but she sleeps right
through it. Let her Roberta Ann
peep and she's in the bedroom in
no time"
Yes, Mrs. Barney sleeps on al
couch in her living room, so she
can slip out to work at the Treas
ury Department in the morning
without waking her family"
1t couldn't be the way it had
sounded, but it was. Two strangers
were building life together out
OF humping into each other in the
DOORWAY in the rush to reach their
babies when they cried and spoil
ing each others babies and waiting
for letters from their husbands.
Maybe the neighbors had a diff
ferent story to tell. No, one of the
whose husband was
drafted Saturday, is going to visit
The Draft Aid Center tomorrow.
She wants to share her home
with a stranger, too.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
UIDEs TO PoIkT-FREE SHOPPING

So many good foods are not on the ration list
and your Safeway Store is full of them! To make
these items easy to find, have marked many of
them with GREEN TAGS. So take advantage of
these point-free foods and give your ration book
rest.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Paper Collection
In Schools Tomorrow

The following is the schedule for
the collection of newspapers, maga-
zines and cardboard in The Evening
Star-PTA Salvage for Victory pro-
gram in the second district tomor-
row together with the leaders, on a
total weight and per capita basis:
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Weather Report

District Of Columbia-Fair and
colder, with winds diminishing to-
night; lowest temperature near 30
degrees. Tomorrow partly cloudy
ana moderately cold, followed by
rain tomorrow afternoon.
Virginia-Fair and colder tonight.
Tomorrow partly cloudy and mod
erately cold, followed by rain begin
ming in extreme southwest portion
by night.
Maryland-Fair and colder to-
night. Tomorrow partly cloudy and
moderately cold, followed bv rain
IN west portion tomorrow night.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
muddy at Harpers Ferry, Potomac
very muddy at Great Falls.
Report for Last 4S Hours.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches
Capltal current month to datel.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
Basic Principle Of Jet
Propulsion Long Known

The basic principle which under
lies jet propulsion is not new. 1t
has been known for hundreds Of
years, since the days of Calico and
Isaac Newton. The new power plant
is successful and ingenious appli-
cation Of one Of Newton's laws of
motion-the law which says that to
every action there is an equal and
opposite reaction.
This principle is familiar to every
one. It is the backward kick" of
the gases produced in a skyrocket
that drives the rocket upward and
forward. And there is a still more
familiar example, the rotary lawn
sprinkler. The jets of water go in
one direction, and the reaction
causes the frame that holds the noz-
zles to revolve in the opposite direc-
ton. You might say that the lawn
sprinkler was whirled by jet pro-
pulsion.
An aspect Of jet propulsion that
puzzles many people is that in the
substratosphere, where the air is
very thin, an airplane propeller has
a hard time. It has less and less
air to bite into and pull the plane
along. Actually up there, the propel-
lerless jet turbine works better, be-
cause the air resistance on the plane
is less, and the jet power plant
doesn't have to have air to push
against. 1t doesn't push against any,
thing that it doesn't provide itself.
The jet of gases moves in one direc-
ton; the inevitable reaction pushes
the plane in the opposite direction.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
It's Simple Furniture With Quaint
Ruffles and Frills for the Home
By Ruth Wyeth Spears

matte quality. Modern ideas will
creep in and add to this effect.
Simple furniture will be built in
and fabrics will be cut and sewn
especially to fit the spaces they
are to fill. The bed curtains for
the slanting wall in the sketch are
an example-and the triangular
shaped window curtains to give
extra fullness. Frills will be even
fuller than those of our dreams.
NOTE-Why not start your dream room
now with a skirted blanket chest like the
one in this sketch? 1t is grand to have
extra covers handy on chilly nights and
the padded top makes comfortable seat.
Pattern 259 gives complete and fully il
1ustrated directions with detailed list of
materials needed for making. the chest, full
skirt and top cushion. Enclose Is cents
with name and address to get pattern
259. Address:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
This Man Just Didn't
APPRECIATE Her First Aid

She was on her way home from
"a first aid course when she saw a
man lying prone in the middle of
the sidewalk. His face was era
died in one arm; the other arm
was twisted under him in a pecu-
liar position. All alert she was,
and without moments hesitation
got down on her knees and went to
work. Here was her opportunity
to prove herself.
For a few minutes there was no
response, then the victim spoke
up. Lady" he said, II don't
know what you're doing, but I
wish you'd quit tickling me. I'm
trying to hold lantern for this
fellow down in the manhole, and
he's got fiery temper"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
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STAGEk SCREEN5RA6l01
By VIRGINIA VALE

Released by Western Newspaper Union.
ARTURO DE CORDOVA
L n could have spent the en-
tire lunch time discussing his
first American starring role
that of the swash-buckling pi-
rate in "Frenchman's Creek"
the picture Paramount's said
to have spent about four million dol
lars on. He could have told about
his work in Mexico, where he made
more than 30 movies, or told that
he's going right ahead, playing op-
posite Betty Hutton in 'Incendiary
Blonde" because he's so good. But
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
Rats Fish With Tails

Rats on the uninhabited and bar
rem atolls off New Guinea subsist
entirely on crabs, which they
catch by the unique method Of
dangling their tails in the water
from the edge of a flat rock. Usu-
ally, in a matter of minutes, a
crab comes along and grabs a
tail, and the rodent hauls in the
catch like a fisherman.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
Good Times Cut Number
OF Railroad Trespassers

A total of 1857 illegal train riders
and other trespassers on railroad
property lost their lives in 1913. &C
cording to reports just received by
the Protective Section Of the Asso-
citation of American Railroads. Dur
ing the year. LIPS trespassers were
injured.
While there was q material in
crease in locomotive miles and ton
mage handled, the number of fatai-
ties to trespassers on railroad prop
erty in 1943 showed a reduction of
258 compared with 1912, and de-
crease of 222 in the number Of tres
passers injured. p
The almost complete elimination
of unemployment and the increase
in the number of minors working
full or part time in war and allied
industries have all had a bearing
on the decrease in the number of
trespassers on railroad property.
Reports just received by the Pro-
tective section show that approx
mately $4,000 illegal train riders or
trespassers were removed from
trains, prevented from getting on
trains, or elected from railroad
premises, but not arrested, by rs of
the principal railroads at the coun-
try in 1888. This was an average
Of $500 trespassers per month.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
IF YOU have been wondering if

IF YOU have been wondering if
L. quaintness, frills and ruff1es
were going into the decorating ash
can after the war, the answer is
no. There will be many strictly
modern rooms but there will be
rooms also in which all the war
years pent-up longing will burst
forth in the most romantic YER
sions of the traditional Home,
sweet Home with variations &C.
cording to taste.
Period themes and quaintness
will be stepped up to have a dra-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28

And some are heavy-s0me are
light
While some with wit are frOthin':
But never have we ever heard
The like of that one, with its word
Which lightly to its gift referred
''Shucks-'tain't nOthin'."
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28

a q u Q l n t a n d
clever little
card,
Evolved by some
unhOnOred bard
Which said, with
modest self-re-
gard,
"Shucks - faint
nothin' !"
Full m any are
the cards be-
digit
With sentim ents
both smart and
trite,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28

he chose to talk about Joan Fon-
tame, the heroine Of "Frenchman's
Cree" how well she handles
role quite different from her 9TH
ers, about how lovely she looks in
tin short, about Joan.
3
Watch the lad who does an extra
special jitterbug routine in youth
Runs Wild" He's Pat Kane, 10, who
was blinded in one eye by shrapnel
in the Pearl Harbor disaster. He
and his partner, Laurie Halle, were
) among "a hepcats called in for the
picture; he's a former Missouri
state champion jitterbug, she won
the national tango and rhumba
championship-and they've started
on a promising picture career.
How's this for shooting the works
on q single picture? Metro an
nounces as the principals for Week
end at the Waldorf" Ginger Rogers,
Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon and
Van johnson. The picture will be
In the general pattern of "Grand
Hotel"
They've got to build bit of Gen.
trail Park in Hollywood for Samuel
Goldwyn's 1.-THE Wonder Man"
CALIFORNIA; weather has set a Ct
year record for clouds and overcast,
for all exteriors will be shot indoors,
on one of the largest greenery prof
ects ever tackled.
-
Did you hear Cliff Edwards sing
ing Careless Love- on Hildegarde's
program recently? Harry Sosnick
and his band did, and went straight
up in the air for a second-seems
Cliff was supposed to sing II Can't
Give You Anything but Love, Baby"
The appearance of Dinah Shore on
French soil inspired the editors of
the Continental Edition of Stars and
Stripes to come out with this head
line-'Ts There Anything Finah-A
Gal in obs stepped on shore, and
Who Was She but Dinah Shore!"
ODDS AND ENDS-Lt. wayne Nor
ris, former Warner Bros. star, noto in
the navy. has been awarded the Dis.
tinguished Flying Cross. :. Karl Suen.
SON, Lord Henry Brinthrop" OF the
airs "Our Cal Sunday" still hos the
rag doll given hin, by his ,0ife for good
luck wher he auditioned for the role
seuen and half years ago. :. Hedy
Lamar makes her first appearance in a
costume picture in Experiment Peril
ous"-and by the way, lots of people
are annoyed because Hollywood
makeup man and stocking expert said
for publication thqt Hedy has piano
legs,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28
The Rambling Rhymster
BY LES PLETTNER
GIFT CARD

There came to us the other day,
A little present wrapped in gray,
From which q card popped out to
say,
''Shucks-'tain't nOthin'.''
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28


Only the Infantry has them these
"rn remember those eleven words the rest of my life"
How forget them? They describe
nfnmans assault describe the coldooded
Infantry advanced
killed Orleans
Saleno There's resembling of this
plain killing
Right the Infantry closing for the They're
kill
this the next time douhboy fough Remember
doughboy of
this freedom.
Keep your eye on tie hafaaty-7XE D0UcA1uy DOES H!~
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-28

he chose to talk about Joan Fon-
tame, the heroine of 'Frenchnan's
Cree" how well she handles
role quite different from her 9TH
ers, about how lovely she looks in
tin short, about Joan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-02-08
FRANKFURT
 TARGET OF
 F0RTRE55E5
Allies Determined 10 Wipe Out City of Half Mill
 lion Persons

LONDON, Feb. 8-Flying Fort resses attacked targets ill Frank furt today. Long range fighters ac- companied the Fortresses.
 At the same time. Liberator bombers attacked military objec- tiyes in northern France.
 Frankfurt, a city of half a mil lion, at the junction of the Maine and Rhine Rivers, has already been severely damaged in three heavy RAF attacks when well over 800 American bombers dropped 1900 tons of explosives on January 29.
 Both Fortresses and Liberators delivered another punishing attack February 4 and the followup today emphasized the Allied determine ton to wipe out the city. it's rail- road yards, aircraft factories and chemical plants
 American heavy bombers have now conducted 10 major operations on twelve winter days and the in- tensive pace is indicative of the growing strength of the American Air Force now numbering more than 2,000 heavy bombers in the United Kingdom.