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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
Take Proper Care
OF Elastic Garments
Supply of New Corsets and
Cirdles Is Very Small.
By CHERIE NICHOLAS

In recent statement, Mary
Anderson, director of the women S
bureau, U. S. department of labor,
declared that unless existing sup
plies of flexible garments can be
made to last until more rubber
is available to the corset industry,
war production and essential civil
ian industries will suffer through
lowered efficiency or even loss of
workers. Women who have been ac-
customed to wearing corsets, girdles
and other supporting garments in
normal times cannot get along with
out them in war jobs, which demand
increased physical exertion.
Because flexible garments are and
will be needed by such women, it
is imperative that every precaution
be taken to make existing supplies
of such garments last as long as
possible. The present need far ex-
ceeds the supply.
Every woman, war worker or not,
who owns a rubber containing gar
ment owes it to the war effort to
take good care of it and no woman
should buy a new one unless she
really needs it.
Following are suggestions for
conserving supporting garments
containing rubber as outlined by
corsetry experts:
Don't buy girdle or corset over
the counter. Have every new gar
ment fitted and have it reitted, If
it begins to lose it's shape. Keep
every garment clean. Wash fire.
quently in tepid suds made with
mild soap. Rinse thoroughly. Do not
wiring or twist. Dry away from di-
rect heat or sunlight.
If you own more than one corset
or girdle with rubber, wear each al
ternately. Rubber needs both exer-
else and rest to keep it alive. Have
minor repairs made promptly, be-
cause small damage can quickly
grow into major disasters to sup
porting garments. Never repair
broken garter with a safety pin.
Handle the garments carefully.
Don't yank them on and off. Be
especially careful not to let finger
nails push into elastic fabric Sec
lions. Try harder than ever before
to make a habit of good posture,
so you can prevent unnecessary
strain on your supporting garments.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

Chicken? Wanna Neck?"
Toe the Mark-We shudder at the
thought, but one gal writes us about
lapel pins made of chickens feet,
from which the outerskin has been
taken off. Coat thoroughly with col
orless nail polish and back with
pin. They're the claws that depress!
Kerchief Kontainer - Next time
you're lucky enough to have ham
for dinner, save the big bone and
cut a section out of it about one
inch wide. Hollow out the center and
let it dry thoroughly. Give it the old
nail polish treatment and use it to
fasten a small kerchief around your
neck. Just draw the two kerchief
ends through it and pull snugly. You
might decorate it with noodle ini-
fioTc
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
TRIXIE TEEN SAYS

It's much better to go STEADILY
soith LOTS OF boys than to go STEADY
with ONE. after all, going steady is
practically being engaged and you
have plenty OF time for that. Going
steady is like hanging a mo Tresposs-
ing" sign over your doorstep to keep
the other boys away and the time will
come ,Uhen you find that you and YOUR
o. A. o. haven't so much to say to
each other, after ALL If you're going to
isolate yourself before you haze a
chance to get around, how are you go.
ing to kno,0 who you really like best?
What you need is standard OF com
parison and some other boys to com.
pare him Nth.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
Minor Plumbing Repairs Easy to Do
Even for Women if They Kno,v Cure
BY ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN

Those dripping faucets that often
cause nervous breakdoWns in mod
ern fiction actually account for most
of the plumbing complaints, SO Mr..
Canale starts with explaining away
that little real life drama, and says
his students do well by new washers
after instruction.
AS for stopped-up sink, well, Mr..
Cana1e waves that away with a
smile-the trap is the mystery, and
once you've learned to take it off
and clean it out, your big problem
is solved. He likewise demonstrates
the use of the commercial prepara-
tons for clearing the drain-not to
mention the plunger and the snake.
The snake is an especially neat trick
for the housewife to add to her
equipment. But, of course, the east
est way to repair the sink drain
is to keep the egg shells and potato
Feelings out and to stop that old
argument about the coffee grounds
being good for it.
Consolidated Features.-WNU Release.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
S. African Natives Store
Grain in Huge Baskets

Natives of South Africa may not
put all of their eggs in one bas-
ket, but in huge hampers they
store good deal of their grain.
The average one, for example,
holds 18 large bags of grain.
Although the climate is quite
dry, the baskets, called "isilula,"
are so tightly woven that no rain
can leak into them. They also
keep out most rodents.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
ANYTHING GOES

Aprons-Yep. in warm climates
where the gals are already wearing
cotton dresses to school, they're
trimming them up with perky aprons
that they usually make themselves.
A recent issue of CALLING ALL
GIRLS showed you how to make an
apron without a pattern.
Jodhpurs-Riding breeches, to you
and you don't need a horse to wear
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

be DRIED separate"
ly, shined up with
colorless nail pol
ish. and strung
into a necklace.
For an individual
touch, put a wish
bone, painted with
red nail polish, in
the center of the
neckla ce. r e.
minds us of that
old gag, Like
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
ENGLISH is BROKEN HERE

Here's English, as it is broken"
in some of our best high schools. Is
it any wonder that speech teachers
grow gray prematurely?
NTENSE.-Where draftees sleep.
SQUAD-To sit on your heels.
LUNGE-Noontime meal.
PARADOX-Two ducks.
NERTZ-Doctor' assistant.
What you take in study
hall.
REASON-A dried up grape.
DENIAL-A river in Egypt.
CONQUER-Hit her on the head.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
BAG OF BONES

As If we didn't know that most
gals were headhunterS! Now they
have to go and bedeck themselves
with bones from last nights dinner.
It's cute, but cannibalistic.
You Get the Neck of the Chicken
It seems as if the neck bones can
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

a conely star player dons the
matching skirt. Notice the low-cut
neck, the broad -on-the-shoulder
straps and the attractiveness of the
material which makes it. 1t is a
season when cottons for golf play
ers are staging big play all their
own, for. as you know. sWank cot
tons go everywhere these days.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
Cool. Chic Golf Dress

Here is sweet and cool golf dress
that is just the thing to wear right
now if you would add smart fash
ion touch to the surrounding land
scape on a bright summer day. Be
assured this checked cotton playsuit
from Chicago. Fashion industries is
up to par on the golf course when
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
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S1kGES ScREEN zRADlo1
By VIRGINIA VALE


THEY do tell us that Alan
i Ladd's popularity with the
bobby-socks brigade has made
him Hollywood's No. l "lock-
ct star" Alan, currently star
ring in 1.-TWO Years Before
the Mast" received 1900 re-
quests in one week from young fans
asking for locket photographs, and
the demand became so heavy that
Paramount's fan mail department
has made up 100000 special, small
sized photos of the star, which can
easily be cut into a heart-shape, to
fit the lockets favored by his teen
age admirers.
Robert Watson, former stage star
who portrays Adolf Hitler in 1.-THE
Hitler Gang" knows his subject
well-this is the fifth time he's
played that role. But this time it's
different; it's his first completely
serious characterization of Hitler.
=
Marilyn Maxwell likes her birth
month, August; in August she de-
cided, while singing with Ted
Weems' orchestra, to 60 to Holly
wood and try acting. After six
months at the Pasadena Playhouse
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

ODDS AND ENDS-Told on the set
of Murder, He Says" that he had just
become a papa, Peter Whitney got CT.
cited. tripped ouer cable, and sprained
an ankle. The Jubalaires. Obs neto
quartet. met 10 years ago. sOhile work.
ing on Strawberry plantation, and
started their musical careers as singing
sUaiters in a Florida hotel !. (. Walter
Abel toas star of the armstrong Thea.
ter of To-day" the Saturday that Betty
Caine, OF the air, ,Uas the coice OF the
Quaker. Girl. % hours OF radios
top programs 80 to invasi0n troops
each week,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03
ill!|l|!%|! '(!H1
For You To Feel Well

"a hours every day, days every
week, never stopping, the kidneys filter
waste matter from the blood.
If more people were aware of how the
kidneys must constantly remove sur
plus fluid, excess acids and other waste
matter that cannot stay in the blood
without injury to health, there would
be better understanding of why the
whole system is upset when kidneys fail
to function properly.
Burning, scanty or too frequent urina-
ton sometimes warns that something
is wrong. You may suffer nagging back
ache, headaches. dizziness. rheumatia
pains, getting up at nights, swelling.
Why not try Doan's Pills? You will
be using a medicine recommended the
country over. DoGn's stimulate the func-
ton of the kidneys and help them to
flush out poisonous waste from the
blood. They contain nothing harmful.
Get Dodn's today. Use with condolences.
At all drug stores.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

she got screen test with Metro,
whose trademark is Leo, the August
sign of the zodiac. Butt was in
December that she did her first
guest shot with Bing Crosby, lead
ing to her present contract.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03

RAISE RABBITS. Profitable pleasure.
Food, fur, fun. Laboratory research. Good
values So to $40 each. Instructions, fold
ers, recipes prices, etc. Send 30c, cash or
stamps. TunstalI Rabbitry, Greenviile, N. c.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-08-03


December that she did her first
guest shot with Bing Crosby, lead
ing to her present contract.
A soldier in Los Angeles lost his
wallet, which contained the furlough
money he'd been saving up in order
to visit his family for the first time
in II months. Newspapers printed
the story. Imagine the feelings Of
that CT Joe when he received a
check in the malta check for $500,
which he's going to hate to spend,
because it bore the autograph Of
Frank Sinatra!
Chief Willow Bird, of the Apache
tribe, is celebrating his S2nd year
in pictures and his 100Oth film role
by appearing in RKO's ''The Girl
Rush." But don't suppose for an in
slant that he's playing an Indian
he'll be seen as a gold miner!
s.
A very special laurel wreath
should be given lovely Jane Fro
man; in Here's to Romance" and
''Stage Door Canteen" broadcasts
she asked to be permitted to sit on
stage during the show, because
making an entrance on crutches
looks too dramatic" She's the girl
who was seriously injured in the
Lisbon Clipper crash, while she was
on her way to entertain our men in
overseas service.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
GREELI SAW GREAT
FUTURE FOR CUMBERLAND

Horace Greedy, the great editor Of
the New York Tribune, was in Cum
herland several times. Mention has
been made of his hiring special stage
coach at Wheeling as he missed the
railroad connection, coming in by boat
from the west, reaching Cumberland
in time to get a railroad connection
east.
In reference with another visit he
wrote: Cumberland is a large and
tristling village, the center and depot
Of the Maryland coal and iron re-
gicn." The Cumberland Alleganan of
June 2, 1919, says he wrote in the
New York Tribune that "Cumberland
was destined to become one of the
largest inland towns Of America, a
rival Of Pittsburgh and Lowell He is
also quoted as saying the Chesapeake
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
NARRATE IMPRESSIONS
OF WALT WHITMAN

1t is not generally known that among
Amerlca'S great who tarlied here
was Walt Whitman, who was enroute
TO New Orleans with his brother jeff.
where Walt was to become editor of
the Crescent. His tenure in the Creole
City was Of short duration, but he
soon found one who evidently took his
heart. Frances Winwar, in her book.
American Giant, Walt Whitman and
HIS Times, says:
AT Harper's Ferry, the train came
to a stop No sooner had it pulled in
than the station became a pandemoni-
UNI of shouts and the Changing of bells
as an army of hotel decoys made every
effort to lure the hungry passengers
to their particular resort for dinner.
Little did Walt know on what ground
he was standing or what tragedy
would there be enacted! With the quiet
enjoyment of the traveller he and Jeff
five cents and leisure to look about
them at the varied scenery, the abrupt
mountains and the houses clambering
one on top Of the other to the summit
Toward shutdown they arrived in
Cumberland A prosperous town, with
its newspapers and thriving hotels, it
offered a novel spectacle in the droves
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
CARL'S SCRAPBOOK
By FRANK Lee Carl in the Cumberland
Sunday Times Of June II, 1874.
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE OLD
NATIONAL ROAD

ScrapDGok will devote Il column or
two to the great of the ante-bellum
days VIII visited Cumberland, then a
relay point on the old National Road.
Great pioneers and statesmen Of the
West came through here enroute to
Washington. After the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad was completed to this
city, it was the jumping off point to
catch stages for the west. Coming by
stage from the west many transferred
70 the cars" here
Stage Coach and Tavern Days" by
Alice Morse Earle. is to me Of all
books touching on the subjects the
most interesting With snappy text
and profusion Of illustration many Of
the items having been obtained only
after persistent effort, it would seem
as furnishing all that could be de-
sired on the subject. She says:
"A!l the statesmen of the South
stopped at the tavems on the old
National Road: Harrison, Houston,
Taylor, Polk and Allen. Home
spun Davy Crockett, popular Andrew
Jackson, stately Henry Clay furnished
a show to the country bystanders to
cape at.
"Over the National Road jouneyed
many Congressman to and from
Washing on; and the mail contractors
anxious to make a good impression on
these senators and representatives and
thus gain fresh privileges and large
appropriations, ever kept up a spIen-
cid stage line 1t was on this line that
the phrase, 'chalking the hat'-or the
free pass system-originated. Mr..
Reside, agent Of the road, occasion
ally rendered a free ride to some
member Of Congress and devised a
photographic which he marked in chalk
on the representatives hat in order
that none Of the drivers should be I'M
posed upon by forged passes.
with such a magnificent highway
as the National Road, it was natural
there should tie splendid coaching
upon it. At one time there were four
lines Of stages coaches on the Cumber-
land Road; the National Line, Pioneer,
Good Intent and June Bug. Curiously
enough no one can find out-no one
is left to tell-why or wherefore the
latter absurd and unidentified name
was given"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13

stage lines and experienced an cup
set" in the mountains.
Gen. Zachary Taylor and party
stopped here enroute to Washington
late in February, 1919, for his inau-
luraI. He Travelled in one of the coaches
Of the Coed Intent line, accompanied
by his family and am escort of distn-
guished citizens. The story has been
told about Thomas Shriver and party
from Cumberland going to Ohio to
meet Taylor and about "Old Rough
and Ready" alighting from his coach
to view the Namows, a bewildering
picture Of the great gorge sheathed
in ice and gHstening in the sunlight.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
HAGERSTOWN "DIRTI",
CUMBERLAND "UGLY"

william, CuIIen R,van+ did NOT thfnl,
,nn.b Of aitbar Haao,st,y own, or C,,,,
hcr,and The former * 50 dirtv Itl,a
t-v.n bri. in imitation If c;tvo and
the Ia4.a,. q, T+tIo nglv tow, " bo
wrote
These orota+ions aro f,o,,, ,,,.;vo+o
letters w,;tton 70 his vito He how.
,.,,a, asa Gov, ,,,.1o,. lo4o oe ,to,, 81
1920 +ba+ uaoors+o,cr stands ia -
limestone country, Of ;,.,oor,I,, s,,,.foco
rather. fartiIa ard ,Ioasan+ which j.
moro than can COW fo,. tho a,.ao+o,.
mart Of MARYLAND which 7 havn yoa,, j"
Under Cumberland data no tolls of
;n,nrassi,ns ra,nad hat,vaon 11,aors.
town and C,no,o,.Iand rnfo,,.;on. +o
Clnat.,n,.,,o India, Sn,.;n,r aud Ho,
conl, He v,,.r+.s. "a ,,n,,o,, If,,;,o, i,
+ha n,or,,.o;n, ho;n,, IN +ho s4oao v,;+,,
nc noin+rd ont IN . 1onaI,, bo1,o,y ~, -
strnan, tho .no+ ,vbo,o tbo Co++roI,
murdered ON Enolisbn,on vaars .:rco
for tbn Sake If hi. NANCY
"Tbn Cot+roIs" so;d sbo ..,ror,
worl,ino .ba,o, ON tbis nil,a avid +,ov
came on with tho Fru1;sb,,o, . r+4l,
,vav. on rho n,n4onso IF .b.+4;,o. ,,.;+l,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
FAITH IN AMERICA
CONFIRMED WHILE HERE

"A Chinese Junk which he had seen
exhibited in New York not so long ago
had had the strange scooped-in look
Of The Pennsylvania wagons. And all
this in the United States which he
had known only from the wide gate
way Of New York. Thrilling to the
yasness and variety which he vas
now seeing with his own eyes, he was
confirmed in his faith in America"
From Cumberland to Wheeling
rolled the coaches over the Alleghan-
les. the nine passengers in each pass
ing the time in conversation. Walt
spoke. or rather listened to a garrul-
Gus patriarch, just returned from
Washington. whittier he had gone to
claim a long-due reward for capturing
a British merchant brig during the
war with England. He had yet re-
ceived nothing from the sale of the
prize.
The last stages. after stop at
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
,T.NgST0Rnl INSURANCE

Is not 4 novelty. For more than
20 years this Office has been pay
ing claims for Windstorm dam
age to property insured in the
largest general Insurance Com
pany in America,
This form Of protection long
since passed the experimental
stage and the recent disasters in
our community show its ncees-
8ity.
Rates are low and coverage
broad. List of paid claims sup
rled on request.
FREDERICK 4. THAYER. Jr..
First National Bank Building.
OAKLAND. MARYLAND
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
POLK HERE ON WAY
TO HIS INAUGURA ALTON

Like Taylor we had James Knox
Polk stopping in Cumberland while on
his way to Washington to be inau-
gurated president This was in Feb
ruary, 1915, four years earlier. He
Travelled by Stockton's line Of coaches
from Wheeling to Cumberland. He
was accompanied by his wife and fam
lily. General William O. Butler Of Ken
lucky, ard Judge Hubbard Of Ala
hanna, were also in the party.
Polk comes back after he is presi-
dent lie writes in his diary, August
5, 1913: II informed the cabinet that
was fatigued and worn out, Chad not
Lven three miles from the White
House in Is months), and that | pro-
posed to leave on a visit TO Bedford
Springs in (Pa) for the benefit Of
my health"
August Is. he wrote: "This morn
ing | set out from Washington for d
visit to Bedford Springs. | took the
morning train and proceeded to Cum
berland, Md, where | arrived at 6
o'clock P. NJ | was accompanied by
my nephew. Samuel P. Walker, and
by Dr. Foltz, surgeon in the Navy"
On the following day he inscribed
in his diary: "After breakfast this
morning l left Cumberland for Bed
ford Springs in a special coach fur
nished for my accommodation by Mr..
johnson, the very obliging state con-
tractor We arrived at the springs
about l o'clock P NJ. l found about
fifty visitors at the springs. among
them my old friend, Hon. John La
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
SANTA ANA NARROWLY
ESCAPED BEING SLAIN

Before the railroad the entire trip
was made by stage The Mexican Gen
eral, Santa Ana, stopped here on his
way to Washington. At UniontoWn he
lodged at the Walker House, later
known as the Central Hotel. There
was story to the effect that Dr..
Cummings, of Connellsville, hearing
Of the Mexican chieftain's presence in
UniontoWn, rode up to kill him in re-
tallation for the massacre of his
brother at the Alamo. The doctor was
detained for some reason or other and
upon reaching Uniontown learned
with Indignation that his enemy had
left early in the morning for Cumber-
land and was well up the mountains
on his eastward journey.
When ] was a youth Santa Ana's
stopping in Hancock was often re-
called. His presence was noised about
the town and the late Dewal Stottle-
meyer wanted to be impressed by a
look. He opened the stage door and
the fiery-eyed Mexican almost glared
him out Of countenance
John Quincy Adams passed over the
road in 1887 on his return from Gin
cinnati where he had gone to make an
address.
According to Uniontown writer
John c. Fremont, "the Pathfinder Of
the West" made trip over the road
accompanied by Mrs. Benton, a private
secretary and a colored servant. The
party Travelled in coach of the old
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1944-07-13
WHAT DO YOU KNOW FOR
SURE?
BY RUTH TAYLOR

Do You know it for sure? Remem-
Der that phrase from your childhood-
and how important it was? 1t
differentiated between the things we
elibly SAID or repeated and those
things which we knew from actual
first hand knowledge.
| wish we needn't have let poIiteness
cause Us to drop the phrase as we
grew up. | wish it were still possible
20 say "Do you know it for sure ."
to those people who are SO prompt
ami definite about every and all sit
uatons
Yes admit it I've been listening
to the radio again But I've also been
reading columnists and modern essay
lists and I've been listening to people
talk on trains, in busscs, in restaur-
ants and homes. And it's been all I
could do to keep from saying DO you
know it for sure"
There are the people who know all
abont when the war will be over. and
what Eisenhowcl's plans are and
whore the State Department is wrong
and what is going to happen a week
from mex, Tuesday. CThe Gestapo
smiles on them.)
There are the people who know all
the motives back Of ev2Iyone's act
ions, who tell you gl;bly just what
SeIf-lnterest prompts each act, who
must have X-ray minds, for they see
what goes on before it happens. Co.
ebbel's friends they me.)
There are the peoplt who know all
the bad. news, who can and do talk of
the cost Of battles, the mistakes Of
commanders, the waste in lives, doll
ars and supplies, who can tell all the
details Of the chaos to follow. (Gcer-
ing finds them useful.)
There are the people who SOW dis
sention- by setting group against
groups. cNaggeratng Labor's short
comings, pouncing on Industry's mis-
0eedS, accusing the farmer Of selfish
ness, stirring up racial and religious
hatreds by rank CONGRATULATIONS iudg-
ing the group by the sins Of apostatc
members, preaching catholicism
and ant-Semitism wholesale. CHerr
Hitler has special decoration for
these)
There are the people who talk too
freely, who boast Of how they got
around regulations, who try to out
wit the censor, who brag of "inside
knowledge, who tell Of production.
troop movements, ship sailings. be-
traying their own for the chance of
appearing smart. (The bells ring in
Berlin over the deaths they causel
To all of them to you to myself
| say, DO you know it for sure?"