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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09
Decorative Effects Often Start
From Experiences and Travel
By ELIZABETH MacRAE BOYKIN

town, or when we go through Wash
ington. But fascinating snatches
they are the other day, she
stopped over on her way to the Pa
cific coast with her husband, and
we were all agog to hear about
her trip last year to Peru and to ask
about the treasures she had brought
back as well as about modern homes
in Peru where she'd been a guest.
my silver stirrup is my favorite
find," she smiled. "It's really love-
ly, the sort that ladies in colonial
times used when they rode side sad
die. I have it as an ornament on a
wide coffee table and I also brought
back a cup of Incan design and
pair of Spanish colonial plates with
crests on them. They look surpris-
ingly Georgian in design. I picked
up a good deal of very useful Peru
Wan silver too-a water pitcher. cold
meat platter, serving dishes and
trays-silver is much less expensive
in Peru than up here"
Consolidated Features.-WNU Release.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09

WHETHER you have a house
" of your own, or whether you
move often, unit book shelves are
the answer to many problem.
They may be scaled to fit almost
any space; you may add to them
as needed and they may be shift
ed from one place to another &C
cording to your mood. They may
start in the living room and end
in the children's room or in the
kitchen. The units may be divid
ed, multiplied or used in various
combinations.
You need no special skill to
make the three units shown.
These well proportional shelves
were designed especially for anna
teur homecrafters to make with
the simplest tools. A compass saw
from the five-and-dime will cut
the curved shelves of the end units.
Because the shelves were de-
signed by homemaker, simple
method of constructing them with
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09

Why not produce more butter in
stead of whole milk products? Be-
cause the increase in milk consump-
ton is desirable from a nutritional
standpoint, and government food Of
ficials for this reason are reluctant
to cut back fluid milk sales even
though such restriction would in
crease the supply of butter. The situ-
alton will ease up in the spring.
Among other reasons why more
butter is not produced is that butter
creameries use only the butterfat
in milk, whereas bottlers of fluid
milk and condenseries use ALL the
milk farmer delivers. This. there
fore, is the best paying and most
economical use of milk for the farm
er, and for the population as a whole.
the most healthful. Whole milk users
are buying so much more milk to
meet expanded demands that the
amount of milk left over for butter
and butter products is smaller than
before the war,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09
TRIXIE TEEN SAYS

Does your conversation sound like
HOLLYWOOD press agents dream? Do
you insist upon boring your date Nth
blow-by-blow accounts of your great
popularity with the other wolUes? Be.
cause, sister, you're not impressing him
you're depressing him. That's def
nitely NOT the line that is TIL shortest
distance between tUo dates. Don't be
surprised il he asks you il you ,Oant
to join band? When you say, sort OF
"No, ,0hy do you ask?"
his ANSWER will be, Because you like
to blow your own horn" And there's
no smile Uith that insult.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09

Mimeo & Multigraphing
IA yrs. of fine work and fair
prices. Free samples and prices.
B. ALLSMITH, 1900 w. Nedro
Ave., Philadelphia Al, Pa.-Adv.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09

on their lapelS
with a little sign
above them that
says kiss Tim
ers." Kis sin g
Bugs are a new
gadget favorite
with the dime
store set and a
C e | | o p h a n e
wrapped candy
kiss worn on the
lapel is consid-
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09
Unit Shelves Are Easy to Build;
May Be Divided or Multiplied
By Ruth Wyeth Spears

no open dust space at the bottom
was worked out and special
thought was given to, the width
and depth of shelves so that they
would have the maximum useful
ness and still be made of stock
sizes of lumber.
Il Il
NOTE: Pattern 270 gives full size pat.
tern for the curved shelves of these book
cases and large diagrams with dimensions
of all the straight pieces. Also a com.
plete list of materials required and illus
trated directions for each step in the con-
struction of the units. To get this pattern
enclose Is cents with name and address
and send direct to:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09
FUCKER UP!

AS they say on the air, this does
not constitute an Endorsement of the
product, but we've been collecting so
many gags about kissing In high
school papers from all over the
country that. even if you don't kiss,
we'll tell.
Time-and-a-H alf-Girls and boys
are wearing miniature hour glasses
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09
By VIRGINIA VALE
Released by Western Newspaper Uni

By VIRGINIA VALE /
JIMMY CAGNEY is settling
y down to work on his new
picture, BLOOD on the Sun"
after too long an absence from
the screen. During that alb
sence he's made a four-month
overseas tour, and his brother
William has gone through several
hundred manuscripts, trying to find
suitable material for James. Two
possible stories turned up for the
picture following BLOOD on the
SUM-; no matter which Is selected,
Cagney will be seen as soldier in
the American army in the days Of
the Indian wars.
3
RKO executives swear that Tall
in the Saddle" starring John Wayne,
is absolutely a non-formula western.
Wayne never bids his faithful horse
fond farewell: Ella Raines is not
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09
Full. Generals

The United States has five full
generals in active service. They
are: George C.. Marshall, Douglas
Macarthur, Henry H. Arnold,
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Malin D.
Craig and Joseph w. Stilwel.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09

cred pleasantly provocative. And
you've probably seen the cotton
dress on which kiss and Tell is
written in rick-rack all over the
skirt. Is it a Trend?
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09
"GAY CADETS"
By NANCY PEPPER
Associated Newspaper---WNU Features.

on the other The squeals you'll
hear in the halls between classes
are not from pigs, but from girls
whose pigtails are being pulled.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09

a schoolteacher; Wayne doesn't win
all the fights, nor does he gallop of
UP canyons just for the sake of gal
Looping. And surprise-he not only
kisses Ella Raines, he kisses Audrey
Long, too.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-11-09

rine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy-Lucille
Ball picture, went before the cam
eras' the other day, with keenan,
Wynn and Patricia Morrison in sup
porting roles. It's based on the play
by the same name in which Miss
Hepburn appeared.
B
Lois Wilson, star of the silent
screen, is carving out quite career
for herself ON the stage and I'm radio.
She was practically snatched from
the Saturday matinee of Chicken
Every Sunday" the day before the
first broadcast of the Ethel Barry
more show, ''Miss Hattie" when
producers wanted to make a last
minute switch in the role of martha
Thompson" Lois got the role; you
hear her Sundays.
-
The Radio Hall Of Fame has Ger.
tainly lived up to its name; now
beginning its second year on the air,
it has brought to the Blue network
nearly every nationally famous per-
son in the entertainment field-more
than $50 of them.
3
Picture and radio people are
agreed on one thing-no matter
what anybody says, they're con-
WINGED that Joe E. Brown did every
thing in his power to cheer the boys
overseas. If ever a man put his
heart into doing anything, the ''Stop
and Go" star put his into entertain
ing servicemen.
3
ODDS AND ENDS-Dinah Shore
and jimmy Durante are among the
stars who wiH record the Christmas
command Performance" shov for
those overseas. /. House jameson, OF
"Crime Doctor" sUas named as result
of the close friendship between his
father and Col E. M. House, President
Wilson'S adviser. Regis Tooney
has been signed for role in "The Big
Sleep; Humphrey Bogart and Lauren
Bacau head the cast. Dick Jones .
Henry AIdrichJ is s0riting all his let
tiers to one Miss Betty Bacon OF Los
angeles. When the Eddie Cantor
shos0 performs for seruicensea. iSs red
haired Nara MarttH the boss tehsst!e az.
Evening star., 1944-10-22

men are fanatical Nazis. They fight
only as long as it is relatively safe and
to fight. Their apparent
stubborn resistance is due to the genius
of the German engineers who built the
West Wall.
The big job Is to get tank in the
rear Of a pillbox 1t must first get
through the echeloned rows of dragon
teeth These are an effective barrier.
1t might be possible for heavy tank
to plough its way through these concrete
blocks-if nobody was firing at 1t. But
in this setting 1t certainly would be
delayed long enough for the pillbox guns
to demolish 1t. First a road must be
blasted through the dragon teeth by
engineers crawling lip under fire with
charges of TINT
The big city in this corner of Germany
is Aachen When We crossed the border
at Roetgen it was confidently expected
the ancient capital of the Holy Roman
Empire would fall within couple of
days. Actually two days after the cross
ing I found the intelligence officer of
the American infantry division whose
advance patrols already were in the
outskirts of the city drafting his sur
render demand" He advised sticking
around couple of hours. He had little
doubt the city would be occupied before
dark.
Evening star., 1944-10-22

AS to the cause of the unexpected de-
lay I have no first-hand informa-
ton. Certainly the Germans had put up
a far more stubborn resistance than was
expected. The Americans were loath TO
reduce Aachen to a rubble heap but
there was no alternative. 1t seems that
the city became the st. 10 Of the pres
ent phase Of the war-and st. Lo came
out of the. conflict by all odds the worst
demolished city in the world.
The pattern Of Normandy is being
repeated here on the edge Of Germany
but with one very important difference.
The cost in blood and life Of the Amer
lean toehold on France was incalculable.
Our Losses Small
American losses here are compara-
lively small--at least they we're up to the
time I left Germany and, by and large,
there is good basis for hope that they
will continue small. Pillboxes are not as
deadly as hedgeroWs. One can keep out
of their way. 1t is possible to see the
location Of the enemy. Moreover the
American troops in Germany have
learned costly lessons-and learned them
we'll They know how to take care OF
themselves something which no
amount of training, even the strenuous
training of battle schools with live am
Evening star., 1944-10-22

I am afraid the psychology of the
victory parade was tco persistent, Every
day 1st Army correspondents would
start out in the morning with the
thought: "Ill take it easy for while,
today. Today's story will be the occu-
patton of Aachen and only hope it will
happen in time for my deadline."
But day after day 1t didn't happen.
The occupation of Aachen was to be
slow and difficult process. The day
before I left Germany had long talk
with the corps intelligence officer.
The situation looks pretty bad" he
told me, in a discouraged tone.
Evening star., 1944-10-22

times more than had been accom-
plished.
German Army Stunned
Thus the picture continued all
through the bitter weeks when, almost
foot by foot, the strategic road and rail
center Of st. Lo was being reduced to
heap of dust by American divisions
pressing from the north, east and west.
Suddenly, the whole aspect of the war
changed The occupation of st. Lo was
followed almost Immediately by the
great breakthrough.
The German Army was stunned and
staggering,
Advances each day could be measured
In miles instead of yards. With few
exceptions there was an amazing drop
in casualties. Before, soldier had
started each day hoping, not very con-
fdently. that he would not be killed.
Now, every casualty was considered bad
luck or carelessness. The war had be-
come one of swift movement.
A 50-mile shift in the position of
division was not unusual. An objective
lUU ILiCo away sSChiSu ASS>' AVA
than a few days before, had been an
objective a few hundred yards away.
The large-scale map on which was
marked every farmhouse, almost every
apple tree, and which covered only
few square miles, was discarded. 1t
had become a source of confusion. The
troops no longer needed maps Of the
canton of La Haye du Puts. They
needed maps of France. Almost every
body liberated town or two in this new
tempo of battle.
The Victory Parade
Thus the 1st United States Army
swept across France and Belgium, hard
ly firing a shot as they passed over old
battlefields such as Belleau Wood and
Chateau ThieTy, where the enemy had
made stubborn stands 25 years ago. 1t
was victory parade. The American
troops came through with heads bloody,
but unbowed-the blood streaming
down the sweaty faces of the soldiers
being rouge from the lips of the thou
sands of liberated women who assailed
their jeeps.
Naturally, the whole psychological
Evening star., 1944-10-22

prisoners testify, make the pillbox un-
endurably uncomfortable.
Only the toughest sort of men can
stand it-and the soldiers in the pill
boxes are seldom tough men. They are
relatively safe. Up to date very few
have been, killed or wounded. They live
in ease and comfort. All they have to
do is press the triggers of machine guns.
Not First.Class Troops
The German high command is not
using frst-class troops for such posi-
tions. The prisoners taken to date from
the pillboxes are comparable to AIS in
the United Statesmen who are over
age or who have physical defects which
render them unfit for very active service.
For example, the 1st Army captured
one entire company of men who were
stone deaf. They also captured COM
pany of army butchers-men in their
fifties whose duty up to now has been
slaughtering cows and pigs for the Ger
man quartermaster corps. Few of these
Evening star., 1944-10-22

trend changed Instead of facing day
with fear and prayers the soldier looked
forward to pleasant adventure.
There were, of course, brief interludes
of very hard fighting as groups OF re-
treating Germans were pocketed and
tried to fight their way into the open.
It is wrong to picture the advance
across France and Belgium as alto
gether a carefree picnic. The fact re-
mains that the enemy was on the run.
He fought only when forced to fight.
The concern of the division commanders
was to establish contact with the fleeing
Germans.
In Sharp Contrast
This state of affairs continued all the
way across Belgium and Luxembourg
We were "conouering heroes"-at very
cheap price Perhaps it went to every
bodvs head a little. I think the widest
reception personally ever received was
In the textile city of Verviers a few
miles beyond Liege, where the division
was accompanying bivouacked over
night.
The next day was a pail of cold water
In the face. About 10 miles from Yer
viers is Eupen. Historically 1t is In
German territory. 1t has belonged to
Belgium only since the last war. con-
siderable majority of the citizens OF
Eupen and the surrounding country are
loyal Belgians-but considerable
minority are of German blood and have
remained German in sympathy. A1tel
the change of sovereignty they bidee
their time. Their day came in the
Evening star., 1944-10-22
How Long Can Germany Hold Out!

takes Silesia-Germany' two main
sources of coal.
Little or no fuel oil will be available
for heating homes, for the Germans
have lost Romania, their main source of
supply, and what remains must be care
fully husbanded for the army and vital
war industries.
Added to these stark realities are
psychological factors. For almost three
years-from 1889 to 1s42-the German
people saw their armies advancing on
every front. Loot poured in from all
parts of Europe. They were willing to
undergo sacrifices, for Hitler told them
they would soon rule the world, and his
promise did not seem an empty one.
But since the high tide reached at
Stalingrad and El Alamein, German
forces have been constantly in retreat.
There are few families in Germany that
have not lost one or more members in
the war Now they see Allied forces
pushing in from three sides like giant
battering rams. Armadas of Allied
bombers come over virtually every day
and night, and there is obviously little
that the Luftwaffe can do to stop them.
Even the torrential propaganda that
flows from DR.. Joseph Goebbel's ma
chine cannot blind the German people
to these obvious facts-to the inevita-
bility Of defeat.
A bleak picture, indeed!
Yet there are no signs Of revolu-
ton such as occurred under less
worse circumstances in 1918. One Off
cial report describes the mental state
of the German people as one of apathy"
of blind resignation to their fate.
The reason why the German people
do not rise against Hitler and end the
war is probably explained by two facts.
First, a police organization under the
cold-eyed Heinrich Himmler that ex-
tends down to every block, indeed to
every house. Second, constant state
propaganda to the effect that surrender
will bring upon the Germans suffering
even worse than that they are under
going today.
Under the reorganization of the Ger
man police system that followed the
attempt on Hitler's life last summer
Himmler controls all the guns in Ger
maryland instructs his men to use
them without restraint against any one
who shows a "defeatist" spirit. The
mass-murderer of the Nazis now con-
trolls not only his dreaded Gestapo, but
also the S. S. Corps, the Sicherheita'
dienst (security police, all municipa
police and all German troops within
the borders of the Reich. His order!
are absolute and final. Only Hitler ant
Gen. Hermann Goering are exemp
from his power.
Some indication of the sternness 0
German Justice" ip the so-called peo
Piles courts can be gained from recen
report from correspondent in Ger
many of the Swiss newspaper, Die Ma
ton, who was allowed to attend one
the court sessions in an unnamed Ger
man city.
A German housewife was on trial fo
Y Continued on Page C-5o
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1t Is suicide for an infantryman to
get within range Of them.
From the front and sides they are
almost impregnable. The heaviest artil-
lery yet used bounces off the thick con-
crete walls. They are more vulnerable
in the rear where usually there are
double steel doors or 6 inches thick.
II tank can be gotten into position
where it can pour direct fire against
these doors it can apparently stun the
troops inside. but know Of no instance
where the doors themselves have been
demolished. The temporary stunning
gives infantrymen time to advance with
charges of heavy explosive on the ends
of long poles which can be stuck through
the gun apertures, blasting holes through
which flame throwers can be directed.
Another way is to get on top Of pill
box, empty can OF gasoline down the
ventilation shaft. and then toss in a
lighted match. This doesn't roast alive
the men inside. They are protected by
thick concrete partitions. But 1t does
Evening star., 1944-10-22

essentially deserted town. Within the
next few days three divisions had moved
their headquarters into Germany and
corps headquarters were set up In the
direction of Aachen.
How About the German People!
A question frequently asked here is:
How did you find the German people?
The only answer I can give Is essen
TALLY meaningless. Roetgen Is town
of about 5000. Within couple OF days
of the American occupation perhaps
500 of these had returned. They had
been hiding out in the woods. They
were very cooperative and, within their
limited means, hospitable. They gave
what information they had freely. But
presumably these people constituted the
anti-Nazi element They welcomed Al
lied occupation as an escape from the
tyranny of Hitler Thus they had de-
fed the Nazi evacuation order and hid
den away until they were convinced
that the American position was secure.
Among those who remained behind
were quite a few farmers: Whatever
their political theology they thought
more of their stock. But are there not
many planted Nazis among them? folks
ask. Very likely. I think we can be
confident American counterintelligence
officers have spotted these long since.
Holiday Had Ended
For the past month or more the war
had been SO easy that it was shock
to realize that the holiday had ended
that the Army was back again in very
Evening star., 1944-10-22

similar position to that in which 1t had
been during the discouraging days on
the Normandy beachhead The terri
tory we occupy is hardly discernable on
a map of Germany. The road to Berlin
seems interminable-but no more so
than did the road to Paris little over
two months ago. Then 1t was a job OF
pushing a stubborn enemy from hedge
row to hedgerow. Every apple orchard
was a fortress. Earth walled fields had
to be taken one by one.
Now the American troops found them
selves facing the Siegfried Line-the
nearly continuous stretch of dragon
teeth" and pillboxes a few miles from
the western frontier Of Germany. This
must be reduced pillbox by pillbox.
Early in the war we read much about
the poor quality of the West Wall
defenses. All this, every American SOL
dier in Germany can testify, was pure
eyewash.
Defense Masterpieces
These tank-trapping dragon teeth
and small fortresses with concrete walls
at times 10 feet thick are masterpieces
of military engineering. The "pillboxes"
each one of them is as big as the
accommodate for from 20 to so men
ARE admirably constructed in relations
to fields OF fire.