davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-05
TIE METHODIST CHURCH

THE METHODIST CHURCH REV. ROBERT 2. TREAT, Pastor. Opp. Federal and TerrltorIai Blug Where Faith and Friendship
 Meet"
 Organist-Mrs. Ruth M. Popejoy. Miss Sergeant, Assistant. Mrs. Ronald Lister, Chairman of Music.
 1000 am.-Church School under direction of Mrs. Claude Brown. Glasses for all agcs under compe- tent leadership.
 Il 100 am. = Morning Worship. 500 D. m.-Eyening worship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-05
HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL

THE VERY REV. CHARLES
 E. Rice, Dean Fourth and Gold Streets
 Sunday Services 500 am-Holy Communion. HOO a. m.-Holy Communion and Sermon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-05

GUARANTEED BY LIFE CONTRACT Parker's Blne DiamOnd OF tbe ben t tbe manHfaetarer'S contract uconaihouaLy guaranteeing serviee tor tbs otpner's hfe, wtbom eot, / pen 5 not Intentionally damaged. h order 10 eOper boJtage. mSnr- ane and bandlug, tbere wiH bs z smaN srpies ebargs of f35f.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-08-05

SAINT ALOYSIUS' CHURCH goo a. m.-Holy Mass.
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
MORALE WRECKERS

While most t0ives Of service
men are doing magnif fcentLy,
holding the home together,
rUorking in factories, taking
care of the children and doing
Red Cross Work in rOhat
"spare" time they haze, there
are some tUonen rUho are so
weak and selfish that they
think only of themselves and
their pleasures.
An army captain tOriteS that
his pretty rOife, tohonu he has
Ioved deeply for six years, tells
him that she is going about
rUith an old friend picnics,
theaters, and such. But it's
absolutely on the square"
she adds hastily; just a little
fun to help pass the lonely
hours. The neighbors will talk,
of course, but that can't be
helped. She assures her hus-
band, rOorried with military
responsibilities, that rUhiIe this
old friend adores her, and
comes to the house eUery Sun
day, she slopes that she has
sense enough to stop short Of
tOrong."
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
g. MH: MZZKHZE 4 z, ,>>.. q
~ a. 1@seSset e s. GOES TDM>AR ~Xk~

THE STORY THUS FAR: Forty-four-
year-old Wilbert Wrinkle, who operates a
general repair shop back of his home, is
notified by his draft board that he is in
la. He breaks the bad news to his domi-
neering wife, Amy, and tramps off to
work without even kissing her goodby
Neighbors call the next night and shake
their heads solemnly, and the local pa
per publishes his picture on the front
page. Wrinkle tacks a CLOSED sign over
his shop. Mrs. Wrinkle confides her wor.
ries. She fears he might get interested
in other women, but Wilbert says she has
nothing to worry about. Wrinkle leads the
draft parade and they march off behind
the band. The martial music sends
chill up his spine.
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07

announced. And the tears didn't
spill over but remained in her eyes
when she blinked them back, fast
He and Amy looked at each other
solemnly. They embraced. They
held each other very close. They
kissed, and kissed again, while the
band played, women wept, and hand
kerchiefs and flags waved.
The next thing Mr.. Wrinkle knew
was that he found himself seated in
the bus and the vehicle was getting
under way. Looking back, he saw
Mrs. Wrinkle holding up Penelope
so that she could see him go to war.
Penelope wasn't interested, but
looked the other way.
Not all of the bus was occupied
by the draft contingent. There hadn't
been enough of them to charter a
vehicle for their sole use.
He sat alone, not because he
thought himself, as the leader, any
better than the others. Nor did he
care to be aloof; he would have well
coined somebody to talk with, but
none of his charges joined him. Jack
Pettigrew sat up beside the driver.
The bus stopped and several more
people got on. One of them was a
young, blowzy blonde. Mr.. Wrinkle
watched, fascinated, as Freddie ma
neuvered the selectee beside him
out of his seat and grinned winning
ly at the blonde. She sat beside
Freddie at once, and they began an
animated conversation.
This broke the tension the draftees
brought with them from their send
off. They laughed, and began to
talk and joke, and discuss their
voyage in voices just little too loud
to be natural.
At noon the bus stopped at sched-
uled station for lunch. Mr. Wrinkle
herded his charges to the counter in
side the glass-front roadside restau-
rant, where he produced the proper
paper " OOId1ll lllGdlS lOI LIlGIll DIS
guests of the Government. Freddie
Tindall remained outside, talking to
the blonde. She was catching an
other bus here.
He let Freddie alone until he had
his own meal. Then he went
out and told Freddie, eff you want
to get something to eat, you'd bet
ter come in"
'Be right with you, Pop" Mr..
Wrinkle went back to the counter.
Freddie took his time. He waited |
until the blondes new bus pulled in.
He put her on it and then joined
the others. Some of the men looked
at him in admiration and envy.
What would you have DONE"
Freddie inquired Of Mr.. Wrinkle, 'if
I'd gotten on the bus with her and
zone away?"
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
CHAPTER V

Mr.. Wrinkle wasn't sure if this was
said in the right spirit. He was
glad Amy didn't appear in time to
hear it. He had been watching for
her, and during the last of the six
blocks, he saw her, hurrying along
to keep up. Her face was flushed.
She waved to him, and Mr.. Winkle,
wondering if it was the correct thing
to do, waved back.
After they arrived at the open-air
bus station, there was quarter of
an hour of confusion whose details
Mr.. Wrinkle never remembered very
well. The selectees left their for
nation and searched out their re-
spective families. Mr.. Wrinkle found
his wife and dog. Penelope was en-
livened by the excitement to yap sew
eral times. Mrs. Wrinkle said, 'You
looked very military"
''I'm the leader" he told her.
The horn of the bus honked.
Tears welled in Mrs. Wrinkles
eyes. 'I'm not going to cry" she
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
w. RELEAs {

he had been given, he felt defate'
and not in the least like lion.
The Sergeant went inside. MIR
Winl1le waited with the others. Thell
eyes went frequently to the door
What smiles there were on any faces
were nervous ones.
The Sergeant came out again. Ir
a foghorn voice he began calling
names. 1t was nearly an hour, dur
ing which other busses arrived, be-
fore the Springville men were
reached.
Mr.. Wrinkle found himself in a
small room passing down a line OF
soldier clerks sitting at desks. In
place of his own papers, an infor-
nation card was given to him, which
he was instructed to hang around
his neck by the cord attached. Thus
ticketed, he took his place in line
down the hall, and finally into an
enormous room where many men
were in the process of being exam
ined.
Here, Mr.. Wrinkle saw, was where
his fate would be decided. He was
told to drop his bag by the wall
under clothing hook, and strip.
Shivering, he stood in line clad
only in his socks and shoes and in
formation card. 1t was humiliating
when he compared his skinny ply
sique with the more robust bodies
about him. Several men glanced
at him as if to say he didn't amount
to much.
He began to run gantlet of doc
tors and medical assistants. Each
doctor had one part of the body to
examine. Mr. Wrinkle was accus-
toned to having his family physi-
clan make something of fuss over
him, cajoling him, and treating him
like a living, breathing, human be-
ing instead of a skeleton within and |
around which was gathered a cer-
tain amount of flesh and certain or
gans. Now he felt like an automo-
bile being put together on an assem-
bly, line in a factory.
His card was taken away from
him and in its place there was
daubed in iodine a number on his
chest. That, he was sure, was the
final ignominy. He was questioned,
weighed, measured, poked, tapped,
and the inner workings of his struc-
ture listened to.
He was asked to read chart with
out his glasses and with them. He
regretted each letter ne made out,
out he couldn't, as he had half
bring himself to cheat. His
eyes were good enough to fight
var. Even his pulse was found suf-
calm after he had been set
in one place for minute
without going anywhere.
Well, he reflected, he hadn't real
y counted on any of these things to
;ave him. 1t was his dyspepsia he {
vas banking on.
He was laid on a paper-covered
able. His stomach was kneaded
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
Leave Abandoned Fawns Alone

Every summer when the new
crop of young animals is at the cute
stage, reports start coming in OF
people finding such animals aban-
doned by their mothers. Such sto-
ries very frequently center around
young fawns," says DR.. Gabrielson,
department of the interior.
Gases of actual abandonment of
fawns are very rare indeed. The
best thing to do when such fawns
are come upon is to leave them
right where they are found; if taken
away. they generally die"
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07


and he was asked, whats this on
your record about dyspepsia?"
Mr.. Wrinkle detailed and even
boasted about his acute intestinal
difficulties and the need he had for
his pills. He was kneaded some
more, as if he were an automobile
no longer, but a piece of dough.
The doctor gave skeptical grunt
a deprecating snort, and wrote some
thing on Mr.. Wrinkles record sheet.
MIR. Wrinkle, to his horror, gath
cred that his dyspepsia had made
little impression, that it had let him
down completely.
At this, as he was passed on to the
next doctor, his heart beat so fast
that the doctor, who applied steth-
oscope to it, took it away and actu-
ally looked at him, saying patiently,
81 expect it from the kids, but not
from you"
Mr.. Wrinkle was abashed. He ac-
cused himself of behaving like a
child, like Jack Pettigrew whom he
saw standing tensely, on guard, with
a strained, taut expression on his
boys face.
And then Mr.. Wrinkle went through |
an experience he never expected to
have.
Ali during the days leading up to
this, and during the first of the ex-
amining process, he hoped fervently
that he would be rejected. He had
even prayed for it. But now ne
found himself hoping he would be
accepted.
ITO BE CONTINUED
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
Mixed Blessing

The soldier marching, felt some
thing in one of his shoes that hurt
like the devil. He couldn't stop to
do anything about it. He limped
back and forth across the drill
field, finally got back to the bar
racks. Immediately, he tore his
boot and sock off his blistered
foot. And in the toe of the sock,
he found a neatly wadded piece of
paper.
On it the thoughtful sock-knitter
had written: "Bless the soldier
who wears these socks"
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
In Old England

n country doctor on his rounds mar
rotOIy escaped running OUer Home
Guard tUrithing in apparent agony in
the middle of the road. Stopping his car
he got out, bent oUer the man, and asked,
"What'S the matter? Where's the pain?"
'There isn't any pain" the man re-
piled. "This road is supposed to be
deep river, and l can only stOim on my
back"
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
In the Race

Three young men were boasting
of their height.
"Look at me-" said Tom. 'I'm
six feet two and a half in my
stockinged feet"
"All right" put in Dick. "I'm
six feet five and three-quarters
with my hat on"
"And I can beat the lot of you"
added Harry. ''I'm seven feet
eight-with my umbrella up"
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
A Weak, Cruel Woman.

in conclusion. But | don't"
A Weak, Cruel Woman.
Neither do I, Captain. Only a
weak and cruel woman could write
such letter to her man at the fight
ing front, and whatever the outcome,
whether you come home or don't
come home, your idyllic married
days are over. War has ruined one
more home; war has shown up the
devotion of one more wife to be an
imitation of the real thing. Little
Nancy is out of luck.
And Lynn, the wife, has lost a
chance that would lead to deep and
wonderful happiness, in a few years.
She just couldn't see far enough,
poor Lynn. She couldn't busy her
self with the care of her child and
her home, with some sort of service
work, with hopes and prayers and
plans for the happiness of reunion
tomorrow. Loneliness and dullness
and uncertainty were too much for
her. That thousands of women are
facing them with courage and ener-
gy, that thousands of women are
writing their men brave letters full
of reinsurance and love and prom
ises for the future-all this meant
little to Lynn. She just had to be
petted and fiattered; she had to play
with fire, make mockery of her hus-
band, her marriage, her child.
The Lynns are having their day.
But the day of the steadfast, patient,
waiting wives and mothers, sisters
and daughters, is coming fast. The
women who endured, who worked,
who prayed, who wrote letters,
saved money, kept their eyes fixed |
On the tremendous years ahead, will |
nave their day soon. Little pretty
lynn, discontented, disillusioned,
airing continual griev-
ance, will drift into the shadow she
herself has chosen for middle-age
md old age. The others will help
)uild the new America.
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
SEWING CIRCLE NEEDLEWORK
Shopping Bag Of Crochet Cotton

To obtain complete crochetng direc-
tions for the String Marketing Bag (Pat-
tern No. 5499) send 16 cents in coin, your
name, address and the pattern number
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filing orders for few OF
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
BY KATHLEEN NORRIS

w JAR is a test of every.
w thing our young mer
V v have of character
self forgetfulness, courage,
vision. We demand of them
that they put aside all the
dreams, the hopes, the happi-
ness and freedom of youth, to
buy hope and security and
happiness for thousands of
other men, yet unborn.
And the magnifcence of their re-
sponse to this demand is holding
the whole world breathless.
What we women sometimes forget
is that war years make similar
claims upon us, too. If our boys
must give their lives, physically, we
are often called upon to give what is
as dear as life. We have to sacrifice
plans, dear companship, the peace
and harmony of home life, the
smoothness of living which for SO
many years was ours.
1t takes woman strong in char
acter to get through these days. 1t
takes woman with brave soul and
a prayerful heart, a woman who can
laugh and work and hope, who can
bear today because of what may be
tomorrow. And because not all Wom-
- a.
filled with the tragedies of broken
homes, faithless wives, all the moral
irregularities that follow in the wake
of war.
Army Captains Problem.
Many of these, naturally, don't
get to the newspapers. In this class
is the problem of a certain army
captain, a man who has been for
more than a year in England, and |
who wrote me just before the in
vasion.
when I came across" says the
letter of Capt. Leonard Blank, 81 left
a pretty wife and a small daughter
of three behind me. Lynn and have
been married nearly six years; they
have been heavenly years. Waiting !
-waiting-waiting for the big push
to start, over here, I've dreamed
of some of those summer trips in
the old blue car; I've walked up
crying more than once.
Perhaps I'm really awake now.
Perhaps it was all dream. Any
way, here's the gist of letter l got
this morning from my wife. She's
afraid friends are spying on her
and I'll hear gossip, so she's telling
me herself that she's been going
about with certain man we both
know who is stationed at a plane
factory near our home town. She
likes him very much; they love to
dine and go to the theater together;
he comes out every Sunday and they
take Nancy and go on picnic some
where. But everything's absolutely
IN the square, I'm not to believe
what anyone says, for she hopes she
,as sense enough to stop short of
anything wrong. She admits that he
ldores her, says he always has, al '
hough she never realized it before. c
But I'm not to get all worked up v
lbout it because it's absolutely all v
light. She hasn't seen my mother S
n two months because Mother asked c
Ter to stop seeing Brownie; it's too h
'ad, for Nancy adores her Grand L
ma, but Lynn doesn't propose to put S
Ip with that kind of interference a
rom anyone, so if Mother writes h
ne I'm to discount her letter ac- a
ordingly. b
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
ysSww agS%gg %
m!.1|;::.|:z::::TI1.7j1I.ZJI|jS!.:I
Going Strong

Sand how are you getting on at
school, Jimmy?"
"Oh, fine! I'm learning words
of four cylinders now"
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07

7 TNBLEACHED string, house
- hold twine, crochet cotton will
make this 18-inch folding bag.
Take it to market in your purse.
It's strong enough to hold raft of
groceries.
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07
All. Me

"Stop pushing me up the stairs,
mister"
''I'm not pushing-I'm sighing."
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07

Maybe you think that's a swell
letter to come to a man facing what
we're facing here" the captain says
in conclusion. "But don't!"
Carbon County news., 1944-09-07

w JAR is a test of every
NJ thing our young men
v v have of character,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

consumers to eat fish more often
during the period October 80 to No
vember f8.
/ The most plentiful supplies of
fresh and saltwater fish are blue
fish, lake herring. and perch. Other
varieties include bass, mullets and
mackerel, according to A. C. Doane,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

minis and minerals. Saltwater fish,
particularly, is recognized as lead
ing source of iodine among the
natural foods. About 20 percent of
the edible portion of fish is protein,
Doane said.
During coming weeks, retailers
will draw attention to the availa-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

District Representative, Office Of
Distribution, VIA. Detroit cold
storage stocks of bluefish total
36,5sO pounds, lake herring 130,795,
perch $3.50; of bass $4,000, mullets
$4,000 and mackerel $4,000. Fish are
an excellent source of highly d.
gestible protein and are rich in vita
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30
BECOMES MEMBER
OF COLLEGE GROUP

Margaret Ann Newell, daughter Of
Mrs. Martin Newell, of 313 North
Drive, has been taken into member
ship in the Phi Kappa Delta society
at MacMurray College. This society
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

is for the purpose Of aiding students
in social development at the college,
and throughout the year they carry
out a program Of literary and social
events.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

A deserved and discriminating
compliment Is often one Of the
strongest encouragements and in
centives to the diffident and self
distrustful. - Tryon Edwards.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

bility Of fish and will have on hand
a wide variety of tested recipes
which can be depended upon to turn
this valuable food into a table deli
cacy, Doane stated.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30
VIA URGES MORE
FISH CONSUMPTION
DURING NOVEMBER

With record supplies of fresh and
frozen fish available. the War Food
Administration and the Fish and
Wildlife Service are asking Michigan
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

The funeral Of the late King
George v cost about S125, 900.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-30

Brazil plans to spend over $50, 900. =
600 in railway construction by 1947,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-10
NAVY TO TRAIN
BOYS IN RADIO

the Nays program to select
and train men in a $4,000 course
preparing them to be radio tech
nicians has been broadened tc
irclude those between the ages
Of 10 and 81 who have been found
physically qualified for military
service, J. w. Brown, chief Petty
officer in charge of the local navy
recruiting station, announced yes.
terday.
New instructions make it pos
siNle to give the qualifying tests
tc any man who has passed his
rre-induction physical exan;na,
ton. Heretofore, only those men
VINO volunteered for the navy or
Ffo were assigned to the navy at
re induction centers were eligi.
b" 10 quality for This training.
lne test, it was announced. will
oe 9lVen. on voluntary basis. tc
Aavv volunteers ard physically
fQ9llfled pre-inductees at the local
station by the recruiting officer
WOO covers the Wilmington terri
.oFV each week. Qualified pre-.
lhcuctees will be assigned to the
taVy at the time thev are called
for induction.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-10
Alar'o@co lonnch;ng
Sc1edrled Saturday

Inc U. S. S. Alamance. oath COM
udl cargo vessel 10 near compile.
~ uOA at the ward of the North Caro-
INA Snipbuilding company, will be
i a'o,lfd Saturday morning at $3.50
S y1s under the sponsorship OF
l nllS Carl 7. Durham. of Chapel
nlll' wife Of the representative Of
me olxth North Carolina district
IN congress.
,r H T, attendants will be Miss. Bet
thompson and Mrs. W. L. Ward
Doth of Durham.
A Prosperous county both in
l.rIa s and agriculture,
a sa' is located in the cent.
Ia a. art Of the state. It's county-sea1
h.. burlington. Together with Dur.
. a,,sl ( Guilford and Orange they
WILL r"lill me congressional district re.
'' rs by Rep. Durham.
a. lne u 5. S. Alamance will be
s se I00th ship lan. cned here 81 e
My My yafd sent its first down the
Wy lays me day before the Pearl Har
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-11-10
TOBACCO PRICES
SHOW VARIATIONS
BY The Associated Press

Record high averages continu
ed to prevail on North Carolina
and Virginia flue-cured tobacco
markets yesterday. with all mar
kets reporting slight price fluc-
tuations but with generally steady
averages and continued light Of
ferings. All markets today will
close out their first five-day week
of sales since early in the season.
Eastern markets reported Or
ange cutters and lug grades up $11
per hundred. Offerings were COM
posed principally of low to good
qualities, with leaf predominating.
The volume of sales continued fair
ly heavy. Wednesdays total sales
amounted to 1885, 24 and sold for
an average of $500, bringing the
season total to 318, 742,840 pounds
for an average of $42.64.
Middle Belt markets reported
all grades steady at prices prevail
ing Wednesday. The bulk of offer
ings sold between S43 and SAT per
hundred. MarketlngS were of slight
ly better quality than on Wednes-
day and there was a larger pro-
portion of fair to fine quality
grades. Wednesdays sales total
ed 1876, 40 pounds for an average
Of $45.34, bringing the belts sales
for the season to 103,628,919 pounds
at an official average of $42.59.
Price fluctuations were more evil
dent of Old Belt markets, where
some leaf. and fine orange grades
lost up to So per hundred. However
common red in the leaf division
gained 81 over Wednesdays quota
tions. All other grades remained
steady. The belt sold 1885,, 900
pounds on Wednesday at an aver
age of $44.91 per hundred, bring
ing the season total to 119, 637 ,646
pounds at an average of S41.32.