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Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05

Public Relations Office, U. S.
Submarine Base, New London,
Conn:
Walter Russell Hall, IS, seaman
1c, son of DR.. E. C. Hall, Laurel,
Mont. has completed basic training
at the submarine school, submarine
base, New London, Conn.,, for duty
with our growing fleet of under
seas fighters.
Seaman Hall will be entitled to
wear the twin dolphin insignia of
the submarine service after further
experience aboard a submarine dur
ing which he must demonstrate to
his commanding officer that he is
fully qualified to carry out the
duties of his rate. The insignia is
regarded as a mark of distinction
throughout the navy.
Hall attended Laurel high school
and was football letterman there.
He has been in the navy since last
July.
The submarine school, the only
one of it's kinds conducted by the
navy, is attended by a picked group
of men who must pass special
physical, mental and psychological
tests.
The school work takes place not
only in classrooms and laboratories,
but also in nero training sub
marines in which students master
the actual t%echniques of operating
the powerful fighting craft.
Many students at submarine
school already have seen battle as
members of surface ship crews be-
f)re volunteering for submarine
duty.
Public Relations Office at a South
Pacific base:
Lawrence A. DeFrance, serving
with a quartermaster detachment at
a base in the South Pacific, has
been promoted to technician fourth
grade. Prior to induction he was
employed as railway clerk for the
Northern Pacific at Laurel, Mont.
His wife, the former Loretta Segler
of Silesia, Mont, and their year-old
son Larry are now residing at 9O5
East Fourth street, Laurel.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam DeFrance, retired apartment
owners, now living at Laurel. Serv-
ing somewhere in the European
theatre is one brother, Lieut.. j. E.
DeFrance of the army air corps.
Indicted into the army in July
1913, Sergeant DeFrance was sent
to Camp Roberts Calf, for basic
training in the infantry. He de-
parted from the United States in
January 1914, and as been assigned
to his present unit since arriving
His duties as assistant to the
clerk of his unit and N. c. o.
in charge of petroleum are helping
to keep the ever-flowing trail of
supplies moving rapidly to the fight
ing fronts of the South Pacific area.
He attended Laurel high school,
graduating in 1888, and was active
football, basketball and baseball.
At present he is playing on the
command softball team in
he Inter-Island league.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05

commodated in each new perma-
nent abode, accounting for about a
third of Britain's population"
Evening star., 1944-02-20

Impartial laboratories made hundreds of tests Sci.
entists checked their findings with photocIectric
measuring devices and authorize this statement:
Pebsodeuf Pouder brodnees a inst,t on teeth tulct
bright as The are,ageo all otber ieadinc brands
-. brighter Than any nj tbem-bar nouei These
Evening star., 1944-02-20
Nu EAW haNe q new smile !
3 { : o r {

A smile that's marcd hy Clipped or
broken teeth need not he permanent
handicap. Today, modern dentistry can
do much TO make that smile attractive
For, like the movie stars, you can have
clipped OF broken teeth rcoapped Even
crooked, misplaced teeth can he
straichtencd by series Of corrective
treatments Your dentist Will tell you what
needs to he done and how quickly you
can expect results. Yes. its the truth
your dentist can hcIr YOU have sound,
good-looking teeth, hut its up to you to
keep them clean and bright.
Evening star., 1944-02-20
IFS run ko he q Ma/I/1oWe/./ i

W7hovers. the kind that bloom barrack walls the
pin-up girls from back home mighty popular To be
his wahOver-vrite often and good,
Send snapshots of YOURSELF places and things you both
And every SNAPSHOT look natural bright and
cheerful OF Pepsoden Powder will help keep your
smile bright He already knows that because Pcpsodcn
Number One with men in the Service.
Evening star., 1944-02-20
Hu GAN change y0u/ No/ce./

Want to trade fat. nasal voice for round,
mellow one? First, listen to yourself speak.
Hold newspaper in front of your face as
sounding board. If tones are fat and thin, try
lying on your back and breathing from the
lower stomach. For colorlesS, nasal voices re-
cite the alphabet aloud in front of mirror.
allowing mouth and lips to make tones round
and full. And while you're watching your
mouth, you'll see why its so important to use
Pepsodent Powder for brigh and sparkling teeth.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06
KIWANIS HOLD ANNUAL
LADIES' NIGHT AT
COMMUNITY BUILDING

The local Kiwanis Club held its
annual Ladies Night at the COM
munity building last Monday.
w. M. McFall, retiring presi-
dent, acted as POSTMASTER. The
following program was enjoyed
by all present: Vocal solo, Mrs.
James M. Skeen; introduction of
guests; History of the Clintwood
Kiwanis Club, Walter Lee Rush;
vocal duet, Mrs. Edna French
and Mrs. Gaines Sutherland; &c.
Smith performed several feats of
magic for the assembled group.
Mrs. Elmer Poore gave a reading
and the chief speaker of the ev-
ening was the Rev. w. L. Walt
ers. pastor of the First Baptist
Church here. Mrs. Joyce Smith
followed with a piano solo.
James M. Skeen and Elmer
Poore, new president and vice
president. were indicted into Of
flee to bring the meeting to a
close. A. A. Skeen Jr. was elected
to serve again as secretary-treas-
urer. The board of directors con-
sists of w. L. Rush, E. c. Smith,
Mason Kahler, w. NJ. McFall,
Cicero Dobbs, Erdman Counts
and Elmer Poore.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06
Everyone Asked
to Join Paper
Salvage Drive

All persons are urged to gath
er this week all scrap paper and
have it ready when some boy
calls for it next week. Each per-
son is urged to have it tied into
bundles in order that it may be
handled more conveniently.
Under the sponsorship of the
KiWanis Club this scrap paper
campaign is again being renewed
in Clintwood and other points in
the county. The government is
calling for our cooperation. Here
at Clintwood. Future Farmers
of America Chapter of the local
high school will be in charge OF
collecting. the paper from house
to house.
All housewives are urged to
clean their premises of all paper
and have it bundled ready for
delivery when the boys call. If
you cannot be at home leave it
in convenient Mace
E. N. NOLAN Chairman
Dickinson County Salvage
Committee.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06
WRITE 1T EARLY


Correspondents who write the
news of their sections for the
HERALD, and others who con-
tribute news matter or advertis-
ing of any sort, are urged to
write it up the first of the week
so that it will reach us by We'd
nesday noon. We would like to
start earlier in the week in order
to get the paper out on time and
can do this only if your news
reaches us sooner than it has
been doing. Write it early!
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06
HOSPITAL NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Thomson
announce the arrival of girl,
nmeda Rita 10, on Dec. %.
Corp and Mrs. r. K. Meade are
the proud parents of anew boy,
born Dec. 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey Anderson
announce the arrival of a girl,
named Alberta Ann born Dec. 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Anderson
are the happy parents of girl,
born January 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sumner
announce the arrival of girl on
January 4.
Nancy Elizabeth, young daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Corbet Farm
err, is seriously ill.
Linda MARYLAND is in the hos
pital receiving treatment for in
juries received in an automobile
wreck near Norton.
Mrs. Margie Damron who I'M
derwent an operation Monday, is
improving.
Mrs. John Hill was admitted to
the hospital Tuesday.
The following patients were
discharged recently:
Mrs. Robert Howard, Trammel;
Mrs. Pres Fleming, Clintwood;
Allen Cox, Baden; Junior Plaster,
Mill Creek; Poga Fletcher, Ere
mont Mrs. S. o. Hensley, Stein
man; Bonnie Taylor, Tarpon,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06
New County
Officers Begin
Their Work

With the beginning Of the new
year last Saturday an entirely
new set of officers with the ex-
ception of Commonwealth Attor-
ney, entered upon their duties at
the court house here.
Everette B. Stanley succeeded
Wilson E. Counts and became the
county's seventh Clerk. with Lee
Stanley, former Clerk, as his
chief deputy.
Charles P. Mullins succeeded
w. M. McFall as Treasurer with
Wilson E. Counts as office depu-
ty. 1t is assumed that the new
Treasurer will have one or more
field deputies, but as far as we
have heard their names have not
been announced.
Hansel Fleming succeeded him
self as Commonwealth Attorney.
Since he was already in office,
there was little ceremony neces-
sary to start him upon his second
term.
J. H. Anderson succeeded A.A.
(Fox) Fleming as Sheriff, MAX
ing him the first third-term Shet
iff in the history of the county;
he having previously served two
terms. Allowed three full time
deputies he announced the APP
pointment of Fred Yates of Mil
lard, Elva Rose of ClintWood and
Ross Phillips of Trammel. Yates
will be the office deputy at the
court house. Since keeping the
Jail has become a poor paying
proposition. the new Sheriff was
at loss for a time to find man
to fill the place, but finally L. T.
(Tiv) Fleming agreed to take the
- ftul
jailer, with all the equipment
and dignity pertaining thereto.
Avon B. Sykes succeeded A. r.
Singleton as Commissioner of
Revenue, with Truman Fleming,
of Flemingtown, as office depu-
ty.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06
PROPHET SEES END OF
WAR WITH GERMANY ON
EASTER SUNDAY

The newspapers say that Viril
Smith. farmer of Baldwin, Ca,
predicted the exact date for the
end of World War I, now says
that the present war with Ger
many will end Easter Sunday Of
this year.
Smith. it is said, makes his
predictions as the result of
dreams, said before the end of
the first World War that it would
end November II 1918. He even
predicted correctly just how that
war would end and how peace
terms would be arranged.
Smith also made another pre-
diction which came true-that
Italy would be out of the present
war by the middle of October,
1943, and would Immediately go
to war against Germany. He said
that major battles would be
fought on Italian soil. He says
that before the winning battle is
fought the Allies will have gain
ed enough strength to retire Hit
Ter to private life. He says that
Japan will follow in "short ord
err"
He predicts further that this
will end all wars and that the
United States will have the lead
ing voice in arranging the "ever-
lasting peace"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06
New Board
Holds First
Meeting

At the first meeting of the new
board of supervisors. held here
Monday of this week, Hadley FL
wards of the Sand Lick District
was chosen chairman. Other
members on the board include
Alex Rakes, Dwale; Gaines Van
over, iClintwood; Arby G.. Nc
MILAN, Nora; and Floyd Hill of
Darwin. Mr.. Edwards is the only
member of the present board who
has previously served in this ca
pacity.
The selection of a delinquent
tax collector was deferred until
the February meeting. However,
contracts with the two present
collectors. j. C. Smith and c. F.
French were terminated.
Bids for the delivery of coal
to the court house and Jail, and
bids for janitorial service at the
courthouse will be received up
and until the meeting in Febru-
airy. at which time contracts will
be let.
Everette B. Stanley, clerk Of
the circuit court, was designated
as purchasing agent for the board.
An order was entered asking
IS. H. Sutherland local attorney,
to vacate the office he now oc-
cupies in order that this space
might be utilized by some county
official.
The board entered a resolution
signed by four of the members
that no allowance would be made
from county fnuds for the sup
port of the County Farm Agents
office until proper authorities
recommended some other person
as County Agent. The present ag
ent is F. F. Fletcher.
The board approved salaries
for county officers recommended
by the State Compensation board.
The treasurer's salary is $4,000 a
year with the following other al
lowances: bookkeeper, $1,000;
chief deputy, $500, and field dep
!. uty, 5000. The salary Of the com
monwealth attorney is $4,000, and
stenographer at $500. The
commissioner of revenue will
darw an annual salary of $4,000;
chief deputy $500 and field dep
uties $720 The salary of the sher
if was set at $500. one chief
deputy $3.50 and two other dep
uties $1440 each.
Lee Stanley, former clerk, is
serving as deputy clerk under
Everette B. Stanley. Truman
Fleming is deputy commissioner.
The other deputy sheriff appoint
ed was Elva Rose. 1t is under
(See next colunn)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-01-06

stood that he will be stationed at
Clinchco the greater part of the
time.
1t is reported that A. R. Sing
Teton will act as deputy treasurer
here at Clintwood upon his re-
turn from the session of the Gen
eral Assembly. Lee Sutherland
will serve as field deputy at Hay
81.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-03

heaviest rainfall One station reported soo
inches-about rs feet-for one year.
We folks at home have it pretty soft, even
when the thermometer registers a hundred
degrees, or goes even higher, in comparison
with what our men and our allies have to
endure in the monsoon season and for months
before it arrives.
And for the most part our soldiers draw
$50 a month less allotments to their wives,
while thousands of people drawing five to ten
times as much strike for more and in striking
lessen the flow of war tools and supplies to
them and so make their job doubly hard.
Can't somebody do something to awaken
the home front to the hardships our armed
forces encounter on hundred battle fronts?
How about it, Mr.. Roosevelt? Isn't it time
to bear down on labor's leadership and on
indifferent citizens generally, and force ev-
erybody to do his part to end this terrible
war quickly, even with a political campaign
in the offing?
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-03
BY JOHN SELBY
Some useful books

A good many people believe thai
until the whole country is as alive
to the dangers of misusine lano
as are certain educators AMI farm
operators, no stable program OF
conservation can emerge. Edward
H. Graham's Natural Principles
OF Land Use" is book that coulo
do much to help the situation fo1
it is a general discussion of the
way in which a knowledge Of living
things can be used in land man.
agement, and as such it puts the
whole subject of land use and i'm.
provement into satisfactory per.
spective. DR.. Graham ranges from
perch in the farmers pond to the
most general of management prob
lens. Oxford; $500
German Radio Propaganda" is
the production of couple of years
work in the vast archives of BBC's
Daily Digest of Foreign Broad.
casts" by Ernst Kris and Hans
Speier, and some associates.
1t is chiefly concerned with the
home propaganda of the Germans:
with the effort of the authorities 70
attain credibility in home eyes, the
pictures Of German and foreign
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-03
Put Them In Uniform

Decision by st. Louis draft boards to place
some Of that city's striking street car and
bus crews in Class Ia. for induction into the
armed forces represents long-awaited stem
In a desirable direction.
II the boards were to put all men within
the proper age group and physically fit, who
participated in tying up St. Louis TRANSPORTS
ton system. into uniform it would but do
its obvious duty, and the act itself would
probably deter other workers from followin O
the dictates of union agitators whose sole
purpose seems to be to interfere with the
orderly processes of business and industry hv
ordering strikes in these parlous and perilous
times of war.
If this step were taken, st. Louis transporta
ton for time obviously could not operate
on customary schedules, but the employee:
whose deferment would be cancelled would
learn that war is not to be triffled with ano
their labor leaders have reason to know thai
whatever their political influence may be ane
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-03
The Literary Guidepost

personalities forced upon the Ger.
man nation and the war in which
the war reported to them
especially the way Dr.. Gobbles has
tried to trick his home listeners
when it began to be necessary &c
explain away such things as the de-
feat in North Africa, in Russia, and
elsewhere. These German broad.
casts are in audible in America
and 50 far as I know, there was
not a detailed discussion of them
available to the general reader
until Messrs. Kris and Speie- pro.
vided this one. (Oxford; 49,
Some time back Prof. w. Cabel,
Greet worked out for the Columbia
Broadcasting System a pronounc.
ing dictionary Of words in the news
that very quickly seeped out Of
the Madison avenue bastion OF
CHS and just as quickly demand
ed enlargement. Professor Breet
calls his first book War Words, -
and his new one World Words, "
which indicates its increased
scope. There are about three
tunes as many entries in the new
book. each is pronounced two wyas
las Webster would write the pro-
nunclation. and phonetically) and
general language rules are provid.
ed columbia; 49,.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-03
Hull For Little Nations

Secretary of State Cordell Hulps statement
concerning the postwar status OF little peoples
impresses one on first reading as cautious
avoidance of definite policy. It is this gov
ernment's purpose ito encourage all nation:
to aspire to liberty" This sounds like a ia
Their encouraging his son to "aspire" to be
good when he grows up but doing nothing te
help him fulfill the aspiration.
But Mr. Hull, despite his careful use Of the
language of diplomacy, could not let his view
perish in ambiguity. AS his statement was in
tended for the public he explained it in a
manner the public, unaccustomed to diplo-
matte detours and bypasses, could understand
He cited this nations course when South
American peoples threw off the yoke Of Spain
We recognized them fright and left" It was
the same with Greece and particularly with
the Philippines.
''That has been our consistent record he
added, a record OF championship of liberty
for everybody, encouraging them in all
places Then he proceeded to reassure small
nations, such as Holland, Belgium and Poland,
that the United States proposes to use its full
influence to see that they are treated equally
with the great powers on matters Of common
concern.
This we think, places Mr.. Hull squarely on
record in favor Of self-determination for all
peoples-a policy we endorse and most hearth
1y favor as the one route to ultimate world
peace and security, and the one way to do
away with the exploitation Of the weak by
the strong.
At the same time, it is to be noted that
Mr.. Hull refers to Holland. Belgium and Po-
land themselves, but makes no reference to
colonies and colonial populations, particularly
those dominated and exploited in the past by
the Netherlands and Belgium. If Belgium and
Holland are to get square deal in postwar
settlements and world policies is it not fair
to think that the United States should try as
hard to get square deal for their colonies
which in the past have known little of liberty
and less of self-determination?
With our consistent record of "champion-
ship of liberty for everybody we have no
choice but to demand that colonals be at
forded opportunity after the war to determine
for themselves the government they will live
under and support.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-03
Monsoon and Politics

AS it has come to affect war in the Orient,
the outside world is gathering information on
the monsoon-M-day as it is designated in
this alpha era. Since the capture by
the japanese Of Burma we have known only
too well, and with distress at present, that
when M-day arrives, fighting ceases. No ma
jor campaigns may be conducted while the
monsoon continues. Advantages gained by the
Allies recently in northeast India and norh-
ern Burma cannot be extended while the rains
last. Certainly Allied operations in the Mani
pur valley and along the Ledo road will be
slowed up if not actually stopped.
1t is not only that the face of the earth is
changed by monsoon downpours, and streamf
overflow their banks, washing out bridges az
they surge toward the sea. What is even hard
er to contend with is the fact that excessive
moisture attacks materials and eu,,ipnent
Hust, rot and nldew take over where man
mas TO stop. Mosquitoes thrive. Leeches in
Test foliage along jungle paths. Malaria be-
comes greater menace. A world turned TO
water keeps planes grounded and immobilzes
heavy weapons.
The period of monsoon preparation is rather
extensive and unmistakable Northern India
ana upper Burma swelter though April and
May. The sun has moved deep into the north
ern hemisphere. Day temperatures approach
l00 degrees Skies are almost cloudless. A
gray pail of dust hangs over the land. Rain
IS rare. The air is sticky and oppressive ex-
cept when churned by an occasional squat.
AS land temperatures rise, atmospheric pres
sures fall. definite low pressure area is
formed, usually by the first of April Sea air
IS pulled inland, gains Roadway as the season
advances The monsoon is gathering its
strength offshore
About the middle Of June the monsoon
bursts in full force, rushes over the sea
at a furious pace, and nits the coasts of India
and Burma to the accompaniment Of thunder
lightning, and rain. The water-freghted wind
is iunneled northward by coastal ranges of
the two countries, twisting to the west as it
reaches the head of the Bay of Bengal
Barriers to inland progress cause the warm,
moist air to rise. In this ascent it is cooled
and relieved Of its water content Rain gauges
record torrential downpours The monsoon
makes June, July, August and September the
wettest months of the year. The area at the
juncture of India's Khasi hills and Burma S
! Arakan ranges is credited with the world
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-03
DR.. Hastings
Guest Speaker

DR.. j. Warren Hastings of Ma
tional City Christian church, Wash.
ington, D. c., will preach at Fist
Christian church, Thru and Ann
Streets, tomorrow morning at II
O clock.
This will be the first of the Sc.
ries Of special services by the
church with DR.. Hastings as guest
speaker. The series will continue
with DR.. Hastings preaching. Sun
day evening and each evening
through Friday, June 9, at 6
o'clock.
DR.. Hastings is recognized as
one of the outstanding ministers
in America, having preached fo7
First Christian church, Hopewell,
Va, First Christian church,
Savannah, Ga, and University
Christian church, Seattle, Washing
ton. He has been at National City
church since August 1912. In 1925
he received his Doctor of Philoso-
ply degree at the University OF
Edinburgh in Scotland and during
his stay at the university he serv-
ed as pastor at Pleasance Chapel,
Scotland.
Cpl. Hilton c. Kessler of Camp
Davis will sing the Lords Prayer
by Molette at the II o'clock Sery-
ice tomorrow.