davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-08-20

returned veterans is the National Cath
olic Community Center, which operates
more than 500 clubs throughout the
country, several of which are located In
the District.
I'VE have initiated informal discus
sions among the girls on this subject"
Daniel Culhane, program director of the
service, declared, "and have found them
intelligent, responsible and stable in
their approach to the total subject.
They Are the Same Boys
I'VE believe" he continued, that in
this overall training course that is es-
sential for volunteers working with dis
abled servicemen, particular emphasis
should be given to the fact that al
Evening star., 1944-08-20
What Was It All About?

Mrs. Wallace did have nephew with
q brain tumor about whom she was
very concerned. She had given little
talk to a club about her dolls. She
had three new dolls, but they were
not Irish dolls. She did not know a
Sonora de Molinau. She knew no Mr.
Evening star., 1944-08-20

pared with l3,20O miles from Miami to
Moscow via the Persian Gulf. The
saving offered In time, fuel, number of
ferry pilots required and wear and tear
on engines was obvious.
Agreement With Moscow.
A proposal to deliver planes over the
new route was put up to Moscow. The
negotiations which followed included
an American offer to fly the planes
well into Siberia. When an agreement
was reached, Col. Alva j. Harvey. one
Of the ATC's leading round-the-world
pilots, took of for Moscow two years
ago to work out details.
A few weeks later a camouhaged Rus
sian transport and an American
BIS. both bearing the Red Star of
Russia, crossed from Siberia and landed
Evening star., 1944-08-20
USO Goes AllOut in Program for Wounded Veterans

promotion. But now he couldn't go back
there that was out for good too.
One Place Would Be the Same
1t wasn't the same at home any
more, either. The folks had changed.
Maybe they really hadn't changed at all.
Yes, that was it-he was the only one
who had changed. He just didn't fit in
any place-except maybe one place.
Just few more steps and-that one
place where people weren't feeling sorry
for him-the USO Club. He could hear
even now the free laughter of the fell
lows there and the jazz music from the
old, tired-out piano-yep, Shorty Phillips
was there again today.
Walking into the club, Jerry looked
just like the other soldiers sitting at the
card tables, reading magazines and
gathering around the piano going full
blast-except that he carried cane,
very special sort of cane.
Working his way from table to table,
slowly, but with confidence-he knew
every corner of the clubroom-he made
his way to the canteen and asked for a
cup of coffee. He had done the same
thing every day for the past two weeks,
but each time he asked hesitantly, as If
he were afraid of what might happen.
Here's your coffee soldier" the host
ess exclaimed, setting the cup down in
front of him.
Jerry smiled-the momentary tension
was gone. No, she hadn't tried to put
the cup in his hand He was just like
anybody else-and it didn't matter so
much that he was blind.
Battle.Scarred Veterans
Jerry is just one of thousands of
American boys who today are facing
the problem OF returning battle SCARED
to civilian life. With the invasion of
Nazi Europe and the Pacific offensive
that has carried the war to within
striking distance of the japanese main
land, the problem of these war casual
ties has gained such momentum that it
has become one of the major factors
in postwar planning.
USO organizations throughout the
country are going all-out for program
to help in the reconditioning of war
veterans to their prewar attitudes. The
program is based on common sense"
pattern, advocated by psychology ex-
perts, to build up self confidence in the
returned servicemen and to absorb them
in the regular pattern of community
life.
Instructions to Hostesses
Much of the instruction of young host
esses participating in the program, on
what to say and what not to say to the
wounded veterans is based on the "Psy-
Geological Approach to War Casualties"
an article by Maj. Walter e. Barton of
the Surgeon Generals ONCE
One of the many member USO organi-
xations making extensive plans and
study to cope with the problem Of the
Evening star., 1944-08-20

time between Great Falls and Nome is
now about II hours. Construction of
the route was speeded when the Japs
struck at Pearl Harbor, and again when
they hit Dutch Harbor in June, 1912.
Military Supplies.
BY this time. however, the route was
far enough along to permit the now
OF important military supplies in addi-
ton to fighters and bombers
At the same time planes for Russian
flyers were being shipped by boat.
especially much-needed fighters. Long
er range types were being flown by
the long South Atlantic route across
Africa and the Middle East to Persian
Gulf points
Yet the distance from Great Falls to
Moscow was only 1900 miles, as COM
Evening star., 1944-08-20

though the men may be disabled, they
are essentially the same boys with whom
we dealt in boot camp or basic training;
that the circumstances of their lives
have changed and that they have much
wider range of experience, but that
fundamentally their personalities have
not changed
Mr.. Culhane, who has spent 20 years
directing youth activities, firmly be-
lieves that the returned wounded SOL
dier should not be coddled.
THE boys don't want sympathy or
coddling,' he asserted. They want to
be treated in the same way they were
treated before their injuries were sus-
tanned"
Building Self-Reliance
The principal objectives of the pro-
gram, the national director explained,
are to build up confidence and self-re-
lance in preparation for the normal
return to civilian life. adding that it
must be remembered that "a lot Of good
Evening star., 1944-08-20

-Ofhcial U. s. Army Air Force Photo.
at Fairbanks with the first Russian
military mission to Alaska.
Gen. Gaffney, then in command OF
Ladd Field, had gone north in 1910 to
found Che AAF Cold Weather Test
Detachment. Lessons learned by this
unit, and their colleagues back at
Wright Field, Ohio. helped to keep
lease-lend planes on the wing winter
and summer.
The winter oA1s42-s was one of the
coldest ever experienced in Alaska. At
some bush" bases American airmen
and ground crews lived in tents with
the temperature down to 10 below.
When even their shaving lotion froze
they quit shaving. but they kept right
on working-and the planes went
through.
Evening star., 1944-08-20
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington. D. c.
SUNDAY AUGUST 20. 1914.
Warplanes Blaze Alaskan
Air Route to Russia

Asia or the rich East Indies Long hops
over the Pacific would be avoided.
Winter conditions are no more dificult,
pilots say, than those on the Chicago
to Seattle route, flown the year round
on regular night and day schedules.
The route to Alaska was recommend
ed by q joint United States and Cana
dian Defense Commission a far back
as November, 1910.
The Canadians began to build fields
from Edmonton, present headquarters
of the ATC wing, northward toward
Alaska, with Whitehorse, Yukon Ter
ritory, as major base between Ed
monton and Fairbanks. Transport
Evening star., 1944-08-20
= = " q = Z
to Russia.

and with the ferry pilots who deliver
the Kingcobras, along with A-20 attack
bombers, hard-hitting B-25s and re-
liable two-engined transports.
The Joes from across the Bering Sea
and the Yankees talk the same Ian
guage-sign language. that is. Every
body understood when big Soviet ace
claSped the nose of a new Kingcobra
in his arms and began to stroke the
projecting 37-mm. cannon. When he
spoke few endearments, the inter-
prefer scarcely had to translate:
"Nize baby he says. Plenty hot
baby-the Hitlerites will love you, no?
We have plenty Of girls back home.
but not enough nize babies like you.
We will get along good together" ;"
Another pilot fresh from the front
Rave a Cobra such an exuberant burst
of throttle on the take-off that an
American serviceman said to the in
terpreter: Tell him the engine won't
last long with all that throttle
He says the interpreter replied,
me may IlOL ldSJ lOIlS elIllc1.
Ferryins Planes to Russia.
Since September of 1912 the Air
Transport Command of the AAF has
delivered nearly 5000 fighters, bombers
and transports to the Russians in
Alaska The work Of the Alaskan Wing,
under command of Brig. Gen. Dale v.
Gaffney, is almost unknown to the
general public because of military Sc
curity restrictions
New planes moving out of factories
from Buffalo, N. Y. to California have
been fed into Great Falls Mont, and
ferried north to Ladd Field at Fair
banks. There they are checked over
and accepted by the Russians who fly
them to Nome, across the Bering Sea
and down through Siberia to the Russo
German front.
When the Russians last spring were
preparing great offensive timed with
Allied landings across the Channel, a
total of more than 800 fully equipped
fighting planes were delivered 10 them
In Alaska in the month of April alone.
Records of American Planes.
What the Russians are doing with the
fighters, for example, is demonstrated
by the fact that the top Allied war ace,
1t. Col. Alexandra Pokryshkin, won 48
of his SO victories in American-made
planes. Ten of the Soviets top Aira-
cobra pilots have shot down a total
of 294 enemy planes. Col Pokryshkin,
twice hero of the Soviet Union, wears
Distinguished Flying Cross awarded
him by President Roosevelt.
At Ladd Field and the ATC base at
Nome, the men of the two services eat
in the same messes, frequent the same
post exchanges, attend the same movies,
and even receive treatment in the same
hospital wards. Meanwhile, they strive
with more or less success to learn each
others language.
On Red Army Day, February %, the
Russians entertain, and on American
Army Day, April 6, the Americans re-
ciprocate (but not with vodka. Some
Russians on duty at Ladd Field have
brought wives and children. Officers'
wives often serve their husbands as
secretaries. The Russians also have
number of women interpreters at Fair
banks
With Russian cooperation, experts
say, land routes could branch out
through Siberia to many sections OF
Evening star., 1944-08-20
BY w. H. Shipper, Jr.,
Aviation Editor, The Star.

Thousands Of fighters and bombers
now flying to Russia through Alaska
are blazing an important air route for
future commerce
This military pipe line" which has
been developed in secret for almost two
years, may help to win the peace as
well as the war by opening our land
bridge to Asia to profitable two-way
nafdc.
At busy terminals in Alaska, Joe
Stains boys are getting. acquainted
with Yankee engineers and technicians,
Evening star., 1944-08-20
The Wars No. / Woman Spy
BY George Kennedy


With q cheerful whistle and lopsided
stride the postman went from door to
door under the naples along High street
in Springfield, Ohio. 1t was June, 1912.
Tobruk had surrendered and the suez
was threatened It looked as II the
Germans and Japs might succeed in
joining forces in their war on the
English-speaking world. 1t was six
months after Pearl Harbor but despite
an occasional service nag with star
in = window. the war seemed very far
away.
Your letter to Argentina came back"
the carrier said to Mrs. Mary E. Wal
lace, who lives at No. 1908. He handed
her long envelope.
Mrs. Wallace was puzzled She had
written no letter to South America.
She examined the envelope. It had been
airmailed from New York on March l.
1t had been addressed to Inez Lopez de
Molinali, 1868 O'Higgins, Buenos Aires,
Argentina. This had been crossed of
and the envelope was stamped Return
to Writer" In the upper left-hand cor
ner was her own name and address.
She Was Mystifed
When she opened the envelope and
read the letter, Mrs. Wallace was
thoroughly mpStified. The letter with
in, typewriter, with occasional mis-
spellings, was signed with her name-a
forged signature, but one with striking
resemblance to her own. It read:
you probably ,Donder what has be-
come of me as / haven't Dritten you for
so long. We haze had a pretty bad
month or so. My little nephew, the
one adore so, has malignant tomor
on the brain and isn't expected to lue
so 10e are all so crushed ,De don't know
tDhat t0e are doing.
"They are giDing him erray on the
head and they hope to check it but
give US absolutely no hope in a CON-
plete cure and maybe not any relief.
/ am completely crushed.
you asked me to tell you about my
collection. A month ago had to oipe
talk to an art club, 50 I talked about
my dolls and tgurtnes. The only new
dolls hare are three lovely Irish dolls.
One OF these three dolls is an old Fisher
men ,0ith Net oper his back. Another
is an old ,Domdn tDith wood on her back
and the third is little boy.
"Eueryone seemed to enjoy my talk
can only think OF our sick boy these
days.
you wrote me that you had sent
letter to Mr.. Shdw. Well, Dant to
see Mr.. Shaw. He destroyed your let
ter. You knotD he has been ill., His
car ,Das damaged but is being repaired
now. saw tetp of his family about
They all say Mr.. ShaU will be back to
work soon.
Il do hope my letter Is not too sad.
There is not much / can ,orite about
these days.
Il came on this short trip for mother
for business before try to make out
her income report. That is also why
am learning to type.
"Eueryone seems busy these days.
The streets are tuu OF people.
"Remember me to your family. Sorry
haven't ,Uritten you for so long,"
And postscript: mother ,Udnted
me to 90 to Loupille. but due to our
worry the LouviIle plan put out our
minds now"
What Was It All About?
Mrs. Wallace did have nephew with
. brain tumor about whom she was
very concerned. She had given a little
talk to q club about her dolls. She
had three new dolls, but they were
not Irish dolls She did not know a
Sonora de Molinau She knew no Mr..
Evening star., 1944-08-20

fdirect bus route to Camp Ord. one of
the reconditioning extensions of Walter
Reed General Hospital.
There ambulatory patients from the
camp are frequent visitors. However,
In collaboration with the Red Cross and
hospital authorities, the club also goes
to the hospital, arranging socials and
informal programs for the patients
there.
War Talk Is Avoided
Selected for their emotional stability.
the junior hostesses participating in
these programs are instructed person.
ally on their duties and responsibilities
to wounded servicemen. They avoid
war talk and conversation dealing with
the mems disabilities. When the pa
tients turn to war conversation, the
hostesses have been instructed to tact
fully swing it back to light chatter.
Recently this service club staged
tsee UsO PROGRAM. Page C-so
Evening star., 1944-08-20
Studied japanese

clerk III CIe brokerage mouse, suffered q
breakdown of health in 1887 from which
he never completely recovered.
What made her become a Japanese
spy? One FBI man who questioned her
advanced the idea that she was an
introvert, embittered by life, the -frus-
tration OF childlessness-impressed by
her experience with the importance Of
having money.
Perhaps it was egotism. The Japa-
nese made something of this college
graduate who was only a low-paid
clerical worker until she began handling
their accounts. She was entertained on
Japanese warships when they made
courtesy calls in San Francisco Bay
d A Japanese spy who arrived here in
1887 had her name in book he brought
from Japan. That was a period of
financial difficulty for her, mostly due
to her husbands illness. Her member
ship lapsed in the Japanese-American
Society through nonpayment Of dues.
She was reinstated later and the dues
thereafter paid by the Japanese consul.
She decided to move to New York.
She appealed to friend in Kalamazoo
and obtained loan Of 500 to help tide
her over. In New York she opened her
doll shop.
She had All artistic flair that made
her dolls outstanding. In few years
she had moved from the little apart
ment IN which she started to q street.
floor shop in upper Madison avenue
with living quarters above it. Her hus-
band wrapped packages in the estab-
lishment. He died early this year.
Finally the FBI descended on her one
(see WOMAN SPY, Page C-sJ
Evening star., 1944-08-20

Russians as oeu as Americans for the hite bro,o
med Gatne Jacket designed by Brig Gen. Dale v Ganey
commanding general of A. T. Cs Alaskan Wig he 10ds
organizing the Cold Weather Test Detachment Ldd Field
Fairbanks long before Pearl Harbor From # It. Sren and
It. Karpou OF the Red Air Force and Sergt Hononcuc of
Jersey. Alaskan Wing Interpreter.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24

Colorado, to Amarillo, Texas. He
will leave Monday after a 10 day
visit with his wife and family.
DAVID w. HALL, JR., F 2/C,
left Wednesday to report for duty
at San Diego after spending ten
days leave with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. D. w. Hall and family.
1T. CHARLES MOODY has re-
Gently been made squadron COM
mander at Williams Field, accord
ing to word received here Tuesday.
He won his wings at Mather Field,
California, in May, 1912, and was
promoted to first lieutenant in Feb
ruary, 1943. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. C. J. Moody.
ROBERT MOORE, RIM SIC, in a
letter from California informs us
that he Is now stationed at a e.
S. coast guard air station in San
Diego, where he is looking forward
to receiving his home town paper.
He is a native Arizonian, having
been born in Phoenix in 1924. His
brother, 1t. J. D. Moore is serving
overseas. Moore's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. o. Moore, are residents of
Valley Farms.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
Marcella Clemans Is
WAVE Volunteer;
Brother In Service

Volunteers accepted for enlistment
last week in the U. S. navy Waves
included Marcella Mills Clemans,
daughter of Mrs. Mabel H. Mills
of Coolidge.
A Coolidge resident for the past
three years, WAVE Clemans will
be transferred in the next few
weeks to Hunter College at New
York City for basic training and
naval indoctrination, followed by
direct assignment to duty or by
possible selection for advanced
training at one of the 16 WAVE
speciality schools which train wo-
men for such navy jobs as yoemen
radio operators, Link trainer oper-
ators. aviation control tower oper-
ators, storekeepers and many other
specialties.
AS a member of the Naval Wo-
mems Reserve, WAVE Clemans,
when she goes on active service,
will not only perform an essential
Navy job in her own right but will
make it possible for a Navy man
to leave a shore assignment and
join the fighting fleet at sea.
WAVE Clemans has a brother
Harold Kline, who is a flight Off
Ger in the U. S. army air corps.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24

wrong address and by sending us
changes and new addresses. Those
received this week are as follows
CPL. ROBERT TANG, APO 63S,
| POSTMASTER, New York.
PFC. DAVID STONEHOCKER,
, Hq. Co. 1st Bn. 9th Marines, F M
F. 5th M. M. Camp Pendleton
Oceanside, California.
SGT. PHILLIP N. Bates, 4th ALB.
Eqdn. A. c. Section, Selfridge Field
Michigan
PVT. ALVIN 3. SKRLA, ASH
39S64573, Btry. D, SIND Bn. Bks. SO6,
San Diego, IA, California.
PVT. HOMER r. WATSON,
77Oth TSS. Bks. 52S. Buckley Field
Colorado.
PVT. HEREL II. BICKFoRD,
APO 433, New York, N. Y.
S/sGT. THOMAS 3. SMITH,
% Postmaster, New York.
LT- CHARLES A. WALLACE,
APO 1926, % Postmaster, New
York.
SGT. DELBERT r. WoFFoHD,
APO 2, % Postmaster, New York.
AIS JOE SHERRlLL is Eere on
transfer leave from Buckley Field,
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24

he says. Sgt. Wallace has been
overseas for nine months.
S/SGT. THOMAS 3. SMITH,
has been sent overseas, according
to word received this week by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Boyd
Smith.
CPL. RAYMOND DAVIS writes
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J.
Davis, after a long silence, "I be-
lieve every boy over here will ap-
preciate the good old U. S. A. if
he ever gets back-and the people
at home would appreciate it, too,
if they could see what goes on
everywhere here. | know they are
doing everything they possibly can
for us, and are having hard time
but tEey are living in paradise,
and don't know it &. Every time
we go to eat the people are here
with buckets and pans waiting for
the scraps. l always give them
half my meal because | can't stand
to pass them by. All we are taught
is to kill, but the rest of the boys
and l are not so cold blooded that
We can pass anyone up who is hun
CRY and needs medical care, Every
where I've been they are all alike
and I've been quite few places.
The farther you go, the worse it
gets pray to the Lord l will
see all of you soon"
1T. JAMES D. GARRETT has ar
rived safely overseas. according to
word received Thursday by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Garrett.
so THAT OUR READERS may
follow the progress of Coolidge ser
vicemen as they are transferred
from place to place, we plan or
printing new addresses and changes
as they come to us each week. Yor
can help us keep up with our mer
by correcting us when we run the
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
Service Mems
Notes

1T. CHARLES A. WALLACE
slated for overseas duty, wrote his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Wal
lace, this week, 81 wanted to come
to see you before l left, but it was
impossible. You will hear from
me when | get across-don't worry,
folks" The Wallaces also received
their first word IL three months
from another son, Pfc. Dan Wallace
telling them that he is still all right
but hopes this war will come to an
end soon. A letter from their son,
Sgt Raymond, also overseas, told
them he might be home before the
year Is over. The only recreation
where he is stationed is swimming
and an occasional game Of softball,
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
When You Run
That Classified :

Be specific-Give your name,
address, describe what it is
you are advertising, give the
price. and any other details
that are necessary.
Remember
The more you tell in a want
ad-the better you describe
the thing you are advertising
the easier you make it for the
other fellow to contact you
the quicker you'll get results.
Write your ad as you, your
self, would want to see it if you
were answering. Tell as COM
plete a story as you can-and
we'll guarantee you'll get re-
sultsi
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
EVERY WEEK BRINGS

new crop of absurd stories and
rumors about what the incorpora-
ton of Coolidge will do to those
folks who live in low priced homes.
Latest among these is that homes
valued at but few hundred dollars
will be torn down. While it is diff
ficult to imagine tie credulity of
those who would believe such yarns
it is almost too incredible that any
one would seek to influence the de-
cision of any small property owner
with such an inane statement.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF CAR FOR
STORAGE AND REPAIRS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the certain 1885 Pontiac sedan, mo-
tor number 6-22S65, Arizona license
nmber 15-B-12S, 1912, will be sold
to highest bidder for cash at pub
lie auction at my place of business,
the 18th day of April, 1914, at TIE
hour of 10 a. M, for storage and re-
pair charges amounting to $1,000.
This sale is made in accordance
with and pursuant to section 2044
revised code of Arizona to recover
storage charges.
j. A. Rodden,
Eloy, Arizona
First publication, March "a, 1914
Last publication, March 81, 1914
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF CAR FOR
STORAGE AND REPAIRS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that
the certain 1880 Ford Tudor sedan,
engine number 3100-149, Texas Ii
cense number 136-91S, 1912, will be
sold to highest bidder for cash at
public auction at my place of bust
ness, the 12tE day of April, 1914, at
the hour of 10 a. m. for storage and
repair charges amounting to $42.50
This sale is made in accordance
with and pursuant to section 2044
revised code of Arizona to recover
storage charges.
J. A. RODDEN.
Eloy, Arizona
First publication, March "a, 1914
Last publication, March 81, 1914
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-03-24
PINAL COUNTY

will elect a new state senator this
year since Lloyd Canfil of Superior
has announced he is soon to enter
the United States navy and will
not seek reelection. 1t is expected
Charles Goff of Casa Grande will
seek to step up from his present
berth in the lower house of the
state legislature to the senate and
an announcement of a prominent
Coolidge man as candidate for the
lower house may be expected next
week.