davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
DINNER ARRANGED
BY TRAFFIC CLUBS
Cancel All Local Banquets
to Make Victory Event
Outstanding Success

New Haven, April THE Traffic
clubs Of Bridgeport, Hartford New
Britain, Waterbury and New Haven
are joining together in sponsoring
transportation victroy dinner in the
Hotel Taft here Wednesday evening,
Joint affair, each of the clubs is
April 10Th. I norder to stage this
foregoing its own individual annual
banquet.
The keynote of the dinner will be
Wartime Transportation and Post
War Planning" These two topics
'z1l BE- developed by the speakers
VINO have been recruited from the
armed forces, federal, state and
The principal address of the eve
municipal governmental agencies.
ming will be made by Governor Ray
mond E. Baldwin, who will be pre-
Sented by Edward Ingraham of Bris-
toll. POSTMASTER for the dinner.
Other speakers include: A. C. Full
Ter, Of Hartford, president of the
Connecticut Manufacturers associa-
ton; Frank H Lee ,Jr., of Danbury,
president of the Connecticut Cham
Der Of Commerce; John w. Murphy,
mayor Of New Haven; Oliver V.
Ober, president of the New Haven
Chamber of Commerce; Colonel
Robert Anderson, port traffic officer
fthe First Service Command, U.
S "A; Lieut.. Commander j. r. Ben
nett, transportation officer, First
Nacal District, U. S. N.
An attendance of 45O from indus
try, various government services
and transportation companies Is ex-
pected.
Reservations may be made through
George D. Avery, secretary treasurer
of the Traffic Clubs of Connecticut,
at the New Haven Chamber of Com
merce. j. Frank Doolan of New Ha-
ven Is general chairman of the
committee arranging this dinner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
ARMY DRIVERS
PLAYED HEROIC
ROLE IN ALASKA

Fort Richardson, Alaska - (U.P)
---Slicing through snowbanks and
aedging by perilous precipiceS, Army
truck drivers, battling the Axis
from behind the wheel of two and
one-half ton trucks, played tough,
important part in re-establishing
the Yanks in Alaska.
They rarely were mentioned in
news dispatches Of the battles OF
..Attu and Kiska. Yet they f1irted
with death, and grimly fought the
elements as staunchily as any front
line fighter.
Drivers in one quartemaster
truck company, now stationed in
comparative comfort at Fort Rich
ardson in Anchorage. Often long
for the good old days of hauling
Army supplies over the perilous
Richardson trail between Gulkana
and Valdez.
That was the ticket, they remi-
nisce, when every trip was fight
against time - before the Japs
launched a real invasion or win
ter storms blocked the roads.
It was after Jap bombs shat
tered the quiet Of Dutch Harbor
that Army truck drivers entered
the fight. Their task was to convoy
ammunition and supplies to the
bases over the thorn of AlaSka'S
highway system - the Richardson
highway.
$500 Feet In 4 Miles
The Richardson highway, long
nf iYf
Alaskan roads, curdled any husky
CTS blood. 1t climbs the Chugach
Range, soaring 1890 feet in four
miles at one breath-taking point
Here 20 to 30-foot snowdrifts block
winter roads. In one canyon the
road is carved in a perpendicular
rock wall. A crumbling shoulder
could send a truck plunging over
the precipice.
One soldier, sent over the trek
as q mere passenger, staggered out
of the truck at Gulkana and firmly
refused to return to his station at
Valdez. He was stationed at Gull
kama.
The Yanks kept on the job, driv-
ing night and day through dense
fogs and heavy snow. instrument
flying" they called it, Drivers often
patiently chopped ruts in the gla-
ciating ice-covered highway to keep
their trucks from careening of the
road.
Road Closed to Civilians
Civil authorities at Valdez COM
planned bitterly when mud-splat-
tered convoy of IS Army trucks
rolled In from Gulkana over the
Richardson highway. They had for
hidden travel as the road was
washed out. Now they were en-
barrassade by inquiries from people
who had noticed the arrival of the
Army trucks. What's more, the
CTS were loading up calmly for a
return trip.
Lieutenant Allen S. Gilkbarg Of
Salinas, Cal, in charge of the con-
voy, told how the truck drivers had
coaxed their 2 IL tonners through
the woods, forded small stream
and bounced back to the highway
after skirting the Washout.
By hook and crook, the supplies
went through and the Yanks once
again held top hand in Alaska. But
trucks were battered from the Or
deay. Company mechanics, under
Sergeant Paul G. Boaka, Lincoln,
Neb, and Sergeant Wilfred j. 1rber,
Minneapolis, Mimi, made the most
of what they had and improvised
replacement parts. Fuel oil stiffened
like butter on many trips, and lub-
ricants in truck motars froze solid
The outfit now does post duty
t Fort Richardson. An easier job,
say The drivers, but not quite os
lively as their Richardson trail
days. when they had few inspec-
tons and no MP regulations to
WORRY them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
COPS LEARN PUBLIC
SPEAKING

Los Angeles - CU.PD-RecogniZ-
ing several varieties of bravery, the
Los Angeles police department has
established class for officers faced
with public-speaking assignments.
Dr.. Harrison M. Karr, assistant
professor Of public speaking at
U. G. L. A., and instructor of the
class, revealed that many brave po-
licemen enrolled tremble with stage
fright when faced with an audi
ence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07
HARD TO sURPAss

The Oldest angling mark on rec
ord dates back to 1855 when a yell
low perch Weighing pounds 3 IL
ounces was caught in a lake near
Bordentown, N. ].
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07

BOYS 3-PC. ETON SUITS
Jackets in herringbone,
tweeds, navy, and brown
shades, button on shirts
and solid pants. Sizes 3 to
8.
$4.98
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-07

You couldn't make better choice +,
Easter! He's bound to like the ke'
looking fine wool fabrics, herringbol
diagonal tweeds and plaids. Smart sill
gle breasted models. Sizes to IL al
10 to 16.
Evening star., 1944-11-26

l get to Hollywood and it has been nine
years since I've seen the town and it has
changed Old Hollywood Boulevard amt
what it used to be, Joe. and everybody is
hepped up about the Million Dollar Strip,
which is hunk of Wiltshire Boulevard that
stretches for blocks and blocks. -"
Joe scowls. What was with you and Lana
Tuner"
Joe will not be put off. Joe is like great
river, relentless, curiously seeking, driving
and pressing. Stay away from my door, Joe,
for cannot tell you all you want to know
about Lana Turner. Neither can her dearest
friend, her mother, nor those she has proudly
befriended. Only she can tell you that.
"All can tell you, Joe, is that spent a few
hours with her, and we did not talk about
Evening star., 1944-11-26

Joe, if could tell you, could tell all
the people who will maybe read this plea for
tolerance and understanding and love-"
"Sher, like you. You're nuts. Is she
stacked up?"
"Joe, she's stacked"
Joe sighs. He draws deeply on his ciga-
rette "And how does she look?"
She's looking just wonderful, Joe. Her
eyes are sort of living g-blue. She was wear
ing her hair in pigtails that lovely, shining,
blonde hair, and it was sort of all piled up
in front. A face, Joe, face to launch thou
sand amphibious tractors"
Joe grins. It's tired, silly, wonderful
grin. Brother, you've been eating goof balls
I'll bet you didn't even see her."
'I saw her. III tell you how it happened.
Evening star., 1944-11-26

ANYTHING important But like the way she
laughs and holds her head like the way she
makes you feel comfortable and the gayness
of her. like the way she said, - this old,
dull. fat brain of mine, and laughed. like
the way her face changes, never holding still;
her lack of pretensions: her restlessness.
think she is young and rich and famous and
confused and. somehow, still good.
Joe, l can tell you everybody on the set
likes her. The publicity people hammer away
at that - and it seems to be true
Joe likes that Yeah? You mean she's
regular guy?" he says.
Il don't know as would write that Lara
Turner is regular guy. It's corny. Would
YOU be interested in knowing that she likes
milk shakes. chill, cheese sandwiches elabo-
rate negligees, swimming, candy in bed. all
of Duke Elington's records sleep and people?
: That she can't cook, save money, sew or
play golf? These are some of the things she
told me and we laughed about all Of them,
because the questions were silly and the
answers silly. all except about Ellington.
You don't kid about Ellington"
ice wants All
JOE is not satisfied What else did you talk
about3"
did neglect to mention that her favor
lite song is Embraceable You? That when
record called I'll Walk Alone was being
played by girl outside of her dressing room.
she said, That's my theme song. now? Then,
we talked about her baby. Cheryl Christina
Crane, whom she naturally loves very much
and likes to talk about She said. That's the
only part of my life like She spends half
hour with the baby in the morning and half
hour at night and. sometimes one whole day
a week, because that is the way it has to be
when you are in the motion pictures, joe"
Joe il now the cage, speaking out Of
deep and bitter wisdom. ''Uh-huh," !" he
says, 'people like her lead a dogs life."
A dog s life? A girl who by trick of chance
was foated into a world of fantasy and
beauty, riches and gayety; who has met the
great and fabulously famous of the world -
the President, scientists, authors actors,
tdydIio, pouuSidLS d1u SCLCidiSs WIN WdS oiA-
known. ambitious and lonely. but is now
adored, respected, envied. talked about who
has become figure who matters, counts, is
consulted and listened to - where there was
once girl in Hollywood drugstore with
malt and dream and some talent?
N CoulA HaPpea 10 You
SHE knows this herself and she has said it.
1t was luck. 1t was just one of those things.
1t could happen to you, as the popular song
says, but it didn't. 1t happened to her -
Evening star., 1944-11-26
~

~
gone TO meet Lana Turrter!
NHAYBE this has nothing to do with Lana
M Tunn but Cpl. Joe. HaYcock- the nomE
pany de1k. has just come into the orderly
room and is standing IN front Of my type
writer Put me down as worthless ci1arac-
te1," he gays
Joe Is hack from large week end. the lines
are longer in his face and his eyes are half
closed They are tender and wise and endr-
ingiy sad eyes, for upon Joe's slight shoulders
rests the weight Of Company B the perse-
cution, the countless devilish. soul-destIoying
torrents which enlisted men and brass hats
bestow 30 lavish1y upon company clerks.
What the he'll are you writng?" Joe asks.
at this unhoiy hour Of night, what are you
writing?"
Nothing, yet. / was going to write that
article"
Isay that article, because Joe Haycock and
everyone IN Company B knows about how |
went to Hollywood Last week to interview
Lana Turner. It began when said to the
Captain, Sir. would like tmee-day pass
to re Lana Turner"
He looked up wearily, slightly amused and
slightly confused. Yes Private. so would l.
I'm serious. SIR It's an assignment"
1hs Msws TkAvsisd Past
NEws Of the granting Of my three-day pass
and tire reason thereof swept through the
company with the rapidity Of a well-concocted
latrine rumor Men stopped cleaning so cali
bers to discuss it. 1t was argued. 1t was
viewed with suspicion. 1t was said that it
wasn't Lana Turner Sher was going TO see;
it was Betty Cradle. 1t was said that it was
just dodge to get a tmee-day pass. 1t was
said that Private Sher was bucking for a
Section VIII. KP's in the kitchen lifted their
GIheads and exclaimed in GI language about
what they would do if they went to see Her.
They told it boastfully, gleefully, awefully.
And 80 it came to pass that L Private
Sher went to Hollywood to interview Lana
Turner The good wishes, the envy, the
dreams, the doubts-that-he would ever see
her OF Company B went with me along
with borrowed thirty skins. return-trip
ticket, three packages of cigarettes, picture
of my wife and baby, clean underwear, socks
and three-day pass.
And that 10 why Cpl. Joe Hsycock, still
standing in front Of the typewriter, is in
this story. Joe belongs in it and 50 docs
Company b, for are not all our lives
entwined? Joe Haycock's and Julia Jean
Mildred Frances Turner'S - Corporal Joe
and Lana.
Joe leans against the wall now and YEARLY
lights cigarette. ''What've you been writing
about herr"
Nothing. Joe. I've been writing about
yOif -
Evening star., 1944-11-26


SHE knows this herself and she has said it.
1t was luck. 1t was just one of those things.
1t could happen to you, as the popular song
says, but it didn't. 1t happened to her -
and she sometimes can't quite believe 1t.
Would you feel that way? Wouldn't anybody!
Joe is still thinking about the dogs life.
almost happy now that he is company
clerk. with small, constant, tantalizing head
aches; not great actor; not harassed and
driven, with no life of his own.
Joe moves Il think I'll hit the sack" he
says. He stops at the door. He is thinking
something. You can see it as it passes from
his brain through his eyes, over and over.
Write something good about her." he says,
finally. Then he goes.
1t is late now The orderly-room clock with
the broken hand measures the time at two
am. Company B has tactical problem to-
morrow and l have written what l know
about Lana Turner and, some day, we are
going ice skating together, the weather and
my wife permitting. The End
Evening star., 1944-10-01
HELP AEN.

PART-TIME WORK-HeIp in the war effort
5y learning 70 operate Z streetcar or bus;
pay you while. learning: training may be
taken during free hours; no Sunday work.
Sere ad ase o sd S5
am. ard then work for several hours. Also
those able to report between 3 and 4 pm.
BY weekdas @ y mornngs sosn oeas cApfr m TRANsT
CO., seth and Prospect ave. NV. George
town W .Hirins arrangements approvedg
this Is an opportunity for men and women
with ambition and personality to earn $50
to 500. weekly: no previous experience. but
college trained people between se and s.
sD0iy ARraUs L RfJfen MGkas2 p srJ6fo RSR
MxiNTRNAScfs MAI fGhni scfs DEPARTMENT of large
corporation needs q grease man to take
sober and dependabie' ff Wiling us to take f IN
dtons hSIf and HsEzrS sH
iI sAIEsMRN STOP apDD to
mating; For some time now you have been
Intending to answer our ad and find out If
making from twelve to twenty thousand
dollars year. It's UP to you. Jump into
Sopr ssr n9w nd dEe spt sGE talk With
coin Cemetery 32Ql Bladensburg I'd. ne.
OPENING. 2 reliable. well-dressed men. for
special work with national finance COM
ture. Box 124-Z, Star
RED CROSS STAFF representative, D. C
chapter; hrst-aid, water safety and acci
dent prevention service; opportunity fol
career must have good swimming ability
and be able to meet PUBLIC; Apply in per.
son from to pm. 3120 o st. NV
SAFEWAY STORES-Many men needed fol
large retail food distribution industry
many opportunities to learn retail chair
store operations; good postwar future; posi-
tons available. now: Food clerks, mea
clerks. meatcutters, warehousemen. freigh
car unloaders. porters; experience not re
qulred in most jobs we will train you ant
pay full wages while learning; good start
ing salary; most of these Jobs are con
yienientiy tians ,. located near your home vaca
group, life, hospital and surgical insur
ance; weekly sick benefits UP to 13 week
at extremely low cost to you toptionaD
Apply SAFEWAY EMPLOYMENT OFFICE
ments approved
CHEVY CHASE ICE PALACE needs men TO
fun time and part time work. See Mr.
BAPT!E, 4461 Conn. ave. NV.
LARGE, well-established u S. Co. has i'm
mediate opening in sales dept: confidential
interviews by appoint. Write previou
eXDerfence 9S1-T
Evening star., 1944-10-01
HELP WOMEN,
in voice studio in exchani

AnvlR%}ssNc Al leRsS1}SsSNc Boy 1;rs: ss-J; Star >,
you like printing and are interested in
advertising as a future, here. is an oppor-
tunity to grow in 2 fascinatins. business;
Aepiy personnel once md m n0S THE feffESsH2 aEcHf
AIRCRAFT Transcontinental & Western
Air. Inc; immediate openings, stenograph-
ers. clerk-typists, clericals for accounting
department; 5h-day week. Apply in per-
son, hangar No 2, Washington National
ALTERATioN HANDS on women's gar
ments. GARFINCKELS.
ladies ready -to-wear; good pay to right
anTERATioN ATE @ 9na, HANDS. sse good salary ex-
peasan
Apply all week. KAPLowrTz BROS, 521
AaiITfEkATh16N HAND, on coats. suits and
ALTERATION HANDS, experienced on all
types of ladies' apparel: steady year-round
peassnt worRns yoa srs
you to investigate these openings. THE
Art eoor artists NEEDED so 4fs for
pleasant work in Photographic studio, fun
time tt11s,o or par part time Apply e photesTsphic
ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER. knowledge of
Sep rssins sss M T Kay trao + aspe 1H sTeS
STERERS. 2447. 18th st.. NV
ASSISTANT in hospital kitchen, $50 mo.
with meals. Apply dietician, 1147 18th
ASSISTANT FOOD SUPERVISOR, interest,"
ing position with good future; excellent
working conditions: must have degree in
home economies or institutional manase-
men: msns: Apply Personnel Once. HOTEL
ARTIST. for interesting heraldic work. ex-
pertence unnecessary. full time only; pleas
ant surroundings; permanent. NTL.
HERALDIC INST, LTD. 111O r st. NV.
BEAUTICIAN. good slEator wanted.
sos 11th st. NV
BEAUTIC!AN; highest salary and commits
sion: good working conditions. MARGUE-
BEAUTY OPERATORS for beauty salon
in large department store; excellent salary
and pleasant SURROUNDINGS. Apply per-
&Qnpel once. End floor, THE HECHT CO.,
Evening star., 1944-10-01
SPECIAL NOTICES.

/ WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for any
debts incurred by any one but myself
from OCT. /, 1874. MARION G. MA
GRUDER, 1909 Eye st. Sc.
WANTED, man with wagon. to gather and
market kiefers, $3.50: buyer is located.
PLAINFIELD oRCHARDs-,Grimes Golden,
Rec Delicious apples and sweet cider;
please bring containers. Out Ga. ave.
nj; to Glenmont, right 5 mi; on Route
Ashton. 2471.
GAS WATER HEATERs-2o. so. 40 gal
automatic; no cash needed; small monthly
ga%ylmmennsS; g%ylmsnSi immedate, ,o installation. D. A.
APPLES! Apples! Apples Thousands of
bushels Of apples falling due to short help.
Come and pick them up, 81 60 per bu.
Take q. S. 21l to Centerville,, Va; turn
sharp left at ESQ sign, go . miles to
LEWIS ORCHARDS. Bring container.
APPLES, sweet cider, at QUAINT ACRES,
Silver Spring, Colesville rd, Route %.
0nly, 5 nj from the District. sH, $50.
WILSON STABLES, Ashton 565l. Fay
hill, Nd. S1.00 per hour.
PEARS AND APPLES by bushel or by the
tree. Bring own containers Out Route
No; So, from Blaoensburg Peace Cross, 3
miles. then turn right miles. GEORGE
Buckley, Ardmore Md, Hyattsyille 0295.
Evening star., 1944-10-01

CONTINUED on Next Pa1s.l
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Louisiana Democrats
To Pick New Electors
BY the Associated Press.

4ny the hssociAteo ffebe.
BATON ROUGE, La, Oct. THE
Democratic State Central Commit
tee, which demanded pledges of sup
port by State electors for the Roose-
velt-Truman ticket, planned to meet
here today to certify list of elec-
tors to the Secretary of State.
The meeting was called despite a
suit filed yesterday seeking to force
the Secretary of State to place or
the November 7 ballot the names of
the electors who defied the COM
mittee's demand for the pledge.
The court petition, filed by Frank
J. Looney Of Shreveport, immediate
past chairman of the State commit
tee, was based on the technical point
that the electors chosen last March
had been properly certified by the
committee and that a legal dead
line october for filing any protest
had passed, leaving the electors reg
ularly nominated and entitled to q
place on the ballot.
In addition to the three who de-
fed the pledge order, the State COM
mittee also planned to name sue
cessors to four others who resigned
rather than sign the pledge.
The immediate effect of the suit
apparently would be to delay fur
ther the printing of absentee ballots
for servicemen, scheduled to have
been mailed 80 days before the elec-
tion but already delayed by the
central committees order to the Sec
retary of State to disregard" the
list Of electors named last March
The suit Is returnable Monday.
Evening star., 1944-10-07

three more, so close that they'd
have blown me to bits II they had
been good ones. But they were
duds."
Pvt. Asch expressed his enthusi-
asm for his MI rife. 1t was SO
durable, he declared, that after
firing it for hours from a water
filled foxhole he could open the
rife, flush 1t out with rain water,
and continue to fire as accurately as
ever.
The Japanese have novel weapon
too, he said. A string of grenades
attached to a cord. The Japs hurl
1t around their head and then let
1t go, and of course, he said, it makes
quite bit of augmentation.
Pvt. Asch is now in an Army hos
pital in Staunton, Va. He was re-
Gently transferred from Letterman
General Hospital in San Francisco
Calf. His wife, Mrs. Genevieve
Asch, is Government worker here.
according to the War Department
release. Pvt. Asch is a graduate of
Bismarck IN. Dak.) High School
and was a salesman for the Liggett
d Myers Tobacco Co. in Devils Lake
N. Oak.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Two D. {. Men Named
Military Order Aides

Maj. Omer w. Clark, 1857 Stuy-
vesant place NV, was elected vice
commander in chief and 1t. Col. Ed
win S. Bethlehem, jr., 1927 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, treasurer of
the Military Order of World Wars
at the orders oath annual conven-
ton yesterday in Atlanta, Ga, the
Associated Press reported today.
1t. Comdr. David Scholtz, former
Governor of Florida, was chosen
commander in chief to succeed Brig.
Gen. Albert l.. Cox, 3019 Elliott
street NV, at the meetings final
session.
Maj. Clark, an assistant admin
lstrator for the Veterans Bureau,
has charge of compensation, pen
sions, education and rehabilitation
and directs the new training course
for veterans. He joined the Cincin-
natl Office of the Federal Board for
Vocational Rehabilitation in August,
1919, after serving 10 months in
France during the World War. He
was made district vocational officer
in charge of vocational training for
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky in
June, 1920. and came to Washing
ton in June, 1923, as an assistant
administrator for the then newly
formed Veterans Bureau.
Col. Bethlehem, an assistant mill
tary analyst in the Office of the
Co-ordinator of Inter-American At
fairs formerly worked for the Mill
tary District OF Washington and as
chief of the operations of the Dis
trict Selective Service System. He
was adjutant Of the Military Order
OF World Wars for 10 years before
he was called to active duty.
Gen. Cox, now engaged in a pri-
vate law practice here, was Dis
trict Selective Service director from
its inauguration in 1910 to July /,
l941, when he became commanding
general Of the Washington pro-
visional brigade, now the military
District OF Washington. He re-
sumed private law practice in July.
1912.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Hull Urged 10 Open
Liberated Areas 10 Trade
By the Associated Press.

~ NAac HoSOSiobcO fItSS.
Eric Johnston, president of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce, yesterday proposed to Secre-
tary OF State Hull that American
businessmen be permitted as rap apidly
as possible to go into liberated areas
OF Europe which are no longer
combat zones.
Mr.. Johnston forwarded to Mr..
Hull a resolution adopted by the
chamber directors September %. re-
questlng action to permit American
businessmen to get back into the
european area as quickly as war
conditions will permit.
Mr.. Hull's reply, some advisers
SAID, may stress the need for ad-
mitting American, British and other
Allied business representatives on
q basis OF equal opportunity and
also may note that immediate de-
cision on when any businessmen
may go to Europe is up to Allied
military authorities. AS soon as
the military has given the word
State Department officials say there
will be no barriers in the way of
issuing passports, obtaining visas
and the like.
The question of equal treatment
OF British and American business
interests has recently been a hot
one diplomatically. Various groups
in London have accused the United
States OF sending businessmen into
Paris In army uniforms so they
could get a head start on their
British competitors in French trade.