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Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-02
CHATTER FOETY-THREE

r..r had been swclliu" Il lit'l,
,,..rl tan Oh elk and "cttiu~ very
,rl. He cried "Lool here. Nuacut.
l#,,u mean me, II didn't. Loof
Irr,. may Us we'll admit, l.
thin. he's terribly attractive: who
wouldn't? Hut-i.' hc faltcrcj,
anal Nugent said. You what"
well. l-oh, gosh. didn't mar
a,r MIR. Brent. And l. there's
something | did get into that tried
fo stop and couldn't, and | didn't
gan, 10 tell $500" he faltcrcd again.
.,uI,t to his blond hair.
III You mean AlcNia,' began
Cgaig. Say so....
Il don't mean AleXia.' explained
Peter. II mean Mrs. Chivery.'
"Naud," cried Craig sitting up.
"yo,fvc not fallen in love with her,
have YOU
"Ne- no-no." stammcrcd Peter.
what do you mean" snapped
Nueent. If you've got anything to
-a>. Get ii out
An right said Peter swallow
Irk hard. "Eut it's not easy. It
/ titn't mean to-you see, it's the
spanish jewels
rhe Spanish jewels a@ain. And
NluI'S talk Of Investment. Peter
n..d got stuck again. and | su9-
Vested. you wanted her to invc-t
ia spanish jewels
"Spuatsh -" began Craig IN
cfrduluusly, and Peter interrupted
With. eyes, Spanish jewels. II was
thi@ way | was talhing-to much;
,utl know the way on" get carried
away. Anyway, ! was telling about
= chap who was III the Spanish war,
ard ne told ne about takiu" u. truck
OH, | know it sounds utterly ride
%lilous, but that's what he sand and
what / told Mrs. Chivcry about
ir aid he wis taking y truck full
Of iewrlry and silver that had been
donated by various loyalistS from
fl place to another when the war
va over. He was caught en- route.
50 To speak. SO he didn't know what
10 do With his stun and he hid ii
somcWhere behind an old church.
lie Knew the exact location. and he
aid il would take some money for
oh. ~greasing palms and that kind
If thing. but he insisted that some
time he was going to get the money
and 90 back and bring out the jew
cry.
Bat Mrs. Chiverv - we'll, she
kept talking to me about it; SAID
She had some money and wouldn't |
get III touch with the fellow. She
aid her husband would be against
her putting up the money and that
Alr. Brent would be against it. so |
wasn't to tell them. | couldn't be-
Iicvc she was in earnest about it;
then. when | began to think She was
II did everything | could think of
to discourage it. Told her how alb
>urd it was. the whole story, But
he didn't think it WAS absurd at
all: and ! suppose things like that
nd happen.
But as an investment ii was the
bunk" said Peter simply. And !
toli her 50. But the more | said
against it, the kccner she was
"Ycs.' agreed Craig. Maud
would be. But all YOU had to do was
10 refuse to take the money
Well, naturally | did said
Peter. But She kept insi,ting.'
well, all YOU have to DO is to
1,.p on refusing" remarked Craig
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-02

this as the beginning of the end.
lie can't even have the fun Of sit
ting il the corner and rcadinm his
newspaper or his books TO himself.
or 50 he thinks.
This despair would have been
quite appropriate in the middle
ages. but not in our modern day. |
suppose the department of mcdi-
cne Known as oDhthalmologv.
which deals with disease Of the
eyes, is the most scientific branch
Of practice. In the field of cataract
1t has attained especially brilliant
successes.
Birch-Hirsc> cid. drawing sta
tistics from the files Of several
thousand unsolicited eases in a
number Of clinics finds that in
treated cataract asses 95 per cent
had afterwards vision Of 90 50 or
better: IS per ccnl had vision be-
tween 20 , and 20 10. and -
percent had perfect vision of
1920. So the prospect is BY no
means as drcary Is it may seem
al first.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-12-02
Meaning Of Cataract

A cataract is, as the term is
most commonly employed by ply
slclans, a blurring, or opacity, Of
the lens of the eye. Most Of them
occur in elderly people, although
one form occurs in very young
children. in fact can be e at
birth, the congenital cataract. But
this Is q special type.
What causes the usual type Of
cataract in the older person is I'M
known. One cheerful oculist writes
that it should be considered no
more abnormal than grazing hair
TO which it bears more than a
superficial resemblance. Personal
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11

Frenchy met his newest wife where
he had met most OF the others-in
one of the gay night spots where in
cipient Divorces while away the dull
evenings during the six weeks re-
quired 10 establish a Reno residence.
AS a daughter of the Joseph Wal
sers, OF Chicago, and granddaugh-
ter of Jacob Walser, printing press
magnate, Mary WalSer Beard had
been reared in luxury.
Mr.. Beard was her third husband,
his predecessors having been Arthur
II. Smith, of New York, and Daryl
w. Heron, of Dallas, Texas.
Report has IL that Frenchy won her
interest with a swift riposte of which
any barber would have been proud.
Said he, on being introduced:
ESQ you're in Reno TO get rid Of a
Beard? Well, I'm the man to help
you"
AS it turned out, though, he really
helped Mr. Beard. For his headlong
romance with Mary became so public
that her husband got wind of it. The
former football hero traced Frenchy
and Mrs. Beard to a roadhouse rem
devious, and burst in upon them.
The result was that instead of Mrs.
Beard divorcing her husbands she
had intended when she arrived in
Reno-he divorced HER.
However, Frenchy the Barber was
not the man to leave lady in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11

wife, formerly Doris Beatrice Silvers.
Doris was agreeable, and F'renchy
didn't have to worry about any six
weeks residence wait. SO, by the time
Mrs. Beard was divorced, Frenchy
was divorced, too. And one hour later
just like that-they were married.
Frenchy is not seen much these
days around "Skid Row." as Reno
ties call the rough-and-ready section
of town where his shop is located.
His changed status is indicated by a
a Reno society item which appeared
recently stating that "Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Dupont are undermining
spacious old country home near Reno"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11

and, now, an heiress.
OF course, BARRIERS have always
been noted for their readiness, not
to say, profligacy, of speech. Frenchy
has talents along this line, as witness
his bit of repartee on being intro
duced TO his latest wife.
Anyway, Mrs. DUPONT appears en-
tirely satisfied with the change she
has made in husbands, and Frenchy,
his friends say. has actually shown
signs of settling down to being a per-
manent husband.
After all, it wouldn't be surprising.
Eleven wives in thirteen years is lot
of wives, even for a Reno Casanova.
THE ANsEnWEA~ U-RREWV
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11


! again-to his eleventh wife. And
7Nhis time she's a socialite heiress, the
NSormer Mary Walser Beard, recently
divorced from Francis (Tony) Beard,
former gridiron star.
Even in Reno, where much-married-
and divorced people are leg n,
Frenchy the Barber Is something OF
a romantic phenomenon.
For one thing, barbering Is pre-
cSely what Frenchy whose real
name is Arthur A. DUPONT - does
for a living.
Now barbering is one of the old,
useful. and respectable professions,
but it's never been classed with the
glamorous ones
Besides, living in Reno, Frenchy
has had 10 compete with dude ranch
cowboys, and other rugged, herman,
outdoor types, not 10 mention visiting
movie actors and millionaires $500 and
that's competition TO appal most OF
the hometown talent.
Further, Frenchy is neither young
nor handsome Nor has he an influ-
entail patron, like that other famed
tonsorialist, Oliver the Barber who
used 10 act as a love-scout for the
amorous King Louis XI Of France.
NonetheleSS, In mere matter OF
13 years. Frenchy has established
what may be an all-time record for
marriages and divorces.
His first marriage, in 1924. was to
Alice Brady mot the one of screen
and stage fame). Perhaps. IL she had
lived, Frenchy never would have
turned into an habitual Romeo. But,
after seven years of married life
Alice died.
Soon. Frenchy plunged upon his
headlong matrimonial career.
His subsequent wives. in the order
of their taking and putting away,
follow:
No. 2-Vera Miller. divorced.
a. No. 3-Billie Curnow, common law
marriage, no divorce necessary.
No. Ruth Kraulti divorced
No 5--La Vonne Baker, divorced.
No. eileen Luloff, divorced.
No. 7-Verna Baier, divorced.
No. S-Lillian Hunter annulled.
No. 9-Carol Carrithers, divorced.
No. 10-Doris Beatrice Silvers, di-
vorced
No. 11-Mary Walser Beard-(O.
June IL, 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11

Some of the rival Reno Casanovas
who obligingly act as escorts to visit
ing Divorces have been obviously
trying to fathom Frenchy's charm.
Specifically. at least, it's hard TO
locate. Past 40, and inclined to- be
moon-faced, the much-mapsied barber
would never be picked as a. candidate
for glamorous screen roles.
Nor does a study of his background
reveal any clue. Despite his nick
name, he was born in Connecticut,
and doesn't even have one of those
intriguing accents that sometimes
seem to make American heiresSes be-
come enamored OF otherwise undis-
tinguished foreigners.
He is not even one of those BARRIERS
who specializes in feminine coiffureS,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-11

and who thus have a
special opportunity
to whisper S w e e I
nothings TO charm
ing customers.
On the contrary,
Frenchy'S customers
h ave been chiefly
lumberjacks, miners
and ranch hands,
who often offer a
tonsorial problem be-
cause of the pine
cones and cookie =
burrs in their hair.
Whatever may be
his appeal TO femi-
ninity, though, it APP
parently meets the
approval of widely
diverse types. For
his wives h We in
Guided a dancer, two
singers, a strip-tease
artist, a bookkeeper,
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Woman Fights Term
For Cruelty 10 Dogs

Mrs. Clara McCracken, Fairfax
County resident, convicted recently
on charge of cruelty to animals,
was free under 5000 bond today after
appealing a sentence of 80 DAYS in
jan and $50 fine imposed by Judge
Harry l.. Carrico in County Trial
Justice Court.
Mrs. McCracKen, who had failed in
an allotted two weeks to dispose of
80 dogs she kept at her home on the
old Mount Vernon highway, was
given a 15-day Jail term and fined
SIS on each of two charges of i'm
proper feeding and watering. and
other cruelties." She is scheduled
to appear at the September term of
the Fairfax County Circuit Court to
argue her appeal.
In court today, Glen U. Richard,
alexandria, attorney for Mrs. Nc
Cracken, said his client would have
disposed of most of the dogs by now,
had 1t not been for the inhumane
action of the humane society" in
destroying some of the dogs it OBJ
tanned from Mrs McCracken. OFF,
clals OF the Animal Welfare League
OF Arlington said last week some of
the dogs had been destroyed because
they were seriously i'll.
County officials said the Animal
welfare League, which brought the
cruelty charges, probably would take
over any remaining dogs if Mrs. Nc
Cracken should 60 to jail next
month.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Pohick Church Made
Purple Heart Shrine

The old Pohick Episcopal Church
in Fairfax County, which George
Washington attended, was officially
designated the shrine of the Order
Of the Purple Heart. founded by
Washington. at the church's annual
homecoming services yesterday.
During the services, followed by a
chicken dinner in the parish hall and
on the lawn, a purple and gold flag
bearing Washington's picture and his
family coat Of arms was displayed, as
well as ancient parish records and
the first Presidents Bible. A set of
cum links worn by the Rev. Lee
Massey, who was rector when the
church was begun in 1859, also were
shown.
The church was designated the
Purple Heart Shrine several weeks
ago at a convention of the order in
Lancaster, Pa, by John R. MCGEE,
national vice commander, according
to the Rev. Clarence E. Buxton,
present rector at Pohick Church
The Rev. Philip Mason of St.
Martins parish, Hanover County,
delivered the sermon, and the Rev,
j. G. Runkle of Esther Memorial
Church, Congress Heights, and the
Rev. c. A. Langston, retired, took
part In the services.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
lsWRstionm.q
&Remiinder@1

Canned Foods, Etc. - Book No. 4
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8 ano
AS through F-5 good indefinitely
Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-a
through Z-8 and AS through DIS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. All meats except beef steaks,
roast beef and choice cuts of lamb
and pork are point free.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound OF waste kitchen fats you
turn In. The fact that lard, short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection Is less
: essential.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80, 81 and
80 valid for 5 pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4 stamp 40 good for 6
pounds for home canning through
February %. 1945.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for 3
gallons each through November 8.
B-3, B-4, C-3 and CA coupons
good for gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps and 2 In
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
zone pair Of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and 5 cou-
.z pons good for 10 gallons per unit
!: through September 80. Period l,
1s44-5 fuel oil ration good now
for 10 gallons per unit.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Man Killed in Plunge
From Taft Bridqe

A man identified by police az
Charles j. Sutphin. about so, whose
address was unknown, was killed in
plunge from the Taft Bridge
shortly before II am. today. His
body was taken to the morgue.
Police said John Coleman. 1925
L street NV, and George Weston.
1926 Corcoran street NV, who were
riding across the bridge together in
a truck, told them they saw Mr..
Sutphin climb over the rail and an
instant later fall to death on the
Rock Creek parkway 125 feet below.
Papers found in the dead mans
pockets indicated he had been en-
ployed by the Navy Department un.
I'll last May and had resigned be-
cause Of Ill health.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Army Delays Exhibition
Of Planes 10 Be Sold

The first light planes released by
the Army for sale here since the
start OF the war will not be put on
public exhibition for about two
weeks, a Defense Plant Corp. ofiicial
said today.
The approximately so liaison-type
planes at the Alexandria Airport
are being examined this week by
Civil Aeronautics Authority inspec-
tors, after which ceiling prices will
be set, and invitations to bid sent
out by the CAA regional Office No. /.
Five days later public inspection will
be permitted and Is days later
sealed bids will be opened.
Between the 5th and 18th days
after invitations are issued, it was
said, a qualified bidder may buy
one Of the planes.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Dr.. Seckiinger.
Rejects Post as
Head
Prefers to Return
To Preventive Work
In D. c. Health Office

The post Of superintendent OF Gal
linger Hospital was refused today by
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, assistant
health of1cer and acting superin-
tendent at the hospital, after he had
conferred with Commissioner Guy
Mason.
Mr.. Mason announced that the
District government hopes to solve
the administrative problem at the
hospital by the appointment of a
Southern hospital executive to the
newly created post of assistant
superintendent at Gallinger at $6, 500
a year.
At the conference DR.. Seckinger
told Mr.. Mason that his life's work
was IN preventive medicine and that
he was anxious to devote full time
to his job as assistant health officer.
Leave Superintendency Open.
Eve have no desire to force DR..
Seckinger to take a job that he
doesn't want" Mr.. Mason told re-
porters. If the man we have in
mind takes the job as assistant
superintendent we think our prob.
lem will be solved"
The Commissioner said the candi-
date, whose name he could not re-
veal, had considerable hospital ex-
perience, principally as an execu-
tive, and would make q good ad-
ministrator.
Under the plan, the post Of per-
manent superintendent at the hos
pital would remain open, since the
list OF candidates for the job has
been exhausted. The Commission
ers have been searching for nearly
eight months for a superintendent
to replace DR.. Edgar A. Bocock, who
resigned after his removal from
office was demanded by a Senate
investigating committee last fall
Since then, DR.. Bocock has become
superintendent of Doctors Hospital.
Would Remain Active.
Mr.. Mason said that under the
new setup DR.. Seckinger would still
remain active in the affairs of GAL
linger IN a supervisory capacity.
1t previously had been thought
that DR.. Seckinger would resign
from his $7,500-a-year post as as
sistant health officer and become
hospital superintendent at $1,000 a
year.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Corcoran Gallery 10 Offer
Drawings by Servicemen

A special exhibition Of drawings
and water colors by Sergt. John r
Awtrey and Corpl. Reuben j. Gam
brell will be displayed September 2
to "a at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
An informal and continuous exli-
bltion OF works by contemporary
American printmakers will open
September Is. A series of etchines
by Kenneth Hayes Miller will be
shown September 26 to October Is
and group Of IS Latin American
prints from October / to 26.
The gallery Is open from 8 am. to
4:30 pm. Tuesdays through Satur-
days, noon to 4:30 pm. Mondays
and ! to B pm. Sundays.
Evening star., 1944-08-21

empty, as well as the badminton and
volleyball court. TOO hot for that
today" guide explains. But over
in the beauty parlor, every heat
dryer covers a WAVE head and the
coils of the permanent wave ma
chine pull the hair Of a Navy girl
who painfully turns her head to
look in the mirror.
During duty hours the WAVES
are sailors. During free time
they're girls.
Although the other recreation
halls 1t West Potomac Park and
Arlington Farms do not have SWIM
ming pools, tennis courts or bowling
alleys, they provide facilities for
the other activities. Quarters "a"
1909 G street NV, and Quarters
H. Suitland. Md. do not have
large halls, but do provide rooms,
or small halls. and the girls may
use those at other quarters. Quar-
ters "a" a converted apartment
house, has kitchens for the girls use,
which, leaders of the recreation
program say, makes up for other
recreation Deficiencies" and at
Quarters HI" which is in the open
suburbs, the WAVES specialize in
the photography and nature clubs.
All have facilities for movies and
give free courses In foreign Ian
guages or make arrangements with
universities for correspondence
courses.
WAVES who Give on the beach,
in hotels or private homes are free
to use the facilities Of any WAVE
quarters and also are invited to the
dances given by the Naval Barracks
Recreation Center, 1920 G street,
every Wednesday. Saturday and
Sunday.
The program is planned so that
no matter when a WAVES duty and
watches may come, some activity
is open during her leisure hours.
Evening star., 1944-08-21
) Potomac Steamers
Serve Their Country
In Foreign Waters
Norfolk Line Ships Beot
U-Boot Menace in 1941:
Now Ply OFF France

three old steamboats, which piled
the Potomac River and Chesapeake
Bay between Washington and Nor
folk a few years ago are earning
their service stripes in foreign wa
tiers and bringing nostalgia smiles
to hundreds of American service
men who have seen them in French
waters, the Navy disclosed today.
No one could mistake the asth-
matte blasts of the U. S. S. South
land, the U. S. S. President War;
held and the U. S. S. Leyden. The
latter's name is new. It used to
be the old honeymooner's special.
the Northland, but the Navy had a
ship of that name and she was re-
christened.
Turned over to the British Mer-
chant Navy in l941, they were
stripped of everything but their
engines and with skeleton crews
aboard sailed for England. While
they were attracting the attention
- ~ AAAeaAA O-bOdOS dIlOIlleT con-
voy made its way overseas un-
molested.
once in Britain, the three were
used to help train British Com
mandoes and Royal Marines. but
last May they were returned to the
United States Navy, with thanks
and placed in commission.
Despite changes to Navy standards
the old ships still have their ornate
carved staircases and the fancy
wooden bulkheads of another era
Dance floors have been converted
into messhalls and gamerooms
.lhe Southland, completed in 1908.
is the Oldest of the group and prob
ably the best known. The Levden
was built in 1910 and the President
Warfleld in 1928.
1t. q. g. Donald E. Wilson of
Norfolk. Va, who shippers the
southland, well remembers the craft
from bygone days when he was in
charge of Navy tug at the wash
lngton Navy Yard and more than
once had to run for cover when the
river boat came putting down the
Evening star., 1944-08-21
Green Sees Growth Of IL0
With Return Of Peace
BY the Associated Press.


William Green, president of the
american Federation of Labor
speaking yesterday on the 10th an,
nlversary Of United States member.
ship In the International Labor Or.
eanization, said the war has re-.
moved the old barriers to interna.
uonal cooperation and will SOUR the
work OF the ILO throughout the
world. ''e
Until now the no has been
forced to function in an interna-
tional atmosphere of suspicion, dis
trust and hesitancy," he said.
But the experiences of the world
IN this war and the now inevitable
victory Of the United Nations in the
great conflict against the forces of
hate and oppression have changed
the former picture entirely.
We can now look forward with
confidence to a period of unex-
ampled international cooperation
when this war ends-sincere co-op-
Grafton by nations of good win tc
prevent and outlaw the outbreak
Of future wars"
Evening star., 1944-08-21

eye, and shoots a dart at the wal
target. 1t hits fraction of an inch
from the bulls eye, and he grins
triumphantly at his WAVE opponent
Juke-box and Piano Busy.
Upstairs, half dozen girls, elbows
resting on the back of the piano
before which another sits playing
sing Justify, 1--WE got sixpence, jolly
jolly sixpence" In another part OF
the lounge, the juke box is playing
boogie woogie, and two girls dancing
pause in the middle Of a beat. TT.
kick-one-t shuttle, turn and shud.
der" one explains seriously. The
other wipes her hand over her fore.
head, and they start again, more
conscious of their shuffies and shud-
ders than of the curious girls
perched on chairs and sofas watch
ing the lesson.
In the library one girl flips nos
talgicly through Vogue" another
sits on her feet poring over The
Murder of the Pink Canary" Two
others read the daily papers, strewn
on a table, and others tiptoe around
peering at the, shelves of books.
On the third floor of the build
ing, two girls look up fromyR q table.
Shed look better with black hair
don't you think " one asks. They're
painting a poster, and pause to criti-
cize Next door another WAVE
bends over a sewing machine. Be-
meath the needle is blue seersucker
dress. Fine way to spend time off
letting out a tuck!" she grins.
Outside on the roof, three girls lie
toasting in the afternoon sun. One
sits up squirting, and punches her
leg with a forefinger. "Well, at last
Look, ladies, I'm turning" she an
nounces.
Under the shaded part of the roof
one girl stands before two others
She looks at a paper and saws
What, tonight Nope" says one
sitting. TT isn't 'whattonight. it's
What? Tonight" They repeat
the line from the little-theater pro-
duction they will present soon.
From the main lobby Of the build
ing, a stream of girls pass through
the doors labeled Ships Service. -
Inside, the Navy drugstore is filled
with blue-clad figures, sitting at
booths and tables. A group coming
out hurries to one of the umbrella
shaded tables outside, concentrating
on mastering the six inches on
chocolate ice cream topping the
cones they carry.
Away from the building a few
steps, two girls practice stance be-
fore the archery target One stands
beside the other, pulls her arm back
a few inches, squints down the bow
line and reminds, The tournament
starts tomorrow night!'
A girl in shorts hurries by. "Picnic
group forming at the west corner.
Picnic, Picnic she calls. Nearby a
small group in their dress whites
inspect each other. One pulls at
her blouse, another fastens a droop-
ing curl. They're off for a concert
in town.
The tennis courts in the back are