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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

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The other night a good library
customer" and I were discussing
our interest In detective stories as
leisure reading. was startled by
one comment he made. you don't
have enough books by A. A. Fair, "
he pointed out. when I read mys-
terry stories, Erie Stanley Gardner
is my favorite writer. Next to him,
I like A. A. Fair best"
That's strange" I said. do you
know who A. A. Fair ISL"
who he is?" he echoed. "No-
as far as I know he's Just A. A.
Fair" He agreed, however, that
his statement was a strange but
logical coincidence when told him
that A. A. Fair was, In reality,
merely pseudonym used by Erie
Stanley Gardner when writing bis
stories of impetuous Donald Lam
and his temperamental partner,
Bertha Cool.
The subject of pseudonyms is an
interesting one. The practice of
writing under a false name is an
old one. Generations ago it was
even more common than today for
obvious reasons.
AS late as the time the Bronte
sisters wrote their popular novels
GAME EYRE, WITH ERR IN G
HEIGHTS, etc) 1t was thought not
quite mice" for women to write for
publication. So Charlotte and Emily
used male pseudonyms, both writing
under the surname BELL" This also
explains George Eliot, whose pen
name is so well-known that many
people do not even remember that
George Eliot is the pseudonym of
Mary Ann Evans Cross.
But all pseudonyms are not
matter of expediency. Many writer's
delight in using a wide variety OF
names. Some enjoy the freedom OF
expression a pseudonym gives them
Others take keen pleasure in fool :
ing the public"
In the eighteenth century as many
as 200 pseudonyms were used by
one man. Today our library has
on its shelves juvenile books under
six different names, all written by
Thames Williamson, the well-knowr
sociology professor.
The fact that William Cushing.
reference book. INITIALS AMI
PSEUDONYMS, published in 1888
contains 1880 initials and pseu-
donyms used mainly in England anc
America proves how common the
practice was.
That the use Of pSeudonym /:
sometimes wise is proven by the ex-
perience Of Thomas Wolfe. The
reaction Of his fellow townspeople
/ to the painfully realistic novels op-
eningly published under his own
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

not only Safe water" but the pom
Use of all safety and security.
William Sidney Porter masked his
identity under the name of o. Henry
when he began writing In prison,
while serving a sentence for embez-
Element (of which Porter was never
proven more than technically
guilty.. The exact derivation Of
o. Henry is somewhat of a mys-
terry; possibly it refers to Orrin
Henry. prison guard"
When Christopher Morley's daugh-
ter began writing mystery stories
(NTURDER BY INCHES, THE
PARCHMENT KEY she decided to
express her keen admiration for
Stanley Hopkins, Scotland Yard ex-
pert from the Sherlock Holmes stor-
les, by calling herself Stanley Hop
kinS, Jr.
One wonders If Frederick Faust
did not select the name Brand"
because Of his intention Of writing
traditional Westerns. Manning
Coles Is obviously chosen from the
surnames of the two authors, Cyril
Coles and Adelaide Manning.
John Dickson Carr writes under
various arrangements Of the sylla-
bles of his own name, for instance:
Carr Dickson and Carter Dickson.
And so on, ad infinitun.
In many other cases there is no
discernible rhyme nor reason for
the selection of the pseudonyms
used by certain writers. Such a one
is Craig Rice CHONdE SWEET HON.
ICIDE) who uses the pseudonyms
Daphne Sanders and Michael Ven
ming (JETHRO HAMMER, inciden-
tally the best OF the detectivet stor-
les I have read lately.
The subject of pen names Is in
ded fascinating one. Books could
be written on the subject - and
have been - but this Is only a
glimps into its mysteries.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

and he kept lighting these funny
looking things and putting them
about three inches into his mouth.
He wasn't nervous in the least.
Capt. Lucien Strawn, the battalion
surgeon, started to put him in a
jeep to go back to the aid station,
but the soldier said:
"Now wait. I know where there's
two more men wounded pretty bad.
One of them Is a lieutenant who
Just got back from the hospital this
morning from his other wound"
The soldier said they were right
up where the bullets were flying,
but that II the aidmen would 60 he
could walk well enough to guide
them up there. So the doctor named
off half a dozen men to 60 with
him.
The doctor also told the unwound-
ed German to 60 along and help
carry. But one Of the aidmen said:
1--WE better not have him with Us.
Our own men are liable to start
shooting at U.s."
That's right" the doctor said,
leave him here" And he named
off one other American to 60. After
they had left the doctor said, That's
the truth, and never even thought
of it."
The doctor and I sat a while on
the stairway inside the farmhouse,
for shells had started hitting just
outside again. But In little bit the
doctor got up and said he was going
to see how the stretcher party was
getting along. I said I'd like TO go
with him. He said ok.
We struck out across sloping
wheatfield. It was full of huge era
tiers left by our bombings. There
was q lull In the Smelling rs we
crossed the field but the trouble
with lulls Is that you never know
when they viii suddenly come to an
end.
As we picked our way among the
craters I thought I heard, very faint
", somebody call ~Helpl" It's odd
how things strike you In wartime.
I remember thinking to myself. "Oh,
pooh, that would be too dramatic
Just like book. You're just imagin-
ing It,"
But the doctor had stopped. and
he said: did you hear somebody
yelling?"
50 we listened again, and this time
We could hear it plainly. It seemed
to come from q far corner OF the
field, SO we picked our way over IN
that direction.
Finally we saw him, q soldier ly-
ing on his back near q hedgerow,
still yelling "Helpl" as We ap-
preached. The aidmen who had
started ahead of us had got down In
bomb crater when the .shelling
started. so the doctor now waved
them to come on.
The wounded soldier was making
an awful fuss. He was twisting and
squirming. and moaning. "oh, my
Godl Oh. my GodI" He had . band
age on his right hand and there
was blood on his left leg
The doctor took the scissors and
cut the Logging off. then cut the
off bloody sock and cut the pants
leg up-so he could see the wound.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

The soldier kept his eyes shut and
kept squirming and moaning.
When the doctor would try to talk
to him he would just groan and
say. "Oh. my God!" Finally the
doctor got out Of him that he had
had small wound In his hand, and
his sergeant had bandaged it and
told him to start to the rear. Then,
Coming across the field, a shell frag-
ment had got him in the leg.
The doctor looked him over thor
oughly. There were two small holes
Just above the ankle. The doctor
said they hadn't touched the bone.
I think the doctor was disguised.
He said: Hes making a he'll Of
q fuss over nothing" Then to one
Of the aidmen he said, Better give
him q shot Of morphine to quiet
him"
Whereupon the soldier squirmed
and moaned, ooh, no, no, no! Oh,
my Godl" But the doctor said 60
ahead, and the aidman cut his
sleeve up to the shoulder. stuck the
needle in and squeezed the vial.
The aidman, trying to be sympa-
thetic, said to the soldier, Its the
same old needle. amt it?" But the
soldier just groaned again and said,
'Oh, my God!"
Our hillbilly soldier lit another
skinny cigar, as though he were at
Q national convention instead Of
battlefield. Then one set Of the lit
terbearers started back with out
new man, and the rest Of us went
on with the soldier to hunt for
other wounded.
The commander of the particular
regiment of the Fourth Infantry
division that we have been with is
on Of my favorites.
That's partly because he flatters
me by calling me General" partly
because just looking at him makes
me chuckle to myself, and partly
because I think he's a very fine
soldier.
Security forbids my giving his
name. He Is a regular army colonel
and he was overseas In the last
war. His division commander says
the only trouble with him is that
he's too bold, and II he isn't careful
he's liable to get clipped one of
these days.
He Is rather unusual looking.
There Is something almost Mongo-
Ian about his face. When cleaned
up he could be a Cossack. When
tired and dirty he could be q movie
gangster But either way, his eyes
always twinkle.
He has Q faculty for direct
thought that Is unusual. He Is i'm
patient of the thinking that gets
off onto by-Ways.
He has little habit Of good
naturally reprimanding people by
cooking his head over to one side,
getting his face below yours and
saying something sharp. and then
looking up at you with a quizzical
smirk Ike q laughing cat.
One day I heard him ask a bat
talon commander what his position
was. The battalion commander
started going into details OF why his
troops hadn't got as far as he had
hoped. The colonel cooked his head
over. squinted up at the battalion
commander, and said:
II didn't ask you that. I asked
you where you were"
The colonel goes constantly from
one battalion to another during bat
tie. from early light till darkness.
He wears q new-type field jacket
that fits him like q sack, and he
carries Q long stick that Teddy
Roosevelt gave him. He keeps con-
stantly prodding his commanders to
push hard, not to let up. to keep
driving and fr''-'--
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19
With Ernie Pyle at the Front:
Wounded Soldier Disguised
When Ordered to Hospital
Shoot Them Says Commander When
Asked What to Do About Advancing Foes
BY Ernie Pyle

BY Ernie Pyle
Editors Pyle back his home in Abu-
This column
the notes while he still IT the front)
ON THE WESTERN FRONT-The soldier had white
bandage around the calf of his left leg He had loosely laced
his Logging back the bandage.
He said the wound didn't amount to damn" and he
wished they hadn't sent him back from the lines He said he
had gone through Africa and Sicily without getting wounded
and now he'd got nicked. He was disguised
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

PROBABLY wasn't.
I took him to be
q farmer. lie
talked like a hill
billy, and be-
meath his whis-
kers you could
tell he had a big,
droll face.
He had found
some lon g and
crooked, raggedy
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

Drying, canning and marketing
Of water-lily roots is an important
industry in China and other Orien-
tai countries.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

Meat should be scared before
braising to prevent escape Of too
much juice in the gravy and to give
richer color and flavor TO both
meat and gravy.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

He is impatient with commanders
who lose the main point of the war
by getting involved in details-the
main point, of course, being to kill.
Another Of my favorites Is a SER
geant who runs the colonel's regi-
mental mess. He cooks some HIM
self, but mostly he bosses the cook
ing.
His name is Charles j. Murphy
and his home is at Trenton, N. j.
Murph is redheaded, but has had his
head nearly shaved like practically
all the Western Front soldiers-of-
ficers as well as men. Murph is
funny, but he seldom smiles.
When I asked him what he did In
civilian life, he thought a moment
and then said: well, I was shy
ster. Guess you'd call me a kind
Of promoter. I always had the kind
Of job where you made $50 a week
salary, and $500 on the side"
How's that for an honest man?
Murph and I got to talking about
newspaper men one day. Murph said
his grandfather was q newspaper
man. He retired in old age and
lived In Murphis house.
Sergeant Murphy Talks
About Newspapers
my grandfather went nuts read
ing newspapers" Murph said. 1T
was a phobia with him. Every day
he'd buy $3.50 worth of Scent news
papers and then read them all night.
"He wouldn't read the ads. He
would Just read the stories, looking
for something to criticize He'd get
Tuning mad.
Lots of times when I was kid
he'd get me out of bed at two or
three in the morning and point to
some story in the paper and rave
about reporters who didn't have
sense enough to put a period at the
end Of a sentence"
Murph and I agreed that 1t was
fortunate his grandfather passed on
before he got to reading my stuff,
or he would doubtless have run
amuck.
Murph never smoked cigarettes
until he landed In France on D-day.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

Purslane, q plant found in SOUTH
western United States and also In
France, has thick, tender stalks
which, with the leaves, are eaten
as a salad, or may be served fried
or boiled.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

You could sense that tfnS guy WAS
D fine soldier. He looked old, but
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

Parsley has the largest iron con-
tent of any vegetable; dried apricots
head the fruits.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-10-19

He is impatient with commanders
who lose the main point of the war
by getting involved in details-the
main point, of course, being to kill.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
6 Chosen in Fairfax
For School Board
Charles N. CockereIi
Only New Member

Five County School Board men,
bers were reappointed and one new
member was named yesterday at q
meeting of the Fairfax County
School Trustee Electoral Board. The
terms range from one to four years,
Charles Norman Cockerell of Sem
mary was appointed representative
from Falls Church district to sue
ceed Vernon M. Lynch, Annandale,
who has resigned, effective June 30.
The term will be for two years.
w. Alvord Sherman, Providence
district, was reappointed for one
year term; George c. Gillingham,
Mount Vernon district, and Alex l..
Haight, Centerville district, three
years, and John Middleton, Dranes-
vile district, and Clarence B. Jett,
Lee district, four years.
Appointments were made in con-
formity with legislation enacted at
the 1912 session of the General As
sembly. requiring staggered terms.
Members of the Electoral Board
are John T. Haisiip, chairman;
James Byrnes and Claude S. Jen-
kins. The new school board will re-
organize and elect a chairman at its
first meeting in July.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
lsWRstioniinq
&Remindery@ @a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4
blue stamps A-8 through V-8 good
indefinitely. Each stamp worth
10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-All meats except
beef steaks and roast beef point
free. Red stamps A-8 through
W-8 continue good indefinitely
for 10 points each. Until further
notice, three red stamps will be
validated every four weeks instead
ot every two weeks.
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
81 valid for pounds indefinitely
Book No. stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February 20, 1945.
Gasoline-No. l0-A coupons good
for gallons each through August
8. B-3, B-4, C-3 and CA coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps I and 2 in
Book No. good indefinitely for
one pair OF shoes each.
ruei Oil-Periods No. 4 and S cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 30. Period ],
1944-5 fuel oil ration good now
for 10 gallons per unit.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Double Voting Charge
Brought in Election
Contest in Alexandra
CoIored Man Is Held
In Aftermath Of Second
Word Controversy

Benjamin J. Richardson, 81, col
ored, 401 North Pitt street, Alexan-
dria, was arrested yesterday on a
charge Of voting twice in the city
election June 13 The arrest was the
first repercussion in the contested
election in which Aubra Shuman
was defeated for second ward coun-
Gilman by the incumbent, Paul De-
laney.
The charge against Richardson
brought by Commemorative Attor-
ney Albert v. Bryan, stated he voted
once by mail and once in person.
Richardson said he voted for Mr.
Delaney In the mail ballot. On
election day. he said, Mr.. Shuman
told him how to mark the ballot, a
statement Mr.. Shuman denied.
Mr.. Shuman on election day had
challenged most of the 50 mail bal
lots voted In the ward on the ground
that a list Of mail ballot applicants
had not been posted three days
before the election.
Summoned to appear as witness al
the trial, set for tomorrow In Civil
and Police Court, are Fred Petit
election registrar; Richard Wright
chief judge in the second ward
where the offense was allegedly CON-
mitted. and Bernard Padgett, an.
other judge In the ward.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Maryland Delegation
Ordered Cut 10 Is,
COP Subcommittee Denie'
Offer of II HoIf Votes
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO. June 23.-The Mary
land delegation to the Republican
National Convention was faced to-
day with an order to reduce its
size to the number of votes it holds
following a temporary setback OF
its efforts to seat % delegates In
stead of the customary is.
A subcommittee of the National
Committee, appointed to rule tenn
porarily on contested delegations,
decided that the Maryland proposal
to split six of it's votes into half
votes was in violation of convention
rules adopted in 1910.
Following the ruling of the sub
committee, however, State Chair
man Galen L. TAFT announced that
he would appeal to the Credentials
Committee Monday night and, if
necessary, carry the issue to the
convention itself.
Maryland is entitled to two dele
gates from each of the six congress
sional districts and an additional
four delegates-at-large or a total of
16, according to the Republican sys-
TEN Of apportioning convention del
egates among the States. Under the
convention rule, adopted four years
ago, the States may not split the
votes in order to seat additional
delega tes,
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Maryland Boy, s, browns
In Water-FiIIed Basement

James Quade. 6, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Quade, Cheltenham
Md, was drowned yesterday while
playing in the water-fllled base
ment of an abandoned store near
his home.
Maryland State police said the
child had gone to the store with q
playmate and a workman who was
repairing the building. After play
ing on the first floor, police said
the Quade boy went down to the
basement, where Al feet of water
had collected
After a short time the other boy
became worried over James absence
and told the workman, who found
James body in the basement.
State police and two nurses from
the La Plata Hospital applied arti-
flcial respiration for more than two
hours in an effort to revive the child
He was pronounced dead by DR.. J
E. Bowers, Brandywine. DR.. James
l. Boyd, Prince Georges County
coroner, issued a certificate of death
by drowning.
Police said James was the young
est of eight children
Evening star., 1944-06-23
leesburg Soldier Wounded
On Second Day Of Invasion
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, June 23.-Staff
Sergt. Eugene H. Adrian, %, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. E. s. Adrian, Lees
burg, has been wounded in action in
France. his parents have been noti-
fed by the War Department. He is
the first Northern Virginia casualty
reported in tn European invasion.
Sergt Adrian was wounded on
June 2, the day following the initial
landings on the French coast, the
War Department said. He had beer
stationed in England for two years
Sergt. Adrian, who is one of twelve
children, attended Leesburg High
School, where he played football
basket ball and baseball. He left
school at 16, and when he entered
the Army three years ago he was
manager of a filling station in
Washington.
Last Christmas, while he was sta
toned In England. Sergt. Adrian
was one of group of American SOL
diers who arranged an entertain
ment for English children, giving
them the candy they had received
from home.
A brother James is in the Marine
Corps and sister Nellie Is a lieu
tenant in the Army Nurse Corps
His father is a former sheriff OF
Loudoun County.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
penici||in Supply Arrives
AT Bethesda HOSPITAL

The Suburban Hospital at Be.
thesda now has on hand supply oil
penicillin, allocated to this area re-
Gently by the War Production Board
]. Dewey Lutes, hospital superin-
tendent. said today.
Mr.. Lutes said the Bethesda hos
Ipital is among several Maryland in
stitutions designated by WPB as
depots for penicillin distribution
He said a report of the drugs use
must be made to the WPB.
Mr.. Lutes also announced receipt
of $3.50 and a painting by the hos
pital. The $500 was donated by
Christ Lutheran Church. Old
Georgetown road, Bethesda, to equip
a hospital room, and $50 was given
by Henry Brown, 4502 Avondale
street, Bethesda. to provide sink
in the kitchenette at the nurses
home.
A painting of the Holy Family by
Stella Brown was presented by the
Catholic Daughters of America,
Our Lady of Lourdes Court.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Wife Of Ii. Col. Ketcham
Drowned at Florida Beach

Mrs. Carrye E. Ketcham, 1614
North Nicholas street. Arlington
wife of 1t. Col. Frank G. Ketcham
now serving overseas. was drowned
yesterday while swimming in the
Gulf of Mexico at st. Petersburg
Fla, according to information re-
ceived here. Her body was found
near a bathing beach. and efforts
to revive her were futile.
A native of Washington, Mrs
Ketcham was the daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac c. Small
wood. She went to Florida in May
for her health.
She was a member of the West
over Baptist Church. Arlington, and
was active in Red Cross, USO and
library work in the county, where
she had lived for the last five years
The body will be brought to the
Ives funeral home, Arlington, pend
ing funeral arrangements.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by two aunts, Mrs Thomas
A. Chester and Mrs. George w
Helm, and an uncle, l.. v. Small
wood, all of Washington.
Evening star., 1944-06-23
Committee 10 Study
Chi|d-P|acing Ideas
Written Suggestions
Presented at MEETING

Written suggestions made last
night to the committee appointed by
the Commissioners to draw up regu-
lations governing standards for
child-placing agencies under the
baby broker bill will be studied
before the committees report Is
completed it was said today.
Seton Darr, a member Of the
committee, summarized its proposals
at an open meeting last night at the
United States Chamber of Com
merce Building. Details of the pro-
posed regulations will not be made
public, however, until they are
approved.
Licenses for the operation OF
child placement agencies would be
granted on an annual basis, and
could be revoked after hearing by
the Commissioners, according to the
proposed regulations.
r. Agencies would be required to pay
salaries sufficient to attract compe-
tent and professional personnel and
minimum educational standards
would require that employees have
some training in social welfare work
Should wartime conditions make il
impossible for agencies to meet
educational requirements at present
it is proposed that licenses be
granted if employees have demon
strated adequate professional stand
ards and take steps to meet educa-
tional minimums.
A recommendation by the COM
mittee would provide that each
agency be Incorporated on a nom
profit basis.