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hours Of duty she is in constant
communication with Government
officials and with newspaper
editors and correspondents. And
she attends the Secretary of
States press conferences.
Il knew what | was getting
into, and asked for it, and have
no regrets" o." writes Commander
JOHN P. Graft to w. D. Carmi-
chael, Jr., but when | choke on
North African dust, a99 slap the
hungry flies and mosqEItoes;an
get pelted in the face by a thou
sand locusts, and try to swallow
some Of the local eau-de-vie, ! re-
call with reverent pleasure the
life and associations in the Pre-
Flight School and Chapel Hill.
Training is rugged and very seri-
Gus, and all for one purpose. It
can't fail"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1944-06-09
Bags Protect against Gas

Individual "tent-like" bags are be-
ing furnished to the armed forces for
use in chemical warfare. Made of cell
lulose, with transparent cellophane
top, these bags are strong enough to
supply complete protection against
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Boys Couldn't Stump
Naturalist With Humbug

The boys thought it would be
great sport if they could fool
certain well-known naturalist. So
they killed centipede, then care
fully glued on to it beetles head,
the wings of butterfly and the
legs of grasshopper. They
packed it in a cardboard box and
took it to the great man.
1--WE found it out in the field"
the leader of the group explained.
Can you tell US what it is?"
The naturalist studied it for
time, then he asked: did this
creature hum when you caught
it,"
"Oh, yes, sir, it did hum," came
the answer.
well, in that case" said the
naturalist, "it undoubtedly is
humbug!"
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The army recommends that the
package cOntainer be box Of
metal, wood, or solid doublefaced,
corrugated fiberboard, reinforced
with strong gummed paper tape or
tied with strong Irvine or both.
Standardized boxes for mailing
Christmas gifts to military person
mel overseas will probably be on the
market by September /, the War
Production board reported. Approx
mately 100000 special applica-
tons for the purchase by retailers
and box jobbers of these boxes have
been filed with WPB.
WPB said that the standard boxes
are to be manufactured of u.s.
pound tested corrugated paper
board, IL by ga by inches, in
regulation slotted carton style with
tapped manufacturers joints. The
post office department has recon-
mended that gummed flaps be sup
piled with the boxes for sealing the
parcels, WPB reported.
Blanks for address and return ad-
dress will appear on the panels of
the box, also the statement this
box to be used only FOR sending
merchandise to a member of the
armed forces outside the United
States
4. Address the package complete
ly and legibly. Print the address SO
that it will not run, streak, smudge
or fade. Place an additional copy
Of the address and return address
inside the package, SO that if it
comes apart, or the wrapper is torn,
soiled, or lost, the additional copy
may be used. Do not use gqmmed
labels for addressing.
The army and navy point out that
they know what not to send over
seas for Christmas, on the basis of
past experience. But what to send
is another thing altogether. In gen.
eral, soldiers and sailors and 9TH
ers like gifts that are unobtainable
where they are and remind them
with special significance of home.
What Not to Send.
The services advise generally
against sending articles that may be
obtained by sailors in ships serv-
ice stores, or by soldiers in post ex-
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First Railroad Post Office Carried Mail Soldiers 80 Years AGO

Eighty years ago the first perma-
nent railroad post office was estab-
lished to speed up mail for soldiers.
On August %, 1864, George B. Arm
strong, then assistant postmaster Of
Chicago, sent his first railway post
Office on it's way over the Chicago
ard North Western railway from
Chicago to Clinton, Iowa. Within a
few years the new system of ex-
pediting the mails spread to include
the principal trunk lines of the ma
ton. Practically every nation in the
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What Price Youth?

Kenny Baker is no longer kid,
although he still looks like one. He's
married and has two children, but
when he bought a ranch out here,
the owner insisted on getting an aft
davit from Kenny's father that he
was over 81 and would be able to
pay for it. Kenny's just about to
close for mighty good screen part.
Sonia Henie insists she wants to
do straight dramatic part. If our
little skaters set her mind on it
she'll do it!
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world adopted the idea eventually.
Armstrong instituted the service
with approval of the postmaster
general as a means of facilitating
distribution of mail, particularly to
men in the army. From the first,
Armstrong envisioned a national
system and lived to see his plan
become success, despite public
doubts and ridicule when he first
announced his plan.
On the first trip 80 years ago
prominent Chicago newspapermen,
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bankers and civic leaders went
along to witness the initial opera
ton. One banker refused to be con-
WINGED of the plans practicability,
remarking that "all the mail would
blow out of the car"
Although Armstrong is generally
credited with the first permanent
railway post office, others preceded
him by few years with similar
plans. All, however, were devised to
meet local emergencies and no plan
operated more than a year.
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lis Time 10 Send Your Presents 10 SerWCemen
Christmas Mail Month Will Be Sept IS 10 Oct. IS
Privilege Granted
On Overseas Gifts
During This Period

The volume of Christmas mail
going overseas to men and wom-
en- in the armed forces this year
will reach a new high, the Office
of war information predicts.
Approximate $4,000 uni
formed men and women in the
army and navy postal services
are preparing for their biggest
job - that of moving an esti-
mated 100000 packages of
Christmas presents (three times
as many as last Year, to the
military men and women over
seas. :.
Army postal officers are prepar-
ing their organization to move about
twice as many Christmas parcels as
were handled in 1913, when 20,000,-
600 holiday packages were sent
abroad.
The navy mail service expects
nearly four times the volume of gifts
handled in 1913 through fleet post
offices in New York and San Fran
cisco. A total of 7,480, 1000 packages
went through the fleet post offices
last year, 3,480,OO0 of them to adj
vanced bases or ships at sea and
1900, 000.to ships putting in at Amer
lean ports.
The service postal organizations
can handle this enormous volume
more easily with a little assistance
from friends and relatives of SOL
diers and sailors. In 1913, the army
post office transmitted more than 20
million holiday packages and an ad-
ditional rs million to 100 million
pieces of miscellaneous mail.
The navy moved approximately
3,480,000 parcels overseas last
Christmas and approximately four
million packages to personnel on
shore stations in the United States,
and more than 80 million letters
and Christmas cards during the
Christmas mail period last year.
The army and navy intend to
make every effort to deliver every
Christmas gift overseas on time
and intact. But sailor will not be
cheered if the gift he receives from
his mother-for example: an expen-
sive wristwatch - proves to have
been ruined because it was COM
pletely buried in box of cookies
that have crumbled in transit, the
navy said.
Distances, heat, cold, sand, damp
ness, fleet or combat operations, and
the fortunes of war are hazards
that complicate the delivery of all
mail overseas, even without the
Christmas rush. The only factor in
Christmas gift delivery over which
the sender has control is the type
and condition of the parcel when it
leaves his hands, the army and navy
emphasized.
Mail Regulations.
l. Christmas mail month will com.
prise the 30-day period from Sep.
TENDER Is to October Is, 1914, for
all those in the armed services over.
seas.
This period is the only time dur.
ing which packages may be sent to
soldiers overseas without a specific
written request from the soldier OF
without an APO cancellation.
Only one package may be sent by
or on behalf of the same person OF
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chot. He wears
them as easily as
you and l wear
that old outfit
we've had many
years. And, like
those old clothes,
Franchot is tired
of being accepted
solely on the ba-
sis Of these sur
face impressions.
Especially when
these inoDresciopc
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concern to or for the same soldier
in one week during this month.
2. Mark the package christmas
Parcel" using label that does not
resemble a postage mark or stamp.
3. The package must weigh not
more than five pounds, wrapped,
and must be no longer than Is
inches in length and &c inches in
length and girth combined.
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changes. But soap, for example,
which is available in most post ex-
changes, is valued gift, particu-
larry for soldiers on the move, for
in advancing they sometimes out
distance for hours or days even mo-
bile post exchanges.
Perishable foods, intoxicants,
weapons, poisons and inflammables,
including matches and lighter fluids,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-09-08

COLLARLESS and cooler is the
" keynote to this summers play
fashions! The handsome princess
jumper illustrated has a most at
tractive collarless jacket which
turns it into smart business and
street ensemble.
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Media
Hopper:
3 Looking at
HOLLYWO GOD
ERANCHOT TONE.

ERANCHOT TONE, suave man
about town, society's pet sophisti-
cate-this is the way Hollywood first
typed Franchot, SO this is the way
we think of him. IT'S true, Fran
chot would grace anybody's cock
tail party, make no mistake about
that. He has perfect passing man.
ners-is also a good mixer of people
plus cocktails.
But graceful manners and unculti-
waited poise are automatic with Fran
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. j 5g g!!: SEXgyEySSI9;A
SA9lLI)w0RlDs LARGEST stIEa Al ~
Reason and Conscience

What can be more honorable
than to have courage enough to
execute the commands of reason
and conScience-to maintain tho
dignity of our nature, and the sta
ton assigned us?-Jeremy Collier.
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Packages handling all
securely wrapped and tied they may be damaged in transit Here
that coming undonehe string working off,
BY the time gifts
subjected
boat The last maj in
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sea-
Sometimes
than
arrived November
they didn't what they'd doing
Day. It's safest mail
along time.
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Did 1t the Hard WAY

", liz" 1OVeu MY anna mater!
His was no snap letters and science
curriculum dealing only with study
Of the drama, physical education
and bicep building, though that
drama course at Cornell is no cinch.
Franchot majored in drama. His
course included French and Latin,
half dozen courses dealing with
drama, ranging from it's history to
real, honest-to-goodness play acting,
topped off with few courses in mu-
sic.
Franchot left Cornen's halls after
years try at teaching, shook some
of the ivy out of his hair, and in
vaded Broadway. He can laugh at
it now; he couldn't then. His inva-
sion almost came a cropper. But
Franchot was determined; he had
what it took, and so Broadway sue
cumbed when he jolted the critics
from their well grooved seats with
his first performance in age of In
nocence," with Katharine Cornell.
Prelude to Success
Before he won this opportunity he
did several years of solid training
with the New Playwrights' theater
in Greenwich Village, got SIS week
ly. He did a stint with the Garry
McGarry Players in Buffalo, kept
busy doing stock work until he got
his Broadway call. After the Kit
Cornell show Franchot appeared
with Sylvia Sydney, Irene Purcell,
and Peggy Shannon in Gross
Roads" He joined the Theater guild
in 1929 and did a series of shows.
Franchot was not only an earnest
actor but an idealist in his attitude
toward his work. He was an origi-
nator of the Group theater. With
this organization, which still re-
mains close to his heart, he appeared
in House of Connolly" might Over
Taos" and Success Story"
Hollywood Next Stop
By this time motion pictures we're
bidding for talented Broadway &C.
tors, so he signed with Paramount to
play in 1.-THE Wiser Six" with Clau-
dette Colbert, Lilyan Eastman and
HHHdm Doyu. loll tileH vi ldIl-
chot cast his lot with movies, and
proved himself an excellent per-
former.
A long-terrn contract with M. GIN.
brought Tone to Hollywood, and what
followed is a familiar story. Pro-
ducers called him "Smoothie." They
Immediately put him in Smooth"
parts, and it's a tribute to Fran
chot's ability, plus his patience, that
he made himself outstanding despite
the fact that he worked too often
with mediocre material.
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are all the producers seem to re-
member when casting pictures.
Franchot is no different from the
rest of us, which means he's really
just a plain, real person.
Franchot cast aside his bonds Of
aristocracy (if he ever had them)
when he gave up a career as as
sistant to the head of Romance lam
guages at Cornell university for a
starvation diet of used scripts and
black coffee. During lean years that
followed his turn to the theater he
learned to respect and admire the
so-called little man who wasn't
afraid to work and starve if neces-
sary for what he wanted. He be-
came one of them, in fact. But his
struggles didn't begin here.
Born into a family of means, the
son of the late Frank J. Tone, sci
enlist and president of the famous
Carborundum company, Franchot
was more serious-minded, objective,
and studious than most children
born with a silver spoon you know
where. He sweated his way through
Cornell in three years. He so i'm
pressed the faculty that he was ap-
pointed to his teaching post in the
Romance languages before gradu-
alton
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TIFFY knit these two smart bags
y that will mark you as we'll
dressed woman. They're done in
heavy upholstery cord.
Cord used for smart jiffy knit bags. Pat.
tern 1929 contains directions for two bags:
stitches: list OF materials needed.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required in filling orders for few OF
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
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SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Princess Dress Collarless. Cool

Pattern No. 1922 is in sizes II. IA. 16. 10.
20; 40 and 80. Size IA jumper. requires
ga yards of 39-inch fabric: jacket. 17s
yards.
Due TO an unusually large demand and
current war conditions. slightly more time
is required in filling orders for few Of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
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Bradley beam., 1944-12-02

Ever see CT who wasn't ready to eat? Justine Sedar "whips- up" matted for Cpl. T. Satlo while Cpl. E. Dorman and M/Sgt. B. Shapiro enjoy sodas at Px.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15
Citizens or Hartford

On the afternoon of July sixth tragedy the city of Hartford Aashfre that destroyed the of playing lives of hundred persons injured hundred Most of the casualties children, young four and five years old.
 The of Bradley Field both military and civilian we'll understand the the people Hartford Many soldiers and civilians this Base lost friends the holocaust Soldiers who the the catastrophe returned pathetic tragic sights they had Fortunately Bradley Field position render assis the Capital City As of the fire reached this Base, Medical Officers Nurses MPs and deah ambuances and blood plasma rushed to the of the accident.
 good friend of Bradley Field They the friendship of its citizens and the hospitality its Any service that Bradley Field have this of tragedy but small for the stationed he It with the deep that the this Base wish their friends of Hartford the courage and strength face this tragedy
 H. E. JOHNSON,
 Colonel Air Corps,
 Commandne
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15
''The Negro Soldier"
 To Play Base Theatre During Coming Week

"The Negro Soldier" War De- partment motion picture depicting the work and accomplishments of the negro soldiers in the United States Army, will be shown during the coming week at Post Theatre Fl. All men at Bradley Field will be required to see this interesting picture, schedule for which follows: MONDAY, IT JULY: -09O0-Section "B"
 Section "C" 14OO-15OO--596th AAF Band
 Section "I" TUESDAY, IS JULY: O8OO-O9OO- "B"
 Section "H"
 18th Photo 14OO-15OO-Section "I"
 162nd Base Unit
 (FC) WEDNESDAY, 19 JULY: O8OO-0900- Section "B"
 Section "H"
 Section "G" 14OO-15OO-162nd Base Unit
 (FC) THURSDAY, 20 JULY: O8OO- -O900-Section "A"
 Section SC" O9OO-100O-Section "K" 13OO-140O-Section "A"
 Section "G" 14OO-150O-Section "I" 16O0-17O0-Section "K"
 Section "G"
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15

Bradley Bond buyers have ac- complished one of their primary missions of the Fifth War Loan Drive by investing $77,058.25 in Bonds since the Drive began on July first; surpassing the $75,000 alternate goal set for the present push" @
 Of the total figure above, how ever, $40,600.25 represents cash sales and since only cash purchases can be credited toward the Bases quota of $49,500 the Base must still buy $o,S99.75 worth of Bonds, for cash before it fulflls its quota requirements. The jackpot goal of $125,000 also still remains to be met with $47,941.75 to go before that figure, which will result in the
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15
NEW BRADLEY WAC. CAN REALLY CALL THIS BASE ''HOME"

Appropriately enough, a real "niece" of Bradley Field has re- gently been assigned to the Base that was once owned by her aunt and uncle. She is Pfc. Barbara S Stanton, of Alameda, Calif., niece of MT. and Mrs. Dexter Coffin, of Windsor Locks.
 As far back as 194O, MT. and Mrs. Coffin planned to turn part of the present site of Bradley Field into a private airport. At that time it was rumored (correctly) that Brainard Field in Hartford was to be taken over by the Army and used as a coastal defense base. Fearing that they would be grounded for lack of a commer- cial field, these flying enthusiasts began to look around for a substi- ute field, choosing the area west of Windsor Locks because of it's ex- cellent potentialities. Meanwhile, the Army rejected the ,Brainard site as being unsuitable and in- vestigated the possibilities of the area in which MT. and Mrs. Coffin were interested. The result of the Army's survey is we'll known to all readers of this publication.
 Pfc. Stanton, who is an airplane mechanic, is just as air-minded as the rest of her family. Prior to joining the WAC, she was an avia- tion mechanic for the Navy, and after the war is won, she hopes to become an aeronautical engineer. Her brother, Capt. Richard c. Stanton, a squadron leader in Eng land, has just completed his Tooth combat fighter mission, and has re- gently earned his second Distin- guished Flying Cross.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15
Popular Non-Com Weeds This Afternoon

T/Sgt. Wayne H. Frederick, of the Base Intelligence Office, will desert the ranks of the unmarried when he and Alfreda Ann Kuras take the "fatal step" this afternoon at Meriden, Connecticut. The bride to-be is Meriden girl and the ceremony will take place at the All Saints Church at 1400 hours. Her sister, 4Regina, is to be maid-of- honor and Pvt. Wm. H. Doyle, of Section G, is the best man.
 Wayne was born in Warsaw, North Carolina, on 2 January 1921 and has been in the Army since September 194O. He came to this Base in January of this year.
 After a short honeymoon at oops, military secret, the couple will reside near the Base.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15

the Provost Marshal Generals School at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., First Service Command Tactical School at Sturbridge, Mass, Third Air Force Camoufage School at Walterboro, s. C., and the Admin, istrative Inspectors School at Or lando, Florida.
 Major Marburger is married and has one daughter, Muriel, 16 years of age.
 Although he claims New Jersey as his home state, he expects to reside in California after the present conflict.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15
Infanticipating?

Is the long-legged bird circling over your dwelling? Do you need crib or a baby carriage for that bundle from heaven? Mrs. Oscar Hemphill, of Weathersfield, has one of each of these hard-to-get arti- ~les and would like to make som' CT Daddy a present of either or both (slight repairs are required on each). Mrs. Hemphill may be reach ed at Hartford 9-2193.
Bradley beam., 1944-07-15

To most of us the Air Corps is something new," but to Major George L. Marburger, Base Admin istrative Inspector, it's an old story for he became associated with the flying branch of the service in 1917 when it was known as the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. As matter of fact, the Major was one of the first 300 air cadets of this country who were attached to the RCAF at Toronto, Canada, for training during World War I.
 Major Marburger was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where he at tended high school and the Bryant & Stratton Business College for a course in Business Administration. The Majors Army career beganain in 1913 when he entered the Infantry for "hitch" and saw action at Vera Cruz, Mexico.
 Following his service with the infantry he was discharged but trouble was brewing in Europe and in 1917 he re-enlisted in the Army to serve with the newly formed Aviation Section of the Signal Corps. It was during this time that he was attached to the RCAF and following his training he was com- missioned as a Lieutenant and served as a gunnery instructor at Taliafewro Field, Texas. In 1918 he was promoted to the rank of Captain and was discharged from the service during the same year. However, Major Marburger didn't remain a civilian long, for in 1921 he reenlisted for his third tour of service with the Army and was as- signed to the Air Corps for service in Hawaii as a First Sergeant. Be- fore his third s'hitch" was over in 1924 the Major had also been sta- 4tioned in the Philippines where he participated in hand-to-hand skir- mishes with head-hunters.
 Major Marburger's civilian occu- patton is cost accountant and claims adjuster.
 In June 1942 Major Marburger was commissioned as Captain in the Corps of Military Police and was transferred to the Air Corps in June 1943, and assigned to Brad- ley Field Since July 1922 he has successfully completed courses at