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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-22
Historic Church

Entombed beneath historic Old
North church, where Paul Revere's
signal lanterns were hung, are more
than 1000 bodies, including that Of
British Mai. John Pitcairn, the urst
man to fall at the Battle Of Bunker
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-06-22
Entertainers Travel Rough and Perilous Circuit
Taking USO-Camp Shows to Remote Battle Fronts

method as CT supplies are ordered.
In typical army terseness, a direc-
tive will be issued to camp shows for
a certain type Of entertainment to
be provided by a specified number
of performers for a designated area
and time. USO-Camp shows follows
instructions.
At the designated time and place,
the show is turned over to the army,
and thereafter it Is practically as
much a part of the army as the CT
Joes. Where the show goes, when it
goes, how long 1t stays and when 1t
''does its stuff" are all prescribed
by the army. Transportation, food,
sleeping quarters are furnished by
the army. Many performers give
their service; others are paid nomi-
nal salaries.
Troopers Endure Heat. Cold.
Although details Of the tours are
handled by the army with charac-
teristic military precision, putting
on the show many times isn't
exactly a cinch. In fact, it is often
attended by difficulties, hazards or
Interruptions. Even the army isn't
able to provide transportable the
aires, stage props" and equipment.
''Tramping the boards" a familiar
expression Of the trouper, is exactly
that with Camp show entertainers,
for the show Is usually given from
a crude, improvised stage of boards
thrown up wherever the audience Is
stationed.
The locale Of a show may be In
q jungle where the temperature
climbs to as high as 100 degrees; it
may be at lonely mountain side
outpost, or in the midst Of desert
wastes. One USO-Camp show unit.
landing unexpectedly between
bombings on the Island Of Pantel-
leria, gave a performance in an
underground airplane hangar.
Another camp show troupe actually
gave a show in the hold Of a SUBJ
marine.
Returning from an 11-month tour,
members of one camp show unit an
nounced that they had become
authorities on the sands Of the
world. They had played in yellow
sandstorms in Egypt; in red sand
storms in Tunisia that had dyed
their hair, face and clothes bright
red; and in white sandstorms in
Iran that made brunettes look like
platinum blondes. While up in snow
covered mountains, they suffered
sub-zero cold; down in the valleys,
they had to wrap themselves in
wet sheets in order to sleep in the
145-degree heat.
Travel Through Mine Fields.
Another troupe that spent months
with fliers at advanced air-fields
never took a trip to nearby
encampment when they didn't have
to pick their way through mine
fields. Once they parked their trailer
truck two feet from q live land
mine. It was the heartbreaking ex-
perience Of this troupe Of getting to
know some Of the boys who were
destined not to return from their
missions. Once the troupe went
miles in their truck to give an I'M
scheduled show when they learned
that a certain squadron's COM
manding officer had been shot down
that day.
Another camp show unit that
started a North African show with
an audience of 1900 soldiers, had
the disconcerting experience Of see-
ing ten men leave, then ten more,
then another ten, until finally they
were playing to a mere handful Of
~
Evening star., 1944-07-19
Second ChiIdD dDiesHere
OF Polio; Hospital
Studying New Cases

Several more children whose
symptoms indicate possibility of In
fantile paralysis have been admitted
to the Children's Hospital, it was
learned today after second death
in Washington from the disease.
Judy Pitts, infant daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil L. Pitts of IA
Thirty-f1fth street NE, died yester-
day afternoon at Children's Hospital
The -month-old child had been
admitted Monday night in critical
Evening star., 1944-07-19

condition and placed Immediately In
the respirator.
Her death followed that of James
Gibson, 9-year-old son of James T.
Gibson, 130 Eleventh street NE,
Monday at Gallinger Hospital.
Situation Called Disturbing.
DR.. James G. Cumming. head OF
the communicable disease section
of the Health Department, safd
the disturbing thing about the sit
uation was that infantile paralysis
cases were showing up here earlier
than in previous summers. Hereto
fore, he said, 1t was August before
the present number of cases was
reached here. Cases always taper
of in September and no new ones
are reported after October or No
vember at the latest, he said.
The two cases at Gallinger Hos
pital. Mrs. Roberta Fox, 10, student
nurse of the Silbley Memorial Hos
pital staff. and Norman Williams,
colored, son of Mrs. Justina Will
hams, II Myrtle street NE, were
holding their own as were the three
known cases at Children's Hospital,
Barbara Coffrin, s, admitted from
Montgomery County, Md: Lawrence
Bruno, 2, and Isaac Roberts, COL
ored, 2.
IL New Cases in Virginia.
Twelve new cases reported in Vir-
ginia brought the State total so far
this year to Ia figure which
compares to 685 for the epidemic
year of 1885 and less than one third
the number reported in 1910, ac-
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch from Richmond.
New cases reported today included
three in Pulaski County, two each
in Halifax and Montgomery Coun-
ties, one each in Campbell, Pittsyl-
vania and Wythe Counties, and one
each in Lynchburg and Norfolk.
Meanwhile, announcement was
made OF the closing of the YMCAs
summer camp at Bibee, near Gretna.
in Pittsylvania County. w. Lawson
Drlsklll, general secretary, said the
action was taken in response to
requests Of State and city health
authorities to guard against spread
of the disease.
At Norfolk. f. w. Lands. director
OF public health, asked North Caro-
linians now residing in the Norfolk
Portsmouth area to refrain from
vacation and weekend trips to
North Carolina until the infantile
paralysis outbreak in that State
has subsided.
Peak Expected This Month.
Belief that the North Carolina
outbreak would reach it's peak this
month and show a marked decline
next month was expressed today by
Or. c. P. Stevick, epidemiologist
with the Static health department.
Since June there have been 1856
cases reported and IA deaths. The
outbreak is centered largely in. the
Piedmont and Upper Piedmont
areas.
DR.. Stevick recalled that in the
1885 epidemic CTS cases were re-
ported, most of them during June,
July and August, and the outbreak
was we'll on the way to complete
control in mid August.
At Hickory, where more than 100
cases are hospitalized, work has
started on another building to care
for so patients. Secondary infec-
ton of patients at the Hickory Hos
pital is being treated with penicillin.
Evening star., 1944-07-19
Mrs. Felix Fu|d Dies;
Famed as Phi|anthropist

By the Associated Press.
LAKE PLACID. N. Y, July l9-
Mrs. Caroline Bamberger Frank
Frld. 80, widow of Felix Fuld. for
mer partner in L. Bamberger e. Co..
Newark IN. j. department store,
died here yesterday.
Mrs. Fuld, with her brother.
founded the Institute of Advanced
Study at Princeton University with
an endowment of $4,000 900 and for
many years was its vice president.
Among her other philanthropies
were donations of two buildings to
the Jewish day nursery and neigh
borhood house in Newark and gifts
to the New York Philharmonic So
ciety. Newark Music Foundation and
Newark Symphony Orchestra.
She was former national direc-
tor Of the National Council of Jew
ish Women.
Mrs. Fuid was born in Baltimore
Her first husband, Louis Frank. died
in 1910 and she married Mr.. Fuld
in 1918.
Burial will be at Bnai Jeshurun
Cemetery, Elizabeth, N. j., Friday.
ArOund-the- clock bombing re-
quires around the month War Bond
Evening star., 1944-07-19

Around the clock bombing re-
quires around the month War Bond
buying.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

the awe-inspiring aftermath are all recorded with high skill.
 SITUATION NORMAL" by Ar thur Miller (Reynal & Hitchcock: $2.0O takes it's title, of course, from the Army's "Snafu", or, as it is sometimes translated, "Situationa normal; all fouled up." Miller was asked by Hollywood to get some honest background material for the film vernion of Ernie Pyle's book, There is probably not one single lie" in Pyle's account. but Miller's assignment was to travel around from camp to camp, and get to know CT Joe.
 He began at the beginning. He saw a trainload of homesick "Jeps'' raw recruits who stood in awe of one-day veterans" pass through the first stages of trannition. He listened to gripes at a glider camp, visited an infantry replacement cen- ter, learned Army organization and psychology.
 The book is a composite portrait of the American soldier, although there is no such thing as the aver age", typical" CT Joe. and MT. Millers finding should help to- ward making the CT return to the screen.
 No novelist, taking as his theme the adventures of titled aristocrats suddenly and rudely cast out a world of hard realities, could better the story Bertita Harding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

hands transcend anything to be found in a Hollywood spy thriller; the admixture of the mundane with the near-melodramatic, his refusal to portray himself as a hero, his matter-of-fact narrative style all combine to give the flavor of con- vincing truth.
 The book is a picture of the Polish Underground as whole, as well as a personal experience story. Karski tells how they printed and circulated newspapers, some clever ly disguised propaganda and news, others outright in thei- defiance of the Nazi authorities. There are oc- casional flashes of grim humor, but grimness, stark Eeroism and faith form the keynote of this remarkable book, which cannot help but create deep admiration and sympathy for a gallant people.
 MANY A WATCHFUL NIGHT" (WhitGlesey House: $2.75) is, among stories of the invasion, in a class by itself. Written by a Navy officer who in civilian life was a dramatic critic, it is sub-surface writing, re- creating with keen perception the atmosphere, the sheer drama of the greg cst show John Mason Brown or any other reporter ever reviewed.
 The author was aboard Com- mander Kirk's flagship Augusta, and it was his job to report happenings over the ships public address syS- tenn to men below-decks, as he had in the Mediterranean. But much of the best of his narrative concerns the weeks and the final days lead ing up to the invasion.
 COURAGE and WRANIA .. .. ...
 The suspense of those first few days of June, the actual take of" the summons to battle action, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
SCOTCH SHORTAGE
 SEEN EVERYWHERE
Note of Sobriety to Be Inc jected Into New Years
 Eve Celebrations
(By United Press)

A Sunday ban on liquor sales in most states, coupled with wartime shortages, will inject note of sob riety into New Years Eve celebra- tions, but nightclub operators pre- pared today for banner weekend with some celebrants ignoring the calendar to usher in the New Year a day ahead of time.
 A majority of the states will ob- serve regular Sunday closing hours, a United Press survey revealed, with fewer official relaxations in sight than in 1889. the last time New Years Eve fell on Sunday.
 No public drinking will be allowed in Kansas, New Mexico, Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana, Massachusetts, Washington, Ohio, Texas, Georgia and all legally-dry states.
 Other states have juggled regula- tion closing hours to permit the sale of liquor after midnight Sunday for periods ranging from one to four hours, while still others will serve set-ups. with liquor on bring-your- own basis.
 In Washington, where the state liquor board has SteadfaStly refused to modify its no-Sunday serving edict, larger nightclubs have an- nounced New Years festivities for Saturday night, complete with all the traditional year-end hilarity.
 Georgia's would-be celebrants ap- parently will miss out entirely, in view of the Sunday blue-law and the fact that the sale of mixed drinks is prohibited at all times.
 Typical of Georgia nightclub pro- prietors is Francois De Rinert, who says there will be nothing other than a 'dignifled observation" of New Years Eve in the Atlanta Bilt- more's Empire Room, where dinners will be served from p. m. until midnight. with dancing until { a. m.
 A universal shortage of Scotch, Bourbon and straight rye whiskeys was reportd, although states where liquor is rationed declared "holi. day bonus" There were fair supplies of other liquors.
 In states where Sunday serving Is permitted liquor dealers were jubi- iant, Ioreseeing a double celebra- tion' on both Saturday and Sunday nights. Tn Illinois, bars and clubs would be open es usual, and Tetail- CTS were attempting to set aside stocks to take care of the crowds on both nights.
 The ban on ail-nlght liquor per. mlts will be continued In New York in confcrmance with previous war- time policy. Closing hours in the city are ( Q. Iii.. while night spots upstate will close on hour earlier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Glare On
 WaY Home
BY ELEANOR PACKARD United Press Staff COrrespOndent)


 Rome, December 29. (UP) = Representative Clare Boothe Luce. R., Conn, was headed for the United States today after predicting that more American and British soldiers than Russians will be in Berlin at the end of the war despite the Ger man offensive in Belgium.
 She said she based here predic tion on the fact that the German rail- way system is better integrated with the system the Anglo-Americans are using in France and the low coun- tries both being narrow gauge than with the standard guage Rus sian system.
 The Russians may be expected to have grave transportation problems when they reach Germany. she said in a last interview before starting home.
 Rep. Luce, who thinks the war vii lbe over before another Christ mas, said she believed the Germans launched the offensive in Belgium in the hope it might bring an arm- istice instead of unconditional sur- render.
 There are only three ways the Germans can hope to achieve enouhg to expect to start another war in 25 years" she said. One is through diplomatic shenanigans at the peace table. The second is through 8 long stalemate that would weary the Allies into grant, irg an armistice and the third is by creating disunity among the Allies which. combined with war weariness, would dispose the Allies to accept an armistice."
 She said she disagreed with other members of the committee who believed the American soldiers should be paid in dollars instead of invasion francs and lire.
 T think soldier should be able to buy anything he needs from the post exchanges including when he is resting in back areas-a good quail ity Of spirits to drink. But am not in favor of letting him have dollars which would cause wild in- flation or a huge black market"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

driven pell-mell back from the Ger
 man border when Hitler invaded. Taken prisoner by the Russians, he escaped, returned to Warsaw,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
By Robert Duncan

sons of his own for ignoring the order.
 Once admitted to SpatZ, life for the whole family, accustomed to having things done for them, became a struggle of doing for themselves. How well they took to it is a tribute to them, makes you feel that exile was a wind that blew no good and furnishes most enjoyable reading. Nostalgia for old Vienna is there, cannot be denied. but, 'The waltz did not go on for ever; it faded softly, and was lost. '' That the waltz ended was perhaps pust as well for the dancers made themselves new and useful lives in world which would have daunted leSeSr souls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

 were born to the Archduke and the Archduchess, Infanta of Spain. Of this considerable brood. Franz Jo- seph, Maria Antonia, and Assunta come to the fore; extraordinary happenings were destined to follow them. The story begins with the end of World War I. Little Franz Joseph treturn from the rigorous
 Boys Academy of Stella Matutina to find his faily In hiding, A mob was marching on his fathers castle;
 the Hapsburgs were deposed and hunted. Immediate flight was inc perative, and carrying jewels, scraps of food. and barely change of clothing, they made their eventual escape to Spain via Trieste and Q steamer which was ordered by wireless to turn back with tho fugl- tives. Happily, the captain wae carrying contraband end he'd Fea-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Walter WincheII O. BrO0dW0y
4.as. Msn NssiNw.a copyrsAL is4A p.rv Mluof

terview, author Mackinlay Kantor revealed that he received a fabulous sJim from movie company for one of his mag yarns. The film used only the title of his yarn and ignored everything else. The title was given to the story by an un-
 known employe at the mag officel
 The deserved click of Fihber Mc- Gee and Molly's clean humor should be a lesson to the joynt clowns who have the mistaken idea they must depend on smutty material for laughs Despite belittlers, radio has reached dramatic heights tie intellectual thittir has seldom ate tained. Proof of that fact is tEe collection of radio plays whitten by Archibald MacLeish, which has juss been published, "The American Story" (Duell, Sloan and Pearce) The Protestant mag is another DO. tent home-front weapon. Every issue fires broadsides against sub- versiveS intent on sinking our Ship of State .. NewSpapermen realize that liberty doesn't automatically bring utopia. America got a free press more than 15O years ago-yet llewspapermen are still battling to protect that freedom and improve 1t Soft peace chumps, whoopirlg a few weeks ago, should now try Spouting their fol-de-rol to Alneri- can soldiers who are fighting in Europe-and have been victims of unspeakable Nazi savagery.
 More than ever the Red Gross needs blood donors. If the head lines of the past two weeks haven't turned you into blood donor, then your conscience as well as your pa- triotiSm is dead Most exciting movie show in town can be viewed at the Chrysler exhibit theater Gexington Ave. and 42nd). OEly documentaries are shown, and it is gratis Coronet's 1945 calendar decorated with delightful photos of children) is very magazingy .. The latest Nazi offensive proves the overwhelming majority of Germans are solidly behind NaZism and afe willing to fight and die for it.
 The fact that the Atlantic Char ter doesn't exist in documentary form has made the jack-asstriclles so gleeful you'd think the Munich Pact had just been linked .. The principles represented by the Char ter are well known. More vital than having them on paper is having them in our hearts Americans should never forget the paper our Constitution is written on isn't what makes it strong. It's the passion ate belief Americans have in its principles that makes it immortal We haven't the original copy of the Ten Commandments but that's no excuse for ignoring it, ideals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
JUVENILE:

1.-THE LAND OF THE RUS- SIAN PEOPLE," by Alexander NazarOff LippincOtt: $2.0O). Introduction to the Soviet, with photographs.
 ''Mr. TOotwhiStle's Inven- tion," by Peter (H. Hilbish) Wells Winston: S1.25). Rol- licking tale of an old-tim train, with illustrations of the same description, by the au- thor.
 "TwO Young Corsicans," by Anna Bird Stewart (Lippin- colt: $2.0O). Story of boy and his colt.
 Le nski Nippincott: S2.00).
 Puritan Adventure" by Lois Youn people in Puritan days, illustrated by the author.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

eS4ANA ASeAAAN AAAO way i n t o the service of t h c Underground.
 F o r f O u T years he served ss liaison officer between the po- litical and mili- tary authorities. and as official courier to t h C Polish Cove rn- ment in Lon don. H. escapes from the Ges- tapo a n d or deals at cir
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

tells in "LaSt w altz" (BObbs- Merrill: S3.75). Tn the last of her fascinating series on the Haps- burgs, she pre- sents with color. drama, and hu- nor the eXperi- ences of the family of Arch duke Leopol d Salvador of Aus tria, nephew of the E m p eror Franz Joseph.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Defying a Gestapo order to evacuate their homes near Saar- lautern, 1700 German civilians hid out in an abandoned coal mine on the nearby estate of Franz von Papen, Nal diplomat There they lived, under primitive conditions and in daily threat of entombment until German forces retreated be- fore the Allied advance. Photo above shows soime of the "cave- dwellers" waiting while cooks pre- pare meal. In picture at right, refugees emerge from the mine tun- mel under the eyes of U. s. Third Army soldier.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29

Mexico City policemen who 10. gently became Involved ln Q crime wave have been condemned es 'uIli- formed dollnQuenls."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Courage And Drama In The Polish Underground
HOST WALTZ, HUMAN STORY OF HABsBURes IN EXILE
BO0KMARKS

SOMETHING different and unusually exciting in the nowit-can betod" field Karskfs "St0ry Secret State HOughOn Mfr fn: $ lieutenant in the Polish Army Kars his unit
Evening star., 1944-05-26
BY the Associated Press,

|
CHICAGO. May 26.-The Nation
manpower problem is critical, but ii
must be solved and 1t. Gen. Brehon
Somerven suggests that "if we have
to close the night clubs, let's lock
them up-and the poolrooms and
bowling alleys with them
And, the commanding general OF
the Army Service Forces said in q
speech last night, entertainers who
have lost their jobs in night clubs
because of new tax law should
find no difficulty in getting work in
war industries.
There are plenty of jobs for them
in your plants" Gen. Somervell told
conference of 1000 executives and
industrialists last night. Cor on the
railroads and steamships that are
carrying the guns and ammunition
to our fighting men.
Lets put these crooners to work
at something useful. Our men are
dying in Burma and in the jungles
of the Southwest Pacific. They're
dying in Italy and in the air over
Germany. There's too much sorrow
among the families of our fighting
men to waste any tears on q master
Of ceremonies out of q soft job.
''If We have to close the night
clubs, say, let's close them up, and
the poolrooms and bowling alleys
with them. And let's do without
perfume and jewelry, II that will
help get the war over sooner"
He asserted that manpower still
Evening star., 1944-05-26
Hoover Home WiIIed
To Ex-President, Sons

The former Hoover residence at
$500 S street NV. and adjoining lots
are to 60 to the two sons of the
former President and the late Mrs.
Lou Henry Hoover, it was learned
yesterday through petition filed at
the register of wills once at Dis
trict Court for probate of her will.
Mrs. Hoover's Whitfield here
January 80 about three weeks after
she died--instructed that all of her
District property be divided equally
between the two sons, Allan Hoover,
whose present address is listed as
Palo Alto, Calf, and Herbert Hoov-
er, jr.. Sierra Madre, Calf. but the
will itself did not list the property.
Evening star., 1944-05-26

The petition Just filed said the
assessed value of the S street prop
erty Is S116.347. and stated Mrs.
Hoover left tangible personal prop
erty here. including household fur
niture, valued at $1,000.
Property owned by Mrs. Hoover
outside the District is being disposed
of by will filed in California, it was
said. The Riggs National Bank and
Mrs. Gertrude Bowman were named
executors of the win filed here. Mrs.
Hoover died January In New York,
Evening star., 1944-05-26
Funds for Lspding Graft
Receive Final Approval

b the Associated Press.
Congress gave final approval yes
terday to legislation authorizing the
Navy to spend $1,800, 5000 for
1,Oo0, 900 additional tons Of landing
craft.
Secretary Of the Navy Forrestal
said the authorization would pro-
vide the means to deal with what
ever contingencies may develop" in
the vast amphibious operations
which lie ahead"
He said 10000 tons Of landing
craft and craft to service the fleet,
would be ordered. immediately. Pre-
vi0usly, Congress had authorized
2,0o0, 900 tons of such vessels and as
of April l, all but $4,000 tons had
been built or were under contract.