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 Girls
(Windsor Locks USO)

Pfc. Frankie Nusbaum, the lit terateur of the Barracks. Fav- orite characters: Dick Tracy and 'Shaky'. And Sgt. R. V. Sasfeld of the scientific bent.
 Another Frankie Boy, Cpl. Speed" Vassallo, was a forward on the school team, and Francois has been going forward ever since, and now looking forward eagerly to a. visit from old solid Santa Claus. MAJ
 GIRLS AND PEARLS:
 Look what those dear, dear junior hostesses are planning for us lucky men: a Christmas Party at the USO Emporium on Wednes- day mite, December twentieth. Nice time is expected for all, and devotees of square and modern dancing alike will be accorded equal treatment by the tuneful Art Webster's Old Timers Or chestra. ...- -.-~>:..' #. :....
 Whisper hath it that the playlet, Might Before Christmas, will be of qualitative thespian finish. Fea- tured players include Ann King, Mary Falls, Ann Matroni, Doris Jenkins, Mary Buckley, Helen Nc Closkey, Mary Conroy and Mar garet Moore, with Loretta Hardy handling the arduous task as dra- matic coach.
 The Dramatic Club will present this playlet for the ambulatory patients at the Station Hospital at 1900 on Monday night, December and then repair to the USO for another performance same night at 21OO. Some going, girls, and luck with the autograph hounds!
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By SlsGT. JAMES R. WRIGHT
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 Instead of 'Strolling' this week this column will slow down to a Crawl. Press time waits for no man and said time has caught up and passed us. Sorta been busy this week.
 How's this for a brain-storm ? Since the Club rocks and jumps so often, why not, to save wear and tear on the building, put the joint on springs and let her roll in rhythm?
 Don't know if you know it or not but Section c has a quartet that rivals any that we have heard recently. We didn't know it our selves until they gave forth last week at a Christmas party given for the Section at the Church in Sufield. They are really good. To hear them, see Pvt. William Alton.
 Wonder why they don't give Cpl. Grisby larger truck? That little job is really too tiny for him.
 Pvt. C. Watson says that he isn't afraid of his lady friend visiting
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POW
 PO1v>WOv
By CPL. WEBER

Those corny overtOnes that ring out over the West Gate airways are not the artistries of the Phil harmonic's flutist practising the Peer Gynt Suite. It's only Pvt. Leon Zielinski releasing little pent up pressure on old beat-up sweet po- tato. "Tower-happy" they call it.
 Attention all medical personnel: Pvt. Edward Babick has discovered a new and startling physiological phenomenon. "A change of wealth CT" has produced one bashed in nose, one scared eyebrow, and one generally mangled physiog- nomy. Scientists have beaverly gone to work in an attempt to dis cover the cause of this dermal dis aster. Every one else has given up.
 And speaking of disasters, why was that man in the blue suit look ing for Pvt. Gargoni last week? The two eye-witnesses who weren't there, Pfc. McManus and Pvt. Biziewski testified "We have noth- ing to say".
 Rumor has it that Cpl. c. B. Brown got caught in hair raid At long last we've found the an- swer to the case of that missing cue ball. ~
 Staff Sergeant Suggitt says his name is quote S-U-G-G-I-T un- quote.
 The sound system startled our Pfc. Jones t'other night. He near ly jumped out of his seat when the PA system hollered "Captair Jones report to Base Headquar- ters."
 The boys all express a vote o1 thanks to Pvt. Frank Fairfield anc Pvt. Leighton who Loyalty drive us out to our area, which we affec tionately call Skunk-Holler.
 The question of the week "Where's Faulkner ?" or "Who go showed?
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GI AND c WHIZ:

Pvt. "Phil the Fiddler" Bene- vento new Alan Ladd at Club do- ings. Filipo taught Industrial Arts before Uncle crooked his fore finger. Ben's motto, "The quintes- sence of art is the concealment of art" Definitely an artful dodger is Benny. .': .>** *:..
 Sgt. Phil Hoffman is Uni versity of California man who al- ways sees the sunny side of things in general. Conditional reflex: the myth of Los Angeles weather. Outside of that, he's just as ra- tional as you and me. -:.-
 Pvt. Sol Blank another lad on the Van Johnson type. Gives lem that Ego away closer" sideglance that moves the most adamant- 'cept when try it. Guess Carson is the intellectual type-mind over matter sort of idea) (Ed. Note: Does it really matter?)
 Pfc. John Napolataro, the George Raft of the Squadron. "Whadda va hear from de mob ?" queries John ny. But it clicks, and Carl wants the recipe. As also S/Sgt. John w. Mazzeo quite interested in clickers.
 QUIZ AND BIZ:
 Pvt. Norman Den Bleyher an- other chiller-diller. Normy claims he's just a kid cause his breath comes in short pants when he does the Polish Hop.
 Cpl. Kenneth Walker owns a farm back home. Mighty slick step per for a boy from the wide open spaces, but Kenny seems to catch on quickly-almost as quickly as Cpl. w. F. Cross-who also makes fast with the feet.
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rain or snow or both. If anyone is interested-and we'll tell you re- gardless-practically all rain, sum- mer or winter, starts out as ice crystals, snow, or sleet because precipitation is manufactured at or above the freezing level, which may be three or four miles up in the summer. This precipitation reaches the ground as water or white stuff depending entirely on weather or not it passes through above-freezing air on the way down. Generally it is obvious whether the lower atmosphere is warm enough to change snow into rain. But when the warmest air is just a thin surface layer at about 32-34 degrees Fahrenheit, as is sometimes the case, especially in December and March, the decision is one that leads to much beating of heads against walls. Unfortu- nateIy, Bradley Field seems to be located about on the borderline be- tween coastal New England, which in wintertime influenced by the relatively warm ocean, and inte- rior New England, which takes it's winter air straight. Actually there have been occasions when it was showing briskly a few miles from here and raining at Bradley. Then microscopic shift in the wind, de- fiectfng the flow of air warmed by the ocean, will change our rain to snow. That's the way it goes.
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WINDSOR LOCKS

SUNDAY, December 17th.
 3:30 -MOVIES-Recreation Hall, Elm Plains.
 3 PM. to II P.M.-OPEN HOUSE HOSPITALITY. Sol- diers and their guests invited MONDAY, December 18th. 8:3O P.M.-CHRISTMAS PAR TY. For USO Volunteers. 9:3O PM INTER-COMMUNI- USO COUNCIL MEETING. TUESDAY, December 18th. 8 PM. to II P.M.-REGULAR DANCE. Bradley Field Orches- tra.
 WEDNESDAY, December 2Oth. 8 PM. to II P.M.-CHRISTMAS PARTY. For Service Personnel. Modern and Square Dancing. Music by Art Webster's Old Timers. Junior Hostesses invited. 8 PM. to II P.M.-ARTS AND CRAFTS NIGHT. Service Per sonnel and Junior Hostesses in- vited.
 FRIDAY, December 22nd.
 8 PM. to II P.M.-OPEN HOUSE. Service Personnel and Junior Hostesses invited. SATURDAY, December 23rd. 8 PM. to 5 P.M.--CHRISTMAS PARTY. For children. Elm, Plains. r r, 8 P.M.-MOVIES. ~Glory of, Faith" and short subjects. Host esses and Service Personnel ii- vited.
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STROLLINC THROUGH THE RANKS

the Club, but it pays to be cautious.
 We certainly would like to know who's who on S/Sgt. Tabor's list. He really takes a good, long look see.
 Sgt. c. Ware should go into the mailing list business. He has col lected more than enough addresses.
 'Tis rumored that S/Sgt. J. Ford has quietly moved into Sufield-
 Placed in plain view in the Orderly Room you will see a box marked as follows: CANTEEN CHRISTMAS TREE. The money that you donate will be used to buy a tree to be set up at the Canteen for the enjoyment of both the members of this Section and the hostesses, who have been very kind to us throughout this year. Please give out with the dimes.
 Whats this we hear about Sgt Morris and Miss M. G.?
 Sorry. We stop here. There's a guy actually pulling this paper out of the typewriter.
 See you next week, same place and time.
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by T/SGT. JOHN T. McALLISTER

SOUTHERN, COMFORT: While on his recent furlough back home in Mississippi. M/Sgt. John Lutz had a time explaining to his neighbors that the phenomenal snow storm which blighted that land of sunshine and. cotton last week was due to natural meteoro- logical laws. There had been talk that it was some unearthly scourge visited upon the region because of those three Republican votes that showed up in the November cleo tions. By the way, we don't know just how or when John left his home town of Canton,, Miss, to join the Army but this item, so help us, was reported in the new magazine Pageant" It seems once upon a time the town fathers of Canton in council assembled passed the following resolutions:
 CD to build a new jail, (2) to build it with the materials of the old jail, and (3) to use the. old jail un- til the new one was completed
 DEPARTURES: The: first to leave this week was news-maklng, chest-expanding S/Sgt. Walt Steele. Best of luck, old roomie-but we forgot to settle who gets custody of our picture of Lauren Bacall. By now there will have also departed It. Cyril Curtis, Pfc. John Cham bers, and Pfc. Jim Heatherly. This practically winds up the division that carried our Battle of Bradley into the stratosphere. Pfc Vernon R. Hanson, formerly of the upper air division, who once used his considerable talents to guide ATC pilots around the Brazilian thun- derstorms, has now joined our forecasting staff in it's daily bout with the tickle New England weather.
 CORRESPONDENTS: Pvt. Jim Daily, who departed after press time a week ago, writes from Fishers Island a hair-raising ac- count of his perilous voyage from the mainland across the ehoppy waters of Long Island Sound when he and a high-ranking Off, cer democratica1ly shared the same starboard rail for leaning-over purposes. Pac. Bill Schmal- gemeier writes from Italy that things aren't so bad there yet. Sgt. Neil Vicedomini writes from the Dutch East Indies, where he seems to be doing a lot of carpentry, that whatever you hear about the orc program at Kearns Field is likely true but is compensated for by the attractions of Salt Lake City. Christmas greetings have arrived from It. G.
 c. Holladay in Italy and Sgt. John Bergdoll in the CBI area.
 | RAIN OR SNOW: An early
 winter problem in this area that
 always increases the aspirin con-
 sumption of forecasters is whether any given storm is going to yield
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Combat Scene

France (CNS)-A major and captain stood on the battlefield with their backs to the enemy, talking about something. TSgt. Horace H. Drew, Millins, s. C., saw a German drawing a bead on them. Drew killed the German. The off, cers went on talking.
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,Ansonia, Conn: The frs: t. thing: T.: read: when l
 get: the BEAM. j is our outfit If; s new < C (: ol u m IT,,
 POW: P. Q }. VI :, Vow by Cpl.
 Webber. After
 Pm tn r o u g h
 that I look at
 Mail Call" the "W If" a n d
 what entertain.
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f6Il1Gd~s w nou ! get the BEAM I always turn to the sports page first and read 1t thoroughly. Af- ter l have my fill of sports l read the "NCO Club Reporter" and the general news. What I'd like to see is a revival of the
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ways read the WAC Chatter" first. Then I look at all the pictures to see if anybody I know is in them. I also go for Mail Call", the Wolf" and car- toons; then l read the paper t h r o u g h for general ne W S.
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PVT. EDWARD LEE, Section c; home, Jackson, Miss: Naturally

| AoFOA hLy oN
 tion's column, "StroTling Thru t h e R a n k S, first. When I'm finished reading that 1 turn to the sports page and then check t h e tn c a t r e schedule to see what's in store for us at the movies for the
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S4AS
 ty much like l would read any n e W s p a p e r, scanning tn e headlines first and re a d i n g what stories l think might be of interest. l then read the cartoons and jokes. My sug- gestions T.
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Washington (CNS)-The Navy's new ALP barracks ship is the slickest job afoat. A floating ho- tel" built to barrack 700 men, 1t includes barber shop, soda fountain, hospital and a post office.
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coming week. I have no particular suggestion for any feature but I'd enjoy seeing more pin-up pictures.
 PFC. CHARLES TAUT1N, Sec tion |; home, Erie, Penna.: l read
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like to see a column from Section I, we had one for an issue recent ly, and lots more cartoons, which are the spice of any paper.
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PVT. EDWARD LIEBENsOHN, POW Guard Detachment; home,
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QUESTION

What are the first articles you read a0hen you receiue c copy of the BEAM? HdOe you any suggestions for neu features?
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Rowing Reporter" which was my favorite column and 1 would also like to see some one do column for Section B.
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ment is scheduled for the week. Can't suggest any new feature but how about more cartoons? Also more news about the POW Guard Detachment.
  PVT. MARY McDONOUGH, Sec tion A; home, Boston, Mass: I al-
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TISGT. JOSEPH ANDRASIK, Section B; home. Wilkes Barre,
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No, 1 haven't any suggestion for any new features.
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Evening star., 1944-01-06
Sonny Workman's S Wife
Granted Divorce Here

Mrs. Marian Elizabeth Workman
3215 Ellicott street NV, yesterday
was granted divorce in District
Court by Justice Daniel w. ODon-
oghue from her husband, Raymond
Richard (Sonny) Workman, retired
jockey.
The divorce was granted on
grounds of desertion. The court ap-
proved settlement agreement pre-
viously drawn in which Mr.. Work
man agreed to pay Mrs. Workman
S400 a month for maintenance of
herself and three children and to
pay for the purchase of a suitable
house to be selected by her. He
also agreed to pay for the education
and medical care of the children.
Filed last month, the suit states
the couple was married in the Dis
trict in January, 1880, and lived to-
gether until the fall of 194l.
Mrs. Workman was awarded Gus
tody of the children-two daughters
and son-with Mr. Workman being
given the privilege of visiting them
Mr.. Workman's address was listed
as the Investment Building. Mrs.
Workman was represented by At
torney James E. Arts.
Evening star., 1944-01-06
Sailor in Stolen F funeral Car
F|ees Police, Lands in Hospital

A 19-year-old sailor, driving a car
stolen from an undertaker's estab-
lishment, was seriously injured to-
day when he careened into a build
ing after an 80-mile- hour chase
by police. r~1
The sailor, listed by police as
Charles Steven Thornburg, attached
to the naval training center at
Bainbridge, Md, was taken to Gar
field Hospital, where he is suffering
from possible internal injuries, a
possible skull fracture, a fractured
left thigh and multiple abrasions.
The chase began at 2:49 am,
when motorcycle policemen on Con-
necticut avenue observed the speed
ing automobile. Although the po-
licemen raced at more than 80 miles
an hour, they were outdistanced.
At am. the hunt was on again
when scout car 81 notified Charles
Clay, jr., police radio dispatcher,
that the speeding car was seen
flashing by the intersection of Geor-
gia avenue and Peabody street NV.
Evening star., 1944-01-06
Tires for Civilians
Delayed |, Six Weeks
By Military Needs
Director Dewey Reports
10000 Produced in
Month From Synthetics
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

Although the output of syn
thetic rubber has fully met ex-
pectations, the demand for mill
tary and other more important
uses is so great that increased
production of civilian tires will
have to be postponed for six
weeks to two months, Rubber
Director Bradley Dewey said
1oday.
Mr.. Dewey revealed that more
than 100000 passenger car tires we're
produced in December. While this
is sizable figure, it is only drop
in the bucket" compared with the
needs of the Nations 25,OOO 900 cars.
most OF which have not had new
tires for more than two years.
Because of the heavy military de-
mands, and the critical needs of
civilian trucks and buses, Mr.. Dewey
said it would be impossible to allo-
cate more synthetic rubber for
civilian car tires at this time. The
December volume of tire output,
however, is expected to be quad
rupled by the end of this year.
DR.. Dewey reported that a total
Evening star., 1944-01-06
Roosevelt Sees Stark,
Presses Work on MESSAGE
See SUIT Page A-16D

President Roosevelt continued to-
day to work on his annual message
to Congress, but took time out to
receive Admiral Harold r. Stark,
commander of the American naval
forces in the European theater,
who called to say good-by before
returning to his post.
Because the President has been
suffering from the grippe for the
last week, Rear Admiral Ross T.
McIntire, the Presidents personal
physician, does not want him to
hold his usual press conference to-
morrow morning. and Secretary
Stephen T. Early said he had "a
hunch" that Mr.. Roosevelt would
abide by the recommendation.
This is purely a precautionary
step on Admiral McIntire's part, Mr..
Early said.
No decision has been reached vet
as to whether the President will de-
liver his annual message in person
next week.
Evening star., 1944-01-06
Z Convicted Slayers Await
Sentence in Baltimore
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 6.-Two COL
ored youths convicted of f1rst-degree
murder in the death of Arthur How
ard, IS, Baltimore bank officer and
churchman, awaited sentence today.
Judge Eugene O'Dunne convicted
the pair-Charles A. Hunter, 81, and
Theodore T. Thomas, 19-after a
Criminal Court trial yesterday. As
sistant States Attorney Joseph G.
Finnerty charged that Mr.. Howard
had been beaten and robbed of a
pocket watch. Dazed from the beat
ing, he had either walked into or
been struck by trolley, Mr.. Fin
nerty said.
Judge ODunne said it was his
opinion that Mr.. Howard, Central
Savings Bank bookkeeper, had re-
ceived mortal injuries as a result of
the beating.
A third defendant was found in
nocent of the murder charge, the
Judge ruling that his participation
IN the slugging had not been proved.
Evening star., 1944-01-06
Nozis Big Baltic Port of Stettin
And Berlin Are Blasted by RAF
Attacks Follow U. S. Heavy Bomber Raids
Which Downed 95 Germon Fighters

Fifteen aircraft were lost in the
assorted attacks, which included the
/ 1,300-mile round-trip raid on Stettin
and which followed up series OF
daylight assaults by American heavy
bombers in which shipyards at Kiel
were hammered along with other
targets. The attackers shot down 95
Nazi planes yesterday and lost rs
bombers and IL fighters.
The Air Ministry, in announcing
the Stettin attack, said the assault
was carried out in bright moonlight
on heavy scale with the bombs well
concentrated on the objectives.
Stettin, city of 100000 which is
rs miles northeast of Berlin, was last
hit on April 20 when 80 buildings
of a 51-acre chemical factory were
destroyed and severe damage done
to edible oil factories, barracks, mil
itary depots and ammunition stores.
Besides being an important ma
rine and railroad terminal for sup
ply of Germany's Baltic front in
Russia, Stettin is key peg in Hit
ler's industrial structure where
many submarines and small ships
are turned out.
With extensive damage in the last
Evening star., 1944-01-06
B. & 0. Express Derai|ed;
Few Passengers Injured
BY the Associated Press.


WILLIAMSTOWN, w. Va, Jan.
6.-The locomotive and six cars of
the southbound Ohio Valley Express
OF the Baltimore a. Ohio Railroad
left the rails just south of Will
Jamestown today, but without seri-
Gus injury to the 81 passengers or
crew members.
R. ]. A. Morris of Wheeling, su-
perintendent of the Wheeling divi-
sion, said few passengers were
shaken up and bruised, but none
needed hospital attention He said
the wreck at sos am. was caused
by broken rail- Engineer Charles
Harvey of Parkersburg brought the
train to stop within 400 feet.
The rear coach was the private
car of Vice President D. w. VAN
horn of Baltimore. Passengers said
that the derailment was so gentle"
that Mr. Vanhorn had to be awak-
ened and informed of the mishap.
The train was en- route from
Pittsburgh to Kenova, w. Va.
Evening star., 1944-01-06

The dispatcher dispersed Ave police
cars along the speeder's antici-
pated route down the avenue, and
flashes came in that the car had
whizzed by. &
Police were still in pursuit when
the car crashed into a brick COL
umn of a Capital Transit Co. bus
garage in the 2100 block of Georgia
avenue. After it hit, the car caught
aflre, spun around and hit the closed
garage doors, finally coming to a
stop just south of the driveway.
Impact of the crash was so great,
police said, that the cars radiator
flew off and broke q plate glass
window across the street from the
bus garage at 2113 Georgia avenue
NV.
Fire apparatus put out the blaze,
and the sailor was taken to the hos
pital in Fire Rescue Squad ambu-
lance.
The wrecked automobile, 1899
Buick sedan, was reported to police
to have been stolen from Joseph
Gawler's Sons, Inc. 1756 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-01-06
Revival of Macarthur Praise
Of Labor Called Coincidence
AFL Press Official Declares Repetition
Of Statement Was Unauthorized

The Federationist, official or
gan of the American Federation
of Labor, will feature in its next
issue a 21-month-old statement
by Gen. Douglas Macarthur
praising labor's role in the war
but the article won't CARRY the
AFL's blessing.
BY coincidence" the Macarthur
statement is being republicized in
the midst of the bitter controversy
stirred by the New Year eve declara-
ton of an unnamed high American
official that labor troubles in steel
and rails prolonged the war and fur
nished fuel for Hitler's propaganda
machine. Newspapers and wire
Evening star., 1944-01-06

services were advised yesterday of
the Forthcoming publication, but
nothing was said either as to the
date when the Macarthur message
was received or why it was being
featured in the Federationist.
Because there was a familiar ring
to the document, a search was made
of the files of The Evening Star, and
this disclosed that such a message
had been sent by Gen. Macarthur in
March, 1912, to both AFL and CIO,
In response to greetings, and was
carried in news dispatches from
Australia on April l of that year.
William Green, AFL president,
was the first public figure to assert