The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-01
USO STATE REGISTRY
lA Supplemental Reportl

half ago that the club set up it's State Registry Book. In it each serviceman is asked to register under his home state. Thus far some $500 fellows have entered their names. their home towns and their hobbies. Every day new sig natures appear in the Register; and many times daily it is eagerly examined to see if it records any one else from back home, which is not infrequently does.
 On two previous occasions we've reported in this column concerning the information revealed there. To- day we bring you down to date. It is the State of Washington which presently leads in the num- Der of registrants, with total of 318. California is close second with 295; and Illinois is third, having 252 listed. For many months now two states have been tied for last place, e,--Delaware and Vermont. Not since December of l943 has anyone added his name to the ..Sss of the two men from each of these jurisdictions.
 We haven't counted up lately to make certain. but we are quite con- fident that the. three cities that have the largest numbers of regis trants are Chicago, Seattle and Los Angeles, and probably in that order. This is of general interest, no doubt. But what we personally most enjoy doing; with the book isoto watch for the names of the less widely known towns appearing in it--those little villages with populations of perhaps only few hundred but whose names breathe the simple beauty of the country that is our America.
 Personally, we know nothing about any of these places except the fact that their sons have been with us here at the USO,-and the fact that these are names of love- liness Arbutus, Maryland. and Green Valley, California, and For est Grove, Oregon, and Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Pine Island, Minnesota, and Oak Hill, West Virginia, and Willow Hill, Illinois. That is all we know about any of them and all we need to know.
 It was inevitable, we assume, that evidences of statewide pride quickly would appear in CT hand writing just below the names of their favorites, Practically from the Ifirst day its been "Missouri-The Only State and rNew Mexico-The Land of Enchantment." More re- gently, loyal sons have given us "Arkansas-The Wonder State," land "Pennsylvania-The Land of Beautiful Women, AND HOWl" (Being personally a native of the Keystone State, we've been expect ling some waggish non- -Pennsyl- vanian to punctuate that descrip-
 
 tive phrase thus :. s-AND HOW?") The latest wrinkle seems to be to utilize. as advertising space, the blank part of the sheet where the |state name appears. Thus, thanks Ito some enterprising gent the en- ltire top of the sheet for. Connecti- cut is now emblazoned with Well come to The Round Table Cock tail Lounge. Hartford's Finest" and After Hours It's the Roxy Diner. Hartford" and Good Food at De Pasquales, Hartford,9 as well as Meet the Stiffs at The Hotel Bond Tap Room, Hartford" t isn't only this space at the |top of the sheet that has possible advertising value. however. The last column, after the date, the mans name and his home town, calls for his favorite hobby. One lad from Ohio, named Nose Mich- |aels, proclaims his favorite to be "Michael's Ice Cream" Surely you see the commercial possibili-