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Evening star., 1947-11-07

rights committee on the District
aspects of the Presidents Commit
tee report and placed in the hands
of it's Program Committee the job
of planning a District conference in
the near future.
The meeting also heard report
by Belford v. Lawson, jr., head of a
committee named to confer with
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay on legislation to create
heavier penalties for sex crime vio-
lations in the District. Mr.. Lawson
said his group had conferred sew
eral times with Assistant United
States Attorney Sidney Sachs, who
is drafting the legislation, and had
been assured that the guild will be
given chance to testify when the
bill comes up in Congress.
Evening star., 1947-11-07
Lawyers Guild Plans
Civil Rights Farley

Plans for a city-wide conference
of citizens to discuss the problems
posed by the Presidents Committee
on Civil Rights were announced by
the District chapter of the National
Lawyers Guild last night.
At meeting in the National
Archives Building auditorium, the
group heard a report of it's civil
Evening star., 1947-11-07
BetrothoI Acclaimed

. ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 7 LP.-Among
the resolutions adopted by the
Maryland Senate yesterday was one
concentrating Hazel Horton, Sec
'retary of the Finance Committee,
and Senator Louis L. Goldsteln,
Democrat, of Calvert on their en-
gagement.
Evening star., 1947-11-07
Man Drawing Benefits
While Employed Is Fined

MARITIME Vagnoni, 81, Of 633 I
street NV, was sentenced to a
$3.50 fine or 28O in jail by Municipal
Court Justice Walter j. Casey yes
Evening star., 1947-11-07

employer to an order to reinstate
the employe and to make him whole
for his loss of pay"
Evening star., 1947-11-07
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Evening star., 1947-11-07
Union Shop Agreements
Without Vote Hit by Denhom

CHICAGO, Nov. 7 P).-Robert N.
Denham, general counsel of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Board, said
yesterday that the practice of an
employer entering into union shop
contract with a union without an
election is a short cut" which "can
do nothing but lead to trouble"
"It will protect neither the union
nor the employer" he declared in a
speech in which he explained the
Taft Hartley Act before the Metal
Trades Association. He added:
"In the absence of these pro-
visos the discharge of an employe
at the request of a union because
he had failed to maintain his men,
bership in good standing is dis
elimination and an unfair labor
practice which would subject the
Evening star., 1947-11-07
Unions With Contracts
Denied NLRB Vote Till.
Non-Red 0athIs taken.
BY fhe Associated Press

The National Labor Relations
Board today knocked another prop
from under unions whose officers
refuse to take the non-Communist
oath under the Taft-Hartley Act.
The board ruled that such unions
can't get on the ballot for bargain
ing election even if they already
hold a contract with the employer
involved.
The decision came on successful
petition by the International Asso-
citation of Machinists, giant inde-
pendent whose officers have met the
non-Red requirement, for an elec-
ton at the New York metal plant
of Sigmund Cohn, Inc.
The board held that the CIO
Wholesale and Warehouse Workers,
whose officers have not complied,
may not appear on the ballot. The
| CIO union has had a contract with
Cohn for more than three years.
Other Gases Thrown Out.
The machinists formerly were In
the AFL, but withdrew because of
jurisdictional fight with the carpen-
ters. Many labor unionists think 1t
was largely because Of the ma
chinists' quick decision to comply
with the non-Communist provision
that such large number of AFL
unions followed suite The ma
chinists, with more than 100000
members in scores of industries, are
in a position to battle for bargaining
rights on a variety of fronts, and
legal standing before the NLRB
gives decided organizational ad-
vantage.
The agency also threw out yes
| terday seven other cases in which
non-complying groups had sought
bargaining elections before the Taft
Hartley Act was placed on the
statute books.
Included were three instituted by
John l.. Lewis unions-one of mis-
cellaneous District so and two of the
United Construction Workers. Both
subsidiaries of the United Mine
Workers.
NMU Ruled Against.
Others were cases Of the Big 16"
local of the AFL international
Typographical Union in Chicago
and three CIO unions-the Amer
ican Communications Association,
the Fur and Leather Workers, and
the United Furniture Workers.
Another decision went against the
CIO National Maritime Union,
whose leaders likewise have refused
to sign the non-Communist af1da-
Wits.
The AFL Seafarers International
Union, which asked for an election
among 300 unlicensed personnel on
IL Great Lakes vessels Of the VIII
son Transit Co., was granted place
on the ballot for an election in the
next 80 days.
Once a bargaining election has
been held, no other vote may be
taken for IL months.
In addition to Mr.. Lewis United
Mine Workers and the CIO unions
whose cases we're dismissed yester-
day, two, other top CIO groups re-
main in noncompliance with the
act. They are Philip Murray's steel
workers and the United Electrical
Workers, with 100000 and 100000
members respectively.
Even though the boards doors
are slammed to noncomplying
unions, they still can do business
with employers-like those in the
coal and steel industries, who make
contracts with Mr.. Lewis and Mr..
Murray-so long as their numerical
strength is not in doubt and man
agement knows it would be inviting
serious trouble If 1t refused to rec
ognize them as bargaining agents.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-06
CHICAGOLAND
MUSIC FESTIVAL

Among approximately 800
baton twirlers competing this
year in the 18th annual Chi
cagoland Music Festival, spon-
sored by Chicago Tribune
Charities, Inc, are the follow
ing girls from Zion Benton
Area:
Charlotte Smith, 1906 North
Avenue, Waldo.
Alice Rose Peeler, 210O Esh-
col Avenue.
Mile Hurst, 18th & Gilboa
Colleen McElroy, 3214 Beth
ell Blvd.
Lynda Over, 1917 Carmel
Blvd.
Phyliss HaIzmann, 1913 Car
mel Blvd.
Nancy Hildebrandt, 2425
Emmaus
Rhoda Peeler, 2100 Eshcol
Avenue
Beverly Hurst, 18th and Gill
boa Avenue
Joan Donlon, 1887 Ezekiel
Avenue
Judy Armstrong, 3248 Beth
ell Blvd
Dolores Nelson, Winthrop
Harbor
Marilyn Green, 3014 Bethel
Blvd.
The winner will appear in
the finals at Soldiers Field on
August 16, before an audience
of more than $4,000 at the Fes-
tival Concert that night.
Four finalists will compete
for designation as the best man
singer and the best woman
singer among the more than
1000 competing in the Festi-
vaps vocal solo contests. The
national championship Junior
American Legion Drum and
Bugle corps from Quincy, ILL
nois, will participate. A high
school band from Beckley,
West Virginia, will pay tribute
to the Chicago Tribune's Tooth
anniversary with a special
field maneuver.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-06

FOR SALE-Sparton cabinet Radio.
Good condition. Phone 972. 7O7-8-lo
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FOR SALE-Red Raspberries. Phone
43O. 1904 Edna Blvd. 7Oo-o-2I
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FOR SALE-White shoe roller skates
size 8; practically new, 5000. Garden
cultivator row-hoe, $3.50. Mrs. Min
thorn, 2813 Elizabeth. Phone 2855.
1885
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GIRDLES, BRASSIERES
CORSELETTES
By
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For
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Phone Zion 1918
Phone Zion 3711 for estimates on
plumbing and heating installation.
Beall Engineering Service, 1896
Sheridan Rd., Zion, Illinois. 7O3-7-l6
Hand-knitted garments made to Or
der: choice of material and design.
Phone Zion 3727 (afternoons)
7O5-7-23-30; 8-6-13.
FOR sALE-ARwELL PRODUCTS
Crystals. All kinds of sprays. DDI:
Shampoos; Cleaners; Stanley and
Fuller Products. Birthday and Christ
mas cards. L. N. Lindskog, 35th and
South Sheridan ROaQ. IL. 4c1.
INSIDE and OUT 'CP' (Certi-
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Gas ranges have the features
you want! Automatic featur-
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greater SPEED greater econ
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See your gas range dealer or
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FOR SALE-White shoe roller skates
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43O. 1904 Edna Blvd. 1Oo-o-Zf
FOR SALE-Sparton cabinet Radio:
Good condition. Phone 972. 7O7-8-l3
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Hand-knitted garments made to Or
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Phone Zion 3727 (afternoons)
7O5-7-23-30; 8-6-13.
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Phone Zion 3711 for estimates on
plumbing and heating installation.
Beall Engineering Service, 1896
Sheridan Rd., Zion, Illinois. 7O3-7-l6
The frontiersman., 1947-07-30
SHARP. CANNCk
 NCMlN ANCHORAGE
Page Five Five

, Charles Sharp and Mr s i. Ger trude Cannon, who spent last winter Out ide, drove into Anchorage last We eek- end. to put a. per iod to a cross country tour that began in Flor ida. They came home to Al aska by way of the Alaska Highway
 Fr lends who saw Mr.. Sharp in Anchor-. age on Monday report him much impr owed in heal tn. He and Mrs. Cannon are expected in- Seldovia: either today or Fr iday. They are planning a stay of sever months, but will go Outs ide again for the coming winter.
The frontiersman., 1947-07-30
The Frontier. sman
CLUB COMMITTEES :. ASKED TC NetI

ASktC IL Ttt l.
 Presid ident Betty Thor sness of the Sel- dovia Woman's Club this week called upon club member to begin their planning for the fall and winter work. Regular ne etings of the Woman's Club will be resumed early in September, Mrs s. Thors- ness remi nded.
 She asked that com mi ttee chairHen call meetings of their groups within the next week or two, in order that all planni ing may be completed before the sept eMOoT mSo IIiSs
 This year's C ommi t. tees for the club in- clude the SC names:
 Program commi t ttee-- Mur iel Beltz, chair- man, assisted by Mrs. J. ". Thomps on, Flor ence Brun, Lois And er- son, Viola Daniels, Emma Carlough.
 velfare commit tee-- Ellen Nilsson, chair- man, assisted by Susan English, Il ice Groot-
The frontiersman., 1947-07-30

NEXT SUNDAY
 The next me ct ing. of the Homemakers Club has be een sched- u1ed as a picnic for Sunday, Aug. 5. it was announced today by Ellen Nils on, pro- gram chairman. =
 Club mem Der s :. and their gues ts are ask ed to meet at the home of Mir s. Nilsson at 2 ,;o'c1 oc>k:, Sunday, ,~ when they will. leave for an outing acr oss the. bay. Those who come are asked to br ing a food contri l. butio on for a picnic pot1uck lunch. The gr cup will re- turn to Seldovia in time. for evening church s ervic es.
 hof and Dorothy pr ss s. Ter.
 Soc ial conahAttee-- Doris Swa in, chairman /, assis ted by Il ta Hen- ing ton, Fl ie ,Marrs.
 Member ship cormi t. tee --Tyndle Lipke chairman, as sisted by Susan Lloyd, Fr ances Pat ton.
 Publ ic ity ommi't- tee--Vio1a Daniels chairman, as sisted bJ Rose Bush and Mary Nc . Nealy.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Blaze Of Noon
Is Grounded by
Ceiling Zero

BLAZE OF NOON" Paramount
picture with Anne. Baxter, William Holden,
Sonny Tufts, produced by Robert Fellows
directed by John Farrow. screenpiay hy
Frank Wead and Arthur Sheekman, based
on the novel by Ernest &. Gam. At the
Capitol.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
BY Horry Macarthur

Those were dangerous days for all
concerned back in the 20s when
commercial aviation was being born.
Drama and tragedy and neroism
were involved in the flying OF the
mail in the days when meeting the
evening mail plane was as much an
event in a city of 200 900 as meeting
the train once had been in a town
of 2,0G0. Blaze of Noon, which
opened yesterday at the Capitol,
hints, in pictorial foreword show
ing modern aircraft carrying the
mails to all corners Of the world,
that 1t will display some OF this
drama, tragedy and heroism.
1t never manages it. however. The
foreword is the high point and the
film says steadily from there. In
the end it manages only to remind
YOU that Ceiling Zero" must have
been a really dramatic affair several
years ago to make a pallid copy OF
how it suffered so by comparison.
BLAZE of Noon" was adapted from
a novel by Ernest K. Gam, a COM
mercial pilot of considerable expert
ence both in the air and at a type
writer. In his previous literary
works, reviewers have found him
adept at transferring the feel OF fly
ing to the printed page. Whether
he managed to do this in Blaze OF
Noon" we couldn't say, but if he did,
the feel was lost between page and
camera.
Blaze of Noon" tells the story OF
four brothers, one of whom loves a
girl and marries her and all OF whom
love airplanes. Two of the brothers
die and a third is crippled in a crash
before the end of their cliche-ridden
adventure as pioneer air mail pilots.
The ones who die are the ones you
expect to see 60 when first you meet
them. so closely does the picture
follow the pattern. The significance
of their deaths will be noted only
by modern pilots. who will hope
fervently that the young will not
Evening star., 1947-05-23

contrary notion. The MaZels may
give justice the brush-off but he
goes on knowing there is such a
thing. His pursuit of it makes
dramatic spectacle, good for guf-
faw one moment, a sigh the next.
He does not blame his daughter for
her misdeed. He blames woman
kind, a weak lot. He also blarles
motorcycles on which lovers go rid
ing. He finds the moonlight guilty
of contributing to the delinquency
of innocent children. Even some OF
the laws of France strike him as
being notoriously unjust.
OF the latter, the one which par
ticularly outrages him is that his
illegitimate grandson must bear his,
the maternal grandfather's, name.
What is more, by the custom OF
Provence, the first born male must
be called by his last name, in this
case Amoretti.
Out of the impact of these events,
customs, etc. upon the emotions OF
simple man, Raimu compounds
the sight of man who is funny
when he is angry or puzzled, but
funniest of all when he comes face
to face with his grandson and ca
pitulates as If he never had heard
of honor.
The humor of ''The Well-Dig-
gers Daughter" is that which flows
from character instead of the added
brain of Hollywood gag writer. 1t
is pointed most brilliantly, of course,
by Raimu but a number of others
contribute vitality to it. One OF these
is clown faced FERNANDEZ as The
simpleton assistant to the well-dig-
ger, another Charpin as the head OF
the house of Mazel.
The daughter of the films title is
played by Josette Day, shy, beau
tiful girl who would be a menace to
a fulltime widower-father, much
less one who had to dig wells all day
to keep his brood fed and sheltered.
Everyone will be very happy to
meet them all.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

NationaLsLove for Love-; $3.50
pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - Calcutta" 1880
$3.50, 5:35, 7::35 and GAS pm.
CapitoI-"Blaze of Noon; 1890
am, 1:25, 4:20, tbs and 10 :05 pm
Stage shows: 1910, 3:35, $50 ano
9:25 pm.
| Columbia - California; 1875
am, 1875, 3:35, $50. 7:3o and 9:35
pm.
Earle Calcutta 11:40 am,
lao, 3:45, $50, 7:55 and 10 pm.
Hippodrome-"B Brief Encounter"
I2:15, 4:05, 5:55, 7:45 and 9:35 p.p
Keith's-'The Egg and T.; ILLS
am, 1:2o, 1925, $50, 7:35 and $40
pm.
Little-"The Well -Digger's Daugh-
ter: 10:40 am, 12:45, 2:55, sos,
tbs and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Stairway to Heav-
en-; 11:15 am. Ills, 1925, $50
7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Duel in the Sun; 10:4C
m, lis, 3:55, $3.50, 9:10 and Has
pm.
Pix-"Main Street Girl; 3:05
5:35, 7:50, 1920 pm. and 12:5C
am.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts.
Continuous from 1915 am.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

THE wELL-DIGGER,S DAUGHTER, !"
an Sirftzky International Pictures release
with Raimu. produced, directed ana writ
ten by Marcel Pasnoi At the Little.
Evening star., 1947-05-23

fills the heart with the sense that
life can be good and amusing ad-
venture.
'The Well Digger's Daughter, ;"
one of the most praised and honored
movies In years, is up to all that
has been said OF it. 1t should be
around here long time unless there
has been an incredible change in the
normal good taste OF Washington
moviegoers.
Raimus daughter dominates the
title of the French screen drama
which Marcel Pagnol wrote, pro-
duced and directed, but no one
should be misled by this. 1t is Raj
mu himself who dominates the
screen with his portrait of simple,
loveable well-digger who proves
that man can be match for his
fate. It Is he who carries the pic
ture, a comedy in the finest sense
of the word.
1.-THE Well Digger's Daughter"
has its imperfections, to be sure.
The most wretched of these Is a
sound track that is sometimes
downright stupid. But the effect
of the flaws Is negligible.
Nothing can keep Raimu pic
ture from being great entertain
ment. #3tt#$ ss
The new hero on the Little's
screen is a worthy successor to
Henry "" who reigned there sew
en- months. He is a man of the peo-
pie, a good, gentle, proud and visit
full creature. He is a widower with
five daughters and there is just
enough wisdom in him to tell him
that this is a hazardous fate for
any man, perhaps most OF all a
Frenchman whose home is sur
rounded by other Frenchmen.
The worst that can happen does
happen when his oldest daughter,
his most beautiful and innocent
prize, betrays the family honor with
the aviator son of the hardware
merchant in the nearby town.
What does a lowly, but dignified
man do about a thing like that?
In Raimu's case, he makes it a
merry, minor masterpiece.
~ X
This admirable sequel to "The
Bakers Wife" is made of the same
plain, vitamin- packed ingredients.
AS a believer in justice, the we'll
digger dresses his five daughters in
their best and marches off to the
fancy home of the offending avia-
tors family. The aviator has been
assigned elsewhere, the coming war
you know. His naughty family has
no notion of retrieving the we'll
digger's menage from what it re-
CARDS as the inevitable fate of the
lowiy.
Raimu himself. however, has a
Evening star., 1947-05-23

RiN Cunnin CHAM John whitney
Paramount has told you before
that no dame can make a monkey
out of Alan Ladd. It has added
repeatedly that he will cuff the day
lights out of any lovely who tries
to outwit him, although he may kiss
her swollen lips few minutes later
in disdainful adieu.
Paramount, as we say, has said
this time and again but 1t never
seems confident that every one has
heard it.
Its misgivings on this score have
inspired 1t to make Calcutta" the
latest Alan Ladd picture, which
turned up on the screen of the
Earle Yesterday. Calcutta" amounts,
however, to no more than a change
of address for its hard-eyed, hard
fisted hero who is up to the same
tricks he has practiced in a dozen
less exotic locales. The gal who
gets kissed and slapped in this re-
peat of the routine is Gail Russell.
She comes through it, Tipped,
dewey-eyed and looking as If she
would be ready when the picture is
made again, probably under the
title. "Framingham, Mass"
Ladds role is that of an airlines
pilot whose regular run is across the
famous hump" between India and
China. As effortlessly as you
breathe, he falls into a gang OF
jewel and gold smugglers whose
members include the usual hard,
handsome males and soft, silky fe-
males
The average airlines pilot, devil
may-care sort, would turn his evil
dence over to the police. Not Ladd
He takes the law of India into his
own hands just as he does when he
is at home in this country. This
assures him of a rough sort of deal,
but he likes it rough and naturally
he does not mind the excitement
of the gangsters' girls.
Seton I. Miller is both author and
producer of Calcutta" which was
directed by John Farrow. They,
too, however. like the players in
volved. seem depressed by the knowl-
edge they are not covering them
selves with distinction. j. G.
Evening star., 1947-05-23


|read . lesson into the fact that those
who survive Tin the filml are the
|seat-of -the-pants flyers, who refuse
70 put their trust In turn -and -bank
indicators.
The cast Of aBlaze Of Noon in
cludes William Holden, Sonny Tufts,
Sterling Hayden, Howard da Silva
and Anne Baxter. who are serv-
iceabIe. It also includes William
Bendix, whose portrayal OF an old
time pilot who likes to buzz trains
and chicken farms provides some
bright moments. Not enough.
though, to make Blaze Of Noon
anything but d faint flicker.
~
Headliner of the Capitol's stage
show is the popular ventriloquist,
Paul Wincl1ell. Others are Gene
Archer, who is called 'Washington's
favorite baritone and probably is.
Jimmy and Mildred Mulcay. har-
players; the Daresco trio,
adagio experts, and Marianne,
dancer.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Ladd Changes
Only Address
In Calcutta

CALCUTTA Paramount Picture with
Alan Ladd and Gail Russell. produced by
original screenplay By Seton I. Miller. At
the Earle
Evening star., 1947-05-23

ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1947-05-23

Vn0Y Go. Ave. 4 Quebec Pi. NV.
RA 44oo
Today OnIy---Bing Crosby. Gloria Jean
in If Had My Way" fre-issue). at
6:15. 8:05. 9:55. Tomorrow--Eddie
Dean, Shirley Patterson in Tumble
weed Trail"
Evening star., 1947-05-23

Art A( 1881 H St. NE. At. $500
ses essa~ Cont. LII Pm.
Double Feature Program Daily.
KENT TAYLOR in DANGEROUS
MILLIONS and PAUL KELLY, OSA
MASSEN in STRANGE JOURNEY.
Evening star., 1947-05-23
Raimu's w ell Digger Worthy
OF Henry vs. Throne at Little
BY Joy cormody

The m between The Bakers Wife and an sauvaen, gay WISE M
he With Raimu the
wedgger at that there
drama in the On the Little
rmmbered human who
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-05-23

his family here. He expects tt
receive his discharge soon.
Mrs. Lizzie Lawrimore spent
Thursday with her sister, Mrs
Nora Ray.
Melvin Long made a business
trip to Loris Saturday.
Mrs Ernest Smith and Mrs.
GoIey Smith visited Mrs. Melvin
Ray at Olyphic recently
Elder ]. T. Williams of Rocky
Mount spent Saturday night IN
he home of Almond Stanley.
Ike Long, Edward Gore and
Ralph Gore were visitors in Ia
Dor City Saturday.
Mrs. Billie Grice, Jr., and Mrs.
Eddie Grice were the Sunday
visitors of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ned Watts, at Nakina.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Benton Of
Acme visited Mr.. Benton's pa
rents, Nh and Mrs. Jessie Benton
Sunday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-05-23
I MEET
| the incest
/ PEOPLE
By GLENN ID. kITTLER

Dan Valentine was one of the
best things that happened to the
United States Army. He was on
the staff of the South Pacific
Daily News and in that position
provided Il greater morale lift for
his fellow soldiers that all the
USO shows, letters from home,
and furloughs rolled into one.
Dan came to the Daily News
Via the infantry. He was huge
person. standing we'll over six feet
Il n d weighing we'll over 200
pounds. He had Il Buster Brown
face with Il turned up nose, wholly
with the large blub-
berry body which always sought
the Softest chairs.
Nothing in the world bothered
Dan Valentine. The house he was
in could explode, he could lose
81 900 in a dice game, OF he could
wade through mud landing on a
Pacific island beachhead; he took
it all with a bored Shrug OF his
huge shoulders.
Even while invading Munda,
Dan refused to be impressed. A
newspaperman (and thus man
of questionable intent), Dan could
not arouse any patriotic ferocity.
AS he hid in the bushes with other
soldiers, he made bets about the
number of Japs he would shoot
that day and always won.
After four lays on Munda with
the laps pushed back into the
jungles, Dan decided he could no
longer postpone treatment of his
aching feet. He withdrew from
the battlefront and strolled back
to the Seashore.
Sitting upon a large rock, he
his shoes and socks and