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Show THE Saturday, March 18, 1944 ™ Vox Populi By News Hound This week’s Vox Pop roundup turned out to be an all seryiceman survey of what the NSD enlisted men prefer in pin-ups and pin-up poses. After 11 months experience in the Navy during which time he has seen innumerable col- Officers Honor Comdr. Hinesat Farewell Dinner SEAGULL Paae 5 Officers Wives Work on Red Cross Projects Supply Officer in Command Captain Cyrus B. Kitchen and more than 100 Clearfield officers paid tribute to Commander Harry H. Hines at a a farewell dinner given at the Hotel Utah Tuesday evening. Captain Kitchen stated that it is with pleasure and regret we are gathered here phar- this evening to wish a departmate ing shipmate the best of luck 3\c of Minne- and to express our regrets that _ apolis, Minn., it is necessary for him to be depicks Betty tached.” Grable as_ his “In starting the organiza- . lections of pin- “ut Kenneth that favorite pin-up tional development of the deof them all. In pot at Clearfield, Commander poses he defi- Hines was given a tremendous nitely prefers assignment. It is true the Com- the one of la mander had the best wishes of Grable scantily clad in a white the Navy department, but evbathing suit looking back over ery conceivable need from a her shoulder. Before coming to chief clerk to a messenger, and NSD a month ago, Pharmacist from an eraser to a fire engine Swaney was stationed at Far- had to be met and often withragut, Idaho. P. S. He isn’t mar- out experienced assistance,”’ stated the Supply Officer in ried. Bob Snider, gunners mate Commandin praising the work 3\c of Columbus, Ohio, didn’t of Commander Hines. name namesbut states that he “His many years of exper- favors the blueblonde, eyed type in bathing suit poses. Bob ience have been of the utmost help to the Navy when assistance was most needed— experience of a type that can not Busily engaged in sewing for the Red Cross are the above pictured members of the Officers Wives club at their weekly meeting. To date their Red Cross projects have consisted principally of constructing ditty bags and convalescent slippers for servicemen. Also they are making black-out curtains for the cafeteria to be used in showing movies on the base. NSD Packed Crate Brings Letter Wives of Naval Officers Honor From Homesick Utah Sailor For years the American people have been scrawling their Mrs H. H. Hines A surprise tea in honor of be bought and of which he has addresses on signposts, historic rocks and trees, and now in wartime this old American custom took a new and morevital Mrs. Harry H. Hines who is came to NSD given freely.”’ twist when Colleen Hopkins of Ogden, Utah, autographed a leaving soon for Los Angeles, six and onehalf months ago from the | NSD Books Movies Great Lakes For Coming Weeks ir ai neign-e The following pictures will! school. Howev- be shown at the cafeteria for * er, he claims all Navy personnel and their that he became an authority families from Sunday, March on bathing beauties long be- 19 to April 2. fore he joined the Navy 16 Sunday, March 19 — SEE months ago—it seems that in HERE PRIVATE, HARGROVE his pre-sailor days he drove a with Robert Walker, Donna passenger speed boat to Buck- Reed, Keenan Wynn and Robley Lake Park back in Ohio. ert Benchley. Incidentally, girls, he too is Tuesday, March 21—NINE still enjoying single blessed- GIRLS, starring Ann Harding, ness. Evelyn Keyes, and Jinx FalkenEvidently gentlemen... or berg. at least sailors . . . really do Thursday, March 23—THE prefer blondes since Wallace POWERS GIRLS featuring an Phainess, sea- all-star cast. man lic of | Spokane, Main and Wallace Beery. cific where the tropical breezes Thursday, March 30 — blow—building a hospital. By By Marge ABOVE SUSPICION starring chance | ran across your name Heart Warming . . . is the Joan Crawford and Fred Mc- and address on a crate of surincident of the Italian Prisoner Murray. gical equipment. The last few ==" his seven months in the Navy at Clearfield and the remainder at Farragut, Idaho. That's right, he isn’t married either. I’m a married man and can‘t say,’ declares Joseph C. Hararave, pharmacists mate l|c, from Maurice, Hargrave . is very proud of his Louisiana French ancestors and of his wife, whom he also terms a “Louisiana Frenchman.” “Frenchy, as he is called by his friends, has at 4 o’clock by the Naval Officers Wives Club at the depot. A St. Patrick's Dav theme was carried out in the table decorations and floral center- piece. Mrs. Cyrus B. Kitchen and Mrs. Clarence V. Shaws== poured, assisted by Mrs. Wil!liam W. Bruner and Mrs. LeRoy Simmons. The committee in charge of arrangements included: Mrs. Kitchen, Mrs. F. A. Kinzie, Mrs. Shawler, Mrs. Austin D. Sturtevant, and Mrs. G. S. Fos- ter. The tea was held following the weekly Red Cross meeting of the Officers Wives Club. Tuesday, March 28 — RA- for writing this letter. We are TIONING featuring Marjorie out here in the Southwest Pa- for blue-eyed blonde pi n- La. Hopkins believes that the let- Keep ‘Em Rolling ter which follows gives tangi- ‘A “surprise’’ offensive unble proof that the supplies like anything in the past is shipped from Clearfield to the promised iin the Pacific drive men in the Pacific fleet do against the Japs. The men of the fighting fleet will need reach their destination. mountains of supplies, countYour Workin the War less ships and planes to make “Colleen, this may be rather the offensive a success. Keep a surprise to you. It’s just to let the supplies rolling. The need you know how far your work is greater than ever before. has gone into this war (and was given Thursday afternoon Sunday, March 26—COVER others, too). | hope you are a GIRL, (Technicolor) with Rita native of Utah. Utah is my Hayworth. home state. That is the reason Wash., also puts in his vote ups. However, he isn’t so fussy about the bathing suit poses. He has spent five of crate of surgical equipment which she packed last December for shipment overseas. Results were received this week in the form of a V-Mail pleted. The equipment is in letter written by Seaman First fair shape for what it has been through . . . Thanks to the fine Class William |. Busenbark of work of the people at ClearNaval Hospital No. 10 who is field, Utah.” a Utah lad now stationed in the Southwest Pacific. Miss spent nine months of his two and one-half years in the Navy overseas. He saw action at Guadalcanal and after return- 12--="GRY days I’ve been confined to of War, Louis Giusti, who dug HAVOC with Joan Blondell, quarters—due to an accident. deep into his precious savings Ann Southern, Margaret Sulli- | thought about home . . . then to produce $2.00 in stamps and coin for his contribution to the van and Heather Angel. | remembered seeing your Red Cross War Fund. Mr. Jo: “Why don’t hens lay name and address. This letter Giusti, who speaks a few words is what it boils down to. eggs at night?” of English and loves the AmeriMo: “Cause at night they’re Doing Swell Job can baseball game, has always aut all ‘roosters’. “You people back home are made it a point to support the Red Cross organization and uD connoisseur, but Corporal doing a swell job. You surely sees no reason for an exception deserve all compliments. But | Aubrey Whatcan assure you that your work in his policy this year. Sunday, Aprile ley of Mobile, Alabama, also prefers the Betty Grable type, particularly in tap dancing shots. During his four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, Corporal Whatley has been overseas twice—first to Iceland then to the South Pa- cific. He came to the depot ing to the states was assigned about a month ago, andis list- to NSD last October. ed with Sailors Swaney, Snider Just» for variation we de- and Phainess among the ranks cided to try a marine as a pin- of the unmarried. is being matched out here. There is a big job to do and it is being well taken care of ... both here and at home. Some time soon we will see it completed .. . then we can all live again. that times have changed or we are living among a generation of bewitching women wielding their perfumed black magic with merciless abandon. Mysterious . . . and a bit unconventional is the man who has been making nightly calls to a certain Ogden house. It seems he is looking for a voice and if the wrong person answers the phone the conversation never passes the “‘hello’’ stage. Ever Cautious .. . about revealing on the outside of boxes Grim Warning ... to the the contents of certain types of femmes of 1770 is found in a materiel being shipped into the bill introduced into Parliament. depot, the Navy is going one It seems that all ‘women, step farther when it shortens whether virgins, maids, or wid- the usual, ‘‘Glass. Handle with ows’ who dare to ‘‘impose up- care,’ to ‘’Glass with care.”’ on, seduce and_ betray into ... Accidental, perhaps, but “Surely this must seem matrimony any of his Majesty’s strange to you... sailors build- subjects by the scents, paints, amusing nevertheless,’’ says one Clearfield employe. ing a hospital. Yes, | thought cosmetic washes, artificial The Belief that the all sailors were on board ships, teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, weather is worse during wartoo. But they are everywhere iron stays, hoops, high heeled ... from the ice and snow cov- shoes, and bolstered hips’’ time was strengthened by this ered Aleutians to the islands shall not only find that their week's snowfall . . . said to be of palm trees in the Southwest marriage is null and void, but the heaviest to fall in one night since 1898 and responsible for Pacific. shall also be prosecuted as depot employes being allowed Thanks to Clearfield witches. to go home one hour earlier “Our hospital is almost comThe obvious conclusion is Tuesday night. |