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Show v ' THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH It's Simple Furniture With Quaint Ruffles and Frills for the Home J 1 tlt CUR u CURTAIN i LENGTH BEO CURTAIN VEOTWAL-j-L OM ;pL JB WALL FLOOR By Ruth Wyeth Spear$ chine attachments will be learning the mysteries of the rufller and hemmer. NOTE Why not start your dream room now with a skirted blanket chest like the one In this sketch? It Is grand to have extra covers handy on chilly nights and the padded top makes a comfortable seat. Pattern 259 gives complete and fully I-llustrated directions with detailed list of materials needed for making the chest, full skirt and top cushion. Enclose 13 cents with name and address to get pattern 259. Address: MRS. RUTU WYETH SPEARS Bedford Hills New York Drawer 10 Enclose IS cents for Pattern No. 259. Name Address IF yOU have been wondering if quaintness, frills and ruffles were going into the decorating ash can after the war, the answer is no. There will be many strictly modern rooms but there will be rooms also in which all the war years' pent-u- p longing will burst forth in the most romantic ver-sions of the traditional Home, sweet Home with variations ac-cording to taste. Period themes and quaintness will be stepped up to have a dra-matic quality. Modern ideas will creep in and add to this effect. Simple furniture will be built in and fabrics will be cut and sewn especially to fit the spaces they are to fill. The bed curtains for the slanting wall in the sketch are an example and the triangular shaped window curtains to give extra fullness. Frills will be even fuller than those of our dreams, and many a homemaker who nev-er before used her sewing ma- - f SNAPPY FACTS v ABOUT Jg) RUBBER Consumption of reclaimed robber in th Unltud States Increased mora than 50 per cant from 1940 to 1943. Reclaimed rubber may fre-quently bo used la the manufacture of the same articles from which It was reclaimed. In 1943 gaiollne and motor vehicle tax revenue! combined accounted for nearly 30 per -- cent, of the total state revenue. Next year will mark the thirtieth anniversary af the use of motor vehicles In the rural free delivery mail service. Rubber-tire- d mail cars had a bearing an the pasting of the first federal aid highway law In 1916. BIGoodrich Invest in Liberty "ft & Buy War Bond "All officers and men J j; 1 will advance to ' It ' - - jJ : j ' kill or be killed" Kxfhrl - , Vv v 'i ': ' c-l- Ni! This is no dreamed-u- p headline-h- o "tone poem" conceived on an inspired typewriter. It's the way the army explains the command "Fix bayonets charge!" Only the Infantry has it put to them in these words. As one doughboy said: "I'll remember those eleven words the rest of my life." Remember? How can he forget them? They describe the climax of the Infantryman's assault they describe the most cold-blood- ed action on a battle-field. Yet Infantry officers and men have advanced, countless times, to kill or be killed ... at Saratoga ... at New Orleans . . . the Argonne . . . New Guinea ... Salerno There's no rescinding of this order no retreating no nothing but plain killing. Right now, the men of the Infantry are closing in for the final kill. They're " advancing every day advancing to the order of "kill or be killed." Remember v this the next time you see a doughboy on furlough. Remember this the next time you almost forget to write that letter. Remember it till your dying day. You can't pay the doughboy back -- but at least you can be forever mindful of his role in this fight for freedom. - " - Xeep your eye on the Infantry THE VOUGHdOY dOES IT!" , rSjrWMKLE 7'.. GOES tom ETr PRATT VV.N.U. RELEASE I I r FAR: Forty-four- - NJ Zi back of his home, . 4li. bad news to Amy. " h0 become, I '" J, Wl"kle " ent 40 u.m 'm I ' 1 , winkle oe home Hardly know him, W 'S. bark, at U. re I -- Til.rt.tlo.. Soon K1 on the klKb ie. t "S meet ""' j wdre encouraged. jAPTER XI .jme they were at last f: Jey were going. Nothing Mt the main convoy. inning it had been I them to the island I oe of he steppingstones 1 ,ving of certain precious I n by the Japanese when I looking. eDd of the Wn captured by Ameri- -' ilong with an airfield !! , Just completed by the j held the northern half jtey would land some jt morning. le iearched in his guide-- , jentry under Talizo. To "Now, now," cautiond Mr. Win-kle. "We're here to protect them that's all." "Sure," said Mr. Tinker. "Sure." He twisted his head, to keep in sigfct as long as he could what he looked forward to protecting. On the far side of the village the Jungle began, a monstrous growth of palms, lianas, bushes, vivid flowers breadfruit trees, and banana plants! Into this they marched along a nar-row white shell road that threw heat up in nearly suffocating waves. They began to sweat. They came to a tent so cleverly camouflaged that they failed to make it all out at once. It was painted the exact color of the vegetation. Limbs of trees grew over its roof. Nets, to which branches were at-tached and sprayed a permanent green, covered it in other places. The jungle was honeycombed with such tents, some of them small, some of them large enough to house a small circus. Again Mr. Winkle felt safe. He told himself nothing could happen to him in such a hidden in-stallation. He had d to make a landing amidst a hail of bullets and exploding bombs. At their first meal in the mess tent they tasted new foods, potato-like taro, papaya, and wild chicken. Mr Tinker spat most of them out fnd took to what he called civilized dishes also provided. Mr. Winkle swallowed them, if not with relish, at least with pleasure In their proving how definitely he was on a tropic island. The newcomers were asked such a barrage of questions that they had little chance to put any of their own. The few they managed to get in were mostly answered with a lifting of the shoulders. One man jerked his thumb toward the north and said, "We're just sitting each other out." . The Messrs. Winkle and Tinker reported to one of the shops, where Mr. Tinker was open-mouthe- d at the equipment and Mr. Winkle was im-pressed. Trucks, reconnaissance and com-mand cars, and jeeps and peeps were driven into spacious tents which held as complete equipment as to be found at home. The canvas sides were rolled up for ventilation, giving them a pleasant air of being outdoors. The familiar smell of oiled machinery and carbon monoxide fumes reached their nostrils. These perfumes were more heartening than the sweet, curious odors of the jungle with which they competed. Men like themselves, trained as they had been, following the same procedures, labored over the vehi- - tual fighting seamed remote and un-real. They saw nothing of the enemy and heard nothing of him. There were so few evidences of his exist-ence that they were hardly worth while. Even the two cots in their tent hadn't been vacated by dead men, but by men who had contract-ed tropic fever and been sent home. The native girls ran when Mr. Tink-er made approaches; they didn't trust any human being in a sol-dier's uniform. All in all, Mr. Tinker was very much disgusted. He said he might as well be home working it his plumbing, and he told Mr. Winnie he might as well be home in his shop. Mr. Winkle, on the other hand, could not conceal from himself the fact that he was pleased. He breathed easier, thinking that if this was all there was to it, it wasn't so bad. To the north, he knew, lay the airfield and the main part of the American forces of occupation. And farther on there was jungle fighting where men stalked each other through the undergrowth and sniped from the trees. But this was not his business, and he came into con-tact with none of those whose affair it was. Mr. Tinker hoped to be sent north on some mission. "It's the only way I can see for me to get me my Jap," he said. Mr. Winkle didn't understand how he could expect this. "You'd be on other duty," he pointed out. "Not all the time I won't," Mr. Tinker said. "You wouldn't tell any-body," he pleaded, "if I went of! for a while, would you, Pop?" "You won't do any such thing," Mr. Winkle scolded. Mr. Tinker remained silent, look-ing glum but determined. Mr. Tinker had only contempt for the south tip of the island, to which he and Mr. Winkle were sent sev-eral times to rescue vehicles in dif-ficulties. He could hope to find no Japs there. The shore was lined with American machine-gu- n fox holes, and it was here that the Al-phabet, to his chagrin, was sta-tioned. Sergeant Czeideskrowski and his crew, including Freddie and Jack, agreed with Mr. Tinker about their part in the war. Nothing, they felt, would happen in the portion given to them. They had come thousands of miles to sit and watch and wait for action that would never materialize. They with Mr. Winkle over-looked the fact that when you are in a war you are in a war. Awakened early one morning, Mr. Winkle and Mr. Tinker were told to report to the orderly tent on the double-quic- Their Commanding Officer looked grim when he told them: "Hop in a jeep and get down to Post Number Nine. Repair a com- - on land after the sea Ill through town, he found that the It was, in fact, m ) afternoon a collection of out of the sinking )tame The gun crews n and the other ships their stations, alert and won word was passed these were their own e to protect them in that :ous of all times, dusk on F.lrom under, on, or over eared either that night or ten the planes returned ieir vigil and escort the lort made out boldly, was alow-lyin- g shore reach-5tl- y to a towering volcan-- 1 ridge running along the Talizo. It was a scene ;jty as to be very nearly ilhey approached closer. !we (he white wisp of a 'nld be seen throwing the mountain into the thick 1 below. (r and the killing and 'mP could exist on this island did not seem 'tit, all you wanted to do ' tare, among the palm 'hite sandy shore and "'st of your life. ' e and his several thou-;n- s gazed at it with ferment. The island thing for which Mr. med, ai d he wondered Snd it here. ie' impression of land-"- l ne of danger, but of 'Whip was the first ves-w- e mine field and the '"' by a small tug draw- - tam0f the submarine fore the anchor was ;e harbor, landing nets wown over the sides of boats lowered. jjtf dovin. packing them- - lifeboats. Three of tether, were pulled by J 0e of the piers. The at n supply Some of them :ore batteries placed on ;;0the harbor. wland after the sea as airough town. 1" hatched huts, they m were vacant. 'Z .i, re Were toey occu-skinne- d people whose Sazed at them apa-- ' w of them were girls i ,PI Sarment of printed one shoulder bare . rest of their slim plr knees. . , Jou know?" t breathed "hadda you know?" cles, one of which had its entire rear end missing as if it had been torn off with a violent hand. The men looked up, gazing idly, curious-ly, or with interest at the newcom-ers. Only once did they pause in their quick, deft attentions to the motors. A radio, abruptly turned on, buzzed and crackled for a mo-ment, and then from it came the clear, assured announcement: "This is the United States of America." The men went still for an instant, taking it in. They glanced at each other and some of them smiled brief-ly, almost shyly. As the short-wav- e program went on, giving the news from home, they returned to work with an added zest. Mr. Winkle couldn't suppress a tingle that went through him and a choking in his throat. It quieted the queasy feeling in his stomach. It made him know that the jungle of Talizo, at least this part of it and more to come, was the U. S. A. When a mail went out, Mr. Winkle was allowed to write only the barest information to Amy. He refrained from saying much for the double reason of living up to the censorship regulations and not caring to fright-en her. He omitted certain things he discovered in his paradise, such as malaria, dysentery, white ants with a pincers attack worse than any war maneuver ever conceived, and mosquitoes so profuse that a net over the bed served only to trap them inside where they could concen-trate their attack. It must, he thought, be enough of a strain for Amy not even to know where he was beyond the fact that South Seas area. He he was in the cheery things, such as kept to the wild pig, and the taste of roasted the crawfish, shrimp, and prawns He described the flowers, and dwelt on the hibiscus, which he thought went better with the tropics than anything else. He told her about the parrots and cockatoos of the jun-gle and how the air was filled with the color of flashing wings. He said there were no cannibals about just then, but he hoped even-tually to see one. He described war nothing at all like what he as being expected, and assured her hat Se would be back some day. "No jap bullet has my name on it, heHep0ondered on whether or not he this in. It was boast-nhg0U- a li!ue, for he had yet to hear . either side. In tie end shot fired on let the statement go. decidiaf it reassuring more than anything Te And he didn't want to give that he really her the impression wasn't in the war. Mr. Tinker was in it sc.little that he didn't think much of Talizo as a far away that the ac been fired so Mr. Winkle was allowed to write only the barest information to Amy. mand car you'll find there and bring it back. Don't waste any time. There's mist off the shore. Any-thing can come out of it." Mr. Winkle's heart leaped as he saluted with Mr. Tinker and hur-ried out. "Something," said Mr. Tinker, "is. up." Mr. Winkle was very much afraid that this might be so. "Nine," he said. "That's the Alphabet." At the motor park tent they found the men on duty there had the same tense attitude. "You'd better take some extra cartridge clips," they were told. These were given to them. They drove out. Mr. Winkle didn't like the extra cartridge clips, but he did feel better to have rifles slung alongside the bouncing car. When they reached the road run-ning south along the shore, they saw the mist Between hillocks of the beach ridge they could make it out standing like a wall several hun-dred yards offshore, mysterious, dangerous, unreasonable. It made Mr. Tinker enthusiastic. "The Japs know we're about ready to push them in the face in the north," he held. "Mebb they'll take this chance." (TO BE CONTINUED) HO is the top fighter in the world, pound lor pound? This query covers many years, in addi-tion to the present calendar. On the human side our selection has always been Harry Greb a 160-- Tlnimr4 u;htr1uHn4 who in ring contests or training periods practically wrecked such stars as Gene Tunney, Jack Demp-se- y, Tom Gibbons and Jack Dillon. I am referring to the Greb that had two eyes, when he first wrecked Tun-nc- v and Gibbons and when he com- - Grantland Rice pletely bewildered Jack Dempsey with his speed in training spot. My friend Frank Buck joes on be-yond Greb or Stan Ketchol, Joe Gans or the pick of the human lot. Buck nominates the Wolverine a 35 or terror from Michigan and a few other northern mid west-ern states. "The Wolverine, pound for pound, Is the world's earnest and greatest fighter," Buck says. "The Badger is tough, but not quite that tough. Vou know even a d bear doesn't match any part of the Wolverine who is not only fast and strong, but who likes to fight. I can't think of any animal who won't give the Wolverine the right of way. What he could do to a d police dog wouldn't even be close. I can't think of a dog that a Wolverine wouldn't wreck in a few minutes." Our knowledge of Wolverines had been largely limited to Michigan football teams. These also haven't been any too soft. But they haven't quite been able to match their name-sakes since a team known as Minne-sota's Gophers have annoyed them no little in recent years. In animal parlance the Gopher is no great killer. But he is something different on a football field. I asked Dr. Buck just why a Wo-lverine is so tough. "Every part of him is tough," Frank said, "includ-ing teeth, claws, and especially heart." World's Best Fighter I tried to pin Buck down to nam-ing the world's greatest fighting ani-mal. This naturally leaves the human out unless you give him a gun. The human is a rather puny animal when he isn't armed. Twenty or thirty animals would outclass him on even terms. Among the best of the animal breed Mr. Buck Includes the ele-phant, the gorilla, the tiger, the lion, the leopard, the grizzly and the big python. "The elephant is just toe big," he says. "But one of the greatest fights ever known would be between a tiger or a lion thrown against the grizzly bear. They would be well-match- ed In weight. The grizzly is much stronger than either a tiger or a lion. He isn't as quick but he has a thick, protecting coating of hair around the throat. But either a tiger or a liaa would have to get him in a hurry or lose the decision. And I don't think either could get him in a hurry." "What about the grizzly, lion or tiger against a big python?" I asked. Buck had brought back a python that measured 29 feet. "You may remember," he said, "that in the python-tige- r fight pic-ture I made, the python was on the winning side. I wouldn't want to bet on any animal against a big python. I saw one kill a leopard in just a few seconds." Gorillas Tough, Too Then we began talking about Gar-gantu- a, the big circus gorilla. How would he some out against any-thing except an elephant? Mr Ruck admitted that finrpan- - tua would be something to stop. Big, powerful, fast and vicious some 600 pounds of dynamite Gargantua would be no pushover against tiger, lion or grizzly. We are offering these vital statis-tics to those who keep asking how Louis and Dempsey, or how Tunney and Corbett would come out in a swinging joust. Our answer is that Louis, Demp-sey, Tunney, and Corbett i would be completely outclassed by any griz-zly, lion, tiger, gorilla, python or king cobra in any hand-to-han- d or fang-to-fan- g collision. Gene Tunney still thinks that a good fighter can lick a gorilla. I don't think Greb, Tunney, Dempsey and Louis together could handle Gargantua. Best Football Teams "Which section of the country on a general average produces the stronger football teams?" This is one of the favorite queries you get from service mail where men from every section are thrown together around the world. This in-cludes the East, the Midwest, the South, the Southwest, and the Far West. My guess weuld be the Midwest, which Includes the Big Nine and Notre Dame. This Man Just Didn't Appreciate Her First Aid She was on her way home from a first aid course when she saw a man lying prone in the middle of the sidewalk. His face was cra-dled in one arm; the other arm was twisted under him in a pecu-liar position. All alert she was, and without a moment's hesitation got down on her knees and went to work. Here was her opportunity to prove herself. For a few minutes there was no response, then the victim spoke up. "Lady," he said, "I don't know what you're doing, but 1 wish you'd quit tickling me. I'm trying to hold a lantern for this fellow down in the manhole, and he's got a fiery temper." Fancy Appetites The motives for the food fancies cf certain birds and beasts are undiscoverable. At the London zoo it has been found that humming birds can be lured to eat simply by coloring the receptacles con-taining their food red. In the reptile-hous- e, the Iguana lizard has a positive mania for yellow or orange fruit, flowers or Vegetables, while the giant lizard, the Komodo dragon, will select a white fowl, pigeon or rab-bit to one of a grey, brown or black hue. Rats Fish With Tails Rats on the uninhabited and bar-ren atolls off New Guinea subsist entirely on crabs, which they catch by the unique method of dangling their tails in the water from the edge of a flat rock. Usu-ally, in a matter of minutes, a crab comes along and grabs a tail, and the rodent hauls in the catch like a fisherman. |