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Show --S---1J'- ' ''""''''fo"1'8' , ., - IM .ssssssssssseieieieaesessss-w SJ ' fyrCVS ' ''r-.A ' V .-if.' fff 1 baa IU new term, In brief ! f I . X f A- ' ! f 1 ICi f ' Sv- i MINISTER AT WORK . . . Jamci W. Crty, 21-year-old minister. www' - . v.- I L' - J7 S? ' t lV V '! contends that ministers houId lern t first hand the problems of the I ,5, ; i ? j ' i A X " ' ; IW'i ? m rvL.UiCJlCf iPl N f I wo"" e proves his contention by working on the assembl) I J ( . ' ,,JlV 111' t'1'atl'' wnwiMiiiiii..ii..wi . jt. wana I P f ft CCI I nW f ' , , 'II 1 1 II 1 . ... ... .. ...... UWVW BMtetaWII 1 IS:: IF -jjcs. . I I CREEK TRAGEDY OF the w Ait . . . une of tne most tragic ironies or the war through which the world F kf ' f - 1 CEEEK TRAGEDY OF THE WAR . . . One of the most tragic ironies of the war through which the world bi jnst passed is the condition In which the Italians left Greece. Today Greece is in worse shape than the Utions of the vanquished. Former prosperous farmers are without buildings, few have cattle. One out of per? five schools in Greece was destroyed by the invaders. I J , , ij V i 1 J ... . bvr--7 L . - C - - ' "'t'Jl , wm VEST POCKET WEISSMULLER . . . Duncan Richardson, born In LonlsviUe, Ky., the ton of Lt. and Mrs. - Marshall Paul Richardson, is now in Hollywood. Duncan could scarcely be more at home in the water if he iSSieT had been born with fins. At four years of age, Duncan is a natatorial natural. He not only has excellent form, mml bit also can do all kinds of intricate dives, swims the crawl, back stroke, breast stroke and butterfly. He can j, V. swim the length of the average pool under water and be enjoys every minute he Is In the water. j-L j mw,mm, - ,. ,;, nM,iT!F"n 4- ' r -" -t? i T . IftfL - i . . '--V'' 1 h, AYSfe-iVr-i -ic-''. I ' irsit " 2?!5S2f ' v ' -f"" V J fc - ' THEY FED PLAYMATES . . . - v K, ' ) - , ' f , V VETERANS' PARADISE ... Hunter college, New York City, largest These three younj Vlachoa chU- ?a- M W- wmen's college in the world, broke a 75-year precedent by opening dren have made an International I , tjLV ' fV - enronmcnt to men. One thousand G.I.s enrolled. Here Gil Alexander, name for themselves as musical rCMMK-H ' f '', ' 1 i hmaica, L. I., N. Y., carries a load of books for some of the girl prodigies. George Jr., 8, Mad- , X"-." 1 ' ' '0 "MeiUs-and doesn't seem to mind the job. eleine, 10, and Shophle Vlachoi, 13. V ' r A y rcr r. ." - 1 - , . 1 Zj ( ' ; - rw v-' 1!'- K,r, t 'T1 : -; IS i-SSA ' i " f All I iV ' 'S 7 L , Nf,?feAi. sZ2'l iL,i,i 1 HANns Avn r.n in irintrrmn Joe Cronin. manager of Aw Boston Red Sox, and Eddie Dyer, manager of the St, Louis Cardl-i Cardl-i right, shake hands before the first game of the 194S world series ! under way and again as It ended. Both managers were proud of ! "th teams, winners In the National and American leagues, and both ere popular with their team as well as the fans who attended the 1 orid series at St Lonis and Boston. RUGGED HERMIT . . . Living a rough and rugged life In a track with white rats, guinea pigs, poppies, pop-pies, skunk and pet coyote, Willis R. Wllley, 66, of Spokane, Wash., was arrested by Boston police because be-cause bis pet coyote bit a girl. Minister Takes Faclory Job To Study Workers' Problems WNV Features DEARBORN.MICH. To prove his contention that ministers min-isters should learn at first hand the problems besetting the working man, James W. Carty, 21, of Hastings, Neb., theo- j logical student at disciples divinity house, University of Chicago, Chi-cago, spent his vacation working on the assembly line at the Rouge plant of Ford Motor company. Carty, who believes that ministers In middle class parishes should spend more time working alongside their parishioners to learn their problems intimately, was one of four theological theologi-cal students employed at the plant Exchanging their ministerial garb for work clothes, the four theological students took their places beside the regular working work-ing man on an assembly line in the production foundry. Like their fellow workers, they were paid at the regular hourly rate of $1.25. To round out their experiment in intimate contact with the working man, the students spent a week at the CIO summer camp at Port Huron, Mich., after completing three months' work in the foundry. Smart and likable, Carty was FoulTrickScares Turkey to Death, Biologist Reveals ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. The native wild turkey of the Southwest can be scared to death. But, for the benefit of anyone who might hope to get a Thanksgiving feast that way, J. Stockley Ligon, field biologist of the Fish and Wildlife service, adds, the turkey first must be trapped and then scared on a full stomach. Alone in a trap and approached by human beings, the turkey becomes be-comes crazed with shock and, if his crop is full, digestion stops and he i soon dies. The native turkey reached all-time lows of 20,000 in Arizona, 16,000 in New Mexico and 3,400 in Colorado between 1935 and 1940. Ligon reports, the total representing represent-ing only 15 per cent of the number when Coronado and the first white men began their slaughter 400 years ago. NO FORKS NEEDED . . . Youngsters gulped pies with a vengeance at the pie-eating contest which was among the features of the pumpkin festival at Eureka, III., self-styled "pumpkin center of 4he world." Kenneth Remmert (third from right) won the contest by consuming a standard 12-inch pie in 4 minutes, 10 seconds. Civilians Eat More Than Soldiers WASHINGTON. A soldier eats less food than the average active civilian, figures ' compiled by the army quartermaster corps show. The army's master menu for troops allots an average of 3,780 calories a day, according to the quartermaster, while many non-soldiers burn up 4,500 calories. Left out of account however, the war department acknowledges, are the candies and other sweets which popular with his fellow workers, who invariably would gather round him at lunch period to bear a simple sim-ple explanation of religion. "He seems like a good fellow," fellow assembly line workers agreed. Carty also preached every Sunday Sun-day in Detroit while working here. Although he has no parish, Carty, who is a member of the Christian church denomination, has preached at "about 30 churches in Chicago of Christian, Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist faiths." He has compressed four years of college and three years of divinity school into three years. He received his A.B. degree from Culver Stockton Stock-ton college. Canton, Mo. Several of his articles on various phases of religion re-ligion have been published in religious relig-ious journals. Hair-raising Data Disclosed in Bald Facts on Women CHICAGO. One of the nation's best-kept secrets although it bad no bearing on the war or politics finally has leaked out. At least 500,000 women are bald and more are getting that way, it was disclosed by a veteran wig- maker, George Henri, who revealed the hair-raising statistics after 40 years of hiding women's lights under bushels of artificial hair. "Few of the women are totally bald," he reports, "but they do need wigs. Quite a few wear toupees." "Some of the women say they prefer wigs to their own hair," according to Henri. "They don't have to bother with beauty parlors par-lors and they can hang their hair on the bedpost at night so It won't get mussed." He points out that most hair-shedding hair-shedding among the fair sex is a re sult of illness. soldiers buy at post exchanges or elsewhere to round out their daily eating. The master menu, which lays out meals three months In advance, provides pro-vides the soldier with 273 pounds a year of meat poultry and fish 100 pounds more than the average for the civilian group with the highest consumption rate. The master menu serves as a guide for messes in all army establishments. NEW LEGION COMMANDER . . , Paul H. Griffith, tlniontown. Pa., newly elected commander of the American Legion. Twenty-eight years ago be was rolled in an army blanket and left on roadside road-side for burial after being reported report-ed dead. mm ,"5 - r- ; TYPING KINO . . . Albert Tan-gora, Tan-gora, seven-time winner of the world's championship typing title, is shown at the National Business show, New York City. He set a record of 142 words per minute for an hoar straight to make record. rec-ord. KING OF PICKERS . . . Eugene Chlnault, 41, of Memphis, Tenn., grins delightedly at the $1,000 first prize which- he won as champion picker at the National Cotton picking pick-ing contest at Blytheville, Ark. He picked 109 pounds In two hours. x- - - i 2b LEGION AUXILIARY HEAD ... Mrs. Dorothy W. Pearl, Detroit, Mich., who was recently elected president of the American Lerion Auxiliary, succeeding Mrs. Walter Wal-ter G. Craven, Charlotte, N. C, at the national convention. i.WW"'.''''. V EISENHOWER HONORED IN EUROPE . . . More and more honors) were heaped upon Gen. Dwight ElsenfiCwer on bis trip through Europe. With Mrs. Eisenhower, he Is shown chatting with King George of England Eng-land at Balmoral, Scotland, where the Eisenhowers were guests of the royal family. General Elsenhower previously visited the castle which waa presented him by the citizens of Scotland. Every city presented him with medals and keys to the Ity. He waa also given freedom of the oity wherever he appeared la Scotland and England. ill!. 1 t . -, : ' s 1 M : TURNS NIGHT INTO DAY . . . Prof. Etlenne Vassy, 37, expert on atmospheric physics at Sorbonne university, Paris, pictured with hla wife In their laboratory at they announced discovery of formula for turning night Into day. By means of radio transmission of optical wavea directed at luminous strata, Professor Vassy says he will be able to capture enough light from the sky to read without lamps or to drive without headlights at night. . I'ij' .-u - f I v I i r K M r TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS . . . Mountains of Long Island, N. Y., potatoes, nearly 4,000 bushels on the Charles McVay ranch at Overhead. They were purchased by the U. S. government at approximately ap-proximately $1.67 a hundred pounds. While Suffolk county potato rowers have enjoyed bumper crops this year, they are encountering difficulties in getting their yields to market. Many of the potatoes started to spoil in the field before freight cars were made available. tin yrftii WHO SAYS THERE'S A MEAT SHORTAGE . . . With retail batcher Jiops closing In most cities, (his Is a rare scene at the Reevytowa, N. J., abattoir, where owner, John Martini uk, ex-G.I., decided to eeU reUU at OPA prices hie big capply ef all kinds of meat. Martinis, who emnlovs 12 butchers. aX veterans, opened his slaughterhouse to the publio la order to keep his men give -weal hungry customers ueir iff w St-:,". ' ' f . I i "1 ' K " if Hi ii r BissiiJ en the Job and at the same time favorite cum. : , |