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Show Pe Th Cache American. Logan. Cache County. Utah Six Kathleen Norris Says: When Johnny Comes Home BU -- iGovernment Builds Palatial Hotel for Girl Employees service provides Ire cream, cake, candy and the l.ke. In addition, each hotel has its own service shop, as complete as a modem drug store, stocked wuh many WASHINGTON'. On the banks of feminine necessities and luxuries. the Potomac, the vangjard of an Each lounge has its own dance community of approxifloor for informal ertertaming on mately 7.000 residents is getting specified evenings. So placed that comfortably settled in its new quarits great windows look out over the ters. garden, sheltered on three sides by The all girl city" Is the mam building and its wings, the Farms, being built by the Public lounge of each hotel is comparable Buildings administration of the Pub- to the sun room of a sumlic Works agency, and it will be popumer resort lated by girls and women from evThe cafeteria building will seat apery state employed in the war de- proximately 2.000 occupants at one partments Pentagon building and time, and will provide the finest food Navy Department No. 2. available, served at the lowest posArlington Farms will consist of 10 sible prices. The central recreation large hotels, each two stories In building, located at the edge of the height and each housing between 600 civic center toward the Potomac, to 700 girls, besides a huge cafeteria w ill offer a wide range of facilities. budding, a recreation building, ad- It will have a large dance floor ministration budding and post office. where 1,000 couples may be accommodated and a smaller dance floor It is the largest of six housing projects, four under construction and fur special parties. two tentatively planned. The broad acres of what once was the department of agriculture's experimental farm have been leveled and landscaped Into the site for Arwith lington Farms, complete streets, roads, walks and all reBy MISS ABBIE CONDIT quirements of a small city. NsUossI arooU AnotUUos. The 10 big hotels that make up If you have a houseful of lively Arlington Farms are designed in modem style and built with a new youngsters on hand, it's time to start planning now for a safe and sane" type of structural insulating wall maFourth of July. Nothing serves the terial known as Cemesto, developed purpose better than a party with by the Celotex corporation. enough fun and excitement to maka The buildings are of engineered the firecrackers look tame! timber construction with walls of Here are some games to get the insulating panels. These panels comparty started: prise the complete wall, including Red Ilot Shooting Cracker. A knotexterior and inside finish and ample ted handkerchief represents the red insulation against heat and cold. hot shooting cracker. All players Each unit will be complete, with but one stand or sit in a circle. The its own stafT, its own management. players quickly toss the red hot Its own house mother, itJ"own direcshooting cracker to one another. No tor of social and athletic activity. one must keep it even for a moEach has private parlors, private ment While the players toss the dining rooms for parties, and small cracker wildly about it" in the cenbut adequate kitchens where the ter tries to get it back into his possession once more. When he sucgirls can cook when entertaining. Each has its own lounge, large and ceeds in doing this the player who attractively furnished, and each has last threw or touched the red hot a range of banquettes" where the shooting cracker must exchange girls may entertain guests and where places with him and so become it Many Facilities Provided For ReiiJenU Comfort NU high-clas- s Firtured above Is a model of a typical residence hall la the Arlington Farms project being built to accommodate thousands of newly arrived government girl war workers. tea-wtn- g Fun For Your Family old-tim- such iui otrr m mt horn that it makes mm fret ambarrasied i kaien't m urn thing ytt that I noui'l told to do. I haven't dona anything heroic or dramatic Jhry mail By KATHLEEN NORRIS is a letter from a An American who has been HERE In uniform for fourteen months, without ever leaving his own country. He was for eight months in Alaska, was sent to officers training camp in the middle west six months ago; has since been moved to an air base in Florida. During that time Andy has been home for three leaves, and now he expects a fourth leave before being finally assigned. "I wish the family at home would get onto the fact that Im not a hero, and that my tastes havent changed in all these months," writes Andy. "It would be ridiculous to say that I don't look forward to leave, because I love my home, and those months In Alaska were the longest and dullest I ever lived through. But they make such a fuss over me at home that It makes me feel embarrassed; I haven't done anything yet that I wasn't told to do; I havent done anything heroic or dramatic. Mom was terribly pleased when I was sent to officers' training, but so were a lot of other fellows, and it Isn't anything to get chesty about "Next month I'll probably be sent overseas, and if I am I'U certainly do my best to show how ready I am to fight But meanwhile why dont they let me alone? of Welcome. "look. the letter continues youthfully. "The whole family gathers 'round the minute I get home, and they listen to every word I say as if it was Gospel Aunts and uncles that I didn't see three times a year come in to meals. People whose houses I never dined in, people I actually dont like, telephone Mom and ask If Andy will come to dinner, and exactly what I'd like. My aunt brings in doughnuts and cookies every day, the kind you always were My sister crazy about, dearie. makes batches of fudge and expects me to be eating it practically all the time. I tell Mom some silly thing about army meals or something, and she wants me to repeat it to everyone; tell them about that time you were shelling peas, tell them said about what the your doing the dishes. "Evenings are the worst Dad wont let my younger sister or brother out of the house while Im there, and my other sister comes over with her husband and more fudge, and often my cousin and his wife come in; they live next door. They all want to sit around in a ring and make much of me; Mom picks up everything I say and repeats it to the others; I'm not allowed any more to have the kind of evening I used to like. I mean radio, and a book, and maybe a movie, or going around with some boy I know. And then when Ive got to go they all cry for two days; gpsh, you cant blame Mom for that, but the others don't do anything to buck her up. Forced Appreciation. "There are two other fellows at camp who told me they left home three days before their leave was up because they were fed and petted and quoted too much, the letter goes on. "One of them had ten days on his first leave and his mother hes an only child took him out to dinner with people he hardly knew every one of the ten nights. He said she liked it; lots of them were people she hadnt known at all before. The other one says .he always gets he sick at home, and so has to go to a hotel for a few days before he can come back to camp. "I think 50 people asked me, last Over-Supp- ly mess-sergea- dog-tire- d NO HEROICS, PLEASE Don't bn too indulgent when that soldier-bo- y ton of yourt comes home on leave An over supply of welcome becomes tiresome to the extreme. The average man is embarrassed when his family, relatives, friends and even chance acquaintances make a great fuss over him. F eto men in service look upon themselves as heroes and they dont want others to take that attitude. They know they have a job to do, and they would sooner skip the heroics. Another learning: A gloom-ladesounding letter to a boy in service is worse than no letter at all. It shouldn't be necessary to force yourself to be cheerful in writing. And fill your letters with even unimportant news about the home town! Britannica Celebrates 175th Anniversary Only one living person claims to have read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from cover to cover. His name is believe it or not Mr. Shirk, A. Urban Shirk, of Little Neck, L. I. It took him 44 years. Although Mr. Shirk is unique In his accomplishment, millions of persons for the past century and have turned to the Britannica for information on anything from atoms to zymurgy. Recently Britannica celebrated its leave. If I got the sweater Mom 175th birthday anniversary with made me, the cards, cigarettes, can- historical exhibit at Art Center, Chidy, soap. It Is darned tiresome say- cago. Included in. the exhibit was hising 'you bet I did, and it went right the panorama of Britannica' to the spot, or it was Just what tory from the first edition which needed. Then some of these old was mutilated bjj the Puritans who girls grin and say I'll bet some of tore out the article on midwifery, the boys envy you, Andy, and over to modern editions with their artiand over again I grin back and say. cles on air warfare, mass production and space-tim- e And how! theories. The Britannica is older than the "If you knew my folks, he says in conclusion, "Id ask you to go United States. It was founded in have a talk with them before I get home, and tell them that what I want Is a little neglect! Is It possible that in our anxiety to show these boys how deeply we appreciate what they are doing for By PHYLLIS BELMONT us, how eager we are to make them happy, we are in danger of fussing I them into a state of impatience and un-hap- three-quarte- rs lllhat U Da irritation? Another soldier sent me from Honolulu two letters from home. These were written by a widowed mother and a young married sister. Instead of sending Gordon, as intelligent mothers and sisters do, brief cheerful notes with all the good news they could muster and a joke or two put in, these two women wrote extensively of each other's health. Helen was having anothei baby, and considering the dangerous illness and disappointment she went through when last she expected a baby. Mama was miserable with anxiety about it Carroll might be called at any time, so they were living with Mama, and Mama and Helen wish they could stop crying, but really, with everything so horrible, it was impossible. trouble had Mamas sacro-ilia- c started up all over again; she had slipped on the cellar stairs; theyd had no help that winter, and she and Helen had to do everything. Mama was limping around again, but now poor Helens hour of peril" was close. Carroll was having his bad sinus trouble and that might save his being taken. The weather was terribly wet Mama had taken down Gordys picture because it broke her heart to see it Well, this is an awful war, and we will be glad when it was over, Mama wrote. But that is not likely to be soon. There is no news. Town is very quiet Please be careful about catching colds as we have all had them. Lovingly, Mama. Thats a real letter, and I hope the woman who wrote it chances to see this article. If you know any mother who is capable of writing that sort of thing to an absent, homesick boy, you might cut it out and mail it to her. We musnt do any. thing, when the boys are far away, except to cheer them, send them good news and assure them that we are with them heart and souL 1768 by a "Society of Gentlemen in Scotland. First editor was William Smellie, a scholar of convivial habits" and close friend of Robert Burns. Smellie soon quit because he disapproved of his associates ideas for including biographies in the Britannica. He was succeeded by an editor who was more but also more "convivial." He drank to excess one night, wandered around the edge of a pit, fell in and drowned. The Britannica was acquired by Sears Roebuck & Co. in the early part of this century, and recently was presented as a gift to the University of Chicago. Although the cheapest Britannica set cost $150, more than 40 per cent of sets are bought by families with incomes under $2,500. Sales have jumped 35 per cent the past year. People apparently hunger for facts in wartime. clasEditor of the 35,000,000-worsic is Walter Yust of Chicago. Mr. Yust has not averaged more than five hours sleep a night in the past ten years. His gruelling job has not impaired his sense of humor. He delights to relate the humorous mistakes Britannica sometimes makes how greenhorn filing clerks working on the Index volume listed gallunder stones Geology, defense under Military, and mechanism physics under Direct Action. d liberal-minde- d d Altitude Training The March at (je Minute Men. Players line up facing one direction. A goal line is fixed some distance ahead of them and "II" stands on the goal line. The players may walk toward the goal line but only when "Its" back is turned. When If turns and faces the players they must instantly stop and assume statue-lik- e positions. This pose Is held until it" again turns bis back to the players, when they may ad vance. It" should turn suddenly and surprise the players. If he sees any one moving or walking along after he turns, he may send that one back to the starting point The first player to cross the goal line wins the game. Bunker Hill. Players are divided into two teams. One team is to defend a small American flag which they have placed on top of an improvised fortress behind them. (It may be put on top of a stake driven into the ground or on top of a lad' dcr, etc.) When the offensive team Is ready. It attacks the defending team and tries to break through and take the flag. If they succeed, it counts as a battle for that side and they become the defending team and the other the attacking team. (Note: Each member of the de fending and the attacking team wears a handkerchief or bandana around his head. As soon as a player has his taken off he must get out of the game. If the two teams wear different colors it would be better. The team having the most players left at a given time limit wins.) Fourth of July Race. Ten or more players, as space permits, line up side by side on starting line. About 100 feet distant from and parallel to the starting line, place a finishing line. The Interest and suspense In this race are brought about by the changing of the direction in which players run. On the signal go players run toward the finishing line. When referee blows his whistle, players must turn around and run in the opposite direction, running until the whistle blows again, at which time they must atun turn and go in the opposite direction. Every time the whistle blows players must turn and change the direction of the race. The race can be terminated at either line, as the referee may see fit The player over the finishing line first wins. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Minute Make- - Upi By GABRIELLE On Antilles Base d frame buildIn a ing on one of the Antilles Air Task Force bases which dot the Caribbean, army airmen are conducting tests of Infinite intricacy. Bomber crews and fighter pilots use a newly installed altitude chamber to acquaint themselves with the physiological dangers inherent to high altitude operations, to gain experience In the proper use of oxygen masks and other devices employed to combat abnormal low pressure conditions. palm-shade- baby talk to their young children. This in no way encourages a child to learn good English. It may be cute to hear little Johnny lisping out some baby phrase, but it certainly would be better for Johnny if he were encouraged to speak correctly. Children learn by imitation, so the example set them should be good. Many children ask what parents call foolish questions and unfortunately the parents give foolish answers. Make an effort to give your child a sensible answer to his questions. If he asks you what the moon is made of dont tell him green cheese" but tell him a little story of the planets, and how they came to be. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features. So many mothers talk Man 5 Per Cent Soil Pointing out that man is about 5 per cent soil, or 5 per cent ash. Dr. Albrecht, scientist, says an adult body contains about 7.5 pounds of soil elements. Calcium, for example, makes up 1.6 per cent of the normal body weight; thus in a body of 150 pounds there is the equivalent in slaked lime required to lay a half dozen bricks. AMERICA IN ACTION INSTRUMENTS TRAINING ADVANCED The maze of 40 or 50 dials and controls that stare out from the instrument board of a large bomber is just as complicated as it looks. It takes a skilled man to adjust and care for them. Such skilled men are products of the army air forces technical training command's advanced instruments' course at Cha-nuField, 111. Such Instruments require constant attention and, needless to say, bulwreak havoc lets or crackups among them. It is the task of graduates of the Instrument school to test them frequently to keep them in order, make adjustments and repairs and diagnose their condition in case of major injury, to determine whether they may be repaired or are hopelessly damaged. Students first take up the mechanically operated Instruments, such as pressure gauges, altimeters, s, and airspeed indicators, chronometric tachometers and the like. After several days of exploring the principles on which these instruments operate, and of taking them apart, re connecting them, adjusting and testing them, the students pass on to electrically operated Instruments like the electric tachometer, fuel mixture indicator, and the autosyn instruments, a type which show at a glance whether such elements as wing flaps and landing gear are in operating order. Work is done on the indicating and transmitting apparatus, and again all the working tests are mastered. Third in order come the most complicated Instruments of all, those operating on the gyro principle, such as the indicators, directional gyro compass, flight indicator or artificial horizon, and at least three types of the automatic pilot The automatic pilot mainbomber operastay of tions, is difficult to master, as it is a highly complex instrument. But by this time students have been so thoroughly initiated into instrument technique that few fail to become te drift-meter- n long-rang- e masters of it The final stage is that of practical application of the principles and in previous gained knowledge phases. Test work is done on ininstalled in struments actually planes, and done under conditions as near like those of field operation as possible. Airplane instruments usually have oil running In or through them. Hence tests of the students include a cold-techamber in which instruments are placed with dry ice, duplicating conditions far aloft. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Fliers Oxygen Mask Must Be a Perfect Fit How many of us in the hustle and bustle of everyday life overlook a most important duty care of the eyes. Dimouts these nights add strain and then come fine lines. A minute of eye care is an eye bath in good quality witch hazel. Strips of flannel, saturated in the witch hazel, can be laid across the eyes. Rest for a minute and your eyes will shine. Ledger Syndicate WNU Features. Wooden Sole Makes Its Bow Gods chillun got shoes now has a proviso added If all Gods e gobbled np chillun got Coupon 17. Army needs and those of so civilians must make around shoe leather loose, the all about lying just one pair of shoes do where they were accustomed to conga through life on two or three pairs during the same period. Some of our shoemen, seeing this crisis coming, began experimenting with ersatz shoes that contain little or no leather. A stylist has come up with a likely substitute for soles wood just plain lumber. Picture at left shows a bandsaw operator cutting out the rough shape of the sole. At right is Norman L, Woodward, the genius who designed wooden soles to which he Is giving the final check here. All lend-leas- In high altitude flying, a perfectfitting oxygen mask is essential Upon this perfect 'fit depends the very life of combat crews when flying at extreme altitudes. To obtain measurements for the design and construction of masks providing the absolute snugness necessary, an anthropological survey among 1,454 aviation cadets was undertaken under the direction of the air surgeon. Brig. Gen. David N. W. Grant By analyses of the measurements it was found that face and head structure of American citizens fall into seven principal categories. Models of these seven categories were made and new masks were built to fit them. |