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Show The Cache American, Logan, Cache County, Utah Here, Private Hargrove! U Marion Hargrove r: mu w ll a fuadsmeauls al srwy 111, ft full lamilur allb Ik Company ner palal kltrbee. H ka ksrer lb 1 'aldbrlrklBC' ft a bll BllUlrt lb pick BP tltafali 1 arair tWaf . At hit l lory ktr. Her (rev It listening a bat driver la ft fttarbjr laaa (speed aa kit former srmy career. Htrirav (aspect (to rl(hily ta) tktl lb Utift It kla( .trucked. Tk bat driver speaks; I taw him, h was working out plans to (eed you on B uncomb County turnip greens or pay you to eat at tha Servic Dub." "Oh. that," h said. 'Tv saved to much on cigarettes tinea you left tha battery that I could afford to eat uptown now tf I wanted ta And let' leave any remarks about Buncombe County out o( this. And let's leave your (eet out o( my watte-baske- t" M From now on I must deny myself on ot the fundamental rights and joys of mankind. I must quit bumming matches (rom those near and CHAPTER XIII K I want them dear to me that to remain near and dear to me. " WcU,' he taid, hemming and Whenever 1 ask anyone around Cenhawing little. 'three stripes meant ter Headquarters even Mulvchill or he' just a plain buck sergeant. Six Bishop or Busheml (or a match, I matter tergeant. I'm ft gel one of two answers, both of which (tripe i supply tergeant. That' two grade are getting very tiresome by now. above a buck tergeant and one 1 hear either "What's the matgrade below a master tergeant. I'm ter? Hat your fire gone out?" or expecting to be a master tergeant "Just light your cigarette on one In a month or to. That at high of our conflagrations; there should at you can get' be a small arson In yonder corner. "I didn't say anything (or a while; Since I am a patient and just tat there looking like I wat child, I make no scathing I in. it toak asked Then him, remarks In return for these jaded letting calm-likHow and ignorant real I merely shrug my witticisms. many stripes does private first frail shoulders pathetically and seek class have?' It Isn't so bad, So help me. he looked like he greener pastures. their refusing the match. The worst while. wat going to choke (or part of it is the reminder of an inThen he came back with a snappy cident which might well be forgotanswer in a flash. ten. The Incident Is of no conses pri'Well,' he said, but it might as well come vate have one stripe, just like us quence, off my chest supply sergeants, only their stripe Being a slave to the despoilcr of Is (rom ours. Their the human health and down.' ttripes point I still have a fondness for cigarette, I "Well, tir, I thought I'd die. an occasional switch to a pipe. I almost popped trying to keep (rom don't especially enjoy the taste of laughing, but I kept ft straight (ace. pipe tobacco, and I don't believe Then 1 laid. Things sure have even the most avid pipe smoker changed since I wat in the Army. especially cares for It Most of them Back then, three or (our years ago, like me, merely like the feel of a tupply sergeants were just plain pipe in their mouths and the dignity s buck sergeants and priand solemnity a pipe gives them men.' vates were the only when they punctuate their conversa'Yeah, he said, sort o( weak-liktions by Jabbing the air with it time changes a lot ot tilings.' Smoking a pipe only occasionally, "That was all he had to say. He I still have not become overly prolooked sort o( (oolish and pulled the ficient at keeping the little things cord to get of( at the next stop. burning. When I buy a can of tobox of "So there wat another bull ses- bacco, I buy a sion shot to hell. Maybe it wat country matches with it Half my (or the best, though. I didnt have a smoke is tobacco; the other half it chance against a (ellow with that Georgia pine smoke from the match-stickmuch talent" I was busy today typing out a Pm story, and I had lit my pipe for about afterthis of ran out I cigarettes time. 1 threw the the twenty-seconnoon near my old cooks battery, so match into the wastebasket and forSerI thought Ifl drop in on First got all about the whole thing. I was geant Goldsmith, who smokes the absorbed in my work. same brand that I do. Sergeant I noticed by degrees that our ofGoldsmith is the old type o( top serfice was becoming lighter and shoe ot GI a with heart geant I noted the fact with a warmer. would a voice that leather and put rich feeling of comfort, but no great the stoutest bugle to shame. interest in finding out the cause. It "Great gods and little paychecks," wasnt until I reached for another he railed. Look whats loose again! match to light that pipe again that What's the latest little man, or I noticed my wastebasket. The thing arent reporters supposed to know? had in it a cheerful little blaze The only news Ive heard today," bright enough to take action photoI told him, helping mysell to a col-fi- graphs on a moonless night nail (rom his desk, is that There was nothing to get excited theyre sending all the first ser- about I told the remainder of the geants in the Replacement Center public relations staff, the sergeant r service deto Panama (or major's corps of assistants, and the tachments. Polish your brass and filing department I nonchalantly bemake acting corporal you might put my foot into the basket and over. fore the wars started stamping out the fire. The Oh, it's lovely to run into an old thing would have worked, too, extop sergeant who cant put you on cept that the length of my foot was kitchen police when you sass back at greater than the diameter of the him." wastebasket The foot stuck and I You're a sweet little lad, Har- could not stamp. We really do grove, he purred. Corporal Sager, of Plans and Training, leaped to the rescue, pried the foot from the basket, grabbed the basket and sped away to the water cooler. I followed him and poured myself a cup of water. I still saw no cause for excitement To the bystanders catcalls, unseemly laughter and accusations of arson, I turned a fatherly ear and a quieting voice. I explained patiently that setting fire to wastebaskets was an ancient and honored pastime in the newspaper world. I told them that one of the best newspaper men UnNorth Carolina has ever seen cle John" Dickson, former city editor of the News used to set his wastebasket on fire at least twice a week by tossing cigarettes or burning matches into it. It was a mark of certain industry, a sign that a man was wrapped up in his work. The basket had in it a cheerftil lit-S- aacto take blase tle bright enough moonless on a tion photographs Maury Sher, my old buddy when we were together in the student night. cooks battery, had been on an exmiss you here. When you were here, tended furlough. Before he returned, I never had to worry about where I I had left on a three-dapass for was going to get another man Charlotte. We had not got together to be a when there was stovepipe for two or three weeks, so I went cleaned or a street to be swept. Now over to his battery to look him up. I have to go and search around The battery street was almost search, mind you (or someone the mess-hadoor was who's been a bad little boy. Never empty; The mess locked. sergeant was nohad that trouble when you were where to be seen. Finally I found a here." soldier who had seen Sergeant Sher I told him, propping "Sergeant, in his room, so I looked for him my (eet on his wastebasket, "you there. never miss the water until its gone The sergeant lay on his lazy back under the bridge. This battery owes in his cadre room, a lot to me. Look out there at that on a stilted bunk Parker. The winDorothy reading ot the in (ront orderly grass growing of the room had been equipped room. That grass wouldnt be there dows much less be that green i( I with flimsy green curtains, and parfluthadn't spent time and labor sprin- tially deflated holiday balloons And think tered against them. On the wall kling it with (ertilizer bed hung a small oil how much cleaner the windows were above the of a forest, with an icy when I was here to wash every one painting Ill bet you white mountain in the background. o( them every week. haven't had a clean floor in the bat- A writing table had been installed and on a shelf in over his bunk were tery since I laid down my mop. "How's sergeant Ooton making a reading lamp, a small radio, and out with his grocery budget?" I a neat array of books. I stood there surveying the place asked "Trjii g to feed you on "What in the sweet cents a day? The last time for a while. Jtorty t. g e 'first-clas- bottom-upwar- OH THE tUVlCI Mfl THE ffTORT 0 termer laiwi 4l(or il ft has Kart CiraUaa aeespsper, law Dw army and hss templeied oo portlo al bit lull IraUUai ftl Tort Bun. OtillW al waft plraly ftl tiut HP ftntr eom al lk bn UUara al times U f Rarimi, d well-bein- first-clase Pare Seven name of military hardship have you All this got here?" I asked him. plica needs U a couple of Morrist chairs and a sign reading. 'What horn without a mother?' Beginning to look nice, ain't it?" h said. Just a few minor Improvements here and there. Know where I can pick up a small upright piano at a good price?" I looked over the room again and my ey fell on the resplendent forWhere'd you get this est scene. canvas knickknack? It'S an original. Isn't it?" "It ain't nothing elsa but." be said. "Painted by a friend of mine up in Columbus. Guy knocks them off like that in about twenty minutes. How do you like it?" Aside from the fact that the waterfall is a little frothy and the mountain looks like something from a mentholatum advertisement, it would do credit to any mess sergeant's room In the whole Replacement Center. "You didn't notice this, he said, lifting himself lazily from the bunk. From the table he took an ordinarylooking beer can with an extra lid on it "John Bull Beer, he said. Can't buy it anywhere except in my fam-ily- 'i restaurant in Ohio and Penn- sylvania." He lifted the top lid. revealing stagescreenMdio VIRGINIA VALE By by Wnuro Nivipaptr Union. BURGESS MEREDITH certainly didnt expect, when he went overseas, that he'd find himself in a Midlands market town in England that has no cinema, no railroad station, and only two streets, during part of his spare time. But there he was; IT. if you beard 'Transatlantic Call, tha British Broadcasting program, you heard him. Introducing local inhabitants who told the atory of how the war hat changed their town. Its contribution corpora-tion-CB- S a businesslike cigarette lighter. I took the can, struck the flint and a roaring blaze leaped at me. It burned merrily away. Not bad. huh? Good advertising scheme. It should come in handy, I told him, "anytime the furnace goes blah. That little conflagration would beat a whole barracks in three minutes flat." He twisted the dial of his radio feminine W'ail and a bounced off the far wall. I've been listening to the opera most of the afternoon The Magic Flute. "What happened to the magic skilHow come you're let? I asked. lying around here instead of bustling about your kitchen tickling the pal-high-pitche- d LT. BIRGESS MEREDITH s. d hard-labo- y ll i' Have yon any last words before on you?" the sergeant asked. I pass KP ates of the men with your culinary delights, as they say in the Army cooks' manual? No supper tonight, he explained We're just changing cycles airily. and there ain't nobody here but the noncommissioned officers, like myself. I told them to go and eat next door. This is the life, little man." He yawned. "Nothing to do, nothing to worry about Just lie around, read and listen to the opera. Sans soucl, as we French say without care. to the war is so vast that its name Can't be mentioned. Incidentally, we hear that Meredith, Clark Gable and James Stewart may get leaves in order to make army pictures. Jean Pierre Aumont's been having name trouble. After his first American picture, "Assignment in Brittany," was released, he got so many fan letters asking how to pronounce his first name that it was decided to drop it. Then along came more letters saying that the writers liked the triple name so it's as Jean Pierre Aumont that he'll be listed in "The Cross of Lorraine. B- l- sergeant looked over his glasses with a rather unpleasant The first gleam in his eyes. He glanced significantly at the top of my head, so I removed my cap. The first sergeant adjusted himself in his chair and cleared his throat. he began "Private Hargrove, slowly and deliberately, "the government of the United States, to whom no task seems impossible, has tackled the job of pulling you a little of the way out of your abysmal ignorance. With complete faith that heaven will help them in this job, they have begun a series of lectures about why you are being trained to fight, whom you are being trained to fight, and all the other little things you should know. "Yes, sir, I said hesitantly, running my finger around the inside of You mean the radio my collar. lectures on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. From four until the first sergeant said. The entire population has been invited by Upstairs to gather in the mess halls to hear and discuss these lectures. Yesterday afternoon you werent on hand. Have you any last words before I pass KP on to you? Its a rather long story, sergeant, I began. "Here we go again, sighed the sergeant. "Have a chair and begin breaking my heart It will make you feel better to have that off your chest before you go to the kitchen. I asked him, were "Sergeant, you ever editor of a newspaper? "Is this long story about me or you? the sergeant asked. "Please continue with your story." I continued, "only a Well, sir, editor could know the pain that is in my heart Only he could sympathize with me. I have gone back to my old job I had years ago. I am again a true editor. I am editor of the Replacement Center section of the Fort Bragg Post. Meeting such a dignitary is one of the greatest occasions of my life,, the first sergeant said dryly. four-thirt- high-scho- high-scho- high-scho- (TO BE CONTINUED) Robert Walker, the sensational sailor in "Bataan who was so good in that picture that he was cast for the second male lead in "Madame Curie even before "Bataan was finished, nearly missed his big chance. In his first test for the "Bataan' role, be played the sailor as a man of 24. Director Tay Garnett had a heart; instead of tossing out the test he explained to Bob that the sailor was a lad in his 'teens. Another test was shot, he got the part, and before "Madame Curie was finished he had (he lead in See Here, Private Hargrove." Robert Benchley's given up air travel for the duration. Im tired of sleeping in airports, says he. Recently he had to rush from New for RKO's York to Hollywood In Kansas The Skys the Limit. City they gave his seat to a ferry pilot Five hours later he got another plane; in Dallas he was put off; reason, another ferry pilot. He spent six hours there; sat out another five in Tucson. Walt Disney and Major Alexan- der Seversky are making a Turn umno rseiALif r RlUHl ioe our STITCH Toe Twice TMcn RINGS CUT HAN CHINTZ HtM u APART t Cl AVI TO1 OfiN ftOTM-P- ACS RIGHT IMS TOO THSR AND STITCH ,..V SIMS AND TOP AS SHOWN chintz curtains are for casement windows and their colors give the best effect by day if they are lined to keep the light from shining through. At night they may be drawn together to serve instead of shades if the lining is of fairly heavy material. The secret ot making curtains ot this type hang well is in not joining the two layers ot material at the bottom. It your windows are narrow, a half width of chintz and of lining may be wide enough for each curtain. Plan them to be wide enough to hang slightly full when drawn together. The lining should be cut one inch narrower and shorter than the chintz. Hem each piece, then place right sides together and stitch side seams, as shown at the right of this sketch. Crease sides with seams on the lining, then stitch across top. The lower sketch shows how the top is MM MVT8 Bed lord UUIs Enclose sired. Name spe- cial broadcast for British Broadcasting companys Home Service in England on September 20. Rehearsing for it at the New York studios, that Mickey Disney explained Mouse, Donald Duck and the other pet Disney characters cant just be funny any more; they must work to help win the war. 1ft SPEARS New York WYETH Drawer IS cents lor each book de- Address QUAINT appropriate Prisoners of War Of the some 6.500.000 prisoner of war now interned in countries, about 5,000,000 are held by the Axis powers and only 1,500,. 000 by the Allied Nations, approximately 65 per cent of the latd ter number being Germans tured in Russia. cap- Eel Has Two Hearts An eel has two separate hearts; one beats 60, the other 120, times a minute. DONT LET finished. five-ce- n directions for mxklng In today s sketch may he found on pite I of Rook I of the aeries uhich Mrs Spears has prepared for our readers. It lo contains directions lor slip covers and tor curtains ant to completely of all types. If you remodel old chairs, directions may bff found tn Book ft of this aeries. Booklets sre 1ft cents each postpaid, and may be secured by nung direct to; NOTE Complet chair scat covers like thoae CONSTIPATION NEW EFFECTIVE IIAY FEVER RELIEF Hay fever, which annually causes more sneezes, more inflamed noses and more red, streaming eyes than any other scourge, may nave its final big fling this September, all because a Pennsylvania electrical engineer was served a dish of corn meal mush which was entirely too salty. SLOW YOU UP When bowels are sluggith and you feel irritable, headachy, do as millions the modern do chew chewing-gulaxative. Simply chew FEEN-AMINbefore you go to bed, taking only in accordance with package direction sleep without being disturbed. Next morning gentle, thorough relief, helping you feel swell again. Try FEEN-MINT. Taitea good, is handy and economical. A generou family supply The engineer, sneezing, and with ail other hay fever manifestations, stopped at a hotel where he was served a dish of mush which he considered sending back as it was much too salty. Finally he ate it, however; the hay fever attack lessened, ultimately ceased. Next day he had three meals, all oversalted, and experienced his most comfortable time in years in the hay fever season." His analytical mind quickly grasped the possibility that the saline substance in his food was responsible for his relief. About this time, Dr. E. E. Selleck, a graduate of Columbia University, met the engineer, made notes, and when he returned to his home, began experiments. Today Dr. Selleck declares he has found 'a certain means of relief for hay fever and is supported in his contention by other medical experts, and a nationally known chemical manufacturing concern, the Company, at Orangeburg, New York, has taken over making the remedy, which is called Nakamo Bell. Describing the experiments. Dr. Selleck said, "After I was sure I had found a means of quickly relieving hay fever through the chloride group, I tested it in the most practical way I knew. I held a three day clinic, to which many hay fever sufferers responded, from ages ranging from 10 to 60 years. Each person was given two tablets with a little water. Some relief came to all within ten minutes. Reports on these cases during the ensuing weeks showed practically a complete cessation of Adv. symptoms. SNAPPY FACTS ABOUT RUBBER (xparianca thews that tire failures during the four hot month, from Jun to September average 20 par cant higher than during th rest of th year. Rubber sheeting should b. washed with soap and warm water, thoroughly rinsed and then cleaned with a 5 per cent solution of cr.sol, to get the longest service out of th rubber. Roll, don't fold, when not In servic. granddad of th present-da- y raincoat, the Macintosh, was patented In England In 1823 by Charles Macintosh, of Th Glasgow, Scotland. Hear Our Hatties A new acoustic stethoscope enables a physician to hear all the sounds in the human body, or Metre feels that linking up Marthose which range from 40 to 4,000 lene Dietrich for the feminine Many cycles, reports Colliers. lead opposite Ronald of these rattles, squeaks, murmost of Is ose the in "Kismet murs and groans have never been First Symphony at 43 important casting assignments of heard before because the range the year. Shell play Zuleika, harem of the is Brahms, the composer, wrote his only ordinary stethoscope queen, sweetheart of Haji, beggar. from 200 to 1,500 cycles. first symphony when he was 43. Col-m- The Uninvited is laid in Devonshire, so English accents are required of the players. Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, does fine. So does Gail Russell, who hails from Santa Monica. Ray Millands having a bad time; he was bom in Wales and went to Kings college, but hes been exposed to Hollywood for seven years. From Charlie Martin we hear that the CBS Playhouse pays its guest stars on this scale: the Madeleine Carrolls, Monte Wooleys and Marlene Dietrichs $1,500 per session. $1,000 apiece for the Ralph Bellamys, Jerry Colonnas, Rita Johnsons. $2,500 for the George Rafts, Joan Fontaines, Frederic Marches. $5,000 for a list including Bette Davis, Jean Arthur, Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy. ODDS AND ENDS Ray Block's original musical background for one of the Crime Doctor" shows becomes a popular tune, Look at the Moon . . . Gertrude Lawrence becomes a radio star Sept. 30th . . , Conrad Thibaut has flown more than 75,000 miles in the past three months on concert tours for army camps, doing it between broadcasts . . . You'll have to look sharp to see Tommy Dorsey in the new Red r Ioucll picture inuhich his brother Jimmy and his orchestra play a prominent part vouil find his contribution cue of the funniest things in the picture . . . Judy Garland's gamed 8 pounds, touring army camps! Yes ... for lunches, suppers, midnight snacks . . . Kellogg's Com Flakes are a welcome standby for wartime meal planners. Popular with everyone, they save time, work, fuel other foods. CORN FLAKES Skelton-Eleann- - - - 7G Ohfl " |