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Show jtel Caters Exclusively to Servicemen and Their Families .V s ' he of the most unusual ,1s in the nation is located Washington, D. C., where, jite nightly sellouts, are provided OPA prices! ceiling 3elow 'Wit itlH rse ati his the United Nations Service formerly the Capitol Park now under the exclusive man-ieof the Recreation Services Hospitality committee, War ie United States only hotel in the over completely for this pur-i- t is perhaps the largest Can-i- n the world lor servicemen of s he United Nations, and is op-aa voluntary community along modern health and nt tatd :Miij ero mint he ( week kuj .Ion lines. United Nations Service center everything from its own news-r- , Flags Abreast, to a free nurs-o- r children of traveling D. C., is such a for the armed services that the een, despite the hotels size, was to take over an adjoining house, converting it Into room 545 more beds, a total of 570 able sleeping accommodations service-Washingto- hen d am ays dnti frixa iywoo irtuni aid, banki o N, colled :h he era ft israet ally i can s stm gli ither ir, Washington civilian. This is true of laundry service, clothes dryers, washing machines, valet shops, barber shops and the impressive cafe- since. It is the only accepts the wivos and fam-o- f servicemen, as well as those terias. liform. No reservations are ac-e- d The cafeterias are tremendous first come, first served. This projects in themselves. There are ue of both officers and enlisted two one each for officers and enlisted men. Miss Rochelle Z. Kenst recently, the 1,000,000th dall of Dallas, Texas, is the Canwas honored. He teens food expert and nutritionist. Petty Officer 3c Stanley Wick-o- f Pointing out that the most modern Bostcw, Mass., stationed at and sanitary; methods of food catertaval air base, Patuxent River, ing had been employed there, she said: Every governmental stress Has Own Police Force. on basic, nutritious foods ha been tually it looks like the head-ter- s observed by us, as has the general of the general staff, except governmental theme of utmost sani74 former employees of the tation during this wartime crisis. We tol Park hotel are still working have, for example, employed singleas members of the Canteen service paper eating and drinking Everything that occurs at the utensils almost exclusively, in place een must be approved by the of obsolete and sanitarily inadequate ary districtf of Washington and dishwashing equipment, thus avoidotomac River naval command, ing the possible danger of transmishour duty is maintained by the sion of disease from h e Patrol the Canteens own via poorly washed common eating and drinking utensils. More than 50,000 paper cups weekly are used. ough much of the Canteens d are free, some Nursery Is to Mothers. ces are rendered on a cost The free nursery at the Canteen, astounds the average according to Mrs. Luther Gulick, the Can-th- e seven-months-ol- d, ut Wii i th huge center was officially ed October 27, 1943, an& there of accom-ition- s ,een a virtual sell-o- I . cal Suests at the Center are Petty Officer 3c Stanley Wicklund of Boston, and his wife. When Wicklund came in the door he was told that he was the serviceman to register at the hotel. The Wick-lund- s are shown resting in a corner of the nursery, where they have put Bobby to bed. tiy. win ! ya on ft le pk nonoci id saj upon pies a at mouth-to-mout- ough You then t e God-Sen- last the ii er bat to nursery chairman, is a God-senmothers and children traveling d through Washington. Employing two registered nurses on an eight-hou- r shift each, and one child educator or psychologist, the nursery operates 24 hours a day. There are 60 volunteers in this department alone, all having passed aiv intensive course in child care before acceptance. Since its opening, 2,568 children have been cared for, with the average between 9 and 12 months of age. The youngest guest of the infant! nursery was a But most unusual is the nurserys Baby Ferry Command. This is a group of uniformed AWVS women who roam the citys Union station a block away, and route weary mothers and children to the Canteen. Should a child or mother be ill, both army and navy dispensaries in the city are on call for emergencies. Apparently nothing has been left to chance in this greatest of all Canteens. It is a mighty institution that has grown out of this war, and is a living testimonial of the home fronts contribution to the war effort in general, and to the serviceman and his family in particular. ning, Uitlei Men for the cooks and bakers schools are selected after a series of special examinations. In addition to nd- - Lubbers ;oday lumbe led ft sm up! :y bra up In Six ittitude Months to he ! im by Ml ns No di Scan; in wfe she tough.' Bystt sweek'i ma crit ayingi the pis: balian tme mi d Earl rybod? . P: . a ;ll sci can be t to it I rcurys adily 1 s sense -- unda ther to al lteen," ss set . permitted trained merchant seamen, take their place as radio op-i- r deck or engine seamen, or assistant purser-hospitsmen aboard one of Uncle Sams lrn merchant vessels. Recruits Nebraska, Indiana, Alabama, igan all across the" country rein six days a week at U. S. time Service training stations am to sail aboard a wartime vessel to Deliver the Goods." hi first few days at Sheeps-Bay- , the new trainee is under upervision of the indoctrination lr- His orientation includes rea-Jo- r and proper method of salut-Propstowing of gear and in rules and regulations e station. A section instructor ned to each section then over and continues with the formed section the through our weeks of preliminary or ( . and for 3 g e that ost cam-- at's the first order boots en-the U. S. Maritime Service ing station at Sheepshead Bay ooklyn, N. Y., hear when they at the worlds largest mer-- l marine training station. Taken w by an MA (Master at arms), n 24 hours the new recruits are tssed through the station and equipment issued. three to six months later fm "boots emerge as thor-- 7 tharine lat knives, guns, or radios ard the base. e poor) ately right fellows. Line up ither side of the walk and i up your gear for inspec-- . tbi The i jazine. mago tsion SjA' er in-to- 50-m- training. ; boot al got dinner here g the ;in the nany the ex? lat it it an ! fro standard seamanship courses these men learn butchering, cooking and baking. They are provided with two Liberty ship galleys and two Victory ship galleys exact to the firwl pot come Seamen Nazi!' of fire , and pan. Fifty men are admitted to the Maritime Service hospital corps school each week, selected by competitive examination. Trained to double as pursers and hospital corp-me- n aboard merchant vessels, this is one of the hardest courses of instruction. The men are not doctors but skilled and competent medical men able to treat ordinary ailments of seamen and, most important, how to utilize most modern medical methods and drugs to keep alive and comfortable a dangerously ill man Outdoor steermg trainers are until the services of a medical offiused to teach apprentice seamen the cer become available. proper, method of standing a wheel Founded by a provision of the and the helmsman, watch, relieving Merchant Marine Act of 1936, the following a conrse. The trainers are U. S. Maritime Service came into circular metal platforms floating in being as the concrete basins. They are equipped men to mantraining organization for Americas merchant with a ships wheel, binnacle, and marine. In addition to the Maritime the turns trainee As the compass. Service which trains both apprentice wheel in accordance with directions seamen and men for officers who of the instructor, the platform rohave had 14 months sea time, the tates. Merchant Marine Cadet Corps trains for duty in topics are kept in view on class- young the merchant marine. The parent room bulkheads." organization, the War Shipping adCompleting four weeks ot boot ministration,, comes under the jurisinto move new recruits the training, diction of the U. S. Maritime Comwork week. A variety of duty in- mission. cluding kp" is assigned each indiUnder recent age limit changes vidual to teach discipline and to at16 to 17V4 can enroll tor meryouths tend to necessary station tesfcB. chant seaman training by the U. S. Next the apprentice is ready to Maritime Service provided they move into the course of advanced in- have their parents' consent. Men struction for which his preference between 26 to 35 Vi can still volunand tested capabilities qualify him. teer for all branches of Maritime Deck trainees, at the end of their Service training, provided they setraining, receive three final weeks of cure a referral card from the U. S. practical duty aboard one of the Employment Service. Men up to U. S. Maritime Service training 50 years of age can volunteer for ships which operate on Long Island cooks and bakers training only. Expenses of recruits are paid to sound and Chesapeake bay. Ashore to one of the four major training stathey use ingenious equipment learn. In one of the large indoor tions of the Maritime Service. In 10,000-mastation at buildings a mockup of a complete addition to a are so that at Hoffschools constructed Bay is Sheepshead ships bridge men may see the equipment and un- man Island, N. Y St. Petersburg. Fla., and Avalon, Calif. derstand the Pay during training is 350 per instrucreceive trainees Engine month with increases for the more technical of wide a in variety tion schools. Uniforms and advanced subjects in addition to continuing are furnished trainees. quarters physical gunnery, in boats, courses Upon completing training, the men In the statraining and swimming. are assigned aboard a merchant vestion powerhouse which provides sel to a begin "Delivering the Goods and heating, steam for cooking over the world. all installed. is Liberty ship engine n n training, the new train-eIve- s instruction in 20 subjects n8 from gunnery to mental hy- attends classes eight hours five days a week, mg his "boot period, the new uses a wide variety of train- 6 Sees rnoton pictures, tic al demonstrations h breathing buoys and all charts on a devices, variety v GEORGE THE STOBY THUS FAR: Zorie Corey expected by her employers wile to deliver some thirty Invitations to a tea, hut becomes discounted and cries. A handsome stranter comes along, hears her story and destroys the Invitations. Her fiance's grandfather. Admiral Duncan, calls on Zorle and fairly forces her M accept a Job writing hie memoirs. Boris's A ant Hannah endeavors to keep Sorts with her, hnt Admiral Duncan wins. The handsome stranger, who proves to he Steve Duncan, brother of Paul Duncan, her sweetheart, picks np her suitcases and deposits them on the steamer, Samoa. During the night the steamer pulls away from the Ban Francisco pier, (or Hawaii. er to it -- b is ap - of inter-relatio- n Left, trainees practice hold of the flaming oil in the aft men Three S. Sheepshead Bay. water the bridge play a stream of off the sides of the hold to cool The fire. the the plates and confine man In the foreground stands ready with new foam extinguishers. seamen are Right, apprentice shown the use of the breeches buoy, which has saved many sailors from All other drowning on sinking ships. also are of methods taught. on S. on on life-savi- fiiit ' E builds the WORTS WNU. now, she'd never have the courage again. But whatever it was that made her so meek held her back as it always did. Steve was watching her with concern. His blue eyes were dark with Whats the matter, sympathy. Zorie? His voice was so tender that for a moment she was almost sure he had said, not Zorie, but darling. I she began, and faltered. Who are the Lannings? Theyre really very pathetic people, he said, and putting up a very brave front. They are sad, muddled people. Refugees he from Paris, she from Martinique. Theyre CHAPTER VI homeless and almost broke. Its really a sad story. Winthrops faas He was talking about Uluwehl ther was British, but his mother was If it were a shrine. Paul had told and he grew up in France. French, He her very little about UluwehL When the Germans moved in, he had told her it was a show place lost everything barely escaped with and she had somehow got the im- his life. red pression that there was a big Steve was with deep feelbrick house with white columns, ing, as if hespeaking meant what sincerely Hadclosely resembling the Ellen he was saying, but Zorie did not den Memorial Library, but set in believe him. She did not believe the vast formal lawns. She recalled were Lannings pathetic people. Cer- that the full name of it was Uluwehl E Kai, which meant a profusion of growing things by the sea. 'The house is built In a cove, Steve was saying, with the mountains coming down sheer on each side. The front yard is a big lawn shaded by palms. Beyond them is a reach of golden sand and the Pan cific which shades off from to bright blue and deep purple. Behind the house Is a hillside covered with purple bougainvillea at some seasons, and yellow trumpet flowers at others. Yes. Zorie was really thinking more about Steves deep, caressing voice than she was about what he was saying. It was a rich voice. She was seeing him, leaning against a palm tree with a guitar and singing old Hawaiian songs to her. His father, she knew, had been a United States naval observer with the British fleet He had gone down with the Invincible in the Battle of Jutland. Uluwehls fallen on bad way! since grandmothers deaths" he was I hope youll take hold saying. and bring the old place back to life. We used to have wonderful times there luaus and dances and big beach parties. You know, you remind me of her pictures when she was a girL She had the same serene way about her you have. Its very comforting to a man. We need someone like you, Zorie. I hope The breeze was cool on her youll like us. A moon was rising 611 the cheeks. He The music had stopped. stern. stepped away from her, holding his hand lightly under her elbow, to bal- tainly, Amber wasnt pathetic. She ance her against the slight roll ot was a selfish, cocksure, arrogant girL Winthrop Lanning was suave the ship. Miss Latin ing saw her, stared at and cold and dangerous. They did her and smiled coolly; then she saw not have the look of sad, muddled Steve and her smile promptly be- people. She wondered who the man was came a bright, living thing. who had been standing outside her She waved at Steve. She stateroom door lighting a cigarette Stevie! Zone's heart was climbing into the short, powerful-lookinsloping her throat For a moment she shouldered man she had seen at the thought she would faint. Her one bar with Mr. Lanning. Amber, Steve was saying, has wish was to be out of this room. Steve was dancing over to them, spent most of her life in Martiand they, were dancing over to meet nique. She was driven out when Steve. The four of them formed a Martinique went to Vichy. I suppose, Zorie said, trying to slowly shuffling huddle In the middle control the quaver in her voice, of the floor. The man with Miss Lanning was theyre old friends of yours. In a way. Im awfully sorry for d staring at Zorie with eyes. His smile made his eyes even them." Where did you meet them?" more sinister. I met him in Lisbon. ,He bad I heard you were aboard, Misa been hiding with friends in Cannes and her dark said, eyes Lanning and her smile and her voice all and he'd just got across the border. I met Amber when we reached New aeemed te sparkle. Her partner said, in a suave, cul- York. Shed just got out of Martitured' voice: Its awfully nice to nique with her skin. She's a charmsee you again, Stephen. ing person, isnt she?. . Isnt she?" Zorie echoed. Miss Corey, Steve was saying. The Lannings, it wasn't hard to Miss Lanning Winthrop Lanning. We know each other, Amber guess, were also Nazis. Why were they on this ship, going to HaLanning said with no enthusiasm. We have the same cabin. waii? But why, most important of I think we almost met earlier, all, was Steve being so solicitous, so Winthrop Lanning said. He was still kind, so sweet to her? Amber Lanning, smiling and beau-tiftstaring at Zorie.. It was his eyes, under their partly was coming across the deck lowered lids, that Zorie would re- toward them. member so cold, so knowing, so Stevie! she cried gayly. When questing that they frightened her are you going to ask me for. a with their betrayal of the life he dance? had led. Their voices hardly reached That was the way, Zorie thought her brain. All that she could cope enviously, to do things. Be gay. Be with just then was the stupendous sure. Be bold. If she lived to be fact that Steve knew these people, a hundred, shed never have the that be was on the friendliest of courage to walk up to a man in that terms with them. cocksure way and ask him for a She wondered if she could have dance. She could if she wished, been mistaken if this dark-face- d make things difficult for this lovely, man with his evil eyes was the man arrogant young, woman. She could she had seen in the green sedan. assert her proprietorship, and Steve But it was only a passing doubt. would have to decline, as gracefully She was certain he was. And Am- as possible, to dance with Amber ber, Lanning was his niece. Lanning. The ship rolled. Steve And Zorie If you, Miss Lanning said gayly were carried away from the to Zorie, dont mind my stealing Zorie felt suffocated. Steve him for a nvoment. was looking at her with grave soliciOh, no," Zorie said effusively. tude. I have some things to attend to. Do you feel the motion? Ill see you later, Steve. Will will you take me out of Thank you, Steve said, but he here? she answered. said it hesitantly, and he was watchSteve took her firmly by the elbow. ing her with tender solicitude, alShe glanced up at him as they left most with reproach, as if he rethe floor. He looked as if nothing gretted her not asserting her rights. had happened or was happening. When, she wondered bitterly, as They crossed the deck to the rail they walked away, would this stop? and leaned on it, Steve was study- Where would it end? When would ing her face with the tender solici- she bestir herself and stop letting tude of a lover. everyone use her for a doormat? The breeze was cool on her hot Her meekness was nothing but a cheeks. A moon, a little past full, habit into which she had fallen years was rising off the stern. ago. The people who took advanIn a moment, Steve said In his tage of it the Professor Folsomes, deep musical voice, it will lay ail-ve- r the Mrs. Folsomes, the Aunt Hancarpet all the way across the nahs, the Pauls, the Admiral Dunocean for your especial benefit cans had no respect for her. She wanted to question him about Her meekress, Zorie realized, was the L nnings. If she didn't do it a fault that, if not corrected, would Jade-gree- car-role- d: half-lidde- Lan-ning- s. ... dependable REIFASE ruin her life. Paul treated her as he did only because she invited it. He hadnt treated her that way at first. He had been as solicitous, as if light Truck admiring as Steve was now. Little tffanwgw Car by little, because she never protestif light Tractor ed, Paul had acquired this unfair if Sowar Wan I attitude. The blame wasnt Pauls. If Steve knew her long enough, he, too, would slip into the same attitude. Zorie was so furious at herself she was almost crying. She did not hear Paul coming along the deck. She wasn't aware of him until he stopped beside her and spoke. My God," he said. "Look at youl Just look at you! Ive never seen you so radiant since Ive known youl Or your eyes so starry!" And what a dalight She started to smile. It was the first time in ages that Paul had said It will ba la hava tha such nice things to her. Then she saw his expression. He was white sat you want farm with rage. His green eyes were so dark they looked black. And his sat, labia modal, port mouth was thin and hard. abla er combination He stared at her. I was afraid it might happen, but I never when if carries this dreamed it would happen so fasti stammered. Zorie magic name! Something was terribly wrong, but she could not guess what It was. "No," Paul said in a brittle voice. You can't realize how obvious it is how youve gone overboard for him! Who? Zorie wailed. Who! he mocked her. He looked angry enough to strike her. "All Let me tell right! he snapped. you a couple of things I neglected to mention about this big glamorous humbug youve gone overboard for! I thought you might take my word WARWICK MANUFACTURING CORF. for itl I thought you might use some W. Hnrriea ttant, Chicago 44, lllnol 4440 discretion! Youve asked for it and here it is!" He paused a moment. She had never before seen Paul really lose his temper. He could hardly articulate, he was so furious. "My lovely big brother is nothing less than a Nazi spy! If he isn't now, he certainly has been! He's been a traitor to his own country! He was kicked out of the United States Navy Creomulslon relieves promptly be for insubordination. He went skulkcause It goes right to the seat of the ing and sulking off to Germany and trouble to help loosen and expel turned Nazi! But even they got fed germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, In up with him! Why do you suppose flamed bronchial mucous mem they kicked him out of Germany? branes. Tell your druggist to sell you Paul hesitated. Zorie saw sweat a bottle of Creomulslon with the un running down his face. derstandlng you must like the way It Because he was having an affair quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. with one of Goerings girl friends! Paul! Zorie protested. "Its all true! And that's the kind for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis of man you prefer to me! He wheeled away and strode down the deck. Zorie turned and looked at the moon, which had unrolled a silver carpet all the way across the ocean for her especial benefit How much of what Paul had said was true she could not know. She didnt want to believe any of it But one ot his accusations, she realized, was true. In spite of what she knew over the protests of all her Instincts she had fallen in love with Steve. Zorie returned to her stateroom to find thlt someone had gone through her trunk! She had disarranged things a little when she had dressed, but she hadnt left them like this. Things that had been on the bottom GOOD-TASTIN- G TONIC were now on the top. Everything in topsy-turvg Scotts Emulsion contains the trunk was natural A ft D Vitamins often needed Amber Lanning was evidently deto help build stamina and resistance to termined to leave no stone unturned. colds and minor His. Helps build strong On top of the jumblje of the trunks bones and sound teeth, tool Give good contents was the carbon of a thesis tasting Scotts dally, the Zorie had copied several years ago. It was entitled: A Critical Survey kscss4kyKaiyCxtatt of the Retooling of the Waffenfabrik Krupp Plant for Increased Wartime Production. Zorie had saved it because she had thought, for a while, that she was in love with the young man who 4n i!h i f ' 4 mi had written it. He had been an engineering exchange student a Baand flaxen-hairevarian, blue-eye- d who had, after his experiences in the new Germany, loved everything i. American. He was an ardent OSS?. 'mn wsM wex t? RADIO c Relief At Last For Your Cough CREOMULSION iumiuii wmm Good-tastin- y. year-roun- d! f03SJTO 0GDE0BO tt anti-Naz- mmmi' Do You Hate HOT FLASHES? The stateroom door seemed to If you euffer from hot flashes, tee! burst open. Amber Lanning came weak, nervous, a bit blue at times all due to the functional middle-ag- e in, humming loudly. Zorie closed period peculiar to women try her eyes, played possum. Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Compound to relieve eucb symptoms. Miss Lanning cried. Asleep? Taken regularly Plnkham'i ComZorie said nothing and kept her eyes pound belpe build up resistance shut. against such annoying symptoms. Plnkham'a Compound la made Miss Lanning slammed the door, especially for women It helps nature and that's the kind of mediswitched on the light. Humming, cine to buy I Follow label directions. occasionally breaking into clear soLYDIA L PINKHAM'S prano words, she undressed, hung compound up her things, turned out the light, and went to bed. While resenting the very presence 40--4 WNU W ot this rude, selfish girl in the same room, Zorie fell asleep. She was awakened by a persistent irregular thumping against the foot of her bed. A bar of moonlight was shining through each of the portholes. The For You To Feel Well door of the closet at the foot of her 24 hours every day. 7 days every bed was open. Miss Lanning had week, never stopping, the kidneye filter waste matter from toe blood. evidently left it unlatched, and each If more people were aware ot bow the time the ship rolled! the door swung kidneye must constantly remove surand thumped the end of Zorie's bed. plus fluid, excess acids and other waste matter that cannot stay In the blood She got up and closed it. She Without Injury to health, there would be better understanding o( whs the tried it. The latch held. She went whole system la upset when kidneys (ail back to bed and to sleep. She was to (unction properly. awakened sometime later by the Burning, scanty or too frequent urination sometimes warns that something same thumping. It was hard for her la wrong. You may euffer nagging backto realize that Miss Lanning ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic Shes (tains, getting op nt nights, swelling. a charming person, isnt she? Lots Why not try Deans filial You w be using a medicine recommended the of fun, Steve had said would den country over. Doan's stimulate the liberately get up and open that door of the kidneys and help them to flush out poisonous waste from the to spoil her sleep. But Zorie was blood. They contain nothing harmful. rapidly learning that Miss Lanning, Get Doans today. Use with confidence. At all drug stores. . as well as being charming and lota of fun, was a female fiend of infinite resources and with the unswerving r. determination of a (uno-tio- pile-drive- (TO BE CONTINUED! Dimi |