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Show SOUTH CACHE COURIER i Don't Worry About Your WAC Oversea; She's Healthier And Happier Than When at Home, Says Medical Officer A bit of flour sifted into hot fat will put a stop to spattering in a jiffy. To remove face powder from a satin or velvet dress, brush lightly with a woolen cloth. Major Janeway Tells Of 14 Months With FBItems and In the gangster film about Roger Touhy and his gang the producers lost a few good tricks which apparently the govt agents didnt tell them about after Touhy and his Dy GERTRUDE BACHMAN Released by Western Newspaper Union. mob were recaptured. . . . into the went When the FBI WASHINGTON, D. C. If rooms of two of the gang they your daughter, sister or wife didnt notice a match stuck at the is a WAC and stationed in the To let the Mediterranean top of the door. area, you are gang know if anyone entered during probably worrying a lot more their absence. One mobster had about her than she is about started opening the door when he realized the planted match was herself. Maj. Margaret JaneSo he started firing his way, Medical corps, U. S. gone. revolver. . . . The agent came out army, gives a report that shooting too, and two of Touhys should put to route all unnecpals were hit by the marksman and essary fears. went to heaven. They are never sick, Major Janeway told a press conference in Then theres the episode in the Washington. The Fifth army WACs A uniformed have had an amazing health record butcher shop. chauffeur turns out to be one of from the beginning. Of 1,800 women soldiers who the Touhy gangsters. He went to purchase meat in the neighborhood landed in North Africa since Janufor Touhy (and the others) who ary, 1943, only 12 have been sent didnt risk coming out of the house. home for medical reasons. Dr. . . . The butcher shop, however, was Janeway believes that this record may prove one thing that the more . . . After a signal staffed by primitive the circumstances, the from one butcher a bike-ride- r tailed the chauffeur to the better a woman thrives. "They take hardships in a spirit scene where Touhy was hiding. . . . But the confederate was not dis- of fun, Major Janeway said. When the first contingent went guised as a chauffeur in the actual in January, 1943, it found cirkidnap. , . . The movie people ap- over cumstances definitely primitive. offend the to want didnt parently devout by sticking to the facts. . . . The trip over wasnt exactly a sum- The disguise worn by the gangster in the meat shop was that of a N.AfricanContingent Frix-ampl- e: ... ... ... G-M- priest The er, . average newspaper read- recalling Touhys mob, will think the snatched man is the rich Jake the Barber, victim of that gang. . . . But in the film the producers purposely switched things to give the story more pep. . . . Jake the Barbers real tortures cannot be screened or even written about so vile So for tlie screen were they. the authors and director borrowed several interesting items from the kidnappings of a wealthy youth named Rosenthal (in New York) and the Urschel snatch in the West. . . . Ail the kidnappers are now rusting and rotting in prison on sentences for life. ... The most frightful moment in PVT. MARION Di- rector J. Edgar Hoovers entire life ' happened that terrible 5 in the DeGRAY of Mil- waukee, Wis., brings an armload of homemade bread into the messhall. Excellent food is credited to a large extent for the splendid health record of the WACs overseas. morning when the night was still black. ,. . . Hoover and some of the agents attacked the Touhy mob mer cruise especially since most from the rear of th building other of the women hadnt ever been to FBI men covered the front. . . . Mr. sea before. They landed at Oran on Hoover, revolver in paw, climbed January 13, and took a train for over the back fence and tread softly Algiers. They discovered their quar, to the back door, where he let out ters to be an old French convent the most piercing shriek ever heard with no heat and no water. They It used their helmets for carrying anywhere in the whole world. water from an old well in the courtseems that a poor, little, inoffeh-sivsleeping black cat was stepped yard and for wash basins. It was on by the most famed of all bitterly cold. Major Janeway said: and it let out one screetch, which It was May before we thawed tried to out, and it was May before we could the startled get an occasional good nights sleep. The women slept 12 ip a room on FBI agents the other day were instraw mattresses placed on double-deckvestigating a theft of govt-owne- d bunks, wore all their woolen cigarettes destined for overseas shipment. . . . The foreman, who clothes and wrapped themselves in had denied any knowledge of the three blankets when they went to theft, produced a package of cigar- bed. Those on the night shift were ettes bearing a govt envied because they slept during the label. . . . The agent, who had daytime when there were no air mooched a cigarette with a definite raids. On Duty 12 Hours Daily. purpose, forthwith arrested the Such were the conditions of their was who foreman, charged with the employment. The wages of WAC crime. privates are the same as those of G. I. Joes $50 a month plus 10 per One of the problems confrontcent of the base pay for overseas ing the FBI these days is the duty. The hours were 12 a day, apprehension of individuals obseven days a week. Since curfew taining money fraudulently unat 7 p. m., and the Algerian was der the Servicemens Dependwere closed at that time, shops ents Allowance Act. Sixty-nin- e there was no point in time off. convictions have resulted during During this whole period, despite the first ten months of the 1944 or what most of us hardships fiscal year.' An oddity in the would consider hardships there files on this FBIs subject has were no serious illnesses and very to do with a Louisville, Ky., little jitters, Major Janeway said. woman who, when questioned A three-be- d dispensary had been set by FBI agents, offered to return up in what was described as "a fourteen $50 checks she got illelarge closet in the convent This gally, but hadn't spent. She said was used only as an isolation ward she had kept ail the checks exfor those with colds and as a cept one, which the soldier himroom for an occasional rest of 24 self cashed, and that she was hours for the very weary. Major most willing to return them to Janeway said that after such treatthe Government. ment most of them were ready to go back to their jobs. Despite all was demThe alertness of onstrated again the other day in the dire warnings, not one WAC conLos Angeles. An agent spied a man tracted any of the diseases they had on the street whom he recognized as been told very carefully to guard a fugitive a wanted notice had been against. When more WACs arrived in Alissued a few days before. Although the suspect produced phony selec- giers in May, the entire WAC colony took over an apaitment house which was tive service cards, the more and comforts, provided his and took fingerprints, persistent much more warmth. The number of the admitted his fugitive whereupon beds in the dispensary was inidentity as Walter Ray Carroll to 11. wanted in Washington State in con creased Of the 68 women who came with a with nection $25,000 narcotics rob this contingent, only three had to be STROLLING DOWN the roadway to the entrance of the old French convent which is their barracks in North Africa are these five WACs who are assigned to the headquarters offices of Allied force headquarters. They are, left to right, Mary C. Woods, Everett, Mass.; Ellen Condon, Missoula, Mont.; Mary Livingston, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Lucille James, Sioux City, Iowa; and Elizabeth Page, Escanaba, Micb. A nun is passing in the background. returned to the States. The reason given was "excessive nervousness. The three women were aged 30, 35 and 40 respectively, and had backgrounds of nervous instability. What had been a potential inability to adjust at home under secure routine now became complete maladjustment. Major Janeway said they Just "couldnt take it. No diet deficiencies were discovered. Army food was more than adequate, and in addition, the WACs were the friendly concern of army and navy men. They received oranges, eggs that cost $2 a dozen, and a general supply of nice spoiling. The navy men who vied with the tradition of their marine brothers for having this situation well in hand even obtained pillows for the WAC bunks. Every time a girl got a letter from home, Major Jane way said, Mama wanted to know if she was getting her vitamins. She was,' but she didnt know it. Fortunately, their folks started sending them vitamin pills and that settled .the problem for us. They ate their pills and felt better. Too Much Sun Tan. The power of the North African sun was an unknown quantity to the WACs. Anxious to get a smooth tan, they discovered, to their dismay, that it could very easily be overdone. After a few painful burns. ... e, r. y bery. Among the latest rackets discovered by the John Edgar Hoovers is that one used by to swindle some fortune-telle- rs s. . . . The gullible nabbed one fortuneteller in Texas. . . . She got neat fees for keeping men out of the army. . . . Her hocus-pocu- s, however, was not very effective. . . . Most of her suckers were inducted, anyhow. And she was inducted into a Federal hoosegow, where she cant predict her release. draft-dodger- seven-days-a-we- CLASSIFIED piece of shrapnel hit the bed in which a WAC was sleeping, but she was unharmed. There was some dispute between her and the occupant of the next bunk as to whom the piece of shrapnel belonged. Major Janeway said that the jobs which the WACs perform, and about which they are very keen are those of stenographers, telephone operators, drivers, cooks and all kinds of communications jobs. Asked if the WACs overseas feel that girls at home are lackadaisical A LETTERS FROM home are the best morale boosters. Sgt. Betty Jane OLeary of Pittsburgh, Pa., sounds the welcome mail call. which kept the victims away from not work, sunburn was classified line of duty. That meant that any WAC who was not sensible enough to get her sun gradually, would have her pay docked for any time she was off work. They soon learned how to do it gradually. By November, three more WAC companies had reported for duty in Algiers. In December, one company fresh from the States went directly to Italy. The healthiest women in the whole Mediterranean area. Major Janeway found, were the Fifth army WACs living in tents very close behind the fighting lines in Italy. They were part of a communications platoon based at Naples and half up toward the front, living in tents, working the command post message center. They were with the Fifth army in North Africa and followed when American troops took , Naples. Major Janeway said that the WACs at the front and those in North Africa, for that matter, are so healthy because they do not have time to spend in frivolous activities. There is no special training for keeping the WACs in trim. In winter they dont have much opportunity for exercise, but in summer they swim. In North Africa, a program has been set up which pro CONGRESSIONAL SOLDIERS not nearly so bad as in the last war, but several younger members of congress are having trouble level-heade- as they seek reelection, because they are in congress and not in the army. In most cases, the slacker charges are simply whispered. In one case, political opponents are whispering about a congressman who has received the navys Silver Star for gallantry in action. He is Lyndon Johnson of Texas, who saw his bunkmate killed hvsWi him in the South Pacific. Alberi Gore of Representative Tennessee, who is 36, is another who has been smeared in a whispering campaign. A father. Gore waived his congressional immunity last winter and was inducted into the army as a private. However, at the request of the President, he returned to congress before he began training. Others who have ielt the lash of criticism because they are serving their country in the office to which they were elected are Wilbur Mills of Arkansas, Jamie Whitten of Mississippi, Lihdley Beckworth of Texas, and even Representative Warren G. Magnuson of Washington. The Magnuson, now running for senator, has seen more of the western Pacific theater than most soldiers and sailors in the area, was serving on the aircraft carrier from which General Doolittles planes took off for the first bombing of Tokyo. CONGRESS D AGENTS EXTRA INCOME automobiles trucks and homes in your neighborhood. Build a secure income NOW and for postwar days. Write or phone collect. Snpervisor Farmers Insurance Group Continental Bank Bldg. 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Although the capitol equipment is being geared to use the smallest possible., amount of freon gas, the fact remains that it took a special deal with WPB to release the 14,000 pounds needed. Meanwhile, movie theaters serving war workers in the South have been denied freon because of military demands. Capitol Architect David Lynn says hes the man to blame, not members cf congress. He says not a single member has taken the matter up with him. Probably no one is directly to blame, unless it is the WPB officials who played favorites in releasing the freon. No one begrudges the congressmen thein but their buildings, because of thick walls and high ceilings, would be cool even without While fllllOJlOJJLES r' Serves 10 daily needs high-ceilinge- d Right on the shelf, handy, keep soothing Mentholatum to help you care for: 1. Head-col- d stuffiness. 2. Chapped skin. 3. Clogged nostrils. 4. Neuralgic headache. 5. Nasal irritation due to colds. 6. Cracked lips. 7. Insect bites. 8. Minor burns. 9. Dry nostrils. 10. Sore, aching muscles. Jars and handy tubes, 30f. Shoulder a Gun Or the Cost of One BUY WAR BONDS MEDICATED Soothe itch of simple rashes by sprinkling on POnDER FOR Mexsana, the soothing, medicated powder. HrilMIIV air HllLT UoL lieves diaper rash. WNU W 28 44 d d Hairdressers, Cosmetics, More Free Time, Keep Up Girls Morale neat-lookin- I I Used Cars Trailers Its North Africa bangs up In the armys huge Pentagon personal laundry In the back building, the freon supply has been of the convent which serves cut to the bone. The result, accordbarracks, giving a homelike ing to workers there, is that the to the grim business of war. atmosphere is slightly warm. Last year they claimed it was far too about not joining up, Major Jane- chillv, with many colds resulting. way replied: They certainly do! She continued: CAPITAL CHAFF and very C. NBCs popular Labor for VicIt takes a woman to stand up tory radio program will be susagainst that pressure and maintain pended for the summer after nearly her own good sense. It takes a level- two years on the air. Reason is the headed woman to keep rested and AFL wont cooperate with the CIO to maintain her sense of humor. in putting it on. C. Insiders report that the recent visit of Polish Premier Mikolajczyk to Washington was highly successful. I think these WACs must really was high when there wire none. lucky. The WAC mess halls are the The Polish government is now exlead charmed lives, Major Jane- They do find good French hair best in North Africa. They can even pected to purge itself of n way chuckled. Their sick rate has dressers now. The shops are open stick cloves in a piece of spam and leaders such as Beck and Pilsudski. bake it to look and taste like ham. In return, Russia will sign a treaty been exceedingly low and its sig- again, so that they can buy Moroccan leather goods and jewelry. They The WACs, even those in Italy, of cooperation with Poland similar nificant, I think, that in the last g to keep and j to that with Czechoslovakia; also can their and done, manage get laundry three months of 1943, the comlaundered. If theyve had will no longer the strict 7 oclock theres freshly give the Poles more territory panies which had the lowest sick curfew. They have 9:30 passes every any time in Algiers at all, they have rate were the companies which had night and two or three 11 oclock a good new permanent. They can around Lwow. will get some Jolty C, Taxpayers been there the longest. passes each week. get powder and lipstick and other reading in Prof. Harold Groves There are ample facilities in AThey can invite their dates to toilet essentials at the Post ExProduction Jobs and Taxes," publgiers now to keep up a woman dinner one night a week in their changes. They like to get soap and lished for the comby McGraw-Hil- l sldiers morale, though the morale own mess balls and the dates are kleenex from home though. mittee on economic development. A WAC in some yard as a touch r DEPARTMENT hit er give-awa- vides each woman, after so long a rest period. A rest time, a four-da- y camp has been established 20 miles up the coast from Algiers. It was opened first for those earliest WACs who were beginning to look a little fatigued after their grind with no passes from January to June. No similar arrangement has been made in Italy as yet, but Major Janeway believes that one soon will be. Only Six Marriages. In 14 months, there have only been six marriages of WACs In the Mediterranean area. It is possible that a three-mont- h waiting period known as the cooling-of-f period after announcing marriage intentions to the commanding officer is the reason. This is an army regulation and applies to both men and women. In regard to the unhappy stories that have been circulating about the morals of the WACs, Dr. Janeway cited medical which statistics showed definitely these rumors to be figments of somebodys imagination. The women were homesick at times, but "not too badly, Major Jane way said. Six weeks after the first group arrived in Algiers, however, there was no mail from home, which resulted in many a tearful night But the regular arrival of mail after that and the strict regimen took care of homesickness pretty thoroughly. There have been no battle casualties among the WACs. One woman was injured, and one killed in a jeep accident. There was plenty of bombing, but the bombs fell just across the street from the Algiers barracks. The bombs would hit the same spot night after night. During the day the damage would be repaired, and that night it would be undone. Yet none of the WACs was Washington, D. C. DISCHARGED VETERANS President Roosevelt has just received a suggestion from Chicagos To fell at a glance which are Mayor Ed Kelly designed to aid in good handkerchiefs, iron your the rehabilitation of them into triangles and plain from on a Kelly, acting proposal his wife Margaret, head of Chicagos ones into squares. tremendously popular servicemens For cleaning a coffee-staine- d aid organization, has urged FDR that percolator, put in a cup of salt, men be permitted to wear their uni- fill with water, and let the mixture forms for three to six months after percolate as for coffee. they are discharged, if they want to. When your old broom is worn to Kelly pointed out that 30,000 Chicago the from have been hilt, cut the straws evenly boys discharged service and that many return home, across, cover them with an old felt after a year or mores absence, hat or old woolen sock and use it feeling thoroughly out of place in to polish the floors. the corhmunity in civilian clothes. , To help in remodeling dated garMany folks dont even know the boys have been off to war serving ments, try grandmothers custom In it their country, Kelly has pointed out. of having a piece bag. Discharge buttons, promised many put all saved zippqrs, bits of ribmonths ago, are still not issued to bon and lace, and scraps of fabric. men everywhere. Even though disabled, they no longer can enter servicemens centers for recreation, no longer receive special rates in theaters. 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