Regular Diary of the Life of a Girl's Dog
"Beta," the (-months-old Welsh Terrier playmate of little Mary Frances Matthias of Woodslde, L. I.,
W. I., starts the day with a kiss. Lower left, Beau Is furnished with a babushka. Upper right, time for
tea. and Mary does the honors. Lower right, after a hard day at play the two pals retire for the night.
Maty does not care for dolla. Ends that she has more enjoyment with her faithful pal, Beau.
Army Malaria Control Program Proves Effective
Lever left, American fotdlera (praying (Idea bf streami and checking for Uolated poola that might
breed the deadly malaria mosquito In Cerslta. Upper left. Uds A-Z? bomber Is laying a dost of parts green
veer the swampland territory near 12th air force fields on the Island. Upper right, Conic an marshes are
adorn ad by native laborers to eliminate the breeding place of the "Spotted Wing" mosquito.
/*, Fighting Admirals of Pacific
Wrmb Ml la ripht, upper, three ural flphters, Rear Adm. Frederick
Cad Atrnu, Rear Adm. Gerald Fraaeia Bopan aad Rear Adm. Harold
??Ml Sallada. Lower, left to ripht, Rear Adm. Joseph J. Clark aod
Vtea Adm. John 8. McCain. Theto Iro admirals aro wrltinp new aad
?todoan popes sI Amcrlcaa aaral history.
Bombsight Aids Accurate Hits
K- Smith, HiMh, Ga., Is seen wtth Ike Norden
? ll '"t'l with wUeh he has accurately dropped MM teas s( bombs sa
?HylH|tb la Prases, Belctsai, Hollaad mad Germany. Ha Is isa
haaMer dit.J. amy Mh air foree, B-M Marauder. with sea s( the best
Mali si aetaiaay amsac may exsslleat records.
Car of Tomorrow?
TUi it the before-and-after of how ^
? plain. garden-variety D. 8. army ,
Jeep was traasformed into tbo "so- ,
dan or Jeep of tbo fatnre," by men c
of the tth air force In England, ,
using only salvaged material from c
crashed-up Jeeps and Junk piles. A ,
largo number of the first-made Jeeps ,
have already been offered for sale ,
to the public. Many servicemen
desire postwar Jeeps.
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AlMMl by Wubra Nawaoapn XJuUm.
By VIRGINIA VALE
UNIVERSAL has given ua
aomething more than a
topnotch picture, in "The Sus
pect"; we get food for thought
right along with abundant en
tertainment. A man commits
two murdera, and haa such
good reasons for doing so that
you can't bear to have him pun
ished. You keep rewriting the end
ing, figuring out waya of saving him.
Charles Laughton gives one of the
best performances of his life; Ella
Raines is excellent, Molly Lamant
caused men spectators to ask
CHARLESLACGHTON
"Who is she?" Robert Siodmak's di
rection couldn't be improved upon.
It's a picture with murder but no
horror, a picture with charm and
beauty. No matter what movies
1945 brings, "The Suspect" win be
one of the best.
*?
Bette Davis is back in Hollywood
after quite an absence, to begin
story conferences on her next pic
ture, "Stolen Life." The picture is
set to go before the cameras early
in February, with Curtis Bernhardt
directing.
*?
When Martha Hoillday reached
Hollywood, after dancing la night
dabs, she was made assistant dance
director. She had to give up the
|tt and go ever to RKO to satisfy
Iter desire to net; shell act and
dance too in "George White's Scan
dals," starring Joan Ha vis and Jack
Haley. RKO Hkes to push promis
ing newcomers along, and give them
s whack at really important roles.
Lauritz Melchior, who makes his
screen debut in "Thrill of a Ro
mance," Metro picture starring
/an Johnson and Esther Williams,
las signed a new contract with the
itudio. The famous singer has an
important singing role in "Brighton
Beach."
*?
Shortly before the war, when the
LI. S. fleet was on maneuvers. Art
Linkletter ("House Party," CBS) al
most broadcast a unit of the navy
nto a general court martial. When
word came that the fleet was due
n San Diego harbor, he arranged
;o broadcast its arrival from a mo
or launch. Fog delayed the fleet
tome miles away, and it anchored,
nit Art didn't know that. He broad
cast his script?and the Admiral,
istenlng in, thought his orders to
inchor had been disobeyed, and was
-eady to court martial all offenders,
til can laugh about it now.
?*?
Borlt Karloff recently completed
'The Body Snateher" and "Isle of
he Dead" for BKO, and Is booked
n go right on searing as Into i
drivers. The stndio has signed him 1
0 mako three horror pictures dur
ng the next two years.
When Phil Kramer, NBC comedi
m. tried out for his first radio show, )
vith Edward G. Robinson in "Big
rown," Robinson stopped him and
aid severely, "Dont down, young
nan. Use your natural voice." |
rhe only trouble was that Kraaner '
ras using his natural voice. He was
kring all right in pictures till his
rocal chords tightened up, the after
fleet of an illness; his comedy voice
vaulted
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That baby on the "Eddie Cantor
ihow," "Eddie Cantor Von Zell," is
1 handsome chap at about 30, who's
irobably the only male baby tm
icrsonator on the air. His name is
felly Gray, and as a pioneer in his
irafession he deserves a rattle, at
east.
?*?
Barry Fitzgerald played his role
is Btng Crosby's father in Para
nount's "Duffy's Tavern" with his
land in a cast; he broke a finger
ho night before he started work an
he picture. That man could give a
tee performance even if he had a
woken Deck I
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Kathleen Norris Says:
Is Absent Husband Still the Boss?
Ball WKV F??tur??.
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ml an a nurse aid do part-time duty in the hospital?"
By KATHLEEN NORMS
??T TOW much should the
I I wishes and opinions of
A A a man who is overseas
influence his wife here at
home?" demands Anna Sawyer
of Seattle. "I am 28, have been
married six years and have two
little boys," her letter goes on.
"My husband has now been
away for almost two years. We
had been making payments on
a house when he went away, but
it was not a house I had ever es
pecially liked. It is too large for
us, and stands on too small a
lot; it has never seemed home
like to me. Tod's father found
it for us and m'ade the first pay
ment.
"About eight months ago I had a
good offer for it, and I sold it, begin
ning again to make payments on a
far more attractive one-story house,
which was not too much for me to
manage. I am a nurse, and do
part-time duty in the hospital. My
boys, four and three;-are- in school
from nine to four. For this I pay
$70 a month; they lova their school,
are safe and happy, and it is a
chance for me to do my bit of war
work.
"Last month I was offered a hand
some rent for my house, which I de
cided to take, moving in with my
stepmother, who is also, incident
ally, my husband's aunt. We met
in her house. Tod loves his aunt,
and is glad we are friends, but he
writes me angrily that he thinks I
made a terrible mistake combining
households. He says it never
works, with two women. He doesn't
want the boys to be in that expen
sive school, he resents my selling
the house, says he has no interest
at ail in the new house, and that as
he feels now he'd just as soon not
come home; wife working instead
of caring for her children, home
sold, and family moved in with his
aunt.
Directions for Afar.
"Now what I want to ask you," the
letter goes on, "is just how much
right a man has to send directions
home from the war zones. Aren't
we wives entitled to use our own
judgment and live in our own way,
while' the men are gone? Wouldn't
it be ridiculous for Auntie and me
to write him obediently that be
cause he disapproved we had
changed ail our plans? We love each
other; she is a widow of 38, has a
boy of 15, teaches school, and loves
me and my children. Her home
is comfortable and spacious, with
plenty of playroom and garden.
"A letter received from my hus
band today ends with this remark;
'please write me at once that you
have abandoned all idea of com
bining households with Auntie, have
given up your nursing and taken
the boys out of that expensive school.
Otherwise I will feel very differently
about this war that we are sup
posedly fighting to protect the homes
we left behind us.' What aha 11 J
write in answer?"
? ? ?
My answer, Anna, is that Tod la
taking a most unfortunate and un
justifiable position. In plain words,
it's none of his business what you
decide to do while he is away. Men
are totally incapable of visualizing
what these lonely, strange war years
mean to women, and consequently
can't'imagine why women do what
they can to make home conditions
bearable.
' Go straight ahead as you are go
ing, and don't make any explana
tions or excuses in your letters to
Tod. Continue to write him cheerful,
gossipy letters full of the children's
affairs, news of his old friends, with
clippings from newspapers and
magazines that are of interest to
him. Don't argue the matter at all,
or excuse yourself.
Wisest Course.
It seems to me you are acting
very wisely. You are helping with
the great need of nurses; you are
certainly saving money; you have
worked out an excellent solution
for the boys, and have found your
self a congenial comfortable home
and a beloved companion. If every
woman in your predicament could
solve her problems as simply there
would be much less straightening
out of tangles to face after the war.
Of course, always keep on the note
that when Tod comes back you will
be together again with the boys,
and with nobody else, for house
mates. Meanwhile consider your
home problems as much your own
affair as war problems are his. You
are not writing him directions as to
what hours to keep, what friends to
make, what food to eat. You know
that thn HreflH ?? u
wi v*cu nan
gripped him, and that until it leta
go he must do the best he can, and
like all the rest of us get through
these awful years day by day, with
whatever philosphy we can muster.
Certainly we want to write the
boys good news, to keep them from
whatever distresses them, to as
sure them that while they are doing
their job so magnificently, we are
handling ours courageously, too. But
to supinely take directions affecting
your personal life from a man thou
sands of miles away, a man who
naturally has no idea of what is
meant by shortages of gas and
domestic help, butter and shoes,
transportation, living quarters and
commodities generally, would be to
show yourself too weak a woman to
be of any use in the heroic postwar
world we must so soon construct.
And you don't sound like that sort of
a woman.
Sink of the Future.
A prominent plumbing manufac
turer is asking the women of Ameri
ca to make suggestions tor the kind
of sink they want when the war is
over. Some of the questions asked
are: Should faucets be hand oper
ated or knee operated or have foot
pedal control? Is aa exposed swing
faucet or a pull-out rubber hose with
spray preferable? Should there be a
built-in rubber covered drain rack,
an electric towel dryer, a pull-out bin
for pots that would raise to table
lavai during working houiuT
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"That^twrnfrmtdlmppr...*
A WIFE'S DECISIONS
While her husband it away at
war, Anna has had to manage
the home, making her own de
cisions as well as the could. She
has two sons, four and three years
old. Recently she sold the house
at a good price and has moved in
with her husbands aunt. The
boys have been placed in a pri
vate school. This arrangement
seems quite satisfactory to every-,
one except Anna's husband, Tqd.
Tod writes from overseas that
he doesn't like it at all. He didn't
want the house sold; he doesn't
want the boys to be in such an
expensive school. Lastly, he fears
that his wife and his cunt will
eventually quarrel ? that no
household is "big enough for two
women."
Rural Telephones May
Get Federal Loans
Bill Would Provide
For Private Expansion
By WALTER SHEAD
WNC Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON D. C.?"The Party
Line," long the butt of jibes and
ridicule, may be on its way out if ?
bill intended to "provide or improve
telephone service in rural areas"
becomes law under the new 79th
congress.
Considerable interest has been
aroused in the measure introduced
by Senator Lister Hill (D., Ala.)
which would provide for a special
fund of 100 million dollars and
create a federal agency to be known
as the "Rural Telephone adminis
tration."
This administration would ad
minister the law and the fund with
authority to make loans to tele
phone companies, or to individuals,
corporations, states, municipalities,
utility districts, or to non-profit co
operative associations, also to the
Rural Electrification administration
for the purpose of financing the con
struction, rehabilitation, moderniza
tion and operation of telephone sys
tems, exchange lines, or other facili- ?.
ties for furnishing telephone service
to persons in rural areas; who are
not receiving, adequate service. The
measure also provides for improve
ment or betterment of existing serv
ice to persons in these areas.
Senator Hill, as a result of con
siderable study on the rural tele
phone problem asserted that in 1910
almost IVi million farm homes had
telephones and that by 1940 this
number had decreased to about 14b
million, a decrease of about 40 per
cent. Rates for farm telephone serv
ice have increased from about $1.3*
to an average of $1.80 at the pres
ent time. He also pointed out that
75 per cent of the nation's farms
numbering 4,160.000 still do not have
telephone service.
Some 30,000 smaller telephone
companies in the nation would be
the chief beneficiaries under the bill
as borrowers from the fund to mod
ernize their plants, rebuild existing
lines and construct new ones. Loans
would be made on a self-liquidating
basis at an interest rate of 144 per
cent with 35 years in which to re
pay the principal.
Handy Milk Stool
_ i
The strap-on milk stool will save
considerable time as well as provide
another step forward in proper sani
tation. After the stool has beat
strapped on, it need not be touched
again until milking is finished.
Strap the stool around the waist,
wash hands, then start milking. Bac
teria count will be reduced consid
erably. If more than one leg is de
sired, the conventional three lege
can be added to this type of stool.
Few Cheese Bandages
Shortage of cotton cloth for manu
facturing bandages for cheese
threatens to cause serious damage
to the cheese industry. The bandage
around the cheese makes the ruid,
explains W. W. Price, of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Without the bandages, cheese can
not be pressed or the rind formed'
without cracks. If the cheese has
cracks, molds form in the air pock
ets and the quality at the cheese
is considerably lower.
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