By VIRGINIA VALE
d by Western Newspaper Union.
IF YOU happen to be any
where near where one of the
Vox Pop programs is being
broadcast, spare no effort to
attend it?you* D have a lot
of fun, maybe make some
money, and see one of our bet
ter radio programs in action.
Maybe you'll have the pleas
ure of meeting Parks Johnson, who's
a swell guy; you may be lucky
enough to meet Mrs. Johnson, who
goes along. Before the broadcast
Johnson stages stunts with mem
bers of the audience, and pays them
well for participating. Mrs. John
son buys the gifts for the women
on the program, and rounds up good
places for the company to eat. As
part of the audience, you'll be part
of the program, and have a grand
time.
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Rosalind Russell's sponsoring
Janet Blair with a vengeance I First
she convinced Columbia Pictures
that Janet was perfect for the title
role in "My Sister Eileen"; then
she waived the exclusive star clause
In her contract so that Janet could
share star billing. Nert she took
Janet for a tour of the army camps,
with the purpose of interesting her
soldier brother, George Russell, in
the young actress.
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Alan Reed spent two months in
Hollywood waiting to make a pic
ture that never was started, though
he was paid regularly. He collected
a typical Hollywood wardrobe?
slacks, sports shirts, Mexican hu
araches, silver-trimmed belts. Ezra
Stone, till recently of "Henry Al
drich," ran into Reed in his Holly
wood togs, in New York. "Gee,"
said he, "you're not even a civilian!"
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Young Russell Hoyt, RKO actor,
has been trying to make people forget
his striking resemblance to Alan
Ladd. Now it's got him a Job. RKO
used him in bits in "Seven Days'
Leave" and "Here We Go Again,"
then had no role for him, so lent
him to Paramount for "Lucky Gor
don"?he'll play a Ladd henchman
who, because of his resemblance to
the star, can create alibis for him.
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Claudette Colbert probably set a
record recently by being a brides
maid once and a bride twice, all with
in 24 hours. It was all for Preston
Sturges' "The Palm Beach Story";
Claudette's bridegrooms were Joel
McCrea and Rudy Vallee, and her
stunt as bridesmaid took place when
Joel married someone else. She's
working now in "No Time for Love" I
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In "Somewhere I'll Find You"
Keenan Wynn, of the radio's "Shad
ow" programs, played a soldier who
operated a 1918 machine gun which
had been blown from its tripod; be
cause of the kiekbacks, his shoulder '
was strapped for two weeks. When
he saw the picture in New York, a
soldier in front of him said: "Fake!
You can't fire a machine gun from
that position." Keenan leaned for
ward and tapped the young man on
the shonlder. "Yes you can, broth
er," said he. "I did it."
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When Jack Benny and Mary Liv
ingstone first met she was 12, and
Jack, calling on her sister, disliked
Mary as heartily as she loathed
him. He was appearing at a local
vaudeville theater, and Mary bribed
her pals to maintain complete si
lence all through his act!
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Claudia Morgan, recently signed
to play "Andrea Reynolds" on the
air aerial, "We Love and Learn,"
couldn't escape the theater; she's
the daughter of Ralph Morgan, the
niece of Prank, and made her stage
debut on Broadway while in her
teens. A few years ago she was
playing lead roles simultaneously in
two Broadway stage hits and in a
radio series.
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ODDS AND ENDS-Bing Crotby pott.
ported hit return to hit radio program for
a week in order to complete hit golfing
tour for the benefit of the Rod Croat
Metro') relented "ATCA,* ? one-reeler de
picting the work of the Air Training
Corpt of America, which it training tome
SOOflOO high tchool boys in the elemenit
of oeroenntict . . . Olivia do HeviUand,
born in Tokyo, couldn't accompany the
"Princess Of Rout he" company to the air
port ol Lockheed for location work; ell
playact hod to have their birth certifi
cotet, end Olivia't happened to be mittuig
. . . Alexia Smith gave e toldirr e lift in
her car?ran out of get end had to borrow
a dollar from him to get tome, |
JANET BLAIR
Navy Carries War to Japs
In Fogbound Aleutian Isles
The Japs are in the Aleutians,
where is found the worst and
most dangerous flying and sail
ing weather in the world. How
ever, our navy is after them,
and it blasted the main Jap
stronghold on Kiska island the
very same day the battle for
the Solomon islands began.
No attempt will be made here
?to tell the continuing story of
the U. S. navy's heroic efforts
to blast the emperor's little
brown men from the fog-shroud
ed islands that lie off Alaska.
"The record," says Secretary
of the Navy Knox, "speaks for
itself."
Right: A. J. Isbell, USN, com
mandant naval air station at
Kiska.
Mike Hodikoff, chief of
Aleuts, visits V. S. warship.
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Alaska marines at Sitka take
'conditioning" hikes weekly, and
work out field problems under
all weather conditions, as shown
in picture above, which was taken
in the rain.
Right: Maj. B. M. Coffenberg,
USMC, commanding the marines
at Sitka, prepares a field message
while attending a conference with
his officers. All wear water-repel
lent clothing, gas masks and steel
helmets.
MARINES ON GUARD
TheM men are conditioned for rugged country fighting by weekly hikes.
"HERE COME PI
THE'CATS'"
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V. S. winged "Calf (Catalinat) hunt Jap rati in Alaska. The Cato
linas have been the hero plane* in the defense of our northern out poet.
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"Versailles of the Plains'
'THIS month marks the 75th
A anni versa ry#f the "Versailles
.of the Plains"?the lamons Med
icine Lodge peaee council of
1M7. Not only did it bring to
gether a galaxy of frontier nota
bles, both red men and white,
but It was attended by a greater
number of Journalists than had
ever before assembled for such
an event. Some were destined
for fame in other fields and
among these were
TWO EXPLORER-FRIENDS
Being "the man who found Living
stone" and the most celebrated Af
rican explorer or
his day brought
world - wide re
nown to the name
of Henry M. Stan
ley. But that
wasn't his real
name. Born in
Denbigh, Wales,
on June 10, 1841,
he was christened
John Rowlands
and that was the
name he bore un
til he was 21. In
the meantime he had come to Amer
ica as a cabin boy and deserted his
ship at New Orleans where a local
merchant named Henry Morton
Stanley, finding the young Welsh
man wandering destitute about the
streets, gave him a home and later
adopted him.
When Rowlands' benefactor died
without making any provision for
him in his will, the young man went
to Arkansas where, at the outbreak
of the Civil war, he enlisted in the
Confederate army. Taken prisoner
at the Battle of Shiloh, he later
changed his allegiance and put on
the blue uniform of the Union navy,
at the same time assuming the
name of his foster-father, Henry
Morton Stanley.
The dispatches he wrote about the
naval assault on Fort Fisher found
a ready market in some of the east
ern newspapers and influenced his
decision to become a journalist. He
continued sending news to these pa
pers when the ship on which he was
serving was ordered to Turkey and
after leaving the navy he made a
journey across the plains to Denver
and Salt Lake City. As a result of
his stories about life in the Far West,
the Weekly Missouri Democrat of
St. Louis engaged him to accom
pany General Hancock's expedition
against the Indians in the spring of
1867.
His correspondence during the
Hancock campaign and at the Medi
cine Lodge peace council had a hu
man interest, "feature" quality,
which distinguished it from the
factual reporting of other corre
spondents there and James Gordon
Bennett of the New York Herald
was quick to recognize his genius.
The result was Stanley's joining the
Herald staff, the famous "find Liv
ingstone" order from Bennett and
his successful accomplishment of
that mission which brought him
deathless fame.
During Stanley's later career as
a successful explorer, one of his
tiuacai menus
i was another cor
respondent and
explorer whom he
I had first met at
the Medicine
Lodge council.
He was Thomas
Wallace Knox, a
native of Pem
broke, N. H .,
where he was
born June 26,
1835. Like Stan
ley, Knox was
leu. nil urprian bi an eany age ana,
like the young Welshman, he had
an adventurous spirit which caused
him to give up his position as prin
cipal of an academy in New Hamp
shire and join the gold rush to Colo
rado in 1859.
In Denver Knox became a report
er and then city editor of the Rocky
Mountain News but at the outbreak
of the Civil war he Joined the army
as a volunteer aide and served
through two campaigns. Next he ;
became a war correspondent for the |
New York Herald but, being wound- 1
ed during a skirmish in Missouri,
returned to New York and news
paper work.
After the war Knox joined an ex
pedition organized to establish a
telegraph line through southern Asia
and on this journey he traveled
through Siberia 3,500 miles on
sledges and 1,500 miles in wagons.
During the seventies he traveled all
over Europe, Africa and Asia and
became one of the most prolific writ
ers of travel books of his time.
Knox is ssid to have written on
an average two books a year and by
the time of his death on January 8,
1898, he was the author of more than
30 volumes. His, first, and probably
his best known, was called "Camp
Fire and Cotton Field" and dealt
with his experiences as a Civil war
correspondent and the manager of
a plantation in the South. Almost
as famous were his "Overland
Through Asia," the record of his
journey across Siberia in 1886, and
his series of 15 books for boys, pub
lished under tha title of "The Boy
Travelers."
Henry M. Stanley
Thomas W. Knox
. FIRST-AID
to tht
AILING HOUSE
by Roqer B. Whitman
REPAINTING A RADIATOR
SHOULD BEGIN BT THOR
OUGH CLEANING
TP HE first step in repainting a ra
*? dlator should be to go over it vig
orously with a wire brush to remove
caked dust, rust and loose paint.
This Is followed by wiping with tur
pentine to take off any traces of oil
or grease which may have been
picked up from the air. Paint that
is on firmly can remain; the new
finish can go on over it. The bronze
^nd aluminum paints formerly used
on radiators hive been displaced by
oil paints, not only for appearances,
but because there is greater radia
tion than when the radiator is fin
ished with a metallic paint. The fin
ish can be a special enamel made
for radiators, or flat wall paint of
good quality. Paint should be ap
plied in thin coats, as many as may
be necessary to hide the metal.
Paint applied in thick coats is much
more likely to crack and chip than
when the coats are thin. It is im
portant that the radiator be cold
when painted, and should remain
cold until the paint is thoroughly
dry and hard. Paints are likely to
darken when heated, for which rea
son the shade chosen should be light
er than is required to match the
trim.
Radiator Heat.
Question: How can the maximum
heat be obtained from hot water
radiators? You have suggested
painting the radiators a light color,
and placing sheet metal behind
them. Our radiators are now sil
vered. Please give me full particu
lars.
answer: mere is aouui one-sixin
more radiation through oil paint
than through the metallic paint now
on your radiators. The silver paint
need not be removed before repaint
ing; go over it with a wire bruSh
to take off all loose particles and
dust, and wipe with turpentine. The
new finish should be top quality, fiat
wall paint, thinned with a little tur
pentine. Radiators should be cold
when painted, and should remain so
until the paint has dried. Sheet
metal behind a radiator, to be ef
fective as a reflector, should be
bright?bright tin, for instance, or
aluminum foil. The effect of this is
to throw back into the radiator, and
into the room, the heat that would
otherwise be absorbed by the wall
and wasted. I have made success
ful reflectors with heavy wrapping
paper, with three coats of a bright
drying aluminum paint.
Cold Room
Question: I have hot water heat
which gives sufficient warmth in all
rooms, except in one bedroom di
rectly over the kitchen. I have tried
in vain to inorease the heat in this
room, but without success. Would it
be advisable to put a register in
the floor, so that heat from a gar
bage burner in the kitchen could
circulate through it? The kitchen is
too warm.
Answer: If the radiator in the cold
room heats properly with all the i
rest of .the radiators, it may be too
small, or the trouble may be loss of
heat around the windows and
through the cold ceiling. Put on1
storm sash and metal weatherstrips,
and insulate the ceiling. If it does
not heat, look for an obstruction in
the pipe. A register in the floor
might supply the necessary heat,
but Would flood the room with odors
from the kitchen.
Frosted Windows.
Question: Why do my storm win
dows steam up in cool weather and
frost up in cold weather? I took
extra pains to make a tight fit. In
side windows have copper weather
strips.
Answer: Dampness gets into uie
space between the storm windows
and the regular windows from out
doors. This can be checked only by
putting metal weatherstrips on the
storm windows. On a dry day, open
the storm windows for a half-hour
or so; any damp air that may be
confined between the two windows
will pass away. When storm win
dows are frosted, opening them on
a bright day or in any weather
that is not damp, will clear them.
Sewer Gas
Question; For two winters we
have been troubled with sewer gas,
which comes through the laundry
tuba as well as through the basement
floor drain. When the city cleaned
the sewers last summer we thought
that the trouble had been eliminat
ed, but this has not been the case.
How can this be corrected?
Answer: There is something wrong
with the traps in the sewer line
from your tubs and floor drain. They
may have been improperly put in,
or they may be so cracked that the
water seal leaks away. The reme
dy is very definitely a Job tor a
plumber.
Firing-Door Damper
Question: What is the purpose of
the small, adjustable damper in the
firing door of a hot water boiler?
When should it be opened?
Answer: Its purpose is to admit
air over the top of the fire, so that
coal gas will be burned. Without
air the coal gas that is formed by
the heating of fresh coal will pass
up the chimney unburned, and you
will lose some of the value of your
fuel. The damper should be opened
after each stoking of the boiler. It
will do no harm to leave it partly
open at all times.
StliUMl by Western Newspaper Union.
FINANCING OUR WAR
REQUIRES 'FAITH'
TO FINANCE THE WAR In which
we are engaged, we Americana must
have faith in ourselves and in our
institutions. We are spending from
60 to 80 billion dollars a year. We
have now more than an 80 billion
dollar federal indebtedness. The
people and the business organiza
tions of the nation are buying war
bonds at the rate of a billion dollars
a month, or 12 billion dollars a year.
Taxes will produce less than 20 bil
lion a year.
The difference between the
approximately 32 billion a year
and the 68 to 86 billion we will
spend most come from the
banks and the insurance com
panies. Before another year
passes, it is estimated that M
per cent of the bank deposits
and the insurance company
funds will be invested in gov
ernment securities.
They can stand that strain if the
American people will give evidence
of their faith in their institutions, in
the integrity of their government,
by accepting those conditions and
not getting hysterical about them.
It simply means we are turning our
money over and over again each
year. We put it into the bank or
invest it in insurance. The govern
ment draws it out, spends it, and
it comes back to us to be deposit
ed or invested again.
uur min mast cause us to
keep on depositing and invest
ing. We must not try to spend
our money for things we do not
need. To do so only causes in
creased prices, more consumer
demand, and out of such a con
dition inflation is born.
Congress can, if it will, relieve
the pressure to some extent by cut
ting down on the expenditures for
civil activities of government. Two
or more billions of expenditures can
be saved if a real effort is made to
do so. It will be, should people of
the nation demand such a saving,
and make that demand emphatic.
We cannot finance the war through
inflation. We can finance it through
a continued exhibition of faith in the
integrity and stability of our gov
ernment and our institutions.
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LAWS NECESSARY
TO CURB DRIVERS
IT WOULD COST at least several
thousand dollars of the taxpayers'
money to convene a special session
of any state legislature. The Presi
dent has asked that this be done in
order to enact state laws providing
a 35-mile speed limit. That expense
is needed because some people who
call themselves Americans will not
heed the request of the President
or the governor of their state to
reduce driving speed to not over 35
miles an hour as a means of saving
their tires. It is to be hoped that
when such laws are enacted they
will have teeth sufficiently sharp to
bite real holes in the dumb skulls of
the willful drivers who make such
laws necessary. I would say a loss
of their driver's license and con
fiscation of their cars should be the
minimum.
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PRIDE IN HOME TOWN
KEPT ALIVE BY PAPER
A LITTLE TOWN of but 350 peo
ple, the home town of a woman
from whom I received a letter and
some clippings. That woman?Em
ily V. Reed of Orange, Calif.?had
not lived in the little town of New
Virginia (I do not know in what
state) for 35 years, but it was still
home to her. Her interest had been
kept alive for those 35 years by the
weekly visits of the home-town
paper. The clippings she enclosed
were about the program of the New
Virginia homecoming week as pub
lished in that home-town newspaper.
She was proud of what the little
home town was doing, proud of its
enterprise and its patriotism.
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A FINE GENTLEMAN
BUT CAN'T SAT 'THANKS'
I KNOW A MAN who is an ex
ceedingly fine gentleman. He is a
man who is appreciated by every
one who knows him, but all do not
entirely understand him. This man
has an exceptionally large vocabu
lary and uses it intelligently and en
tertainingly. But there is one sim
ple little word he never uses?
"thanks."
I know he appreciates any favors
that are extended; that he likes
friendly suggestions, but I have
never heard him say "thanks" for
anything. He is the kind of man
for whom people like to do things,
but many of them are afraid their
assistance or suggestions are not
wanted because he cannot say
"thanks."
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LABOR AND CAPITAL
A FEW YEARS AGO the Anacon
da Copper company worked out a
form of partnership between capital
and labor. In that company, labor
receives dividends paid in the form
of wages. The wages are based on
earnings as indicated by the price
at which the product?copper?is
sold. When the price goes up, wages
go up. When the price goes down,
wages go down. It has worked to
the satisfaction of both labor and
capital. It has given labor a def
inite place in that industry.
patterns
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CHE'LL go places happily, kno?
J ing she looks very pretty in
this ric rac decorated frock! A
low cool neckline ends with: ?
smart button, a panel down the
front adds further intriguing fash
ion interest! The nipped in waist
which does wonders for her figure
is held firmly by the side sashes
which tie in back.
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Pattern No. 8219 is made for sizes 0, t.
10. 12 and 14 years. Size ? years, short
sleeves, requires 2 yards 39-inch material.
114 yards ric rac braid.
Send your order tot
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
lit Seventh Ave. New Tarfc
Enclose 20 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
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Name...
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COLD THE AIR
Oat quick relief the famous Fenetra
Nose Drop 3-drop way. Help, open up
cold stuffed nose. Generous sixes.
J6c and 50c. Use only as directed.
Discussing Qnesttons
Men are never so likely to set
tle a question rightly as when they
discuss it freely.?T. B. Macaulay.
AWAY CO CORNS
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Pride of the Uncertain
Snobbery is the pride of those
who are not sure of their position.
?Berton Braley.
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From poverty to wealth is ?
troublesome journey, but the way
back is easy.
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