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WITH, .GENERAL : MacARTH;
UR. OI a WESTERN BATAAN
FRONT Even . the Japanese
on this sector, of the front know
"Lieutenant , French" -Lieut. Ro
land CI -"Kaii1nir rt fJt-ai '
ford, Mais.'- - - " i --- T ' " a ua government is tremen-
Several ' times a "day Trenchy dously busy these j dayswhich
inspects his young Filipino' troops means .increased opportunity, for
in their, fox holw young men and. women to carve
.Vmm out:careefs fo theWlves V the
-Hey, yon damned Japanese, i6vernment' service! The 'federal
Director -Js Edgar Boever presents medal for the best perfenmutee t Stenographers and typists, at the FBI's Washington headquarters.
: for the Civic Theatre tournament of Washington, DC, te an mi 1
stenographer. - . ' v -;. ,
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' come - on ' over here."
From their; own dugin '. post-
tions in the underbrush only, ;
: hundred feet from the. Filipino-
American, barbed , wire, the Jap-"
an'ese, -answer: r
,. rProf anity, yon Fuwrenehee."
Whenever r they, face problems,
bureau' of investigation, which is
working overtime in its task of
law "enforcement; and' counter-espionage,
provides a grand chance
for ambitious young United States
citizens women as. well fes' men.
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. vvnue uieic axe jiu.ur-women, .
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Learmlt i tor Jobs
his troops call for FrenchyWhen the FBIJlbctsof a. large And
ever fighting- starts, he'i In the growing, feminine contingentr in
middle of K this 24-year-old who its stenographic, typist and deri-
is one - of the most lorful fig- cal staff. Stenographers who must .
ures in the American forces in ."0 words -per
the Philippines. - - r - minute, start, at $1?20 a year, typ-
,, . . . . , . - . , I isi una cierK-s h fm year
I won't, attempt to produce his 5r, it l9fin
Jf'J WT a yean Any girl interested' should
CwwcUaiVaiaough he was born Write to Director John - Edgar
in New Bedford. Both his par- Hoover in Washington. ' , ;
ents were, French-Canadians and As with the male derical em-
he . a t it n d e d . mostly . French pioyesr ienne stehbgraphers
schools. ; He ; ; drove , a delivery 'and fclerks 'are "sent: 'immediately "
truck at Cape Cod for his fath- to the FBI clerical school, where
Pictured in one of the three defense trainlnr weldinr shops In Salem are two of thcmany men learning
how to Join metals to make: strong ships. The head hoods, which make. the men appear as something
unearthly, protect their eyes from the Intense glare of the are, power for which is produced by the
roond piece of machinery at the extreme right. (WFA photo
Welding Replaces Rive ting;
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Dv' ptu'av' p.pawt
Statesman Columnist -
Tf a'rf iaViv rfaviitrht fai Simrtav Wninir whn dlmt'n TEL smoothly and without burninft' the went west fa. 1939 td. see the they; find out - what's what '.and
Tv. ut- iftKtx utnfm etT-aat Tia m( ca plate, he is kiven two elates and country, worked as a cook, joined whos who on the FBI. They also
, ..iJ: ui. .j:.. v-iii taught to fuse them together, in he national guard at Santa Bar-1 attend the in-service, training
"'"""r-"1 flat position. To do this properly Calif, and then transferred I school once a year to keep their
OQlinea a iuu w uiuuau iiiuuuuiS siu. uvu .B v to the nrmv whm hm ram n work tin tn and Imnrnvc thpir
colored glass face shield, and leather jacket. Then, wittx the ma- - Next he will weld the the Philippines in 1940. He learn- positions. , I
glC torcn 01 a comparaxiveiy new proiession, ne oegan i using sieei plates - in vertical position and. led to use the rifle in the New Life in the FBI is not all work
plates together. An hour later he removed the hood and watched finally, overhead. - Bedford Trench sharpshooters." and no fun. The1. FBI Recreation
Instructor Earl "Johnny" Bushnell inspect the quality of his When he can do an expert job I Frenchy heard that stories were association sponsors dramatics,
with the plates in these three pos- being written about him second- bowling, swimming, basketball.
construction that have been "ions, wften fte can tuse two sep- hand ana asked this correspond-1 solloau : - "
adopted. arate plates Into one solid piece lent what it was all about He I KeP 113 giriS VVY na neaiuiy.
The adoDtibn of weldine to re- horizontally, vertically and over I did not believe he had had anv For newcomers to Washington,
place riveting was dictated by the neaa, ne is men quaiinea lor tne unusual experiences.
natural trend of American pro- test which enables him to grad-1 Frenchy was a nrivate'Blreon
gress, which means better con- uate. .The test itself is set by the f . . .
strucuon ana greater economy, iuanume i-uuiuukhuu luu
The all-welded shin is more uni- rigid one. Xrt of it, for example.
form, neater, more rapidly built calls. lor bending two pieces of
and costs less. By the welding pro- welded metal into the shape of a
cess a shin's hull becomes a solid horse shoe. If it breaks at the
steel vessel, as if cast in a huge weld, the student is flunked.
i Glenn is 33, married and for mold. It abolishes the overlapping
the past 14 years was in the gro- of plates, the meticulous drilling - Need Not Graduate
mrr hiiinKii. Slline- tfrocerier Tnrrifhin and matching of hol ' v . .. .
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.ninl iml3ti1 (A-Wli1 n sn1 tha hoaflna DnH cinVinff nf flU weiaerS, Deiore Demx HD"
ROO-nound steel nlates together, countless rivets. And a single ex- Ployed at the shipyards, must first I his and their first encounter with
pass the test and be certified, al- the enemy in the recapture of
changes in the destinies-of man. entire riveting crew, which in- though a man need not necessarily Moron early in January.-A few
tvo B ..,uir later r.inn i al. K,,v, KiHor Viaa nA ne a graduate or tne scnoois. Any-1 ciays laier nas position was sur-
machine tool workers. one wno nas aaa enougn training i rounaea in an eany morning sur-1 fV'-m. F ftfilfi
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i The FBI girls' basketball team, 1941 champions of the Government basketball league.
workmanship. '
Bushnell, who has had many
years' experience, as a welder.
Including time at a naval ship
yard, can detect flaws in a
welding Job at a glance. In
Glenn's workmanship he found
no flaws. Glenn didn't show it
much, bnt you ' knew that he
was elated, for it marked the
end of 170 hours of are weld
ing class attendance dating
, from January 26th.
but he soon lost his pi eons and
Joined the Philippine army late
In December. He organized a
bus convoy which brought hun
dreds of troops to the Bataan
peninsula. Now, he commands
a "battalion' and has been ree-
omntended for a captaincy.
Frenchy led his green troops in
these social and sport affairs are
particularly welcome, as the FBI
stenos and clerks have the op
portunity to meet their fellow em
ployes and other ' government
workers after hours on a purely
social basis. Mr. Hoover himself
takes great interest , in the activ
ities of the FBI Employes Recrea
tion association.
SelbyHas
estions
Suaa
ready helping build a ship,
Every Walk of Life
Aw.a m.,'iw, experience and thinks he can prise attack. He and his troops
-,J4.- .u- ' u. -v.: pass, is permitted to take the ex- were driven from Moron and had
l"Tcf: T-. animation. to iumo from a 30-foot cliff to - By JOHN SELBY,
waiting list is Soon afterward the Jaoanese Parior" is uxbne way an expose of
Sunday morning. Glenn is men
tioned here because he represents
j . i stantly filled. A
in age and background the gen- f 7 hundred pneumatic rivet kept of mose who wm replace tte drove through the center of his thPiritual belief, butit is more.
eral calibre of men preparing hammers against the empty hull
uiciuAcivcs , ui . MKiu vwiauuiuu g steel ship,
classes- for one of those new trades " '
created by .war.. Students repre- jse 0 f re ftf
sent a wide variety of occupations,
such as teachers, clerks, lumber -Although electric, or arc, weld
mill workers,; mechanics, farmers fag wa4j first used in 1881, it was
ahd bar tenders; .- grade . school, . not -..generally accepted : until a
high school and college graduates comparatively short time ago. The
alike.
weekly graduates- waiting list line with about a thousand men, Jt psychological .study: of a
composed of men from all wmlUlcfftbljghjiw-a pocket which had irl who wanted very; much to
vi inc. vkiui uie conunuea expan-to be wiped out. It took 17 days nuuLC vuice iur ucrscu, oauxa
sion of the shipbuilding program, J to do it but the last Jananese fin- lake mediumshiP the means,
the demand for competent welders l?w J,, vniff JPanese im- ghe $imply lacked li(a of hoh.
is high. The wage Is good and the v,,, -..iT i- 4 esty ""d M usually, happens, at
jobs will in all probability last a 1,1 least in novels, she fmaUy reached
longtime: ; V T " r" lthe point where she was hardly
Salem's schools, while equipped
.Few have had previous weld-
first successful major all-welded tln a relatively small num-
Mnstmrtion lob was that of a r "e are aoimj me job
tag experience, but they are power house, completed in 1932. efficiently. The high - type of
carefully selected by Defense rhe . cost even ' then was greater .workman being trained constitutes
than that f th. conventional riv- a very favorable reflection of the
eting method, but many new and local sPirit effoFt in behalf of
improved departures have- since national defense, . ? -c ;:i
k jr,,,,MT ' Meanwhile, through man's tin-
Mastering the art of welding is ceasing effort toward liberation vate were pinned in their, fox
noinctstino cV rmi?r5n from from toil and suffering by finding f holes for four hours while the
150 to 450 hours of class work, a better way, there is emerging J Japanese attempted to dislodge
denendine on the student. Grad- another major profession. I them with hand grenades. During
Staining Officer Marion Lamb
of the U. S. employment ser
vice, and C. - A. Guderian, co-;
erdinator 1 of 'defense training,
and the percentage of failure Is
negligible. Graduates of Salem's
classes In welding and ', sheet
metal are, In fact, considered
by shipyard and aircraft em
ployers among the most out
standing on the Pacific coast. .
ambushed .- several ' times and
once encountered a group of
Japanese with a tommy gun on
a path they had opened. He
escaped by "running, dodging,
crawling and faUing."
Early, next morning his position
was attacked and he and a pri-
uates from the Salem schools av
erage 239 hours; .which, if high,
may in a measure be due more to
The local national; defense the high degree of skill demanded
schools have an enrollment of here than to the ineptitude of the
about 450 students, 115 of whom students. Good workmanship is an
are learning welding at three con-' important essential, for one rea
venient locations.; Divided into son, because of the safety factor;
six-hour classes, one of these An unsound ship is an unsafe ship,
welding schools functions on a 24- ; Ahd it is this safety element
hour day schedule, another 18 that is stressed from the beginning
hours and the third 12 hours. . of the student's instruction. His
- - - first lesson and each stuBent is
One of 700Q Center $ , " individually, instructed concerns
- . !. : . j:T" safety tohhnself and bthersin the
Sponsored by.. the US , depart- '; handling s of equipment. : He is
ment of. education, and conducted taught the function of and how to
by local ; occupational school adjust his welding machine. Then,
- heads, Salem's defense -training behind the protective armor, he is
schools . constitute a unit of ap- shown how to hold the torch and
: proximately -7000 similar training the metal rod to be fused. '
centers functioning in the interest. - -. - . " , ' a .v"
of national .defense throughout the . Mutt Learn Well ;
country. Arc welding, is anim-r: ::s;:c;?-'4 W'-'-- ' '
portant phase of this work, prin-' , His first hours are spent simply
cipally, because of the huge. sWp-Mrurning a bead;H that is melting
building program and methods of the small fuse rod into a molten
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Pie tonhe Rescue
Of Hapless Family
that scrap, Frenchy killed seven
Japanese, and his total now is
over thirty with a revolver alone,
not counting . those killed with
machine gun. and trench mortars.
STILLWATER, Okla. (TP)- Thel Frenchy finally reestablished
Ellis family, of the Wilson, com- i his front lines and erected barbed
munlty in Okmulgee . county 1 wires which have keDt the Jan-
should be very partial to pie; it j anese out despite frequent at
placed a. roof over their barn, i tacks, in which he directs hi
Vick Ellis broke -bis leg. Then men bv sienaLL Thev do not tm-
he smashed a foot. A member of derstand his English and many of
his family went to a hospital faa to understand each oth-
vnppd And ihen titt er u ihej speak numerous dia-
xeea ana narness.
So, the neighbors rallied 'round
and staged a pie supper, the pro
ceeds dedicated to a new roof
for the barn, " .
Jitterbug Duffs; ' ' -Re$uU
Bum Drum
. BUTTE, Mont (JF) The way
Patrolman W. J. Gotrin tells It,
a jitterbug got out of the groove
Many - times -: Frenchy : has
wcome close to being wounded.'
: "One hit . me on the bottom
of an elbow," he said. "Others
have , come so close they have
clipped holes in my pants. I
guess I'm just plain . lucky or
the Lord's with me."
. This young American says "it's
real comical" out: there in the
xroni lines wnen ine uipmos and j there is always
i Japanese cuss eaca wer oui in i world hard at
more able to separate truth;, from
falsehood in her own activities
than was the 'rest: of her world.
The book could have been a bit
ter tirade, and actually it is not
It is a clever, and often subtle.
analysis. (Harpers; $2.50) - .
"Attack in the Desret"Is Lib
ya In 1940, and Michael Home
has made It exciting enough.
But the foundation upon which
most of the excitement rests is
almost mystical, and certainly
Is romantic. It concerns a lost
oasts of fabulous character,' and
two dissimilar men Brice, who
might be - an Egyptian If he
would telt and: Jack Pullford,
a young RAF pOot whose father
had disappeared wider re
markable circumstances,' and
was counted dead. Mr. Home
manages the complex threads of
a complicated ; situation ; rery
efficiently, and there Is moTe-
f ment cal ore. (Morrow; f 2.50)
4 Tne ': century . , turned around
1900, and that. U the date with
which, -t approximately, Vicki
Baum begins her,, new novel.
"Marion Alive" Is the story of a
striking and independent; woman
who . really believes, it is .fun to
live, and demonstrates her j belie:
every day of her life. Miss Baum
is one of our most practised im
ported novelists, and. she man
ages, most of the time, ! to : make
Marion live. And -behind Marion
the changing
its" changing.
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In a Hv. liifc In vat ratlin M 7 " , -r?r-?7 "rr (uouoieaay, ioran; . jz.di f (
t'. Si ME8 Pronounce oacuy. v. -I vou have' a taste for the
batted hi. head aralt 7; l? now nacK on duty of sentiment Sheila
-ii- -a-." nagani aiwr Deing nospiiamea xor has; been selling in the
ui uiubki a waaa. uriuu ser iiai u -
that j the ; pigskin burst "We
took him to a hospital where a
surgeon sewed up his head
while the drummer was sewing ;
his bass drum . back together j
again," reported the .officers.
Yell 'Hey, Granny I
and 15 Answer
type
-Kaye-Smith
malaria. He has been cited for a place - fort a ? good many 'years,
decoration. When the war started !The Secret Son" is for you. "The
he was fJust, : greenhorn, but Secret Son" is full of Miss Kaye-
everytnmg .nas turned out good. J smith's favorite charactersSir
He has ; cornplete confidence' inicharleS, who loves his ancestral
his troops and - superior officers. I fields, nan, the. hard-boiled mod
HeT is a natural born soldier and ern, tender Ellis Hurland,' hand
his experiences prove that under some, dissolute Tiger ' Rumbeami
Inspiring leadership Filipinos Rus Sussex, , of course. Lots of
make': first class troops.
GARY, Ind. (JPf The newborn
son and namesake of Robert C
Stump of Gary has, by blood or
marriage,. 15 grandparents TheyJ :SAN
include' three grandparerits, eight
great grandparents, a great great
grantoiGUier, a
er, a it?? rrtr
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California Blines Rich
Que cat- I Hanwn" 5 Rft
And lastly, there' Is a new
book " of Irwin Shaw's " short
stories called "Welcome to the
City," for the people who have
not. read them already, In the
New forker and other"; mag
azines. (Bandomf $2) '-'--
FRANCISCO Cali.
fornia produced mineral products
at the rate of more than a million
dollars a day in 1941.- State min-
t ; .1 . . & .i . . ... .1 ' . '
. ku uc-vcar- iciai . ai i were ; in peiroieum. natural ra
JCC?,721,CC0. . "PrincipalJ" increases- and strategic war" metals.
bouquet flower.- . :.
It is also good In a, floating
flower arrangement The more the
pansy is cut the better it blooms.
If you have plenty of water the
pansy will bloom both early and
late in the season. It likes a deep
rich soil, a mulch and some after'
noon shade. Good plants may be
purchased in early April while In
bloom ahd set right out into the
garden - .their blooming season
may be slightly Jater this ; year;
most-Uiings--are.-;''-. :
7 ; Then there Is the cosmos. This 4
is r' a V quick growing annual
which gives one a long continu
ous . bloom. Each plant -will
furnish almost sufficient flowers
for' a ' bouquet ' and still V leave '
color In the garden. -
Zinnias' come in the same class.
They like a fairly good garden
soil , and the more sun ' the
better. The pompon zinnia, dense
and' compact growing, should not
be forgotten. Zinnias come nicely
into bloom just as the number of
earlier flowering perennials begin
to fade, i They j stay in bloom
throughout late summer into frost
The crested , zinnia is one of the
newer ones, as zinnia go. The
Victory zinnia should be popular
this season although it must be
ten or more years old. It comes
In the I warm autumn " colors f
zinnias, old rose, rust and some
orange. It is rather prim in habit
if you plant cosmos, don't think
you have to plant all one kind.
You- can get the giant .or 'the
dwarf.' And even in these divisions
there: are a number- of varieties.;
Stockt Are Fragrant V; "
"f-Then you have stocks and1 snap-dragons,
both good cut-and-come-
again varieties. Both have pleas
ing fragrances. "The snapdragons
are : better purchased in the rust
proof varieties -ho r matter what
your dealer tells youv There really
Is' sufficient difference iri the care
to warrant buying those less prone
to disease. The old fashioned kinds
heed continuous dusting or spray
ing. .The newer, disease-resistant
sorts cannot always be had in all
the varieties, but you will find
that, the difference in their, care
is worthy; of considerable sacrifice
to variety. : y; , r ;
w Don't blame : your dealer ; if
every stock . doesn't come " true
to variety. It seems that a eer
tala; percenUre of . the' stocks
turn' out to be some thing. one
does not expect and when one
does have 1C9 per cent (rue-'
to-varlety-result . in planting,
. one is usually surprised. How
ever, the rellitle seed houses
or plant dealers v. Ill give one as
.nearly perfect HaniL-ig of the
-r.amei sorts ss fcfiri'.e.
Cirawf.rvcrs s'ro- i-ike. gaod
summer bouquets as. well as bou
quets for next winter if j you
happen to like them. In cutting
them to dry, do not wire! the
heads. Simply cuts them! in
bunches and hang them with their
heads ,d4MwaOn juairyjpllce.
They dry more naturally In that
manner . : r .". . .;
Of course, there are sweet toeas
and marigolds and " nasturtiums,
all ; of j which respond to cutting
very well. Sweet peas should go
into the ground as early as pos
sible now. The sweet sultan will
bloom over and over' again into
October, and give lovely bouquets
oz -pink, yellow, lavender 'and
white' blooms. .
Cutting of Some Posies .
Just Helps the Plants to Grow More
By LUXIE "U MADSEN x '
A cut-and-come-again garden is the solution to a number
of problems submitted to the garden editor during the past
week or two. : ' :3 . . . ' .' . '. T
How. these questions read, can one have cut flowers without
spoiling the looks of one's gar
den? How can : we pick our
flowers and still have flowers in
the garden?
Try cone en
trating on the:
1st of flowers
that like to be
cut to be kept
blooming. ' You
can have them
from tiny-bouquet
flowers to
large and tall
bouquets.
There is the
pansy. .This is a
lovely little desk
He Should Sleet the
AbgentMinded Prof
SCOTT FIELD, HL JP- Pri
vate Harleirw. Pirn handles all
the passes In his outfit and ' he
knows his stuff but , v 1
One day he was in a hurry , to
catch a bus for an important en
gagement in town, dashed off to
meet it and;. .
You guessed it he had forgot
ten to issue himself a' pass. V
Made It by Just
Hanging Around
SYRACUSE,' NY. - (Archie
F. Pronesti was accepted as a fly
ing cadet but . it " was : quite a
stretch.'" ';,Vi ' '
He had been rejected because
he was too short by half an inch.
Determined to fly, he'd be hanged
if he didn't gain that much in
height. And banged he was, al
most fvery j day, - under the close
watch of his father to be sure
no accident happened.
Pronesti succeeded in stretch
ing himself to the required height
by placing a " noose around his
neckband kicking stool'' from
under his feet
There's Life in the
Two-Wheeler Yet!
OKLAHOMA CITY (JP)- When
the fire: alarm, sounded, the fact
that . Mrs. Castleberry was out
with the family car didn't stop
Fireman Arthur Castleberry from
reaching the blaze.
He simply hopped on his' bicy
cle and reached the scene quick
er than some of the other fire
men who -came in cars.
Economy - Note
CHICO,' Calif. tP) it has been
customary to drive a golden spike
to signalize completion of a rail
road in the west but just now
finances are too tough. So Chico
painted an iron spike with gilt
paint had its celebration anyway.
-iiiivifasasssii
A Good Druggist
gets this mark' on.
his"Ropori.Card"
The "mark'! which yow see -displayed
ia this adrerusemeat -Is
the "Reliable Prescriptions" ;
emblem. It cannot be Mgbh
The priTilege to display this in
signia is granted to a selected
number of Prtscriptiv Pharma-
. cies who demonstrate their in- -
tentiod aad ability to maintain : ,
the highest ethical standards. ..:
Come mi coo&denUy, wherever .
' and whenerer yoa see this aigw .
It is a mark of merit; ao assur
ance that your prescription will
be compounded by skilled reg- - '
iatered pkarmadsts, from pore, :t ..
: potent drag; that the Doctor's
instructions will be precisely
' followed, and that the finished , .
product will be fairly priced.
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