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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON, SATURDAY. DEC. 23. 1944
Inventive
Given Full Sway
In CM Region
i By Jack Guinn
(United Preu Stiff Corrnpondcnt)
New Delhi. India (IP) Amerl
cans at home who may think the
. present generation ol young citi
zens has lost the inventive genius
ot their pioneering ancestors, and
' are no longer capable of building
' houses with wooden pegs and the
like, should take a trip around
the China-Burma-India theater of
war.
Americans fighting the Japa
nese in this part of the world
have invented everything from
45-caliber pistols to electric fans,
I Including such other luxurious ar
ticles as burglar alarms, semi
comfortable beds, reading lamps,
portable cookstoves and means of
cooling beer in a hurry.
All of which, stacked up against
grandpa's wooden-peg house, puts
him pretty much in the shade.
Non-Boiling Hammock
Down below Mogaung, and in
other sections of the theater
where living conditions are on the
minus side of Park Ave., Amer
ican GI's have devised a bed
which, taking everything into con.
sideration. is rather comfortable.
In that section, everybody sleeps
in a Jungle hammock, bleeping
in a jungle hammock requires a
certain sense of balance without
which the sleeper Is liable to have
to be extricated from his bed with
a knife. To avoid rolling over in
the air, GI's have built a rectangu
lar frame from bamboo, covered
U with a ground sheet and then
placed the hammock above this,
thus, when the GI gets In his
hamrock, it rests on this cot-like
frame and acquires considerable
stability.
In the same sections, where the
time of arrival of flashlight bat
teries is a question which Is not
even debated any longer, invent
ive GI's have constructed general
utility lamps, used for everything
from reading to lighting oneself
to bed. These lamps are made
from discarded C ration cans, a
Nimitz Honored by Fordham
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We wish all of you the many pleasures and happiness
which are deservedly yours.
From the Employees of the
SUPERIOR CAFE
1047 Bond Street
llnlph Hensloy
Paul Hcrzog
Vine Cohh
John Collcy
VI Wood
Mm Minnie Cantncr
Cora Gardner
KrinUne Dowhuntt
Bca Dewhurxt
Dora Tlionipsou
lidna Hansen
Alue Staples
Mary Ie May
Mnrciilcs Kennlxon
Margaret Oltlakur
Ditrlx SIioIoih
Arllne Cralno
Norma Airhole
Mr. and Mrs. Waller Howard
around It when they come back
would be a travesty on common
sense.
"The returning men will de
mand a deep respect for Ameri
can womanhood. But they'll want
it exceedingly feminine In por
trayal. As much as they admire
her for her avid interest In the
ence Is cheated out of the final
clinch.
In "Voice In the Wind" Slgrld
Gurie and Francis Lederer as a
refugee Czech and her celebrated
pianist husband, separated by the
cruel Gestapo in Prague, almost
manage to get together In their
Island haven of Guadalupe. A fa-
Lederer ana an
tal shooting of
illness for Gurie keeo them aDart
war effort, one wonders how they untii almost the last moment,!
there are
in Isolated
(NEA Telephoto) .
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (left) Is awarded Fordham Uuivetsity s hon
wary degree of Doctor of Laws by the Most Reverend. James J. Sweeney,
Roman Catholic Bishop of Honolulu, who presented the degree on behalf
of ThVunlversity. The citation said in part. -Modest, patient brilliant
and courageous, he has proved himself an admiral s admiral an Ameri
can's American," U. S. Navy photo.
Hollywood Film Shop
By Ernest Foster
(llnitd FrtaM Stair Correspondent)
Hollywood U Look for senti
mental realism In motion pictures
when peace comes, suggests di
rector Roy Del Ruth, who be
lieves no fast-paced jazz age will
short length of parachute rope as
a wick, and a fuel, believe it or
not, of insect repellent.
It is generally easy for urs to
acquire small supplies of coffee.
They save the hcile bag out of
K rations, or they get it some
where else. But the problem of
heating the water was a stiff one
until some genius - invented the
sand stove. The sand stove, like
the lamp, is made from a C ration
can. Ihe can is filled with sand,
and then gasoline is poured over
the sand. When ignited, the stove
will burn for long enough to make
hot coffee. In a country where not
even the air you breathe is pleas
ant, not coftee is a luxury 01 luxuries.
How to Cool Beer .
Cooling beer, when a GI can get
beer, Is another trick with gaso
line. A hole Is dug In the ground
and the beer is placed in the hole
and then covered with dirt. Gaso
line is poured over the covered
hole and ignited. When it burns
out, the beer is dug up and It's
cool.
Farther back from the front
several GI's at an army ordnance
machine shop hnve been making
single snot Ad pistols from scrap-
pea pans ot various devices.
Working in their spare time, they
have, turned out some neat look
ing llreanns, using, in one in
stance, part o the barrel from a
tommy-gun. Fancy handles come
from isinglass from wrecked
planes.
One burglar alarm, of a sort,
was built by a unit which kept
missing articles of clothing from
its clothes line. The boys in the
unit finally tied 220 volts to the
line, which made wet drawers too
hot to handle.
The electric fan was recorded in
the Gremlin, published bv the ner-
! sonnel of nn air base in India. The
fan is made from an electric razor.
Says the Gremlin:
"The process is simple. The men
simply take the razor motor out
of the case, remove the cuttinc
head, and place a paper fan plade i
unacr ine screw on We spinning
wheel. Then place the motor back
In half the case upside down. The
gadget puts out a real breeze, and
is easily hung Inside the mosquito
net."
follow this World War as it did
the last.
"The men will want rest and
relaxation," Del Ruth said, "and
most of all they will want home.
"They won't be going to war
pictures, either, except maybe to
criticize them. No camera then
can tell the story of their own
emotions of today.
"Peace, home, quiet, sweet
hearts, babies, small children.
These will be the themes of suc
cessful pictures of tomorrow. But
their realism will have to be
sound. There will be none of the
fantasies of past years."
Del Ruth placed no limit on the
amount of sentiment returning
servicemen will take. They'll want
all of it, as long as It is genuine
and convincing.
"With none of the finer things
having shown in actual combat,"
he continued, "the thirst for them
will be real. It will not be slaked
by either the maudlin or the superficial.
The word home to men abroad
will feel toward the woman in
slacks.
"Everyone knows
thousands of men
areas in the south Pacific and in
the Aleutians who have not seen
a civilian American woman for
well, your guess on the time fac
tor is as good as mine.
"This craving for feminine era-
ciousness or characteristic loveli
ness will be in demand, but not
in a shim-sham or dreamy mist
sort of way. The sweet genuine
American girl Is coming into her
own again.
when they Just manage to touch
hands.
GI ANTELOPE
Fort Warren, Wyo. (IP Annie,
pet antelope of the Fort Warren
soldiers, apparently has been in
stilled with the military at
mosphere around the post. She
recently walked over uninvited to
the head of a drill column, and
executed maneuvers, along with
the soldiers, with the precision of
a veteran.
means more than it ever has be
fore."' To1 build k cheap comedy tuals of the 1840's,
Hollywood HP) Honey a n d
roses clinches for years have
formed the Inevitable endings for
motion pictures but few of Holly
wood's leading glamour ladies are
getting them this season.
Maybe producers feel that with
men away in the armed services,
the final clinch ought to be elimi
nated for the duration. Or maybe
there's a trend in Hollywood
stories to keep the lovers apart
in Romeo and Juliet fashion.
Anne Baxter, for instance, sets
her cap for both Ralph Bellamy
and Scott McKay in Hunt Strom
berg's "Guest in the House" and
winds up without either at the
end of- the story. The yarn re
counts the misadventures of a
willful girl who spares no one of
a happy family to eet the man
she wants. Anne winds up alone,
unwed and jilted. j
Romantic Linda Darnell tries to I
win George Sanders away from I
Anna Lee in "Summer Storm" j
and discovers she has alienated I
the man she loves to a point;
where he murders her.
Plot Against Husband ' !
But for a gas chamber and the I
payment of a debt to society, Bar- j
bara Stanwyck might have been;
united with Fred MacMurray in a
movie clinch In "Double Indem-!
nity." The pair play roles of mur- j
derers who plot the destruction
of her husband. They almost get
away with their crime except for
a iew psycnoiogicai slip-ups.
Bronchial troubles get the man
in George Sand's life in "The
Love of Madame Sand," and at
tractive Merle Oberon is the loser.
Cornel Wilde as Chopm is
brought under the spell of fa
mous feminist and writer at her
summer home in Majorca.
But the call of his art and the
remembrance of the obligation he j
owes to his old teacher, Dr. Jo
seph Eisner, played by Paul Muni, !
takes Wilde away from Merle. 1
She remains married to her ca-!
reer as leader of Paris intellec-1
and the audM
MAN SHORTAGE AT JAIL
Rollins, Wyo. UPi The man
power shortage has hit the Wyo
ming state penitentiary! It recent
ly was revealed by state officials
in Cheyenne that the penitentiary
is running behind on a govern
ment order for wool blankets. The
delays were attributed to three
reasons: (1) manpower shortage;
(2) antiquated and inadequate
machinery, and 13) a lapse over
from the completion of a second
contract.
w e welcome the chance to extend our Lett
wishes to each of you on this, the happiest oc
casion of Ihe year CHRISTMAS.
It is our hope that the New Year will be filled
with an abundance of good things for you and
yours as a reward for your loyalty and consideration.
LUNrUNU.
IN OUR F6LLOWMAN
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND EXPERIENCES OF
PAST MONTHS HAVE NOT BEEN WITHOUT A LAR3E
MEASURE OF GOOD FROM THESE EXPERIENCES
HAS COME A GREATER DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE
IN THOSE ABOUT US.
WE ARE GRATEFUL AND TAKE THIS METHOD
TO ASSURE YOU OF OUR GOOD FAITH AND OUR
UTTER CONFIDENCE IN YOU. OUR FRIENDS NEAR.
ING THE CLOSE OF ANOTHER YEAR WE PLEDGE
OUR EFFORTS TO BE OF BETTER SERVICE AND
USEFULNESS TO OUR FELLOWMAN.
. A HOST OF GOOD WISHES TO YOU. ONE AND
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Maul
218 Greenwood
Retail Lumber end Building Materials
Telephone 1 10
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The Yuletide season, without
friends, would be empty indeed ond
we ore grateful for our friends. We
are thankful because these friend
ships make our Christmas complete
each year
You hove been liberal with your
patronage, ond you have been con
siderate with your favors, and from
these associations comes our sincere
desire to strive for better service in
the iuture.
To wish you o Merry Christmai is
a mild, woy we have of expressing
our appreciation for our friends but
we want you to realize our genuine
feeling for each of you. And, while
we're ot it, moy we assure you again
that it is our expressed desire to
serve you in the most efficient mon
ner we know of in the coming year
Each one of our personnel oins
In this Greeting May the Seoson be
one of full happiness, t.
W. B. Anderson Nash Co.
1173 Well Street
Phone 700
Pi
S THE old vear draws to a close, amid the
gooa encer ana renowsnip or Christmas-
tide, we desire to express anew our gratitude
for the manifold courtesies received, for the
cordialelations we have enjoyed, for the new
friends made and the old ' f riendshir5more
closely cemented, and for the splendid patron
age that has been oursWith these thoughts in
mind, we wish for you one and all a very Merry
Christmas and a happy and most prosperous
New Year.
Bend Aiifo Parts
6 1 Oregon Avenue
MfCluEiMl
OIF ivy,:,
The observance of the Chrisrmaf t
season is an essential part of thai
American way of life. Other na- ,
tions observe the Yuletide, 'tis true,
but it remains for Americans to
celebrate the occasion in a spirit
that closely follows the ' goal of.
everyone the pursuit of happi- -
ness, the right to live our lives as
we choose. -
That's why, at this glad season
of the year, it is appropriate to give t
thanks not only for the origin of '
Christmas, but for the privilege of
'"being an American as well.
We are a free people and will re
main so. Our youth has gone to the
far corners of the world that we
'may maintain the principles upon
.': which this nation was founded. Our
boys have been victorious and will
-T-continue to be victorious.
'''' Afd rom tnese victories will
' come more happy Christmas sea
sons and a continuation of our way
of life
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