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RAZOR BLADES
KENT BLADES
Grandmother—Freddy, did you
wash your hands this morning?
Freddy—I washed one of them,
the other didn’t need it
SPECIAL
If you want to
Fell your or for
See Here,
Private Hargrove!
few Marion Hargrove
THE STORY 80 FAB: Edward Thoma« | dwindled as rapidly as the one at
Marlon law Ion Hargrove, feature edi
the dispensary, life would have love
lor of the Charlotte (N. C.) New«, ha«
liness to sell above its private con
started hi» «lory of a private'« Uta In
sumption stock. First you’re fifteen
the army by living protpeetlve dousb
boy« tome «olid advice on what coursa feet from the door, then (whifTl
Then you’re stand
to purine the day« and night« before you’re inside.
Induction. He advise« them to "palai ing between two orderlies and the
the town red." On getting Into the army show is on.
he tell« them "to keep your mind open"
The one on my left scratched my
aa the "Srst three week« are the hard-
arm and applied the smallpox virus.
••I" Like a job In civil lite, «aya Har
The only thing that kept me from
grove, It’« the Sr«t lmpre««loa that
conni«. He ha« received his own Induc keeling over was the hypodermic
tion notice and with a number ol other needle loaded with typhoid germs,
soon-lo-be-soldlera has completed the which propped up my right arm.
1rs! day at camp. He I« stationed at
From the dispensary we went to
Fort Bragg, N. Carolina.
a huge warehouse of a building by
ON THE
HOME RUTH
FRON
.
M
WYETjkSPEARS^zÔ)
All afternoon, in a blistering sun,
we painted garbage cans. The other
Charlotte boys waved to us a* they
passed on their way to the ball
park. Happy voice* floated to u*
from the post exchange.
The straw-boss private woke up,
yawned and went away, telling u*
what would happen if we did like
wise. He returned soon in a truck.
He motioned peremptorily to us and
we loaded the can* into the truck.
Away we went to headquarter* com
pany—and painted more garbage
can*. It wa* definitely suppertime
by now.
\ fANY an American of pioneer
background can remember
"Now can we go home, Private
Dooley, sir?” asked Lisk. I looked when all the floors in thc house
at Lisk every time the blindness except the parlor were covered
left me, and I could see the boy. with woven rag rugs and carpets.
Today there is something about
was tired.
The private sighed wearily. "Git the vlK°r. simplicity ttnd economy
in the truck.” he said. Away we
these colorful old-time floor cov-
went back to our street. We «topped wrings that fits our mood.
The
in front of our barrack* and Pri-
weaver with a rug loom is
vate Dooley demounted.
' "The
.... flourishing In many communities.
___________
_____ j ap-
The
modern wcuver has an as-
truck
driver,” _______
he said, _ “would
j
preciate it if you boys would go and *ortnicpt
colors in warp and
help
the truck.
i flller thnt may be used with the
help him
him wash
wash the
truck. ”
”
We
sat in
the back
back of
We sat
In the
of the
the truck
truck rnKs that *ou i’ave Prepared in thc
cither cotton or wool but do not
use both in the same rug. The
rugs should be soft and dean and
hems or uneven finishes should be
removed. Dye white rugs the cob
ors you wish to predominate.
• • •
NOTE It 1« potalbla to make ■ great
Variety of floor covering« from ottrfa ami
end« ol thing« on hand
llooks 9 and 10
of tho serie« offered with thr«e arUclee
contain lawlnatlng new dealgn« for hooked
and braided ruga
In Hook 7 there 1« a
rug made from old felt hat« and schoet
pennant« Ikaiki are IS cents each. Or*
der booklets direct from;
MHS. Bl'TII WVKTH SHKANB
Redford mill
Naw lurk
the railroad tracks. The place
Drawer le
looked like Goldenberg's Basement
MORE CASH
CHAPTER II
Enclose 13 cents fur each book
Drlva, Phone or write to
on a busy day. A score of fitters
desired.
••TURK”
measured necks, waists, inseams.
Name ........................ ..
A soldier stuck his head through
T83 Broadway. Phoa Br. 8831
the door of our new dormitory and heads, and feet.
Addreaa
Tacoma, Washington
My shoe size, the clerk yelled
gave
a
sharp whistle.
“Nine
o’clock!" he yelled. "Lights out and down the line, wa* ten and a half.
Naval Academy and
"I beg your pardon." I prompted,
no more noise! Go to sleep!”
"It has been, withal, a very busy "I wear a size nine.”
West Point Candidates
“Forgive me," he said, a trifle
Th* competitions in which most
day," I said to Piel, who was bur
Wild ducks are temporarily
Members of Congress select their
weary,
"the expression is ’I wore
ied
with
his
hay
fever
in
the
next
"grounded” in late summer of
appointees to Annapolis and Weat
a size nine.' These shoes are to walk
Point will be held this year on
bunk.
each year, usually in August. At
August 21. The Rutherford School,
this turn of the season the young
“It sure withal has.” he said. in. not to make you look like Cin
which prepares more candidates to
enter Annapolis and Weat Point
“What a day! What a place! What a derella. You say size nine; your
have not yet learned to use their
manner
“
hown
here.
About
one
than any other school west of the
and watched the mes* hall fade
life! With my eyes wide open I'm foot says ten and a half.”
wings and, in molting, the mature
Mississippi river, will offer nine
We filed down a long counter, away behind us. Two , three four an<A »bree quarter pounds of sewn birds have lost their propelling
weeks of intensive preparation for
dreaming!”
rags
will
be
required
for
a
square
these
competitions.
opening
on
"It's been a little hellish out to picking up our allotted khaki and mile* we left it behind u*. We had yard of carpet. Rugs may be wing feathers.
June 11 and closing on August 10.
the day before the competitions are
Some years millions of ducks die
day.” I agreed, "although it could denims, barrack bags and raincoats, to wait ten minutes before we could
held. Call or wrtte
during tills period when nesting
have been worse. We actually saw mess kits and tent halves. Then we get the wash-pit It took us fifteen
c*- c*.
<*-.
<*>. <x. <x. <x. (X. <x. «%.
grounds suffer drouth and birds
Rutherford Preparatory
a corporal and he didn't cuss us. were led into a large room, where minutes to wash the truck. By the O’ <*•<*•<*•
we laid aside the vestment* of civil time we got back to the mess hall,
are stranded away from water.
We
have
eaten
Army
food
twice,
School
Beuvers often come to the rescue
and, except for the haphazard way life and donned our new garment*. we were too tired to eat But we
1850 B. Ocean. Long Beach, Cal.
While I stood there, wondering ate.
. . . save thousands of ducks by
Phono 661-193
; the pineapple was thrown toward
what I was supposed to do next,
damming up outlets to lakes or
■ the peas, it wasn't horrifying.”
streams.
“I am broken and bleeding.” an attendant caught me from the
It was through no fault of mine 7 A General Quiz
SALARY AND PROFIT
f*- <*• <x. <x. <x.
gx. <x. <x. ex. rx. #x- /x. rx,
rear and strapped to my shoulders that I was a kitchen policeman on <*• C*-
Candy business in your home or store. moaned Piel. "Classification tests,
No sugar required.
Non-fattening.
what felt like the Old Man of the my sixth day. The whole barrack*
Thc Quettiona
Yum. Yum, Oh how good. Easy to typing tests, medical examinations.
Mountain after forty days.
make, easy to sell retail or whole
got the grind. And it was duty, not
sale. Beats just salary 10 to 1. Be
"Straighten up, soldier,” the at punishment.
first, start this money maker in
1. What people were once called
tendant said, “and git off. the floor.
your district. Airmail for details.
It wa* all very simple, this KP ’Celestials”?
Copyrighted.
That's nothing but a full field pack, business. All you have to do is to
DEB’S CANDY CO.,
2. What is thc "williwaw”?
such as you will tote many miles get up an hour earlier, serve the
Ml728 McCadden, Hollywood. Calif.
3. What is thc bloodiest year in
before you leave this man's army. food, and keep the mess hall clean.
the
history of the world?
Now I want you to walk over to
After we served breakfast. I found
DENTAL PLATES
4. How many veterans of thc
that ramp and over it. That’s just to
a very easy job in the dining hall, Inst war are enguged in thc present
see if your shoes are comfortable.”
where life is much pinker than it is
DENTISTRY on
“With these Oregon boots and this in the kitchen. A quartet was war?
CREDIT TERMS
5. Where is the home of the Kaf
burden of misery,” I told him firm formed and we were singing "Home
roka S, >0, IS MoorM la ’«>
ly, "I couldn't even walk over to on the Range.” A corporal passed firs?
6. What planet’s period of rotn
the thing. As for climbing over it. by just as I hit a sour note. He put
D r . H arry S emler , Dttdisi
not even an alpenstock, a burro the broom into my left hand, the tion on its axis is about the same
U.ISKY tlK - 3n IMORMSON • NUTUM OH
as the earth's?
train, and two St. Bernard dogs mop into my right . . .
complete with brandy could get me
7. From what song comes the
There
was
a
citizen-soldier
from
Q
f\T w’t^1 ’,a ke*t rash misery.
over it."
K E AV I Sprinkleon Mexsana. for-
Kannapolis to help me clean the words ”/\nd where is that band ,
There was something in his quiet,
who so vauntingly swore 'mid the I
THE
merly Mexican Heat Pow-
cooks’ barracks For a time It was
steady answering glance that re
havoc of war and the battle's con
U p AT der. Costa little, and you
awful. We tried to concentrate on
11 E
I save lot* in larger eisea.
fusion”?
assured me. I went over the ramp
the floor while a news broadcaster
in short order. On the double, I
8. What country's legislature wus
almost tore up the radio trying to
think the Army calls it
called
thc states-general?
decide whether we were to be in
Admirals may be admirable, but
From there we went to the thea- the Army ten years or twenty.
that isn’t where the word comes
The old sergeant, bis face beam ter, where we were given Intelli
T/ie Answers
We finished the job in an extreme
from. It comes from an old Arabic ing sweetly, purred, “You are now gence tests, and to the classifica
ly
short
time
to
impress
the
cor
word "amir-al” meaning “com members of the Army of the Try ted tion office, where we were inter-
1. Chinese.
poral. This, we found later, is a
mander of.” That’s what the Ad States. Now, damn it, shut up.”
viewed by patient and considerate
2. The fierce unpredictable wind
serious
tactical
blunder
and
a
dis
miral is, the top-ranking officer in
corporals.
credit to the ethics of goldbrick- of Alaska which has upset mi
the Navy. Top-ranking cigarette I think I walked eighteen miles
“And what did you do in civil
ing.
The sooner you finish a job the nutely plotted attacks.
with our Navy men is Camel—the through those medical examina- life?” my corporal asked me.
3. The year 1942. Authorities say
sooner you start in on the next.
favorite, too with men ifi the Army, tions. It's a good thing this is July.
“I was feature editor of the Char
The corporal liked our work, un 2.000,000 men of all nations were
Marines, and Coast Guard, accord I would have frozen in my treks lotte News.”
killed in the war during the year.
ing to actual sales records from with all that walking and exposure.
“And just what sort of work did fortunately. Kannapolis was allowed
4. Approximately 250,000.
their service stores. Camels are Nothing I had on, except a thin you do. Private Hargrove? Just give to sort garbage and I was promoted
5. South Africa.
to the pot-and-pan polishing section.
a top-ranking gift, too. And though little iodine number on my chest.” me a brief idea.”
6. Mars (24 hours 37'^ minutes).
there are Post Office restrictions
“Funny thing about the medical
Seven minutes later, I had fin I was Themos Kokenes's assistant.
7. “The Star Spangled Banner.”
He washed and I dried. Later we
on packages to overseas Army examination,” a voice broke in from ished answering that question.
8. Netherlands.
men, you can still send Camels down the line. “Before you get it,
"Let's just put down here, 'Edi formed a goldbricking entente. We
to soldiers in the U. S., and to you're afraid you’ll pass. When you torial worker.’ " He sighed compas both washed and made Conrad Wil
men in the Navy, Marines, and go through the examinations, you're sionately. “And what did you do son dry.
Learn From Gestures
Pollyanna the glad girl would have
Coast Guard wherever they are. afraid you won’t”
before all that?”
—Adv.
“I noticed that,” I said. “I don’t
I told him. I brought in the pub found something silver-lined about
Deaf-mutes are now employed
have any special hankering for a licity work, the soda-jerking, the the hot sink. So did I. “At least,” as instructors in an airplane fac
soldier’s life, but I thought when I theater ushering, and the printer's I told Kokenes. “this will give my tory in California because new
back a chance to recover from that
was going through the hoops this deviling.
DON’T LET
workers have been found to learn
morning that this would be a helluva
"Private Hargrove,” he said, “the mop."
their job more quickly from ges
When
I
said
“
mpp.
”
the
mess
ser
time for them to back out.”
army is just what you have needed
tures than from spoken words.
“The little fellow who slept down to ease the burdens of your exist geant handed me one. He wanted
SLOW YOU UP
to
be
able
to
see
hi*
face
in
th<
at the end got sent back,” said a ence. Look no farther, Private Har
• When bowel* are «luggiih and you
kitchen floor. After lunch he want
loud whisper from across the room. grove, you have found a home.”
feel irritable, headachy, do as millions
ed the back porch polished.
do — chew FEEN-A-MINT, the modern
“One of his legs was shorter than
chewing-gum laxative. Simply chew
We left the Reception Center mesi
the other. He’s a lucky dog.”
This was a lovely morning, We
FEEN-A-MINT before you go to bed,
“I'll bet he doesn’t think *o,” said began at daybreak and devoted all hall a better place to eat in, a
taking only in accordance with package
(
CAMELS
direction« — deep without being dia-
Piel. "At this stage of the game, the time until noon to enjoying the
k
SURE
DELIVER 2
turbed. Next morning gentle, thorough
I'm glad it was him instead of me." beauties of nature. We had a drill
relief, helping you feel «well again. Try
A dark form showed itself in the sergeant to point them out to us.
FEEN-A-MINT. Taste« good, is handy
PLENTY OF
and economical.A generous family «upply
doorway. “I told you guys to shad We marched a full twenty miles
FLAVOR AND EXTRA
dap and go to sleep. Do it!”
without leaving the drill field.
A respectful silence filled the room Lunch, needless to say, was deli
_ MILDNESS
A
a ~
for three minutes.
cious.
“Look at me,” said Piel. "Won’t
We fell into bed, after lunch, de
the folks in Atlanta be proud when termined to spend the afternoon in
Crime’s Punishment
get my letter! Me, Melvin Piel, dreamland. Two minutes later, that
Fear follows crime and is its I they
"
you
’m a perfect physical specimen.” infernal whistle blew. Melvin Piel,
punishment.—Voltaire.
Big Jim Hart, the football star guardhouse lawyer for Company A,
SAID IT,
whom I had known in high school, explained it all on the way down
spoke up. “Don’t go Hollywood stairs. We were going to be as
>>YOU WOMEN WHO SUFFER FR0M«x
about it, Piel. Just remember, Har signed to our permanent stations.
CAMELS HAVE
grove’s a perfect specimen too. And
I fell in and a corporal led us off
ust two weeks ago, when we were down the street. I could feel the
WHAT IT
waiting out in front of the armory California palm trees fanning my
If you suffer from hot flashes, dizzi
for the draft board examiners to get face. We stopped at Barracks 17
TAKES!
ness, distress of "Irregularities”, are
there, he had one foot in the grave.” and the corporal led us inside.
weak, nervous. Irritable, bide at
“When you finish cleaning tl
times—due to the functional
"And the other foot?"
“Do we go to California, cor-
"middle-age" period In a woman’s
cans, I want to be able to aee
“
That
’
s
the
one
he
keeps
in
his
poral?
”
I
asked.
life—try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
face in them.”
mouth.”
"Naah,” he said.
table Compound—the best-known
medicine you can buy today that’s
“Yessir,” said Piel, “the Army
"Where do we go?” I asked him,
made especiulli/ /or women.
any rate. But KP is like a woman’s
makes men.”
a little disappointed.
Pinkham s Compound has helped
work—never really done. Conrad
thousands upon thousands of wom
So we quietly went to sleep.
"To the garbage rack,” he said.
Wilson marked one caldron and at
en to relieve such annoying symp
This morning we took the Oath. "Double quick.” He thumbed John
toms. Follow label directions. Pink
the end of the day we found that we
One
of
the
boys
was
telling
me
later
ny
Lisk
and
me
to
the
back
of
the
ham’s Compound Is worth trying!
had washed it twenty-two times.
they say:
**
that when his brother was inducted barracks.
Jack Mulligan helped me up the
in Alabama, there was a tough old
At the garbage rack we found
WNU—13
26—43 sergeant who was having an awful three extremely fragrant garbage last ten steps to the squadroom. I
for Marine
time keeping the men quiet. “Gen cans. Outside, we found more. Lisk finally got to the side of my bunk.
“
Gentlemen,
”
I
said
to
the
group
tlemen,” he would beseech them, and I, citizen-soldiers, stared at
for amphibious tractor
Subscribe for a Bomb
“Quiet, please!” They were quiet them. The overcheerful private to which gathered around to scoop me
off
the
floor,
“
I
don
’
t
ever
want
to
during the administration of the whom we were assigned told us,
for pancakes
Oath, after which they burst forth "When you finish cleaning those, I see another kitchen!”
The next morning we were clas
again.
want to be able to see my face In
f°r lhe f’vorite cigarette with
sified and assigned to the Field Ar
The old sergeant, his face beam them!”
ing sweetly, purred: "You are now
“There’s
no
accounting
for tillery Replacement Center. Gene
members of the Army of the United tastes," Lisk whispered. Neverthe Shumate and I were classified as
F7NST M THE SERVfCE
States. Now, damn it, SHUT UP.” less, we cleaned them and polished cooks. I am a semi-skilled cook,
they
say,
although
the
only
egg
I
The
favorite cigarette with men in the
them and left them spick and span.
Army, Navy, Marine«, anil Coast Guard
This morning—our first morning
"Now take ’em outside and paint ever tried to fry was later used as
1« Camel, (Based on actual sales record*
in the Recruit Reception Center— ’em,” said the private. “White. Git a tire patch. The other cooks in
in Pou Exchange« and Canteens.)
began when we finished breakfast the black paint and paint ’HQCO- clude postal clerks, tractor sales
men,
railroad
engineers,
riveters,
and started cleaning up our squad RRC’ on both sides of all of them!”
room. A gray-haired, fatherly old
“This Is summer,” I suggested. bricklayers, and one blacksmith.
But we'll learn. Already I've
private, who swore that he had been "Wouldn’t something pastel look
learned to make beds, sweep, mop,
demoted from master sergeant four better?"
times, lined us up in front of the
The sun was affecting the private. wash windows and sew a fine scam.
barracks
and
took
us
to
the
dis
"I
think you’re right,” he said. So When Congress lets me go home, will
For Tojo or Hitler
pensary.
we painted them cream and lettered I make some woman a good wife!
By Buying War Bonds
If the line in front of the mess hall them In brilliant orange.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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; ASK ME
?
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