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By Arthur Perry
"Defeatists" hereabouts have
started moaning, "You can't beat
Roosevelt." They felt the same
way about the Nlpp and Hun,
two years ago.
Ted Fish of Tule Lake, who
tenored with his brother Fletch
in Phoenix during the boom
days, spent Frl. In the city. He is
now engaged in potato culture
and doing right smart at it. As
vocalists both should have gone
far.
...
The ex-Boy Mayor of K. Falls,
Democratic candidate for sena
tor, popped up as a military ex-J
pert last week. Ho predicts the
Mikado's forces will not be
crushed until the 1946 congres
sional elections are cooking.
...
Ticking and packing of the
Bartlett pear starts the coming
week, and horticulturists are in
high.
...
Ration stamps will not be
necessary for the utility species
of steaks after today. Consumers
are fed up on steaks so tough,
it take a strong man to Jab a
4rrW In (k. onw
.win ... ..." & "
. .
Many burgs have taken steps
to curb whiskey hilarity when
peace comes, by closing up the
grog shops and gin mills ior a
day. No steps have yet been
taken to save shoe leather, by
t going barefooted in the Victory
parades.
.
Dewey Hill, the ace hired man
of Prospect, towned Fri, and
submitted to some tonsorlal
whacking.
...
Secy. Ickes, the old self-admitted
curmudgeon, wasted no
time describing the recent New
Deal convention in Chicago. He
called it "Hanncgan's shenani
gans". Cowmen have been busy all
week distributing rock salt in
the hills for the alleged beef
shortage. Dick Phair amazed his
tltian-haired daughter, Karolyn,
and his lively son Dick, by show
ing up in overalls, boots, and
a sombrero, and otherwise ac-
coutercd for the range.
...
The advance of the American
troops on Paris the past week,
caused any number of 1918 vet
erans to let fly with their own
French language. If the address
ed veteran did not understand
the French of his comrade, he
always retaliated with some
French the comrade did not
compre.
The sun beamed tropically
Thurs. & Frl., ending the rumor
there would be no summer this
summer.
,
The Les Taylor boy Bob, of
Phoenix is going to take a train
ride, and next to Santa Claus,
i- what ho has been waiting for.
.
The GOP in New England has
this campaign slogan: "Let's
change horses In the middle of
the stream, and get across."
...
Smokers of the nation arc
now confronted with an alleged
cigarette shortage, and during
same, New York reports, there
will be plenty of cigarettes, but
not your fuvorito brand. No
shortago of chewing tobacco is
in sight.
...
Wild blackberries are ripe,
and the huckleberries are get
ting that way. Several citizens
have rounded up enough for
pics and Jelly.
Pre-war speeders livened up
6th st. by mistaking It for a
speedway several evenings last
week. When caught, one of the
offenders claimed the gas pedal
caught well remembered as
pre-war alibi.
...
Gorman war prisoners at
Stockton- Cal., staged a sit-down
strike. When they get back home
they can try that trick, and see
w happens, if they dare.
Sunday, August 13, J94v
The Non-Political F. D. R.
President Roosevelt has invited Wendell Willkie to
confer with him on questions of foreign policy, and
the "former Republican candidate has accepted ac
cording to an I.N.S. dispatch from Washington.
Assuming the report is correct, and it sounds
plausible, the statement by the President that be
cause of the war and its tragedy, he will make no
political campaign in the usual sense, becomes even
more hypocritical and insincere than when it was first
enunciated.
FOR here is a move that can be nothing BUT
political!
It is an obvious slick maneuver, to win, if possible,
the support of the Willkie faction in the Republican
party, a perfect example of F.D.R.'s subtle smooth
ness and shrewdness when it cmes to capitalizing
his high position to get votes.
.
IT is no secret that President Roosevelt does not like
Mr. Willkie personally, and never has. Following
the latter s mission to Moscow their personal rela-
tionship in fact became so
was imminent.
But the President recognizes the fact that Wendell
Willkie resents the treatment he has received from
the Republican leaders, before and after the Dewey
convention, and that the G.O.P. candidate of 1940,
still has a large following in the Republican party
particularly among the younger Progressives. So if
he can get these votes, or a considerable proportion
of them, his re-election
be certain, but probably
ality.
F.D.R. invites Wendell
White House as soon as he
sojourn, where he travelled not as a presidential
candidate, OF COURSE, but solely as Commander-in-Chief,
on official business bent! so the bitter
political rivals of four years ago can talk things over.
'THE move is somewhat similar to the masterly
1 "finesse" of 1940, when President Roosevelt
named two prominent Republicans, Stimson- and
Knox, to his cabinet just before the campaign opened,
although with far less justification from the stand
point of sound policy and legitimate statesmanship.
No here is nothing but a smart but transparent
political trick, were it not for the presidential cam
paign, the President would no more call in Wendell
Willkie for a talk on foreign policy at this time, than
he would call in Ham Fish or Senator Taft!
Depends on Hitler
John Gunther, well known student of foreign af
fairs and war correspondent, sees serious trouble
ahead if the Germans are not beaten this year.
Should the Germans be able to somehow stave off
defeat, and extend the struggle into the spring of
1945, he fears Hitler's threat to do the Samson act
and pull the temple of Europe down as he falls, may
be carried out.
So he makes a strong plea for no letnip in the all
out offensive either at the front or behind it, so that
no later than the coming New Year's Eve, the epitaph
of the Axis in Europe may be formally engraved on
the stones of time.
WELL General Eisenhower, last New Year's Day,
on In trinity rtirmian-1 tViof iri'nfniit nitm nvi v
uuiLiiimj ivimctu bJiciii vn-cuijr uvtl vici lll&lllj
would be consummated this year, and at the rate the
allied armies are going it would appear to, be as
certain as anything in war can be.
In fact from this distance it is difficult to figure
out how the Nazis, surrounded on three sides, and
their defenses crumbling on the fourth, can hold out
much longer.
QN the other hand, if Hitler should not be rubbed
w out (our belief is he will be) and should retain
control of the German armies, or what is left of
them, we believe he will never capitulate. That is
what he said the other day and for once we have an
idea he spoke the truth.
For with such control why should he?
As long as he can save his own life by sacrificing
the lives of others, what will stop him? And this war
has demonstrated that underground and guerrilla
warfare can be carried on pretty effectively, when
formal surface warfare can't be.
CO it all depends, as we see it, on Der Reichsfuehrer.
lie is the keystone of the German arch. If he
should be liquidated the war might end tomorrow.
If he should not be and the Reichswchr should con
tinue to stand him, through thick and thin, then
in all likelihood the Nazis would resist, until there is
literally no fight left in them.
And to reach this nnint in n littlfl over fniii mnntlis.
well it COULD be done
allies would have to work
a mess by January Unci
PVEN so we fail to see the vital importance of the
precise date, and in the article in question no
convincing evidence to support the calendar feature
is presented.
The eventual defeat of Germany is certain and has
been for a long time. Whether the end comes late
this year or early next, we fail to see how the net
result in a comparatively few months, can materially
alter the post-war situation.
And surely if Germany can, by superhuman effort
escape defeat this year, defeat can't long be delayed
next, not long enough, as we view it, for Hitler to
pull much more of the European temple down than
he and his gangsters have already.
strained, that an open break
for a 4th term will not only
by a record breaking plur
therefore to come to the
returns from his Pacific
no doubt; but we fear the
overtime to clean up such
Report on Lake by Dr. Ralph
W. Leighton Will Be Pub
lished Soon.
Crater Lake, Aug. 12 Spl.)
The Advisory Committee on
educational problems of parks
in Oregon held its annual meet
ing in Crater Lake National
park on August 7 to 9, inclu
sive. ,
Dr. Ralph W. Leighton, dean
of the School of Physical Edu
cation at the University of Ore
gon, and chairman of the com
mittee, presided at all the meet
ings. The following members
were present: Dr. John C. Mer-
riam, honorary president of the
committee and President Emer
itus of the Carnegie Institution,
Washington, D. C, and consult
ant of values of science and na
ture at the University of Ore
gon; Dr. Frederick M. Hunter,
chancellor of the Oregon State
System of Higher Education
Dr.' L. S. Cressman, secretary
of the committee and head of
the Anthropology Department,
University of Oregon; Dr. E. L.
Packard, head of the Geology
Department, Oregon State Col
lege; Dr. Ira S. Allison, profes
sor of geology, Oregon State
College. Dr. Ralph Works
Chaney, professor of paleontol
ogy, University of California;
Dr. Howel Williams, professor
of geology at the University of
California; Dr. John P. Buwal
da, head of the Department of
Geology at the California Insti
tute of Technology, and Dr.
Chester Stock, professor of pal
eontology and historical geol
ogy at the California Institute
of Technology were unable to
attend the meeting because of
inability to get transportation.
Dr. George C. Ruble, naturalist
at Crater Lake National park,
who is now an officer in the
U. S. Navy, was unable to be
present and was represented by
Superintendent E. P. Lcavitt.
At Crater Lake National park
the beauty of the lake and the
awe-inspiring power of the vol
cano are In marked contrast;
but their combined values make
this park one of the outstanding
parks of the world. In the opin
ion of the committee the pro
gram at Crater Lake should
provide for giving visitors the
best opportunity to see the
things that are most Important
in the picture. This involves
the visual perspective of the
lake in its surroundings with
the aesthetic appreciation of
these values contrasted with the
intellectual vision of the vol
cano as it can be shown to have
expressed itself.
The study of appreciation of
nature at Crater Lake, as a
stabilizing and developing In
fluence for the American peo
ple has long been a matter of
primary Interest to Dr. Mer
riam; also the social values
were of primary Interest to Dr.
Arnold Bennett Hall, formerly
president of the University of
Oregon. These cooperative in
terests resulted in a study of
the educational program at
Crater Lake, which was begun
by the university in 1931.
Ae report under the title The
Study of Appreciation of Na
ture at Crater Lake," compiled
by Dr. Ralph W. Leighton, has
been prepared and is about
ready for publication. The ways
and means of having Important
material published on Crater
Lake and the John Day region
received the special attention
of the committee, as well as the
addition of members to the
John Day Association.
Portland, Ore., Aug. 12 U.R1
Rear Admiral Thomas L. Catch
of Salem, who commanded the
battleship South Dakota when
it shot down 3i Jap planes and
destroyed three Jnp cruisers dur
ing the battle of Savo, arrived In
Portland today.
Monday he will go to Salem
to rroelve an honorary degree
from Willamette university.
Catch also commanded the U.
S. S. Poroivnl und the U. S. S.
Wlckes. In 1943 he was appoint
ed Judge advocate general of
the navy.
Among decorations he holds
the navy cms and the gold star
for action In World War II.
FIRE HITS LUNA PARK
New York. Aug. 12 tU.R
While thousands of pleasure
seekers moved quietly to safety
today. Coney Island's fumed
Luna Tark was destroyed by a
mass of flames that shot 400
feet In the air and. fanned by an
ocean breeze, threatened the en
tire Rrea.
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trtelr f xvrrlona -M .ympnthv. br.u
tlfvil llornl olfrrlnn unit klivtnfM
j ni the urn of our NreMfmcnt. Mr.
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FEDERAL POSTWAR
FINANCING BILL
Portland. Ore.. Aug. 12 4J.R)
Northwest governors meeting
here tonight announced that
they would ask congress to en
act the post-war financing bill
which would give the five
states $750,000,000 for highway
construction.
The action was made public
after a late afternoon meeting
of the five governors from Ore
gon, Washington, Idaho, Wyo
ming and Montana.
Passage of the bill now be
fore congress would provide an
annual sum for each of the states
of $33,600,000 of federal funds
for secondary and urban high
ways and $10,800,000 for forest
road construction. The federal
allotment would require $23
700,000 annual state funds to
match it.
Gov. Sam Ford of Montana
was elected chairman and Gov.
Earl Snell of Oiegon vice-chair
man of the group.
Recommendation for a state
wide committee of trade experts
to meet from time to time to
work out a coordinated program
for the advancement of trade
between the northwest area.
Alaska and the Orient was sent
by the governors to the drafting
committee.
L
ON JAPS RETURN,
JOB RACKETEERS
Portland, Ore., Aug. 12 U.R)
The Oregon Department of
the American Legion today
went on record in favor of state
legislation that would penalize
anyone trying to coerce veter
ans into joining an organization
as a prequisite to employment
on a government-financed Job.
The resolution also requested
preference for veterans on jobs
involving publ.ic moneys.
The convention adopted a res
olution in support of the Alott
bill, declaring all Japanese un
desirables aliens and asking
further state and federal legis
lation to prevent Japanese en
croachment upon "our farming,
business and educational life."
Com. Charles J. Frisbie of
Seattle, civil readjustment offi
cer for the 13th naval district,
told the delegates that the navy
will assist its veterans in getting
their old Jobs back or securing
ones just as good.
An adjustment officer will
advise the returning sailor, ex
plaining his rights and the ben
efits he is entitled, Frisbie said.
Each man will be followed by
the navy for at least 90 days to
see that those rights are main
tained. The three-day conven
tion closed tonight.
CUTS STAY SHORT
Roseburg, Ore., Aug. 12 U.R)
In ordct to return for sessions
In the house on time, Rep. Har
rison Ellsworth of Roseburg will
leave for Washington, D. C, by
plane Monday, thus cutting short
his scheduled stay in Oregon.
Ellsworth had planned a
speaking tour extending until
Labor day, but has cancelled all
arrangements following a hur
Wed call from the nation's cap
itol. Truck Lines Plan
Aids Conservation
Consolidated Freight ways.
Inc., and Pierce Auto Freight
Lines, Inc., operating out of
Mcdford and Portland have or
ganized a Joint operations plan
to better service their patrons
under wartime limitations of
fuel, equipment and manpower,
the Office of Defense Transfor
ation has announced.
To effect an estimated savings
of 20 000 miles annually the two
companies prooose to divert
shipments, when practical, from
one company to the other and
have designated routes to be
serviced by each carrier thus
eliminating paralleling of serv
ices and partial'v loaded trucks.
Get Fuel OilNow
Is Plea From ODT
Pacific coast householders,
apartment and business building
owners and all others needing
fuel oil for coming fall and win
ter months should lay In a sup
ply now "while deliveries can
still be made," the Office of De
fence Transportation warns.
"The storage of tank cars,
scarcity of tank trucks and al
most total lack of heavy-duty
tires have combined to create
a national crisis in petroleum
transportation!" ODT officials
say. "Meanwhile military de
mands for aviation gasoline and
other petroleum products arc
mounting.'
DEDICATE SWEET
Sweet Home, Ore., Aug. 12
(U.R) Three thousand acres of
Oregon timber land were added
to the privately owned forests
under tree-farm management at
a ceremony Friday evening when
more than 100 leaders of Ore
gon's lumbering industry heard
Representative Harris Ellsworth
of Roseburg dedicate the new
tree farm.
Owners of the land are the
Lebanon Lumber company and
the Powers-Davis Lumber com
pany and Santiam Lumber com
pany of Sweet Home.
Ellsworth told lumbermen
that It was only two years ago
that progressive operators
founded this scientific method
of perpetuating their forests and
stressed the importance of turn'
bering in Oregon.
Other speakers at the dedica
tion were Ray Buckert, Eugene,
supervisor of the Willamette Na
tional Forest; Nelson Rogers.
Salem, Oregon state forester:
Paul Bunn, Corvallis, dean of
the school of forestry at Oregon
State college; Walker Tilley,
forester for the West Coast Lum
bermen's association; David Ma
son, consulting forester, Port
land; Wayne L. Morse. Eugene,
candidate for the U. S. senate:
Arthur McMahon, Albany attor
ney, master of ceremonies, and
the hosts, Fred Powers and Carl
Davis of the Powers Davis com
pany and Charles McCready of
the Santiam company.
Allied Supreme Head larters.
London Aug'. 12 (U.R) More
than 3500 Italy and Britain-
based, Allied bombers and fight
ers smtshed at German targets
in France today climaxing their
offensive with a powerful shut
tle sweep against the invasion
jittery enemy along a 320-mile
Mediterranean front.
While the Americans' Eighth
and Ninth air forces and the
RAF throttled Nazi communica
tions, airdromes, oil supplies and
U-boat shelters in northern
France, more than 1500 shut
tling Eighth and 15th air force
heavy bombers and fighters
roared up from Italy to slash
German airfields, transport and
strong points from Toulouse to
the Italian Riviera where Berlin
broadcasts hinted a possible new
Allied landing.
The double assault along the
Mediterranean sector followed
attacks by some 500 Italian-
based medium bombers and
fighter-bombers yesterday o n
German gun positions, ammuni
tion d umns, pill boxes and radio
stations from east of Toulon to
the Italian Riviera between Sa-
vona and Impcra, at a cost of
one plane. Except for the Tou
louse airdrome, hit by Eighth
air force Fortresses en route to
Britain on the final leg of their
week-long mission which car
ried them over eight countries,
the locations of today's south
ern targets were not Immedi
ately specified.
ALLIES PUSH FOE
Southeast Asia Headquarters.
Kandy, Ceylon( Aug. 12 (U.R)
Allied troons smashing their way
from southern Manipuur into
tne China hills have blasted the
Japanese from Hengtam, a Tld-
dim road village nearly 65 miles
south of Imphal and but seven
miles from the Burma border.
It was reported today.
Other 14th army units which
knifed through the Kabaw val
ley in northwest Burma are
pushing their way across the
last range of mountains barring
their path to the upper Chind
win river and are within ten
miles of the strategic waterway
at some points.
Women Urged To
Remain At Home
Medford women have been
asked by their government many
times, and in many ways, to
"fight waste" on the home front.
Homemakers of the nation have
been asked to save tin cans,
kitchen fats, waste paper, food.
fuel and many other vital civil-1
ian services and commodities
. . . which they have done with
stimulating success.
The Office of Defense Trans
portation Is now appealing to
American women to "fight
waste" of transportation . . .
to stay home and discover the
nearby sources of amusement
and entertainment that the "old
home town'' and vicinity have to
offer during the summer vacation.
TO ROLL MONDAY,
Chicago, Aug. 12 U,R) The
Office of Defense Transporta
tion, carrying out federal seiz
ure of strike-bound motor
freight lines of the Midwest Op
erators association, sought to
night to sponsor a back-to-work
movement among independent
trucking firms, which were not
affected by the presidential in
tervention order.
Limited operations were re
sumed today, after the ODT as
sumed control of the associa
tion companies at 12:01 a. m.,
(CWT), and officials hoped to
have the trucks rolling on a
full scale by Monday.
President Roosevelt ordered
seizure of 103 lines yesterday,
after a five-day strike of an es
timated 50,000 truckers and
freight handlers had tied up
shipments, including some vital
war material. The workers
were protesting the failure of
the companies to meet a seven
cent hourly wage increase, as
ordered by the War LaborJ
board.
Meanwhile, according to re
ports gathered here from Unit
ed Press bureaus throughout
the nation, other strike threats
to the nation's war production
were eased somewhat by back
to;Work movements at Detroit,
where two major strikes have
been in progress. However, a
new dispute cropped up and
spread rapidly among wood
working firms of the Midwest
Millmen's conference.
Under federal control, truck
ers will receive an additional
seven cents an hour pay and
three-tenths of a cent for mile
age, with benefits retroactive
for 10 months. No effort will be
made by the ODT to direct traf
fic operations, but under orders
from J. Monroe Johnson, ODT
highway director, members of
the Midwest Operators associa
tion will be held responsible
for expediting government in
structions. QUARANTINE FOR
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well with us In the winning of
the war will, I am confident, be
glad to join with us in protec
tion against aggression and in
machinery to prevent aggres
sion.
"With them and with their
help I am sure that we can agree
completely so that Central and
South America will be as safe
against attack from the South
Pacific as North America is go
ing to be from the North Pacific
itself."
Mr. Roosevelt looked tanned
from his ocean voyage through
the Pacific. He spoke directly
under the upraised forward gun
of a sleek destroyer. Surround
ing him were members of his
personal military and naval staff
who accompanied him on his
journey which began when he
ieft Washington on July 13.
Impossible to Trust
He was bitter about the acquis-
itorial policy of Japan, saying
the record made Japan and her
people impossible of trust with
out years of proof."
It was the president's first ad
dress since he accepted the
fourth term nomination on July
20, and he carefully avoided in
clusion of anything In his re
marks but a description of his
trip and the outlook of the war.
"too MUCH
Akron, O. (U.R) Temptation,
it seems, is the root of the Akron
public schools' broken window
problem. Some 535 school win
dows have been broken since
vacation began.1 Many of the
school playgrounds are covered
with stones which Akron youths
cant resist hurling through the
school windows now that teach
ers aren't there to punish them.
EATING HOURS RESTRICTED
Chicago (U.R) A curfew on
eating is now In effect at Waynes
boro, Va., the Public Administra
tion Clearing Houc reports. A
new law closes all restaurants,
cafes, lunch rooms, lunch coun
ters and all public eating places
from 11:30 p. m. to 5 a. m. Ac
tion was taken as a measure to
get young people off the streets
earlier.
Worcester. Mass. (U R1 Chap
lain Frederick Gallagher, S. J.,
former Holy Cross college pro
fessor, tells of two unmarried
marines in the southwest PHCific
who are called "Papi" by 140 na
tive children. The marines
served as godfathers at a mass
baptismal ceremony.
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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of tba Mail
Tribune 10 and 20 years ago
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY.
August 13. 1934
(It was Monday)
Portland dock tie-up feared, as
longshoremen strike for $1 per
hour wage boost.
Explorer Byrd rescued from
crtlitnrv nhsprvation nost in An.
artic, after being five months
alone.
Gen. Martin, democratic can
didate for governor, to be guest
of honor at non-partisan banquet
here.
Fifteen Murphy and Provolt
families forced to move as forest
fire threatens homes.
Fair with increasing cloudt
ness. High 98, low 51 degrees.
All relief work in county sus
pended until harvest of fruit
completed.
President Roosevelt bans all
politics in drouth belt relief.
Heavy rains soak area.
Medford postoffice receipts
ebb past year.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
August 13, 1924
(It was Wednesday)
Kid McCoy, ex-pugilist noted
for his many marriages, held for
murder of woman.
Changes ordered in high
school building on North Bart
lett to provide more room.
Alienists for state declare
Nathan Leopold and Richard
Loeb, Chicago slayers and kid
napers, are sane.
Cloudy. High 100, low 55 de
grees. British warships sent to Egypt
as civil war rages.
To date 275 cars of pears have
been shipped from the valley
this season.
E. H. Hedrick and wife leave
for Heppner, where he. will be
superintendent of schools. He
has been visiting in Ashland.
CHINESElfTLE
Ti
Chungking, Aug. 12 U.R .
The battle In the suburbs of Lei
yang has raged to new intensity
with Chinese troops fighting des
perately to stem the Japanese
advance south along tht Canton
Hankow railway in Hunan pro
vince, the Chinese high com
mand r-irted tonight.
At Hengyang, 40 miles to the
north, Japanese attacks aimed at
cracking Chinese lines south of
the town were smashed back
and the enemy's attempt to forge
a solid link on the Hengyang
Leiyang sector was frustrated.
Japanese troops attacking in
the suburbs of Yiyang. 48 miles
northwest of Changsha, have
been repelled, a communique
added..
As heavy fighting blazed
around the Hengyang battle perl
meter. Chinese troops struck
anew at Jan positions in the
suburbs of Liling, 71 miles to
the northeast. Chinese had ad
vanced 18 miles west from
Pingsiang, Kiangsl province an
chor point retaken by Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-shek's soldiers
August 5.
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LISTED MISSING
Washington, Aug. 12 (U.R)
The war department made pub
lic today the names of 132 U. S.
soldiers missing in action In
cluding from Oregon:
Coffee, 2nd Lt. Martin D, Os
wego Lake: Erickson, TSgt.
John. Clatskanie; Harris, 2nd
I.t .Tnmpc P Miltnn- T.lnvH
T Sgt. Wayne T Portland; Mor
ris. S Sgt. John A.. Depoe Bay;
Slustrop, Est Lt. Axel P . Port
land; Smith, 1st Lt. Irving A.,
Grants Pass; Waldow S Sgt. Er
nest L. Portland, and Wvatt,
S Sgt. Fred J. Portland.
HAIRCUT FOR WAVES
Toledo Ohio (U.R) In order
to be accepted by the WAVES,
Miss Lenadei Poore had to part
with almost 20 Inches of hair.
WAVE regulations insist that
length of hair must not touch the
collar of the uniform. Miss
Poore's hair reached below her
hips.
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