NOW YOU
TELL ONE!
JUST TAKE YOUR
TIME, SAILOR!
OXFORD, O. (AP)—Partici
pants in the Navy college train
ing program at Miami university
are taught how to abandon ship
at the Oxford municipal swim
ming pool.
Perched high on a diving board
during a recent practice session,
one student was a bit reluctant
to leap.
“Go ahead and jump!’’ the in
structor yelled.
The youth hesitated. Again
the instructor called, and again
there was no response.
“What would you do if that
diving board were a sinking
ship?” the instructor asked.
“I’d wait until it sank about
ten feet more-’’ the sailor an
swered before he gathered suffi
cient courage to leap.
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IT’S A SHORT
WAY HOME
.. ROCK HILL, S. C. (AP) —
It took E. S. Wallace, 57,
forty-five years to get around
to going home—10 miles
away. However, when Wal
lace did decide to go to the
home he left as a lad of 12,
he didn’t let gas rationing
interfere with his plans.
He loaded his family into a
two-horse buggy and made a
day of it.
• **
LESSON IN CURB
SERVICE ETIQUETTE
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP)—A
careless cab driver who ate his
lunch from a tray hooked to the
car door and then drove away
from a local drive-in eatery with
the doo-dad still hooked on, got
a lesson in curb service etiquette.
Miss Grace Crosselt, waitress,
who declared that she was ‘fed
up” with tray snatchers, tossed
ration inspired gasoline thrift
aside and pursued the offender
two miles in her own car.
Forcing him over to the curb,
she retrieved the tray and “gave
that fellow a first class tongue
lashing he won’t forget anytime
soon.”
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FISH STORY,
FROG STYLE
RIDGEWAY, S. C. (AP)—
Charlie Moore tells this fish
story and swears it’s the
truth. Trolling from a boat
in a lake near Cheraw, he
accidentally knocked over
board a bottle containing six
young preserved frogs which
he had been using as bait.
The next day, fishing in the
same spot, he landed an
eight-pound bass. Inside he
found the bottle of six little
green frogs.
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PRAISE THE LORD
AND PULL THE TRIGGER
MULLINS, S. C. (AP)—Tech.
Sgt. U. C. McCormick, a native
of Sumter, has 11 decorations for
valor, but he writes friends he
doesn’t wear any of them.
“The bible says ‘thou shalt not
kill,’ ” says Sgt. McCormick. “I
always think about that and say,
‘Forgive me, Lord,’ before I press
the trigger and shoot.”
Sgt. McCormick is a tail gun
ner on a Flying Fortress and is
stationed in the southwest Pa
cific.
VOICE RECORDS
LONDON (P) — The War Of
fice is working on a scheme by
which very light and extremely
cheap gramophone records will
be made available to troops over
seas for messages to the folks at
home.
Crop of Fun
In GI Gardens
CAMP CAMPBELL, Ky. — The
20th armored division is harvest
ing a bountiful crop from its
flourishing gardens this summer.
The “Victory gardens’- are
seven outdoor recreation centers
which are reaping huge returns
in entertainment and general all
around high morale.
It is the proud boast of the
2nth’s men under the command of
Major General Stephen G. Hen
ry, that this is the only camp in
the country which has accom
plished such an outdoor enter
tainment program on a division
wide scale.
The division’s seven recreation
centers are so constructed and
are so situated that they serve
all 15 units within the organiza
tion. Every week-day evening,
after strenuous training hours,
thousands of enlisted men cram
each garden for a variety of en
tertainment that ranges from
bingo to boxing.
Music in the Air
For hours each night songs and
band music fill the air from one
end of the division to the other.
The most popular periods are
around 5 p. m. if the unit is in
garrison, and 7 p. m. if the outfit
has been in the field.
The centers follow no set pat
tern. Some are located in natur
al surroundings, such as that of
the 413th Armored Field Artil
lery battalion, which is situated
among a cluster of large trees in
a fire break, literally an air
cooled arrangement.
The largest and one of the fin
est setups is the 140 by 162 foot
garden of the 480th armored in
fantry regiment, built like all
other units, by soldier labor. The
center, the pride of Col. C. F.
Colson and his men, features col
ored tables, a white fence and an
amphitheater.
The gardens, all built within
the past two months, all are dif
ferent. The programs change
each night, from band concerts
to singing, from quiz shows to
amateur contests, movies, and so
forth.
From 4.000 to 5,000 men spend
some time in one of the gardens
every night . Rather than retard
the outpouring, week-ends stim
ulate the attendance when thou
sands of soldiers on their free
time flock to the centers and par
ents, wives and other relatives
of soldiers overflow everywhere.
PLAN FOR POST-WAR
CARE WITH BONDS
CLEMSOS, S. C. (AP—Clem
son alumni of 1902 plan to in
sure the education of children of
Clemson students who are killed
or incapacitated in the war.
A committee of the class has ,
forwarded to the college checks |
totaling $6,925 representing sub
scriptions from alumn. Of the 59
men who graduated in ’02. only 1
39 are still living. The funds are
to be invested in war bonds
PRAIRIE DOG EPIDEMIC
HELENA, Mont. (AP—A di
sease, the nature of which still
is undetermined, is killing the
prairie dogs of eastern Montana.
Dr. W. J. Butler, state veterinar
ian, said the rodents are dying
by the thousands and the condi
tion is so bad he has been unable
to find a live prairie dog with
which to conduct experiments.
ROBBER HITS JACKPOT
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP
—Some thief probably thought
he’d hit the jackpot in W. D. An
derson’s car. Anderson reported
to police he had found the glove
compartment of his automobile
jimmied open and $25 in quar
ters and nickels stolen.
DEER TAKES TO
HOME LIFE
OCEANA W. Va. (AP)—Game
Protector L. A. Anderson and his
wife are the possessors of a
three-legged deer, a fawn that
apparently is so much attached to
her human friends that it has for
saken wild life.
The deer was injured while be
ing chased by dogs and was found
with a leg broken. Anderson
took it to a veterinarian who set
the fracture.
A few days later, the animal in
its struggles, compounded the
fracture and the leg was amputa
ted with apparently no ill ef
fects.
Mrs. Anderson fed the fawn
through convalescence, using a
baby’s bottle and nipple to give
it cow’s milk. Now it refuses
to leave the house.
USES BARE FOOT
TO OPERATE CLUTCH
JUNCTION CITY, Kas. (AP)—
One day a week Miss Marguerite
See wears two shoes, the other six
just one.
Soldier passengers on the Junc
tion City-Fort Riley bus line, on
which she is driver, are startled
by her bare left foot and they al
ways ask: “How come?’
Miss See explains. “It’s a ha
bit I’ve had ever since I was a
little girl pumping my tricycle
up and down streets at Excelsior
Springs, Mo. Now it’s more than i
a habit, because I can do smooth
er job of handling the clutch of
this big bus when I have no shoe
in my way.
PRACTICES HER PREACHING
CHATTANOOGA Tenn. (AP)
—Miss Ella Heaton, only teacher
in the small private schoel she
runs, not only preaches dependa
bility—she practices it. She has
taught for 53 years and never
missed a day.
Skim milk was once used only
as feed for animals.
TREASURE HUNT
DOWN THE DRAIN
NEW ORLEANS (AP—“Down
the drain” is no toast but a sig
nal for action to Foreman N.
Redmond and his crew of retriev
ers.
And this is probably a better
laboratory for the study of what
goes down drains in America
than any other city, because New
Orleans, being lower than the
Mississippi which forms a cres
cent around it and, at some
points, even lower than sea level
nearby, controls both sewage
and storm water disposal with,
an elaborate pumping system
which must be kept clear and
clean.
Here are notes from the re
retriever front:
An average of two plates of
false teeth a week, most of them
on Mondays. Money is recovered
nearly every day and a good day
may bring $15. The unclaimed
accumulation of odd change goes
into a ‘kitty” which is divided
periodically by the crew. Rings,
watches, necklaces, earrings and
spoons bulk large in the weekly
records.
The other day the water board
turned over to federal agencies
its latest take of toothpaste and
shavfmg cream tubes, yielding
100 pounds of almost pure tin.
DIVORCE GETS
POPULAR IN RALEIGH
RALEIGH. S C. (AP)—Secre
tary of State Thad Eure’s office
was swamped by requests, most
ly from soldiers, asking about
North Carolina’s marriage and
divorce laws. Finally, he had to
have a folder printed listing all
the statutes on marriage and di
vorce. It seems that quite a few
of the boys want to get rid of
their wives.
The number of British school
boys and girls in harvest camps
has grown from 12,000 in 1941
to 51.000 in 1943.
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