FOR A GAY LIFE, ICELAND
IS NOT THE PLACE TO GO
ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT VISITS
OUTPOST AND FINDS IT VERY UNBOISTEROUS |
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(Note: Tom Horgan, Associat
ed Press staff writer, has been on
a voyage with vessels of the
United States neutrality patrol
and has visited the new defense
bases in Iceland. Here is a story
of what he found there, certain
details being omitted at the re
quest of the U. S. Navy.
By TOM HORGAN
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (IP) —
American forces assigned to this
amazing land of ice and fire may
purchase for $2.50 a paper-cover
ed illustrated guide book which
contains no truer or more sig
nificant advice than the follow
ing:
“It must be stated that those
who seek a life of boisterous gai
ety and attach importance to
bodily comforts, have at present
little reason to come to Iceland.”
Of boisterous gaiety there is
none. The capital’s leading hos
telry, Hotel Berg, holds the only
liquor license, and spirits are
sold only to patrons who pur
chase a full meal and then in
strictly limited quantities be
tween the hours of noon and 2:30
p m. and in the evening between
7 and 11 o’clock.
Domestically brewed beer is
Bold freely, but even residents
claim for it only one percent al
coholic content, and it has much
the same flavor, aroma and po
tency as the Icelandic fogs which
come rolling in from the sea
without notice.
me closest approacn to
merriment may be found at the
Borg in the evening, when a
three-piece orchestra furnishes
dance music, thus disclosing a dis
tinctive Icelandic custom. Groups
of unesorted young women ar
rive shortly after the dinner
hour. Some have hair the color
of new manila cordage; a few are
as raven-haired and gray-blue
eyed as any Irish colleen, a re
minder that more than 20 per
cent of Icelandic blood can be
traced to the Emerald Isle.
The girls come to the hotel
frankly eager to dance with the
American and British officers,
tout htey firmly decline to sit at
the same table with their danc
ing partners or to accept refresh
ments.
Conversation while dancing us
■ually is confined, in excellent
English, to “I am very sorry, but
I do not understand English.”
The Borg, and one other ho
tel, have been declared out-of
bounds for enlisted men, but
they probably would not be dis
posed to pay hotel prices any
how — $1 for a double Scotch
about the size of a single potion
at home. The law limits each pat
ron to three double Scotches.
In more than a week, this cor
respondent did not see a single
men, American or British, with a
girl companion. Common gossip
has it that as punishment for as
sociating with British soldiers,
the flaxen tresses of several Ice
landic maidens were shorn close
by indignant countrymen.
However that may be, Iceland
women are far more independent^
DUMM Y—R. F. Knuckle*
\ head, a whimsical but mentally -
, deficient aviation cadet who does
everything wrong, flying, is to
| star In some instructional films
! Randolph Field, Texas, is pre
j paring. The caricature was
: drawn by Jack Zumwalt, at
*— Randolph Field. _
! then their sex in most countries.1
! Divorces are not only easily ob-1
. tained but common, and they |
and illigitimacy are not frowned
i upon with great severity. Some \
of the descendants of the bold i
Vikings now come to the police!
' station with literally tearful com !
plaints when the affections of
' their womenfolk stray to the uni
| formed visitors.
Residents of rural sections, ac-j
; cording to Americans who have
been stationed there some time,
j are much more cordial than city
dwellers and soon there should
be a new version of the Marine
j and the farmer’s .daughter.
i
Want 1,000
Flying Cadets
Application are being received
at the Office of the Chief of the
Air Corps, Washington, D. C.,
for non-pilot training of Avia
tion Cadets, it was announced at
the headquarters of Major Gen
eral Ernest D. Peck, Command
ing General of the Ninth Corps
Area, at the Presidio of San Fran
'cisco, California.
Approximately 1,000 Aviation
Cadets are desired for training
: as Aerial Navigators in each of
! the months of October, Novem
ber, and December, Corps Area
Headquarters was notified by the
War Department.
Candidates must be unmarried
male citizens of the United Stat
es, between 20 and 26 years old,
of good character, sound phys
ique, and excellent health. First
priority will be given to grad
uates of accredited colleges who
have had plane geometry, col
lege algebra, and trigonometry;
those who have had analytic geo
metrv, spherical trigonometry,
i and differential and integral cal
cuius are preferred. Third prior
| ity will be given to applicants
1 who have completed two years of
accredited college work with the
mathematics mentioned under
the second priority classification.
Consideration will be given to
i the quality of the applicant’s
j collegiate scholastic record.
WEATHER FORCAST
Fair and colder tonight. Low
est temperature about 20. Tomor
row fair with increasing cloudi
ness in afternoon. Winds will re
man light to fresh north easterly
After November 1
We Will Close At
6 P.M.
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* GERMANS CLAIM 50 SOVIET DIVISIONS DESTROYED !
Germans claimed destruction of 50 Russian divisions east of Kiev and a continuing advance toward
Kharkov (1), and reported an advance to the Sea of Azov had put the Don River and the city of
Rostov (2), under German air force control. To the west Odessa was still holding out under siege.
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MILES
I
Russians cvlaimed victory in a big night tank battle in the Len
ingrad area (1), bi|t Germans announced the defeat of three en
tire Russian armies south of Lake Ilmen (2). Moscow said forti
fications of Kiev (3), had stood the test of fire. Germans claimed
seizure of unspecified bridgeheads on the lower Dnieper (4), where
arrows indicate pijevious German pushes. Odessa (5), still was
holding under siege.
HALLOWED GROUND —Serene among Nt-.v York's
mundane skyscrapers sits Trinity Church, favored tourist spot.
QUADS 4 MONTHS OLD
Miss Mary Ridge, baby war supervisor at Norton Jnii m rv, I 'is
ville, Ky., checks up cin the weight ef John, on y 1 e.v of (he;
Lashley quadruplets as sister Beulah, Marline and Mi, :vcrt wait,
their turn on their fiour month’s birthday. Joint, lnv» I 1 we8<rhss
| 14 pounds, 4 ounces.
LANDMARK IN Rl 0—Dominating this view of U.S.
and Brazilian officers on a tour of Fort Sao Joao is Sugar Loaf
liiil, Brazil's famous landmark at the entrance to Rio de Janeiro
harbor, gateway to South America’s largest republic