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3 1 A 11 ltns in the ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH I Published Everij Daq Week-dif a.n Jxndr PART FOUR ST. LOUIS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1945 PAGES 1 4D Jap Tanker Sent to Bottom by U.S. Flyers vwfv jr-wr yr Amazingly Successful Married Nine Times, And It's All Right By Jack Batch HUSBAKD-acquirlng being widely reputed one of the signs by which you may know the female of the species who is successful at her sex, Kathleen Roche must be counted one fey i i IZ of the most successful women of our times. Married nine times at least, she's never suffered a death or divorca among her swains.

Not only is she still married to all of them, but, by universal agreement, It Is perfectly all right. 9. 1 A Japanese tanker, burning heads for the bottom of the South China Sea stern first; after being attacked -by American carrier-based planes off the coast of French Indo-China. On the bow gun platform is an old-fashioned field piece with wheels. Aworllttil Tress Wlrnlirtn from V.

8. Navy. KATHLEEN ROCHE NO xrnnAv wt- DEATHS OR DIVORCES, Mondays lets EITHER. say sne Pends ner time with the husband named Nanki-Poo. He's supposed to be a minstrel of sorts.

Tuesdays find her hobnobbing with Stephon, a shepherd. Wednesdays matinees only she used to spend with one husband who masks himself under the name of "Defendant." She's taking a sabbatical, just now, from "Defendant." Wednesdays, of evenings she relaxes with Ralph Rack-straw, a sailor. "Fridays? Let's see. My favored matrimonial partner for Fridays is a gondolier named Marco." And so it goes. KATHLEEN, a dark thing, all profile, brown flashing eyes, and precise New England accent, chose the American Theater backstage to give me the lowdown of her extraordinary success with men.

"You realize, of course," she said, "that these husbands of mine are all stage husbands, contracted according to parts in these Gilbert and Sullivan operas we're all in." "It is realized," it was murmured. Miss Roche, the air clear on this point, settled down to tell me a "very funny thing" about those who woo, win, and hold her. Her husbands, she said, always start out by being quite poor. "You'd think that a rich man would be Just as nice to marry as a poor man. But no.

Whenever a rich man comes along, I smile sweetly, yet spurn him. I quote from myself: 'Nay, tempt me not. To wealth I'll not be bound; In a lowly cot alone Is virtue found'." i lift Si a i sat" 7 wipers' 1 BELGIAN LANDSCAPE SSrSr'- TJ. meml, northwest of Houffalize, Belgium, scene of heavy fighting between the Allies and the Germans. A building, its roof blown off, stands in foreground.

Falling snow has covered the shell-torn fields and is beginning to hide the wrecked enemy armor. A-uted rhoto. I' 50 FRENCH REFUGEES AT SNOWY CROSSROADS French refugees men, women and children. some in baby buggies wait at a French crossroads in the snow for a go-ahead signal from an American military police man, controlling traffic to prevent delays in road travel to the fighting fronts. Associated Press Wirephoto from IT.

8. Army Rlxnat Corps. BUT YOUR HUSBANDS don't remain poor," she was reminded. "No, they don't," she agreed, adding that their suddenly acquiring riches was the second "funny" thing about her matrimonial affairs. "It is as though the playwright could see into a woman's mind and know that, all kidding in the play aside, love alone doesn't pay the bills." Take her role in "Iolanthe." "In it I play Phyllis, this poor girl, and I marry Strephon the shepherd, while spurning the powerful Lord Chancellor.

But the Lord Chancellor turns out to be Strephon's father. And, on his mother's side, Strephon turns out to be related to the Queen of Fairyland. It always Jurns out like that. Nanki-Poo turns out to be the son of an Emperor. Marco the gondolier turns out to be so close to being the King of Baratoria, it hardly makes a difference.

Pretty good going for a girl who is supposed to be guided only by virtuous consideration and love, don't you think?" "Yes, sir," she concluded, with a pretty smile, "I am a lucky girl who always gets to eat the cake of love and keep the crumbs of financial consideration, too." VyX Ilk IWim I tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmt, ft I -iU HARRY HOPKINS CONFERS IN ITALY Harry Hopkins (right), President Roosevelt's personal representative, listens to an explanation of operations by Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, deputy supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean theater, during a conference in Italy, visited by Hopkins as part of the preliminaries leading up to a meeting of Roosevelt, Marshal MISS ROCHE, 22 year3 of age, started on her career with professional Gilbert and Sullivan marryings-and-carryings-on four years ago, on leaving her home town of Worcester (pronounced something like Wrstx), Mass, to join the R. H.

Burnside company. "I've been with Mr. Burnside off and on ever since. He has taught me all I know of the roles." Not all Miss Roche's eggs are in this one basket though. Ambitious and always studying, she's got her eye also on the straight dramatic stage and the concert hall.

"I've taken time off from doing my sweet-wife parts to try both. I have nJ.no played night clubs for the experience in facing people." A lyric coloratura soprano, practically all her "spare" time is spent in rehearsing her parts and in studying voice. "I love to go sightseeing in a strange city, but often have to Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill. Hopkins and Secretary of State Edward R. PASSENGERS LEAVE STALLED TRAIN lwas end '-fl' .4 Unio passenger tram when it became stalled in deep snowdrifts at Orchard Park, N.

on its run from Pennsylvania to Buffalo. Passengers were moved to Orchard Park-homes when the train's fuel for heating was exhausted. Axito(t pr. wirrtoio. Stettinius Jr.

left Italy Wednesday for an undisclosed destination. A.iMM-lalMt I'rPNN Irt'Dlinto tla U. S. Arm- Hitfnal nrpa ltaiUn. lV.l.v.....v.v.v.l."Av.v.v.v.WJV.v.v.vv.v.v.,..v..v.v.v..'.s.v.v.,..

MS 9 XI 2 a a aBfr H'-Su content myself with making notes oft what I'm to see the next time I visit that city." In St. Louis, she's particularly interested in seeing the cathedrals, the Art Museum, and what ever traces remain of our original French and Spanish heritage. "But, like any other housewife, my 'matrimonial' duties keep me awfully busy." Hi f(PS -f 4 If Laa4 SYMPHONY SOLOIST Gloria Vanskike, 14-year-old clarinetist, who appeared as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in a student concert at Kiel Auditorium yesterday. She is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Howard Vanskike, 2325 Annalee avenue, Brentwood. By a l'osr-Dispatch Staff Photographer. HIGH SCHOOL CITY DAY serving High School City day took over Webster Groves municipal offices. From left: Andrew McDonnell, chief of police; Arthur Carlson, acting chief; Judge John H.

Maq- PARENTS GET HERO'S AWARDS Neal Creighton, commanding officer at Scott Field, presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross, posthumously awarded to Lt. John G. Kriegshauser for B-17 bombing missions against Germany, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A.

Kriegshauser, 4964 Fairview avenue, St. Louis. Lt. Kriegshauser enlisted on Aug. 8, 1940.

AAFTC rhoto. "AND OUTSIDE OF A FEW MINUTES ON SUNDAY ner and William Peterson, acting judge. The "defendant" (back to camera) is Charles MORNINGS, SIR, I DONT BELIEVE YOU CAN FIND A NICER OR QUIETER FURNISHED ROOM IN Mangold of the Y. M.C.A., which co-operated with schools and churches in the program. TOWN." By rost-Dispatcb Staff I'hotoxrapher,.