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The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 16

Publication:
The News Journali
Location:
Wilmington, Delaware
Issue Date:
Page:
16
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Sixteen Journal-Every Evening, Wilminpton, Delaware, Sat unlay, March 1913 Out Our Wav By Williams Our Boarding Houe uith Major Hoople has graduated from aviation me- i ceived by hit parents. He entered chanics school at Lincoln, arid the Army Nov. 6, 1942, and was sta-a specialists course at Indianapolis, tioned at Camp Pickett, before and from there was assigned to his being sent overseas. Our Men and Women 9UCH AMOS. OLD COW v'HV.

BLEb9 NOD. 3E VllLLAtNN: VOU SOLD ME FEB. IOO present camp. NOUR. CHO-VTV N0)ES M.E HVE OMAVvNRE: A REGULAR fsJAGARA O' MONiEV F-EEU GUILTY AS BlUtBErXRO, In Service MENDELSSOHNi' THFCT 6PRIMG KMOW THE ROBBiNi' NOU 0 BUT 60R.R.V 60) ERM M.E f4T tELUSOU VnJHWT.

A brother, Private Anthony Iorii, is stationed at Camp Carson, Colo. Private Charles Oscar Foreman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fore- man, Newport, is now training at i the Marine Base at New River, N. C.

A of Howard High School, he enlisted in the Marines In June, 1942. CE-IUMG PR.ICB I'LL ELL 8h IK After spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cowgill Ashton, of Middletown, Corp. John C.

Ashton, has rejoined his squadron at Biggs Field, Texas. Norman L. Dillman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.

Dillman, 108 Cedar Street, has been promoted THE ANirAAL, TO SOU VOOT AfA coo cr 1 1 Mrs. Of tiL fllHE promotion of Norman A. I Wallace from the rank of private first class to techni- cian fifth grade, has been announced at the Air Depot Training Station, James C. Jacksonville, hai been received by George A. Pedrick.

promotion of her husband to captain, serving with the Army in North Africa. Walker, stationed at was graduated ly from THlS TH' G'VE ME THAT OME THAT GOT FLASH PUT OIJ HAHf VEH, IT RISHT HERE JF' fjji IT DOES SA6 TOO IN MY I DONTT PARE TO HAP TH FLASH TRV GETTING UP YM 0 ON TH' WRONG WITH VOU LOOK- ii1 IMG FOR Jap Jj1! '-Z Planes with it I WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY 3-20 Captain Peil- rick is the son of Magistrate and to corporal and is stationed at Cajnp Forrest, Tenn. Private Samuel L. McCormick has been promoted to corporal with an Armored Regiment at Camp Polk, La. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel McCormick, Newark. Lieut. Robert E. Potter, son of Mr.

and Mrs. C. E. Potter, 200 Brandywine Boulevard, has Informed his parents of his safe arrival in North Africa. James R.

Hammond has recently been promoted to second class petty officer in the Naval -Aviation School with a rating of aviation ordnance -man third class. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Gears, 23 Buena Vista Street, andj 1 ated his x9th i ay Saturday.

'W sv i rV Will Rogers Field, Okla. He is the son of Newton Wallace of Rose Hill, attended Wilmington High School, and was a civilian auto mechanic at Fort DuPont before enlisting in July, 1942. Private Earl McGinnness, 614 Springer Street, has qualified as a sharpshooter on tha rifle range at the Infantry Replacement Training Center, Fort McCleilan, Ala. Matthew Corrozi. who is in the Air Force at Memphis, has been promoted from 1S Mrs.

ueorge a Pedrick of New Castle. A graduate of the University of Delaware, he received his commission upon graduation from OfScer Candidate School, Fort i last May, and his last promotion a effective Feb. 22. ND POP -20' A letter sent from Africa Feb. 7, by Private Norman Lewis of Frankford, has been received by BY MERRILL BLOsSER FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS 100 James Walker corporal to sergeant.

He is the son of Mrs. Rose Corrozi, 1819 West Seventh Street. Captain Pedrick The rrLE eorWAS losr medical corps of the Coast Guard. Last Wednesday was his twenty-fifth birthday. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. J. Reese Hammond, Richardson Park, and his wife, Mrs. Betty Ann Ham Are you sure you camt rno it. smith you LOOKED EVERYWHERE? Pfc.

Fram-is X. Fontana, son of AMD 1 NEXT TIME, NOT TO PAR NEAR. A FIRE HYDRANT Ti-I FINE Mr and Mrs Rocco Fontana, 900 Mr. and Mrs. James Baker of Frankford, sending thanks for Christmas packages received only the day before.

He also reports having seen President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill while they were in Africa. Street, who is sta South Rcdr.ev WILL BE TvSO DOLLARS tioned at LaGuardia Field, N. is home on a two-dav furlouzh. Be sjr W-W Capta 1 The Traffic laws yp APPLY TC POLICE OFFICERS VeS, AMD PRIVATE" CITIZENS ALIKE YOUE- mond, lives at 855 Bennett Street. A member of the radio electricians' class beginning this week in the Armored Force School Communication Depart-ment, Fort Knox, is Pfc.

Ralph L. Brown, son of Ralph L. Brown, 1313 Van-tiever Avenue. Col. Louis G.

Gibney. son of Mr. and Mrs James B. Gibney, 1618 Broom Street, has been transferred from the Armored Force at Fort Knox, to Headquarters of a special troop at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He is a graduate of Wilmington High School and the Univer fore his induction Jan.

30, he was employed Ptisey and Jones. Pfc. AVilliam F. Morris, stationed si Port-mouth. has returned after toting hi? wife at 1 Oak Ave- El -mere, and his farm fry at 1320 Strecv He wa- and Jones and was induced in September.

Thoma Sweenev, seaman second is hem? on furlough with hv 1 Sergeant Corrozi James Hammond Robert W. Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Long, 1811 West Fifteenth Street, who was is now at Camp inducted March 2, HAMLIN BY V. ALLEY OOP THE BAD sity of Delaware.

First Lieut. Warren G. Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. George A.

Snyder, 6 Riverside Drive, has arrived in North Africa according to word e- HE'LL RE HERE IN A Mackall, N. C. His brother, Private Beryl Lonp, is now in New Guinea. Mr. ar.d Mrs.

James Sweer 2444 West Eighteenth BUT COIN' Back. r' if he COMES OUT A THAT PREDICAMEMT WITH A WHOLE SKIM, HE'LL xie1 afer training in the Sea-at Norfolk, and has now been ned to M-A DROPPlMe BOBO CMTOTHE WELL, OUR JDB ToHHE OF A DiNJOSAUR JH HERE IS POME, around I WAS A UUIOUE rTuni SO, I GUESS SOMEWHERE 1 OF DISPOS- VOE'P BEST BE CAV.L CFAWEN- LIT WAS ALOMG Zft cvw must "WHERE'S UR JtjXC I This Curious World By William Ferguson HAVE EARNED TH RIOHT TKEEPOM 1. Private Lawrence E. Fontana, son of Mr. and Mrs.

D. M. Fontana, 1601 Maryland Avenue is stationed at Camp Grant, 111., where he is a drummer in the drum and bugle corps. Employed at Dravo, he was inducted Jan. 28.

Tech. Sergt. Russell T. Crawford is recovering in Burbank, from wounds received in action in the South Pacific, according to word received here by his brother, Frank C. Crawford, 811 Lombard Street.

His wife, Mrs. Jessie Jackson Crawford, is visitine him. Semeant Craw LIVING It Pfc. John J. Alexander, son of Mr.

and Mrs. John J. Alexander. 240 North Franklin Street, was graduated last week from the aviation mechanics course at the Seymour Johnson Field. N.

C. Pouzla Arthur Sheldon, son of Mrs. Carrie Myrtle Sheldon of Rich-irdson who is with the 198th, CANARIES OAA'T- -jEAZ SOUNDS THAT ARE ZOlfQ IN PITCH THAN THE REACHED BY THE SINGING VOICES OF VCSA1AA BY EDWTNA TIPPIE AND "CAP" STLBBS YESSIR v- I tun fOULO 5UOOT rr first wven ou founo TH' GUN, ETHEI- I MY LAND I UAVENT SEEN FOR A NiltE.K OS? TMAT GUN I GAVE rOR WES RTUQAV r-A AN' UES MOTUER )) if A. TT 4C has been, promoted to corporal technician. March 22 is his birthday.

Sunday was the 21st birthday of Private John C. Thawley, son 3f Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thawley af Laurel. After receiving basic training at Miami Beach, he is now attending an aviation mechanics school at Sheppard Field, Tex.

ford has served continuously in the Army since 1918. Francis Schiavoni. son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Schiavoni, 208 North Lin- i coin Street, was graduated last week 1 from the aviation mechanics course at Seymour Johnson Field, N.

C. He is a graduate of Wilmington High School, and was employed at! ship carpenter at American Car and Foundry before his induction in September, 1942. Jack Smith, seaman second class, has completed his basic training at Bainbridge Naval Training Station, and has been spending a nine-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Smith, 925 Lovering Avenue.

Upon returning to Bain-: bridge he will be assigned to sea duty. He is a graduate of Brown Vocational School, where he studied welding. 0 I I T. M. SEC.

U. S. PAT. CFr. 1 ml 1 1 PT-)X If Corporal Sheldon DENNY BURS, Birmingham baseball pitcher, won ocaz gaas in 1932, and pitched only ttysv" AAO CW-tAF AAAGS.

John Danaher, and Charles R. received their Second Lieuts. Delaware City. Shannon, Lincoln BY WALT DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE A CONFIRMED BACHELOR gTTnril graduation exercises he Engineer Officer commissions a Wednesday at LeRoy Singleton, Newport Naval Training Station, who was recently made seaman (easssy ff. DOES IT Candidate School.

Fort Belvoir, Va. IT'S ONLY NOU? 1 I I rT WJH PICTURE TO TKJi-l. 11 211 SANS C3HT HECE IN THEiSZ 'PLOWECS AND A SBc? BACKAGE FOC YOU, )n FLOWESS AN' (kl BUDDY'S LOSiELY HEARTS' CLUB" AO, THS'S A 3AL tnTHEY I AM I'M EXECTIM' I a 1 FES EVESY MASi? ALMOSTY 13? it3J An insect, a spider, and a biped have a total op HOW MANY LEGS Word has ben received from Capt. Leo Earl Leahy, brother of U. S.

District Court Judge Paul Leahy, that he is now in North Africa. Captain Leahy is a graduate of School and the University of Delaware, class cf 1934. Corp. William Conley, son of Mrs. Mary E.

Conley and the late William Conley, has returned to Fort Lewis. after a 15-day furlough at home. His wife, the former Miss June A. Croze, who had been living in Washington, returned with him. ar.d is now living with her par-en's.

Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Croze, 27 COM.

193 BY NEA SEHV1CE. INC second class, has returned to his station after spending an eight day furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker.

811 Max-shall Street. Joseph P. Mul-rooney, 916 Pine Street, has been commissioned a second lieutenant after successfully completing a course of training at the Ad ant Hi 1 (nous PICTURE? IX rimr A ANSWER: Sixteen! Insect, six; spider, eight, and biped, tivo. Ckfewsi NEXT: Dinosaurs never heard of food rationing. NAVAL AVIATION UNIT INSIGNE BY JIMMY MURPHY TOOTS AND CASPER A FAIR EXCHANGE Answer to Previous Puzzle Zeal.

23 Seemed. LeRoy Singleton A LL Birr vou WWATSTveS A rj CMC? COR CD'CE' VOOER WAS ZA5DNE5 TO LP ITWASAU.R:T Oj Vt'ANT TOE" Ev'J. CASES'? W-V BE A OS 'JPVJJS LA AM YOJVE sOT SOWS NEv'E- IT SNT ENOUc'J WLAV.XSL.TYOU General's School, Fort Washington, Md. TmAT DONT YOU WASTES ME TO Oh L'f CAN LAWNS TO 205? FO? FLAV ASOEN. WAT DOT CJ SE 1 F70SJT LAWS TO ANO BES West Fory-first Street.

Clarence SnydT, seaman sec- ond class, has completed his basic training at Bainbridge Naval Training Station, and is on a nine-day furlough, part of which he is spending with his sisters, Mrs. George Dixon and Mrs. Samuel Kendall here. Ke is the son of Mr. and Mrs.

CVN FCNT MAE A CTOy hZ HAT IT 3 IN A we FAY PC? iT! WITWOLlT EVEN COSS'J 6A5TEN ON MY IK li LAWN? 25 Lassoed. 26 Fruit 27 Extinct bird. 29 Interest 31 Biblical high priest. 36 Thoroughfare. 39 Posts.

7 EiRiN'ElSifl iGiRlU ElNl I NiG rJeMmjar JiEsiE sHea FiAl IE I Wj 5 B3B A I Iail IaIsIkia Private Joseph Iorii, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Iorii, 305 East Twenty-third Street, has returned to Bradley Field, after spending a ten-day furlough with his wife, the former Miss Mary Gallo. 1617 Chestnut Street. He Snyder, now livin Clarence H.llcrest, ot J.

in former! Nutiey, Side Glances HORIZONTAL, 1,7 Depicted is insigne of Squadron 2, U. S. Naval Air Force. 14 Prayers. 16 Disunited.

17 River duck. 18 Accomplish. 19 Eluders. 20 Low meadcrtv 21 Card game. 23 Like.

24 Work unit. 27 Disfigure. 23 Greek letter. 30 Native metal. 32 Wave (comb, form).

33 Asiatic kingdom. 34 Bustle. 35 East 37 Roof finiaL 38 Limb. 40 Entertain. 12 Dutch city.

43 Swiss river. 45 Fragrant 5 Negative. 6 Conclusion. 7 Employ. 8 Shilling (Eng.

cant). 9 Russian czar in 1547. 10 Shelf. 46 Followed after 50 Ells English 51 Grivet monkey. 55 Without oil.

56 Fault. 58 Have. I'M! TIM TYLER'S LICK A TRICK IP HIS SLEEVE! BY LYMAN YOUNG 40 Long lock ot hair. 41 Daybreak (comb, form), 42 Compound ether. 44 On the lee, 46 Summit.

47 River 48 Associate of the Linnaean. Society 49 Doctor of Hoi? Scripture 52 Organized 53 Bind. 54 Siamese coin. 57 Parent. A VERY "TIMELY IT WAS Simple YOU'VE LOST MISS KEENE APPEARANCE LlELTT TO LET 7.INA THINK IS A PRISONER UNFDRTUNATEIY, TUE FINAL ACT IN THIS LITTLE.

DRAMA IS STILL BEING PLAYED' A DEADLY THE LAST ROUND, BUT HOW DID YOU SUE WAS ESCAPING ABOARD TUAT KNOW WuERtTO FIND 59 Mark to shoot 11 Anger. FROM TUE COAST PATROL GUARD YOU'D BETTER EXPLOSIVE IS CONCEALED ABOARD THE FREIGHTER, VJUICU VIE IN THIS ISOLATED TUAT 12 Threefold WOODLANO RETREAT WAS ALMOST RELEASE TRIi IE CLEARED PORT ON HER LAST HOUSE THEN TRAIL WEK TOO EASY KEEME AND cTOURNEY SEVERAL HOURS VJELL CALL IT A60, LOADED WITH LEND-LEASE WAR at. VERTICAL 1 Witticism. 2 Part of "be.n 3 Narrow inlet. 4 Religion of A DAY (comb.

form). 13 Yards (abbr.) 15 Therefore. 21 Plantigrade carnivorous SUPPLIES 1 I 17 lfri (I, BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES OUT OF LUCK BY EDGAR MARTIN Wt'SWv'O VOO FsfD VNTVLM TVKiC VAit WSit TPVX VWlR. i I IZ 13 15 I 7 18 II 10 II '2- 13 nl" 7r Xv 23 ITiio 31 7 IS 5 wp ii 1 I I 1 47 4d 51 54 "Mill Ti 1 I iz O'CLOCK. bVVr Ti AW fnr-m a soon ot ouf- "I've GrrrjrSfjrrj ft joh Vijhur at.

Town's ttnt ll help folte our rationing probiei!".

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