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Tuesday. February 8. 1944 IIATTIESBUKG (MISS.) AMERICAN tup: is War Adds Vigor to Famed 'V Sign-Symbol For Victory and For Valentine army captain who was carefully picking out a sizeable stack to a little blonde lass of some 12 years who handed several multl-hued valentines to a clerk, requesting In a piping voice to "Otmme' the change in peanuts." -SWAP OUT BRISTOL, Conn f(V) Policeman Arthur Schllke has been inducted Into the army, but the police department still is at full strength. Schilke's brother. Ernest, recently received merilral rllitrhuru from champion, was runnerup.

He recetv ed a $750 bond. McSpaden cardrd a one-under par 70 yesterday to ede Nelson by two Strokes. They finished the 12-hoIn open Sunday with 73s. eleven uneW par. The pro golfers were headed today for Ban Antonio, where the Texas open beelns Thursday.

McSpaden credits hh winning streak to the change In his driving clubs. "Six months aeo I weighted and shortened them." He explained. "I'm not getting anv more distance off the tee. but I can sure drive that ball where I want." Uncle Sam will probably end the 35 year old Mcipadm's victory string after the San Antonio event. He has been ordered to report for Induction Immediately following It adventure.

Truk is the pi ire which he nm.it defend at all casts, and it will be surpriMng If his leet doesn continue to wait for trouble to come to it. rather than to hunt trouble up. That naval battle is likely to come in due course, though, for Truk is one of our prime objectives, When we get that stronghold we shall have the Mikado looking for a fox-hole. The Jap warning to the public probably anticipates a drive In that direction, and It nilKht come before long, although one would expect several other lessor operations to be carried out first. The Jap base at Rabaul, south of Truk, and Wake and Nauru Islands would seem ripe for the plucking.

SALES STIMULANT RVSHVILLE, Neb. ('i-Sales of the $1,000 denomination of war bonds are proving populnr here says the state far finance committee. Tavern Keeper Sam Hlnn is giving each purchaser of a $1,000 bond a quart of whisky and says the offer will hold good until Feb. 15 or until his supply of whlfky is th armv and hm ripen amuilntnri tis I Spec, Trn. TJnit, Section 1, Reception Center, Mrs.

J. M. Black and child are here from Dallas, visiting Sgt. Black. Btry.

C. 86 1st A. Bn. They are staying at Guest House No. 2.

Mrs. E. L. Stuckey, Irwlnton, Ga, is visiting her husband. Pvt.

Stuckey, a patient in Station Hospital. Mrs. Harry Trimble is here from Nashville. visiting her husband. Pvt Trimble, a patient in Station Hospital.

the force. His brother's uniform Just fits. 0 DOGHOUSE MYSTERY PHILADELPHIA John Ma- digol nearly lost a pet when his dog house burned down. As it is. he has "If You Suffer Distress FroitfN a I sent to "Someone Serving the U.

"A message to say I am proud of the way You are serving and doing your part: I miss you a lot on this Valentine Day And here's lurk from the depths of my heart!" A coy note Is injected by a kltten-Lsh blonde pictured on the front page of a folder, while scattered about are three service men: a soldier, marine and sailor with the statement "In case I wonder where I stand regarding you." The next rhyme, addressed to "Our Country Defender," rings the bell: "Maybe guns and tanks and cannon Are your power of persuasion, Hut the way yon got into my heart Was a mighty sweet invasion." The lad who Is wondering if any. with his girl back home can be cheered by these glowing lines: "To my sea-going Valentine: No matter how long you navigate. This gal Is more than glad to wait; 8he thinks you tops, She thinks you're great, You're the only guy she'll ever date." Love-of-country and coyness intermingle in Ihe following: "My patriotism runs up high So much that I can hide It; A uniform sure takes my eye Whenever you're Inside It And the rationing program Isn't forgotten as evidenced by a valentine picturing a broken-down ear cap. tioned "You auto be my valentine." "They can take all the gas The old tires, too, Just so that they don't ration you. Judging from the persons gathering around local counters, there is no lack of Interest in the rurrent valentine crop.

And the stocks are fast diminishing. The personnel of the valentine shoppers ranges from a dignified Mrs. Amy Bishop, Campobrllo, By MARY LEE NELSON In the sentimental lace-frilled messages fashioned tor February 14 the stands for Victory as well as for Valentine Yesteryear's Valentine could be merely sugar-coated. In a setting ornate with hearts, doves and flowers, "roses-are-red-and-vio'ets-are-blue" was enough to step up the blood pressure of any warm-hearted romantic! Today, the Valentine has gone to war. Witness the elaborately decorated jingles and rhymes addressed to men and women in all branches of Uncle Sam's service, the morale-building contents of which constitute a shot-in-the-arm as well as a sock in the aesopltagus.

Its color scheme already appropriate for patriotic participation, red hearts intermingle cosily this season with stars and stripes. tanks, planes and other World War II impedimenta. Valentines for service' folk run the usual scale of Valentine prices. A penny series of "cut-out" Valentines Is offered for sale; it depicts paper-doll soldiers, marines, sailors, army nurses and WACs with an extra (and quite official looking) uniform to be cut out along perforated lines and "tried on" the central figure shown on the heart. For 10c and 15c the valentine-shopper may get any variety of gaily-colored folders or cards, while for 25c can be obtained a four leaf clover, (guaranteed to have been grown In the Canal Zone) securely enclosed hi a small glass rontalner to be sent as a good luck charm, together with an appropriate va'entlne rhyme to one's service heart-throb.

The content of the messages is varied, the background usually containing a note of inspiration for hard days ahead and a word of appreciation from those on the home front for services rendered plus a dash of coyness. One brlght-hued valentine features a cluster of flowers flanked by a cerise grosgraln ribbon V. An especially appealing number displays a mightily slicked-up private with his cap cocked at a jaunty angle and this reassuring Jingle "I like you. soldier, as you are: Don't get a different notion, And If you were a general You'd have no chance for promotion. So just climb up the ladder And don't fret about a thing.

"Cause I'm sending all the love A valentine can bring!" Pictured on the Inside of the folder Is a four-star general, having duly reached the top of a long ladder. Embellished with a picture of a const guard cutter ploughing its way through the choppy sea. the following message is addressed to a member of the coast guard: "A valentine to let you know There so much good about you. The coast guard and the folks at home Just can't get on Without you." Others are dedicated to "A mighty fine marine." "Happy valentine greetings to the finest man In the Air Force," and so on. In the event someone near-and-dear conies under none of the valentine service-classification available, the next concoction neatly takes care of the situation, to he mm 188 Patrolman Edward Basic rescued Madlgoi's dog, chained to the house.

But. Basle and other patrolmen were unable to find anyone who had been near the place during the preceding several hours, and none knew how a dog could start a fire. McSPADEN WINS THOENIX. Feb. 8 Harold (Jug) McSpaden.

the Phil- With Its Cranky, Nervous Feelings Tf at iiifh Ums vnu "The Good Conduct Medal hu been awarded the following enlUt. ed women lit Camp Shelby: Th medal ts a badge of efficiency.) T-Sgts: Sylvia M. Brophy. Mary (t Kelly, Violet Mills. Elizabeth Bod-nar.

Mildred FarreU. Margaret Htckle, Marlon Unger; T-3: Bet-ty Nelson; Catherine Deve. ney, viol King, Emm McClaln, Cols Robertson. Paulina Shear-burn, Dorothea Taylor: T-: Anna belle Adams, Eleanor Anderson, rrancea Biles. Helen CUne.

Mara-, ret Cohen, Mary Demko. Merll Donahue. Ruby Haley, Rebecca FameU; Esther Barner, Rhoda Braun-stein, Aurelie Durktn, Isabel OU11-gan. Viola Reames; Marjorle Bailey. Ethel Bako, Myrtlt Booth, Myrtls Branton, Doris Bruner, Jea-nett Bushee.

Ruth Canter, Amelia Centala, Sarah Cohlhepp. Mary Coleman. Helen Condo, Margaret Curtis, Marie Dansby. Florence Da-prato, Eileen Dllworth, Agne Don-ohoe, Myrtle Doner, Josephine Du-Boeq, Sylvia Fetter, Francea Orat-Un. Maxtne Hock.

Ivy Keenen, Matilda Marcus. Kathryn MUlmore. Belah Moore, Clalda Mundy, Laura Murray, Mildred Page. Amanda Parker. Marjorle Perrlam, Ella Shawley.

Margaret Shaw. Mary Ulm; Pfc: Mildred Alpaugh, Kath-ryn Brand, Shirley Burger, Ruby Cass. WUma Day, Sara DeBua. Alice Dobra, Alice Dodson, Ruby nils, Genevieve Esqulrol, Ethel Falconer, Clara Hill. Ruby Hippi.

Caroline Kangisser. Helalne Kasse, Marlon Lynn, Maria Machuca, Clare, Martin. Virginia McCorquo-dale, Mary O'Brien. Margaret Pratt. Elaine Salmon.

Lucille Scott, and Pvt Vera SlclUano. Mra. Bernlce Brogan, Peoria, 111, Is registered at Guest House No. a. while visiting her son, Pvt.

Alfred Lee Brogan. a patient at Station Hospital. Mrs. Brogan said, "I am really enjoying the South!" Is visiting her husband. Pvt Joseph D.

Bishop, Hq. 1st 259th Inf. Mrs, Lola Knowlton Is here from Chicago visiting her husband. Pvt Arnold Knowlton, 120th General Hospital. Pacific Operations suffer from ernmpa.

Darkarn, nerv tiriwl Ireiings, a re a bit blue lu to tune- turbancp k. 1 adelphlan who weighted his driving clubs and Immediately became the i top money winner In pro golf ranks, was Texas bound today after his sixth victory in the last nine major hot c.ossir? WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE. O. W) Too much talking set the telephone exchange on fire. Superintendent Fred Rost said.

Rost reported excessive use of the line overloaded eight switches which, serviced 243 farm subscribers and caused them to burn out. TET MIX-VP SEATTLE A suit for $2,875 has been filed here against an operator of a hospital for pets, charging lack of care in the death of a cat. and delivery of the body of a kitten which the plaintiff also complained was not the one she had owned. blurt at tmce -try I.vdut K. Flak-hum Vegr tble Com pound to rf ll" auch symptoms.

It a omiiu not only to hflp relieve mom hi? pain but also atcompaiiylnn tlrrd, nervou li-fluiKB of this nitturit. Thla br-rituiw ot Ita annMilntc rffwt on ONI or WOMAN' MOMT i viotant organs. Titkru rn'ulitrly I'lukham'a Com-pound hrliw build up resistant rAinnt such symptoms, follow label directions! LYDIA E. PiNXHAM'S compound tournaments. Tie latent triumph, worth a $1,000 war bond, came In the Phoenix oien where McSpaden won his first 18-hole playoff.

Byron Nelson of Toledo, former national nm and Professional Golf association HERE' FORI "IElSj ...1. YOUR By DEWITT MacKEKZlE Associated Press War Analyst T) A badly worried Japanese gov-ernment has warned its people that "the Pacific war situation is becoming more serious" and that "the enemy's offensive throughout the entire Pacific is about to be strengthened another step" which seems to sum up the situation very well. This statement was evoked by our latest two-feature program seizure with almost unbelievable ease of the heart of Nippon's powerful Marshall Islands defenses, and the sensational hat-trick performed by a task force of the United States navy in bombarding Paramushiro island. A Yankee airforce also bombed Par amushlro but we can let that pass. Now these are no ordinary events.

The Marshalls are a vital plate in the armor which shields the Japanese homeland, and the spokesman took the pains to say that these islands are "only 11 hours to Tokyo by the Flying Fortress of the enemy." Paramushiro. although some 1.280 miles northeast of Tokyo in the Kurtle chain. Is geographically part of Nippon proper. Also it's the chief Jap naval base in this strategic zone, which is close to Russian territory and is only about 800 miles from our Island of Attu in the Aleutians. Further Operations As the harrassed Jap spokesman ARE urn 7 7Ti 1 1 a IS I Shop Sears and Save Mrs.

Rod Gladsen. Rogersvllle, Tenn, returned Monday to her home, after visiting her husband. Pvt. Gladsen, a patient at Station Hospital. Mrs.

William Hase of Louisville. has Joined her husband, Pvt Hase, 65th Division. The Hase family Is located at 1300 North Main street. Miss Marguerite Kerr, social hostess of Service Club No. 3, spent the week-end at her home la Louisville.

Miss. Mrs. Alice Blevlns, Talladega. Is visiting her husband, Pvt Blevlns, a patient in Station Hospital. Mrs.

Maggie Dooley, Dalton. la visiting Pvt. Keith Dooley, Co. A. 9CD 1.1 A f7TJTr IRONING BOARD 3.49 surmised, probably further Allied operations are Impending in the whole Pacific area.

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