Kennebec Journal du lieu suivant : Augusta, Maine • 5

-7 4 1 -jte (V( '-I 1 r'J v'V- 1 1 4W f1 1 DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL AUGUSTA MAINE WEDNESDAY JUNE 10 FIVE Enrich Your Home SIDE GLANCES flpllowell News gggn IttM Cwrtia Pharmacy Mm Colorful And "Paul Keep Alert For Any Wartime Emergency Coastal Women Knit for Navy Camden Me June (dV-Llfe so difficult after all for more than 50 middle-aged women along the Camden and XsleSboro sectors of the Maine coast most of them erupted or otherwise incapacitated --who are doing their part for the navy and still can stay home POr these women unable to step out and do a work in an industrial plant or factory are knlt-tlng for the yea knitting meah-like bags but for what use the-women themselves do not know navy Just -talking But anyhow' the -women ha' ut anyhow -women iva a Girls School Show Nets Air Post £18 An appreciative audience of Hal-lowell townspeople witnessed the put on last night Sthe girls of the State School at school A collection of silver which has been donated to the Hal-iowell ObeervatUm Post Fund netted $18 After the show members of the audienra were Interested by the pictorial exhibition of work done through the year which was on display Che various class rooms It was shown that the girls take a lively Interest in the academic work that to being given them at the school in the event of war emergency In Mahe the pictaresque Carey fMoanled ARP" unit above Is prepared to dash through the country tetepr side warning fanners who have no radios or office celled end said not to worry during your your substitute just swung that big deal been working on for three years! about thing nickname Many Idaho farm exp have no telephone or radio and np neighbors for miles around In case of danger toe volunteers would have to adopt the old Colonial technique to bring them word Gov Cham A Clark launched toe Volunteer Reserve movement Hto aim to a force of 25200 men to augment the State Militia Each county will eventually have a battalion or company according to its population Members are drawn largely from veterans or- ganlzattons gun clubs and other groups They serve without pay and must provide their own guns ammunition and supplies Drills are infrequent because busy people- but they receive frequent Instructions in lieu of right Other States May Adept Idea The Volunteer Reserves Just sitting in wait for the enemy either They perform necessary if unglam orous duties like collecting scrap metal and drumming up sates of war bonds And some of -them are wort such helpful items as code sem- -sphere and smoke signals which they defy any Jap to decipher They to frustrate sab-' are also train! otage stand guard in the event of a major emergency or disaster and direct traffic cam of evacuation All this activity may well have some out-of-state effects It could reasonably inspire other western states to follow example and it should certainly give aid comfort and some new put twists to the makers of Western movies It might also persuade an invading force to detour around Idaho For the present-day guerrillas have inherited some hit-and-run traditions from grandpa who used to light Injuns along the did Oregon Trail Another one of the important services rendered to save time and material in time of war is propeller blade straightening About 80 per cent of all blades returned fra repairs are given many more hours of useful wear Job on their hands tius toge twine a Is putting these ordinary together with seine needle twisted and a net board as a gauge under the direction of Mrs Richard Poxwell of Camden work for toe work which they lay down or pick up anytime when they otherwise are not occupied The navy has told them -to go ahead and turn out 5000 of these bags and with more than 50 women engaged in the project It is expected that about 10 months will be required to complete the Job at the rate of about 500 a month Furnishing the material and their own working- devloes the women find this endeavor comparatively lp fact line nets aftro year for 'thair flshennen-husbands Sitting in the coed sea breezes the women keep doggedly at this Job day' after day to an atmosphere of comfort end quietude playing a very Important part in the war effort Whatever assistance they need with respect 'to instruction to provided by the stite education de pertinent And for their labors they are paid a stipulated amount for each bag knitted very nice easy work1 one of the women with much pride wa manage to pick up quite a bit of money to tide us ever the rough spots in these war-time days" Northern Maine To Blackout June 17 largest test blackout so far taking in 10 of the 19 counties was set by State Civilian Defense officials for the night of June 17 in the northern region Prior to that- another extensive blackout toill be staged tomorrow night in the southern central areas between 9 and 9 JO o'clock Colonel Francis Famum State Urector said the first warning for the June 17 blackout would be given "at an unannounced time Between 9 and 9 JO and would last for 30 minutes Affscted will be the counties of Aroostook Franklin Somerset Pen pbmot Piscataquis Hancock Washington Knox Waldo and the northern and eastern regions of Kennebec HIGHLIGHTS FROM LATEST BOOKS The congressmen who fought Gen Douglas MacArthur the men who opposed his plana to Brcoan United States for Testable mir-snd the voters who sent those sol-ona to have a bit of required reading in Frank on War" (Duell Sloan and Pearce: S3) Here in toe own wonts in hto speeches and in hto annual reports aa chief of staff are the predictions of what haa become fact today The military genius of the man to recognised throughout the world today even by the axis but 10 years ago he was smeared and slandered militarist and war monger America can thank MacArthur for what it haa tha nucleus of a potent world army army as report shows As chief of staff for five yean he laid the groundwork in an efficient trained army Had more of hto ideas been accepted our situation would 'have been better today The selective service act was passed with little credit to MacArthur But hto- 1933 report outlined the provisions of the act practically aa they were adopted The Air Force mechanized divisions cooperation of Army and Navy even a pay boost for hto men are only a few of toe many other cases Waldrop cites The stature of Mac Increases still more Is Back Insisting with Wellsian extravagance that of Ed ward Albert Tewler to the stray of mankind the world over HT 83 JO) That hto lengthy the realms of semi-eclence has not dulled the Welle flair for satire to amply evidenced In tills story of a disagreeably commonplace Engltoh- man whose haunt ting 1 leaves him Ill-prepared to cope with the problems of lifa- OUT OUR WAY GET By NEA Service Sun Valley With the incorporation of all picturesque guerrilla and home' guard units into one body the state militia will be augmented by 25JOO tough hombres Officially they are the Idaho Volunteer Reserves But that title to scarcely colorful enougl bred citizens who have sly colorful enough for range-citizens who have always had toe faculty 6 1 being resourceful and efficient and at the same time picturesque Bo already picked up such names as and Reveres" get the idea however that Idaho residents are playing cowboy Their home guards and guerrillas are preparing for an important Job and doing it quickly At the outbreak sparsely settled Idaho was a vulnerable spot Its mountain air-prats manned by a few government foresters could be taken oy a small Invading force Dangerously vulnerable to sabotage -were dams power installations mines and factories But If trouble came today there wAuld be a different story It might go something like this: Horses Are Standard Equipment The alarm would quickly go by telephone or shortwave radio to county 'militia headquarters Volunteer men" would grab their guns and ammunition load their norms and themselves into trucks and hurry to the scene of action No helter-skelter mob they would be commanded by commissioned officers And with them would go field Engineering trucks and supplies for several operations Borne of the companies also have Red Cross ambulance units Horses are standard equipment for the mountain terrain where a truck canhot navigate And at least In Blaine County the locomotion to more diversified There the Valley Commandoe" have trained 1 teams for military operations And some of toe country's best skiers have converted their peacetime skill to soldierly use Meanwhile such units as the Carey Mounted A would be living up to their Armed with sporting rifles ley Commandos" also carry horses speed to In wlth heroism when it to thrust upon him1 The reader will not like Edward Albert whom Wells insists to all dnd He will find almost no whom- ha does like in Cant Be Too Careful" But he also will find much of fun together with full quota of penetrating good regarding such problems of living as sex marriage and a myriad of human relationships Aid Per 8eoth America Good Neighbor Americans are given a formula for winning South America's everlasting friendship co-operation la Im (-1 in White by Charles Morrow Wil-(Holt: $3 JO) public enemy one to neither Nasi nor Nipponese observes the author to the insidious and ubiquitous column of The operations of this enemy are harder to check and will continue to be far mors dangerous to ui of the north than' anything out of Mein Kampf Of 130000000 people in Latin America SOjOOdjOOO are sick suffering from all the diseases common' in toe United States plus puny revises of which we know Wilson outlines the stag-Amen- age nothing gerlng immensity of South cas public health problem and clearly indicates our responsibility In helping to meet the situation in to not statical In hto dull dry or statical in hto biographies of famous doctors and some who have never been head lined Wilson finds much that to thrilling mantle If you like biography one hat will kaep you up past the amous midnight on the subject Biographers this year will to rids -hard and far to beat Revere and the World He lived In" (Houghton Mifflin: $375) by Esther Forbes You will team that- Revere not only rode to warn of the Redcoats approach but many time carried vital information from one colony to another during too critical Revolutionary times Likewise he wrote some iff toe most inflammatory 'anti- George propaganda helped establish needed powder mills was officially chosen to write one of the tetters of condolence to Mrs Washington after the first death sheathed with copper rolled In his mill and was a mlghtly useful cltl-sen Revere rode and worked to make America Today Americana may well be re-inspired by this very readable account of one of our great heroes In this book he becomes' a man not a myth The silk stocking shortage is no worry to Craig newest villain In latest kilter-chiller Big Midget Murders" (Simon and Schuster: J3) the murderer hangs his vteMms with 11 unmatched sUk of a midget too has Its advantages body to easier to conceal etc a Craig circus with plenty of laughs If not a mystery fan already this mrfy convert you Nasi Knell Like a bombshell on tile book stalls aa thousands of tons of 'duadon Today state School Mats' School for Girls i raSusl graduation HySSSav morning at 1030 tattte auditorium at Cen- of the graduation to Marchor-LmV invocation Rev Gordon jgSfcn a cantata of Wilson vested choir LJ? Miss Miriam of Augusta: presentation Dana Cotton vocation director State Depart-Education Benedition by yonion Washburn Exit I4Su1c1m motto to "On to VoShtd Ahead" The class colors jiMiini and white the exercises the grad- JSisS their instructor Mias tJS Setodcll will be served ftSsonaT PWrwell Cottai iSSaSer will visit Port ladthsCspitol iflidlowell Briefs I umK Maude lint of Second jtMrt to absent from her work at fM EsUorell Shoe CO because of inn Dorothy Scott of Portland oed the week end at her home Hide Street flfks Catherine Robinson has gone ''pro-York City for a visit with iatrvws during her vacaton rJ Ida Priscilla Beane has been ab-Egt from school because of illness Scott Jr has employment -Windlass in Brunswick and roktoghto home on Maple Street ketty gaiold Choate has bieen spending rot furlough wlth hto parents to and Mrs Timothy Harrington I fsmlly have moved from Weeks toWater Street this-city Ehrood ewith her Coldwel one in Hartland 'tor and Mrs Clarence Damren I sou Richard have returned to home in Norrldgewock after ng with Mr and Mrs Harvard at': their home on Middle 39fL i lltw Baptist Choir rehearsal will bhdd at the Vestry at 7:10 ktandsy evening 1 The Eev and Mrs Porest Powle Ortenvill an visiting with jub la this city -Mr Powle was fimcity pastor of the Methodist nrch her libs canteen class will meet this at the firs station and all have been requested to be promptly at 7 NOTICE Graduation and Fathers Day vds new on display at Tibbetts Retain jjffofl onChuhsien i 4 1 Chungting- June -M Chinese virnw stUTuk possession of the riM tows of Chuhalen have kill-! tfii or wounded 7000 Japanese In "tfcs days raising enemy eaaual-v 'S to sure than 18000 furious pd thn far futile assaults upon i r'ps ker rail 'town in western Che- Province the -Chinese con Mimiwri lanicht Tbs Japanese were making one ftack after another on the Chinese i tbs and outer rings" of ft city-defenses a communique sad an army spokesman de-i Ani tbat the defenders had full dsn of the Important center wiping out' an enemy unit itwau penetrated one section dur-' weekend is the hemic stand of Chuh- defenders the spokesman da Sated the situation farad by the entry in general grave nest few months will be very to Reuters dtepal to Taetolay said fBrtttoh air fore units have ar-v to China The American units wars in addition to General Claire Chen-" already op- for Chuhslen Into its second week- the reported repulse of a net taocM attempt to land on Chu bland at the mouth of the i-R Shrer near Foochow capital of yrovince Takes Over Bus Lines June (jFh-r Sharp Inter-city bus sendee the nation were anti1 the Office of De-tlon moved to con-faclllttes vital to the command of all such bus ODT directed that be-July 1 present routes shall competitive sendee pool-ypress runs abbltohed and to places of amusement ly restricted runs abolished are the Ptolted-stop passenger ached-cpvsted by some companies does not affect the carry utorohandtoe for hire) oucr the last-named clause in no intercity buses mar be tod ter the purpose" Mytogdaces of amusement or ggtalament Under places of are included such things athletic fields race pavilions or-dty buses will no longer be operate with only a ocots oecu- JJith toe exception of one ttuod trip each bus company oobedutes which do not average load in both ttovo than 40 per cent of dance mure UUI jijuw aeatlni byitor must capacity do thev utmost ervices stagger schedules must be obtataeffhmm Pfttrnment in order to extend ndee does not cover buses jwidee uSf cover ouses toln 15 mites of Iff or schedules on which iiYym fare is cents or less 'buses are not classed as inter- -Gel Relief Now sufferers in the test SO 'Wef hSS? Burey to get quick toe itching and smarting MS a delightful cool-fittntog and astringent formula Ointment No wonder writes itching and nd I slept Sib a Ointment is not deUghtedT ti i 4 i i H' i iV AR Plana Field Day Mary -Helton Dummer Cha A members will be Miss Julia Wells at the WeL stead Friday for their annual field day A buffet supper will be served at After a short business meeting the officers for the coming chapter year will be installed Mtos Ella Hewlns Is- the regent elect of the Hallowell chapter Pint Aid Ins tractor The name of John Kenneth Turner was inadvertently omitted frem the list of those contributing their services to Hallowell Civilian Defense In the Tuesday Special Edition of the Kennebec Journal Mr Turner has Instructed several Arst aid classes here aa well as In Au gusts a Gty to Honor Cruiser Crew Washington June 0 The Navy Department announced today tost approximately 03 heroes from toe battleworn light cridser Marblehead" would be guests of to city of Marblehead Mass for Flag Day exercises Sunday Captain Arthur Granville Robin-eon of the Marblehead who received the Navy Cross for his distinguished service in bringing the' damaged ship from the battle of Java ship wi cruiser who took part in the action The Navy announcement added that Governor Leverett BaltonstaU of Massachusetts and Representative George A Bates of the dxth ehusetta District would be a the distinguished participants In toe exercises- Hie present 8 Marblehead now undergoing repairs at an east coast shipyard Is the third 8 vessel by that name Sub Sinks Ship OS West Coast A West Coast Port June A Navy official announced tonight that one seaman died of exposure during approximately hours at sea following the torpedoing of a united States merchantman off the west coast It was the first torpedofng-of an American ship off the western coast' since toe first month of hostilities against Japan The approximately 50 men aboard the ship arrived ashore in a whaleboat and two life rafts which were lashed together he said Tha victim wis reported as Bam Chance He succumbed before landing Another seaman was reported to be seriously 111 with pneumonia and may die "The rest are believed to be in pretty good said toe Navy officer A aeries of torpedoing occurred along the west coast during December all of them off the California coast Direct personal taxes in the United States in 1841 totaled about four billion dollars the Department of Commerce reports COOL AND FEMININE Win cheers from your man -In-uniform in this Marian Martin Pattern 90S7 The matching or contrasting gathered collarette the low-pointed bodice toe front Skirt fulness are NEW! Optional sleeves Pattern 9057 may be ordered only In misses sixes 12 18 18 and 30 Bise16 requires 3 yards 89 inch fabric Bend FIFTEEN CENTS (plus ONE CENT to cover cost of mailing) for this Marian Martin Pattern Wrtta plainly SIZE NAME ADDRESS and STYLE NUMBER patriotic to Sew and Save with the aid of our new Summer Book of Patterns: Just TEN CENTS for this bookful of smart practical fabric -saving designs far ark sports and parade" Send your order to Kennebec Journal Pattern Department 333 18th St New York Nativity" a beloved subject is richly told in this panel an art treasure that you can embroider in simplest' stitchcry Pattern 250 contains a transfer pattern of a picture 15 30 Inches illustrations of stitches color chart abd key materials required Said ten cents (plus one cent to cover cost of mailing) for this pattern to Kennebec Journal -Needle- ADDRESS Army to Show A Few Tricks Baltimore June WV-1 The nation to going to get a peek into the bag of tricks Ski troopers and cooks gunners and tanksmen will display their wares in Baltimore's 63000-capacity stadlixn Ftlday night opening a three month tour of major cities before it closes in New Orleans The War Department hopes the show will raise $2000000 fra army relief Getting a first look at the 1JOO-man combat unit will be Mrs Franklin Roosevelt Vice President Henry A Wallace cabinet officers envoys of the United Nations and top-ranking army and navy officials Theyll see specially-trained soldiers stage a sham battle white-dad ski soldiers scoot down a straw-lined slope from the rim of the concrete bowl and on the green turf where football warriors nave clashed watch tank-kilters against steel monsters Airplanes will streak the sky a a searchlight crew tries to trap them in a prison of light and antiaircraft gunners take pot shots A miniature forest will spring up and army officers are betting no spectator will root a camouxlagi soldiers until the men give away their positions by a burst of gunfire Two squads will throw up complete field kitchens In less than three minutes Every phase of army life from fighting to play will be represented There'll even be an And that's where operators of the show ran into trouble No one wanted to play the rote of a Jap Like true troupers however those chosen took their orders and the will be in the mock fight Even an old circus hand borrowed Aran the to transport the show around the country ss a bit wistfully: the got us beat What an opening act Nine flights of planes thundering across the sky Wait'll those tanks start rolling those soldiers start shooting I've seen the boys rehearse Why it's the biggest -thing you ever saw the greatest most stupendous most spectacular most eoiOBsal It over and see for look Has First Air Raid Alarm Victoria British Columbia June 0 Planes approaching the northerly Canadian Pacific port of Prince Rupert today caused a sudden danger the first in Canada but it was lifted when the aircraft were identified as friendly Schools and Industries closed down immediately when the siren began wailing at 2:05 (5:05 EWT) but there was no alarm among the population of the prat Just below toe Alaskan border The all-clear sounded two hours and five minutes after toe alert sounded Some school children took to the woods Stores remained open and there was a general unwillingness to go indoors ARP wardens stood to their posts with full equipment The western command of toe Royal Canadian Air Force said officially: planes reported from Prince Rupert were definitely not enemy Precautionary- blackouts had been In force in Prince Rupert since June 3 when Japanese planes raided the 8 Naval Base at Dutch Harbor Alaska but lights were permitted there test night Present indications were that the blackouts would be resumed to continue Indefinitely During the two hours and five minutes of supposed toe part was under rigid military control with police clearing the streets and a soldier guard posted 1st the headquarters ox the commandant Col Johnston to forbid entry to all Honolulu Jane 0 Current gag sweeping Honolulu: Bays toe Marine commander at Midway in a message to Admiral Chester Nimlts commanding the Pacific fleet: lose pants trying to save face" London June 9 MP) The Germans executed 41 more Czechs today the Prague radio announced making a total of 375 vengeance killings since the fetal wounding of Gestapo hangman RCinhard Hey-drich Washington June WV-The Navy announced today that a medium-sued Norwegian merchant vessel had been torpedoed in ttit Atlantic and survivors had beu landed at cast coast porta bombs blast Germany every night comes a new book from Inside the land of the Nads Oermany (Harpers: $375) Tha author Austrian refugee Paul Hagen believes that it although it will take time and mas A raids seem to bear him out In a revealing account of how war has come home to Germany Hagen gives us the inside story of the political crisis in NasUand following the Invasion of Russia member of the underground operating under nose he tells of the work iff that organization sheds new light on the revolt of the generals the growing conflict between Party and Army and the farm labor and economic troubles Germany the question It asks with an absorbing roundup of facts and incidents that foretell the certainty that Nazidom to doomed It vtdes a much-needed background for the coming crumbling of Oermany without Inspiring over-optimism and suggests how the democracies can most effectively bring to full bloom the seeds of disruption now sown Princeton June (A) Election of John Douglas 43 of Northampton Mass as chairman of Princeton undergraduate Council was announced tonight by retiring chairman Dewey Pt Bartlett of Marietta other officers-named are Herbert Jones Jr 43 or Charleston Va vice chairman and Poster Johnson of Brunswick Ms secretary mm Monterrey Mexico June 9 UP) Two 8 army filers were reported to have parachuted to safet toe small town of Sahinaa last night after their plane to San Antonio Tex- spun out of control because of a broken rudder The town mayor reported the incident by telephone but said he had not learned the names of the men nor their hopping off point 'Medford Mass- June Dean Hany Burden of the Tufts College Engineering School an' nounced today a special summer course to enable women to qualify for drafting or production work in war plants The course opening June 22 will be available to high school graduates Dean Burden said i Washington June' Rejecting an administration plea the House today refused of government-con ttlon plea to permit trolled graii It sale grain at slow parity It also reaccept Senate increases of approximately $100000000 in funds prices below fused to for agriculture agenda principally the Farm Security Administration 1 Buenos Aires June 9 The Argentine government haa protested to Oermany and Italy over the "reeston" committed in the tor-of the Argentine tanker torla in American waters it was announced officially' tonight i I Allied Headquarters' Australia Wednesday June (A) Thirteen Japanese fighter planes were shot down yesterday over Lae and Batemans In New Guinea General headquarters announced today BY WILLIAMS 4-0 shotguns this Add engineers unit of tbs scene of trouble in trucks which rough mountain terrain Obituaries and Funerals OUT OF HERE VOU DON'T AND STAY OUT HAFTA BOOT TH ATS PAPERS EM OUT-- THEY POP OUT AT YA EVERYTHING IN TH' HOUSE IS STUFFED AND STRING IN THOSE DRAWERS THAT TM SAVING UP AND YOU COME AND BOOT Funeral of Mrs Walter Sanborn AUGUSTA Private funeral services for Mrs Walter -Sanborn who died Sunday her home were held at 2 Tuesday afternoon at the Sanborn home 6 Middle Street Dr Andrew McWhorter pastor of toe South Parish Congregational Church officiated Interment was in the family lot In Porest Grove Cemetery Mrs Adelaide McDonald Word has been received of toe death of Mrs Adelaide McDonald widow of the late Terrance McDonald of Whltefleld Her death occurred at the home of her brother in Bay City Michigan Mrs McDonald left Whltefleld last Fall to visit with relatives She had been in poor health for some time Funeral of Mrs Emma Stewart Funeral services for Mrs Emma Stewart wife of Robert Stewart were held Sunday afternoon at the home on 8outo Pleasant Street Rev George Vote officiating The bearers were Ernest Robert and Daniel Stewart and George Gibbs Interment was made in toe family lot in toe Evergreen cemetery Mrs Stewart was a life long resident of Richmond where she was born June 37 1865 the daughter of Thomas and Caro Mernman She was a member of Amy Bradley Tent No 15 of of and Enterprise Grange and an honorary member of Enterprise Juvenile Grange Among those who attended the funeral services were three step sons Ernest Stewart of Skowhegan and daughter Mtos Evelyn Stewart of Melrose Mass Robert Stewart and ARTISTIC CEMETERY MEMORIALS James Murphy Phene 459 Haltewen Funeral ef 8- Leeman NEW Funeral services for Henry Leeman were held Thursday at the Methodist Church Rev Fred Staples officiated He was bom In Starks Feb 33 1865 but had spent most of his life in New Sharon Surviving relatives are a brother Eugene of New Hampshire and a sister Nora Stone of Readfield several nephews and nieces Interment was In the village cemetery Frank Rudolph Dore GARDINER Prank Rudolph Dore young son of Mr and Mrs eve- Hos- itai after an illness of a few weeks He was bom in Gardiner on February 14 1839 He to survived by hto parents his Eternal grandparents Mr and rs Charles Dore Sr of Gardiner and his maternal grandfather Edward Pulsifer of Pittston and several uncles and aunts Funeral services will be held Thursday -afternoon at Christ Church CARD OF THANKS SOUTH We wish to acknowledge our appreciation to relatives neighbors and friends for their many kindnesses and beautiful floral tributes during our recent bereavement MRS ALICE MAHAR MRS VICTOR ODLXN Daughters HERBERT PU8HARD HENRY FUSHARD Sons FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS Floral Pieces A Specialty TRIPLE Cm GREENHOUSE TeL Aagnsta 445 Gardiner 173 1 WHY MOTHERS GET GRAY ta on.