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PAGE THREE
Thursday, June 22, 1944
THE CANTON HERALD
With Ernie Pyle at the Front
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
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IS AFTER TOO!
in February of 1943.
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tossing hair out
of his eyes. His
treated his bats with iodine, which
gave him the most sanitary clubs
in the leagues.
This is the hospital my friend
Lieut. Mary Ann Sullivan of Boston
As you know, he did get a Con-
gressional Medal of Honor, and now
he has not only one star but the
Dark Crepe Skirt Topped
With Pastel Cotton Jacket
A new fashion is born this spring
the skirt of an old silk dress may
be used for a pair of matching
I’ll bet you that within a year you'll
have a Congressional Medal for if
and be a brigadier general.”
| their sweat shirts on inside out, will
wear the shirt inside out until a
slump convinces them otherwise.
The same applies, in many cases,
when a player unconsciously puts
aged to do this in that modern wash
fabrics have been made so abso-
lutely dependable with just one "lat-
ing twosome of hat and dress worn
by Lisette Verea, who stars in "The
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Doolittle paid no attention,
the sergeant kept at him.
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these late years.
Nothing less than wonders have
PEAKING
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that night.
General Doolittle had to write the
letter to his parents.
gone back to America a couple of
months ag».
She well deserved to go, too. She
had been overseas nearly three
years.
with a white pique basque button-
up jacket. The style holds good with
jackets of pastel cotton gabardine or
of linen or any suitable wash mate-
i rial.
and lovely chintz a gloss that stays
lustrous through repeated launder-
ings.
The winsome frocks pictured are
Sox outfield of Speaker, Lewis and
Hooper, insisted that the same tape
stay on the bat handle for the dura
tion of the season.
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to appropriate a necktie Lefty wore
to the park on a day when he got
night out there in China, was still
General Doolittle's mechanic the
thing excitingly new has happened
in that an amazing everglaze finish
companiment that when worn gives
a street effect, and when removed
one is gowned for formal occasions.
and sew the new ticking with close ;
stitches. I
Drawer 10
Enclose 15 cents tor Book No. 1
"You have balled up the biggest ‘
chance anybody could ever have. I
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A HANDSOME pair of cushions
h- to brighten up your living
room may be made from things on
hand or from remnants of silk.
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Soothe, relieve heat rash,
and help prevent it with
Mexsana, the soothing,
medicated powder. Sprin-
kle this cooling, comfort-
ing, astringent powder
well over heat irritated
skin. Coste little. Big sav-
ings in larger sizes. All the
family will like Mexsana,
Ol\\
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recognize me? I’ve got a package
for you from Mom.”
The general exploded: “Well why
in hell didn’t you say so in the first
place!”
It was Capt. Jimmy Doolittle Jr.,
a B-26 pilot in the Ninth air force.
The general hasn’t got around yet
to seeing the other Captain Doo-
little. It’ll probably turn out to be
his brother or something.
forward to seeing you.”
He was just ready to hang up M
when the voice came back plaintive- 2
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out. Others landed in Russia. The est improvement
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the co-pilot had been killed in a Ger-
man bombing at the Youks field.
His crew had manned their plane’s
guns until it got too hot, and then
made a run for an old bomb crater
Vogue for Checks
chic, handsome washables that are
' being made up as stylelul as if they
Get her with FLIT ... before she haa a chance
to spread chilling-burning miseries from a sick
man to you. Spray FLIT in dark corners and __
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white earrings is already known and
this summer you can match them
up with flattering necklaces and
bracelets and pins and lapel clips.;
It is going to be a big season for
white all the way through, in mat-
ter of gloves, shoes and accesso-
ries.
In roaming around the country
the other day I ran into Lieut. Col.
William Profitt Sr., whom I used to
see occasionally in Africa and Sicily.
His old outfit was the first hospital
unit ashore in the African invasion,
landing at dawn on D-Day. They are
so proud of that record that they'll
tear your eyes out at the slightest
intimation that you’re confusing
them with the second unit to land.
made of sateen. A soft fold of a
contrasting silk around the edge |
makes a smart finish. The sketch
shows how such a fold is cut and
applied.
Eighteen inches square is a good
size for the cushions and, if you
have an assortment of cushions of
different sizes, it is easy to trans-
fer the filling into ticks of the size
you want. Stitch and turn, leaving
a four-inch opening in one side.
Rip a smaller opening in the old
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Doolittle Meets Doolittle;
Son Drops In on Father
Tokyo Bombing Hero Has Still Another
Namesake to Greet in Same Sth Air Force
over the smaller one and then
BE SURE ITS FLIT!
AsK FOR TNf YtllOW CONTAINER WTH THE BLACK SAND’
It’s made by ROYAL so it
must be good! And we want
you to see how gool it is.
That's why we make this
amazing offer. Quick—goto
your grocer now. Get this
new baking pow der with the
famous old name. See what
marvelous results it gives.
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Harry Hooper of the famed Red
j signers are especially intrigued with
the idea of making up smart en-
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and fine batistes or any smart
"what-have-you” washable weaves,
to your swankiest dance parties and
gala events. Furthermore, suits tai-
lored of fresh gingham, of gab-
ardine, percale, crinkly seersucker
or rayon-and-cotton shantung weave,
likewise dresses made of the same,
are the smartest about-town cos-
after another
I dropped in to say hello I discov- I „ ,, ,
ered that Lieutenant Sullivan had the slim black skirt that is topped
NOTE: This illustration is from BOOK
2 of the Mend and-Save-for-Victory book-
lets. Book 2 contains directions for all
types of darning, patching and fabric re-
pairing with large diagrams. Many useful
hints for using old materials are illustrat-
ed. Price 15 cents. Address:
CHIGGER
Japanese territory. Others ran out
of gas. Some of the crews bailed
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on grand I SSA.S.PHOSPHATE
ROYAL BAKING POWDER
You have sure made a mess of this
affair. You’ve lost most of your j
planes. The whole thing was a mis-1
erable failure. You'll spend the rest
of your life in Leavenworth for this,
and be lucky to get out of it that ।
easy.”
As he sat there this sergeant-me- j
chanic came up and said:
"Don’t feel so bad about it, Colo-!
rics. Never a season like this for
the button pops off his collar.
Record for Skimmers
If you’re interested in more meas-
urements, Carrig can tell you that I
the late Jack Hendricks, once man-
ager of the Cincinnati Reds, wore a
size 8 skimmer, the largest cap ever
worn by a major leaguer. The small
cap department is headed by Lou
Boudreau, Indians manager; Mud-
dy Ruel, White Sox coach; and Ival
Goodman, Cubs gardener, all of
whom wear a 63 bonnet.
Myril Hoag, now with the White
Sox, has amazingly small feet,
wearing a size 4%2 shoe of “D" width.
Dom Dellasandro of the Cubs also
pulls on a shoe, but he requires
a triple "E” width for his almost
round feet. Skeeter Webb and Mud-
dy Ruel of the White Sox wear the
smallest uniforms, size 40 shirts and
size 34 pants. Carrig recalls that
Pitcher Walter Brown, best remem-
bered as a Yankee, wore a 54 shirt,
while Gob Buckeye, one-time Cleve-;
land hurler, hitched up a pair of size
46 pants.
The best dressed player of all
time, in Carrig’s opinion, was
Hazen "Kiki” Cuy i
other claim is
that he used to
be six feet tall
but has worried
himself down to
his present small
height in the past
five months.
Jimmy Doolit-
tle has more gifts
j guarantee-label makes are non-
shrinking, non-creasing and non-fad-
life. There wasn’t any humor in
the world for him that night. He sat
with his head down and thought to
himself:
tumes of the season. You'll love
the new color-fast all-black weaves
so voguish this summer. Black lin-
ens are ever so good-looking, also
sheer-chiffon types, and the greatest
hit of them all is the black eyeleted
sheers and piques.
In view of the fact that so many
grand and glorious washables are
so easily available, also that they
tune to every occasion, it's no won-
der that fashion-alert women have
taken to planning with utmost en-
thusiasm their entire wardrobes this
summer in terms of stunning wash-
ables. They are especially encour-
New Everglaze Finish Keeps
Wash Fabrics Crisp and Fresh
charming indeed in themselves, but |
the best part of their story is that
you can buy them with perfect con-
fidence, knowing that the fabric that
makes them has the new everglaze
finish, which not only resists soil
but is dependably washable, keeping
as fresh looking and crisp as a daf-
fodil from morn 'til night.
The dress to the left is smartly
styled and will be good for the en-
tire summer because its pretty fabric
will go valiantly through careful
washings, retaining its original lus-
ter and colorfulness. In the center
is a junior dress so lightsome and
gay in spirit it makes every day a
vacation because it keeps radiantly
fresh and crisp regardless of many
tubbings. The woven plaid dress
to the right also has the washable
everglaze finish which makes it de-
pendably wearable.
It pays to keep up with the news
on cottons for there are so many
surprises, such as for instance a
series of dark background sheers
beautifully printed in gay florals.
These make up stunningly into
dressy afternoon gowns.
An interesting news item about
simplest seersucker and percale
dresses is that we used to think
they should be made up without
furbelows for utilitarian wear but
this year just take a look at them
showing off in a great way with
cunning ruffles and soft bows tied
here and there, and some most love-
ly lace-trimmed percales in summer
dress collections.
Bell Syndicate.—WNU Features.
Above all he loves to tell stories
on himself. Here is an example:
He was at a Flying Fortress base
one afternoon when the planes were
coming back in. Many of them had
been pretty badly shot up and had
v wounded men aboard.
The general walked up to one
plane from which the crew had just
got out. The upper part of the tail
gun turret was shot away. General
Doolittle said to the tail-gunner:
"Were you in there when it hap-
pened?”
The gunner, a little peevishly, re-
plied:
"Yes sir.”
As the general walked away the
annoyed gunner turned to a fellow
crewman and said in a loud voice:
"Where in the hell did he think I
was, out buying a ham sandwich?”
A frightened junior officer, fear-
ing the general might have over-
heard, said:
"My God, man, don’t you know
who that was?”
"Sure I know," the tail-gunner
snapped, "and I don't give a damn.
That was a stupid question."
With which Jimmy Doolittle, the
least stupid of people, fully agrees
when he tells the story.
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son and this is the handsome corded
handbag. The corded theme is add-
ing new laurels to its fame, in that
stunning ensembles of hat, bag and
shoes are now to be had all worked
out in high fashion. The corded
hats are either neat berets or calots.
The shoes are beautifully designed
pumps all of the corded scheme. If
you happened to have a corded bag
of your own why not add corded
pumps and a chic little corded cha.
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Cub outfielder, whe
now manages At-
lanta in the South-
ern association.
During his playing
days, Cuyler, whose
cap had to be just
at the right angle,
invented the pants
roll which made for
an ultra stream-
lined appearance
and which of late has given way to
the less trim plus-4 effect now
sported by most players.
Pct Superstitions
Carrig reports, too, that there are
many player superstitions concern-
ing uniforms. Billy Jurges of the
Giants will wear any number but
seven. Claude Passeau of the Cubs
Insists on number 13.
Many players, if they have a good
day after inadvertently putting
W hite jewelry for Summer
White jewelry is making the big
hit for summer. The flattery of
than any one man has a right to be
blessed with. He has been one of
America’s greatest pilots for more
than 25 years. He is bold and com-
pletely fearless. Along with that
he has a great technical mind and a
highly perfected education in engi-
neering.
In addition to his professional skill
he is one of the most engaging hu-
mans you ever ran across. His
voice is clear and keen, he talks
with animation, and his tone car-
ries a sense of quick and right de-
cision.
He is one of the greatest of story-
tellers. He is the only man I’ve
ever knwn who can tell stories all
evening long and never tell one
you’ve heard before. He can tell
them in any dialect, from Swedish
to Chinese.
50 yards away. it was one of those
heartbreaking freaks of hard luck.
A bomb hit the crater just as they
reached it, and blew them all to
pieces.
General Doolittle has written hun-
dreds, perhaps thousands, of letters
to people who have lost sons or hus-
bands in his air forces. But one of
the men in that crew was the hard-
est subject he has ever had to write
home about. Here is the reason—
When he led the famous raid on
Tokyo, Doolittle had a mechanic who
had been with him a long time.
Doolittle was a colonel then. The
mechanic went on the Tokyo raid
with him.
You remember-the details of that
raid, which have gradually seeped
out. The planes were badly scat-
tered. Some were shot down over
Glad you called, Captain. I'll look
Jimmy tells these stories wonder-
fully, with more zest and humor
than I can put into them second-
handed. As he says, the heart-
breaks and tragedies of war some-
times push all your gaiety down
into the depths. But if a man can
keep a sense of the ridiculous about
himself he is all right. Jimmy Doo-
little can.
By Ernie Pyle
(Editor’s Note: Due to transmission delays, brought on by the volume of inva-
sion dispatches, Ernie Pyle’s first reports on that historic event have not yet reached
this country. The following dispatch was written before the invasion started.)
LONDON.—(by wireless)—Here I’ve been gallivantin’ around with
lieutenant generals again. If this keeps up I’m going to lose my amateur
standing. This time it is Jimmy Doolittle, who is still the same magnifi-
cent guy with three stars on his shoulder that he used to be with a
captain’s bars.
General Doolittle runs the American Eighth air force. It is a grim
and stupendous job, but he manages to keep the famous Doolittle sense
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Fashion is certainly living a
checkered career these days. De-
quito you see. It's a quick and easy way to
wipe out all mosquitoes. Buy FLIT ... today I
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African bomber force that was plas-
tering the Tunisian ports.
General Doolittle flew in one aft-
ernoon from the far forward air- were highbrow silks or wools,
drome of Youks les Bains. The night The big idea these daysis to wear
before his entire crew except for ginghams, swisses and the now-so-
1 popuar glazed chintzes styled to a
nicety, also organdies, piques, nets,
which requirements
make him just
about the biggest
all-around man on
the diamond. Bobo
Newsom, who has
1 settled down with
Connie Mack, also
on a sock inside out or rolls his
pants in another manner. Carrig re-
called that Lefty O’Doul would fight
a roommate if the latter happened
Capes Short and Long
On Fashion Program
Watch for the new capes. They
are making their way to the front
in the fashion realm. Some of the
latest three-piece tailored ensembles
done in smart tweeds and other
wools are composed of skirt, jacket,
and a cape of varying length, the
smartest being about three-quarter
depth. The cape ensembles are new-
er looking than the topper variety. .
These capes make ideal summer
wraps in that they can be thrown
over the shoulders so easily. Cape
served with. She finally wound up
as chief nurse of the unit But when and it 8 carrying on in a big way
over the rice paddies of China.
That night Doolittle was lower been performed in regard to proc-
than he had ever been before in his
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Big,” generally speaking, when it
I comes to wearing baseball equip-
ment, but Mike Naymick of Cleve-
land and Johnny Gee of the Pirates
put in "large orders” when prepar-
ing to dress for baseball activity.
Derringer, for example, wears a
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Doolittle, as you know, is rather
short and getting almost bald. Since
arriving in England from Italy he
has diabolically started a couple of
false rumors circulating about him-
self.
One is that his nickname used to
be "Curly," and he occasionally
throws his head
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dresses are also a new fashion
theme. Smartly gowned women are
choosing black crepe frocks either
short or long that have a low-cut
neckline and little or no sleeves.
These have a graceful cape ac-
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Sox dons a 7% cap, A t J f
but Paul’s head is ", $a.z /
bigger than Bobo’s,
and his chest meas- Paul Derringer
urement tops Lee's.
Naymick takes big honors in the
shoe department, his dogs demand
ing a set of 15% brogans, while
Johnny Gee, who towers 6 feet 9
inches above the pitcher’s mound
, wears the longest uniform in the
majors. Although his chest measure-
ment is only 46, Johnny’s shirttail
is 12 inches longer than standard
and his pants are 9 inches longer
than the average player’s require-
ments.
These facts, and others of a simi-
lar nature, are revealed by Jimmy
Carrig, the "Goldsmith” man, who
has been measuring major leaguers
for the last 20 years and who can
just about tell you how many times
a given player can sneeze before
night they landed at Youks lea Bains Merry Widow" this season.Herpert
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ries a distinctive style message in
' that there is a smattering of se-
quins embroidered on the chest
pocket. Note the face-framing ar-
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Doolittle was some 16 months ago, “
way down at the desert airdrome HIS summer the big excitement
of Biskra on the edge of the Sahara. in the world of fashion is the
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Doolittle just snorted.
"Well, I’ll bet you so,” the ser-
geant said. "And I’d like to ask
one thing. As long as you’re flying
I'd like to be your mechanic.”
That finally got inside Doolittle’s
gloom. Somebody had confidence in
him. He began to buck up. So he
said:
"Son, as long as I’ve got an air-
plane you’re its mechanic, even if
we live to be a thousand years old.”
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the leagues wielding a 50-ounce
stick, but worked down to a 38 be-
fore he retired. The Babe, however,
swung a bat weighing around 43
ounces when he was setting slugging
With many print' costumes a cape
takes the place of a bolero.
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Matching Hat, Bag. Shoes
A in • c i i mi ers was Chief Meyers, once catcher
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chose a lighter club to meet the ,
improvement in change • of - pact
pitching.
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Bat superstitions are also rife in
the majors. Babe Herman, former
Brooklyn slugger, used to have one
bat to hit to right field, another for
blows down the middle and a third
for hits to left. The Babe also
Ppea,
Lieut. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, head
of the Eighth air force over here,
noticed one day in the roster of offi-
cers at his staff headquarters the
name of a Captain Doolittle.
The name is not a very ordinary
one, and he made a mental note
that some day he would look the fel-
low up for a little chat. One day
not long after that his phone rang
and the voice at the other end said,
“This is Captain Doolittle.”
"Oh yes,” said the general. “I
had noticed your name and I meant
to call you up sometime."
"I’d like to come in and see you,"
said the voice at the other end.
"Why yes, do that," the general
said. "I'm pretty busy these days,
but I’ll switch you to my aide and
he’ll make an appointment for you.
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