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Non-Fiction War Stories
Best Sellers In States
Fiction stories about the war
®re not hitting the best-seller
ists back home these upset days,
ut the non-fiction war-stories
®,re right in the front line as
ar as sales go.
According to the New York
imes best-seller lists, the num-
er one fiction product is, “A
Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” writ-
ten by Betty Smith. This is a
own to earth story of the No-
an family of Williamsburg.
Next come two books with a
strong religious trend, “The
Robe,” by Lloyd Douglas and
JThe Apostle” by Sholem Asch.
U*0 Little Time,” by John P.
Marquand, is fourth and “In Bed
Cry” by Ilka Chase, about
a girl who makes a big success
a cosmetic business, is fifth.
The non-fiction list is diffe-
fent. The tell-the-truth writers
have heard about the war and
*ave gone ahead full swing. In
first place is “Under Cover,”
°hn Roy Carlson’s blistering
expose of subversive activity in
America before the war. Carlson
aarnes names by the score. Just
behind Carlson’s smashing suc-
cess is “Good Night, Sweet Prin-
Ce>’ an excellent biography of
John Barrymore. The title line
*s taken from “Hamlet” and the
book is highly recommended.
Actor Gets Silver Star
Lt. Cmdr. Douglas Fairbanks
Jr-> popular film actor, has been
Presented the Silver Star by
Vice Adm. H. K. Hewitt for meri-
torious conduct in action at the
Salerno landing, Allied Head-
quarters has announced. Fair-
banks was one of 19 naval offi-
ccrs decorated by the U.S. com-
mander in northwest African
Waters.
Ernie Pyle’s “Here Is Your War”
is doing nicely in third place,
while number four is “Burma
Surgeon,” by Lt. Col. Gordon S.
Seagrave who is a top flight sur-
geon and knows what went on
in Burma because he was there.
The intellectuals run fifth with
George Santayana’s “Persons and
Places.”
Former Varga Girl
Marries For Dough
—Several Times
Pleading guilty to charges' of
marrying two sailors and an Ar-
my sergeant for the purpose of
scooping in their dependency al-
lotments, 39-year-old Mrs. Helen
Nixon Trimble of South Orange,
N.J., this week gave her story
to FBI agents.
Samuel K. McKee, New Jersey,
FBI chief, said that Mrs. Trimble,
former Broadway bit player and
Varga model, was first married
at the age of 15. In all, she has
had a total of five husbands —
the last three were acquired by
her in the past seven years.
Accordingto the FBI, she receiv-
ed her allotment checks at three
different New Jersey addresses,
and collected a total of $2,000
before she was finaly nabbed.
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How About It, Detroiters?
Five business men in Detroit,
Mich., claim that Woodward Ave.,
the city’s main street, still be-
longs to the Indians. They say
there is no record showing that
the thoroughfare was ever turn-
ed over to the city.
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Sgt. Alexander A. Zawalski (left) of Los Angeles, Calif., and
*c. Onny Uribe of Hamtramck, Mich., are plenty happy about
new day room at Keflavik. About 100 feet long, it is made
. most completely from salvage materials and consists of a
Piff Bar,” reading room and game room. Most of the carp-
*ntry work was done by Zawalski. The picture on the wall
®Picts the native states, shown linked together, of the men
this Air Corps unit. It was painted by Uribe, ex-commercial
artist.
Just to keep in tune with the times, we hereby name song-
stress Nora Martin (above) as “the girl we’d most like to walk
guard with in Akureyri.” Nora is 22, and sings on NBC’s “Time
To Smile” show.
Icelanders Present Gl
With ‘Appreciation’ Gift
In appreciation for his work
in installing a large, delicate X-
ray machine at Landspitalinn
Hospital, Icelandic officials of
that institution this week pre-
sented Cpl. Ernest Thayer of a
medical unit here a unique, hand-
made cigarette box. Constructed
of mahogany and of birch wood
grown in Iceland, the box is
a fine example of native crafts-
manship.
The presentation of this gift
to Cpl. Thayer was referred to
recently by Elmer Davis, OWI
chief, in one of his news broad-
casts from the States. Further
Good Conduct Pays
Keflavik GPs Well
“What to do dn a week-end
pass?”
That question is being answer-
ed for some 200 Air Force men
from Keflavik this week-end,
who are guests of Spe-
cial Service in Reykjavik. The
lucky soldiers were given the
passes for good conduct, and a
full program of entertainment
has been arranged for their en-
joyment.
The men were due to see “The
Drunkard” last night, will be
guests of the Air Force orchestra
for music and a movie this after-
noon and take in the boxing
show at the Andrews fieldhouse
this evening.
The “lucky 200” will return to
Keflavik tomorrow afternoon,
following a chicken dinner.
Cpl. Ernest Thayer
mention of it was in a local Ice-
landic paper.
From Hopkinton, Mass., Thay-
er was employed in pre-Army
days as a licensed electrician.
At present he is assigned to the
utility department of his organ-
ization.
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Hobo King Complains
Jeff Davis, “King of the Ho-
boes,” traveled from Chicago to
Buffalo, N.Y., recently and did
plenty of complaining. “It was
terrible,” he said. “Give me the
good old days when a hobo
could ride the rods in comfort.”
He claimed the coaches were
either too hot or too cold and
that there “weren’t enough
seats.”
What’s Doing
MAIN
SUNDAY
1400—Art Class -- 1530—Hill
Billy Music — Dance.
MONDAY
1430—Snack Bar — (PX Not
Open) — Movie — 2030—
Near East Talk.
TUESDAY
1930—Bingo — 2030—Dance.
WEDNESDAY
1930—Movie — 2000—Kansas
Night — 2100—Anna Jons-
son Chat.
THURSDAY
2030—Dance.
FRIDAY
1600—Movie — 2000—Scout
.Meeting.
SATURDAY
1930—Lt. Bjornson Iceland
Talk — 2030—Movie.
CLUB 21
MONDAY
1930—Piano Lessons — Mo-
vie — 2100—Lens & Shut-
ter Club.
TUESDAY
1900—Volley Ball.
WEDNESDAY
1930—Movie — Art Club —
2100—Bingo.
THURSDAY
1930—Fencing Class — 2000—
Dancing Class — 2030—
Dramatic Club.
FRIDAY
2030—Dance (Table reserva-
tions accepted ’til 1630,
March 31).
SATURDAY
1930—Movie — 2130—Song
Fest.
C L U B 2 3
MONDAY •
1300—Volley Ball Workouts
— 2000—Bridge Club —
Show Rehearsals.
TUESDAY
1300—Ping-Pong & Volley
Ball — 1900—Bowling Lea-
gue.
WEDNESDAY
1300—Basketball Workouts —
2000—Show Rehearsal —
1900—Basketball Tourney.
THURSDAY
1300—Ping-Pong — 1900-
Movie — 2130—Bingo.
FRIDAY
1300—Volley Ball Workouts.
— 2000—Sketch Club —
2100—Illinois Night.
SATURDAY
1300—Ping-Pong & Badmin-
ton — 1900—Movie —
1830—Bowling League.
Cause For Divorce
In a counter-maneuver against
his wife’s suit of divorce, George
H. Christian, business man of
Minneapolis, Minn., filed a divor-
ce suit of his own. He charged
that his wife, Dorothy, wore
stockings with runs in them
while she had 140 new pairs at
home — plus 200 hats, Sit ’ "d-
kerchiefs, 400 dresses, 52 beauty
kits, 79 blouses, and several hund-
red jars of face cream. Christian
said he rented a store and sold
for $1,000 the goods she had
hoarded.