The White Falcon - 16.12.1944, Blaðsíða 5

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Nurse Says Iceland Fjords
Provide Inspiration For Hobby
Lt. Josephine Austin would
laugh heartily if you called
her a painter, but more than
one person at an Army
Base Hospital here where she
is a nurse, can vouch to ‘the
fact that not only is she a
painter—but a mighty good
one.
Lt. Austin will first tell
3rou that she has never paint-
ed a stroke in her life until
she came to Iceland, last Jan-
uary. “I don’t know why I
never tried before,” she said,
“but one day last spring I
just felt the urge so I
went down to Reykjavik,
bought some water-colors,
brushes and paper—came
back, looked across the fjord
and started painting.”
No conformist to the sur-
realist or cubist school, she
paints natural, “pretty”
pictures, as she calls them.
From water-colors she pro-
gressed to oils, which she
handles with a deft stroke.
Colored crayon sketches she
finds a bit more difficult and
does not attempt too many
of them. “Don’t ask me how
I blend my paints, what
technique I use in applying
them or anything about vari-
ous lights, for I just mix
them and daub it on as it
strikes my fancy.” That the
“fancy” is a fine one is att-
ested to by friends at the
hospital and at home who
now keep her busy in her
spare time trying to catch up
on their requests for pict-
ures.
Since that spring day when
she diocovered her talent,
she has painted some 15
water-colors, five oils and a
few crayon sketches. She
Lt. Josephine Austin exhi-
bits a few of her paintings to
a Signal Corps photographer.
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now believes that she will
take up art as a serious
hobby, in addition to sing-
ing, and study painting as a
“side line” upon her return
to civilian life.
An Army nurse since Octo-
ber, 1943, Lt. Austin is a na-
tive of Weymouth, Mass.
Causes Of CDDs
To Be Kept Secret
Soldiers who are discharg-
ed with CDDs will be able
to keep their physical afflic-
tions a secret from now on,
the War Dept, has decided.
Under a new WD ruling, dis-
charge certificates for men
and women leaving the ser-
vices will no longer mention
their physical conditions.
LAIRD CREGAR,
‘LODGER’ STAR,
DIES IN HOLLYWOOD
Laird Cregar, remember-
ed by IBC movie fans for his
role in the movie THE LOD-
GER, died this week in
Hollywood at the age of 28.
Cregar suffered a heart
attack following an abdom-
inal operation which was
undertaken after he had
dieted away 100 of his 300
pounds.
Sgt. Gunner Brolin of Man-
istique, Mich., displays his six
(yes, six) overseas stripes. A
Medic, he has been stationed
in Iceland for 39 months. He
claims the distinction of
being one of the oldest men,
in length of service, on the
island.
Above, servicemen and Red Cross girls at Club 14 speak
their lines for a special holiday radio transcription which
is now on its way to the U.S. and will be broadcast over
station WMCA, New York, on Christmas day. Background
music for the recording is being furnished by an instru-
mental ensemble from the Army Band.
The “Three Pals” pictured here are kept quite busy
these nights playing for Holiday dances at various ARC
and EM clubs. Cpl. Dale Stevens on the guitar; CpI. Paul
C. Zylko on the accordian; and Pfc. Matthew “Basey”
Bastardo on the bass form the hot trio.
OWI REPORT DISCLAIMS
NOTION THAT JAPANESE
CAPITAL IS TINDERBOX
. An OWI report from
Washington, issued after the
recent B-29 raids on Japan,
states that “the rather gener-
al impression that Tokyo is
a tinderbox city, which could
be destroyed by incendiary
bombs, is one of the most
inaccurate of popular fal-
lacies.
“Metropolitan Tokyo,” says
the report, “which includes
the cities of Kawasaki, Yoko-
hama and the naval base
community of Yokosuka, has
been prepared for years
against earthquakes and fir-
es. The significance of this
is that buildings designed to
withstand earthquake shock
are also well adapted to
withstand bomb shocks.”
Jap Aliens In U.S.
May Now Volunteer
For Armed Forces
Japanese aliens now living
in the U.S. may volunteer for
service in the American
Army. In a recent memoran-
dum sent to all draft boards,
Selective Service headquart-
ers points out that the War
Dept, will pass on every ap-
plicant to determine the
volunteers’ loyalty to the
government.
‘The Doughgirls’ Is Sun.
Feature At Fieldhouse
THE DOUGHGIRLS is the
feature movie at the Andr-
ews Fieldhouse tomorrow
night at 2000 hours. Ann
Sheridan, Alexis Smith and
Jane Wyman are featured
in this Warner Brothers
film.