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Stories of Brooklyn Men and Women in U. S. War Service i XT' Your Wartime Problems Shrapnel, Praises the Red Cross 1.x DRAFT BOARD WILL PLAY MORE KINDLY ROLE IN POST-WAR TIMES Prom now on our local draft especially In the nationwide plan has been outlined by President the wound was in the leg and added that he was back in a North African base hospital. His most recent letter came two weeks ago and he said that he was still in the hospital but was getting better. Levine has been in North Africa for ten months and before that had been stationed at Camp Pickett, Va.

He was inducted two years ago. The 24-year-old infantryman attended the New York School of Printing Industrial High School and worked as a printer befor entering the army. Appeals to Red Cross For News of Her Son Because no mail has been received from Pvt. Vincent P. Cantasano, 21, 1246 Tabor Court, since he was wounded July 18, his mother has appealed to the Red Cross.

I'm Adjustment of Civil and Military Personnel. To those hardworking draft board members, who have served so I lone without pay this new task will seem an appalling one. Maybe tome of them will "get out from under" but we predict only a small percentage of them will avoid this opportunity for real public service. It is certainly going to be a more pleasant task to help a fellow get back into civil life than it was to break him away from all home ties I and send him to war. Few people are more conscious than your columnist.

But likewise, to see how sincerely these draft board members have worked in carrying out their onerous duties. The history of the local draft boards is one of the unsung sagas of this world and we doubt whether they will ever get course at Boys Trade School on Flatbush Ave. Ext. before he went into the army. Seek Further News Of Wounded Brother Looking for Pvt.

Stanley T. Par-chinrky, 23. is brother Joseph, 25. Stanley, called Teddy by his family, was wounded during Sicily action July 21, a month after he got to North Africa. His brother landed there with initial invasion forces last November.

Private Parchinsky, whose address Is given as 3217 37th Astoria, wrote only once after he was wounded saying that he was all right, but his two brothers and four sisters have not heard from him since. They have contacted the War Department for further news. Teddy's main interest before the army was dancing, his sister said. He loved to Jitterbug and won a couple of contests. He worked at an automat before being Inducted a year ago, Misses His Favorite Home Cooked Spaghetti A years to the day after Sgt.

James J. Finore, 22, went into the army his family received word that he had been wounded. His letter from the hospital rea.ssured them. "I sure miss Aunt Jo's spaghetti and meat balls," he wrote. A guard at LaGuardia Airport, Finore went into the army July 23, 1942.

He took up chemical warfare at camp Gorden, his aunt said, and went overseas with a chemical battalion in March. The young sergeant averages two full credit for their untiring work at their mistakes can be assigned to Which afflicted them as conditions changed. Since the inauguration of this column we have always urged registrants to be diplomatic with their local boards. There was a long range idea behind this advice and it is now more necessary than before. If you are still on their waiting list, don't push and shove 1 them for deferments, except for Just cause.

They may not be able to grant it and in the not-too-distant future they may have some favors to pass out to those they induct. ASIDES TO READERS To EILEEN. Better not plan the wedding for his first day home. nwffitf. itdt i He may dislike the idea.

To H. E. B. Your farm in Italy will revert to you, but it is hardly time to make application for It. To T.

E. B. Better DAN'S IN THE MARINES Now conducting cartooning classes for the leathernecks, 1st Lt. Norman Marsh, creator of Dan Dunn, shows Pfc. Gordon E.

McKenney of Minneapolis how a single stroke creates the strong jaw of a hero. urge him to have that operation consent to it. If you have a problem write to Richard Hart, rare of this newspaper A stamped, addressed envelope will bring a personal reply. THESE WOMEN! ATTENTION, PLEASE! Sorry, but no photos used in the Home Front or Fighting Men columns can be returned. However, news and pictures of local men and women in service or active in Civilian Defense on the home front win be welcomed by the Brooklyn Eagle.

Such news should be addressed to either Fighting Men Editor or Home Front Editor, Brooklyn Eagle, Johnson and Adams Included in the wounded list made pubic today by the War Department are the names of 15 Brooklyn and Queens soldiers. They are Pvt. Vincent P. Can-tasano of 1246 Tabor court, Sgt. Frederick Erben of 770 Bedford Sgt.

James J. Finore of 218 Stuyvesant Pfc. Charles French of 299 New Lots Pfc. Edwin M. Johnsen of 441 218th Pfc.

William F. Kowalskl of 312 St. James Place, Staff Sgt. Joseph F. Kroleski of Southold, Pfc.

Herbert J. Lauria of 4015 50th Long Island City; Pvt. Murray Levine of 647 Howard 2d Lt. Samuel Miller of 1115 Union Pvt. Stanley T.

Parchlnsky of 3217 37th Astoria; 2d Lt. Joseph P. Trupia of 1650 82d Pvt. Joseph P. Uihlein of 3222 48th Astoria; Pvt.

Joseph Blumstein of 120 Kingsboro 1st Walk and Pfc. Peter Stefanowicz of 7815 88th Elmhurst, Wants to Walk Berlin Streets With a Gun "As much as I know that you want me home I prefer to stay here until I walk the streets of Berlin and play 'the Star-Spangled Bannr-r' on my tommy gun" was 2d Lt. Samuel Miner's latest message to his family. The bookish, quiet lad Joseph Miller remembers as his son has been galvanized into an aggressive fighter since his father last saw him. Probably the shrapnel wound he received in the Sicilian campaign had something to do with the metamorphosis.

Thoroughly recovered now, according to a letter dated July 21, Sam is glad to be back in the' fight. He added that the American people should be urged to support the American Red Cross wholeheartedly, since "It is doing a great job on the front in lifting the soldiers' morale and in caring for the sick and wounded." Lieutenant Miller, 23, of 1115 Union St. played football during his years at Alexander Hamilton High School. He attended City College and New York University and then enlisted in the army Sept. 3, 1941.

He went to officers' candidate school in Maryland and later was assigned to the chemical warfare division. His brother, Corp. Nathaniel B. Miller, 20, is in a ferrying squadron of the army air force. He Longs for Good Old American Beer "Good old American beer" is what Sgt.

Frederick Erbin of 770 Bedford Ave. longs for as he convalesces from a bullet wound in the shoulder. "It's something we don't get over here," he said in his letter of Aug. 9. "It seems the army can't get along without our division," another letter disclosed.

"We've been in every major battle since November. Sgt. Frederick Erbin The boys don't talk much about it, we just want to get it over with and come home." Sergeant Erbin, who Is 20, enlisted when he was 17. Prior to the big North African invasion he trained in England and has been away from home one year and 32 days. Erbin was taking a machinist 1 The Fighting Dillens of 747 42d St.

are serving Uncle Sam In different parts of the globe. Coxswain James A. has been overseas since January, 1942. His brother, Pfc. Charles Edward, is now stationed in New Guinea and Thomas Francis, "baby" of the family, is with the marines at Parris Island.

Pvt. John Bonfandio of 218 Hawthorne who was reported missing in North Africa, has rejoined his company safely in Sicily. After serving as seaman guard at Sampson, N. for 10 months, Patrick J. Rogers of 8309 5th Ave.

has been transferred to Long Beach, L. I. His brother, John Francis, is an apprentice seaman at the Great Lakes Training station, 111., and expects a furlough Oct. 12. Jack Casey of 8012 5th Ave.

got a furlough in time to help his parents celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Miriam E. Davis, a Wave, of 7001 Ridge Boulevard, has been promoted to pharmacist's mate 2d class at Norfolk Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. Recently home on a ten-day furlough, Julius Daigenin of 7824 15th Ave. was promoted to sergeant at Camp Grant, 111.

Slated for engineering instruction as soon as he completes his basic, training at Fort Benning, is Pvt. Daniel Blum or 1780 Nostrand Avenue. Pvt. Richard J. O'Brien of 773 Putnam Ave.

is home on a ten-day furlough from Fort Jackson, S. C. Now a member of the women's naval reserve as an apprentice seaman is Helen Mary Smith of 397 Woodbine St. A graduate of Grover Cleveland High School, Helen was a clerical worker in a phonograph record wholesale house before enlisting. Pvt.

Sam Mandel of 400 Christopher Ave. is another Brooklynite, now at Fort Benning, who will be sent to college for engineering instruction as soon as he completes his basic training. Attending machinist's school at the naval base in Dearborn, is Fireman 3d Class George Hawkins of 711 Macon St. Promoted to private first class at Savannah, is Benjamin Horn of 474 E. 98th St.

Second Class Seaman Isabelle C. Vercy of 244 88th St. is serving with the Waves at Lakehurst, N. J. Her brother, Pfc.

Harry E. Vercy is stationed with the marines at New River, N. C. Now in England where he is stationed in a naval post office is Rubin Sherman of 1089 Sutter Ave. Pvt.

Charles Kortlang of 152 Menahan St. has returned to Fort Jackson, S. after his recent fur lough. Second Lt. Erwin F.

Schoe-newaldt of 1374 E. 14th St. was WAR ENCYCLOPEDIA -GROUND CREWS GROUND CREWS WITH A PORTABLE POWER UNIT, CAN ILLUMINATE A LANDING AREA. 400 FT. BY 3,200 FT.

THESE LIGHTS CAN BE SEEN ONLV FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE LANDING FIELD By RICHARD HART boards will assume new functions, for "orderly demobilization," which Roosevelt's conference on Post-War of mistakes made by draft boards few people have had the opportunity a very disagreeable task. Most of the bewildering array of regulations while he is still In service. He must By d'Alessio a war on, doesn't it, Sam?" For Service Men The New Tork CHv Defense Keoreation Com miller. Par Manhattan, offers a partial list of free amusement available today. Afternoon ticket fiom II a.m.; eveninr tickets, 4, 5:30 and 1:30 p.m.

The Brooklyn Defense Recreation Committee. Concord mnd Navr and the T. V. 8. O.

Information Center and Lounr 101 Joralemon also distribute free tickets to Brooklyn motion picture theaters and various other amusements en special occasions, 8TAGE PLAYS Tickets available for matinee and evening performances of many Broadway plays through the courtesy of the League of New York Theaters, MOTION PICTURES "Let's Pace It." Pox. "Mr. Lucky," Albee. ''First Comes Paramount. "Best Foot Forward," Metropolitan.

'The Youngest Profession," St. George Playhouse. PARTIES AND MISCELLANEOUS Arcadia Ballroom, dance. 7:30 p.m. Apply 99 Park Ave.

for passes. Broadway Congregational Church, dance refreshment. 7:30 p.m. Apply 99 Park Ave. for passes.

National Catholic Community Service, 9249 Shore Road; open house 1 E. 65th St. Club, dancing class. 8 p.m. Columbus Circle Rollerskating Rink, 8 to 11:30 p.m.

Rockefeller Center Observation Roofs, 10 a.m. to midnight. The Brooklyn Defense Recreation Committee suKR-ests that who have tickets for any kind of entertainment that they eannot attend, send them to the committee at the Navy St. Canteen, Navy and Concord Sts. The committee will see that they a-et Into the hands of service men en leave.

don't do it upon a patent. shrimp's little cousin. they're thicker than soup. 1 "Sure makes you realize there's Pvt. Vincent P.

Cantasano having a good time, but am kind of busy," he wrote last June. He has not written since. Prior to entering the army in November, 1942, Cantasano spent leisure hours playing baseball In Prospect Park. He went overseas with the infantry five months ago. One of his three brothers, Dominick, is stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo.

Sent Home Shrapnel That Wounded Him On Aug. 5 a letter and a box came to Mrs. Mary T. Lauria of 4015 50th Long Island City. They brought her the information that her husband, Pfc.

Herbert J. Lauria, had been wounded in action. He had been wounded in the leg by shrapnel and something was wrong with his shoulder, he said. The box contained the Purple Heart awarded him for his wounds and a piece of the shrapnel that had hit him. Some time later, on Aug.

29, she was notified by the War Department that he had been wounded in Sicily on July 16. Since the first letters and telegrams Mrs. Lauria has received the news that he was released from the hospital on Aug. 21. Both his lettter and a Government letter told her he has been placed In limited service.

He is in Constantlne in North Africa and wrote that on a recent afternoon he strolled over to the place where Caesar swam as a boy. "I've seen many odd and beautiful things," he wrote, "things I'll tell you about when I see you." Private Lauria has been In North Africa since Feb. 21, but his wife was never told he was In actual combat. He was inducted a year ago on June 5 and trained at Fort Meade, Md. He was born In Baltimore 23 years ago and has lived here since he was 10.

He attended George Washington High School and worked in Radio City before he entered the army. Beat War Department On News of Wound The family of Pvt. Joseph Blumstein first received notice that he was wounded from Joe himself in a letter from a hospital in the Southwest Pacific, where he is convalescing. Three weeks later the War Department sent formal notification to Mr. and Mrs.

Bernard Blumstein of 120 Kingsboro, First Walk, in Flatbush. Private Blumstein. who Is 24, was cheerful in his letter home. "I am being treated fine," he said. For Boys and Girls Two Ounces ounces apiece, and compare In size with plums.

One kind of gooseberry has at much as 8 percent of sugar in, it. In general, however, these berries have a sharp taste. People seldom eat them until they are cooked. Gooseberry jam is prepared by some housewives. Gooseberry pies and gooseberry tarts also are eaten.

The sharp taste is overcome, in part, when sugar is added. Another use for gooseberries is in the making of vinegar. Gooseberries come not only In different sizes but also in differ-ent colors. Many are green when ripe, but others take on a purple, red or amber color. Red goose-berries are the sweetest, (For nature or general Interest section of your scrapbook.) Tomorrow Mother Goose.

If you wish a copy of the leaflet "Flying Machine Pioneers." Just send a stamped envelope bearing a three-rent stamp to I'ncle Ray in care of this newspaper. IN SERVICE Corp. N. Rod-riquez, formerly employed in the Eagle's composing room, is now a member of the signal corps. graduated from the meteorology courses at New York University with the second highest rating in the class of 340 students.

Edward P. Molitor of 472 10th St. is stationed at Camp Sampson, N. Y. Pvt.

William Lambuth of 890 Hancock St. has returned to Eagle Pass, Texas, after a recent furlough at home. First graduate of Brooklyn College to enter the women's marine corps is Margaret M. Walters, 20, of 361 Avenue L. She is stationed at Le Jeune, N.

C. LET'S HAVE THOSE CARDS! Anybody who provides a deck of cards when that's all that's standing between bunch of soldiers and a rip-snorting game of Old Maid is a sweetheart. So get behind the Forty and Eighters of seas. Why not run a card party for the drive? All proceeds to the cause. Make contributions payable to Voiture 17, 40 8, American Le gion, 160 Pierrepont St.

Fogorty By Paul I Sgt. James J. Finore to four letters a week to his father and three aunts, who live at 218 Stuyvesant Ave. A sports enthusiast, his baseball friends of the Eleven Club gave him a rousing sendoff when he entered Uncle Sam's army. Observed Early Roman Civilization As the Allies smashed through to victory in Sicily Pfc.

Charles French took time to observe remnants of early Roman civilization. He commented on the interesting ancient ruins in a letter written before he was hit by shrapnel in the back and arms. A little more lime at the rest camp and Private French expects to return to active duty with the signal corps. Since December, when he arrived in North Africa from Fort Bragg, N. he has participated in the Tunisian campaign and Sicilian invasion.

He was employed at a fluorescent lighting company in Brooklyn before February, 1942, when he entered the army. He has two brothers and two sisters. Scraped Mussolini's Pictures Off Walls Pvt. Murray Levine was "in a place where there are tomatoes, watermelons and wine" when he wrote to his mother. Mrs.

Minnie Levine of 647 Howard Ave. He was busy "scraping Mussolini's picture off the walls of buildings." That was just before he was wounded in action, and from the letter Mrs. Levine surmised that her son was in Sicily. About three weeks ago a telegram confirmed this. He wrote to her and said that (jOOSB BERRIES IV LKJ WITH possible that "gross" was changed to "goose." Gooseberries really do reach large size.

When I say that, I am thinking of the big gooseberries raised in Great Britain and on the continent of Europe. Wild gooseberries in North America, and some tame ones, are small, but the name came to us from abroad. England's gooseberries are noted for their flavor and weight. Sometimes they weigh as much as two HE BOMBED NAZIS 1st Lit. Bertram H.

Kaplan, 23, of 520 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, home after 25 'Flying Fortress bombing missions from Britain over Nazi Europe. Uncle Ray's Corner 1 LETTER OUT AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Phil Sklar, stationed at Pen-sacola, where he is in charge of the photographic bureau, has been awarded a life membership in the Brooklyn Museum. Dr. Brady says: I am 14 years of age and I am only 4 ft. 11 in.

tall (writes Nadine or maj'be that isn't her name). Is there anything I can do that will make me reach five ft. 2 in. at least? If Nadine's parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts average less than average stature, she and her brothers, sisters and cousins are likely to tend the same way. This is no "law," but a matter of reasonable expectation.

Boys generally continue to grow until they are 18 and in some instances they gain another inch or so even after that. Girls, in 100,000 observations in public and private schools in the United States, generally gain two inches in height between the thirteenth and 14th years of age, Hi Inches from age 14 to age 15, inch from age 15 to age 16, inch from 16 to 17, one-fifth inch from age 17 to age 18. These, too, are the averages of the growth in stature as measured in the girls. Now I have one suggestion to offer every boy or girl under eighteen who is below average stature. I believe it can do no harm in any case and that it will do good in most instances, regardless of the effect on growth in stature.

I suggest that you keep on hand at all times a supply of tablets of vitamin and vitamin complex and supplement your diet with 8 or 10 of the table's daily chew all of the day's ration of and complex along with breakfast, or take a few of the tablets as tablets after food two or three times a day. Every day the year around. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Sarcastic or Otherwise net-er misj your articles in our paper. I consider you a grand person who knows his onions. Excuse slang phrase but that expresses my JeeUngs.

More power to you. R. M. G. Answer I'm not so sure about onions, but I know my mashed po- tatoes.

1 Some Gooseberries Reach Weight of -mf II V. 1 1 JT 1. Fingering Letter Out and 2. Unwrap Letter Out for a 3. Repulses Letter Out and 4.

Finales Letter Out for 6. Marsh Letter Out and it what the sea is. can come to any one, anytime ARMORED FIGHTERS Now taking instruction at the armored replacement training center, Fort Knox, are, left to right, Pvt. James Reilly of 1338 Sterling Place, Pvt. Albert Schlein of 1764 Bergen Pvt.

Sam Broun-stein of 1248 St. Mark's Ave. and Pvt. Peter Pinto of 1363 Prospect Place. Remove one letter from each word and rearrange to spell the word called for in the last column.

Print the letter in center column opposite the word from which you have removed it. If you have "Lettered Out" correctly they are what the ocean makes when it stretches Its arms. Answer on Page 14 DRAFTIE Judging by their name, we might suppose that gooeberries are so-called because geese are fond of eating them. The fact, however, is that no special fondness of geese for gooseberries has been reported. "Then," we may ask.

"how does it happen that goooseberries were given such a name?" The makers of dictionaries have found it hard to answer that question. The name is known to go back about 400 years, but no one is sure of the reason it came into use. One suggestion is that gooseberry bushes grew around farms in England, and there had to be some name for the berTies to set them apart from other kinds. It may be that the name of the goose, a common fowl, was chosen to build the name "goose-berry." In much the same way "crowberries" and "cowberries" seem to have been named. Perhaps more likely, the worrd "gooFeberry" grew out of a foreign language.

It may have come from "grossberry" and the true meaning may be "large berry." Many words have been changed in spelling since olden days, and it is Sr- veah we saw va wblc, now sposs mean I i- -s- PJ TWfSTIN'MlSSX' I OINIE SIVE YOU GUVS IX WRISTS AN SAME TREATMENT YUM I YA LOUSY VA-' AN" WAIT VOU Vtl BUNIN' H6B N. OUST fiAVB MI6S PATS' VA KIN TILL OuP OUTFIT A 6BSTAPO Vw OA-'JA' PEET -T 7 I O'SH IT OUT BUT GKTS MERE WB'LL GUYS ARB 1 lOw VB TOU6H-' YAA AN lV NEIN- NEW YA CAN'T TAKS CLEAN OUT OA WHOtE I PRETTY TOU6H, III 1- I PULLIN1 HEtt 1 if 8LBASB IT IT MeSS OP YA YUrt- I AREN'T 1 HAlC CJ y0ULD KEEL JT V. YUH-WBlST ic zJ 13 BROOKLYN EAGLE, MONDAY, SEPT. 13, 1943.