Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1944, Cairo, Egypt                                V i Howard got Ltd America jumped the length of the Atlantic Ocean separating that continent from Africa and landed last week at this West african at she was Syl South americas hop Africa front Only woman War correspondent in this on her Way to the italian front the tiny and Friendly correspondent predicted an end to the War in Europe and Trie i to con Vince this writer that Indian the philosophy of religious and abstract meditation on Supre me is the one sure Way to rid an underpaid reporter of All her dressed in a Light Blue uniform of coat and with the Insi Gnia of a brazilian War correspondent on the left the confident and talkative South ame resting Here on her flight to told this writer that her greatest War risk so far was air i know the others on the planes Don approve of women she and when i get sick i know they would like to ask me Why i dont stay Home if i cant take its ail very but so far every one has been besides being the Only woman War correspondent from South America the vivacious latin has a few More firsts to her she is the first woman Ever to receive the Cabot award for journalism at Columbia she accomplished this in and spent the next year and a half in America writing for brazilian n during the she talks seven languages a fact which always seems to Surprise she but at the moment she is prouder of her 2 priority than anything she was impressed with her firs sight of free French soldiers in Sun helmets and and wanted to talk with them immediately when a truck Load went by Down the Dusty not the real Magoo most of the time she talked of her main and of her native South and always she came Back to the priority number that somehow seemed to impress her More than anything she Felt like Salut ing herself when she thought of she and was tempted to Wear the information on her hat for All to youd think i was somebody important with a number like she would and then laugh so you didst mind the Way she said in Italy she intends to write on fhe human interest Side of the War for the United press in South ame Rica and for one brazilian correio a she is Well known in Brazil under the pen name a Small brazilian a nickname that an Uncle pinned on her when she was a i was a Little smaller she but anyway i have kept the she goes to err eat gains to make it clearly under stood that although she is writing for South american papers she will be under Allied command while in mine fire takes 66 lives Ohio work has begun on a slope entry into the Powhatan mine to recover the bodies of 66 miners trapped in the recent All Hope for them was abandoned when drillers broke into the Tunnel in which the men were trapped and received no ans by Arthur Benjamin  the Niad Duhg Crown Down Ift cent an at station boasts of a link twist raiment Tite link stands in a Corner room of the lots As As can manned by Russel Long and Howard guiding geniuses of the Trainer which is used constantly by Resi Dent and transient although laymen usually think of the fabulous link As an Appa Ratus on which budding airmen Are this one serves an even More important purpose to keep pilots in Tiptop shape for Africa Khamsing and Blind flying on miserable Days when the ceilings one forgot himself Long and Madson Are of the baby and Well versed in its be Long says flying is just like anything a Man has to stay in practice and this is just the machine for you know practice makes perfect believe All these pilots will Tell you that they  miss their in the link for Cpl Madson agreed its just the ticket to give a Pilot training and practice in instrument and radio navigation flying so that he is prepared for Blind flying if and when he needs Madson lovingly stroked the stars and Middle East Goodman prepares to Mke off in of of the machines gives last minute the intricacies of which duplicate actual flying and told this tale of one Pilot who was figuratively carried away with the Pilot was simulating High Altitude flying and soaring along beautifully until something san with a he threw Back the Hatch of the Trainer to bail out then he sheepishly and climbed Down the Threefoot ladder to the of he that was just like the real thing sounds screwy but mad Sph swears its no Snow big Bill Thompsons hidden 1 starts Gold Rush Chicago like excited bees blazing Over the Mil lion and half dollars in Cash found in safety Deposit boxes of the late mayor big Bill Thompson Are attracting scores of men and women from the and Canada All intent on helping themselves to a goodly slice of the heretofore undiscovered besides actual claims and de one for As High As a Quarter of a million Many whimsical and hopeful inquiries Jun pile yields Slick banana boat giving the envious landlubbers a sympathetic Al renting left and Jim the charter members of the Africa regatta get set for a Nice Cool spin around the photo by by Johnson Middle East air depot a Short time native Felluca pilots in the Vicinity of this base gaped at a yellow Flash which whizzed by their ancient tubs in tin1 form or two elongated with a i water jockey in the water buggy is the brain storm of two aquatic minded i foes who had the inventive Genius and ability to make a Cool dream Corne a couple of months ago Al revling and Jim witty decided that a boat would be a Dandy thing to Haw in which to spend their spare and decided to build their first step was a Salvage Mission during which they Ted All the parts of old wrecks that could at the end of the their pile of junk included two p38 belly salvaged from a battered these they took to the Sheet Metal shop where they spend Long hours Cuttin and welding the tanks and improvising a Frame to join the tanks utilizing More parts of a Decea sed p38 they rigged up a rudder with dual for seats a Erack Dup Cessna helped last but not a signal corps Energizer motor was promoted for the motive the Craft skips along at a top Speed of 10 using Only a quart of Gas an hour arid two Thimbl Fuls of the finished product is painted a banana yellow and was Christe Ned the a Combina Tion of Minneapolis and the Home towns of the ship build measuring ten feet from Bow to Stern and four feet the is a super duper in a Cairn but also carries a pair of oars and life rafts for each Man in Case of a have been directed to the attorneys of one Man in Wisconsin maintains that he once stopped big Bill from bleeding to death by pressing a dime underneath the Thompson for his unselfish he would like a Mone tary he Bier Bill promised to remember him in his will for the deft hand Ling of the one lady in Canada thinks she might be his Foster daughter and for this vague she wants a South Caroli Nian claims kinship through his another hopeful from Loui Siana traced his claim Back to an Uncle who unfortunately vanished during the revolutionary All these and Many More will be mayor of Chicago during its Rowdy Tumble through the roaring twenties died childless and his entire estate accrues to his Mary Walker Wyse concerning this recently disco Vered attorneys scoff at rumours that it represents a Campaign or political slush be a Ievins instead that Thompson converted Many securities into Cash As a backlog against possible financial legit stage stars to tour overseas new Cornell and Brian Aherne have formed an acting company to play to overseas troops and will leave shortly on an extended rehearsing already is underway under the direction of miss Cor Nells Gathrie the supporting com Pany includes Margalo Gilmore and Brenda who have appeared frequently with the first production will the Barretts of Wompole in which All four appeared under my clinics direction during its phenomenal new York engagement some seasons it is considered possible that other productions in which miss Cornell and Aherne co starred Romeo and Juliet and Joan May be revived for the the american theater which already has presented Mau Rice Evans arid Judith Anderson in the Pacific is sponsoring Thoj 67 self adulation booms out in song Italy men of the third division have composed a new doughboy song that becoming popular along the italian the do face heres part of it i  give a bean to be a fancy pants to rather be a do face Soldier like i i  Trade my old for All the Navy for pm the talking Pride of Uncle to just a do face Soldier with a Rifle on my shoulder and 1 cat a Kraut for breakfast every so feed me keep me in the third your do face sold str boys Black limelight is new Guild offering with London West end Hazel Hughes in the Central Black limelight is the third of the Anglo american theater Guild the melodrama opened an eight night run last night at Cai Ros Ritz brought to the Middle East for a series of miss goes is the first professional to appear with the Allied cooperative the chiller plays nightly sunday at an Anonymous and1 pretty wac recently moved to Cairo and assumed her duties As one might was being squared hither and Yon by admiring several weeks after her debut in teeming the wac private visited Safis a few minutes she walked away briskly and complacently with a Book tucked beneath her an expression of deep Confidence beamed from her this important Book it was living under tension by officer takes own san Francisco Beau Mont who was ing military execution for Sla two his co and a Man last committed last the army officer de himself with a t mrs Sands traveller and author of spoken in is