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SWORD SWALLOWING
GI TIRES OF
C RATION JOKES
FIFTH ARMY FRONT—Some
GIs may complain of the discom- j
forts of Army life in Italy but not;
Pvt. Clarence Thompson of Vicks
burg, Miss. He thinks up extra
discomforts.
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As Tommy Thompson, he
learned sword swallowing, fire
eating, knife throwing and such.
He performs with Special Service
Company 21. His current GI show
is “Stars and Gripes.”
“I also eat light bulbs and lift j
weights with my eyelids,” Thomp- j
son remarked. If the occasion de
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mands he will also lie on a bed of,
spikes to allow a couple of men |
to sit on his chest.
“But I’m getting pretty tired of
fellows who say ‘you can eat
swords and glass, then you digest
C rations’?” he says.
Thompson went into the Army j
in the normal fashion but one day i
a colonel saw him slinging knives
at a soldier who had agreed to
stand with his back to an old door.
“You ought to be in Special Serv
ice,” the colonel said.
Being a human scabbard doesn’t |
always work out according to
schedule. The last time Thompson
tried his specialty of swallowing
seven swords at once, the leather
keeper burst and the swords sep
arated in his throat. The stunt:
was being put on at a hospital. He j
stayed on for a three-day repair
job.
The first practical balloon was
invented by the Montgolfier
brothers in 1783 in France.
> BEACH BALL. Having
> fun on the sand, showing off a
new two-piece swim suit, is Aim
actress Marguerite Chapman.
A motorist was 100 yards from
an open level railway crossing and
was proceeding at 50 miles per
hour. A train was also approach
ing at 60 miles per hour, and its
distance from the crossing was
375 feet.
Problem: Did the motorist get j
across?
Solution: Yes, the motorist got j
a cross. His widow bought it out |
of the insurance money.
CALDWELL, N. J. (JP) — Ini
three years as mayor of Caldwell
Joseph P. Dosch never accepted
his annual salary. But this year he
collected, explaining that increas
ed taxes made added income im-!
perative. His salary is $1 a year.!
RED CROSS OFFICIAL
VISITS NOME
V. H. Kimbrough, Americai
Red Cross official from San Fran
cisco headquarters is in Nome this
week to check over the financia
I
condition of the Nome Chapter
and to assist the committees ir
their problems in organizing th<
various functions sponsored anc
carried out by the ARC. A meet
ing was held in the courtroom o1
the Federal building last evening
at which time Mr. Kimbrough ex
plained many of the active pro
jects which the American Rec
Cross is providing in the interesl
of servicemen and women, in par
ticular to those abroad.
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO.
Acting By and For The War Shipping Administration
ANNOUNCES
ALL SOUTHBOUND SHIPMENTS
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Must Be On The
Lomen Commercial Cow Dock
By Noon, Wednesday, July 18
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J • Hot maak sarvad aloft
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