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Evening star., 1940-08-06
BY PRESTON GROVER,

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
BRUSSELS (Via courier to Ber-
hn), Aug. 3 Delayed) Secret
weapons and new methods of mod
ern warfare, some prehaps never
tried before and one used only once
in the lightning capture of Bel
sian fort, are ready for use against
Britain. Field Marshal General AL
bert Kesselring told the foreign
press today.
His statement was a renewal of
the oft-repeated story that Germany
Is about to spring on her foes strange
new devices developed behind the
wall of NaZi military secrecy.
What the weapons are, or whether
they represent only new use of
old weapons, Gen. Kesselring, COM
mander of the German air force
opposite England, would not say.
He declared, however, that one
surprise weapon. to his knowledge,
was perfected and used against the
Eben Emael fortress in the Liege
citadel and there only.
Guarded Against Enemy.
"a new weapon cannot be used
often" he added. "else it will be
copied by the enemy and used
against you"
Eben Emael, II miles north of
iiege and one of the strongest forts
of the Albert Canal line, was re-
ported taken by the Germans May
10 within few minutes" by a small
detachment of Nazis using secret
weapon. Guesses on both sides of
the Atlantic about that weapon
ranged from a new type gun to a
paralyzing nerve gas,
Kesselring who learned to fly at
~ and now at 55 awaits the word to
strike as the man in whose hands
may be the success or failure of
Germany's air attack. proved a
lively conversationalist at a dinner
with the foreign press correspond
entS.
1T is good to be able to have
moments like this" he told them.
"and not have to think always of de-
struction'
He said the same weapons used to
subdue France could not be EEK
pected to work against Britain, be-
cause England is an island"
Asked if Britain is growing strong
er during the present hold-o of di-
rect attack, Gen. Kesserling re-
piled: Not significantly"
This, he added, is because 1T is
already becoming more difficult for
England to get supplies in the face
of German attacks on harbors."
Praises American Planes.
The air commanded praised the
British Spitf1re as a pursuit plane
Evening star., 1940-08-06
New Secret Weapons
Reported Ready for
Attack on England
Channel Preparations
Shown to A. P. Writer
As Guest of Nuzis

fPreSton Groper OF the ASSo-
eaated Press Berlin staff is NTH
q party OF foreign correspondents
being taken By the Germans on
q tour OF some sections OF Ger
man = occupied Belgium and
France. The tollo,Uing dispatch
Bds ,Oritten August 3 in Brussels,
sent by courier to Berlin and
held there until released todau.J
Evening star., 1940-08-06
Wilkes Acceptance
To Be Heard on ; Chains
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Republican National Com
mittee announced last night that
the acceptance speech of Wendell
Willkie at Elwood, Ind, August II
would be broadcast by the Red and
Blue networks Of the National
Broadcasting Co, the Columbia
Broadcasting System and the Mu-
tual Broadcasting System. The
speech will begin at 4 pm, E. S. T.
Evening star., 1940-08-06

Japan is shipping pharmaceuti-
calls to the South Seas and Latin
America.
Evening star., 1940-09-16
Wage-Hour Ruling Clarifies
Status OF Radio Artists

Although radio performers, for
purposes of the wage and hour law,
are regarded as employees of the
radio station on whose program
they appear, this relationship does
not include persons taking part in
a concert, or playing in hotel
ballroom whose programs are in
cidentally carried over the air, the
Wage and Hour Division announced
in 4 memorandum made public
today
Questions involving these points
have arisen in connection with in
spec.ions of radio stations in va
rious parts of the country. Ad-
ministrator Fleming has issued in
struCtions to guide regional attor-
neys in handling this problem.
If the facilities of radio station
are used in transmitting broadcasts
heard outside the State, Col. Flem-
ing ruled, radio performers are en-
gagged in interstate commerce and
are therefore subject to the wage
and hour law. Where radio sta
tion does not exercise direct control
over the performers. as. for example.
when 1t broadcasts program from
a concert hall or hotel ballroom.
the performers. under the ruling
announced today, are not to be re-
garded as employees of the radio
station.
Evening star., 1940-09-16

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Evening star., 1940-09-16
Kennedy Sees Borroee
From Windsor Castle
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON. Sept. 16-Ambassador
Joseph P. Kennedy and a member of
his Embassy staff watched the glow
Of London's anti-aircraft barrage
on the horizon last night from out
lying Windsor Castle where they
were weekend guests.
Evening star., 1940-09-08

sefiores, he concluded with soiemnity.
He was quite truthful. The general
had retired. He had covered the
length of the huge ballroom at speed
approximating that of one of his own
aircraft, and he left behind him a
trail of sparks and smoke like that of a
rocket plane. His speed was not so
great that anyone missed the reason
for his retreat. His white trousers,
from waistband to mid-thigh, had
vanished. revealing wide expanse of
powder -blackened underwear 1t might
be added that Don Carlos. as he ran,
emitted series of yelps remarkably
like those of dog to whose tail cruel
boys had tied tin can.
There was an investigation, of
course. A very rigid investigation. for
the first thought of many had been
that terrorists had attempted to bomb
His Excellency, the President. There
we're moments when the general
wished with all his heart that red
handed anarchy had indeed invaded
the ballroom. Hundreds had heard the
explosion and had witnessed his re-
treat in the scanty remnants of his
trousers and scantier fragments of his
pride and dignity.
He was asked to submit what was
left of those trousers for chemical
analysis, after which the trail led
quite directly to Jose JESUS Trujillo.
who was questioned at length by
patient and kindly officer. Trujillo
told the truth, all of it, and at the
mention of nitric acid vague sus-
picion began to dawn in the officers
mind. He made notes and hurried
with them to one more familiar with
the chemistry of explosives. That one
listened attentively and then shrieked
with laughter, the echoes of which
reached, in time, the most distant
frontier posts.
The seat of the white duck trousers
had been soaked with nitric acid.
There had followed saturation with
Evening star., 1940-09-08
"OLD POWDER PAN1TS'.o
Confirvsd from prsesdiss p9ss

his respects to the Dona Rodriguez y
Torales, wife of the Chief of Staff.
The dona's fan slipped from her lap
to the floor. The general stopped to
retrieve it, and at that moment an
officer standing behind him turned
quickly to bow to lady nearby.
His dress sword. swinging as he
pivoted, smacked the general sharply
across the the - we'll, across the
stern, seao,es. At the impact the
generals trousers exploded.
There is no other word, gentlemen.
There was a report louder than
pistol and a great puff of smoke and
orange flame and - and -" Captain
Gomez hesitated. He was the generals
aide and an aides first duty is loyalty
- land then the general retired,
Evening star., 1940-09-08
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

strong caustic solutions, with am
monia; finally, the application of tale
had filled the pores of the cloth and
acted as a binder. A chemist could
have done no better had he set out to
do what the orderly had accomplished
by accident - the conversion of the
close -meshed cotton duck to gun
cotton, which would explode instantly
when subjected to any sharp i'm
pact.
The story could not be suppressed.
but the name which followed Don
Carlos into retirement - a proud man
can endure the stake with greater
composure than he can withstand
ridicule - was given him by the
irrepressible American, Tacks Malone.
1--WE heard of guys burning up."
said Tacks. but Old Powder Pants
takes all the prizesv
/ HE nickname stuck, and Travelled
throughout the Republic with the
news of the generals contribution to
the gaiety of the presidential ball.
Pantaiones de tolsor0, it became in
swift translation, and impudent small
boys shouted it as the general passed.
A ribald song was composed by an
unknown minstrel, and sung.
The general, as has been said, was
proud man. He asked to be relieved
from duty with troops, and for assign
ment as military attach& to the lega-
ton in Madrid. Colonel Velasquez
received appointment to the vacated
post and prompt promotion to a
generals rank - and Velasquez had
lived in the United States and was
prejudiced in favor of Americans and
American airplanes. A squadron of the
air force of the Republic now flies
RF8s, and General Velasquez has
promised to buy at least one BT4
when funds are available.
For those orders Great Basin Air
Transport has only one man to thank,
an humble soldadO named JOSE Jesds
Trujillo, who at this moment is carry
ing a heavy rife and a much heavier
pack as a private of infantry in an
isolated frontier garrison. hundreds Of
miles from the metropolitan delights.
of the capital or of the air-force base
at Cerro Rojo. General CarvM was a
proud man, and pride is rarely
forgiving.
IL Ed
Evening star., 1940-09-08
DEFINITIONS
.iseand Otherwise

WiSeand Otherwise
ADULT: A person who has ceased to
grow vertically but has begun to
grow horizontally.
Boy: Noise with dirt on it.
Man: A thing hike tack, useful only
if he has a good head and is pointed
in the right direction, and even
then can 60 only as far as his head
will let him.
GENTLEMAN: One who is polite to you
even when he has no favors to ask.
Parental WISDOM: Bringing up your
children so someone else will like
them beside yourselves.
MORNING: The time the rising genera
ton retires and the retiring genera
ton rises.
COLLEGE-BRED: A four-year loaf,
made with fathers dough.
Collected by
JtsO. GARLAND POLLARD
Fo,mer Governor Of Vi,sisie.
Evening star., 1940-09-08

- USHY BARNES got a helper
to run his newsstand and
took a vacation. Had him
self an airplane trip. He just got
back.
"Wally." says Bushy to me.
"if l was twenty years younger
and twice as smart l know what
I'd do. wouldn't waste any
time hangin' around stage doors.
I'd hang around airports till l
could land me one of them hos
tesses for wife.
"Doggone it, they're all good
lookin'. But better than that,
they're just plain mice. l guess
bein' trained nurses helps out.
but there's an old sayin' that you
can't make silk purse out of a
sow's ear. and l don't think you
could make an airplane steward
ess out of any gal who wasn't a
perfect lady"
Well, MIR. Pat" Patterson,
who is the president of one of the
big air lines, was in my joint this
afternoon and told him the nice
things Bushy said.
You guys leave our hostesses
alonev' said Mr.. Patterson. I'VE
Evening star., 1940-09-08
Wa! E!!5Y5IE!3Q| q 5I;:::: q;
High-FlYin' Gals

got enough trouble with all our
young co-pilots grabbin' them
off, without the general public
hornin' in.
why, we hardly get 'em
trained to keep things runnin'
smooth in a ship before some
galoot has got 'em sold on work
in twice as hard with no time
off, runnin' a home.
"And BESIDES" Mr.. Patterson
added. "ourpilots are complainin'
about unfair competition. While
they are up there in front listenin'
to the radio beam, their best gal
is back in the cabin listenin' to
some travelin' salesman!
I'VE had enough trouble per-
suadin' wives that fyin' was safe
without you bringin' up this
romance hazardv'
Heck, Mr.. Patterson" l told
him, don't you know that if you
just showed pictures of your high
flynn gals to the wives. they'd all
fly With their husbands, to keep
an eye on emp"
UdM1
wAi,v'soeeh
Evening star., 1940-09-08
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Do You Borrow TrOuble'' .
Let the Worry Habit Take
the Joy Out of Your Life?
Here's Help You MayNeed

LOTS OF TIMES, people who worry
too much simply aren't rs we'll as they
ought to be. YOu may be one of the
many who are pulled down by sluggish
digestion by intestinal waste pOisons
from ordinary constipation that under
mine your strength and nerves.
Then why not turn to the food that
has helped SO many Others-Fleisch-
mann's Yeast? 1t helps digestive juices
to flow more normally. 1t helps remove
intestinal wastes q natural, easy way.
1t helps restore nerves weakened by lack
Of Vitamin B.
Eat cakes = day one first thing in the
morning one half an hour before supper.
Keep it up See il it doesn't help ves feel
lot better.
Write Ter "You Can't Feel Well II
Digestive Juices Are Failing" to r. Y. Co.,
Dept. Y-53, 69l Warrington Street, New
York Absolutely FREE.
COpyriGtA. ll3O Stsndard BSnnds Incprporsted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24

70 n Of q ofom rHuchn
the United Of
12ondPo
TO- third ocquen
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Tickling feet causes suffering.

lHkthk tcrt tAnsc1 s>oss
Blends are not AZ trustworthy
as bruneU.
A square jaw indicates will
power.
Slender, sensitive hands indi-
cate artistic ability.
Long thumbs indicate a stubborn
disposition.
A protruding chin Ii a sign OF
pugnacity.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Are You Supersfifious
ABOUT TRAITS?

A pointed elbow IL q sign OF
a sour disposition,
People with green eyes are not
to be trusted.
A person with black eyes has
a very hot temper.
n your fingers do not fit closely
together. II Ia . sign you are .
spcndthrift
People with long. thin ears can
keep a secret.
A small mouth indicates stingi-
ness; a large mouth indicates gen
crosby.
A dimple In the chin means
devilment within.
Teeth set far apart indicate a
strong impulse toward wandering
or travelling.
II you look old while young.
you will look younger a. the years
come on.
A homely baby will become a
beautiful woman or q handsome
man.
Baidness In caused by an excess
sive use OF the brain.
Cold hands indicate an sffec-
tionate nature.
A child born on Wednesday will
have a good memory.
To tickle a baby's feet Will
cause IL to stutter.
II a child talks before II walks,
Its tongue will be Its ruin.
The young lady who sits with
her thumbs resting inside her hand
viii be dominated by her husband.
while N her thumbs are extended,
she viii rule the household.
II the lines on a womar's fore
head bend at the ends. she 10 a
soold.
II you believe many Of these
superstitions. it's time 10 stop and
reconsider. Two Columbia uni.
versity professors VINO spent
four years digging up research 10
explode superstitions. have an
nounced that most Of our firmly
grounded beliefs on personal traits
aren't true.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
BY RUTH FARRAR

Do you believe fat people are
good-natured. that red
headed people are always high
tempered. that quiet people are
more intelligent than their
rowdier brethren?
Many people do. says DIR. b. A.
Cartwright OF the University Of
Oklahoma. DIR. Cartwright, who's
spent 30 years gathering more than
IL. 900 popular American supersti-
tons. finds these are some Of the
common beliefs about personal
traits:
A fiat hand indicates a good
disposition.
A weak mind and a strong back
20 together.
A high forehead Ia a sign of
intelligence.
Narrowness between the eyes IL
the sign of a sneak.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Lipsticks Are Fall
Cosmetic Novelties

n ~ fan crop ef makeup Il
nov N display. ma = th~ time
70 harvest what you ne<d.
Most exciting a. AL aFs ne giant
lipstieka Several manufacturers
are making dcuhls sias xsristiss IN
vide range II coiofa rou may
chcoss : conservative esss n plain
gold e. bach with sd Top or
ycu nay smuss yourself with .
novelty case. such - : ri plastic.
esndieshared one wfth = small
cotton candle wick At ne top q
the easf
IirsrIcs Ann NAH. roIIsn
~ ONE PACKAGE
Al ne other end Of lhs scals sFs
the sets q three small npstlcka
one usil-known cosmetics expert
puts : halg-slas stick q bright rsd.
another a. pinkish red snsi = third
u deep. DARK. rich red in . tiny
leather case which fits into = cor.
nsr q any bag. And practically
everyons nov sells npstick and
nan pollsh. IN hsrmonlzanE shades.
together IN . package.
There are new. special face
powders 10 wear now while your
coat a suntan 10 fading ons nice
brand gives the akin . luminous
glow snd - does sway with the
flat. ssllow look which the com.
rlsxion oftsn takes 81 shen sun.
tan IL losing lie beat features
PERFUME ANN.
NOT CLOTHES
There are cleansing creams and
preparations % give you the Gov.
etsd scrubbed iook. There are
night creams and hand lotions 10
ohiissrsts completely the fsvaee.
caused by over-exposure 10 the
sun.
And there are new. excite per.
fumes 10 replace the iiFht scsnss
you have used through tho sum
mer months Youtl apply them
snarinEiy. Of course. and always
on your skin--not on your clothes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

Dear Miss Grey: I must admit
can't understand the women who
complain that they would love to
do something useful in these times
of stress but they just can't seem
to find anything to do. Whenever
hear women alibi like this |
always want to ask Have you
been down TO the Red Cross head
quarters?"
The answer IL usually a lame,
"well. no. You see they want a
lot OF knitting done and haven't
knitted for years"
OK, but Is there any reason
why an alert, energetic woman
cant learn to knit again.
Also. any number of these wo-
men who alibi are ehildless, in.
dependent financially and plenty
able to take care of some needy
child. How many Of them have
made any effort TO take a war
orphan into their homes?
What about contributing to
some worthy cause?
I realize that many of the men
and women who really give
thought to the suffering OF 9TH
srs, contribute financially to the
good of a worthy cause even
though they make no effort to
give any Of their time to such
work.
But it is amazing to me to hear
the alibis, the violent arguments
and the cheap justification Of
mean souls who are not only in
different to the suffering of 9TH
ers-but are 30 small they VIII
stoop to any number OF unfair ar
guments to justify their own self
ishness and indifference to the Sc
curity Of others.
To me, the smallest members Of
our community are the selfish.
petty (yet invariably me first
types) who grunt and groan every
time the Red Cross, the Com
munity Chest or any social better
ment movement "a brought to at
tention. These persons will howl
about the graft" that they are
positive il taking place In these
movements-while they clutch at
their own tightly fastened purse
strings. You can rest assured
these cheap skates can always
think OF some petty. flimsy and
cheap charge to serve as a smoke
screen for their own stingy mean.
ness.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Tall Windows Make
House Look Toll

Windows for q new house should
be selected with dua regard for
the architectural character Of the
home. as we'll A. for psrsonai pref.
srenos. Tall. narrow windows give
the effect OF height. broad. low
windows viii make q house look
wider.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
TODAY'S
RECIPES

STRAWBERRY SUPREME
Z tbspns. quick cooking tapioca
. cups hot water
cupful sugar
tspn. butter
pint Strawberries
Cook the first four ingredients
together until clear. Wash and hull
the berries. cut In halves and
sprinkle with sugar. Let stand in
the refrigerator for one-half hour
in their own juice. Then stir into
the tapioca and chill. Serve with
whipped cream.
MRS ARTHUR DUNBAR.
4423 North 10th st.
DATE PUDDING
Put through a food grinder 1 cup
nut meats and 1 cup dates. Alter
nate nuts and dates % that they
will be thoroughly mixed. sift to-
gether 1 cup of sugar and Il cup
of flour and add to the date mix
ture; then add beaten yolks of 3
eggs. u teaspoonful soda in X cup
of sweet milk. Then fold in the
beaten whites OF the . eggs and ]
teaspoonful Of vanilla. Bake in q
moderate oven 1850 des.) for !
hour. This IL excellent served with
whipped cream. II keeps q long
time, really grows better with age
MRS. II. PARKER.
1904 80. kelrose ct.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13
Present Day Women Easily Can Prove
Their Worth in These Trying Times
Reader Declares No Abb Excuses N. Person
Who Really Wants 70 Help by Doing Her BIZ
b. Gynttiai Cynthia Grey

Women who really want to take advantage of their snare
time had greater chance to be useful than thev have
right now There no for the woman who saws 1T
makes me SICK to think Of all the suffering going on in the
world but there's nothing do about il so lust don't
let myself think of it." ~
II woman really desires to do her bit she has only 10
get busy and Immediately find out how much rood she
do This knowledge prompts the following letter:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-13

Yes. We can do q lot IL We really
want to. When we hear anyone say
there Il nothing to BE done we
can be sure that person Is scared
to death for fear he might find
something il he looks for a useful
and needed work.
Politeness
Dear Miss Grey. When people
rave about the IN manners of men
1 think they had better stop and
think about the actions OF some
women l was on a bus yesterday
and was amazed at two young wo-
men who crowded into II at the
busy home rush" hour. they were
all dolled up and were discuss
ing a movie they had just seen.
Two very tired looking working
men got on and took seats in the
the rear of the bus. The two "fun
for the afternoon" girls sank
gracefully into a seat--and then
an old lady with gray hair got
on. She had to stand and believe
1t or not, she stood directly In
front of these two young women.
Now the bus was practically filled
with women-most of them work.
ers. I believe. but these two
pretty girls" turned and glared
at the two working men In the
back of the bus as much a. to say.
You common, ill-mannered cres-
lures. Get up aad give an old
lady your seat"
They failed TO give a thought
to their own bad manners. They
would have been Mortified had
anyone told them how low and ig-
norant they looked holding on TO
their seats while an old woman
with sore legs (they were all ban
daged a. these girls could plainly
see) had to stand.
No, men aren't the only ill-man-
nered persons in our midst. Many
women are too, and when they
have no sense of courtesy. they
look even worse than men.
s. W.