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Evening star., 1940-05-26
Earns Scout Badge
By Building Fire
With One Match
BY JANE MOREAU, 10,


Mount Rainier Elementary School.
In order to pass my test for the
Second Glass Badge of the Girl
Scouts, I had to build cooking nre
in the open. So my father took me
over to Saddle Rock Ridge, in Rock
Creek Park. We soon found 4
small cleared space in the woods.
/ broke of some tiny twigs from
q dead tree and gathered about four
piles OF these. Then took two sticks
the size Of my wrist and laid them
on the ground about 8 inches apart.
On top Of these I placed the small
est Of the twigs, to which struck 4
match. They were 50 dry that they
burst into flames like paper.
Was I thrilled when found I
had lighted a fire on the ground
with one match. using neither paper,
leaves nor straw. As the tiny fire
blazed up I added other twigs ac-
cording to their sizes. The fire
burned steadily for half an hour,
then I put it out with dirt.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

and words Of . graduation song
used at the exercises of Montgomery
Hills Junior High School last year
and O Christmas carol.
Although she is the pianist in her
school band. she often substitutes
as q bass drummer. But that is
very much against my WILL" she
laughed.
Il want to work in a music store
demonstrating and selling instru-
ments," she later explained, 80 I
guess 1t hasn't hurt me-"
Joyce is very enthusiastic about
her violin lessons. The instrument,
which was given to her by an uncle,
has been in the family for over q
century.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Prises Totaling IS
offered for Best
Contributions

Boys ana girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star
Prizes OF u each are awarded for
the best i've contributions published
each week. The following rules
must be observed:
!. All contributions must be
original.
2. Name. age. address, telephone
number df any and school Of the
author must appear ut the top of
the first page Of every contribution.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of paper; If typewriter
they must be double-spaced.
4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final. and The Star
reserves the right to publish any
contributions received in whatever
form he may deem advisable re-
sardless Of whether 1t is awarded a
prize. Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
publication Of their contributions.
5. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
Boys and girls who wish to act Is
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the princi-
pal stories on this page today are
good examples Of what is wanted)
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porters for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right, however,
to decline to issue reporters cards
or to revoke those already issued
whenever such action appears advis-
able.
Address Junior Star Editor. The
Sunday Star, Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Friendship Poems
, Prize Contribution.
TERESA HIJPPMANN.

Eft1e IOHSrt0uHOn.
BY TERESA HUPPMANN, Is,
Mcfarland Junior Hish School.
OF all the friends I ever had,
OF all ever knew,
I'll never find another friend
So kind and sweet as you.
Together we have made q bond
That time will never break,
And though other friends may come
along,
. Your love they will not take.
For together every sorrow, every Joy
We have shared,
The love that I have for you
Can never be compared.
For we've been pals together-
We've been friendly from the start,
And now that you are leaving.
Well be friendly, while apart.
BY ALICE LOUISE REED, 16,
Anacostia High School.
My clothes don't mean so much to
me,
Got plenty, far as I can see;
My jewels don't amount to much,
But who on earth would care for
such?
I never worry bout the price
OF fancy food or books or ice;
I'll never wish for a fat purse,
Can't think of anything much worse.
Clothes and trinkets made by men,
I never took much stock in them.
I don't see how some can adore
The things you purchase in a store,
But when each day draws to an end,
I count to see if I've friend.
Evening star., 1940-05-26


ate classes, with events in four Sec
tions-formation drills, obstacle race
and polo and jumping exhibitions.
There also will be colt exhibition.
All the girls will take part in the
opening parade, and ribbons and
athletic letters will be presented to
the winners.
Nineteen riders have entered the
show. They are Dorothy Webster,
Margaret Watson, Jane Reed. Bette
Dawson, Enid Robinson. Patty Sut-
ton, Barbara Mann, Nancy Garrison,
Betty June Uelsmann, Lynn Court
ney, Mary Lou Courtney, Peggy
Stanton, Jane Mack, Sadie Hailes,
Charlotte Brown, Marjorie Michaels,
Esther Herriotts. Patricia Smith and
Nancy Holleran.
Admission to the show will be
free, ana students and their friends
are invited.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Gardening
By BLANCHE STEVENS, Is,

BY BLANCHE STEVENS, IL,
Takoma- Silver spring Junior Hish School.
Early in the new warm spring,
In my garden I begin to dig,
When start always sing,
AS remove each weed and sprig
And then dream Of all my would-be
flowers,
And violets planted with care,
With blooming summer roses on
bower
, And iris tall and fair.
! clear the lot and throw away the
cans
TIL 1t seems / viii fall,
And when see the blisterS On my
hands,
I wonder II It's worth It after al
ri 4
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Tech Student
Has Lived in
Seven Lands
Two Years Longest
She Has Stayed
In One Place
Prise Contribution.
BY CONNIE CAMPBELL, 10,
Mckinley Hieh School.


Two years is the longest Clara
Poole, II, Of Tech High School has
ever lived in one place. In fact, she
has lived in seven countries. She
was born in Charleston. s. G., and
her family soon moved to st. Croix,
Virgin Islands, where her brother
was born.
II don't remember a thing sIout
st. Croix, but after two years there
my father, who is chief phar-
macist's mate in the Navy, was sent
to Paris Island. s. c." Clara said.
From there We went to Nicaragua,
to Washington, D. c.; Puerto Rico,
Quantico, Va, and then to China.
China was the quaintest place
have been." she continued. IT saw
something new every day. When
the war came on we left, having
been there only eight months" The
Pooles went to the Philippines for
two years and then returned to
Washington.
OF all these places, Clara much
prefers the philippines. Like most
tropical homes, hers had high CELL
ngs and bars on the Vindows down.
stairs, as there were fro. window
panes. There's no need for glass
1panes there" she explained. Wood
~en shutters were closed when 1t
rained"
Clara and her brother had a ma
tive boat called q banca. 1t was a
l9foot outrigger built like a canoe
and held four people. The natives
use them for fishing. I'VE had a
very exciting time with it, especially
when squall came up once and
upset us in the deepest part of the
harbor," she said. I'VE managed to
swim ashore in terror, remembering
the tales of sharks In those waters
The navy yard sent boat out after
our hanca."
Another memorable incident there
was an earthquake. 1t occurred not
long after the Japanese launched
the war against China and Chinese
refugees were pouring into the
islands. They believed at first that
the quake was japanese air attack.
! Clara was in . theater when the
first shock occurred. II was under
the balcony. The reel was stopped
and everybody left the building.
When we re-entered I observed
huge crack In the balcony. / de-
cided not to 60 back to my former
seat" she said.
Clara hopes to return to the
Philippines some day.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
The Storm
Priss Contribution.
Nv RETTY ARMIES. tx.

Powell Junior Aish School.
The night is young; but tbs not still
And quiet meath the stormy sky.
Forhidding clouds contend on high.
The strong wind howls through vale
and hill.
The wind into the forest roars.
It's furious breath is heard through
out
It's length and breadth, and round
about
The cold rain lashes, drives and
pours.
The forest asonizes DER
Its plight 50 awful to behold.
The storm attacks . giant old.
It gives one cry and Is no more.
The binding lightning flashes
bright.
The world becomes as light Is day.
And thunder crashes, fades away
Into the dark, forbidding night.
The tempest gains its peak, and
then
Quite suddenly the stars on high
Appear. The wind becomes q sigh.
The moon in splendor shines again.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
The Weatherman
~ avn - AVA DAA ASl
nPiRhtVo6d Qeh oo1

The weatherman is on 4 spree.
He can't decide which way to be.
It's very cold outside today.
The children can't 60 out and play.
Tomorrow he may change his mind
And be q tiny bit more kind.
He'll send the sun 30 bright and warm
To coax US out to feel its charm.
Hes In another mood today.
He just won't let the old sun stay.
He's dropping snowflakes on our land,
He thinks all kinds Of weather are
grand.
Oh, weatherman. It's already May.
Don't have 50 many moods today.
We like you best when you are gay
And cold and snow are tar away.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

near PooleSv1Qe
and about 80
miles from
Wa S hing on.
Dan goes there
often during the
school year and
spends much Of
his time there in
the summer.
Dan has sort
Of grown up with
the farm, be-
cause already he
has had several
years of expert
ence and enioy-
Evening star., 1940-05-26

the Polo Club
and the Rock
Creek r ! d 1 n 6
Club on Connec-
ticut ave n u e,
G h evy Chase,
Nd. at $50 pm.
Capt. Altar o,
Minister Of Ecu
q d or and in
ternA l onally
known h or Sc
man, will Judge
the events.
Con t e stants
will be grouped
to advanced
Evening star., 1940-05-26

Instructor Joyce.
"Sfe goes ahead
IN her book Just
as I used to do"
In . recent re.
c ! t al by Mrs.
Emery's pupils
Joyce presented
Janice as her
own pupil and
a s ke her to
play a selection.
On two occa-
sions Joyce has
tried her hand
at composing.
The result has
been the music
Evening star., 1940-05-26

q II q ! e q
many things to
keep me occu.
pied with some.
thing e d u c O..
tional as we'll as
E n t er tanning.
We tried sewing.
drawing and en-.
broidering. but
soon these be.
came tiresome.
Inen we struck
an idea. ! had
taken cooking IN
school but never
had b o t ed
p,f,Nb akA,,$ a.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Pioneers


BY BIENA RUBINSTETN, IL.
Truesdell School.
The pioneers were people who ven
tured into life,
Who had many, many hardships but
overcame their strife.
They rode In covered wagons, o'er
plains and dale and hill.
They crossed DER mountain rivers
and had to show their skill.
When they fought the Indians many
OF them were killed,
But 1t just inspired the rest Of them
better fort to build.
Many people nowadays look back
with lofty pride
TO the brave pioneers Of the early
days who sacrificed their lives.
They helped America and gave her
Q gtart.
Now each Of u should D our part.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
The Torn Hat
BY SUSAN DWAN, .,
Blessed Sacrament School.

Blessed Sacrament School.
He's Just a little country boy.
His hat Is old and torn.
But his face is full of simple 10y
Although his clothes are worn.
He Is coming home from fishing
In the twilight Of the day.
The painter wss . happy man
70 ~ q bag % ny.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Prayer for Peace
By JANET REID RALPH, IL
Paul Junior High School.

Paul Junior Hish School. Z
Oh God, let all the world have peace.
Let all this hopeless slaughter cease,
Let soldier father, transported child
Be united without guile; ~
Change hearts Of men who rule today
With iron hand-and slay-and slsY.
Make oil the world thy peaceful
realm.
We pray for peacel
Evening star., 1940-05-26
BY VIRGIE DUSTIN, IL,

District Heights School,
I have a very dear friend.
My love for her will never end.
We went around eight years together
In both sunny and stormy weather,
But never a quarrel or a cross word
has come
From either me or my chun.
Now my friend has moved away,
And we can't pal around each day,
But some day I hope my friend
VIII be united with me again.
Evening star., 1940-05-26

This Is Fyisht.FnN!
A (just after . flyer has jumped
10000 feet In parachute)-That
guys . sissy. He's . coward-why
he's surrounded by fear"
B-A coward! What kind Of fear Z?
A-Atmosphere. bub.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Prise Contribution.
BY MARGARET ANN
EDMINSTER, 10.
Horace Mann Schoc

Farming Is the hobby Of Dan
seckinger, I'd, II, pupil at Horace
Mann School. His father owns .
farm in Montgomery County. Md,
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Diversion Seeker
Finds Cooking Is
A Lot of Fun
Prize Contribution.
BY ESTHER DEMAs. IL.
paue1f Yueiar ry3sh a.h>>y

There used to be a time when I
dreaded the week ends away from
school, with nothing to do but 60
driving or take In q movie. Mother
Evening star., 1940-05-26
BY MILDRED SEARS, II,
Roosevelt Hieh Rehool

After SIX years Of piano lessons Of violin lessons and several
Montsomey Blair High School student last pupil
About SIX months ago the parents Of Janice Bradshaw TO- nesbo
asked Joyce their daughter Getting
Mrs Dorothy teacher immediately Her
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Robin

BY ROBERT JONES, 3,
Brentwood (Md) School.
Why is everybody happy?
Why is every ody gay?
Something te s me
They have heard
A robin sing today.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
The Job for The Man

Collegiate-Father, I've . notion
to settle down ana start raising
chickens.
Father-Better try owls. Their
hours will suit you better.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
Wilson Girl Riders
Will Hold Horse
Show Tomorrow
3y NANCY HOLLERAN, II

WoodroW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL.
The girls riding classes of Wood
row Wilson High School will climax
their years work tomorrow with
horse show at the indoor arena of
Evening star., 1940-05-26

1 P3OU5e11s now % now 20 6pSl1QS
the SO she has saved from the
lessons.
Janice Is . grand student" said
Evening star., 1940-05-26

Laurence Schiller II fe of 4724 Third place NV, and
Ralph Deckebau TO- OF 400 Fifth street NV chrtsten their
model OF Robert Fultons first steamboat the clermon BY
breaking bottle OF Unter It's before their 5B class
at Barnard School, Fifth and Decatur streets NV The boy
studied drancs OF the c,mont befos hsy made the model
Star Stat Photos.
Evening star., 1940-05-26
At home he has wife who lays
Her eggs inside the ground.
And whom he talks she listens though
She doesn't make a sound.

His manners, if stop him, are
AS rude as they can be;
He gets 30 hopping mad, he spits
Tobacco juice" on me.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
Mrs. Laura W. Britt
Dies In Fayetteville

CLINTON, Feb. Mrs. Laura
Weeks Britt, At, wife of L. A.
Britt, of Newton Grove, died Thurs
day midnight in Highsmith hispotal
in Fayetteville.
Funeral services will be at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon from the
st. Paul's Free Will Baptist church
in Newton Grove with the Rev. A.
A. Hales officiating. Burial Will
follow in the church cemetery.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by the following: tive
daughters: Mrs. Dewey Warren
Miss Edna Britt, Miss Mary Britt
Miss Claude Bell Britt, and Miss
Zelphia Britt, all of Newton Grove;
four sons: Lloyd Allen, Thomas,
Billy W., and Joe MaXton Britt, all
of Newton Grove; four sisters;
Mrs. N. R. Lee, Mrs. A. w. Black
and Mrs. G ". Britt, of NeWtoh
Grove, and Mrs Elwood McLamb, o.
Clinton; five brothers: Clyde Brltt'
of Tampa, P. C. and Wade Brltl
of Clinto-., R. G. and Allen w
Britt Of Newton Grove
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
COLDER WEATHER
EXPECTED TODAY
Continued From Page One)

With snow swirling around their
ceremonial nightshirts, lodge mem.
bers in tall silk hats trooped down
Swamp Hollow way and returned
with the announcement the ground
hog saw his shadow at exactly 11:09
a. m. (EST).
Prognosticated alternating Cover
nor George w. Hensel, Jr.:
'While the cold weather will con-
tinue, it won't last the full six
weeks. The prophet is wrong"
The Quarryville prophet" was
emulated by his fellows in Dixie, the
midwest and western Pennsylvania
and New York.
In most of the northeast, how
ever, only the most dauntless wood
chucks emerged from winter quar-
ters-and those which did saw nary
a shadow.
Shadow-casting conditions were
poor also in the Pacific northw est,
while in New Mexico a snowstorm
kept groundhogs indoors.
Hector, the Baltimore O ground
hog, is in disgrace. He moped at be.
ing removed from his warm hut and
refused to look for his shadow. So
the U. S. weather observer had the
field to himself.
The st. Louis zoo reported also a
fractions woodchuck, who has been
coming out almost every day since
he saw his shadow Jan. %,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
FIREMEN INJURED.
WHILE FIGHTING
FLAMES ON ROOF
Continued From Page One)


of the machinery OH the second floor
was damaged by the water.
Chief Groom said he believed the
damage was covered by insurance.
The flour mill alarm came in at
about 1875 o'clock. No estimate of
the damage could be obtained last
night.
The other fire was in four negro
shacks, 1OS, ITO, 112 and ia South
Twelfth street. The roof of N
house was burned off and the other
three We're damaged less seriously.
The fire started in ITO and spread
quickly to the other three structures.
1t was occupied by Nettie CAVITY.
10S was occupied by Amanda Cause,
112 by Elijah Bradley and 10 by
George Anderson.
This fire was started by sparks
from the chimney falling on the
single roof, Chief Groom said.
These were the first alarms of any
Importance answered. NY Tic u6pdlI
ment in 1910.
Chief Groom last night had words
of praise for his men for their eff.
ficiency in fighting the two fires in
the hard driving, cold winds. Some
of them were caught in their shirt
Sleeves" he said but they worked
courageously nevertheless.
They are to be congratulated for
their loyalty and courage"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
TO SEEK
GREATER EXPORTS
Continued From Page One)

some Qualification of Rumania's
policy, it was said Britain planned
to permit expectation Of goods Ru-
mania needed only to the extent that
she sent oil to Britain.
Prime Minister Chamberlain yes
terday announced an export council
would be set up to develop Britain's
export trade.
Today government-directed indus
try, under the impetus of the war,
was said to be looking for an in
crease in the value of exports from
the 1889 total of 439, 000, 000fb about
81, 756, 600, 0OO) to 600, 000, 000fb 49,
400, 600, O00).
One of the big weapons available
for the drive is stream-lined financial
control which experts said would per.
NIT the Substituting of exports where
necessary to undersell the COMPETE
ton to capture markets.
Another is the ability to control
home consumption by law and to con.
centrate on exports wen though this
may result in depressing the domes'
tic standard of living.
Authoritative predictions thai
rationing of clothing was imminent
was one aspect of this.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
HOLD CREWS
OF BRITISH SUBS
Men OF Sunken Starfish,
Undine Reported Pri-
soners In Germany

LONDON, Feb. 8. Saturday.
R-The British press association
said today that it understood the
entire crews of the sunken Brit
ish submarines Starfish and Undine
were prisoners of war in Germany.
The Starfish and Undine were
destroyed in Helgoland Blight on
January Is. The admiralty has list
ed the crew Of the Starfish as 5
officers and "a men and the I'm.
dimes as 4 officers and rs men.
The British submarine Seahorse
also was lost in the Blight on the
same occasion. Nothing has been
said about the rescue of it's e Of
five officers and "a men.
A few days after the submarines
were destroyed the Germans an.
nounced they had saved four Off.
GERS and rs men from the Starfish
and Undine.
Since then Lord Haw Haw,"
the nickname which the British
have given to the German English
language radio announcer, has dol
ed out the names of those rescued
in small, tantalizing driblets, while
anxious British relatives of the
missing men bent nightly over their
receiving sets.
In addition to the men named in
the German broadcasts, others have
sent postcards home saying they
were prisoners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
FRANCE SUPPORTS
BRITAIN'S CLAIMS
Continued From Page One)

Continued From Page One)
and asserted that the procedure had
blocked an organized Nazi effort to
send large quantities of money and
foodstuffs to Germany.
Within the last three months, the
ministry said, approximately $S,o0o,-
900 worth of contraband exported
by Nazi agents in the United States"
has been extracted from parcels and
letters.
In addition American mail has
yielded $40, 600 in bills, $4,000 pounds
(about $50, OOO) in British curren-
cy and checks amounting to $4,000
destined for Germany, the ministry
declared.
Much of the contraband was found
in containers bearing labels such as
stained glass;" it was said. The
goods seized also included a heavy
traffic in foodstuffs Labelled ''com'
mercial samples"
The extent of the seizures was
disclosed in a carefully worded com
munique which said that the Allied
~contraband control had acted in
strict conformity with international
law and historical %precedents.
Allied procedure was contrasted
with German methods, which. the
communique said, consisted in tor
pedoing neutral boats without warn
ing in violation of international
law.
The communique, like the note in
which Great Britain two weeks age
rejected a United States protest
against examination of mails, citeo
Article One of the Eleventh Hague
convention of 1907 as authority for
the Allied action.
(The British note said that under
the Hague convention immunity sis
enjoyed only by genuine postal
correspondence" and that beiiiger
ents therefore are "at liberty to ex-
anime mail 80. in order to assure
themselves that they constitute
such correspondence and not ar
ticles. of noxious character, such as
contraband.")
Immunity of postal CORES Iond-
ence," the French communicate said,
"cannot be invoked to facilitate OPP
| Grafton of the enemy"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-03
SCOUT SERVICES
PLANNED SUNDAY
Rev. J. F. Herbert Will Preach
Special Sermon At
Grace Church

The anniversary week church serv.
ices for white 10y Scouts of the Will
mington district of the Cape Fear
council will be held at II o'clock
Sunday morning at the Grace Metho-
dist church.
The Rev. J. F. Herbert, pastor OF
the church, will conduct the serv-
ice and will preach a special sermon
for the occasion, David L. Lilies,
scout executive, announced.
All white Boy Scouts of the VIII
mington area are expected to attend
the service in a body and in uniform.
Colored scouts are arranging similar
services at one of their churches,
Lilies said.