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Evening star., 1940-08-03
BY . Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,
Aug. 3.-Two hundred and thirty
two tanned trainees from the Dis
trict, Maryland, Virginia and Penn
sylyania donned civilian clothes
here this morning and headed for
home, ending 30-day special train
ing program at this sun-baked Army
post.
They left in family cars, train,
station wagons and liveried linn
cuisines to resume their jobs as
American business and professional
men after the first such military
training course since Plattsburg,
N. Y, % years ago.
To the sun and wind hardened
men-the majority of them in the
middle forties-yesterday were pre-
sented diplomas" by Maj, Gen.
James K. Parsons, commanding
officer of the Sd Corps Area, who
took the opportunity to propose a
"one-man command" to control the
Nations armed forces.
Commencing the graduates" for
their fine spirit and intelligence,
Gen. Parsons then criticized con-
scription of 'ungainly numbers" and
asserted I'VE need criticism of our
defense plans"
Urges Complete Defense Plan.
"The crying need" he said, 'is
for a national defense plan COM
plete in every detail. Such plan
must be directed by one man and
must have as an integral part a
statement of just what area we
want to protect"
The Army leader said he thought
registration should be confined to
men of the 18-to-31 age group and
suggested that only men of 81
be drafted Immediately for a two
year period. He asserted that
America can be defended by an
Army and Navy of moderate size"
and to "alarmists who think we
are wide open to attack" he coun-
tered: I'VE are not"
From company mess halls last
night rose the refrains of "Auld
Lang Syne" as trainees. back in
business multi. and officers joined
in last farewells at banquets held
by the two companies comprising
the group.
Bankers, brokers. lawyers, corpora
ton heads and clerks were unan-
imous in maintaining Army life
couldn't be better"
Rise With the Sun.
They went away wiser in the ways
of Uncle Sans armed forces and
deeply impressed of the great task
of defending the United States
Living in World War barracks, the
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Hit-Run Skaters Injure
Woman Near Zoo

Three young hit-run roller skaters
knocked down and painfully in
jured a 25.year-old woman near
the Harvard street entrance to the
Zoo yesterday afternoon.
The victim, Lillian j. Staples, 1433
Columbia road NV. was under
treatment today at Garfield Hos
pital for a sprained shoulder. head
injuries, a fractured hand and Sc
we're bruises to her left hip.
The skaters were colored girls.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Band Concerts

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band this evening at $3.50
o'clock in the Soldiers Home Band
stand. John 8. M. Zimmerman,
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assist
ant.
PROGRAM.
March, "The National sojourners,"
Dillon
Overture, "Debonaire"- -Leidzen
Solo for trombone, "Aereo Polka"
Zimmerman
Musician Robert E. Clark.
Scenes from the opera, "Pagliacci,"
Leoncayallo
Popular numbers, Theresa
Goldmine In the Sky "----G Gay
"Try Little Tenderness" Woods
Waltz suite, "violets' -Waldtehfel
Finale, "The Monarch" Smith
"The Star Spangled Banner"
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War Debts Committee
Issues Debate ChuIIenoe

The Make Europe Pay War Debts
Committee today issued a challenge
to the William Allen White Com
mittee to Defend America by Aiding
the Allies to furnish a speaker to
engage in an Intervention VS..
Non-intervention" debate.
The War Debts Committee state.
ment was issued here by its national
field representative, J. Frank Web
ber, and declared such an open.
forum debate would be of practical
and educational benefit to the United
States right now"
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Boy and Girl Scouts
Join in Crusade for
Cleaner Washington
Map Completed, Showing
Trosh ReceptoeIes; Other
Projects Being Pursued

The crusade to clean up Wash
ington will have the support of the
Boy and Girl Scouts, it was learned
today.
The Girl Scouts already have
completed detailed spot map Of
Washington showing the location OF
each public trash box or basket and
the Boy Scouts are engaged in a
number of cleanup projects by
troops.
A bulletin sent last week from
National Capital Area Council head
quarters to the Boy Scouts called
attention to "the excellent publicity
being given by the press this year"
to cleanup efforts and suggested
various projects that they might
undertake.
Projects Pursued.
These projects, several of which
are now under way, included a
survey by each troop of its own
neighborhood and an effort to see
that trash is personally deposited
in trash boxes and that unsightly
conditions are corrected; a survey
of each troops meeting place. with
remedying Of unfavorable condi-
tions; cooperation with the troops
sponsoring institution CASUALLY a
church, in cleaning UP unsightly
spots. cutting lawns, removing brush
and trash; pickup campaign for
paper and litter in streets where
trash cans have been provided. a
personal effort not to throw litter
in the streets and interest in the
Public Health and Civics Merit
Badge. which requires cooperation
with public health and civic au-
thorities.
Pledging increased cooperation
from the Boy Scouts when they
return from camp in the fall, Linn
C. Drake, Scout executive, National
Capital Area Council, expressed the
hope that the work of keeping the
city clean would be a continuing
force.
At Girl Scout headquarters it was
stated that the members would de-
vote considerable effort to cleanup
activities as soon as they returned
from camp because cleanup work
is so closely linked with our COM
munity life activities and ties up
with our health and safety program" "
The girls will initiate their own
projects, sometimes working by
troops, other times by districts.
Spot Map Presented.
The Girl Scouts have just sent
their spot map to DR.. Harry Garfield,
president of the Districts outdoor
Cleanliness Association. 1t was un-
derstood that the map would be used
to determine where additional trash
receptacles are needed for a cleaner
city.
The map, which is five feet by four
feet, has red crosses for refuse boxes,
blue crosses for baskets. It took
more than month to complete and
represents the combined efforts of
Girl Scouts all over the city.
The girls were given section maps
to mark the crosses on Then each
troop, on its meeting day. would
take walk around its own neigh
borhood, marking crosses on the
map as the public receptacles were
spotted. Section maps collected
from the troops were posted on the
large map which was sent to DIR.
Garfield.
Work similar to this will occupy
the Girl Scouts in the fall. The civic
minded youngsters want to carry on
the work which has already won
the active support of many of their
elders.
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Alcoholic Drink Stamps
Give D. G. $1,421,O83

The District received $1,421 ,083 IS
from the sale of alcoholic beverage
stamps during the fiscal year of
1910, which ended June 30, it was
revealed yesterday In the annual
financial report of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board to the Com
missioners.
The previous year the board took
In $1,212,819, which is more than
sos, 900 less than this year.
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rs, of 4440 North
Glebe road, Ar
lington, Va, who
was dro W n e d
yesterday.
Mr.. Robertson,
a driver in the
Cherrydale Fire
Department for
six years, plunged
overheard fro m
a rowboat to re-
cover a pair OF
oars. He failed
to reappear.
With him at
t he time was
M | G e r I h q I
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Guest Pustor Announced

The Rev. w. Harold Shape, direc-
tor OF Goodwill Industries, will be
guest preacher at the Chevy Chase
(Md) Methodist Church each Sum
day beginning tomorrow and ending
September /. The Rev. Shapes
sermon topic tomorrow viii be
"Grasshoppers."
Evening star., 1940-08-03

of volunteers, searched for the body
until late last night. They resumed
graphing this morning.
Surviving Mr.. Robertson are his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George p.
Robertson: brother, Leroy Robert
son; five sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Cole
man of Gaithersburg, Md; Mrs.
Frances Payne, Mrs. Paul Stephen
son, Miss Lucille Robertson and Miss
Bertha Robertson, all Of Arlington.
Evening star., 1940-08-03
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities. /, motorist.
Accidents, Al.
Motorists injured, 4.
Motorists arrested, 269.
Pedestrians injured, 4.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton Of pedestrian control regu-
lations. none.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

hastened to the
scene, but he was
unables to locate
Mr.. Robertson.
Mrs. Don a | d
Elliott of 1886
N 6r tn Gle b e
road, Arlington,
an aunt of the
o. o W ned man.
today said her
nephew and Miss
l. | 8 h t ner had
gone together"
for several years.
G a re S vi lie
(Md.) police.'aid
Evening star., 1940-08-03
West River Is Dragged
For Drowning Victim

Police and volunteers were drag
ging the waters of the West River
at Shady Side, Md, today in search
of the body of George H. Robertson,
Evening star., 1940-08-03
CurnivoI at Whitemorsh

|. The Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Whitemarsh, Nd, will hold its an
nual carnival today at the church
grounds on Defense highway Just
above the Grain highway in Prince
Georges County.
Evening star., 1940-08-03

Lightner of 1914 Thirty sixth street
NV, who stood up in the boat and
screamed for help.
A 72-year-old riverman named
Turner, who had rented the young
couple the rowboat a short time be-
fore, jumped into another boat and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-10

-any free mans rght--and rebuild. They know they have long way to go, but they count the indications that day will come when they will be able to give their enemy two for every he's been giving them" to quote Thompson further.
 What are those indications? One is the defeat of the Italians by the Greeks, evidence that Italy continued success of Gen Charles de Gaulle leader of Free France in winning support in the French colonial empire Then there is the apparent de- lection of Gen Weygand who refuses longer to obey the orders of Vichy These compensate for Hitler's paper victories in the Balkans which in themselves are an indication that he has abandoned hope of conquerng England by direct attack
 But most important of all is the aid which the United States is making available in increasing quan titles one this is not aid at all, but merely a right to purchase in American markets. Britains resources are running low Lord Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, mentioned 1t on his return to his post here. He said
 Next year, too we know will be long and hard England will be grateful for any help. England needs planes, munitions, ships and perhaps little financial help"
 That help should be given. Fetish-bound John son Acts must not be permitted to stand in it's way What the courageous people of Britain doing is keeping the war away from We who admire their stamina from safe distance must shoulder our part of the responsibility Here, too the human element must come into play, busting the viewpoint that is based solely on the ledger and the counting house America must seriously ponder the question: What will it profit the United States if it keeps its resources but Britain falls?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-10
20 YEARS AGO fME frfT' EMPIRE
DECEMBER 10, 1920


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 teacher and Lester Henderson, com be married the evening at the nome of MT and H. Faulkner
 Roy Rutherford arrived on registered at the Hotel
 Admiral Watson would pick up months mail accumulated here to J. J. Woodward Commander President A. C. Fisher Second E. Mann AdJutaf Andrew Bntsen Officer of the Guard Harold Nording Executive Committee her: Highest 27 lowest, 22; clear
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HUMAN ELEMENT

Britain still stands Britain will continue to stand. rebuild and carry on the conflict with n- creasng intensity. This is assured even in so- called war of machines in which the odds are against Britain because of factor too often overlooked the human factor.
 For months military and political experts cacu- lated the time-almost to the day-when Britain would fall. They regimented statistics on air and man power available material and resources Their graphs pointed to continued victory for the blitzkrieg
 While these facts and figures were correct the conclusions read from them were erroneous. The specialists like the laymen had been unduly i'm pressed by the Nazi record the continent
 The men behind the machines count for more than quantity in equipment This demonstrated in the Battle of Britain when flyers of the Royal Air Force fought off and broke up after wave of Nazi bombers and fighting planes. The Germans came on in mass formations in the traditional man. of their land troops By sheer numbers they expected to sweep all opposition from the sky and give London such bombing that it never would re- cover But the R.AF. flyers, comparatively few in number and with fewer planes, knew what responsi- blity rested them.
 They fought and won like free Englishmen. They gained the respite England needed in which to build its air forces strengthen its ground defenses and prepare the civilian population for long siege rom the sky HIS WaS pOSslDlS dSdll only peCduSe of the human element By all hard and cold calcu- lations Britain should have fallen did the conti mental nations. It didn't because what lacking in equipment made up for in morale
 It is this determined frame of mind-and peo- pie either possesses it because of its character and history it does not-that England faces the future with high hope. What the men of the R.AF. have demonstrated is but expression of the feeling of the entire British people Civilians well as sol- ders must possess it in of this character
 This does not that undue optimism per vades the population of the tight little sland It does mean, in the words of Milo M Thompson, chief of the London Bureau of the Associated Press, that they feel they the battle for survival. They seem to have lost any fear whatsoever of bombing or invasion"
 While the British carry the war they grumble
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microscope to see what the United States could do--short of war-to bring greater pessimism to the Ger man and Italian people, give great CT strength to Great Britain
 One possibility was to WOO Rus sa, keep her out of the Axis. This was the chief reason for the Ou- mansky- Sumner Welles conversa- Jions. They have partially failed, Iue to the fact that all the United States can offer Russia is machine tools and gasoline, while Hitler can offer India, Persia, Afghanistan.
 Another possibility was to stiffen U s. policy against Japan, per haps by sending ships to Singapore, thus taking over the British burden of policing the South Pacific. This would have devastating repercus- sions upon the Axis, but Roosevelt considers it risky, so it is being held in abeyance.
 Third possibility, and the one actively under discussion inside the State Department now, is to bolster the French forces in North Africa. help bring them in on the side of the British.
 This has tremendous possibilities. For at present General Graziani is begged down in Egypt, where Mus solini has been sending him per emptcry orders to advance on Suez. to which Graziani has replied that he will not advance until he has sufficient supplies So should Graz. iani be attacked by the French from the TuniS side and by the British from the Egyptian side, it would mean certain defeat and probably the end of Mussolini
 Furthermore, it would probably take Italy out of the war
 This is the main effort to which American diplomacy is now direct. ed, First step was plan to send General Pershing. old friend of Mar :. shal Petain, as Special Ambassador to France. To this end, the 80- year-old General underwent thU- ough physical examination at Wal i ter Reed hospital But although anxious to undertake the mission, his doctors forbade it.
 More recently, the State Depart ment has been working on a plan to have prominent Frenchman, who is close to Marshal Petain come
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-10
 "The stars incline
 but do not compep
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER II

Mingled good and evil planetary influences are discerned in the horoscope for today. The morning is propitious for merchants. It is fortunate day for shopping. La bor is under an unfavorable rule of the stars.
 Heart and Home: Under this configuration happiness comes by deferring to the male members ot the family. Father should be made comfortable, for the stars preSa2e problems that may be disturbing to his business. In the home there should be vigilance to maintain cheerfulness and contentment. For the young the winter will bring both extremes of gayety and lack of amusement. It is well to study hard in preparation for exacting service for the nation.
 Business Affairs: Trade should be good and merchants should en- joy fair profits, but labor trou- bles are prognosticated for manli- lecturers and employers in many lines of business. Warning is given of a serious clash among strikers the first of the year Wise adjust ments of industrial difference be- tween employers and employees will be numerous.
 National Issues: Public health is to assume special interest in com ing months, for a great deal of illness is foretold at the end of winter Imperative need of surgi- cal instruments and medicines will be felt in Great Britain, as well as subjugated countries where there will be epidemics and great nor tality. The care of the poor in our own country should be marked by wise and scientific aid.
 International Affairs: Italy and Mussolini are under sinister plane tdIy IllluCllCCS tlidU DOIC III iul the winter. The death of leader in government affairs may precipi- tate trouble of far-reaching effect. Defeat in naval engagements is prognosticated The Mediterranean is not to be dominated by the dic- tator, who is to meet more than one great disappointment in the second world war.
 Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of success, especi- ally for those in the artistic pro- fessions.
 Children born on this day prob ably will be emotionally intense and physically strong. They may have talents of a high order. Copyright, 1940) M
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Tough Job Ahead
Philadelphia RecorO

Philadelphia Record)
 President Roosevelt is to be commended for his choice of Rear Admiral William D. Leahy for one of the most ticksh jobs in the diplomatic service Ambassador to Unoccupied France.
 In Vichy Admiral Leahy will be in the midst of the behind the-scenes struggle between pro- British and pro- German forces Hopes are expressed in Washington that he will be able to stiffen French morale and prevent German inroads on the French colonial empire.
 One of his most difficult jobs will be to resolve the problem of French possessions in this hem- sphere, particularly Martinique. As former Governor of Puerto Rico he will bring to the question fami- arity with colonial problems well as an under standing of Martiniques importance in naval af- fairs.
 Formerly Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Leahy served ip the Spanish American War and the Boxer uprising. His wide experience will be needed as Ambassador to the captive Government in Vichy
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U. S. SHIPS TO DAKAR

Another plan which has been con- sidered in Army and Navy circles is for the United States to take cog nizance of the part which Dakar might play in any a tta ok upon South America
 The Germans are now developing Dakar as giant air base under the protection of the French fleet. This is of vital concern to the United States. Brazil, Argentina and the rest of South America. There fore, it has been suggested that the United States instigate joint Pan-A American representations. fol- lowed perhaps by naval display off Dskar, in order to persuade the French fleet to divorce itself from Germany and neutralize Dakar.
 This plan does not get much encouragement from the White House and State Department, where it is considered risky However. it is one of the many ideas which are being mulled over as a means of bolstering the French, swinging the North African army behind the British, and providing the punch which may tip the balance of victory in the war.
 Copyright, l940, by United
 Ftature Syndicate, Incl
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

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tack has failed, Hitler has had to settle down a waiting, hararSsing policy.
 Such a policy easily can be dis astrous. For the key to Hitler's political success has been his con stant uncorcking of victories for the German people Austria, Czech- oslovakia, Norway, Denmark, Hol- land, Belgium, and France all have been held up as the glorious reward fer terrific sacrifice and suffering.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-12-10
HITLER'S WORRY

For five months now there have been no new conquests, no new tri- umphs to celebrate. Instead British airplanes have dumped almost nightly death over Berlin, Hamburg and the Ruhr. These, plus their own straitened economic circum- stances, are the chief things the German people have had to think about. On top of them have come two other important developments.
 One was the reelection of Roo sevelt. whom Nazi propagandists have played up as the great enemy of the dictatorS This propaganda has now had reverse effects. and the German people, remembering how the United States turned the tide in the last war, cannot help but speculate ruefully regarding the prospect of the U.S.A. coming into this war.
 Two has been the unexpected Ital- ian setback in Greece. Probably not much of this has percolated through the censor to the German people but it has to Italy. Unrest i spreading underground among the Italian people, plus growing resent ment against both Hitler and Mus solini.
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LOOK and LEARN s&y c. GORDON

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Not Essential?
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

It is not enough that Britain's horrors of war increase from without. The Board of Trade has added to them from within. In of it's priorities rulings it has decreed that the sale of corsets shall be limited to half of last years volume on the ground that the garment is essential
 That there have been protests is not surprising, for the ruling strikes at the very fundamentals of large and important sector of the populace Even the British willingness to take punishment in silence is not enough to cover this They can tolerate physical terror and destruction, but they will admit tampering with esthetic principles. They insist retaining the symbols well the substance of civilization. They insist also that the Board of Trade Is not competent judge of corsets that be- of it's sheltered life it still thinks and speaks corsets in terms that apply to the ronsides grand ma wore, of garments that weighed four pounds in stead of the modern models that weigh four ounces and consume of the steel the board is trying to No four-ounce flimsy would be the subject of hagglng in peacetime, but when defense is at stake nothing be overlooked
 The Greek army may look like a ballet team,