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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

6. Cy Young. with Sill victories.
z. The 10000 Druses of Syria
never pray, believing that it would
be both presumptious and imper-
tinent to ask the Creator to con-
slider their own personal needs and
wishes.
8. The slope of a hillside.
9. The pigeon is the only bird
that drinks by suction, all others
having to throw their heads back
in order to swallow.
10. The worlds biggest theater is
in Buenos Aires. 1t can be changed
in three hours from an ordinary
theater to circus or race track.
More than once a bicycle race has
been held in the morning, a bull
fight in the afternoon, and grand
opera at night. The floor can be
flooded for aquatic sports.
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ASK ME
ANOTHER
The Questions

1. How long is the time from
new moon to new moon?
2. What is the largest cave in
the world?
3. We're other colored lights than
red and green as stop and 60 sig
nails respectively ever used?
4. Where is the mountainous dis
trict known as the Riff?
5. What is a chromosphere?
6. What baseball pitcher holds
the record for the number of
games won during his major
league career?
z. Is prayer an inseparable part
OF all religious worship?
8. What does a Scotchman mean
by a brae?
9. What birds drink by suction?
10. The worlds biggest theater is
where2
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1t Must Be Admitted That
Clerk Had No Snap of Job

The theatrical agents new clerk
entered the private room and said,
There's a lady waiting to see
you, sir"
us she good-looking?"
eyes. SIR"
"Show her in"
Ten minutes later the clerk was
summoned.
WELL" said the agent, gruffly,
you're a nice judge of beauty,
must say"
"Ah, but I had to be careful,
sir. I've got to look after my job.
For all I knew, she might have
been your wife"
eyes," said the agent, acidly,
"she was"
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The Answers

1. Twenty-Five days, IL hours,
44.05 minutes.
2. The Mammoth cave in Ken
lucky is the largest. 1t contains
more than 200 miles of galleries
and several quite large lakes, and
three rivers flow through it.
3. AS late as 1925 street traffic
lights on Fifth avenue, New York
city, flashed yellow for start"
red for Caution" and green for
"stop."
4. Morocco.
8. A gaseous layer surrounding
the sun.
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CAPITAL CHAFF

To keep step with the new civilian
army, the war department has add
ed d civilian adviser to its press
section. He is Harold Jacobs, vet
eran newsman, borrowed from the
wage-hour division.
Dies Committeeman Joe Starnes
OF Alabama has come to the defense
OF Rep. John Coffee of Washington,
who is being accused by his Repub-
hcan opponent of opposing the Dies
investigation. Starnes sent Coffee
letter commenting his support of
tho committee.
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the cold wind sweeps through your
bedroom-of challis or albatross.
It will look as though you had
squandered shameful amount of
your clothes allowance, but it will
In reality cost very little.
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WASHINGTON.-Little known fact
regarding Britain's attempt TO aid
Greece was that this time, the Brit
ish were not caught entirely nap
ping. Several weeks before the
Italian advance, they had struggled
one division of Australian troops into
Greece, and they are now reported
to be holding the passes in the rug
ged mountains of Macedonia.
However, the total Australian
force is not much more than 10000
men, a mere drop in the bucket
compared with Italy's 200, 1000 troops
now advancing from Albania
Biggest help the British can give
the Greeks, Of course, is at sea.
There have been no major engage
ments between the British and Ital-
ian fleets chiefly because the Ital-
lans have kept pretty well out of
sight. But now, with the necessity
OF sending a constant stream of sup
plies to large army, the Italians
are sure to run into some major
engagements with the British.
Unquestionably, if the Greeks
should fall, it would be Jugoslavia's
turn next. With the support of the
Jugoslav army, the Greeks would
have a real chance, for the Serbs
are among the best fighters in Eu-
rope. However, the Balkans seem
to be following the same policy of
the Dutch and Belgians; that is,
letting Hitler pick them off one by
one.
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LOVE
fBell Syndicate-WNU Service. /

Because love holds the greatest po,o-
er OF all for making Others terribly
happy or terribly sad. Kathleen Norri,
earnestly admonishes that il be used
'oiseiy. She writes this after being
consulted by "Deedee," heart.
broken young Wife. whose husband
and sister are very friendly. They both
love her. but neither realizes the pain
their friendship is causing her. Miss
Norris advises thar only time can cor.
rect this iamentabIe situation.
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my husband, am sure of that. She
is gfddy and perhaps shallow, but
she foves me. But she plays about
WHY Walter like happy kid, and
heTis beginning to feel that she is
the most important person in the
group.
IF he cleans the car. Nancy is
out at the garage laughing and help
ing. If he must run uptown to get
beer or see somebody, she dances
along. She listens to him; she laughs
at old stories.
When Nancy first came both Wal
ter and I said repeatedly that she
brought life and brightness into the
house. She does help me; she can't
do enough for Junior; she is I'D and
downstairs like bird. 1t was a real
pleasure to me to have her and
darling little Jo-Anne. But when it
comes to the three of them going
OIL to movies, leaving the baby with
me; Walter sprucing up in the mat
ter OF hair-cuts and neckties: tele-
phone calls in which he would as
soon have Nancy answer as have
me answer; what Nancy likes to eat
and do his first consideration.-th
get mad! Or rather, get blue and
dlffident, afraid to ask Walter to do
anything for fear it interfere with
plans ne and Nancy have made.
Il don't want to make a noun
tain out of mole-hill. I don't want
TO lose my sister or my husband. Tell
me how to solve this problem wise
ly, without hurting anyone"
Bear the Burden.
Deedee, there isn't any immedi-
ate answer. This is one of the diff
cult times most of us have to en-
dure, sooner or later; time when
you have to admit another woman's
superior charm, beauty and oppor-
tunity, and bear it. The alternative
IS to quarrel, destroy the friend
ship that now exists among Won
three, and possibly lessen your hus-
bands affection and admiration for
you. He probably thinks of YOU as
a woman with common sense. To
burst out with jealousy of YOUR Sic
ter would shock and disgust and dis
illusion him.
But you won't have to bear this
forever. Nancy doesn't want TO mar
ny your husband. She's just PLAYING
with him to keep her hand in. In
a few more months she will be free
to find another mate, and then she
will settle down to real business and
you will have the grateful lob Of
consoling your husband for the
change in Nancy.
"She isn't bit like what she used
to be-" he will complain. land us
all that boob. What she sees in hin,
is more than / can work outl But II
she's going to act like such a fool
the sooner she marries him and cot
ties down the better"
Your only cure, Deedee. is time
But l would like to give a hint 10
the husbands and wives who en-
cheerfully take chances with the ga.
cred and easily destroyed thing that
is married love and confidence II
would be good idea for every mar.
ried person to check I'D on himself
OF herself, now and then. Ask your.
self If the fiattering friendship that
seems so harmless and so anus.
ing to you is hurting your old mate
Ask yourself il the person nearest
you has any reason to feel herself or
himself left out IN the cold.
Love is great responsibility To
hurt ito repulse it, is no lauphing
matter. II is my profound some.
what old acknowledgements. tbo,
one Of the sins we pay for most biz.
terly is the sin of throwing love
aside.
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Tight Place

When you get into tight place,
and everything goes against you,
till it seems as if you could not
hold on minute longer, never
give up then, for that's just tho
place and time that the tide will
turn.-Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
u. S. BLANKETS


reference to it, but one factor cred
tied by military authorities with
helping to maintain the morale of
bomb-battered Londoners has been
several hundred thousand American
blankets. They have been a life
saver for the harried men, women
and children crowded into dank,
subterranean shelters.
Some time ago the British Red
Cross cabled a frantic appeal for
blankets for use in afraid shelters.
The American Red Cross decided to
buy the durable and warm blankets
used by the U. S. army, which av-
erage around So apiece in mass
wholesale lots, but Immediately ran
into serious tangles.
One was the fact that the govern
ment was heavily in the market for
blankets for the army and navy,
and If the Red Cross also entered
the market, prices would certainly
skyrocket. So the Red Cross turned
to the defense commissions bust
ness aces, who Immediately called
a conference Of leading merchandise
ers from Macy's, Sears Roebuck,
Filene's, Montgomery Ward and
others.
BY long distance telephone these
experts Immediately made a flash
survey of u. S. mills, which re-
vealed the discouraging fact that the
mills didn't have 200, 900 army-spec-
lfication blankets on hand, even at
So per blanket. But there were am
pie seconds" available, blankets
rejected by government inspectors.
These could be bought at around 50
each.
And that was done. The British
got blankets without delay and at
q saving of $4,000 Simultaneous
ly American mills cleared their
shelves and the domestic market
was undisturbed.
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II ERE'S real lullaby luxury, for
= yourself and the lucky friends
to whom you give it-this neIiirne
ensemble comprising high
wasted nightie that's lovely as a
dance frock, and sweet little bed
jacket. Send for design No. 1928
B, and make it up in fine, sheer
batiste, chiffon, georgette OFF
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Be a Pattern

Be a pattern to others, and then
all will go well; for as a whole
city is infected by the licentious
passions and vices of great men,
so it is likewise reformed by their
moderation.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08
LABOR TRUCES
Sidney

Defense Commissioner Sidney
Hillman's crack labor advisory
board is making use of an old ad-
age, IAN ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure" to over
come one of the most serious OBJ
stacles to preparedness-work stop
page.
Quietly, the board has adopted
the rule OF getting employers and
workers together on mutual agree
ment for the settlement of disputes
before activity is begun on a de-
Tense project.
This nev system ensures labor
the protection of its rights, and at
the same time safeguards the en-
ployer from loss through strikes or
jurisdictional squabbles between ri
val unions.
Illustrative of the plan is the
agreement arranged between the
contractors building the new six
ways shipyard at Orange, Texas,
for the Consolidated Steel corpora
ton OF Los Angeles, and the unions.
1t was negotiated by Charles Mac
Gowen, able vice president of the
A. F. of L. boilermakers and a
member of the labor advisory board.
Before spade was put to ground,
MacGowen secured from Harry
Morton, contractor representative,
an agreement guaranteeing payment
OF prevailing wages, time-and-a-half
for overtime, double time for Sun
day and holiday work, and no lock-
outs. In exchange, Morton secured
from labor a no-strike guarantee
and arbitration of jurisdictional diff
ferenceS.
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knowledge
That jewel knowledge is great
riches, which is not plundered by
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

a S A IMAM against death" DR..
James Ewing has been in the
trenches for years in the world war
against cancer. A medal is con-
ferred by the New York City Cancer
committee for outstanding work
during the year in the campaign to
control cancer"
He Is director of the Memorial
Hospital for Cancer and Allied Dis
eases, a world leader in the battle
against the scourge Of modern
times. He voices hope, but ruthless
" limits his conclusions to demon
strahls fact
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

w HEN Capt. Henry Harwood
w defeated the Graf Spec pocket
battleship, off Montevideo last De-
cember, the home office flashed a
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-11-08

consolidated Features-WNU Servicel
NJ EW YORK.-Close in, in the
critical diplomatic huddle at
Ankara is our John Van A. Mac
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Water Gate Concert
On WMAL

Another half.hour broadcast in
the "Sunset Symphony" series will
be presented over WMAL t $3.50
PM, featuring music by the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra.
Tonisht's program will be under
the direction again of DR.. Frank
Black, distinguished. radio conduc.
tor, and will originate at the Water
Gate.
By all means attend the concert
If you can. The music and the
setting provides combination that
10 exceedingly worth while. II you
cannot attend, tune in WMAL at
$3.50 pm.
In arranging these broadcasts
The Star and the National Broad.
casting Co. are cooperating with
the Summer Concerts Committee
Of the Symphony Orchestra in its
effort to further. appreciation and
support Of the orchestra in its con.
tribution to the musical life Of
Washington.
Tickets for the concerts can be
purchased At the Water Gate
. tonight.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Sentiment GROWING
For Hull 3-Point
Defense Program
Huvonu Committees Have
Proposals Supported by
u. S. and Other Nations
BY GARNET d. HORNER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

HAVANA, July 24.-Increasingly
favorable sentiment for action to
put into effect Secretary Of State
Hull's three-point hemisphere de-
fense program against the reper-
cussions of the European war was
reported today as committees con-
sidered detailed recommendations
to the meeting of American foreign
ministers.
The committees had before them
specific proposals supported by the
United States and number Of other
delegates for establishing collective
trusteeship over any imperilled
European possessions in the New
World, stamping out subversive
activities and increasing inter-
American economic cooperation.
Secretary Hull hoped the proposals
could be adapted in committee to
include the views of all nations
without sacrificing the main objec-
tives so that they could be pre-
sented to the conference for final
action as composite recommends
tions without any particular coun-
try's label. This procedure was de-
signed to avoid friction and jeal-
ousies that might develop otherwise
from pride of authorship.
u. S. Shuns Sponsorship.
Stunning United States sponsor
ship of any detailed projects, Secre-
tary Hull held up the introduction
of resolutions to implement the
program outlined In his Monday
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Trusteeship Proposals
Cause French Concern
BY PAUL GHALI,

Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent
VICHY, July 2.-Secretary Of
State Cordell Hull's declarations at
Havana, particularly his suggestions
for q trusteeship over European
insular possessions in the Western
Hemisphere, are much discussed In
French omcial circles here today.
French spokesmen say the con-
ditions Of Frances armistice with
Germany do not cover French DOS
sessions in the vicinity Of the Amer
ican continent. Martinique, Guiana
and Guadaloupe are old French ter
ritories not threatened by anybody,
they point out by way Of intimation
that 1t would be better II no Pam
American action were taken that
would antagonixe the Reich. Zone
line censored)
France, according to the odlcial
mood here, once more counts on
Americas friendship not to embitter
Vichy's relations with Berlin, and
not to make more dimcult an al
ready painful position.
tCopyrisht. 1910. Chicago Daily News, Inc.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 24.-Germany has
lost 1900 to 5000 planes since the
war began, British sources asserted
today in support OF q claim that
Britain gradually Is overhauling
Germany in the rage for control Of
the skies.
The Royal Air Force is gaining
power steadily through more than
doubled home production plus In
creased American deliveries, these
sources said, although conceding
that German mass production prob
ably has raised the Nazis' numerical
strength higher than at the outset Of
hostitties.
Estimates last September placed
the German air force Of first line
warplanes ct 5000 to 5000. rs COM
pared with Britains 5000 to 1000.
Reuters, British news agency, said
well-informed London circles figured
German production Of planes is be-
ing maintained "at around about
1900 . month" and added:
That u . figure which Britain
may be said today to Be rapidly ap-
Evening star., 1940-07-24
$241,088 Tax Lien Filed
Against Union Head
By the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. July pa Federal
income tax lien Of $24l.0 against
Michael J. Carrozzo. president of
the Chicago Common Laborers
Union and numerous affiliates with
thousands of members, was filed in
Federal Court yesterday by Carter
H. Harrison, collector Of internal
revenue.
Two week ago authoritative Fed
eral sources disclosed that Car
rozzo had paid Uncle Sam nearly
$500 900 In recent years in an ef-
fort to settle income tax affairs.
The lien represented the Govern
ment's claim for unpaid taxes, in
terest and penalties for the years
l. and 1898.
rrozzo is under indictment for
,ged violation of the antitrust
.ws by excluding ready-mixed con-
crets from Chicago area building
operations.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
U. 5. Army Plans 10 Mine
| New York Harbor Areas
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 24.-The Army
plans to mine the approaches to
New York Harbor as soon as present
maneuvers are completed. officers Of
the SD Coast Artillery said today.
The Army information service said
soldiers at Fort Hancock, N. j., have
been busy laying dummy" mines
and sweeping them up. These ma
neuvers will continue through
August.
The areas to be mined are around
Sandy Hook. Shipping will be
warned in advance.
This mines will be controlled elec-
trically from shore points, the service
said, adding that they are not of
the European type that explode on
contact.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Rumania Confiscates
Biggest British Oil
Company in Country
She'll Subsidiary Accused
Of Falling to Supply
Production information
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. July 24.-The Ru-
manian government today confis-
Gated the largest British oil COM
pany in Rumania.
The confiscated concern was the
Astra-R Romano Oil Co., which is
jointly owned by British and Dutch
interests.
Oil Commissar Gheron Meta ap-
pointed one of his deputies to run
the company for the government.
A government order asserted that
the concern. subsidiary Of the
Royal Dutch Shell. had failed to
supply information on production
as required by Rumanian law.
Under the terms OF q recent oil
decree the Rumanian government
now may send the company's pro-
duction to Germany for use by the
Nazi armies.
Since the start of the war the
stro-Romane company refused
steadfastly to ship oil to the Reich.
United States Oil men said the
action against Astra- Romano does
not affect American interests,
although they acknowledged q pre-
cedent had been created which
might be used against any oil con-
Germs in the future.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Man, Legally Dead,
Claims Share in Estute
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, July 24.-Andrew
Franey, 81, who was declared le-
gally dead last October, has re-
turned to st. Louis to claim part
of a $4,000 estate, his brother,
Thomas Franey, disclosed yester-
day.
Andrews whereabouts had been
unknown to his family for AZ years
He arrived a few days ago from
Long Beach, Calf.
Andrew was declared legally dead
by Probate Judge Glendy B. Ar
mold on information furnished by
relatives that all efforts to find him
had proved futile. His share of the
estate, about $7,773, had been placed
IN the care Of an administrator,
Evening star., 1940-07-24
German Plane Loss During War
Is Near S, 900, British Claim
England Is Declared Gradually overtoking
Reich in Race for Control of Skies

preaching, although she has yet
to overhaul It,"
The British admitted that by the
end Of summer the air battles 50
far fought may appear insignificant,
but pointed to their balance sheet
Of the first month Of daily engage
ments and the start of the second.
Score Since June II.
Reuters said since June II, when
Germany launched mass air attacks
against England, the plane losses
compiled from ofncial British rec
ords gave this score:
German planes shot down, 1888:
British, 81.
The NaI Luftwaf1e (air force)
losses were given as 90 bombers,
chiefly Heinkel Ills, Dornier It's
and Junkers 88s and 87s, and Il
fighters, Messerschmitt 1905 and
110s.
Royal Air Force losses were given
as 90 bombers and "a fighters.
Thirteen Of the r. A. r. bombers
were lost IN action in German held
parts Of France since the armistice,
(see PLANES, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1940-07-24
go Planes in Furious Battle
AS Nozis Raid Thames Convov:
Seven Ships Sunk, Reich Says
Husband, Returning
From War, Is Killed
Before Wne's Eyes
BY the Associated Press,

oy INC ASSOCl6teu fIcSS.
LONDON, July 24.-Mrs. Tess
johnson waited happily on q
quay to greet her husband and
son-in-law, who were coming
home on the naval trawler
Campina.
The British woman was glad
for her daughters sake. as well
as her own, for her son-in-law
was coming home to see his
wife and 9-month-old child.
From the shore Mrs. johnson
could see her husband in the
wheelhouse of the trawler. She
smiled at him and waved.
A moment later the craft hit
an enemy mine. johnson and
his son-in-law were killed.
The trawler's loss was an
nounced yesterday.