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Evening star., 1940-01-18
Dr.. Rutland Praised
Al Health Institute
For Work in District
Dr.. Harry F. Dowlins
Luuds Him for
Fine Health Program

DR.. Harry r. Dowling of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Medical Society
today voiced high praise Of the Dis
trict's public health oficer, DR..
George G. Ruhland, In an address
before the Health Institute, ,spon.
sored by the local Work Projects Ad.
ministration. :
DR.. Ruhland's post has been thu
center of discussion following dis
closure this week that the Commis-
sioners had inserted a section IN
their plan for reorganization Of thes
municipal government providing the,
head Of the District Health Depart
ment must be an oficial of the
United States Public Health Service.
Factor In Health Program.
Before capacity audience in the
United States National Museum Au-
ditorium this morning, the speaker
credited DR.. Rutland with aiding in
placing the District high In health
control programs.
I'VE have an excellent health ON.
Ger in DR.. Rutland, who has been a
great aid in the Districts present
health control program" DR.. Dowl..
ing, a member of the Speakers Bu.ss
reau of the local Medical Society,".
stated =
The District laboratory is occupied
"a hours day typing diseases and
preparing serums, he pointed out,
adding that the issuance of free
pneumonia serums to needy patients
was another great step forward" in
combating that disease.
Pneumonia, DR.. Dowling told the
group of nearly 500 w. P. A. execu.
tives and workers, is the captain
OF the men Of death that we must
run out of the ranks entirely" He
warned of the complications from
the common cold and advised per-
sons who have cold to go to bed
Immediately and call in a physician.
To Continue Six Weeks.
Opening yesterday with an ad-
dress by DR.. James r. Granger Of
the local Medico-C Chirugical Society,
the Health Institute will continue
for six weeks. Attendance at the
lectures is being arranged so that
work on local w. P. A. projects will
not be disrupted, officials pointed
out. Virtually all of the administra-
tlon workers will have attended one
or more sessions before their close.
The institute was organized to in
struct workers in essential facts of
everyday health and to encourage
visits to clinics and physicians.
Dr. Ruhland, in statement made
public yesterday by Administrator
Paul Edwards of the local w. p. A..
praised the Health Institute as IAN
important contribution to the health
education of Washington and a
great factor in disease prevention"
instruction in health, DR.. Rutland
said, was an excellent utilization
OF the time of the workers.
DR.. Bowling, in his discussion
tooay, Grew applause from his audi
ence when he warned that persons
with colds should stay away from
Others After the fifth day of a
common cold, he said, a person
should expect some complication.
The weak link in the medical
professions fight against pneu-;
monia, DR.. Bowling stressed, was
the failure of persons to report to
doctor. Physicians possess a
"double-barreled shotgun" In this
night with the development Of
pneumonia serum and q new drug.
sulfapyridine, he said.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Separated for Years,
Woman Shares Estate

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 18.-Mrs.
Lena Idler McFadden today held a
third Of the $131,744 estate Of her
husband whom she had not seen in
more than 40 years prior to his
death last January.
Mr.. McFadden did not leave a will
and move was started to escheat
his estate to the commonwealth
when Mrs. McFadden appeared and
claimed he had left her and two
children in Camden, N. j., in 1886.
Her claim was upheld here yes
terday.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Mrs. Jenckes' Car Use
Holds Man to Jury

Charged with joy-riding in an
automobile belonging to Virginia E.
Jenckes, former Representative from
Indiana, Roscoe Toliver, 81, colored,
"A R street NV. was held today
under $500 bond for action of the
grand jury.
Toliver appeared In Police Court
facing two additional charges
speeding and no operators permit
as the outcome of a recent early
morning jaunt down Connecticut
avenue behind the wheel Of Mrs.
Jenckes' machine. Judge Hobart
Newman fined him $25 on the no
permit charge and $40 for speeding.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
French Execute Spy

CHALONS-SUR-MARNE, France,
Jan. 18 R.-Wilhelm zaalberg van
Zelst, 26-year-old Netherlander, was
executed by firing squad at dawn
today for espionage.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Auto Reflector Patented

The Patent Once has granted a
batent to Elmer w. Mcdonald of
Tustin, Mich, on a reflector which
will enable an automobile driver
approaching a turn to see other
vehicles around the corner.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the

District If Ishsd BY the United States weather su5sauo
temperature about 10 degrees tomorrow and slightly
night continued
winds becoming fresh northerly tomorrow.
Maryland and Vignia-Snow
continued cold Saturday Sunday
West Vgna-ght tonight tomorrow colder tonight and
tonight; continued and Slnda -
Evening star., 1940-01-18

North China's cereal shortage re-
sulting from floods has become %.
rious.
Evening star., 1940-01-18

Living costs in Shanghai, China,
are higher than ever before.
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Losses in War at Sea

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| Saturday night January
Evening star., 1940-01-18
Precipitation.

Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1940-01-18

accompaniment Of economic war
fare?
Without attempting to answer
these questions, certain considera-
tions bearing thereupon may be
presented.
First Of all, if the war is to extend
to the Balkans, or Scandinavia, po-
litical complications are likely to
arise and must be kept constantly
in mind. Lines of communication
become of paramount Importance,
and their security will be the first
responsibility of commanders in
chief.
To the Balkans, the position of
Italy, commanding the central Med
iterranean. must be determined, or
else the allied effort in the Near East
must be made self-supporting-in-
dependent Of England and France,
based rather on Egypt, India and
Madagascar.
AS to Scandinavia, the control of
the northern part of the North Sea
must be made absolute-a task
never accomplished in the last war
for the lines of communication
OF an expeditionary force cannot,
without undue risk, be subject even
to the occasional Interruptions
which may be borne in the case of
commercial trafnc.
AS to both Scandinavia and the
Balkans 1t must be remembered
that the allies will be conducting
eccentric operations, that is, they
will be working on exterior lines,
leaving to Germany the advantages
Of interior lines and central posi-
ton.
Planes Value Still to Be Seen.
It Is this advantage which has
enabled Finland to deal so faithfully
with the Russian columns Of inva-
sion; 1t was this advantage which
was one Of Germanys chief strate-
gic assets in the last war.
1t remains, of course, to be seen
how far modern airpower has al
tered the old conditions, how far
its calculated and intelligent use
my tend to check that rapidity of
movement and concentration which
Is necessary in order to reap the
full advantage Of the interior posi-
ton as against an exterior foe whose
lines Of operations are not 80 vul-
nerahle.
Which is another way OF saying
that once allied air power is es-
tahnshed in Sweden, If it can be
maintained, 1t viii certainly be .
thorn In Germany's side when 1t
comes to concentrating her armies
at any threatened point o( her
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Boston Fishing Stakes
Evidences OF Early Man

Boston, Dec. 24-UP-Fish weir
stakes unearthed 35 feet below
filled in marshland in Boston's
Back Bay supply evidence OF New
Englands earliest people and cul-
ture.
Prof. Albert Morris, Boston Uni
versity sociologist, says the fish
traps date the era OF prehistoric
years ago in a considerably warmer
climate.
He believes a band Of "pre-Al-
gonquian Indians" drove their
"adze-sharpened stakes" down in
the shallow waters OF an inland
bay. Discovery OF the weir was
made in August, 1889, during exac-
uation for a building foundation.
The weir is important" Morris
said, "as the only discovery yet
made that permits an approximate
dating OF the earliest people and
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

and multiplying by the total num-
Der of American cities.
A Finnish writer ventured the
theory that Americans ride in
large, common railroad cars rather
than in compartment cars because
they were afraid to ride In small
groups because OF bandits"
Mrs. owen deplored stories deal
ing with goldfish swallowers"
"flagpole sitters". and "pie-eating
contests. explaining many Euro
peans judge American life by these
extreme incidents.
She also criticized the over
lavishness" of American films, be-
cause the super-colossal social life
depicted in them is not an accu-
rate picture OF home life in the
United States. Unfortunate, too, m
their effect on foreigners, she de-
clared, are movies of social criti-
.cism" like Grapes OF Wrath" and
'chain-gang" films.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

even before this time 10 10000 a
year But TO do this planes are
needed.
AT present the Army comedies It
has not enough basic training
planes at Randolph Field. The
number OF men being trained per
ship is above what they consider
desirable. They have developed a
relay system whereby maximum
use is made of available planes.
When the young cadet arrives
at his flight stage in the morning
he looks at a chart. He sees just
when he gets his plane, whether
he is TO be accompanied by an in
structor or to solo. He is at or in
his plane at the moment his fly
ing time begins
II he is due to go up later, he
spends the intervening time in
class. But when he lands at the
end OF the class period he is ready
and waiting to take il. Each plane
is used between three hours and
forty five minutes and three hours
and fifty minutes out OF each four
hours the length OF morning and
afternoon training periods.
Train in Monoplane
The cadets basic training plane
at Randolph - the BT-l4 - re-
places the slow going elementary
commercial plane he used in the
previous IS hour flight hours he
had. II is low wing monoplane
of 400 horsepower which will do
10 miles an hour is capable OF
loops, slow or snap rolls and I'm
melman turns Each cadet must
learn TO execute these as we'll as
to become familiar with the 60
gadgets on the instrument panel
He must learn to read maps, fly
cross country and obey orders
Each infraction OF rules through
his own fault is marked in stars
against his name In the class room.
For each star he is fined 25 cents.
The kitty is used at graduation
time TO give a party for the class.
On conclusion OF his course. the
cadet goes TO Kelly Field nearby
TO be schooled in the Army plane
in which he will specialize
bomber. pursuit observation. etc.
Shortly the schedule will be
changed so that he will go to his
troops at once and receive this
training there.
In anticipation OF speeding up
Of the pilot training program. II
new commercial schools will soon
be given training, contracts by the
War Department The basic school
vii. then have 10 enlarge its sched-
ule but by then. officers hope. the
new training planes will be avail
able.
The basic training school ulti-
mately will accommodate 1000 ca
diets at time, in classes OF 500
each. New classes will be spaced
five weeks apart in the training
period OF ten weeks.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Bile for the general misconception
people in foreign nations have OF
Americans. She reported her op.n'
ions, based on observations while
she was serving in Scandinavia, to
an audience at Westminster Col
lege here.
Mrs. owen, daughter OF the late
William Jennings Bryan, and wife
of Capt Boerge Rohde, said a
scrapbook of newspaper clippings
she kept while in Denmark showed
that 80 per cent of American news
printed in Danish newspapers
dealt with crime. She found stint
lar ratios in the press of Sweden
aud Finland.
One Danish newspaper story, she
said, related there were 100000
dangerous criminals" abroad in
the United States. She explained
the writer arrived at this figure b.
taking the number of criminals IN
single large American metropolis,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

Washington, Dec. Cup All
young men won to the glamour q
the air service-aristocrat Of all
military branches-find their way
ultimately 10 the West Point OF the
Air" at Randolph Field. Tex, where
they are taught basic flying.
Most OF the cadets come from
IS private training schools where
they have received SIS hours Of ele-
mentary pilot training The num-
Der Of such schools soon will be
increased TO %.
In this connection. the Army IS
now conducting tests with youths
who received their elementary
training under the Civil Aeronau-
tics Bureau TO determine whether
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24

culture OF New England. There
is evidence that the climate OF
Boston was considerably warmer at
the time the first weir was built
than it is now.
THE evidence OF the Back Bay
deposits is supported by studies
OF fossil flora elsewhere in this
country which indicate the ending
OF a warm dry period IN north
eastern America about 5000 years
ago"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
Training Plane Deficiency
Prevents Army Expansion

they, too, have sufficient preiim-
mary work to make them eligible
for Randolph Field training. 1t is
believed that with a few minor
changes the CAB training might
do very we'll
But in any case there is no lack
Of men TO build up the proposed
expanded air force. The Army s
worry is over the number of planes
available for the task ahead. Pos
sible future engine shortages seem
the most likely handicap.
1000 in First Year
The present schedule calls for
the training OF 1000 pilots in the
fiscal year ending next June. The
rate is expected TO be stepped up
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
FOREIGNERS JEW
Of j. S. OECR|ED
AMERICANS ABROAD, FILMS
AND NEWSPAPERS BLAMED
BY RUTH BRYAN OWEN

New Wilmington, Pa, Dec. "a
Residents of other countries
have a distorted picture of life in
the United States because the!
observations are based on Holly
wood movies, newspaper stories
from America, and from the lives
of Americans living abroad
These factors, Ruth Bryan
Owen, former L. S. minister 20
Denmark. believes, are responsi.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-12-24
NEWSPAPER AD PERFUmED

Nashville. Tenn, Dec. 2i-UP-
Residents OF Nashville shifted their
morning papers, for the Tennes-
seean had used perfume in a full
page advertisement. Approx
mately Is pounds OF old rose per-
fume was mixed with regulation
newspaper ink in printing the ad.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26

UNDATED, July 26 lP) - It. allan bombing planes renewed at tacks on Britaiu's great rock fort ress Gibraltar the gateway and seminal of the Mediterranean, the Fascist command said. They declared the heavily fortified bas tion was effectively bombed af- ter a long night flight from It. allan bases. Dispatches from Gib- raltar said an unspecified num- Der of enemy planes bombed the stronghold in a thirty-minute raid before dawn but were driV- en off by anti-aircraft fire.
 Meanwhile the German-control led Holland radio was quoted say ing a Dutch peace committee ap- pealed to President Roosevelt lin the name of humanity to ar range a peace conference.
 The war in the west started briskly again as the Nazi raiders droned over the British Ises and were met by scrappy British Royal Air Force fighters. One German planes dumped a bomb load oyer a southeast English town when pursued by and RAF
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
Nazi Torpedo Speedboal Sinks lS,OOO Ton Merchaniman Which British
 Claim Is Home-Bound French Ship

UNDATED. July 25 lPl-Nazi air bombs fell 12 miles from the outskirts of London the German command reported while in an other daring operation fifty mile-an-hour Nazi torpedo speed boat bounced sixty miles across he English channel to sink an armed merchant ship near Brit aims great naval base at Port land. Skittering over the rough channel, too fast for the big long range guns at the naval base to make it an effective target, the German sea raider got in its knockout blow on the 18,000 ton craft and darted home again. The Nazi commands report of the spectacular feat was quickly coun tered by Britain's First Lord of the Admiralty, who declared the craft to be the French ship Nick nes, with nearly 1900 French offic CTS and men aboard, enroute home to German conquered France.He said about a thousand men were saved. "The boat was flying the French flag and the French colors were painted on the deck and sides and were fully illuminated"
 The German command said German planes bombed the big British Vickers aircraft factory at Weybrid4ge near London where the famous Brookland auto race track is also located. The raids came as Britain claim ed the victory in the first major phase of the five-weeks-old strug gle against the Nazi conquest of England by repeated violent at tack5 from German "blitzkrieg bases" across the channel. At the same time she frightened her blockade on the Reich. With more than thousand mass air
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
Japs Close U. s. Radio China Thru British

SHANGHAI, Jaly 26 (P)- Co., .seiden. with the United States 2e..sn licensing all oil and scrap iron exports, i was reported that restrictions had halted al activities of American trad
 r5 in north China. As g result of pressure, British author ..ie, we're reported to have or Isred .Es United States marine -ld.p station in Tieatsin closed, effective August 20.
 4. Geneva, Joseph Avenol, Sec re.-ry General of the League of Nations since July 1, 1883, an- aoanced his resignation, stating
 Tie realities Of the present tim g made his office no longer nee essary. Thus Aveno signed what may be the formal death sen tence of the League as political body.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
Nazi Speedboats Cross Channel and Sink Shipping
J. s. To Sell .3.OOO Planes Month To British

WASHINGTON, July 25 lP)- Secretary Ntorgerthau said the United States pledged "eevry fac ility" to enable to British to buy 5000 mil. ary planes a month in this country in addition to the huge orders already placed, con frming the announcement made in London by Lord Beaverbrook.
 Mergeathau said the new ar rangemeet, in addition to all pre- vious orders, will require the con struct.on of ne# factories. Say ing the British seem to have plenty of money, Morganthau said the sums involved were col ossaI
 The Secretary asserted that the Treasury, War and Navy depart ments were in complete accord on the commitment. William Kaudsen, production member of she defense commission agreed 10 undertake to work out the de- tails.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
MINNIE MOTS GILMAN, MISS ALASKA, IS I'D MARRY

ST. LOUIS, July 9 la9 - Min nie M5tschman announced that she $ engaged to J9hn Ebert of St. Louis. She is Miss Alaska on 8 god will tour of the United Stat es. They first net three years ago in her home town Fairbanks. The girl met mary noted parsons incuding Mrs. Roosevelt in her months tear but remarked my biggeat thrill was when I saw Johnny again"
 She arrived in S. Louis Sun day .o visit Jchany ana his per ents, 4fr. and Mrs. \. Ebers Eo date has been set far the we3- ding, but Minnie indicated that she didn't plan to return to AL asGa.
 Ebert went to Sea .le to gree. her on her arrival there but said "All she had time to do was wave at me from the beat. That's the last I saw of her until she came to St. Louis
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
Asst. Secty. War Louis Johnson
 s esi ns

WASHINGTON, July 25 (P)- Tie White House announced the ses. .gration of Assistant Secre- ary of War Louis Johnson and the nomination of Robert Porter Patterson of New York, judge of he second U. s. Court of Ap- peals as his successor.
 Stephen Early told reporters,
 Since time immenlorial2 the ssbiaes officer has the right to select his assistant secretary. 5tim5on asked Roosevelt to name Early said Johnson re
 .gred yesterday and has flown
 . Bohemian Grove near San Francisco. As soon as the Presi- lent can get around to it, Early said, he will wire Johnson ac- ssptance of his resignation and advise him he is confidently ex 9ecting him, as soon as he, rests. Q retrrn to Washing eon to con s.eue in the service of the gov erament."
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
Italian Planes Bomb Gibraltar
 British Count 2S Air Raiders
 Ragged Yesterday Over Britain

fighters while another sky invad CT was shot down. Three of it's crew were killed. An English farmer ran out and capturaJ the pilot. Another flight of Nazi bombers were chased of from southeast England The British Air Ministry counted 9 Nazi planes bagged in yesterdays fam ing aerial battles, the biggest days haul of the war.
 F;tler's command reported B British planes shot down while only 9 of our plane are rising" The Germans also reper.ed the destruction of 15 merchant ships totalirg 63,Oe0 tons.
 Yesterdays dive bon b.ng att tacks on London, the fist food line of the war, at the middle class district, at Shephe. 5 Bush where the housewife sought to replenish egg supplies, the Brit Ish censor permitted dispatches .o disclose an egg shortage, one cessant aerial raids on shipping have begun to pinch Britain's larder.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
1000 Person Lost In One Sinking

LONDON, July 25 (P) - Au- .horized sources said 2,823 per sons were missing from the sink
 Ag of the Cunard liner LancaS-
 ria of St. Nazaire during the evacuation of British troops from France. There were 2,477 surviv- DTS from the $500 persons aboard Others may have saved their liv es by swimming or wading ashore and falling into the hands of the Germans.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
Convoy Attacked North of Ireland

BELFAST, July 26 (P)-Heavy gunfire was heard off northern Ireland coast early today and flashes of fire between ships and airpl lanes could be seen. Shore witnesses on the coast said Ger man air raiders apparently at- lacked a convoy. British fighter planes sped to the rescue. The raid on the convoy is the first witnessed in north Irish waters.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26
Sink 22,OOO Tons

BERLIN, July 26 (P) - The German command announced in 3 special communique that Ger ,Aan speedboats sunk three mer- chant ships totaling 22,OOO tons off the southern coast of England In the region of Brighton and that another merchantmen of 1000 tons was set on fire.
The Nome nugget., 1940-07-26

raids, the London spokesman said the British s.r force now
 made it extremely difficult for Germany to organize massed at tacks in .hi5 county from air dromes a1d Es'Iaad, Belgium, France CT bases ezeblished in Norway.
La gaceta., 1940-10-22
Stain cree que ~Inglatena ganara la guerra
Ofertas de Hitler al Soviet


LOndres, Oct. 22.-.Augur,"
ell notable periOdista, publica un
articulo sObre la actitud de Ru-
STA y dice que Stain tiene con :
.fianza en- que Inglaterra ganara
la guerra. 81 la guerra Sc prolon
ga.
"Hace dos amos. escribe, los
rusos estaban asustadOs y te-
milan que Hitler marchara en-
contra de clio para quitarle Ia
Ukrania. MoscG respir6 con mas
facilidad al percibir que la ame-
naza nazi tomaba el rumbo del
Oeste. Stain no habia olvidado
q sS5tO y resolvi6 concertar un
con Hitler. Stain no pue-
de abrigar ilusiones sobre la po-
de conservar los terri
del Baltieo; pero el die
tabor russo entiende el valor de
las demoras, quiza por estar con
vencido de que Inglaterra con
la victoria y que la
Gran Bretaha quedara muy de-
bilitada para reclamar la devo-
de 10 que Russia ha acapa-
RADIO en- sociedad con Hitler"
Hitler entiende bien la psico-
.ogia de Mr.. Stain y de vez en-
,uandO lie arr0ja un mendrugo.
La aeci6p alemana en- los Ralka