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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03

The course of Hitler'S war AGAINST
Russia is likely to be shaped by
military events Of the immediate
future.
Hitler's problem is to stabilize the
front in north central Russia pc
fore winter. II possible he must
Wrest the important Lenlngrad anf
Moscow areas from the Russians
and concentrate on taking the re-
mainder of the Ukraine, which
would deprive Russia of more than
so per cent of her heavy industry.
1t would be a heavy blow to a ma
ton fighting war on such scale
as this one.
Conquest OF the entire south
Crn Ukraine also would lay the
Caucasus oil fields open to attack.
Their loss would be almost a GRIP
pling blow to Russia.
Those are the objectives which
Hitler would like to attain. Wheth-
er he can attain them IS open to
question. Leningrad, for instance,
has been under siege for more than
a month and as far from falling as
| it was when German "encllclc-
ment was completed in September.
OFFENSIVE COMING
The lack of any large scale Ger
man drive and the German failure
to make any important advances III
/ the last week leads London to be-
! lieve that Hitler is reforming hls
armies for new major offensive
perhaps within the next few days
There is much speculation as tc
where he will hit, and guesSes run
all the way from Leningrad ans
the Moscow front to the southern
Ukraine
A concentrated drive in the north
or center or both would not be sur
prising. It is essential tor Hltlel
to improve his position there be
fore winter. Consolidated there, X
could concentrate his main force'
on the southern Ukraine and tht
Crimea. where weather conditions
would make for uninterrupted
fighting.
SUPPLIES VITAL
Assuming that Russia fights al
though the WintPr-and opinion
almost unanimous that she will
the question of supply becomes al
increasingly important part OF lh
picture, both for Russian and Ger
many.
Hitler. while he probably has OBJ
tanned almost nothing OF value 10
himself from the reucatlng Rus
slams in his advances so Tar ma
: deprived the Russians OF importan
resources. including more than one
fourth of the Ukraine industries
Occupation OF KharkOV and IN
Toncts basin would be a lurthe
severe loss.
Britain and the United States en-
ter the picture at this point d
Russia's only probable salVatlo1
Russia unquestionably has the ma
power. Stain may we'll have eCA
oed Churchill's plea to the UnlIe
states: Give us the tools and "
will finish the job" That question
of course, was the subject OF IN
, Moscow conference, Just complP'',
The confereCS are believed /
have agreed that if Russia cal
carry along for the next 81
months. the supplies now reachlh
; her will have been so increased th'
, her chances of survival Will D
more than good.
Production and transportation AZ
tbe nub of the problem. They ar
equally important, because neltle
would be effective without tn
other Britain" and the Unite
States apparently have assure
Pussia that the production end ca
be taken care of. They are worNih
day and night on the Transports
tom end.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03

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and four big double
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ers make every ride
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03

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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03
Cavalry to Hold
Mounted Review

A mounted review VIII TAKE pI"''
at Camp Seeley at Q am. Satl'foa%'
a ceremony the public may wltnes7
All men aud horses now station
ed at the camp will participate III
the review, officers announced FIJI
daV
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03

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Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03
Today S
War Moves
BY Louis F. keemle
of the United Press
War Desk

The course of Hitler's war against
Russia is likely to be shaped by
military events Of the immediate
future.
Hitler's problem is to stabilize the
front in north central Russia be-
fore winter Ii possible he must
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03
DEAL WITH VATICAN

One quarter suggested that Mr.
Roosevelt is hopeful of rapprochc-
ment between the VATICAN and Mos
COW that might lead to an exchange
of diplomatic representatives in time
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-03
Hitler Says Final Phase
O. Russian War Started

BERLIN. GeD ; up ado
Hitler told tac German pop" g
day thai pr,at operations haze h.eI
started @4me. vii hcp 10 ar. -.
our mamlc IL the cast
Tie Ge,maa leadcr breaking IA
.ilen"r silea has been coHt'MG Z
through fnr lG3 day. sinc Start -
the cdup.i'n u RlsSla. aadfc- q
a muuiHdo aihnffd III 'ha fam4i-
iar sc'sr.' ol 80 Ber.' sro
palac"
He doeGoa ,hsf IL. =. poi -
greet e,cut IS n a:0r#l1.7i
throuah .u pr:.G3n taal IL
eastern from OF aiea cHan'
wherein mIEon- are en4aa {.
Th!s operation. ne "a G.l.t -.
| help destroy our cntmno.
Hitter va presented fe tHe
throng in the Sports lal.re u"d i
the unstln fajio audience et }HliI-
ions oI GGauaua J.; P-uea-anda
Ministcr ria Joseph q "u5el, w,
said the Fu,hc. lad ial; taa cast
ern front 10 sCtW.. 20 Berlin iof a
single Gay.
FUEHRER ALIBIS
Reviewing c|cnts leading up tc
/ the outbreak of var with Russia
Hitler CHARGED thai Russia had de.
! mandCd 'hat Germany elEC ihC 50
Wet lrcc hand in Finland anf
bases on the DardanelloS. Ines
demands. he ASSERTED, he reused
I neger betrayed tax elFef
to me since I took over the destini
of Germany. he eaid on Wori
was to leave our name to@arcr L
history. We were not car u.
war
He reviewed the Gcrman aiianc
with Italy and pok" oi h.- since
friendship 1ol Tlcmrr Hcnit'
Mussolini AID %ith improved re
lationS with Japan Hungary II,
other European countries wee syln
pathetic he said although OH,
men with their hates and meg,0
mania hampered the axis effort.
He said it had been impoSsiel
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

cHEvRoLET-Ie35 ds luxe town sedan
refinished excellent motor, good tres
upholstery very clean
1925 Livernois, Cor. Joy Road
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
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FORD 1855 OPERA COUPE. 3t5
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pOpGE 1910 he luxe 2-dr sed. -. 5qa
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DODGE 1889 de luxe 4-dr. sedan. 49a
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Evening star., 1941-02-09

the money would go to the right
place, but 1t rarely does. Usually
most of it gets into the hands of
about two members of each COM
pany, and when the smoke of battle
is cleared. one of this pair gets it
and takes the elementary precaution
of sending it home, so that he won't
have to lend 1t back again until
next pay day. Those who enjoy
payless pay days are by all means
urged to get in on this game; those
who don't are advised to try some
thing else, even if it is only tiddle-
dyWinks.
Another popular pastime is the
good, old-fashioned snipe hunt
which can sometimes be worked
against greenhorns from the city
Time never seems to dim, nor Gus
tom stale, this perennial favorite.
On the rather slim chance that the
reader may not have heard of it,
the details will be given.
First comes a build-up concerning
the marvellous flavor of the snipe-
q blend of turkey, quail and night
ingales tongues, selling for $40 a
portion at swank New York hotels,
Evening star., 1941-02-09

the Thomas Circle home, all the ter
ritory beyond it was open country,
and even as late as 1862, according
to British writer who visited Wash
ington that year, Massachusetts, ave-
nue. meant little to Congress, and,
no doubt, the reverse was true also
"A stranger finds himself" the
traveller goes on to say. in the posi-
ton of being sent across the country
knee deep in mud. Wading through
snipe grounds, looking for civiltza-
ton where none exists"
Later Charles Hill moved into the
Crawford residence and so rural
was the surrounding area in 1860
that the city directory gives this
gentleman's occupation as farmer"
During the Civil War the Crawford
Hill house was converted into what
was known as Desmarre's Hospital
that was opened in March, 1868, and
closed December 2, 1865. During
the war additional buildings were
added TO the residence, the latter
afterWard becoming the Columbia
Hospital for Women in 1866
through the efforts of DR.. J. Harry
Thompson. who was surgeon in
charge from 1866 to 1873. when he
removed to Rome, Italy, where he
died. The hospital is now on L
street between Twenty-fourth and
Twenty-ffth streets NV.
Mrs. Coles Window.
A little to the south of the side
of the CraWford-H residence,
where NJ street and Massachusetts
avenue come to point, stands what
has been called Mrs. Coles bay
window, because of the publicity
given the property at least 35 years
ago, when Mrs. Annie A. Cole OBJ
tanned a permit to build bay win
dow on her house, and proceeded
with the work until the brickWork
was almost completed. when the
aristocratic residents of Highland
terrace, opposite, objected because
they said the projection would OBJ
Scure their view. The case was soon
taken into court and an injunction
sought, because it was said that the
structure extended too far beyond
the building line.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

due to It's scarcity. Millionaires
would almost give their souls, if
any, for it, so rare and precious a
delicacy it is. Fortunately, the re-
cruit is told by a select group of
his fellows they have discovered a
veritable snipe paradise in the
neighborhood of the camp. Will he
come along with them and share the
spoils of the hunt?
Trip to Woods.
If he accepts, he is in for an in
teresting experience. Just after eve
ming chow the little party sets out
for the woods, equipped with lam
terms, large sack, and a pocket
compass, the compass not being
shown to the victim. They tramp
for 2 or 3 miles through briars and
swamps, until the lights of camp
can no longer be seen. At this point
one of the party takes Surrepti-
tious compass reading, after which
they cruise for another mile in wide
circles until all sense of direction is
lost. They then station the recruit
at an opening between two bushes
which, they say, is part of a snipe
trail.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
By Basil Gordon

The powers that be have long
ago officially recognized that diver
sion is a necessity to keep troops
from going stale.
The only reason they have been
able to recognize this has been be-
cause of their vast experience. The
recruit, when he joins up, shows no
symptoms of staleness. Until taken
in hand, he is quite the reverse, and
entirely too fresh for military pur-
poses. Apoplectic Sergeants, froth-
ing at the mouth, often blow out
any number of fuses in their heroic
efforts to tone down this freshness
and at least prevent him, should he
encounter his regimental COM
mander, from hailing him with the
democratic greeting, Hi, colonel,
how's tricks?' Still, the authorities
know that in time it will become
necessary to put mild brake upon
the seasoning process to prevent ul-
! innate staleness, and so they pro-
vide prize rings and recreation halls,
with stages and screens. There the
soldiers congregate after evening
chow to pass leisure hours until call
to quarters, in such paStimeS as
cards, checkers, dominoes and
swapping lies about the good jobs
they gave up to serve their country.
On some evenings, movies are
shown: on others, local talent puts
on plays. These differ but little
from the amateur church dramatlcs
| of civilian life; about the same
amount of prompting is needed, and
! the curtain sticks or falls just as
often. The main difference is that
the heroine needs shave and
speaks with a deep bass voice. but
the audience gets used to that, and
anyhow, the show is free.
The biggest drawing card Of all
is a prize fight, and it is amazing
how well some of these amateur
boxers perform.
The writer well remembers seeing
one bout in 1917 at Paris Island,
S. c., at the Marine Recruit Depot.
I'm this corner" said the an
nouncer, bowling to make himself
heard above the din of the assembled
marines, we have Pvt. Xpsylztw of
Blah Blah Company. Over here,
Corpl. Bzbzbzbz of Pspspsps Com
pany."
One-Sided Battle.
The fight, fortunately, was some
| what better than the announcing
even if it was one-sided. From the
very beginning it was obvious that
Corpl. Bzbzbzbz would be the win
ner. Although without the benefit
of manager working for him on
an annual salary of 20 grand, he
sailed into the unfortunate Xpslcztw
Evening star., 1941-02-09

! on him as they assembled at the
railroad station in Baltimore
We are travelling on duty" they
told him, land regulations require
us to let Admiral Y at San Fran
cisco know just where we are at all
times. Have you sent your telegram
yet?'
Ensign X hastily did so. Govern
ment rate collect, and the party
got aboard AT Harrisburg they
halted long enough for another wire
to go out. and also at Pittsburgh.
The scene now shifts to Admiral
VS. office. The worthy admiral was
much puzzled over bit of yellow
paper which said that Ensign x
was Just leaving Baltimore The
| news left him cold. The Navy was
full of ensigns, each more inSignif1-
cant than the next. Irritably he
laid the paper aside.
But that did him no good. Others
kept coming in from Harrisburg,
Pittsburgh, Columbus, Fort Wayne
and Chicago. He learned, with re-
gret by that time, that Ensign x
had survived the perils of Daven-
port and would soon be heard from
at Des MoineS. Sure enough, he was.
In 1881 it used to take at least
a week to get across the continent,
and it was one of the hardest weeks
the admiral ever put in. He lay
awake at night thinking up blister
ing remarks to deliver to the DASH
ing young ensign as soon as he
dared to show up. The Sheaf of
collect kilograms grew higher and
higher, and the admiral's temper
shorter and shorter. Successive
wires from Omaha, Grand Island,
Denver, Salt Lake City. Winnemucca
and Carson City wrecked what little
was left. The final one, from Sac
ramento, was almost a blessed re-
lief. Soon he would be face to face
with Ensign x and able to blow
off steam.
When the group showed up to
report, Admiral Y had eyes and
ears for only one member. Dis
missing the rest, he had a heart
to-heart monologue with the over
conscientious x, in which he care
fully explained the true status of
an ensign in such vigorous fashion
that x was never able to forget
1t. Another reminder X had was
the necessity of reimbursing the
United States for the cost of some
Is kilograms.
From all this it may be seen that
1t is foolish for the draftee to
worry over the possibility of not
being amused. With the recreation
hall going full blast under official
sanction, and the genius of his COM
rades going full blast without 1t,
he need never have q dull moment.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Military Recruit ddb Of Comrades Abundant

and outpointed him in every round,
all for the glory of Pspspsps Com
pany and a gate of S33 a month for
the duration of the war, win or
lose. Furthermore, the match was
impromptu, and he had had no op-
portunity to call in representatives
of the press, weeks IN advance. and
tell them that de fight was in de
bag and he would moider de bum.
But there was no knockout. The
corporal, we'll knowing that he
would win on points, seemed con-
tent to leave it at that, and re-
Trained from giving the coup de
grace to his opponent. To the au-
thor, sitting ringside, this seemed
an intelligent and humane action.
and in the same class with that of
a jockey in horse race who comes
into the stretch with a 10-length
lead and handrides his mount to vic
tory without submitting him to the
unnecessary punishment of whip or
spur.
Not many others seemed to think
so, however. Knock him out!"
howled the spectators. One dis
gusted marine invited the referee
to throw both of them cake-eaters
outta the ring. Said a reighbor to
the author. This is disgustin'! Oh,
sure, they'll give him the fight, but
he amt got the killer instinct. He'll
never amount to nothin'"
The author, unconvinced, deter
mined to find out for himself the
identity of this obscure boxer des-
tined to remain in anonymous OBJ
livion because he was cursed with
an aversion to pulverizing the oppo-
sition and sending 1t to a hospital.
1t was quite a job to find some one
who knew him, but the writer has
always been glad that he persisted.
If he had not, he would never have
known that he had just witnessed
one of the first fights Of Gene Tun-
ney, later heavyweight boxing
champion Of the world.
Spontaneous Sports.
Other organized recreation is pro-
vided, including football and base
ball. Equally important, however,
are unorganized, spontaneous sports,
although curiously enough they are
invariably frowned upon by the
authorities.
One of these games is played, just
after pay day, in the bunkhouse on
a blanket with two little pieces of
cube-shaped bone with spots on
them. The purpose of this pastime
is to distribute money in ratio diff
ferent from that prescribed by the
paymaster-and it has never yet
failed of it's purpose. AS q money
circulator 1t beats even the New
Deal for speed.
It would be more interesting Il
Evening star., 1941-02-09
Spring in Park Furnished
Water for White House
Thomas Circle Was Center of
Residential District Where
Leading Citizens Lived

the city, which is in the vicinity OF
Twelfth street and Massachusetts
avenue.
On the site of this new Welfare
Conference Building stood from 1879
to 1910 the Academy of the Holy
Cross, and following the removal
of the Academy to its present ex-
tensive location, the Massachusetts
avenue building was occupied by the
War Department and the United
States Shipping Board, in turn,
for brief periods. After the with
drawal of the latter, plan was in
augurated to transform the building
into a theater, but This idea did
not materialiZe, and in August, 1920,
the property was purchased by the
Catholic Welfare Conference, and
this organization has made its home
here ever since. In the building
being removed His Holiness Pope
Plus XII then Eugenio Cardinal
Pacelh, Papal Secretary OF State)
met the Welfare Conference staff on
the occasion of his visit to the
United States in 1886.
Holy Cross Academy.
But as to the site of the old and
the new building, the writer deems
it proper to pay just tribute to
the Academy of the Holy Cross that
first moved into this block in 1879,
where the sisters of this organiza-
ton had paid $1,000 the year be-
fore for the lot. which is IS feet in
frontage. Plans were Immediately put
into effect TO erect a pretentious
structure of red brick with stone
trimmings. which was soon COM
pleted, at a cost of $4,000, and the
institution was legally chartered in
, that year under the name it is still
known by.
The academy became widely
known as a day school, and we are
told that parents repeatedly asked
the sisters to take their daughters
in residence. and in accordance
with this request the building was
renovated in 1898 to make it suit
able for a boarding school. Chill
dren from the Embassies and Lega-
tions, and daughters Of Congress
men and high-ranking Army and
Navy officers. as well as Government
ofiicials were enrolled as students.
Evening star., 1941-02-09

In order not to tax his endurance
too much, they will give him the
easy task, that of actually bagging
the snipe. while they do the hard
work of beating. All he has to dc
is to spread out the sack across the
trail, and close it up quickly when
the quarry runs into it. OF course
he must show no light, as snipe are
afraid of that. so they take the lam
terms and leave him literally holding
the bag. Once out of his sight. they
consult the compass, proceed by its
direction until the lights of camp
appear, and continue on to we'll
earned repose for the night.
The Sniper with bag usually gets
bored after two hours and decides to
return-a decision rendered totally
ineffective by absence of both light
and a knowledge of which way
camp lies. Unequipped with the
marvellous instinct of the snipe, he
blunders into briars, swamps, mos
quitos, poison ivy and possibly even
hornets 1t is noon before he can
get back to receive the proper
awards for his heroic services as
entertainer-l0 days kitchen police
for being absent without leave, and
the nickname of "Snipe" for the
rest of his enlistment.
Another amusement consists in
sending a recruit for a hundred
yards of skirmish line, or. If in the
Navy, for the key to Davy Jones
locker.
No doubt the Army needs skirmish
line as much as it does beans or
bullets, but the trouble is no one
seems to know where it is kept.
The battalion supply sergeant, US
ually the first port of call, regrets
that he is temporarily out of 1t,
but knows for a fact that the next
battalion has just received a fresh
supply. This, however, proves to
be a false rumor. Tramping back
and forth for hours and miles,
dropping in at dozens of likely spots,
the recruit learns the amazing and
shameful fact that there isn't so
much as a single yard of skirmish
line in the entire camp. 1t is just
another horrible example of our
woeful lack of preparedness, ne re-
fleets, as he rests his aching feet.
Barnett's Tale.
A favorite tale of the late General
George Barnett, wartime COM
mandant of the Marine Corps, was
along similar lines. Upon gradu-
alton from the Naval Academy in
1881, he and a number of other
young lieutenants and ensigns were
ordered to report to the naval base
at San Francisco for duty. Selec-
ting Ensign x as likely material,
his comrades in arms went to work
Evening star., 1941-02-09

AS a matter Of fact, this building
might easily be mistaken today for a
separate house, as it points toward
the circle from the angle formed by
Massachusetts avenue and M street.
The old part and the new part are
easily distinguishable, the old part,
as the writer recalls it, being of a
light color, while the new is of red
brick.
Mrs. Cole, throughout the contro-
versy stood pat" and even employed
a surveyor TO survey the otner prop
erty around the circle, with the
result-as the writer recalls it, after
many years-that nearly all were
found 10 be in her same position, in
that they were also beyond the
building line. AS the controversy
increased so did complications, until
a bill was rushed through Congress
legalizing all structures beyond the
building line TO that date, and all
parties interested breathed easier,
especially Mrs. Cole, whose bay win
dow still looks out proudly on
Thomas Circle.
Noted Residents.
Around the circle also lived people
of distinction and standing in the
community. Senator Justin S. Nor
rill of Vermont, resided at No. l and
C. Wythe Cook, the physician, at
No. 3.
Facing the Circle from the south
where Fourteenth street and Ver-
mont avenue intersect. is the Port
land Hotel, which has the distinction
of having been the second apart
ment house in Washington.
On the east side of the circle
where M street and Massachusetts
avenue join. stands the residence
erected by Mrs. Madeleine V. Dahl.
gren. about 1885. She was the widow
of Admiral John A. Dahlgren, one
of the foremost Union naval officers
of the Civil War.
The new home of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference is not
far from the highest point above
tide water in the central part Of