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Evening star., 1941-06-26
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS

AS Peter Rabbit scampered along
throughout the Green Forest, a trim
little bird flew up from the ground.
hoped from branch to branch of
tree. walked along a limb, then
from pure happiness, threw back
his head and cried, Teacher, teach
er, teacher, teacher!" each time a
little louder than before. 1t was
Teacher the Ovenbird.
"Oh, Teacher" cried Peter, I'm
so glad to see you again"
Teacher stopped singing an d
looked down at Peter. IF you are
so glad, why haven't you been over
to see me before?" he demanded.
I've been here for some time
Peter looked a little foolish 1.-THE
truth is, Teacher" said he very hum
bly,, Il have been visiting the Old
Orchard SO much and learning so
many things there that this is the
first chance have had to come over
here. There is something I wish you
would tell me; will you?"
That depends on what it is" re-
piled Teacher, eying Peter a liUtle
suSpiciouSly
1T is why you are called Oven
bird" said Peter.
rs that all?' asked Teacher.
Then, without waiting for a reply,
he added: 1T is because of the way
Mrs. Teacher an6 I build our nest.
Some people think it is like an
oven, and so they call us ovenbirds.
I think that is a silly name myself,
quite as silly as Golden Crowned
Thrush, which is what some people
call me. I'm not a Thrush, I'm not
even related to the Thrush family.
I'm Warbler, a Wood Warbler"
Il suppose" said Peter thought
fully, they call you a Thrush be-
cause you are dressed something
like the Thrushes That olive green
coat and white WaiStcoat. all spotted
and Streaked with black, certainly
do remind me of the Thrush family.
II you were not so much smaller
than any. of the Thrushes I should
almost think you were one myself.
I think that just Teacher is the
best name for you. No one who has
once heard you could ever mistake
you for anyone else BY the way,
where did you say your nest is?'
Il didn't say" retorted Teacher
whats more, I'm not going to say.
If I do say it. it is as we'll hidden
nest as anybody can build. Oh,
Peter, watch your step! Watch your
step!" Teacher fairly shrieked this
warning.
Peter, who had just started to hop
off to his right. stopped short in
sheer aStOniShment. Just in front
of him was tiny mound of dead
leaves, and few feet beyond, Mrs.
Teacher was f1uttering about on the
ground as if badly hurt. Peter SIM
ply didn't know what to make of it.
Once more he made a movement
as If to hop, and Teacher flew right
down in front of him. You'll step
on my neSt!' he cried. Its under
that little mound of leaves right in
front of your feet. I wasn't going
to tell you, but just had to, or you
certainly would have stepped on it,
Very carefully Peter walked around
the little mound of leaves. There
sure enough, was nest beneath it
and four speckled eggs.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
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Evening star., 1941-06-26

WNAL, 9;45-A talk by Surgeon Gen..
Thomas pdUdn.
WMAL, 10;O0-Good Neghbors. The bow
10 Brazil features music by Brazilian composers
and several talks touching on Brazilian customs
and the nations roles in Pan-Ameritan solidarity.
W0L, t0;t5-TaIk by Representative Cox Of
Georgia.
WNAI. 1030-Speaking Of Liberty: Guest
speaker is Mrs. J. Borden Hartman, former
United States Minister 10 Norway.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
EVENING STAR FEATURES.
IHE EYENlh6'S HIGH llGHIS.

Star Flashes: Latest morning news with Bill
toyIe; WhAL, II am.
Evening star., 1941-06-26

Baby is alers singin', what is
little boys an girls made out OBJ"
I don't mind the "snacks and snails
an puppydogs' tails" so much, but
where does her get that sugar an
spice" stuff for girls?
Evening star., 1941-06-26
Not This

Mother-I miss going on picnics
with the old gang as we used to.
Father-So do I but that's one
of the penalties we pay for having
a baby, I suppose.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
POINTS FOR PARENTS
BY EDYTH THOMAS WALLACE.

Recreational opportunities otts
en- lie close at hand if ,De but
recognize them.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-07-12

WILL PAY $500 CASH
FOR your 4 or 5-rcom modern
bungalow. Cal NAN oios or
evenings. Garland 1854. AT
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ORDER YOUR WOOD COAL. FUEL OlL-TODAY
You'll Find the Best Buy, in Fuel Here Daily

ALL WOOD o. C. YELLOW FIR
ALL GREEN WOOD Il" OR le"
LENGTHS
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Gosh Buyer With s. 500
WANTS HOME nc; over 10 geArs ole
located IA seed eeetlon Of toEn.
Quiet action Call 0anfio Realty
Co AAfn All
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WINTHROP
MOTOR CO.
Good Cars Priced
Right

LARGE STOCK Of low priced cars
in our Bargain Basement We
meet all competition.
PLYMOUTH DE SOTO
sol st. Helens Main 2lel
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Cow. Special
AUBURN g. Convertible Sedan.
dual ratio rear END, t345.
INTERSTATE MOTORS
3s7s 50. Tacoma Way
CIR THE NEW aUsTIs -
49, AUSTIN sAf4Ks t1s 81. Hsisns
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-11-17
lCC Probes Truck
Lines Of Railroads

Continued from Page One)
all roads with an effort to bring
about a monopoly. This division IS
advised he wrote, that railroad
companies are seeking through
ownership and direct operation OF
truck lines and through operation
Jointly between railroads of the Rail
way Express Agency, to bring abou.
a monopoly and strangulation of the
independent trucking industry"
Wlprud presented the govern
mentS views in a motion to require
the railroad to produce statistical
data to show the effect Of its pro-
posed truck operations ON indeplnd-
ent truck concerns, but the examine
er oVerruled the motion, Whereupon
the government attorney insisted
that he refer il 10 the ICC as a whole
and not undertake to dispose of it on
his sole authority. That ended the
hearing, with the point still up in
TIE air.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-11-17
Duke Meets
State Next

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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-11-17

Religion consists in our recogniz-
ing all our duties as Divine com
mands.-Kant.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-11-17

or the 1887, 1897 annual death to11l'
as reported by last cenSus iiSvi-I
only 1922 resulted from tyP''o''
fever. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-11-17
RIG-WIGS

MISUNDERSTANDING the ioo'Nd''
fans at Durham Saturday were Tor
mer Governor and Mrs. Gardner VINO
had com, down from Washington
for the game. The fact is that l'e
annual battle between North CARO-
lina's two largest schools has ot-
come such an institution that mo- oI!'
who wants to keep abreast ot "h't
going on in the state can ailo'o ~
miss it, There were NOR caAdLu",
and political big-Wigs asSen''l7"
than at any time since the las y
cratic convention. Football ml@A'
have had first place in the minus
the crowd, but politics, society an"
fashion followed close in mat o.
der.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-11-17
CELEBRATION

ItLFEEA1ICN- M T'II0T77'
some Of the Carolina alumni, Inquired
out a way 10 beat the Duke J.n%,
They had their celebration al a o.s
perry Friday night. Then att.r me
game Saturday they put ON jhel
bcdrconi slippers and spent a quiet
evening at home. having had aIH.'s,
as much fun as j. the Tar Heels hao
come lhrONgh.
Evening star., 1941-04-03

workers employed. This will bring
CurtiSs- Wright propeller facilities to
1 1.415.o00 square feet and increase
employment from a total of 5000 to-
day to more than $4,000 when the
present expansion program at Pitts
burgh and at Caldwell, N. j.; Cliff
ton, N. j., and Indianapolis is COM
pleted. The extent of this expansion
is made clear when it is realized
that the Curtiss-Wright propeller
division occupied 1900 square feet
of floor space and employed Ill
workers when it moved from Buffalo,
N. Y, to Clifton, N. j., on August
l, 1888.
The other major propeller manu-
facturer, Hamilton standard pro-
pellerS division of United Aircraft
Corp, Hartford, Conn, has just
Evening star., 1941-04-03

Airacobra requires a special pro-
peller with a hollow hub, through
which the planes heaviest weapon,
37-millimeter cannon, is fired.
Recital of these facts is not in
tended to impute any blame to the
propeller industry. No branch of
the aviation industry has been ex-
panded so rapidly or so extensively.
But, under tremendous pressure.
the propeller industry has had to
stand virtually alone. Automobile
plants have been adapted to the
production of airplane parts and
have set up plants to build airplane
engines. But no one in the auto
motive industry has background or
training which is of value in the
building of airplane propellers. The
propeller industry is one of the real
Evening star., 1941-04-03

mastercrafts of the defense pro-
gram.
Not only is it difficult and time
consuming to train men for the
propeller industry, but this is one of
the most difficult of all the produc-
ton branches to stabilize for mass
production.
The propeller pjroblem is being
solved, but only by a gradual and
orderly expansion of the existing
industry, which is paced by the
production of the highly specialized
precision machines required and the
training of skilled personnel.
The Curtiss- Wright Corp. now is
building a new factory, comprising
5000 square feet of floor area, ad-
joining Beaver Borough, near Pitts
burgh. Production is to begin by
late summer, with more than 1000
Evening star., 1941-04-03

because Of shortages in raw ma
terials and parts at the big Glenn
L. Martin Co. plant in Baltimore
serves to turn the limelight on the
critical and hard-pressed airplane
propeller industry.
OF all branches of aviation manu-
featuring the propeller industry has
received the least public attention,
although it obviously is as vital to
the development of air power as
either the air frame or aircraft en-
CINE industries.
Although the automobile manu-
featuring industry has been called
upon to manufacture airplane en-
gines and parts and even ma ior
assemblies for airplanes on a tre-
mendous scale. the propeller COM
panies have been left largely to
their own resources in keeping pace
Evening star., 1941-04-03

with the tremendous expansion of
aircraft production.
The results are apparent at the
Baltimore plant and other airplane
factories. The same propellerS are
being used over and over to deliver
new Martin B-26 bombers to the
Army Air Corps. The propellers are
removed from the planes following
delivery and shipped back to the
factory so that other planes may
be flown away. Obviously, without
their propellers the new airplanes
sitting on Army airdromes are of
no more use than so much junk.
The same thing has occurred at
other factories. Production of Bell
P-39 Airacobra pursuit airplanes at
Buffalo for long time has been
ahead of propeller production for
this radical new Warplane. The
Evening star., 1941-04-03

about paralleled the productive ex-
panSion of Curtiss- Wright. Pro-
duction has been increased 400
per cent in two years. When cur
rent increases in personnel, fac
tory space and machine tools are
completed and full operation is
reached, about July l, production
will be nearly 10 times the average
for 1888.
Evening star., 1941-04-03
Bliss Alumni to Meet

The Washington section of the
Bliss Electrical School alumni will
hold its annual meeting at the
school. in Takoma Park, Saturday
at 7:45 pm. The program will in
clude an address by Louis D. Bliss
and concert by the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. Glee Club.
Evening star., 1941-04-03
Navy Yard Contract Awarded

The Navy Department yesterday
awarded $4,000 supplemental
contract to the Diamond Construc-
tion Co. for water front improve
ments at the navy yard here. The
work includes concrete anchors
and channel range targets.
Evening star., 1941-04-03
WarpIane Production
0utruns Hard-PreSSed
Propeller Industry
Delivered Croft Stripped
OF Essential Port Under
Existing Shortages

BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON.
Announcement of curtailment of
production of warplanes for the
United States and Great Britain
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Missing Persons

| Those hdping information
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
NTH the Public Relations Squad
OF the Police Department, Nd-
tional 1000
Mrs. Estelle Kelly. alias Vain
wright, 80: feet inches, 100
pounds, gray eyes, light brown hair.
small scar on bridge of nose, no
description of clothing; missing from
1116 Orren street NE. since Decem-
ber IA. She is respondent and left
q note threatening suicide.
Bethel Adams, 20: S feet 7 inches,
.125 pounds, hazel eyes. brown hair;
wearing green shirt with reversible
green and white jacket, tan pocket
book, wine -colored shoes; missing
from SIT Parkland place Sc. since
Wednesday. She called her brother
at Chatham, Va, telling him she
was at the bus station and would
arrive at Chatham at 1920 pm.
Wednesday night. She failed to ar
rive.
Milton Byrum. II: 4 feet, "a
pounds. blue eyes, light hair.
freckled; wearing light tweed suit.
low tan shoes; missing from 728
Eighth street NE since yesterday.
James Merriweather, IT, colored;
S feet inches, 135 pounds; wear
ing blue serge suit, brown cap, black
shoes: missing from 1126 South
Carolina avenue Sc. since Wednes-
day.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Col. CoveII Takes Duty
In Patterson's Office

1t. Col William E. r. Covell for
mer assistant engineer commits
sioner today was assigned to duty in
the Office of Undersecretary of War
Robert P. Patterson.
Col. Covell, a Washingtonian who
retired from the Army's Corps Of
Engineers in 1910 after % years
service, has played an important role
I'm solution of the Districts major
public utility problems. During his
tour Of duty as assistant engineer
commissioner, Col Covell originated
the Washington plan for control
OF electric utility rates, in collabora-
ton with the Potomac Electric Pow
er Co.
He attended Eastern and Central
High Schools here, graduating in
1910 after the cadet company at
Central of which he was captain
won the annual competitive drill for
that year. In 1911 he was appointed
to West Point. After his gradua-
tion from the Military Academy he
studied at Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology and the Army Engi-
neer School.
Until todays announcement, Col.
Covell has been functioning under
the chief of Army engineers here
after coming out of retirement.
Evening star., 1941-12-26

metal which continues to burn
for about 10 minutes.
The most potentially dangerous
fire bombs are usually those which
fall on, inside or behind build
ings and not those which drop
to the street or in an open space.
People who rush outdoors to
deal with a comparatively harm
less bomb may return to find
their house on fire. OF course,
if fire bombs fall near a gas tank
or any other place where they
could obviously start a dangerous
fire, they should be dealt with
first.
A burning fire bomb cannot
be dealt with in the same way
as an ordinary fire. The most
dangerous thing you can do is
throw a bucket of water over a
bomb or turn a hose full force
on it. Of11cials have given vari-
GUS instructions about the proper
handling of fire bombs but those
who have gone through 1ncendi-
ary attacks agree that throwing
a bucket of sand on the f1rebomb
is the best emergency method OF
smothering it, thereby keeping
it from tossing up bits Of metal
and spreading until it has burned
itself out.
Because the bomb may have a
small explosive charge, which
would cause it to burst shortly
after impact, it is well to wait
two minutes after the bomb lands
before putting on sand.
Tomorrow: More about fighting
iNcendtdry bombs.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
-Four Youths Questioned
In Ho|dups, Fifth Sought

Police were questioning four COL
ored youths today and seeking a
nth in connection with grocery.
liquor and ice cream store holdurs.
One Of the youths has been in
custody for several days. having
been seized by a motorcycle pol.Ct-
man as he and his .companiU' S
abandoned and fed from a stolen
automobile. Three arrests were
made early today by Detective
Sergts. william v. Christian and r.
E. Talbot Of the robbery squad.
It was believed at police head
quarters that the suspects cou.c
clear up most OF the recent rob-
berries in which victims reported be-
ing confronted by three, four or Ave
holdup men.
Two, Of the youths are 1s, one is
II and the other Is Is.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Queen to Be Crowned
At Hiqh School Formal

Students of Montgomery Blair
Senior High School, Silver Spring,
Md, will crown their queen, elected
by popular vote, at the annual
Christmas formal tomorrow evening.
The selection of the queen will be
kept secret until just before the
ceremony. She will be chosen from
six girls who have received the most
votes. They are Norma Bauserman,
Peggy Fisher, Natalie Harbin, Bev-
erly Hoover. Barbara Spencer and
Mary Lou Stevens.
The queen will be crowned in
elaborate ceremonies by Miss Mary
Elizabeth Smith, last years queen,
who is now a student at National
Park College, and the five runners
up will be duchesses.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Police Investigating
Blaze al Hillside
Fatal 10 : Persons
Fire Is Days Second
In Maryland; ; Children
Die at Eostport

Prince Georges County authori-
ties today launched an investigation
into the cause of the Christmas
morning fire which took the lives
of a family of five and left eight
others homeless in Hillside, Md,
about a mile from the District line.
The fire was the second to strike
Maryland homes with fatal results
yesterday, another in Eastport TAX
ing the lives of three small children
who were suf1ocated when their
home was gutted by flames
Chief Arthur w. Hepburn of the
county police visited the scene of
the tragedy at Baltimore and C
streets, in Hillside, and ordered
Corpl Jack Dent to investigate the
cause of the blaze. Aiding in the
investigation are Fire Chief William
J. Tierney of the Hillside depart
ment and DR.. James I. Boyd, county
deputy medical examiner.
Burned to death in the Hillside
fire were Mrs. lisa May Faber, 36;
her father, Frank Hanson, 81, a taxi
cab driver, and three children, Har-
ry, 10; Eugene, 2, and Kenneth. 8
months. Neighbors reported Mrs
Faber was distressed as Christmas
approached because another son,
Robert. 13, who lived with her hus-
band, William Faber. in Brooklyn,
did not arrive for a holiday visit
as planned.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed today. The remains
of the victims were being held at
the Ritchie funeral establishment
in Upper Marlboro pending the out
come of the investigation
When fire destroyed the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo j. Thrasher, at
Eastport in Anne Arundel County
yesterday. their three sons, Robert
Lee, 5; Leo j.. jr., 4, and William
B., l. were asphyxiated before they
were carried out by a passerby who
noticed the flames. Mrs. Thrasher
suffered cuts and bruises. The blaze
started while Mr.. Thrasher was at
work.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Chaplain and Dentist
Lose Christmas Gifts

Thieves took Christmas packages
from the automobiles of dentist
and an Army chaplain here yester-
day.
Chaplain M. B. Barrick of the
117th Infantry, Fort jackson, S. c.,
told police gifts Of wearing apparel
valued at $85 and several unopened
packages were taken from his car
while it was parked in the 1700 block
of G street NV.
DR.. John A. Turner. 1918 Girard
street NV, reported theft of pack
ages valued at about $25 from his
car in the 2400 block Of Eighteenth
street NV.
Michael Herwitz, proprietor OF q
grocery and liquor store in the 400
block Of r street NV. told police
he was held up In shis store last
night by three colored men and
robbed Of tl46.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Rent Complaints
Await Hiring Of
Office Staff
Rights Of All Safe
Pending Action,
CoqsweII Assures

The first batch of complaints over
rents demanded by Washington
landlords has been received by Rent
Administrator Robert F. Cogswell,
he revealed today, but action is be-
ing deferred until the admins
traitors staff can be hired and set
tied in its own quarters.
Mr.. Cogswell took the opportunity
today to stress that the public need
not expect action for a week or two
since the rent control law, freezing"
rents, generally. as Of last January
l, preserves the rights of all con-
cerned pending offlcial determiRa-
ton of issues.
In fact, Mr.. Cogswell requested
tenants and landlords to withhold
filing cases until it is announced
the Office of Rent Administrator
has been established and is ready
to function. Mr.. Cogswell and Louis
Laudick, a deputy administrator.
now are engaged in preparing forms
to be filled out by tenants who have
complaints, and a set Of regula-
tions and rules of procedure for
the instruction of the public and
the rent control staff.
They stressed it would not be
necessary for compliments to file
petitions before January l, or even
Immediately thereafter, in order to
oroSarvo thoir riU(,tS
1t had been anticipated by some
District officials the rent control Of
flee would be set up in the old
Force School Building. 1740 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, some time
tomorrow. Necessity Of finding sub
stitute quarters for agencies now
there, however. made it appear today
that this could not be done until
at least some time next week. Fur
thermore, Mr. Cogswell is waiting
on legal requirements before he can
employ the 10 or so members OF
his staff.
He said he was not prepared yet
to reveal names or specifications
regarding the complaints 50 far
received. Only in cases where evic-
ton is threatened, he said, would
immediate action be necessary, and
he added that District courts would
take cognizance Of the Rent Control
Act in any eviction cases which
might be filed with them.
Evening star., 1941-12-26
Railway Expects Bridge
Repairs Within TO DAYS
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 26.-The Bal
timore & Annapolis Railroad circu-
larized its regular passengers today,
informing them that by working "a
hours a day, traffic across the dam
aged Severn River trestle would be
resumed in 10 days, weather per-
mitting.
Fire burned out a section of the
wooden trestle early yesterday. The
blaze was discovered soon after a
freight train had passed over the
span.
Trains of the electrically operated
line from Baltimore continued on
schedule as far. rs Jones Station
where passengers were transferred to
buses and taken into Annapolis.
The trestle across the Severn, To-
Gated about q half mile northwest
of the Ritchie Highway bridge, is
the only railroad link bridging the
river between Baltimore and Annap-
oils. --...