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Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-09-12
GOVERNMENT BONDS
A GOOD BUY

WHEN was a small boy in Iowa,
old General Weaver of that state,
then the leader of the Greenback
party, was frequent visitor at
fathers home. His demand was for
printing press money. In recent
years, We have come close to Gen.
eral Viewers idea. We have sold
the banks n billion dollars worth of
government bonds and the banks
have issued the printing press
money. More money means more
initiation. To prevent an increase
in the currency, the government is
selling its nontransferable bonds
direct to the public. If the public
does not buy voluntarily, it is pos
sible that congress may conscript \
portion of each persons income N
a means Of disposing of the bonds.
They are good buy and their pur-
chase by the public will 60 far
toward preventing that greatly-to-
be-feared imitation. We have now
more currency than il good for u.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1941-09-12
Bleeding Hearts

Burleigh Grimes pitched the third
game for st. Louis. The Cards won
again, -. The anguished cries from
Brooklyn could be heard plainly in
Newfoundland.
That series broke the Dodgers
hearts. With only seven games left
to play, they lest four straight. The
Cards stomped through their last
nine games, giving = young, loud-
msatAed hurler = chance to shew
his nettle in their windsp against
Pittshafgh. Il was Dizzy Deans big
leagUe debut. He Woa II.
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dents Club of the tent. will place a
wreath on the graves of past COM
manders in chief of the G. A. r.,
Tanner and Jewell. and later on
that Of Gen. Logan. At $3.50 pm.
Mrs. Yoder and olor-bearers will
hold services at the Battle Ground
Cemetery with the Brightwood Citi-
zens' Association. Members will
attend the joint memorial service at
the Washington Hebrew Temple at
8 pm.
G. A. r. services will be held at
8 pm. June 4 at 2oi5 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, with r. j. F. McElroy
in charge of arrangements.
Col. Osborn Oldroyd's discharge
from the Union Army was presented
to the tent by Mrs, Daisy Oldroyd
Gordon. 1t will be placed In the G.
A. r. room.
The tent voted to send IS to the
national treasurer for the Southern
Memorial Fund for graves of Union
soldiers in the South.
Mrs. E. Helen Temple will be in
charge of services at the Tomb of
The Unknown Civil War Dead at
Arlington. at 3 pm. June / and will
place a wreath for the Department
of Illinois,
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Bowen of this city. Attendants will
be Miss Dorothy Vivian Funsten of
Charlottesville, Va; Miss Olive
Shadrick and Miss Helen Marie
Lewis of Washington, who, with the
maid of honor, are former school
classmates. Other bridesmaids are
Miss Jane Winston Ducey, daugh-
ter of Capt and Mrs. David Ducey,
U. S. N; Miss Alice Ingersoll. daugh-
ter of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Royal
Ingersoll, u. S. N. and Miss Eliza
beth Mae Hills, daughter of 1t. Col.
and Mrs. Huntington Hills. u. S. A.,
and cousin of the prospective bride
groom.
Ensign R. N. Perley. jr., U. S. N,
in port and ushers will include En-
sign Frank c. Jones, U. S. N; Ensign
A. P Hirth. U. S. N. r.; Ensign
Croydon Parker Copeland, u. S. N.
R.; 1t. Frank Thorp, Sd, u. S. A. r..
and 1t. E. Roger Kirk, U. S. A. r.
Miss Coleman will be at home
Thursday evening, June 5. when she
has asked her friends to meet Ensign
Roddis, who will arrive from the
West Coast the day before. Many
parties have been given in her honor
and are being planned to precede
the wedding. The most recent event
was luncheon at CollingWood given
Saturday by Miss Louise Chamber
lain. Miss Olive Shadrick will en-
tertain at luncheon in her honor
Saturday, Miss Alice IngerSoll will
give a shower tea Monday and Miss
GLADYS Ann Carter will give a lunch
con Wednesday.
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Mussey Tent Plans
To Participate in
Memorial Services

Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent. No. !,
of Daughters of Union Veterans OF
the Civil War, met Tuesday at 20l5
Massachusetts avenue NV. with
Miss Grace Hurd, national treasurer.
and Mrs. Viva Jane johnson OF
Joplin, Mo. as guests.
Plans were made to decorate the
graves of Mr.. and Mrs. Bricker, Col.
Oldroyd and of tent officers IN Rock
Greek Cemetery Saturday at pm,
Services will be held Sunday at
members will attend the maSSlng OF
colors at Mount st. Adams. Mrs.
Esther Llppold, Mrs. Cora Dorsey,
Miss Sadie Stockmar, and Miss Alice
LippOld, color bearers. will take part,
together with the president, Mrs.
Amelia A. Yoder.
Members will attend services to
be held at pm. Saturday by the
Womens Relief Corps at the Sisters
! Monument, Rhode Island avenue
and M street. They will attend
meetin gof the G. A. r. Memorial
Day Corp. at pm. next Wednesday
at Central High School.
Mrs Yoder will place wreath on
/ the tomb of Gen. John A. Logan,
/ for the Department of Potomas G..
/ A. R, at am. May 30. Members
will march in the parade to Arling-
! ton Cemetery at 9:45 am. May 80.
Services will be held at the Tomb of
the Unknown Civil War Dead at
1870 am. Mrs. Yoder, assisted by
the color bearers, will place a wreath
and will take part in services at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at
pm. At HAS am. Mrs. Esther Lip
pold, chaplain of the Past Presi-
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Girl Scouting Needs
Stressed in Talk

Local Girl Scouting facilities must
be increased to meet the needs of
the rapidly growing population and
of the national defense emergency.
members of the District No. 3 Girl
Scout Committee were told yester-
day by Mrs. Harry c. Kramer, Dis
trict Girl Scout Commissioner.
Mrs. Kramer spoke at a luncheon
for adult Girl Scout workers at the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
which was attended by more than
200 adult workers and friends from
the Bethesda Chevy Chase area.
The program for the local Girl
Scouts is being planned to meet
the national defense situation, Mrs.
Kramer said. Training courses for
leaders will be offered during the
summer and troops encouraged to
continue their activities centered on
health and safety, community serv-
ice and outdoor activities.
New leaders must be trained to
organize new troops to care for the
1900 girls on the growing waiting
list. she added.
Mrs. Milton L. Veldee. chairman
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Miss Coleman
ToWedJ June7

Invitations have been issued for
the wedding of Miss Mary Eugenia
Coleman and Ensign Louis Roddis,
jr, U. S. N, son of Capt. and Mrs
ssLouis Roddis. The ceremony will
take place June 7 at 4 O'Clock in St
Adams Church. The Rev. Charles
T. Warner will officiat2, assisted by
Comdr William N Thomas. chaplain
of the Naval Academy. The cere-
mony will be followed by small re-
Ception for the bridal party and
members of the immediate families.
The bride-to-be is graduate of
the National Cathedral School for
Girls and made her debut last May
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Gravatt Coleman, and
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Evans Mauldin. She will have as
maid of honor Miss Ann Brooke
Peterson, daughter of Mrs. George
Peterson. and niece of DR.. Sinclair
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Shakespeare Society

NeWly-elected officers of the
Shakespeare Society of Washington
are E. V. Wilcox, president; Dell
Floyd, first vice president in charge
of the lecture program: Emma Jor-
dan, second vice president in charge
of dramatic program; Mason B.
Lawton, third vice president in
charge of places of meeting; Ann
Singleton, fourth vice president in
charge of membership and pub
licity; Alexander Ueland, treasurer;
Barbara Krick, secretary, and Mrs.
James H. Grubbs. costume mistress.
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of the District No. 3 Leaders As
sociation. presided. Mrs. Proctor L.
Dougherty was luncheon chairman.
Among those attending the lunch
con were Mrs. Walter Tuckerman,
Mrs. Willard F. Kiplinger, Mrs.
ONeal Johnson and Miss Eleanor
Durrett Of the headquarters staff.
Evening star., 1941-05-22

Res. s1095, sL7p5 Rec. sI295, SIf95, SI695
At their regular price of SlO95, $l2.95, Sl4,95
and 1896 they ore unbeatable voues-ot the
sole prices Of $3.50 ond $3.50 they ore senso-
tiono A very comprehensive assembly in high,
low and medium heels. Sizes to 9, widths AAAA
to B.
Evening star., 1941-10-01

timidly and conventionally going
to war over incidents, instead of
over fundamental issues. If we
do so, we are likely to compromise
the cause for which we fight.
The basic question is not
whether the Nazis sink our ships
carrying our goods in waters we
have declared to be essential to
American defense. The basic
question is whether the United
States can preserve its institu-
tions, insure its prosperity and
maintain its equality as a great
Nation if the Nazis, allied with
the Italian FaSciStS and the
japanese, control Europe, Asia
and Africa.
The question is whether. were
Britain defeated or forced into a
peace of collaboration, we could
ever demobilize our armed forces,
or be safe from blockade, and
from political, economic and
eventually armed intervention in
Latin America.
Conditions for War.
The answer to these questions
cannot be awaited The answer
is a matter of judgment and
craftsmanship. If, on the basis
of the existing evidence and in
considered reason, the answer to
these questions is that our insti-
tutions would be imperiled by
Nazi victory, that we would be
exposed to blockade, that NaZi
intervention in the Western
Hemisphere, already vast, would
become aggressive and virulent
under the spur of victory over
the Old World; if, in cool judg-
ment it is foreseen that we should
be unable to demobiliZe, unable
to take the initiative, and be
confronted by a hostile power
and counter-revolutionary move
ment in possession of vastly
greater material resources, indus
trial potential. shipbuilding and
plane building facilities, and
trained man power than we
possess or could mobilize-if this
is what is foreseen-then we
should go to war and 60 under
the best possible conditions, while
we have Britain and Russia as
allies.
And II We 90 to war. We should
go to war because we foresee
what would happen in case of
Nazi victory, and because we do
not intend to allow it to happen.
No one, who is not able in his
own mind to answer these basic
questions, has the right to appeal
to or harangue the people of the
United States in behalf of this
course or that one.
Convictions Garry Duties.
If there are those who believe,
with conviction, that this coun-
try can live, prosper. engage with
absolute equality in commerce
and political relations with all
other countries, enjoy its his
toric freedom from militarism,
maintain its traditional liberties
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Hence, for the time being, re-
liable sources here declare that
Toxic has decided to maintain
an armed neutrality-suspicious.
committing itself, however, to
this status indefinitely. If a
shooting war starts In the At
lantic and if the United States
Navy takes an active part, the
japanese believe they will be
able to map their future course
more clearly. If losses at sea
should compel us to withdraw
whole squadrons of destroyers
and cruisers from the Pacific,
there is no question in anybody's
mind in Washington that Toxic
would change its tune-from a
neutral to a belligerent status.
But, for the time being, high
officials in Washington are OBJ
iged to accept the present atti-
tude of Toxic. The brightest
side of the picture is that as
long as Toxic maintains a dubious
attitude, not a drop of oil and
not a pound of scrap iron-both
vitality essential to the Nipponese
forces-will be allowed to leave
this country for Japan. And as
time goes on, the Japanese are
likely to be handicapped further
in their bellicose intentions by
the lack Of raw materials.
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This Changing World
U S. and Jopon Still at Loeeerheods;
Toxic Adheres to Armed Neutrality

able to retreat to the Volga and
even beyond the Urals. In that
event, their fate next spring
would largely depend on the
amount of supplies they would be
able to obtain from the United
States. And, since the best route
for these supplies to reach Russia
is by way of Vladivostok, it is
essential that that way be kept
open.
The japanese are fully aware
of the Importance of the free
dom Of ship movements in the
Pacific. They realize that they
could stop American shipments
from San Francisco and Seattle
to Vladivostok. But so far they
nave shown no sign Of such inter-
ference-for the simple reason
that they fail to see the Eu-
ropean situation clearly. They
hear vague rumors about pos
sible British campaign in West
ern Europe; they hear of increas-
ing restlessness among subju-
gated peoples on the Continent,
but they know from their own
experience how costly it is for an
army to maintain order in rebel
lous countries.
Japanese Fleet Warned.
They have been told plainly
that at the slightest hostile move
on the part of their feet, the
American Navy would immedi-
ately take drastic countermeas-
ures. And Toxic is fully aware
of the fact that the United States
fleet in the Pacific is strong
enough to fulfill this threat.
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The Great Game Of Politics
Debate on Neutrality Repeal Expected
To Test STRENGTH Of Isoationsts

but in the light of what we are do
ing and propose to do it is ridicul-
Gus to retain 1t.
OF course, the truth is the law
never should have been enacted, and
Mr.. Roosevelt in his most recent
magazine article expresses regret for
his share in the enactment. 1t was,
as Mr.. Baruch once described it, a
"scuttle- e-and-run" act which sur
rendered rights the American Re-
public and American citizens had
always asserted. 1t demonstrated
an eagerness to keep out of the
war almost hysterical in its nature
and certainly incompatible with the
dignity of a great Nation.
Accurate Reflection.
Nevertheless, at the time, it cer-
tainly reflected the sentiment of
the people generally, and there were
few dissenting voices either in or
out of Congress. The fact that the
President, who championed the act
two years ago, is now asking for
its further modification shows bet
ter than anything else the change
which has taken place here and
the distance we have come. Those
who know Congress best have little
doubt of the success of the Presi-
dents request. For one thing, he
has got from Congress to date
everything he has asked to imple-
ment his foreign policy. The only
real resistance came a the ex-
tension of the selective service pro-
posal, and that dreadfully close
vote was due more to local pressure
on members of Congress than to
national sentiment.
This time, of course, the charge
will be made by the isolationist lead
ers that repeal, or even modifca-
ton, of the act would make funda-
mental change in our relation to
the conflict and, in fact, would be
equivalent to a declaration of war
by Congress. 1t may be that that
argument will be effective and that
public sentiment can be aroused
against any change. Some good
judges insist that. while there un-
ouestionably has been change of
feeling in the Middle West, the peo-
pie are still far from ready for
declaration of war and are with the
President only because of the con-
viction that the course he has
adopted, as he repeatedly has said,
is the best way to keep out Of war.
1t is reported that Mayor Kelly OF
Chicago, in effect, told the Presi-
dent this last week, when he lunche6
with him here, warning him of the
strength of the peace party in the
1912 election.
The vote in Congress on the Neu-
trality Act should be an accurate re-
fection of popular sentiment on
the subject. and 1T naturally Is
awaited by both sides with intense
concern. Actually. repeal Of the act
would not be a declaration of war,
nor would 1t necessarily bring us
any further into the war than we
are now, which is pretty far. Re.
peal is more logical and more sensi-
BILE than modification and 1t would
be more honest to ask for it. 1t
would remove shackles which we
had voluntarily and unwisely as
sumed and which clearly clash with
our present policy. 1t would restore
to us the complete freedom Of ac-
tion which we should never have
relinquished. What We do with
this restored freedom is the real
question, but there is no sound
argument against Its restoration.
(Copyrisht. 1e41)
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ships carrying war material to
Russia, Washington officials do
not expect any immediate Incl
dents.
The attitude of the japanese
government, however, is not
considered reassuring. 1t is re-
garded as merely a diplomatic
truce.
At one time, early in Septem-
Der, the Japanese military ex-
perts who are advising the
Emperor were seriously con-
cerned over the position OF the
Germans in Russia. Their con-
Germ was due not SO much to un-
favorable reports received from
Berlin as to the insistence of
the German diplomats and mill
tary representatives in the Nip
ponese capital that Japan do
something right away. The Ger
mans made the mistake of plead
ing-which is a bad policy in
dealing with Orientals.
Soviet Miracles Continue.
The situa ton has changed
somewhat during the last few
weeks. The Russians are still
fighting bravely, but the north
ern army under Marshal Voro-
shiloff and the southern army
under Marshal Budyenny are
gasping for breath. Both men
are still performing miracles
with the little they have left.
But unless the weather changes
soon-enough to bog down the
operations of the Germans-the
position of these two armies may
become very precarious. The
chief trouble Of the Russians at
present is lack of arms. The
vast reserves of ammunition
which they had been storing up
since 1886 are almost exhausted.
There is no undue pessimism in
military quarters regarding the
ability of the Soviet armies to
carry on the struggle until slush
and snow come to their rescue.
But should these elements fail
to delay the Germans, there is no
telling what may happen on the
eastern front. At the very worst,
the Soviet armies would still be
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eign policy has been shown by va
rious polls, and there have been
other indications, such as the flop
ping of such weather-vane states
men as Senator Capper of Kansas.
However, the real test of the truth
of these signs will come in Congress,
which shortly will be asked by the
President to repeal or modify the
Neutrality Act, which was put on
the statute books in 1899 chiefly
| through his own instrumentality.
While it was considerably emascu-
lated by amendment a year ago,
there remains enough of the law
still to diminish American effective
ness, restrict American action and
render the American policy incon-
sistent and absurd.
The mere existence of law known
as the Neutrality Act puts us in a
silly position, inasmuch as We long
ago ceased to be in the least neutral
even in appearance-and are now
engaged in a tremendously publi-
cized effort to aid England in crush
ing Hitler and winning the war. In
recent months we have extended
this aid to Russia, and our whole
attitude Is bellicose in the extreme.
| There isn't so much as trace OF
neutrality left in us, and If there
were no other reason than that of
self respect the neutrality law should
be wiped off the books.
Legal Handouts SenseIess. j,
But there are other reasons for
the repeal. While it is true most of
the law was nullif1ed when the
lease-lend bill was enacted, there re-
main two provisions which hamper
our movements and lessen our force.
One is that under the law no
American cargo ship can enter any
/ belligerent port, or even combat
zone, which means waters within
200 or 300 miles Of a nation at war.
| Clearly, this interferes with the full
| aid to England which 1t is our policy
/ to give. 1t prevents us from using
American merchant vessels to trans
port the supplies or to use Ameri-
! can war vessels to insure their safety.
Under recent Presidential order We
can take them to Iceland, but no
| farther. 1t does not make sense to
proclaim a policy of full aid to Eng
land and then rivet upon ourselves
legal handouts which maxi full aid
impossible.
The other provision makes it un-
lawful for any American merchant
ship anywhere to be armed. This
isn't particularly important so long
as the other provision is in force;
and there are those who contend
that the way in which cargo ships
could be armed would be little pro-
lection against German submarines
and raiders, anyhow. Perhaps not
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people generally
h We Sw u n g
more solidly be-
hind the Presi-
dent despite-or
perhaps because
Of tine &C t
that, as Secre-
tary Knox stat
ed, we now hover
on the very
threshold of war.
The weakening
of the opposition
to the admin
fNr
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of this tow n
can't understand
why the show
was temporarily
closed just when
it was at its
funniest.
There is much
speculation.
Some say that
Senator Tobey 5
S n, " n o n a S
been sittin g
b ack of his
dis n guishe1
father like a T.
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OF o u r Gay,
W h ich a 7 e
W a + a n d
peace. Actu-
ally, war and
p e a c e are
part of the
S a me issue,
which is that
of America S
role in tn e
W orld Of
I cd ay a n d
tomorrow.
We are in
d q N O q I. Of
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Charles H. Paddock, 50,
Roll Executive, Dies

PASADENA, Calf, Oct. RD.-
Charles Hurd Paddock, 83, retired
executive of the Missouri. Kansas &
Texas Railroad. died yesterday. He
was the father of Charles w. Pad
dock, former University of Southern
California track star.
Evening star., 1941-10-01

concerned as he
might be about
the torpedoing
Of Americas S de-
fense program at
home.
Thus it has
become known
that propellers
for 1000 single
engine fighter
planes or about
1000 bombers
have been lost
to the defense
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