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Evening star., 1941-07-06

the Greenes are kept in a pond in
the back yard the year round. The
turtles are kept in a large box
shaped pen near the fish pond, while
the mice make their home in cages
in Joe's own room, where he often
takes them out to let them run
around.
Recently, Joe and his father have
crossbred black and white mice
with interesting results. AS for dis
posing of the turtles, Joe gives some
away to friends and also sells some
from time to time. He keeps his
pigeons in a special rooSt and sell
dom parts with them.
Animals and birds are not Joes
only hobbies. He collects arrow
heads and other Indian relics and
is something of an authority on
the subject. Friends in the West
have given him quite few arrow
heads, and he has picked up many
others in the countryside around
Rockville, Md.
The Indian relics are scattered all
over his house and include war bon
nets and bows and arrows. His
parents help him with the collec-
ton. His father is the author of
definitions of Indian words for the
modern Webster's Dictionary. The
arrowheads are mounted neatly in
boxes, with labels underneath iden-
tifying them as to type and origin.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Prises Totaling S.
offered for Best
Contributions

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write and draw for The
Junior Star. Prizes of 81 each are
awarded for the best five contribu-
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inal.
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drawing.
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Evening star., 1941-07-06

VIC gave OH MY ldWU 4dSL MOIlQdy
night.
The scenery was painted by Ethel
WelkSner, II, siXth-grade pupil,
who has won prizes for her art post
ers. The properties were doll furni-
ture, big red stork with a head
that moved back and forth on a
strip of tin fastened 10 the body,
also horses skull with lighted eyes.
a tripod, kettle and lighted logs;
big black cat with hunched back
and lighted eyes, garden chairs for
king and queens thrones, wishing
well. and two large blue vases to
border the courtyard.
In addition to the lights on our
own grounds. the stage lighting was
done by Mr.. Sparrow, our next door
neighbor, who also loaned his house
for the castle setting Mr.. Morauer.
another neighbor, furnished ac-
Gordon music for all scenes. The
DWarfs cottage was a large stone
and red cedar rose arbor on our
grounds.
The characters were: Reader,
Joan Montague. 9 years: Good
Queen. Margaret Mover, 10: Wicked
Queen and Witch, Marilyn Murphy,
10; Ladies in Waiting, Shirley
Pierce. 10. and Betty Martin, 10;
Snow White, Elizabeth Myers, 10;
Magic Mirror, Helen Shaw, 10; King,
Charles Weiksner. g. Prince. Ray
mond Bellamy: Huntsman. Charles
WeikSner, g. Doc. James Reese. 8;
Grumpy. George Dufresne, g;
Sneezy, Charles Kidwell. II: Happy.
Ernest Maier, II; Bashful, Frank
Patterson, 10: Sleepy. Harvey Griner,
10. and Dopey, Alvin Maier, 8.
We passed posters from door 10
door and then sold 232 tickets, keep
ing our prices of admission low in
order that no child need miss it
There were 273 people present, Al
paying at the entrance. The pro-
ceeds were S3l95, for the benefit OF
our school movie machine We also
sold refreshments. The play was 2
big success, every one taking theiY
parts well. We enjoyed workinc
and found it lot of fun. AS thi
was an experiment to keep children
of our age occupied and out of thei
neighbors' goldfish ponds. we a.
looking forward to our next ventu-
with pleasure.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
The
Reviewing
Stand
STORIES.


A Camel for a Throne, by Eloise
LownSbery (Houghton. Miff1n)-
Novel of ancient Egypt, the story
of the little Princess Neferta. How
camel and a Nubian boy, Seri.
helped her to realize her dream Of
becoming queen Well written, rich
in background and with plenty of
adventure. For children of grade
school age.
MILITARY.
The Army in Review, by Curtis
Erickson Dutton)-A survey Of the
United States Army and how it
functions, told in entertaining, in
formative style and built around
two high school bows who visit an
Army post to secure material for a
paper in their civics class.
HISTORY.
Your America, by Grace L. Kohl
and Samuel Nisenson CWorld)-
Great Americans. the 48 States,
American possessions and the Con-
stitution tell their story in the first
person. A composite account of how
our democratic society was built.
For younger children.
NATURE.
A-Hiking We Will Go, by Jack
van Covering Uippincott)-The
well-written and profusely illus
trated work of a writer whose pc
cialty is the great outdoors. What
a number of boys and girls saw and
found on trips to the fields and
woods, seashore and mountains,
Young nature lovers of all ages win
enjoy 1t.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

.fenced-in back yard. But the sec
ond visit 10 the shed proved entirely
different.
After learning that it was nearly
so years old, had been built of scrap
lumber at that time and was. by its
looks, ready to collapse, felt very
sorry for it and gave it many days
of my spare time. After two weeks
the shed was clean and honey.
Even some kittens were not afraid
to come and play between its rotted
walls. Within this time she shed
earned itself a prominent place in
my memory. I shall never forget it.
The next autumn my rather de-
cided to build onezroom house in
the back yard. Three boys in our
neighborhood, Tommy Russell, IA,
of 1922 Newton street NE: Paul
High, l3, who since has moved to
Plymouth. Pa, and Billy Wells, 13,
of 3051 Vista street NE, and my
sisters and I helped build it. Paul
and Tommy worked on the rafters
and the following spring Billy and I
painted the house. Tommy and
Billy attend Taft Junior High
School
The two huts-the one in Kansas
and my playhouse-do not compare
in appearance, but in spirit they are
alike. My grandfather called his
"krutzi-spika," which in Low Ger
man means corncob shed, so I
named the one in our back yard
krutzl-Splka II. 1t has been my
desire to keep the playhouse peace
ful and cheerful in appearance, to
help me recall the pleasant weeks
1 spent in the old shed in Kansas.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

tIdQ Ill d IedNS SUI VI Willie CdIlNdS
and a helmet reinforced with steel
From the floor beside him he lifted
a pack, pulled string, and dropped
the bundle over the side of the
plane.
The pack hurtled downward. Then
a loose fold of brown burlap de-
tached itself, and the wind whipped
it into a parachute A long, yellow
streamer floated out behind as the
bundle dropped slowly to earth a
few hundred yards from the fire
below.
The man in white paused for a
moment, studying the land beneath
him He pointed to a bare spot
among the trees. III try for that,
he said. Then he jumped.
The jumpers parachute billowed
out behind him as he pulled the
cords TO guide his descent. He
dropped at the rate of about Is feet
a second. He barely missed tangling
with branch of one of the big pines,
and landed on his feet. close to the
middle of the little clearing.
In a few seconds the jumper
crawled out from under the loose
folds of his parachute and out of his
canvas clothes. The canvas suit was
heavily padded with sponge rubber
to protect the wearer's body, in case
he landed in tree branches or among
rocks. The steel helmet, with a
screen over his face something like
that worn by fencer, protected his
face and head. Steel braces at his
ankles guarded his legs against frae-
lures or sprains. At his waist was
a coil of stout rope, to use in de-
scending to the ground, in case he
landed in a tree top.
A short distance from where he
landed, the parachute jumper saw
the yellow streamer that marked his
pack. Within a few minutes he was
at work with ak, hoe and shovel,
digging a trench around the fire.
Within a couple of hours he had
the blaze surrounded.
A fire trench is about feet wide
and 4 inches deep. 1t cuts through
the inflammable layer of dried leaves
and humus to the bare ground
beneath. When forest fire reaches
the edge of the trench, as a rule it
automatically goes out.
Fire Burns Out.
His work done, the parachute
Jumper sat down to take life easy
while he watched the fire and
waited for it to burn itself out. His
pack contained two days food sup
ply, a canteen of drinking water, a
first-aid kit. map and compass
for use in finding his way out of
the forest, in addition to the fire.
fighting tools.
A day after the man landed the
fire was out His parachutes and
suit were tied into neat bundles and
made into a pack that he could
carry on his back. 1t was a fairly
heavy load, but not enough to worry
man used to the mountains. A
days hike took him to the nearest
truck road, where he caught a ride
to headquarters to await another
job.
Dropping fire fighters from planes,
in sort of an aerial "blitzkrieg" to
stop blazes before they get well
Evening star., 1941-07-06

started, is the latest development
of the United States Forest Service.
The first trials were made last year
in the Chelan National Forest of
Washington State. More tests are
being made this season and forest
experts believe the system may save
millions of dollars worth Of timber
in the years to come.
The aerial attack is particularly
effective in fighting fires started by
lightning
A summer thunderstorm rolling
along the summit of a high noun
tain range frequently will start as
many as 100 separate fires-one
wherever lightning bolt strikes.
New Technique.
A lightning fire isn't a serious
matter at first, but lightning often
strikes in places so inaccessible that
it would take a ground crew a day
or more to reach the fire. BY that
time it may have developed into
roaring inferno that will destroy
thousands of acres of forest before
it is brought under control. And
the men of ground crew may be
so exhausted from their hike that
they have not much strength left
for fire fighting.
The parachuting fire fighters can
be delivered at the scene within a
few hours after the lightning
strikes.
Dropping men from planes is a
new technique in fire fighting, but
the Forest Service has made use of
planes for a number Of years Air
planes are particularly effective for
survey work. Small fires can be
spotted early and aerial surveys of
large fires frequently show how they
best can be controlled.
Each fire season, planes transport
tons of supplies to fire crews work.
ing at a distance from truck roads.
The supplies are dropped without
damage, attached to cheap burlap
parachutes.
At one load and in one hour a
plane once carried four tons of sup
plies to a fire crew-as much as IS
pack horses could have done in
day. The parachute bundles in
cluded meat, canned goods, eggs,
firSt-aid supplies. tools and even
bale0 haV and oats for tho borcac
And not even an egg was cracked!
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Here's to the Red,
White and Blue
BY MURIEL BAKER, Is,

by MthIEL bhhEh, 10,
Lincoln High School, Rockville, Nd.
Gently flying in the breeze,
Oh, such a beautiful hue,
We all love it dearly.
The red, white and blue.
It's such a lovely thing,
And homage to it do we pay,
For there's nothing better. you know
Than the good old American wa,
Stars and stripes of white and re
Telling us wisely what to do,
BY it proudly we are led,
The good old red, white and bl
Long may she guide us
And long may she stand.
The red, white and blue,
This flag so grand.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

toSCtllCl tlIClC 4Notts
were about rs boys and girls knit
ting.
I'VE organized an informal club
at school which met once a week,
and we put in stitches for the Bun
dies for Britain. BY the time school
closed, We had made 43 scarfs, IA
afghans and sweaters"
That is an impressive record and
I congratulate Jeanne and her
brother and their knitting friends.
MY brother and I will continue
our knitting through the summer"
Jeanne promises. Il am now work.
ing on scarf"
Nancy's question also brought An
interesting letter from Mrs. Trevor
j. Johns. 1902 Porter street NV,
who suggests that girls and bows of
Junior high school age organize
what she calls children of the blitz''
clubs.
The idea occurred to Mrs. Johns,
she explains. while she was attend
ing Alice Deal Junior High Schools
graduation exercises. what a fine
thing it would be- she thought. IF
all the idle girls and boys of junior
high school age would form clubs
to benefit the unfortunate children
in foreign lands who, very likely,
had no graduation exercises"
-
These children of the blitz" need
food, clothing, shelter and, in many
instances, medical attention. Mrs.
Johns points out. And she continues:
1T seems to me that much could
be done by our fortunate youth to
help these unfortunate children of
other lands. Our girls could make
simple articles of clothing for them;
they could make and sell cookies. ar
range picnics and little parties, take
care of younger children-in fact,
there is hardly any limit to the
number of things they could do to
raise money to help the children of
the blitz. The boys could NOV lawns,
run errands, have picnics or hik-
Evening star., 1941-07-06

1lhc t1lC ollLC-
boys. he writes regularly. without
being bothered when or if he re-
ceives an answer. Let's see what
he has to say in a recent letter,
dated last March II, from Haifa,
Palestine:
Dear Steve:
1T takes so long for a letter to
reach me these days; two, three,
four months, sometimes whole
year. Or should one of your letters
have been lost? Or, did you write
me at all, old boy?
When World War II started, the
bloody civil war between Arabs and
Jews ceased, as if nothing had ever
happened. Arabs sell their fruit in
Jewish districts, and the big cross
country buses have taken off their
bomb-proof armor plates.
Thanks for keeping me informed
about the world situation I listen
to the short wave radio from dawn
to dusk, because I work as en ap-
prentice in the repair shop of Philco
Radio here. The job is very inter-
esting and pays me very fair SAL
ary. You can't imagine how much
enthusiasm the Arabs here show for
the American installment plan. I
have difficult time to deliver the
radios to the descendants of Mo-
hammed because in most cases those
fellows don't even know where they
live.
What else am I doing besides
work? Twice week 1 go to night
school to study radio engineering at
the famous Technion. have taken
up Arabic, which is an official Ian
guage, besides English and Hebrew
Since Palestine has become the
armed camp of the Near East, our
hockey club has prospered, the rea-
son being that we can play a British
Army team almost every Saturday
whereas before we had only the
Jerusalem and Tel Aviv teams to
challenge. 1t surely is tough to beat
these Tommies!
You told me how panic stricken
you were when in the neWsreels you
saw italian bombers unloading their
deadly cargo over Haifa. Oh, boy.
Must have been some made in Italy
film, because those fellows have
never gotten as far as Haita There
Is stale joke going the rounds here
namely that the reason the price
for sea food has advanced so much
Is that the Mediterranean Sea has
taken such a terrific beating from
Italian bombs.
Last week I went on a big trip
to Nazareth and TiberiaS on nv rev
motorcycle. 1t rained so hard the
raindrops felt like needle points.
Wherever I stopped on my way, I
was treated as saint, for the simple
reason l knew how to fix radios
and they were out of order in most
cases. In return, I received free
food and shelter. In Tiberias I en-
Joyed my first Arabian meal
You don't have to write your let
ters IN English. Use Chinese if YOU
want to. Rest assured ou censors
come from the four corners of the
world and know about every Ian
guage there is. Write in small let
tiers, though, so it doesn't look like
much. Those fellows are liable to
return a long letter.
Now, thumbs up.
(Signed) ABRAZO."
p. S.: Thanks for giving me the
word hitch-hiking. The British
don't seem to know the expression" :"
Evening star., 1941-07-06

solve the pet housing situation.
Part of the garage floor is crowded
with cages containing guinea pigs,
and about four of them are kept
in each cage. Joe cleans the cages
regularly and helps feed the pigs on
a specially prepared mixture that
keeps them in good health.
Most of the pigs and mice are
sold to laboratories for experimental
purposes. Last year Joe and his
sister earned $40 for themselves
selling some guinea pigs to pet
shops.
The 500 goldfish now owned by
Evening star., 1941-07-06
The Old GalleOn
BY BEVERLY MORTON. 13

George Washington High School,
Alexandria. Va.
The wind it blew, the ocean foamed.
The captain lashed the sails.
And while the wind roared round
that ship,
1t creaked like rusty nails.
The captain shouted from his deck
at last,
The crew gave a sigh, for the
storm was past,
And DER that night the sea was
calm,
The wind blew soft as an angels
psalm.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

a larger lot and
farther out in
the country, so
they had more
freedom in ham
ding their pets.
They still have
the same variety
of pets at their
home in Chevy
Chase, but not
in such large
numbers.
The GreeneS'
house, the back
yard and a two
car garage are
now helping to
Evening star., 1941-07-06

exhibit held at
the school re-
C e n ly. We
memorized the
speaking parts
ourselves and
secured most of
ur costumes.
The mothers of
S o m e of the
children thought
it would be nice
lot US 10 con-
tinue this work .
We decided on
Snow w hit e
and the Seven
DWarfs," which
Evening star., 1941-07-06
The Junior Stars
Radio Program

Boys and girls who write for
The Junior Star have a radio
program all their own - the
Junior Star of the Air" broad
cast at 10 am. every Saturday
from WMAL through the CO.
operation of the National
Broadcasting Co.
The program is adapted from
the stories, articles and poems
submitted to the editor of The
Junior Star under the rules of
the weekly contributors con-
test. These rules are published
elsewhere on this page.
Remember, boys and girls
the Junior Star of the Air
WMAL-10 am. every Satur-
day.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

hlllIl ~ Oil ItCu
Cross or the
Bundles I o r
Britain.
This past Sc
mester, " S h e
continues, my
mother taught
my 3-year-old
brother and me
to knit. AS she
teaches school,
she also taught
about SO other
children. Some
children already
knew how, so, all
t4,gN&L4
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Riddles

l. From what eight-letter word
can you take five letters and still
have ten left?
2. What trees are best suited to
winter?
8. What can go up a chimney
down but can't 60 down a CHM
ney up?
4. What do we break by saying
Its name?
5. What's the difference between
m engineer and a teacher?
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Prize Contribution.
BY EUGENE S. JONES, Is,

problems nothing these days OF national defense
Nd his housing problems
white mice pigeons turtles and goldfish
versatile hobbyist but he turns some of
his hobbies into spending money
At time when Joe and his parents lived at Princeton ~ j. he
Evening star., 1941-07-06

his spiral = IKE
hair. He was a
regular fellow,
stole and even-
tempered. H e
went to Palestine
to make his new
home.
I imagine that
when he saw his
first Arab riding
on a camel, he
TOOK 1t as a nlaG-
ter of course, as
if he had seen
Arabs on canelS
all his life. Un-
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Prize Contribution.
BY SYLVIA DUERKSEN, 13,
q.
Taft Junior High School.

fascinating time be vacation in the country if
DID, foro shed sisters Vera
found this visited grandfathes farm
Hilsboro, KanS,
shed where kittens had
Evening star., 1941-07-06
By WILFRED BROWN.

thin blue smoke wound slowly from
the trees, far below.
pilot cicd his ship slowly studying the through
his binoculars gigantic feet diameter split
mighty
spreading slowly through the deep of pine needles
pilot There's another one he Everything
a grotesque
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Summer Play
School
Movie Fund
Fourth Grade Puts
On Snow White
AS Lawn Show
Prize Contribution.
BY RAYMOND w. BELLAMY, 9,

Cheverly-Tuxedo Md School.
The fourth graders of Cheverly-
Tuxedo School decided to put on the
play, "Rumpelstiskin,"s for enter
tainment on the night of the art
Evening star., 1941-07-06

Freshman: why do they call
these dentists offices dental par
lors?"
Senior: Because parlor is the old
fashioned word for drawing room"
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Safety
Prize Contribution.
BY HELEN COHEN, IL,

by HELEN COHEN, IL,
Langley Junior High School,
Safety first is the city's rule.
Safety is taught in the home and
school,
If you want to respond to your city,s
CALL
Safety must be followed by one
and all.
You must never cross when the light
is red,
Or you'll find yourself in a hos
pital bed.
If you always cross when the light
is green,
You'll never be found in a hos
pital scene.
eyes, I want a horse that can
SWIM" said the girl in the riding
habit to the stable keeper. I'm
taking up water polo"
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Old Shed Kansas Farm Becomes Back Playhouse
Just Between Ourselves
BY PHILIP ii. LOVE,
Junior Star Editor.

recent letter of
street NV wanted
to aid the national defense
render at present simply keep right
boys they and always have been
But OF course there things done
Evening star., 1941-07-06

Boys and girls ho helped build this playhouse
shown here recently signing its uisitors roll Left to right
of 3134 Monroe street Me- hoe back
gard located Patsy RUSSELL R of 322 Newton street NE
Sua DuerkSen Vera Macs older sister rhoSe inspiration for
the playhouse corncob she'd her grandtaher Kansas
tarm Tommy RUSSELL H. Patsys brother and Billy Wells 49,
Star staff Photo.
Evening star., 1941-07-06

Riddle AnSwerS
l. Frighten. 2. Fir fur). ). An
umbrella. T. Silence. 5. An engi-
neer minds the train and a teacher
trains the mind.
Evening star., 1941-07-06
Refugee Tells
About Life
In Palestine
Repairs Radios for
Arabs During Trip
On Motorcycle
Prize Contribution.
By STEFAN ZWEIG, 19.
Roosevelt High School.

ROOSEVELT High school.
Editors note-Thts is the sec
ond article OF series By Ger
man refugee youth, .1Uho nolo
lipeS here, telling 10hat has hap
pened to his chumS since they
mere driuen from Germany into
other lands. His final story 1UtH
be carried in the near tuture.J
Abrazo was one of the first to
leave our group in our home city IN
Germany. The name happens to be
his nickname, given him because OF
Evening star., 1941-07-06

"One thing that boys and girls can
do" writes Jeanne Mott, 10, of 2O5
Sixth street Sc, is to knit for the
Evening star., 1941-07-06

hundred guinea pigs and goldfish,
so Carolina turtles and two dozen
white mice. The GreeneS lived on
Evening star., 1941-06-29
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