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Evening star., 1941-08-24
This Is Final Week
TO Enter Pictures in
Snapshot Contest
Judging to Begin
When Lists Close
On September ]

This is the last week OF The Stars
amateur snapshot contest and
those shutter -clickers who want to
get their work entered for judging
had better move fast.
All entries must be in The Star
ONCE by 10 am. Monday, September
l. Pictures arriving after that time
will not be considered in the
judging.
The final group of weekly win
ners will appear in The Sunday
Star rotogravure section on Sep
tember 7 ard the grand prize win
ners will be announced on Septem-
Der a.
The grand prize winners in each
of the four classes will be chosen
from among all the photos pub
lished during the contest. Each OF
the class winners will receive a $25
prize. The four classes of the con-
test are: Babies and children. young
people and, adults. scenes and still
He and animals.
The winners pictures will be
entered in the international con-
test, competing , against pictures
4froM III parts ef the United States
and Canada. United States and
Canadian newspapers sponsor the
contest.
This year The Star has received
a record-breaking number of en-
tries Readers have sent in 2,18S
pictures so far this year. as COM
pared with 1,750 pictures at the same
stage of the contest last year.
AS tine weeks have passed. the
competition has become sitter
More and better pictures are re-
ceived each week, as attested by the
fact that during the first week of
competition there were "a pictures
for the Judges to go over, whereas
in the 14th week there were 372
entries.
This weeks winners appear on
Page 2 of the rotogravure section
today.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
| Refrigeronts
| Placed Under
Priority Control

To assure proper functioning Of
refrigeration units In hospitals and
food preservation plants the o. P
M. yesterday placed chlorinated hy-
drocarbon refrigerants under pri-
ority control.
And in so doing the o. p. M. added
five more 98-cent words to the pri-
critics list on which the day before
1t had placed Observation-Disclosures
mine, q chemical used In making
plastics. New additions. to the list
as chlorinated hydrocarbon refriger-
ants, are trichloromenOfluoro
thane, difluoromethane. di-
chloromonofiuoromethane, trichloro-
triduoromsthans and dichlorotstre.
dlegoo1hADA
Evening star., 1941-08-24

/. The contest is strictly for ANA
teurs. Any one is eligible except
employees of The Star and their
families, and individuals or mem
bers of families engaged in the
manufacture, sale, commercial nm
isliing, or professional use of photo
graphic goods.
2. Entrants may submit as many
pictures as desired at any time dur
ing the period of the contest. No
photographs will be returned, due to
the enormous task of handling, list
ing and sorting.
3. Pictures must have been made
after May lS. 1941, and may be sub
mitted at any time after that date
Prizes will be awarded each week
beginning June "a and ending Sep
tember Z.
4. Your snapshots may be made
on any type of film, but must not be
made on glass plate negatives. Any
make of camera, film, chemicals, OF
paper may be used. Developing and
printing may be done by q photo
finisher or the entrant. No print OF
enlargement more than 10 inches In
the longest dimension will be ac-
cepted. No art work or retouchine
is permitted on prints or the hega-
tives from which they are made. Nc
composite pictures. such as multiple
printing or montages, permitted
Pictures should not be mounted OF
framed.
5. All pictures shall be Judged ir
the national awards (includfng thu
United States and Canada) solely or
general interest and/or appeal Pho.
tographic excellence or technique
while important. will not be the de.
Gliding factor in determining prizt
winners. The decision of the judgeI
shall be accepted as final.
6. Each week The Star will pay
S. for the best picture submitted
and 81 for each picture Of specia
merit that is printed and pot award.
ed q prize. In addition, at the clos
Of the contest, SIS will be paid Il
the final winner in each Of the foul
classifications listed below. Thes'
four winners then will be entered II
the national awards. where they vii
compete with the same number o.
entries from other newspapers II
the United States and Canada, fol
prizes totAling $4,000.
7. To enter the contest, mail
print or prints Of as many picture
- you dssaro to Amateur enApoho
Contest Editor" The Evening etaS
Evening star., 1941-08-24

less there is danger of invasion. he
Is not in favor OF extension of draft
service. He is willing to prepare
myself for whatever comes" though
"the sooner I get out, the better"
Some of the junior offlcers are a
little green but that will iron itself
out.
Soldier No. IA. a selectee inducted
two months ago Fort BelvoirHe
feels he is being prepared for what
ever comes and he likes Army life.
He wouldn't mind service abroad
but would rather be sent close to
his home in Michigan.
Soldier No. Is, a selectee inducted
two months ago, Engineer Corps,
Fort Belvoir-The draft extension
gives the fellows a bad break. 1T
takes so much time out of their life
that they'll never have again"
Year Is Enough.
Soldier No. l6, a selectee inducted
two months ago, Fort Belvoir-H q
man isn't sufficiently trained in a
year, it isn't his fault He planned
to get out at the end of his. year and
get married. -- .- Il
Soldier No. II, selectee inducted
two months ago. Fort Belvoir-Ex-
tension of the draft really wore
down the morale of the Army" He
thinks he would take more interest
"if I knew all this work was to save
my life" He doesn't feel that way
now-just works because I'm told
to-" Says the officers don't know
how to give orders. They keep
changing them every few minutes.
Soldier No. 18, a selectee inducted
four months ago, Fort George G..
Meade-"I guess Army life is all
right, but I'd rather be back home
working in the store" He is over
%, but if l wasn't getting out I
wouldn't like this draft extension
at all" Says he's not being taught
enough blitzkrieg tactics and the
"oficers are about 40 per cent
eficient."
Draft Extension Hit.
Soldier No. 10, a National Guards
man with II years military expert
ence behind him. Indiantown Gap.
Pa.-The food Is swell but he
| doesn't like the extension of the
draft. They told us one year. We
Evening star., 1941-08-24

as a mask to hide their own in
efficiency
Infinitely Bored
Soldier No. 7. selectee inducted less
than a month ago, Fort Eustis-He
Is infinitely bored" There's plenty
to do but ''its poorly done because
the officers don't know what they
are teaching"
Soldier No. 8, for nine weeks a Sc
lectee at Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Md.-"I'm looking for engineering
not drill, but I guess this is neces-
sary. I'm in favor of the draft ex-
tension if its necessary to preserve
democracy. Otherwise. no." About
service abroad, he said Texas was
the only place he wanted to 60.
Soldier No. 8, indicted as Selectee
five weeks ago. Fort Belvoir-Every-
thing pleased this selectee-he finds
Army life very interesting" He
kind of waits" for Virginia ham. He
keeps busy and the days fly by
If the extension of draft service is
necessary, Il guess that's okay, too. ="
Soldier No. 10. enlisted man of
10 months standing, Fort Belvoir-
He would like to be sent to ANY
cool country" II he knew war was
definitely ahead, it wouldn't make
any difference in his attitude.
That's what I'm here for" He is
in favor of extended draft service
for selectees.
Soldier No. IL, inducted as selec-
tee four months ago. Aberdeen Prov
ing Grounds-He is opposed to ex-
tension of draft service because he
wants to get married and doesn t
want to wait two and a half years
to do it..
Really Nothing to Do
Soldier No IL. selectee corporal
inducted six. months ago. Camp Lee.
Va.-There's something planned for
every hour but there's really moth
ing to do" The discipline has to
be strict when they have so little
to interest the men-it's the only
way to keep them from going
berserk." Officers are ''far more
competent than is necessary-full
doctors acting as platoon leaders" p"
Soldier No. Is, a selectee inducted
four weeks ago. Fort Belvoir-Un-
Evening star., 1941-08-24

this schizoid personality. There have
been times when life with nature
has been unendurable-times Of
titanic volcanic eruptions, Of great
floods from melting glaciers. Of
ruthless wars Of conquest. Had not
the majority of Icelanders possessed
this inner world into which to re-
treat from the storms and the
darkness the race hardly could have
survived. physically or mentally.
Something of this personality
structure should be appreciated by
every American sent to Iceland. He
himself comes from a cycloid people
"a people who. some psychiatrists
say. are becoming increasingly
cycloid. He comes from land where
nature has been overwhelmingly
good, where 1t has asked Of a man
little more than a passive co-opera-
tion. There seldom has been need
to find refuge from it.
Madness Not Uncommon.
The soldier will be puzzled that
Icelanders care so little for the fat
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Woman Mourns Mother,
Dies at Funeral Home
By the Associeted Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 23.-"I
pray I may join my mother" said
Mrs. Jacob Bonano. "a, when her
mother, Mrs. Catherine Spilman,
died yesterday.
After staying up late with the
other mourners, Mrs. Bonano and
her husband went to sleep at the
funeral home.
Wake he up at 4 in the morning"
she told her daughter, Catherine,
Is, who related the story.
At 4 am. today Catherine tried
to rouse her mother A doctor was
called. She's dead" he said. Mrs.
Bonano died of heart disease like
her mother. There will be a double
funeral tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

adopted by the Executive Council
of the A. F. of L., declaring that
while labor believes that the United
States Government should levy
extra taxes on the people to pay
for defense work, we do not believe
In punitive or discriminatory taxa
ton as a special levy on radio ad-
vertising broadcasts.' Mr.. flushing
said none Of the organizations ia
voring the tax have workers en-
ployed in the radio industry, while
we have four organizations directly
employed by radio"
Miss Cathrine Curtis. national di-
rector of Women Investors in
America, Inc, made a general at
tack on the Governments appro-
priation and revenue policies. She
opposed several specific features Of
the bill, including the increased
estate taxes. and the proposal to
compute excess profits taxes before
computing and deducting normal
income taxes She also objected
to the proposed House tax on radio
time sales.
Inequities Pointed Out.
Among other witnesses heard
yesterday was Madeline Ross of the
Consumers Union of the United
States, opposing sales taxes or any
lowering of personal income exemp-
tions until every other means Of
raising the necessary revenue has
been exhausted.
Spokesman for a number of in
dustries also testified yesterday re-
garding inequities they see in the
House bill affecting their business.
Lowell H. Parker. former congress
sional tax expert who testified as
corporation representative. pro-
tested provisions in the House bill
for computing excess profits taxes.
MIR. Parker questioned the ad-
visibility of raising $500 900 900 Of
new revenue in the first year Of the
bills operation. He said boosting
taxes too high might curb the
profit motive and incentive with
a resulting downturn in both ma
| tional income and tax revenue.
The witness testified that many
of the tax rates in the pending bin
were much higher than similar war
time levies Of 1918 and offered charts
| TO show variations in different sal
ary and income brackets betweeu
the two periods.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Gus technique Of spiritual survival
in the face Of an inhospitable nature
"a technique by which each man
or woman turned inward and built
up in the mind itself a self-suf1cient
world of dreams. The Irish imagi-
nation mixed with the Scandinavian
introversion populated these self
made worlds with lovelier fantasies.
In Touch With Realities.
This is largely the way Of
genius-the way of Shakespeare or
Beethoven. But one must keep a
firm, even if contempthous and
cynical, grip on reality Otherwise
1t is the way of madness-of the
dreaded schizophrenia which fills
the worlds mad houses with the
flower of youth.
Icelanders stayed on the safe side.
always in touch with the realities OF
living if a bit cynical of them. They
never let the universe within be-
come rusty on its hinges.
The history of the island has. been
such as would naturally accentuate
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Welded Steel Vessel
Launched for Navy
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ORANGE. Tex, Aug. 23.-The Sea
Otter, a 200-foot cargo vessel OF
welded steel built for the Navy as
an experiment, was launched today.
The ship was christened by Mrs.
Eads johnson. whose husband rep
resented the Navy Department in its
construction.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
IceIondic Race Personality Declared Unique
Third OF a series on Iceland,
Americas netoest defense out
post
BY THOMAS r. HENRY,
Star Stan Correspondent.


REYKJAVIK, Iceland.-This
smoke-fog washed land is the Ham
let OF the earths nations.
Night, mist and the moon and
stars over black deserts Of lava and
blue deserts of ice have mixed with
the wild soul of Viking and the
banshee haunted soul of Celt to pro-
duce race personality unique
among peoples in which potentiah-
ties of genius and madness boil and
steam.
The land itself is an anachronistic
fragment of the beginning OF the
world. Here one stands on the edge
of recorded time, a lost island OF the
paleozoic age of 1,500, 600, 900 years
ago which has strayed through the
Arctic darkness into the 20th CEN
tury. Iceland is even now being
thrust out Of the primeval waters
which covered the globe when life
began. 1t is the newest of lands
in the process of being lifted from
the sea by natures most titanic
forces, earthquake and volcano.
Perhaps 1t does not 60 back much
further than the million years OF
mans time on earth.
Nine -Tenths Lifeless.
Even in the days Of recorded his
tory 1t was a part of much larger
land in the making which may have
been a land bridge between Eu-
rope and North America. The rec
ords of the earliest mariners tell OF
islands which since have sunk, in
the sea.
Nine-tenths of Iceland remains
lifeless. 1t is like the world OF the
pre-Cambrian geologic age when
the first crab-like creatures were
crawling out of the sea ooze upon
the barren rocks. Here man himself
vas the first representative OF higher
life. The story OF evolution was
reversed and telescoped when man
introduced such lower mammals as
could survive on this beach of time
the reindeer, the Arctic fox, sheep,
goat and pony.
Here came a proud, loneliness
loving people. with the steel OF
Arctic tempests already in their
souls. They had learned danger
Evening star., 1941-08-24
rs Soldiers Unburden Themselves on Army Morale

should have had our choice about
staying longer" Says the officers
are well educated but the non-com-
missioned officers know more about
handling the men.
Soldier No. 20, a selectee inducted
two months ago. Engineer Corps,
Fort Belvoir-The draft extension
seems kind of unfair" He believes
when the officers have had enough
training they will be all right.
Intellectually Stultified.
Soldier No 81, selectee indicted
two months ago, Engineer Corps.
Fort Belvoir-He is intellectually
stultified." The food is filling but
not tasty. If he knew he was train
ing for war he would be scared
but I'd work harder. He is being
taught the methods of the last war
but they probably haven't got the
equipment TO steach US any other
way" =
Soldier No. %, a selectee inducted
five weeks ago. Fort Belvoir-He
would be more satisfied with his
training if he knew he was actually
preparing for war. He likes the
Army pretty we'll but hopes he
gets to like 1t better.
Soldier No. %, a selectee inducted
two months ago, Engineer Corps.
Fort Belvoir-He Is not bored but
"dislikes Army life exceedingly" He
doesn't care for the food, would be
married now If he hadn't been
called. If he knew he was actually
going to fight. he wouldn't mind
the training. The Army does things
according to regulations rather
than common sense"
Uncertainty of War.
Soldier No. "A, a corporal in the
Regular Army for eight months
He gets impatient waiting around
to find out whether we're going to
war or not" The food is better
than it was, and q lot better than
some of the boys got at home. Ex-
tension of service was very wise.
don't see why Congress debated
It at all ~" He would like "a definite
aim in view. something to shoot
at" The Army is doing the best
1t can with present equipment but
something should be done to speed
supplies. Some Of the National
Guard ofncers are ''woefully in
competent"
Soldier No. 25. q selectee inducted
two months ago, Fort Belvoir-He
believes he could do more for the
Nation outside the Army. Nine
tenths Of the men in our company
are skilled workers who could be
useful in arsenals." He has gained
some weight from the food. If the
country is really going to war. how
ever. he's glad he was taken in
ahead of time instead of being
rushed through training.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Weather Report
Furnished by the Unit

Fun Buresu)
District coudines and rather
with local showers and thundoms
gentle variable winds
coudness continued
with local afternoon showers and To-Day and
tomorrow.
cloudness with afternoon showers
portion today
Evening star., 1941-08-24
japanese Steamer Soils
For Home From Peru
ax the AxSoriatad presx

By the Associated Press.
CALLAO, Peru, Aug. 73.-After
several false starts from South
American ports, the Japanese
steamer Rakuyo Maru sailed for
home tonight, with Ernst Wendler,
expelled German Minister to Bo-
livia. aboard.
Other German passengers going
home by way of the Orient in
cluded 80 crewmen Of the steamers
Leipzig and Monserrate, which were
set afire and scuttled by their crews
off Callao early in April.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
| New Tax Called
Heavier Than
1918 War Act
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Lowell H. Parker, former congress
sional tax expert and now a Wash
inston tax consultant. told the
Senate Finance Committee yester-
day that rates under the House.
approved 1926, 100000 revenue
measure would bear moe heavily
on individuals than the Wartime
Tax Act Of 1918.
He submitted the following table
comparing the rates provided under
the two measures for a married man
uritt, M cI,ilLrop.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers cloudy
at Harpers Ferry today.
Weather Conditions for the Last - Hours.
A rather high-pressure system. is NOV
ing quite rapidly eastward over the Upper
Ohio Valley and lower lake region and
air has been confined to the Ohio Valley
and North Atlantic States, while warm.
humid air of semi-tropical origin persists
from Virginia and Tennessee southwark.
Cloudy weather persists over the Southern
States within this warm, moist air mass,
and numerous showers and thunder
storms have occurred during the past "A
hours Heavy rains attended the thun-
derstorms activity in North and South
inches at Columbia and 244 inches at
Florence S. C. Showers and cloudy
weather continue over the Rocky Noun
erable Importance has formed over Mon
tana. Miles City, 1.002 millibars $3.50
inchesl
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Poruquoy to Hear SoIer

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. IS tP.-
An address at the 91st Ohio State
Fair Monday by Juan Jose Soler,
Minister of Paraguay to the United
States, will be broadcast to his ma
tive land and other South Ameri-
can nations. Agricultural Director
John T. Brown announced today.
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Mistletoe Is a parasitic evergreen
shrub which grows hanging from
various trees.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Readers Guide
News Summary
PART ONE.
The Sunday Star, Aug. "a, 1941.

Foreign.
New SIS OO0, 900 900 lease-lend request
due to omit Russia. Page AT
Bloody hand-to-hand fighting in
Odessa area reported. Page AS
Near encirclement of Viipuri re-
ported by Firms Page A-3
Petain cabinet studies ways to stem
disorders in France. Page "A
British general finds Russians full
of fight" Page AS
National.
Army plans swift review of l0-year
sentence given selectee. Page A-3
Washington and Vicinity.
President commends canceling Of
regatta here. Page AS
Defense work helping employment
of older men. Page B-1
President asks erection of $50 dwell
ings in Southeast. Page 'B-1
Conrad Van Hyning may get D. G.
welfare post Page B-1
$40, ia, ,681 spent for District welfare
services in 1910. Page B-1
Virginia Republicans select Muse to
run for Governor. Page b.
Public hearings planned on road
contract charges. Page b.
Miscellany.
Obituary. Page A-12
Fraternal News. Page B-6
Service Organizations. Page B-6
PART TWO.
Editorial and Features.
Editorial articles. Pages C-1-3
Editorial and comment. Page c.
News features. Pages CAS-
Resorts. Page C-6
Civic news. Page CT
Vital statistics. Page C-S
Service orders. Page C-8
PART THREE.
Society.
Society news Pages D-1-10
In service society. Page D-s
Women's clubs. Page D-S
Educat ational. Page Dill
PART FOUR.
FinoncioI and Classified
Drive to spread defense work in
tensified. Page Ell
Auto earnings to be smaller IN arms
race Page Ell
Stocks hesitant after week of mild
recovery. Page Ell
Weekly stock summary. Page E-2
Trade reports at glance. Page Ell
Capital bankers prepare to help re-
strict credit. Page Ell
! Classified advertising. Pages E-4-l2
Evening star., 1941-08-24

Argentina now has only 3,96S rail-
way locotives.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Weather in Various Cities.

-Temperature-P Precip-
Max. Min. Sat. itstlon
Sat- Fri. f:30 to $50
urdAy. night. pm. p.rn.
Evening star., 1941-08-24
Madness Not Uncommon.

The soldier will be puzzled that
Icelanders care so little for the fat
Evening star., 1941-08-24

DR.. Francis E. Townsend. advocate
of more liberal old-age pensions
also went before the committee with
q last-minute proposal for adoption
of q gross income tax, universally
applied and collected monthly
which he said has worked well In
Hawaii. DR.. Townsend expressed
fear the tax system will collapse
unless it is simphfied and predicted
the process of constantly looking
for new things to tax will bring
chaos.
Mr.. flushing said the labor groups
he represents favor the expendi.
lures being made for national de-
fense and aid to democracies, ano
are willing to meet a fair share o.
the cost, but want to see the new
taxes properly applied. He sale
taxes that would hit the pay en-
velopes of workers would hurt earn
ing power and lis the wrong way
to finance the defense program.
He opposed lowering the persona
income exemptions. as well as al
forms of sales or pay roll taxes
When the labor spokesman sale
adoption of such taxes might result
in changing the political complex.
ion of the House and Senate, Sen
ator vandenberg, smilingly sug'
eested:
THAT might be good thing"
Radio Levy Opposed.
Senator Vandenberg pointed tt
the many specific sales taxes al
ready in the bill, and asked thu
witness if a general sales tax, with
the exemptions previously indicated
wouldn't be fairer than lower In
come exemptions. Mr.. flushing ir,
dicated it would be.
Mr.. flushing also urged the Sen
ate 10 strike out the House tax o.
time sold by radio stations. H
called attention to q resolution