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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-11-20
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-11-20
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housewives are
learning that a planned
k i t C h e n, modernized
W lit electrical con-
veniences of every
kind, is a necessity!
The cold ways" were
good enough a few
years ago. Now they
are money and tirne
MASTERS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

fortresses--the present term y
a misnomer-are needed. UlH-
mately. they will be built The
new Douglas b 10. the worlds
largest bomber. Is the kind Of
plane we need for the new war
of the air"
To Major Seversky the war IN
at present a stalemate. He be-
lieves the Nazis will have to con-
solidate and equip their positions
and air bases, organize an I'M
interrupted line of supplies and
then fight 1t out. But he gives
Britain a big chance to turn the
tables with its supply OF ex-
cellent manpower and the re-
sources of aircraft available
here.
Mastery OF the air can be
achieved at present only over .
limited area because of the short
range of modern fighting planes.
Beyond such an area the navy
still is dominant. But the time In
not far off when what Is APP
plicable TO the North Sea viii
be applicable TO the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans.
within five years there win
be air neutrality-suspicious.
noughts. capable Of flying 22,00e
miles nonstop"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

The latest Army pursuit plane,
the P-47B. is a refinement of a
Seversky design. II has a
speed of more than 400 miles an
hour.
European Governments took
notice of the spectacular Amer
lean designer, began ordering
his planes. He visited foreign
capitals. established a number
Of international inter-city speed
records. Fame and material sue
cess seemed more brilliant than
ever And then the war broke
out. Foreign orders could not be
filled. Seversky left the Repub-
lie Aviation Corp, Of which he
had been a director. and organ
lied the Aviation Development
Corporation and the Rotoflight
Corporation
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Still Flies
When Possible

Seversky is OF medium height
Genial. though serious. ne talks
fluently. with a slight accent
He keeps regular working hours
at his aerie in Rockefeller Gen.
ter. On the side he writes for
magazines and newspapers
makes speeches about the coun-
try on air power and aerial war
fare. He still flies whenever
possible He has more than
5000 hours of flying TO his
credit. On many of his air trips
his wife and his cocker spaniel
Vodka. accompany him Vodka
is also a veteran flier. has flown
more than 1000 hours In the
air, probably is the most air
travelled OF all dogs. Vodka even
knows his masters plane where
ever 1t is CHARTERED.
Major Seversky has one rigid
tenet in THE operation OF air
power for national defense. He
believes the Air Force should be
independent.
Army and Navy men I'm all
countries cling to old and what
seems TO me outworn traditions"
he said They have tended TO
beIittle the part played by avia-
ton. have treated il as a mere
adjunct 90 older weapons when.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
speed margin and ability Of the
RAE were too formidable"

speed margin and ability Of the
Raj were too formidable"
Hitler's strategy. he pointed
out. failed.
"The planned combined land.
sea and air attack developed as
purely an air attack, which
could not establish superiority.
The failure of that attack led
military leaders 10 believe, err
rOneOusly, that air power alone
cannot achieve victory. IL will
take time for people to recOg-
niZe that air power, acting in
dependently and possessing the
requisite power and quality,
makes possible the defeat of an
enemy without occupation. The
sooner we learn that and apply
il to our own planning for ma
tiOnal defense the better"
There must be creative think
ing and experimentation. he
explained.
And, Of course, we must ad-
just ourselves continuously to
changing tactics and problems.
Bombers, for one thing. should
be made better able TO take care
of themselves. Speed should be
sacrificed in them for greater
defensive ability. Real flying
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
Bdgged Thirteen
Enemy Planes

His ndomitableness found
renewed expression as a combat
flier He returned 10 the front,
assumed command OF a bomb
ing squadron. was constantly
engaged in air fighting. bagged.
himself, thirteen enemy planes.
He received the rank of Com
mander Of the Russian Navy
was decorated a Knight of the
order Of st. George, the high
est military award in Russia.
A hero. indeed. was Alexander
p. de Severskyl And his hero
ism was recognized further by
his Government when during the
Revolution he was appointed by
the Kerensky regime assistant
TO the Naval Attache OF the Rus
sian Embassy in Washington. in
charge Of aviation. 1t was
great break for Seversky. He
Immediately put his unusual
aeronautical knowledge and ex-
perience to effective use II
wasn't long before he met the
late Col. Horace Hickman. of the
U. s. Army Air Corps The war
was over and Army officials
we're applying the lessons they
had learned in conflict TO de-
velop the airplane as defen-
sive weapon.
The late Gen. Billy Mitchell
chief of the Air Corps, was work
ing on a plan TO bomb battle
ships successfully from the air
An old German ship was the
target for his planes But
though the vessel was hit re.
peatedly II refused TO sink
Hickam remembered that Sever
sky had told him Of ships sunk
~ aerial bombs dropped along.
,ide their explosion opening the
,seams hetwepr the ships plates
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

Seyersky was brought 10
Mitchell. told him his story
Soon waves were rolling where
a German cruiser had once been.
The exploit proved 70 Mitchell
that the Russian was a most
useful man to have around.
Seversky. though not yet a
citizen. was appointed a con-
Sulting engineer for the y s
Air Service In less than two
years he proved his worth. He
developed bomb sight which
automatically calculated the
range angle. steered the plot
on the proper course and auto
matically released bombs al the
precise moment The Govern
ment purchased the rights for
its use paid him $4,000
The money was a windfall IL
enabled him TO organize an air
plane manufacturing company.
He began designing planes and
aircraft devices. To list his IN
ventions alone would require a
half column of type. He con-
tinued TO fly. testing his own
planes. Meanwhile he married
Evelyn Oliphant. OF a prominent
New Orleans family. became an
American citizen. was commits
stoned a Major in the U S Air
Corps Reserve.
His first airplane design mere
was an all-metal smphibian. In
which he himself broke the
worlds speed record for this
type OF aircraft. flying $50 miles
per hour at Detroit in 1895. a
record which still stands In
1895. foreseeing the monoplane
as the ultimate type Of military
aircraft. he designed the first
low-wing. all-metal basic train
ing plane II was accepted by
the Army. designated RT-8 ano
production began.
Seversky then developed a new
pursuit planes modern type
Of single-seater fighter-which
under the name OF Pos. was
adopted by the Air Corps a.
standard equipment. 1t was the
first pursuit plane to exceed 2
speed Of 300 miles pe' hour
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

TO gain complete dominance o.
the air. He predicted heavy
Knight bombing. said that cross
Bbeams will be used 10 find
targetG in fogs and bad weather
Six months later his prediction
was borne out. The intersection
OF radio rays from two distant
points found targets accurately
Long before the Balkan cam
paign, he stated that Crete would
prove a pivotal point in the
struggle for the mastery Of the
Mediterranean. Again. the cor
rectness Of his prophecy would
seem 10 be borne out
His extraordinary ability TO
foretell the course and conduct
OF the war is not based upon any
Slavic prescience. IL has Its
foundation. rather. in his knowl-
edge Of the tactics and strategy
of aerial warfare In this field
he has long been recognized as
one OF the worlds foremost au-
thorities.
He sees the airplane as the
decisive factor Of the war
Land and sea forces are. In
his opinion. merely sideshows to
the great fateful battle that
started in the air. develops on
an ever larger scale and is likely
10 be fought TO a finish-in the
air. He said:
"The air war Is the real Of
fensive. II Britain loses the
aerial battle. invasion would be
a routine affair. But to win
that battle Hitler has TO have a
solid ceiling Of planes. and he
has 10 have that solid ceiling
In daylight hours, inflicting
enormous damage with relative
immunity.
$50 far Britain has main
tanned a defensive superiority.
The Raj Spitfires and Hurri-
/, canes are superior TO the Ger
} man fighters. despite the lat
ter's numerical advantage and
coastal bases"
Aviation is Seversky's tthe
ode" which prefaces mis- name
Is rarely used) consuming
passion. For 25 wears II has
been his business his hobby
his first love He overcame Sc.
we're handicaps 10 achieve hi'
worldwide renown as an aviator
and designer of aircraft Shot
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

fensive strategy, made her air.
power an adjunct TO her army.
THAT was the great and,
perhaps, fatal-errOr of Ger
many. Her air force, conceived
to clear a path for land forces
bv swift, short blows. was strik-
ingly unsuccessful when forced
to operate alone. II couldn't
repeat over the English Channel
its triumphs i'm Poland, the Low
Countries and Norway. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15
By LOUIS REID

If anyone in the world today deserves the
title of major prophet" it is Alexander P.
de Seversky. With accuracy as uncanny as it
is astonishing. the famous airplane designer and
pilot has predicted the course of the war.
During his last visit TO Europe in the fateful
Spring of 1889 he called the mouth when the would
begin. Early he foresaw prcdominanty aerial
flict Before Dunkerque he believed successful British
evacuation possible because of the RAJ local
ity the air Weeks later PRIME Minister Churchill
frmed Severskys belief by declaring in the House of Com
that the embarkatlon wouldn't have been possible
without air superiority at that point.
AS the Battle of Britain developed Major Seversky said
that the British would bak because Hitler had failed
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

as a matter of necessity, IL
should be the first line of de-
Tense. These traditions have
held England back. They are
holding us back.
"All countries have been
guilty of short sightedneSs.
France, as you know, placed her
entire faith in her MaginOt Line.
Even Germany, though II de-
veloped a fine coordination Of
tanks and dive bombers for Of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

down and losing his right leg
while flying a bomber for the
Russian Navy in 1916, ne turned
his inventive mind TO airplane
modelling, designed a bomb
sight, a method for hunting
submarines by airplane. made
flying boats operable in north
erh waters by the use of skis
Evening star., 1941-08-31

the Desert House, where Bill Campbell usually
eats. The Desert House is not just another
New Mexico tank town hotel it's something
special, with the biggest cocktail lounge be-
tween Albuquerque and Phoenix, on account
of Alamo Springs is in the best dude ranch
country in the world.
In the lobby l see Jody Bentham. She is
hostess out at the Bar x, big dude ranch,
and she is also the girl Bill Campbell and
thirteen other guys say they are going to
marry. She is the only female l ever saw
who could wear Lewis and walk across a hotel
lobby full of men and not look like she wanted
to run, if you get what mean.
says. Hello, Shape" and she says,
Hello, Mouth" and say "If Bill is having
lunch with you, let's make it three"
Hes in the coffee shop Alone"
Then don't hurry" l says. 1--WE got
business with him."
Evening star., 1941-08-31

Take your time. won't see him till next
Wednesday"
oh, OH" says. "A fght?"
Don't be silly" she says, kind of sharp
like. Il have to entertain ranch guest"
So | go into the coffee shop, and Bill Camp
bell is sitting alone at one of the window
tables. He is big guy, homely. with a
snub nose and wide grin when he isn't
worried. 1t wasn't there today. stop at the
table and he looks up and says, No"
mo room?" says
Sure Sit down. Only no business I'm
trying to stay friends with you
sit down and say, Look, MIR. Wallace
says you don't like the program sold you."
Did he have to tell you?" he says
Il got better idea," says. Its honey.
l been saving it for pal
The waitress came and took my order, and
Bill went on eating. He wasn't very happy,
but figured once he heard my idea he'd
cheer up. So started in roundabout way.
Boy" says, that was sure swell quiz
program last night over KOB. wasn't it,"
Never listen to en-" Bill says. Il work
all day in hardware store All the time my
clerks are asking me if they make flue stops
for a seven-inch stove pipe, or if we sell
four point rip saw. When l get home, you
think want some yahoo asking me over the
radio the difference between benzine benze-
drine and obscene?"
/ sLAPS the table. There you got it, When
you come home at night you're tired You
don't want to think about anything, do you?"
mot about anything you can dream up"
But what about in the morning when
you're fresh? Then it's fun to figure out
answers to questions! Look, you slap ques-
tion at housewife in the middle of cleaning
the living room. and whatu she do? Her
curiosity will kill her. Shell quit work until
she hears the answer. You keep 'em coming
and she's got to listen to your program"
Wait minute" Bill says. rs that the
idea you've been saving for pal?"
| mods. "A quiz program at ten in the
morning, when the mind is at its keenest"
Bill just looks at me-
What the NATTER" says.
Nothing. guess Wallace was right.
Listen. know it s hard for you to understand
this word, but try and concentrate on it, will
you? The word is Mo-"
The time is free for week." l says.
"You re a Scotchman. Who's crazy now?"
Bill laughed then II give up. Go ahead -
but only with the free time After that, I'm
through with kVkV. Understand"
Even if the program is wow"
"If it's WOW -" he began, and then he
stopped talking. He was looking toward the
door into the lobby looked, too, and there
was Jody Bentham with her guest. When
saw him, knew why Bill wasn't grinning
today. Jodys guest was about forty and
looked like he'd just turned down the ambas-
sadorship to England so he could be with
Jody. He was tanned deep brown, his hair
was black and so was his mustache, and when
he smiled at Jody heard woman sigh three
tables away. / looked at Bill, and he was
cutting piece of pie so hard his fork was
bent at right angles.
8-3I-H
Evening star., 1941-08-31

fast bacon was sure good, then shoot gun,
then say, Fetch 'em, Rover then pause
then say, Good dog. Good Sureshot Shells,
too Get the difference?"
Mr.. Wallace put both hands to his ears and
yelled, Get out!'
ALL right" says, real quick, 81 got
another idea"
Mr.. Wallace got up and started around the
desk and backed to the door, Once there, |
says with dignity, "Mr. Wallace, have got
your permission to sell Mr. Campbell my
idea?"
Hell shoot you on sight"
Have 1? Will you give me weeks free
time on the ten o'clock spot to try it out
with"
"Yes! Anything to get him back so long
as don't know what it is Get QUIT"
At lunch time head for the coffee shop at
Evening star., 1941-08-31

into Mr. Wallace's Office. you want me?"
says.
Mr. Wallace looks at me a long time did
ever?" he says gloomily.
so Bill Campbell don't want to buy time
any more on KVKV?" asks.
Can you blame him." Mr.. Wallace says.
when you try to sell dishpans over the radio
by whacxing them together and asking the
audience to listen to how long they ring?
When you shoot off shotgun shells in bucket
of sand to attract the attention of hunters?
Campbell says he's quitting because he's
afraid you'll discover he sells dynamite"
"Mr. Wallace" says radio has an audi
tory appeal Which is best now an an
nouncement like this: When the October
crisp is in the air and you hear the pheasants
booming down in the swamp, that's the time
you'll need those Sureshot Shells, or an
announcement where say: Boy, that break
Evening star., 1941-08-31

enough to get a few brief
words off his chest, and when
he came out he looked re-
lieved. Which told me that
KVKV didn't have the ac-
count of the Campbell Hard
ware Co., of Alamo Springs,
New Mexico, any more.
l turned the mike over to
Tom - he's the other half of
KVKV's staff - and went
Evening star., 1941-08-31

Il Short Story Complete in This Issue
X 4
"A YHEN get to thinking how man like
w Mr.. Wallace can assassinate an idea
W and still keep station like KVKV
going, got to laugh. You take what happened
couple of weeks ago and. brother. you'll see
that luck is one of those things invented to
use instead of brains for guys like MIR. Wallace
His luck this time was me, like it s been ever
since the day he read my diploma from the
correspondence school in Radio Engineering
and Announcing and says, well, lucky,
lucky me, )" and puts me to work.
This was Monday and 1 was in the middle
of announcing Market Reports when l saw
Bill Campbell cross the reception room and
60 into MIR. Wallace's Office. He stayed long
Evening star., 1941-10-14
Library Discussion Unit
Plans Lecture Series

The Library of Congress Discus
sion Group will sponsor the first of
its winter series of panel discus
sions and lectures at 8 pm October
~ in the Whittalr pavilion of the
library, 1t was announced today.
The subject for discussion will be
the relation between democracy and
the values of life which democracy
is presumed to. foster.
Participants will be DR.. Walter
Farrell of eatholic University.
representing the viewpoint of reli-
gion; DR.. Fritz Marti of the Uni
versity Of Maryland, the viewpoint
Of philosophy; DR.. Paul r. Heyl of
the Bureau Of Standards, the view
point Of science, and Donald H.
Mugridge Of the Library of Congress
staff, representing the viewpoint Of
the intelligent layman." The panel
interlocuter will be u. Robert j.
Slavin, o. p. of the Dominican
House of Studies. >-' ---'--
Evening star., 1941-10-14
Randall School Principal
Nav Be Named Tomorrow

The Board of Education may name
a principal for Randall Junior High
School at its meeting tomorrow to
succeed S. B. Matthews, former
principal, who died last summer.
Mrs. Muriel M. Alexander, a
teacher at Randall, has been in
dorsed for the position by numerous
organizations. it was said.
Among the other items to be
taken up will be plans to turn the
Armstrong High School into tech
nical high school for boys on COM
pletion of the proposed new Sping-
arm Senior High at Twenty fourth
street and Benning road NE. Funds
for beginning construction on Sping-
arm are available but contracts have
not yet been let 1t is one of several
schools for which District officials
are trying to obtain high priority
rating from the Office of Production
Management.
Proposals to set up an eye clinic
in the Webster School and transfer
the dental clinic from the now
abandoned Henry School to the
Gage School will also be discussed,
as will a suggested course in paper
hanging for the Abbot Vocational.
Evening star., 1941-10-14
0den Trial Jurors Face
Questioning by Court

District Court Justice Jesse c.
Adkins today will hear testimony
from six jurors on whether they
overheard any prejudicial remarks
made by spectator during the trial
OF Guy E. Oden, 10, found guilty of
first degree murder in the Staying
OF his sweetheart, Ellen Reid Can
non, Is.
Justice Adkins will hear the other
six jurors tomorrow. The defense,
trying to obtain a new trial, has
charged that a woman spectator
made statement that Oden lied
when on the witness stand.
Assistant United States Attorney
Bernard Margolius has filed affi-
davits from all jurors, 10 of whom
said they did not hear the remark.
while two said they did but were
not prejudiced against the defendant
by it.
Attorney James ]. Laughlin now is
representing Oden.
Evening star., 1941-10-14
Justice Department 10 GET
6. A. 0. Eviction Case

The Dublic Buildings Administra-
ton said today it will turn over to-
morrow to the Lands Division of
the Justice Department all dealings
in connection with the eviction order
on property selected as the site for
the new General Accounting Office.
Justice Jennings Bailey ruled in
District Court that occupants of
property in the square between
Fourth and Fifth, G and H streets
NV, with the exception of st.
Mary's Catholic Church and School,
must vacate by tomorrow.
The ruling was made on petition
of the Federal Government, which
has an appropriation of $9,850,000
for construction of the G. A. o.
Building. Bids have been asked by
P. B. A. on demolition in connection
with the project and an announce
ment of the contract award is ex-
pected soon.
Evening star., 1941-10-14
Trial Of Catoe
In Staying TO
0pen-Tomorrow
Motion for Delay
OF Two Months
Is Refused

The trial of Jarvis r. Catoe,
charged with flrst-degree murder in
the criminal assault killing of Mrs.
Rose Abramowitz. will begin tomor-
row morning in District Court, JUS
tice James Morris directed today,
denying a defense motion for a de-
lav of two months.
II an examination of prospective
Jurors tomorrow shows fair and
impartial jury cannot be obtained,
a delay should be granted, the jurist
said. A jury will be sought from
the personnel of the present panels.
Defense Counsel J. Robert Esher
asked for a continuance on the
ground that the intlamed state of
the public mind, due to series of
sex crimes here, initiates against
Catoe receiving fair and impartial
trial. Mr. Esher disclosed that
counsel received anonymous threats
and asserted that possibly some one
in the jury panel had made these
threats.
CatOe Testimony Undecided.
"As yet, We have not decided
whether we shall put Catoe on the
witness stand and whether the jury
will be permitted to hear the criminal
record that he unfortunately does
have" Mr. ESher said.
Pointing out that if any prospec-
tive juror has knowledge of Catoe's
criminal record from the press or
radio he is not qualified to sit on
the case, Mr.. Esher argued that if
time Is permitted to elapSe, the
public memory will become dim.
IF any one tells your honor he
has not read of the case, he doesn't
belong in the courtroom-he,s lust
ignorant and can't read Mr.. Esher
said.
Defense counsel maintained that
II prospective juror has read of one
criminal conviction-mostly traffic
violations-against Catoe that dis
qualities him.
Mr.. Esher told the court the de-
tense desired as long a delay as
possible. In response to a query as
to what delay would constitute a
reasonable time, he suggested so
days
Out Town Witnesses Arrive.
Representing the Government at
this mornings hearing, United
States Attorney Edward M. Cur
ran and Assistant United States At
torney John w. Fihelly told Justice
Morris the prosecution has sent out
all Subpoenas for the witnesses in
the trial, and that some of these,
from out of town, have already ar
rived.
Mr.. Fihelly asserted that various
Justices of District Court have over
ruled similar motions for delay.
Mr.. Fihelly pointed out that Defense
Counsel Walter M Shea had asked
that the trial date of October Is be
set.
The prosecutor declared the Su-
preme Court has decided that if a
prospective juror has read about a
case in the newspapers, that does
not qualify him from sitting on that
case, If he can give the defendant
q fair trial.