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Evening star., 1941-12-02
Approval Sends
Retirement Bill
To Senate Side
Senate Committee
Gets Romspeek Plan
As House Acts
Nv JAMES e. CHINN.

The Senate Civil Service Commit
tee had before 1t for consideration
today the House-approved Ramspeck
bill providing drastic revision in the
Government employe retirement
system. The House passed it unani-
mously Yesterday without debate.
The legislation blankets into the
civil service retirement setup AL
Officers and employees of the execu-
tive judicial and legislative branches
OF the Federal Government 'electeo
or appointed, which includes mem
bers of Congress) as we'll as those
In the District government not now
covered under other retirement acts.
It also raises the employe contrl-
buttons TO the retirement annuity
fund from 3la to 5 per cent.
The compulsory retirement age Is
set at a uniform 10 years after 10
years service. unless continued by
executive order.
Five Retirement Glasses.
The bills sponsor, Representative
Ramspeck, Democrat. OF Georgia,
said inclusion of members OF Con-
eress in the retirement system Is
perfectly fair"
I'VE. are not doing anything more
for members of Congress, ne add
ed. than we are doing for others IN
the Government service"
In abolishing existing law calling
for compulsory retirement at 62 ana
IS wears. the bill creates five SPECIFIC
retirement classification, as follows:
|. Optional retirement at % WIN
Mt least 80 years of service.
2. Optional retirement after reach.
ing So with at least Is years OF
service
3. Optional retirement by employ
ing agencies under the above age
limitations and service with right OF
appeal and hearing on the part OF
the employe before the Civil Service
Commission.
4. Optional retirement after reach
ing S. with 80 years of service, on
reduced annuity having a value OF
the present worth of the deferred
annuity at the age OF 90.
Bill Reported October 20.
Permitting qualified employees
With mental and physical fitness TO
continue in the service until they
reach 10 with at least Is years OF
service when they would automatl-
rallv be retired unless continued oy
executive order. R
The Civil Service Committee. OF
which MI. Ramspeck is chairman
favorably reported the bill to the
House october 20 after a series OF
public hearings.
In its formal report urging enact
ment OF the legislation, the com
,ittee said extensive study had de-
monstrated the need for modlnca-
tion of several phases OF the retire-
ment law including the standardi-
,ation of retirement ages, provision
for earlier option retirement IMAM
"a now permissible, extension OF re-
tirement security to all Federal oi.
ncer, and employees, adjustment OF
rates of annuity to enable the Gov
.rnment to recruit and retain the
services of professional, scientific and
administrative officials, and the vest
ing of retirement benefits for all Oh
ecer, and employees who give at
least five years Of service ,
The report also recommended
that the Civil Service Commission
conduct a further study Of the sew
eral retirement systems for Federal
and District employees with a view
to the coordination and standard
ization OF such systems.
Evening star., 1941-12-02
Names for Defense
Home Units Approved
~ tia Asaociated Prsss.

~ ths Associated Pfsss.
Approval Of names for II defense
housing Developments was an
nounced yesterday by the Federal
Works Agency.
Among them were: Forest Glen.
Nd, 10 dwellings named Glen
Haven; Falls Church, Va. 160
dwellings called "Hillwood Square;
Arlington, Va, IS dwellings named
Memorable View Apartments"
Evening star., 1941-12-02
HiIIonduIe Citizens Ask
Charter Government

Adoption OF charter form o.
government for Montgomery County
is urged in a resolution adopted last
night by the, Hillandale Citizens
Association at the home of DR.. Henry
Welch.
The measure will be presented
to the Montgomery County Civic
Federation.
Strict enforcement Of the 30-mile
speed limit on Piney Branch road
was asked in another resolution.
The association voted to continue
its effort to secure city mail service
in the area.
Evening star., 1941-12-02
Church Benefit Supper

ROCKVILLE. Nd, Dec. 4 (Spe-
ciaD.-The annual turkey supper for
the benefit OF the Rockville Christian
Church will be held at the church
Thursday. 1t will be sponsored by
the Ladies' Aid Society.
Evening star., 1941-12-02
Collection Routes
In Salvage PIon

Belosp is the list OF districts, the
order of collection and the days
on Which the districts tDill be
pisited in the PIT. A.-Epenin1
Star paper sdlvdge program.
Evening star., 1941-12-02

In December, Beware Of:
/. The hours between S and
10 pm. Ten Of the IL HAfnc
victims in December last year
were killed within this Ave-
hour period.
z. Crossing 4 street at some
point other than q crosswalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives in December, lR. while
doing this.
Evening star., 1941-12-02
District No. 5 friday.

Burrville. Deanwood. Kenilworth,
Benning. Smothers, Phelps Voca-
tional, Browne Junior High. Young.
Blow, Webb, Pierce, Kingsman. El-
lot Junior High. Eastern High,
Maury, Lovejoy. Edmonds. Madison,
Taylor, Blair, Hayes, Ludlow, Logan,
Stuart Junior High. Carbery, Hilton.
Peabody. Gales. Seaton, Walker,
Jones, Douglas Simmons, Blake.
Evening star., 1941-12-02
District No. l Monday.

Orr. Anacostia Junior Senior
High, Ketcham, Van Buren,, Birney,
Congress Heights, GARFIELD, Stanton,
Randle Highlands, Chamberlain Vo-
cational, Payne, Bryan, Buchanan,
Cranch, Tyler, Van Ness. Syphax, A.
Bowen, Greenleaf, Ambush, Fair
brother. Jefferson Junior High, Ami
don, Smallwood. S. J. Bowen, RAN
dali Junior High. Bell new, Dent,
Giddings. Lincoln, Brent, B. B..
French, Lenox, Hine Junior High,
Wallach.
District No. Z Tuesday,.
Brookland, Bunker Hill, Taft
Junior High. Burroughs, Woodbridge,
Langdon. Noyes, Crummell, Wheat
ley, lexington, Mckinley High
Langley Junior High. Emery. Lang
ston, Slater, M. M. Washington Vo-
cational. Terrell Junior High, Bundy
Twining. Dunbar High, Armstrong
High, j. F. Cook, Shaw Junior High
Morse, Cleveland, Grimke, Garnet
Patterson Junior High, Cardo1c
High. Abbot Vocational, Harrison
Garrison, Thomson, Webster.
District No. J "wednesday.
Barnard, Truesdell, Whittier, Cool
idge, Keene. Takoma. Shepherd
Paul Junior High, Military Road
Brightwood, Dennison Vocational
Health School. West. Macfarlano
Junior High, Roosevelt High, w. B
Powell, Petworth. Rudolph. Park
View, Bruce. Raymond. Monroe
Mott. Gage. Central High, Banneker
Hubbard, Powell Junior High, Ban
croft, H. D. Cooke. H. Wilson. Nor
gan. Adams, Sumner -Magruder.
Evening star., 1941-12-02
District No. 4 Thursday.

District Ne. Thursday.
Oyster, Eaton, Hearst, Murch, e. ".
Brown, Lafayette. Deal Junior High,
woodrow Wilson High, Janney. Reno,
Mann, Key, Stoddert. Gordon Junior
High, Fillmore, Jackson, Western
High, Hardy. Chain Bridge, Curtis
Hyde, Addison, Wormley, Briggs,
Corcoran, Montgomery. Phillips.
Francis Junior High. Weightman,
Grant, Stevens.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

stiffened suddenly. To her ears,
there came a subdued stacatto buzz
ing, regularly spaced into long and
short intervals She had heard such
sound on the moor, the secret
wireless station of fifth column.
But what would a wireless set be
doing here? She turned to see
whence the sound came Too late.
At the same moment, the invisible
door closed, and she could hear the
buzzing no more.
Then Vaslav was at her side.
Il hope you will forgive me-" he
said. his eyes burning into hers. II
am Incorporating some novel cleo
trical effects into the ballet. Very
Evening star., 1941-03-30

M. McAlinden OF the Geodetic Sur
vey as instructor. Field tests in this
class have been changed recently to
conform with the new police an
nouncement that in case of emer-
gency the civilian population of
Washington would be evacuated into
Maryland instead Of Virginia.
The safety education program is
a 30-hour course which includes
instruction in motor mechanics,
emergency repair work, traffic laws
and regulations and other items of
value to emergency drivers.
A series of physical tests will be
given each student to determine
her fitness for emergency drivers
Evening star., 1941-03-30

dancing and ballet, nonologues and
dancing will be presented by the
young amateur group of entertain
ers, who visited Camp Meade last
week and who are now busily re-
hearsing for second show there
Thursday. These talented young
people include Jean Boyd, Kitty and
Jerry Travers, Marian vernan and
Irene Nimetz.
Evening star., 1941-03-30
St. Roses Glass
Will Give Party

The journalism class Of st. Roses
Technical School on California
street is giving party to the rest
of the school tomorrow evening in
honor of the birthday of Johanna
Downey, one of the students.
The entertainment of military tap
Evening star., 1941-03-30
New Headquarters
Occupied by Women's S
Voluntary Services

The motor transport division of
the American Women's Voluntary
Services is now installed in its new
headquarters in the Larz Anderson
garage in the rear Of Anderson house
at 2118 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
One of the first courses to be
given in the new headquarters is in
safety education. A new map-read-
ing class In connection with the
course will start tomorrow with John
Evening star., 1941-03-30

work. A new course will start April
7 at 8 pm. at the new headquarters
of the A. w. v. S., 1640 Connecticut
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1941-03-30
MATA HARTSZ1sHl7EzM-
EMAURIcE DEk0BRA .~< lEYlA GEOReIE
CHAPTER XXXIV.


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Evening star., 1941-03-30

Ninety per cent of the worlds
supply of nickel is produced in Sud-
bury, in Northern Ontario, Canada.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

the handling of spotlight. AS she
waited, Brinda was conscious that
door had opened behind her. She
Evening star., 1941-03-30

novel. They require much planning.
But you-you will compensate for
all p. You are ready?",
With the sound of that mysteri-
Gus wireless signal Still ringing in
her ears Brinda made her decision
quickly. Smiling into vaslav's eager
face she said:
Eyes. OF course :. am ready"
(To Be Continued)
(Copyright by Maurice Dekobra and Leyla
George; Distributed by King Features
Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-03-30

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and sold in Australia.
Evening star., 1941-03-30

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-18
One Principle

We have a friend who was
healed Of tuberculosis In its last
stages. in a little over two weeks
time. Another friend was healed
Of Bright's disease through the
earnest study Of the Christian
Science textbook. II these dis
eases had been in accordance with
Principle and divine law, could
they have been healed? Jesus
mission was not TO destroy the
law. but to fulfill the law. In full
filling that law Of God. the law
Of good. he destroyed sin, disease,
diseord. death. and brought free
dom and liberation TO suffering
humanity. God is the supreme
power OF the universe, and man
is His image and hkeness-His
reflection or expression The man
Of Gods creation reflects divine
power. He expresses the full
dominion Of Principle. He in IN
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-18

Nothing Ia more conducive 10
liberty than a true sense Of In
dividuality. God u infinite good.
and a. we discern this divine YER
fty we see clearly then mans true
selfhood must express goodness.
righteousness. and virtue. In the
Scriptures we learn. The right
eous shall inherit the land. and
dwell therein for ever" The word
right" means that which is true.
faultless. genuine, real. or actual"
The real man can inherit only that
which comes from his Father
Mother God. The man Of Gods
creating. the Son Of the High
est" inherits the wealth Of Love.
the goodness of good. the har-
mony Of Soul. the glory Of Mind.
When we have rightfully and law
fully received an inheritance, the
law protects US in our enjoyment
Of il. OF this genuine man the
Bible declares. Thou madest him
to have dominion over the works
Of thy hands; thou hast put all
things under his feet This do
minion is a constituent part Of
mans inheritance. and can never
be taken away. He cannot be
separated from il. for II is forever
associated with his true identity.
In our human relationships We
naturally try 10 associate with the
very highest and best-with those
who express noble qualities and
high ideals. AS we identify our
selves with the real man. the man
Of Gods creating. the spiritually
good and real are manifested in
US and through US; we associate
ourselves with them
True Concept Brings Freedom
II sometimes happens IN human
experience that Al innocent person
IL wrongfully accused We learn
in Christian Science that mans
real self Is the reflection OF Gods
goodness. To identity ourselves
with any other concept Of mar
is always a case Of mistaken
identity. To accept as real NOR
tsl concept Of man brings bond
age and restriction To scknowi-
edge only the divine concept brings
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-18
Gratitude

St John stated II thus. we
shall be like him: for We shall see
him as he is and our Leader has
given US this priceless gem Of
Truth: What is gratitude but a
powerful camera obscure, a thing
focusing light where love. memory,
and all within the human heart Is
present To manifest light" The
First Church Of Christ, Scientist,
and Miscellany. p. 164). AS our
thought is permeated with love
and we are grateful for II, We see
and record health. not disease; the
pure. not the impure; the perfect,
not the imperfect; the true, not
the false. the real. not the unreal
This is healing in its very highest
sense. The ordinary concept OF
healing Is the restoring Of bodily
health. but this is a restricted con-
cept Of that term. To heal means
to restore u original purity and
integrity" The Science Of Love
enables Us 10 see man in his origa-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-18
No Unhappy Past or Future

As we understand better the Sci
ence Of good. our freedom is won
from all enslaving beliefs Of the
human mind, including the memo
~ Of an unhappy past and a dread
OF the future. God is infinite good;
His creation is good. His man is
good. His law is good. His being
IS good. His creation is not and
cannot be any different from the
way He created il These are d.
vine facts, and facts can never be
altered OF changed. The human
mind would have Us believe that
because Of untoward conditions IN
the past Ne are limited and hsndi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

sians burned the city, and after remain ing five weeks Napoleon got out of there. By the time he had reached Jaroslavez, Vjasma, and Krasnoy, fighting continually the harassing Russians and CoSsacks, cold weather descended. By the time he forced a passage over the Berezina River, the suffering from hunger and cold was ter rible.
 On December Napoleon left the army to it's fate and went back to Paris. The tattered remainded, only 100000 of the 500,000 with which he started, crossed the Niemen to safety on December 1S. The expedition had cost Napoleon 300 ,000 lives and 100000 prisoners. All this is related, not to rouse any false hopes that history is about to repeat itself It sell dom does, and then with variations. But up to point it raises some curious parallels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
The Corsican and the Austrian

It proves nothing. It is no guide to the future But the temptation to draw parallels between Hitler's invasion of Russia and Napoleon's is too strong, like the desire for an extra slice of elderberry pie. Napoleon was foreigner, Corsi- can, ruling France Hitler is a foreigner, an Austrian, ruling Germany Napoleon rose to power in France on the tide of a revolution. Hitler rose thus in Ger many. Napoleon terrorized Europe for years So has Hitler.
 Napoleon picked a fight with Russia without scrap of provocation, simply because he had decided that Russia must be eliminated. Hitler did the same. Napoleon had assembled motley army of French, Italians, Swiss, Dutch, Poles, and Germans. Hitler is using, in addition to his Germans, Rumanians, BulgarianS, SlovakS, and Italians. Napoleon ad- vanced as far as SmolenSk without serious battle, and took that city by storm in tWo-day operation, August IT, IS.
 Here the pattern begins to diyerge. Hitler advanced into Russia in three great movements, in the north against Leningrad, in the south against Kiev, and in the center against Moscow. That cen- tral drive reached Smolensk and cap- tured 1t in two-day battle about Au- gust 10, II. Here Hitler is a week ahead of the Napoleonic schedule. Hitler has made great progress also on both the southern and northern fronts at the same time, but roughly speaking he stands today where Napoelon stood at the same time.
 Now let us follow the fortunes of Ma poleon the rest of the way. On Septem- Der 2 the Russians stood, and under the able Kutusoff gave battle at Borodino on the Moscowa river. Both sides had enormous losses (the French 32,000, the Russians 47000), but Kutusoff withdrew ln admirable order, retreating through Moscow and taking It's people with him. on September l4 Napoleon occupied the city.
 Between the 18th and 18th the Rus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20

to Wheeler'S Interstate Com merce Committee, the, probe has actually been launched, though not approved by the Senate or money voted for it. Wheeler has simply held public hearings on the resolution -- by a five-man committee packed with four iso- lationist cronies.
 The latest whip-cracking came from isOIatiOnist Senator Homer Bone of Washington.
 ELI. Groome comments on The Military Spotlight" twice week ly over Station WWDC in the Capital. Last Friday night he gave 8 mild criticism of Lind bergh.
 Five minutes later, Senator Bone telephoned the radio sta- ton, peremptorily demanded the manager and caustically bawled him out for permitting Goorme to make such statements" over the air. Bone declared it was an outrage" and ordered that g copy of the broadcast be on his desk without fail the following morning.
 Bone is member of the In- terstate Copamerce Committee. He also has an interest in large Seattle radio station.
 Copyright, 194l, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Federal Power Penetration"

Our nation is worried about the danger of Nazi trade penetration in Mexico and South American countries The Nazi system of ruthless penetration" of ter ritory it desires to dominate, is not prac- ticed by Germany alone. While most people fail to recognize the similarity, our own Federal power policy, as illus trated by IVA, Bonneville and other gov ernment projects, is as devastating to competition in the territories it seeks 10 penetrate" In both cases, individual rights are dealt with ruthlessly.
 To cite case in point, which is typical of the process throughout the country, take Sparsely settled section of the Oregon coast. Most of the residents used candles and oil lamps until about twenty five years ago. Then struggling electric company began service. First, lights were furnished for night use only -, later power was furnished for ironing one or two days week. Gradually this service was improved in territory where the ele- mentS and seasonal demand were diffi- cult to cope with. The little power con- pany persisted, and today the coast coun- try has modern service and low rates. Electric stoves and other appliances are becoming the rule, not the exception.
 Now, after the pioneering is done, the Federal power penetration" program starts. Federal employees, in government owned automobiles, using gasoline on which no tax is paid, swarm over this territory to promote power lines to dis tribute government power, produced at Federal project costing over $100,000- 900, which, in turn, pays on taxes. Liter ature and letters mailed by this Federal agency go in franked envelopes.
 How can private enterprise compete with such tax-subsidized system? Every power plant or transmission line of the local company pays every known form of taxation. Every automobile it runs pays state and Federal gas taxes amounting to nearly half the cost of the gasoline. Every letter and piece of literature it mails pays regular postage. Local charity and public and civic enterprises recieve It's financial support. How would local merchants, farmers, or manufacturers, compete with such Federal system of competition? They wouldn't. Private en- terprise would be destroyed.
 The start toward state and national socialism has been made. The Nazi "pen- etration" process, of Divide, Isolate and Conquer" is being followed with deadly results to private enterprise, by the Socialized Federal power program. It is unfair and it is un-American, and it is contrary to every principle which our de- fense program is being perfected to protect. It prevents private enterprise from expanding in a normal manner, and destroys private investments and savings. It is something for the people to think about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
Exploding Rivets

There's plenty of Yankee ingenuity left. Here's how it solved one problem: One of the time-consuning processes in build- ing an airplane is the endless riveting together of sheets of metal; 10000 rivets in fighter plane, 50O,000 in bomber. First conceived by an American back in 1921, refined by German designers, and now further refined and put in practical use, is the process of explosive rivets.
 A minute explosive charge is built into the shank or the rivet head. That ex- plodes the charge in the shank, which expands with the explosion, firmly setting the rivet. It is an invaluable time-saver, especially on blind riveting, since the rivet may be inserted and exploded from the accessible edge of the work. The only improvement we can think of at the moment would be to shoot the rivets in with machine gun. We suppose they'll be doing that next
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-20
How Is Our War Going?

The program for building up National Defense is progressing very well, and industries. and business firms are "deliv- ering the goods" according to agreements, to the Government. The biggest showdown has resulted from strikes, and there are no indications that we have seen the last of these The testimony of high Naval officers is that there have been only about a dozen ships lost that carried American goods. Planes have been flown across the Atlantic to England with practically no loss in transit.
 In the meantime the American Treasury has been giving all-aid to Britain, by and with the consent of the Administration and Congress. The number of our own ships has been supplemented by reason of the capture" of vessels of many nations that sought refuge in our harbors, and by new merchant and war vessels being built in our own shipbuilding plants.
 The European War isn't going just exactly the way official Washington help ed plan it. That may partially explain the increase of propaganda by private organizations and groups that are trying to bring pressure on the National Admin istration to drop neutrality" and use the American Navy and Merchant marine for out-and-out participation in the war.
 But the war mongers are not supported by public opinion, as has been shown by the Gallup Poll, which has the reputation of being thoroughly reliable. The same condition reported from private investi- gations is sustained in the flood of letters to Senators and Congressman whose mail shows overwhelming opposition to all proposals that would send the young men of this country to war.