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Evening star., 1941-04-30
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Evening star., 1941-01-05

dustry." He said that as a step
toward that end he would introduce
a bill next week to bring all mer-
chant ship crews under the active
Naval Reserve during the defense
emergency.
In the same connection, published
reports yesterday that the Navy
plans to take over the merchant
marine in case of an emergency,
brought a declaration from Bjorne
Halling, executive secretary of the
c. I. o. Maritime Committee that
this suggestion was motivated by q
"deep-rooted concern for shipown-
ers' profits which they believe to be
threatened by the decent wages and
conditions the members of the Ma
tional Maritime Union have won
through organization in the c. I. o"
He added that such a plan was
contrary to sentiments expressed
several weeks ago by Secretary Knox
when a similar proposal was ad-
vanced by group of employers.
The Maritime Commission an
nounced yesterday that the date for
opening bids on 81 vessels of the
laid-up feet had been postponed
until January 13, and that three
ships are being removed from the
bid invitations. They include the
George Washington, now at Solo,
mons Island, on which President
Wilson went to Europe.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
School for Adjutonts
To Open Tomorrow

An adjutant generals school will
be held at the Army War College
for one month, beginning tomorrow
1t has been organized under the
direction of Maj. Gen. Emory S.
Adams, adjutant general, to instruct
officers assigned as adjutants at
Army replacement centers. About
so officers have been assigned and
on January 20 an additional 20 OIL
GERS will begin the course.
Student officers ordered to attend
the course are chiefly in the Ad-
jutant Generals Reserve. The fol-
lowing officers constitute the school
staff: 1t. Col. H. c. Holdridge,
plans and training officer; 1t. Col.
William A. Coleman, Capt. Ellis
G. Piper, Capt. H. G. Learnnard,
Capt. Thomas w. Hammond and 1t.
Clarence E. Wexford.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Third Corps Area Names
Mrs. Henke Librarian

Mrs. Frances Sawyer Henke of the
17OO block of Thirty-ffth street
NV. yesterday was appointed
librarian of the 3rd Corps Area of
the Army with headquarters at Bal
timore.
The appointment was announced
by Maj. Gen. Walter S. Grant, &C
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch.
A professional librarian for Is
years, Mrs. Henke was graduated
from Western Reserve University
and received her masters degree
from the University of Chicago
Graduate Library School.
Her duties will include the super
vision and coordination of corps
area libraries and the instruction Of
library personnel. The position pays
50 900 annually.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Officials Await Report
On Trade Problems
In South America
Leaks Of U. S. Goods
To Nozi Firms Studied
By Group Of Experts

A report by a group of experts
who have Just completed a first
hand survey of commercial prob
lens In South America, expected to
disclose the extent of reported Ger
man leaks" in American
trade channels, was awaited by
Government officials last night.
The survey was undertaken under
direction Of Nelson Rockefeller, CO.
ordinator of commercial and cul-
tural relations between the Amer
lean republics, in order to supple
ment by personal contacts the in
formation received from regular
diplomatic and consular officials in
Latin America, 1t was disclosed at
the State Department.
Off1cials declined to reveal any
findings of the survey pending a
formal report from the experts, who
returned recently after making the
study in collaboration with the
American embassies, legations and
consulates IN the various nelghbor
countries
Commercial Problems Studied.
The survey was said to have con-
cerned general commercial prob
lens, with emphasis directed toward
improvement of the existing trade
instrumentalities to handle the
growing American exchange of
goods and services.
Disclosure by officials here that
the study had taken place followed
publication of news dispatches from
South America reporting investiga-
ton by United States officials there
of alleged leaks" through which
goods from this country reached
German merchants. Part of these
goods were said to have been trans
shipped to Germany, Japan and
Russia, while some we're retained to
enable German business men to full
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Federal Board 10 Adjust
Defense Disputes Urged

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-Prof. Leo
Wolman of Columbia University
suggested today a Federal agency
be created to adjust labor disputes
in national defense industries.
Published under the auspices of
the National Industrial Conference
Board, Prof. Wolman's report, based
on a study of industrial and labor
conditions, recommended that the
board be recruited from men of
distinction. not allied with any
groups, whose judgment and dis
interestedness are generally recog-
nized."
Compulsory arbitration, he said,
would be unwise and unworkable
He predicted that labor, under de-
fense demands, would seek higher
wages, closer organization and the
closed shop. He urged unemploy-
ment insurance and relief for job
lessness that might result from the
ending of the war emergency.
Evening star., 1941-01-05

oners at the Jail, workhouse or re-
formatory.
To permit the Commissioners to
grant concessions for canteens at the
Glenn Dale MD tuberculosis
Sanatoria.
To prevent licensed plumbers from
"loaning" their permits to unli-
censed persons performing plumb
ing work and stop alleged bootleg"
plumbing work, a measure fostered
by the Master Plumbers Associa-
ton of the District.
To install parking meters or other
mechanical parking devices in the
District and to charge fees there
for.
Among items included in the pro-
posed bill to enlarge the powers of
the Commissioners, most of which
would relieve Congress of legisla-
tive action on minor matters, are the
following:
Permit the city heads to compro-
mise and settle claims by the Dis
trict against others, except as to
taxes and special assessments; to
name or change the name of streets
bridges, alleys or other public space
to license and regulate embalmers
and morticians; to grand pardons
for offenses against the District
government; to enable the Commits
sioners to regulate the tranSporta-
tion and disposal of human bodies;
to fix. assess and collect fees for Ii
censes, permits and certificates is
sued by the city government; to en-
able the Commissioners to require
bonds for the satisfactory perform
ance of work done by electricians
heating and air-conditioning me-
chanics; to grant authority to the
city heads to operate laboratories
testing and manufacturing plants
as are necessary for the perform
ance of essential municipal func-
tions, and to provide a more strin.
gent vagrancy law for the Dis.
trict.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Maritime Commission
Rushes Plans for
zoo Cargo Ships
Designs for New Vessels
Sought by Roosevelt
To Be Ready Soon
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Construction experts of the Mari
time Commission indicated yester-
day that specifications for the 200
mass production" cargo vessels de-
sired by President Roosevelt might
be ready within a week.
Meanwhile, surveys were being
made to determine sites for addi-
tional shipbuildirg facilities neces-
sary for the program which the
President estimated would cost from
$500, ,000, 900 to $350,000, 900.
In announcing the program Fri
day the President said some of the
200 ships-with as much prefabri-
cation as possible-would be turned
out within a year.
Plant construction can be under
taken with $36,OOO,OOO allocated by
the President from defense funds
under his control, but actual build
ing OF the ships cannot be started
until Congress has authorized funds
for the work.
Early congressional reaction was
largely favorable.
Representative Fish, Republican, of
New York, frequently critic of the
administration, said in a statement
that the proposal "is practicable
and sound and should be put into
effect Immediately" Mr.. Fish added
that "if I have any criticism at all
it is that the President should have
initiated this shipbuilding program
a year ago."
Another Congress member, Repre-
sentative Dirkseh, Republican of Il
linois, contended that "the first step
in the creation of an effective
United States merchant marine
must be the elimination of Commu-
mist control of the entire marine in
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Continuance Granted
On ShopIiftinq CHARGE

Judge John P. Mcmahon yester-
day continued in Police Court until
Thursday the case of Miss Laura
Jensen, 46, accused as a shoplifter.
The woman was arrested Thursday
in department store by Policewom-
an Mary Ward and Detective Sergt.
Michael Dowd. The two said the
woman was taking dress at the
time and that s22 worth of stolen
garments were in her possession.
Police said they uncovered guam
tity of dresses, coats and various de-
partment store goods in her room in
the $500 block of Fourteenth street
NV. They said the value probably
was less than $1,000.
The continuance was asked In
court yesterday at the request of
the probation officer.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
8 From Devils Island
Must Go to Martinique
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 4.-Eight men
who escaped from the Devils Island
penal colony off the northeast coast
of South America we're informed
today they would be deported to the
French island of Martinique.
Ragged and near starvation, the
men arrived here in small boat
last August "a immigration In
spector w. B. Thomas said they
would be placed Monday aboard the
Coast Guard cutter Unalga, which
will pick up more than score of
other escapes at San Juan, P. r.,
before proceeding to Martinique.
The Vichy government, Inspector
Thomas said, agreed to take the men
into custody at the French colony
in the Caribbean.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Northeast u. ). Warned
Severe Quakes May Come
FN the Associated Press.

I
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Jan. 4-Dr
L. Don Leet, director of the Harvard
University seismograph station, de-
clared tonight that there was suffi-
cient possibility of damaging
earthquake in the Northeast in the
next so years to warrant taking pre-
cautionary measures to reduce its ef-
feet.
The noted seismologist said that
records of 'quakes in the area since
1850, including two centered in
New Hampshire as late as last
month, indicated the Northeastern
section is in period of increasing
earthquake activity"
He added that circumstances justi-
fed warning that the 'cycle may
include one or more shocks, not
major in a world sense at all, in
the middle and southern belts of
Northeastern America"
Evening star., 1941-01-05
judge Porke Retires

WESTMINSTER. Md, Jan. 4. LP).
Judge France Neal Parke ended
his career today as chief judge of
the Fifth judicial circuit. He retired
under the constitutional provision
requiring retirement of Judges at the
age of 10. He will be 10 on Monday
Evening star., 1941-01-05
fill sales contracts in South Amer
Competed With U. S. Firms.

fill sales contracts in South Amer.
ica.
Competed With U. S. Firms.
1t was reported that in some
instances Nazl business houses in
Latin American countries had i'm
ported goods from the United
States and sold them in competition
with American controlled firms
which were unable to obtain similar
goods due to exclusive arrange
ments made by the German agents.
Concern was expressed in some
quarters also about the possibility
of funds allotted by some United
States manufacturers for advertis-
ing in South America being used
through German agents there to
support pro-Nazi propaganda pub
lications
Officials here declined to con-
firm or deny these reports for the
time being. Mr.. Rockefeller was out
of town yesterday, but was expected
to return to his Office Monday.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
Many Londoners
Go Without Meat
| This Week End

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 4.-This is a
meatless week end for many
Londoners.
A number of butchers sold out
their meager supplies and closed
the doors by noon. The queues
broke up and women-some had
neen waiting since 7::30 am
went home with empty market
baskets.
Evening star., 1941-01-05
James A. Messer
Honored on Retirement

A testimonial dinner for James A.
Messer, retiring from active partici-
patton in the James A. Messer Co..
was given last night in the May
flower Hotel by fellow members OF
the plumbing and heating supply in
dustry
Earl Shinn was postmaster; Will
liam E. BoOkhultz was chairman of
arrangements and A. B. Devore,
vice chairman. A scroll and chair
We're presented to Mr.. Messer.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
This Weeks
Preserving
Recipes
BY Betsy CaspeH,
Woman's Editor.

GRAPE JAM.
Remove pulp from skins and put
into separate kettles. Bring pulp
to boiling point and press through
sieve to remove seeds. Cook skins
until soft with equal quantity of
water. Add skins to the strained
pulp and measure. To each pint of
fruit add l cup of sugar Boil 20
minutes, then pour into sterilized,
hot jars and seal.
GRAPE JELLY
with Pectin.)
4 cups juice.
7l2 cups sugar.
L bottle pectin.
Stem about pounds of grapes
and crush thoroughly. Add one-half
cup water, bring to a boil, cover
and simmer for 10 minutes. Place
fruit in jelly cloth or bag and
squeeze out juice. Measure sugar
and juice into large saucepan and
mix. Bring TO a boil over hottest
fire and at once add pectin. stirring
constantly. Bring to a full rolling
boil and boil hard for one-half
minute. Remove from fire, skim,
pour quickly and paraffn at once.
This will make about IL glasses.
Concord grapes give the best color
and flavor. If other grapes, such as
Malagas, are used. try adding the
strained juice of two lemons to the
grape juice. On this case 3l2 cups
should be used instead Of A.
GRAPE JUICE.
Wash grapes-Concords, Della
wares, Catawbas or whatever you
choose-and pick them carefully
from their stems. Put them in a
waterless cooker or large double
boiler. Set them over low fire,
and. as they heat, crush them with
pestle or potato masher. When
crushed as much as possible, let
juice drain in jelly bag or through
several thicknesses of muslin. Re-
heat juice in the saucepan to the
temperature of about 200 degrees
Fahrenheit, removing it from the
fire before it starts to boil. Put
tllC Ju4tC llllO d Sldoo Va
vessel and let stand "a hours to
settle. Drain it from the sedi-
ment and then filter it through
cloth. Put the strained juice into
sterilized bottles, put the bottles in
hot water bath and steriliZe once
more, juice and all. Cork immedi-
ately with new corks which have
been soaked for 80 minutes in hot
water.
GRAPE MARMALADE.
Pick over, wash, drain and stem
grapes. Separate the pulp from the
skins and heat the pulp to boiling
point in the preserving kettle. Cook
slowly until the seeds come away
from the pulp. Rub pulp through a
hair sieve and return to the kettle
together with the skins. Add an
equal quantity of sugar and cook
slowly for 30 minutes. stirring occa-
sionally. Pack in sterilized glasses
and paraffin at once.
GRAPE CATSUP.
10 pounds grapes, stemmed.
2 cups brown sugar.
2 cups vinegar.
l teaspoon salt.
2 tablespoons cinnamon.
2 tablespoons allspice.
2 tablespoons cloves.
Ia teaspoons mace.
Il teaspoon cayenne.
Cook the grapes until soft. press
through sieve to remove seeds. add
other ingredients and boil slowly
until thick. Pour into hot sterilized
Jars and seal at once.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
By Josephine Lowman

By Josephine LoWman
We now are nearing the end of
WHY GROW OLD'S nine-day re-
ducing diet series. If you have
been following it you should now
begin to reap the happy results,
with clothes that are getting loose
and a simmer, sleeker feeling that
makes you years younger. If this
isn't your experience have you done
any Of the following things?
l. Did you put gravy Gust a
Ittle) on your meat?
2. Did you fry your meat?
3. Did you take cocktails, high
balls or beer? They're high in
calory count.
4. Did you take seconds" or
maybe thirds?
5. Did you take just a few
salted nuts at the party, or follow
the diet and then eat candy
bar between meals, or take just
one or two rich desserts?
6. Did you really get skinned
milk, or did you just pour little
of the cream of the top of the
children's jersey concoction and
then shake the milk up and
drink it?
7. Did you taste things when
you cooked the family meals?
8. Did you use French dress
ing on your salads? 1t looks so
harmless.
9. Did you follow the diet for
two days and then skip it on the
third and fifth days?
10. Did you substitute canned
fruits for fresh fruits? The sirup
makes the calory count high.
The little trimmings which seem
to be such small portions of pleasure
count up high in your diet. Two
Brazil nuts give you 100 calories
and so do II pecans.
A few good dashes of gravy and
olive oil dressing and whipped cream
supply as many calories as the
lunches and dinners outlined for
you.
MENUS FOR THE EIGHTH DAY:
BREAKFAST.
One egg.
One thin piece Of whole wheat
toast.
One glass SKINNED milk.
LUNCHEON.
Two lamb chops.
Celery hearts.
One-haf cup steamed carrots.
One-haf grapefruit.
Evening star., 1941-09-15
Manners
of the
Moment

I know there are those who care
not one whit whether they sit down
to the table with dogs or with men.
But also know that there are those
who make a distinction. They find
it difficult to eat their own meals
when a dog is crunching a bone
across the table from them.
And since there are people of the
second part-and quite few Of them
at that-it doesn't seem quite right
for people of the first part to be
allowed to unleash their dogs in
restaurants and let them roam
around from table to table picking
up morsels of food.
Perhaps some lover of dogs should
start an exclusive dog restaurant.
where only people wanting to eat
with dogs would go. But until that
happens I think dog owners either
should leave their pets at home or
should be as strict with them as
mothers are with their children and
keep them strapped to a chair leg
during restaurant visits. JEAN.
Evening star., 1941-09-15

in the fall-and in the past few
years I have gone out with girls
quite lot. Yet to this day I have
never been asked to girls house for
dinner, or to spend the evening.
THE girls I have known are al
ways willing to let me take them
out, and, of course, always call for
them at their home and return them
there. My parents tell me that in
the old days girls used to return
the boys invitations once in a while.
Now, what want to know is, is this
still the custom, or has it been out
moded?"
To be perfectly frank, Very Curl
GUS, there are countless girls who
never have asked a boy to dinner
or to come over for parlor date,
and who wouldn't be caught dead"
doing it.
On the other hand, there are also
a great many girls who are con-
stantly flooding boys with invita-
tions to various social affairs, either
individually or through organiza-
tions to which they belong.
Members OF the first group are
often charged with being gold
diggers. Those in the second group
are likely to be considered pursuers.
As between the two evils, there
really isn't much choice, but most
girls would q little rather be con-
sidered a gold-digger than boy
chaser.
We don't think you should COM
plain because you haven't been
| asked to girls homes for dinner.
Not many maids would extend such
an invitation to boy unless he was
their steady" And it's easy to see
why. Suppose that you took Elsie
to a couple of movies, and she i'm
mediately invited you over for tur-
kew and trimmings. Wouldn't you
have a sneaking suspicion that dear
Elsie was pretty anxious for you
to keep coming around? Or even
that her mama considered you a
future matrimonial prospect?
That's exactly the impression
which Elsie doesn't want to give
you-f shes srnArt, 30 abe with
| holds such invitations until khe'l
Evening star., 1941-09-15

DINNER.
Any kind of lean steak or roast.
One-half cup string beans.
One-half cup squash.
One glass skinned milk.
Orange slices.
Remember that the way we cook
our food always is important to
our health and beauty. However
when we are on reducing diet
it becomes especially so. AS many
as possible of the fruits and vege-
tables should be eaten raw, not
only because we get more of the
vitamins that way, but because OF
the greater bulk.
MENUS FOR THE NINTH DAY:
BREAKFAST.
One-half grapefruit.
One thin dry piece whole wheat
toast.
Black coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Chicken sandwich (no butter, thin
slices of bread.
Canned tomatoes.
One glass SKINNED milk.
DINNER.
Minute steak.
Salad of shredded cabbage and
carrots.
One-half cup spinach, greens, or
broccoli.
One-half grapefruit.
One glass SKINNED milk.
II you have 10 pounds to lose
and want to do so quickly, send
= Scent stamped, self-addressed
envelope with your request for
my NINE-DAY REDUCING
DIET. Write Josephine Low
man in care Of The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1941-09-15

pretty sure that you have more
than a casual interest in her.
And she has much the same reason
for not asking you over to spend
an evening. If she does that, she's
asking you for date-and most girls
are still wise enough to let the boys
do the asking.
However, we do think that after
you've taken girl out several
times, she should make some ef-
fort to return your invitations. She
can do it by inviting you to club
or school dance or girl-asks- boy
party, or by having you over to her
house with several other guests. She
can also do it by willingly giving
you parlor dates when you ask her
if you "can come over some eve
ming" But it's too much to ex-
pect her to extend a parlor date
invitation except in the vaguest
and most general terms.
The situation in which you find
yourself may result from the fact
that you have had only a couple
of dates with many different girls,
or from the fact that you've con-
centrated on the more popular num-
bers. Not many girls will start
passing out invitations in your di-
rection on the strength of a single
date, unless it was something very
special, like a Junior prom. And
the much-dated misses don't do any
inviting, simply because they al
ready have their social calendars
filled with bids from boys.
Furthermore, we don't think that
taking a girl out on couple of
ordinary dates puts her under par
ticular obligation to you, After all,
you're paying for the evening, but
she is giving you her charming Eve
hope) company. You're both hav-
ing a good time, and that should
compensate you for the money you
spend. If it doesn't, there's no law
that compels you to take her out!
Nor does a girl have all the best
of this dating arrangement. You
enjoy the precious perogative OF
asking whom you want: the GIRL
has to sit back and wait!
Evening star., 1941-09-15
By Barbara Bell

To start the fall and enjoy
straight through the winter. few
costumes will give you more serv-
ice and comfort than a belted top
skirt and a smartly tailored shirt
waist, to wear with an old tweed
or flannel jacket now and under
your fur coat later. The shirt
waist is really honey, with the
new mannish detailing in the cuffs,
made to fasten with links, and the
pointed collar, long enough to fit
f1atteringly over your jacket. The
shoulder yoke fits with smooth lines
and there is an action pleat down
the back.
Both halves of this useful two
piece pattern, No. 1464-B, may be
scrambled" with other outfits of
your fall wardrobe. The blouse is
so strictly tailored that it can be
made in flannelS for your snow suit
later and it is an excellent style in
lighter materials for suits. The
skirt is the classic type you want
to wear with sweaters. jenkins and
Evening star., 1941-09-15

jackets-make it in tweeds, serge,
flannel or gabardine.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1464-B
is designed for sizes II. ID, l6, l6
and 20. Corresponding bust meas
urements 80, 80, "a, SO and 38. Size
IA 1922 blouse with long sleeves, re-
quires 214 yards 35-inch material,
bias skirt 2 yards 54-inch material
Send Is cents for the new Fashion
Book of fall and winter styles at
once. for further ideas for school
wardrobes. Many designs for youth
are shown.