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Evening star., 1941-04-13

made by the Americanism Commit
tee addresses on the subject of ma
tional defense we're delivered last
Monday and Tuesday by Col. L. r
Maddox, 1t. Col. Harry Slaughter
and Capt. R. w. Castle, United
States Army, to student assemblies
at the Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge
and Paul Junior High Schools. BY
invitation of Miss May P. Brad
shaw, principal of Roosevelt High
School, Americanism Offlcer j. A
Walker presented warrants to the
nom commissioned officers OF the
cadet corps.
Membership citations have been
presented by national headquarters
of the American Legion to Comdr
Charles S. Beilman. Vice Comdr
William A. Corley, Adjt. James j
Murphy and Finance Officer Lew
S. MohIer of George Washington
Post.
At the last meeting the following
were elected to membership: Past
Comdr. Orville C. Gaudette OF Gov
ernment Printing Office Post. Elmer
Burt, who served in the Medical
Corps during the World War; j
Presley Magee and J. Ormonde
Graham, United States Navy, ano
Harvie Smith Towson, a former
charter member of the post.
Past Comdr. Howard S. Fisk read
a letter from Mrs. Adelaide F. Rick
enbacker, wife of Capt. Ricken-
hacker, who was injured the latter
part of February in plane crash
near Atlanta, Ga, announcing thai
he was slowly recovering from his
accident, but that he would be con-
fined to the hospital for severa
weeks yet. These two veterans prior
to the World War were interested
in automobile racing and motor car:
in general.
Installation of officers and forma
presentation of colors will be helc
by Capital Transit Post on Tues.
day at Central High School, a
$3.50 pm.
E. D. Merrill, president of Capita
Transit Co., will make the presenta.
ton on behalf of the company
Representative j. Hardin Peterson
of Florida will be the principa
speaker. Joseph j. Malloy, nationa
committeeman of the American
Legion, will be the master of cere.
monies. Music will be furnished BY
the Washington Gas Light Band
The ceremony is open to the public
Evening star., 1941-04-13

new policy it is likely that the can
didates for the class which will enter
the academy on July will be pro-
vided with an opportunity to drill
with an active organization.
Activities of the Naval Comrnuni-
cations Reserve division here have
been slackened somewhat, it was
said, because practically most of the
members have been called to active
duty.
While there are still some men
left mere on inactive duty, it was
pointed out they are mostly young
men who have not become radio
operators. However, with the de-
parture of officers and chief petty
officer instructors for duties in the
active service, no one is here to in
struct these men.
1t Comdr. j. H. Nicholson, COM
mander of the division, who was a
member of the Regional Policy
Board, it was said is still on the
inactive list.
Policies governing the Naval Re-
serve, both active and inactive, will
be studied and acted upon by the
Naval Reserve Policy Board which
has been in convention here, with
Capt. j. F. Shafroth, U. S. NJ, di-
rector of the Naval Reserve division
of the Bureau of Navigation. as
president. Problems concerning the
Reservists, including calls to active
duty, promotions and assignments,
are expected to be given thorough
consideration during the time that
the board sits here.
Already the Navy Department is
facing the question of promotions
for Reservists. The rather sudden
development of the war situation
has necessitated the great expansion
in the fleet and created personnel
problems in connection with the
mobilization of the Reserve, not the
least Of which is the matter of pro-
motions. The problems now are to
deal largely with the question OF
appointments, but that of promo
ton is in the offng. and there will
be the necessity of fixing a uniform
policy. There are officers in the
Naval Reserve who are all around
naval officers, some of whom are
graduates of the Naval Academy
who have left the regular service
but accepted commissions in the
Reserve. There are also citizens
whose services were considered
valuable TO the Navy and who have
been granted commissions. But tht
latter would be in a fog on vesse
at sea, and, in fact, many of then
know little about the Navy itself
although they provide some knowl.
edge in their particular field. i
the present situation continues ol
even becomes worse, there must bt
faced the question as to what man.
ner of promotion system will be pro-
vided for these various groups which
will be Just and fair to all.
In addition to Capt. Shafroth, the
four other members of the board
who are in the regular establish
ment are Capt. o. L. Downes
Comdr. E. T. Short. Comdr. P. M
Albright and 1t. Comdr. F. N. Tay-
lor. The % other members of the
board are members of the Reserve
and are Capt. J. A. Henderson
Capt. G. C. Hall, E. J. Flanagan
w. P. Kain, D. w. Tomlnson, j. c,
Webb, j. B. Lynch and o. H. Rit-
chic; 1t. Comdrs. R. F. Collins, H
F. Dobbs, c. E. Judge, M, c. Whey
land, E. M. Dorr, j. L. Reinartz and
F. N. Taylor: Its. G. c. Cross, E. E
Thorne, r. Murray, H. P. Wright
T. j. Montgomery and o. Sanford
and Its q. g. R. w. Carter and j
A. McGinty.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Regular Veterans
Association

Boiling Field Post has lost its Of
IfcerS through transfer to other
scamps. Consisting of 300 members,
they are seeking to affiliate with
lGen. Malin Grain Post. Action on
this will be taken at the meeting of
1.-THE post on April Is.
Evening star., 1941-04-13

Although Brazil covers 258000
more square miles than the United
States its railway mileage is less
than one-twelfth as great.
Evening star., 1941-04-13

The cinchona, source of quinine,
is native to the Amazonian region
of South America.
Evening star., 1941-04-13

Each of England's 100000 rats
is estimated to do $40 damage a
year,
Evening star., 1941-04-13

National Capital Post will cele-
brate its 22d anniversary Tuesday
at 935 G place NV. Past Depart
ment Comdr. Oscar /. w. Hollings-
Evening star., 1941-04-13
d. C.. Naval Reserve Troininq
Being Centered on Recruits
Large Influx of New Men Are
Being Given Special Instruction

new policy it is likely that the can
didates for the class which will enter
the academy on July l will be pro-
vided with an opportunity to drill
with an active organization.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11
MISS PICKFORD

MOTHER thing this country needs 81 ticket and
So the board muuel ticket Chicagoan
please attention your that Mary
Pickfod rightly
looking than the female"
According the Koran charging interest loaned
friend MeaHnedsn merchants loaning
Great Britain money purposes understanding
interest will be charged
Asst Seattle directory is Kiwin Zyzzo Working
~ the Seattle city government adjustor
Ten Million Palindome reading both ways
remembered by a Pisburgher Raw 1
Baltimore secretly learned play the guitar
and husband proud pleased after the
time he heard her play he told the children:
"Your mother is remarkable woman"
guitar still think would bigger surprise
for husband his wife learned to play banjo.
"Germany's machine" says Karl Wiegand the
colossal, powerful, mobile any nation
Quite And that machine stands evidence that the
millions who died in the World War died in vain.
(NOL. DARIO TOFFENETTT Resauraeur. He is Idaho
~ colonel honored by the of that
because of his large of Idaho potatoes There
honorary colonies these would good
idea give that the regular 1t takes
considerable time and effort become regular colonel
call other colonies because they buy lot of
potatoes C. s. lucky Howard San Francisco sportsman
Although called Lucky" that
three lost 100000
by a neck less Once, in fact, by whisker
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

I OTIS of the fellows say,
II "Windy. with all the
seniority you've piled up and
the pull you got upstairs, why
do YOU stick 10 this country:
You could have n sunshine
run, or squat back and bawl
out other hack-hands."
| haven't got any comeback.
I've wondered why, myself
thousands of times. A million
miles of greasewood and sand.
baldheaded hills. bull-rattlerS,
corpions. tarantulas and
coyotes. The desert never
gives you a break
Today you roll go across an
alkali fiat without a SILVER
in il for so miles. Tomorrow.
looking Just as white and in
nocent she'll bury you to the
frame.
! tried a Winter on the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11
DON'T DRINK TILL SUNDOWN'

Whenever l see a Boy Scout,
l salute him.
In just five pick-ups, and
not walking over 10 miles, /
landed at a big Sheep-ranch on
the edge of Death Valley
where a Los Angeles Boy
Scout troop was having an
outing.
Gosh, I envied those kids,
with their neat uniforms and
red bandanas around the
necks. They were friendly,
tee,-aHd not much younger
than l was.
Nothing would do but that
I'd have supper with them.
Say-that meal i couldn't
kick about the orphanage fod-
der. but bacon and eggs and
apple pie and milk, out on the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

tissues, the age of the serpent
the old and young are not so
venomous-an whether the SER
pent has struck recently before.
1t takes about Is days for the
venom TO reform in the glands.
The institute maintains a
large farmyard full Of animals
for venom manufacture and in
the laboratories research is
going on all the time, and anti
venom sera sent out to all parts
of Brazil and all nations.
LENTEN REDUCING DIET
Planned by the chef of the
Hotel Huntington. Pasadena,
Cal.
No seasoning on anything.
Either coffee or tea tno sugar
or cream with every meal.
Breakfast = Grapefruit and
coffee.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

desert It takes a poet,
and I'm not that.
Before turning in | squatted
at the edge of the circle
around a -eFeaseweed fire, and
listened TO the scout-maSter
explain desert stuff to the
kids: Fix some point so you
won't lose your bearings; If
you hear a rattle in the brush,
stand still: if you're shy on
water. save it TO drink after
shutdown.
The ranch foreman told me
that / might get a job as
water boy at a mine about i
miles south. 1t was a steep
pull over a black hill, but
there was trail.
One of the kids lent me
blanket, which / didn't need
because it was warm, and l
Topped right down under the
stars.
After breakfast I filled my
canteen and started. Until the
heat got TO doing a Shimmy |
could see the trail clear to
the top of the hill. Even after
that it was pretty we'll marked
with mule tracks. But hot.
When l hit the top of the
hill, the next valley. where the
mine was supposed to be,
wiggled like steam. When |
looked back the one I'd left
was doing the same. No ranch,
no clothing just wiggle.
Then l did see something.
A pointed black hill rose
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

coast. No sand storms, no
cloudbursts, no feathers clog
ging the windshield wiper. But
there wasn't the old How're
yuh pard"" either fro m
everybody from the old desert
rat towing his burro. to the
WaShoe bucks that wrap up
the whole English language in
ugh"
HE INHALED WESTERNS
This things got me. 1t al
ways had me, even when |
was a kid in the orphanage.
l breathed Western magazines
the women's clubs and others
sent in until / couldn't stand
it any longer. l ducked. and
you'd have thought my first
experience weald-haXe done
for the rest of my life.
An uncle" on Skid Row
gave me a knife. an old KNAPP
sack and battered canteen
that didn't have any insulation
or straps on it, for the buck
l earned cleaning a basement.
Up at my house you'll see
that old canteen perched
cocky on the mantle next TO
our onyx clock. Nina puts up
howl about it every so often.
but no soap. She can stuff the
radio in the basement and my
shoes in the Frigidaire, but
that old canteen saved my
bacon. It's kind of a shrine
to me. And, another thing:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11
Daily Short Story
By CARL TRUITT

above the squirming air and
right in front of it was a lake.
The grass was high and green
around it. Tall trees at one
end waved green plumes in
the sky.
Don't drink all your water
until you can fill up again."
the scout master had said. l
took a little swig and dreamed
about the drink I'd get when
hit the lake, which wouldn't
be more than a mile away.
There was trail, too. On the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

IT is so easy
In these nightmare days
To seek escape;
SO easy for the frightened,
Stupid, selfish
And indifferent
To insulate Themselves
Against the pang and poison
OF toorld gone mad.
So easy not to feel.
Although this land lCas built
BIZ those l0ho dared TO feel,
BIZ those lCho dared
To lore and hate and hope.
II is so easy, get,
For us-the free and safe
To take the pleasant lCuy -.
Enjoy a movie
Take q hand at bridge
Or play round Of golf
Or hat a night spot
Easier, far, than TO face
The screams Of those
Who faint beneath the fog,
The hunger and the hell
OF those lchO dare rebel.
Better to listen to
The drums of jitterbugs
Than catch the sloip death rattle
OF all human liberty.
IT is so easy
To escape il all.
And /, too,
Feel the yearping to forget.
But. stronger than thut tttge
! still can feel The ing
Ny fathers felt;
To face the truth,
HoweUer bloody ii may be
Aud fght for better times
And taller, cleaner dreams!
And so I ask you, God,
\ To grant me this today
Help me to dare TO feel!
Giue me the courage
To face all
The challenge Of these times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11
Better Health

The Institute Butantan in Sac
Paulo, Brazil, is, l believe,
unique in the world.
Its purpose is the scientific
study of poisonous snakes and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

saw a fellow denizen of the
United States there-a beauti-
full, black. velvety looking
stranger from Arizona, l was
told. which had puzzled the inn
mumty experts of our labora-
tories to find the nature of its
venom, so they sent il to Brazil.
where with true good-neighbor-
illness they are trying to manu-
facture an anti-venom to fit its
particular style of anti-social
activity.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11
EXTRACTING VENOM

My letter of introduction oper-
ated well, and was most cour,
teously received and shown
around by Senior J. Talarico, the
director. Senior Talaricos off
hand familiarity with reptiles
can hardly fail to arouse
emotions of establishment and
admiration. / saw Senior Tala-
rico handling not one, but
dozens of snakes, all at the same
time. Senior Talarico has been
bitten hundreds of times in his
seven years experience.
But to see Senior Talarico ex-
tract the venom from RATHER
is a sight of scientific wonder
and delight He gets the snake
Just back of the head. This
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

other poison
Gus animals
It o a d s, ia
rantulas and
c. en- tiped eS
"a n d I h @
m manufacture
of anti venom
to prev ent
ophidic acct
dents.
p OF sonouS
S n a k g s are
sent [ h e r g
from all over
South Amer
lea fact.
from all over
the world 1
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

causes him TO open his mouth
automatically and show the two
upper fangs, sharp as needles.
Senior Talarico bares these with
his steel instrument, stripping
the gums back. so we can all
get a good view of the show
Then he squeezes the poison
glands just behind the jaws. and
down the fangs run three or
four drops of murky, yellow,
nnaleScent liquid.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

developments in plumbing. but l have been
hearing some astonishing things about
dentistry. Particularly about a Manhattan
dentist who is reported to be the worlds
greatest pyorrhea expert and is also sue
cessfully transplanting teeth. 1t is said he
takes out diseased tooth. makes it healthy
and then puts it back into the owners gums.
WOMEN had some excellent ideas on how
to get, hold, impress, make fools of
men, etc, but they couldn't keep them
secret Feminine writer's have broadcast
these ideas far and wide. Now most men
Know all the feminine tricks and have
prepared defense for the same. But most
women are still trying TO get somewhere
Witf-these- ancient eut-Morn= feminine
methods The smarter girls, however. seem
-te-haTe- realized that nowadays the only
thing to do is TO be sincere and hope for
the best.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

boring down on me, keeping
those birds away.
ALL'S GETTING BLACK
Everything began to get
black. l felt like j was being
whirled in fire, then lifted
easy. easy like smoke was
carrying me up.
The sun was down when
things began to happen again.
There were voices. l could
feel something going down
my throat, and my eyes made
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

out the shapes of a dozen
Boy Scouts jabbering around
me.
"He's comm round" l
heard the one holding my
head say. you guys rig up "A
cradle. Rig up one for the
sheep, too"
Everything fixed out again.
When l came to, / was on a
cot in the camp. The scout
master was pouring some kind
of soup into me.
That's better, sonny" he
said. "YOu had a narrow
squeeze. Using that canteen
to flash a distress signal was
pretty slick. We caught IL
from the top OF the mountain"
"But l didn't signal"
/ choked through my sore
throat. 81 just took IL out to
give water to that poor
sheep"
I'll never. forget his look,
but all he said. kind of
quivery, was, you'll do,
sonny"
Maybe I kind of got the
desert cooked into me, right
off the bat.
THE END
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

The sun rolled over the top
of my head. The lake was
still squirming off there, not
a bit nearer than when l
started. My head got singy,
my throat felt like a hot pipe.
l almost stepped on a big
RATHER on the shady side of a
boulder because his rattle
hitched in with the singing in
my head. l started to cry but
no noise came, and the tears
just sizZled on my cheeks.
Don't drink It'll shutdown.
Don't drink It'll sundOwn." 1t
was a chant, with my head
thumps timing it. My tongue
was so big and cottony that
/ could hardly breathe around
it, and the air was too hot TO
breathe anyway.
l don't know when / went
down, but when l began to
notice things again it was
black all around me. and /
was cold. took drag at
the canteen. If my tongue
hadn't been so thick I'd have
swallowed it all.
Daylight found me looking
up a mountain of ugly black
Stag. 1t was the mountain be-
hind the Lakeland there
wasn't any lake. Nothing but
a stiff, spiky kind of cactus,
white alkali that glistened so
your eyes boiled, and some
scrubby Joshua trees.
The sun came up burning
and the heat began its nutty
dance. l remembered it was
supposed to rise in the east.
1t didn't 1t jumped on me
from every direction at once.
When ! tried to get up, /
couldn't. My thin soles were
worn off; my feet were cut,
burned and swollen.
l didn't kid myself. My
number was up, but it didn't
seem important. l guess when
you're in world where every
things dead you don't mind
dying so much.
IN SEARCH OF SHADE
I scrunched up against a
Joshua tree to get what
shade I could. The canteen
pushed into my back. 1t was
funny how, even then, l kept
thinking what the scout
master had sabine backed
up against a tree with my
eyes shut TO keep the sun
from burning them out.
The thing swooShed past
my face twice before / could
blink them open to see a big
black bird, which / didn't
know was a buzZard, tack in
a wide circle. Two more
squatted on rocks not 30 feet
away. pretty much interested
in something on the ground
right in front of them.
1t was rounded like a big
boulder. but it was kind of
pumping like no rock ever
could. Maybe a kids got to
be dead before he quits being
curious. 1 dragged myself up.
The birds slid off in circles
with their nasty eyes on me.
1t was a sheep. She was
lying flat with her neck
stretched out. Her tongue, all
black, was limp on the sand
and her throat whistled as she
painted the hot air in. Her
eyes were scummed over, but
they begged me 10 do some-
thing.
Before | knew it I had her
head tipped back and was
pouring my canteen dry down
her throat. 1t didn't seem
silly then, and il didn't seem
silly to sit there with the sun
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

Doctor Clendening will an
swer questions of general inter
est only, and then only through
his column.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11
BITES FATAL

One millimeter. Senior Tala-
rico explains. injected into the
vein will kill a man within ID
minutes. There have been some
controversies / have heard as to
whether rattlesnake venom kills
but there seems no doubt, on
the basis OF The Butantan instr
tute experience. that it can and
does in many cases. Its effec-
tiveness depends upon how much
venom actually gets in the
blood stream rather than the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11
Elsie Robinson
HELP ME TO DARE TO FEEL!
a Prayer

Give me the strength
To face the horror -
And the hell
Although such facing
wiz, most surely,
Break my heart.
But, from that broken heart
May new and greater pity spring
That may share
Each tear and sigh and moan
With those poor, battered lives
Who fight for liberty.
And give me, too.
The clean, hot, fearless rage
Against those monsters sl5.4ss=s--e
Who would rob
Their neighbors Of
Their rights and heritage.
Give me the strength
To stand as Your Son stood.
Facing all evii
' Without fdltering,
Probing the darkness
Without shudderiHg.
Daring TO open
Both my mind and soul
To all the peril,
Hurt and fear and hate,
Yet daring also,
To betiere that Faith
And Lore and Courage
Shall Survive the test.
II only ice. Your children,
Hare the strength
To feel and fight.
THIS is the prayer.
Ny Father,
Which | send today:
Gire me the courage
Not TO turn uUdB,
But face the truth.
Whatever may betide-
Ard hurl my strength
And courage
On Your side.
Amen.
Copyright 1871. King Features synd. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-11

Lunch-Minute steak, stewed
tomatoes.
Dinner-Minute steak. stewed
tomatoes. plain spinach. lettuce
and tomato salad.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. NJ Sis IL necessary to
eat n quarter of a pound of raw
liver a day for anemia. and will
apricots take the place of the
raw liver for this disease:
Answer-The correct amount
OF liver to eat for pernicious
anemia is one-half pound day.
Apricots have nothing 10 do with
the case. If liver itself is dis
tasteful il can be replaced with
liver extract. which can be taken
in capsule form.
j. II have had pompholyx
for three Summers and would
like to know what causes it and
what is cure for il.
Answer - Pomphoiyx Is de-
scribed as itchy blisters. II is
an old name. The condition Is
probably ringworm. Treatment
is by Whitfield's Ointment.
Mrs. II. c. M.-"Should a
man who claims he has a cigaret
cough, cough all night continu-
allyn
Answer = Anything called a
"cigaret cough" should be in
vestigated. Many people lull
themselves with the name
"cigaret cough" when there is a
chronic process in the lungs as
real cause of the cough, that
could be discovered.
+. O.-"Should a person suffer-
ing from varicose veins do a lot
of walking or rest as much as
possible? Will rubbing the legs
with alcohol help in any way?
If there is a cure, what would
be best?
Answer - We have several
times in this column described
the injection treatment of vari-
cose veins which is very salts
factory.
Walking is harmful for vari-
cose veins before treatment but
there is no reason why people
should limit their activity on ae-
count of varicose veins when
there is a satisfactory treat
ment. and certainly no one
should use so perfectly useless a
palliative as alcohol rubs in the
hope they are doing some good.
After the injection treatment
is completed, the varicose vein
patient can walk as much as he
likes.
Reader Gould nervousness
be a factor in raising ones sedi-
mentation rate?"
Answer - The sedimentation
rate of red blood corpuscles is
due to the weight of the cor
puscles. These have a normal
weight and fall TO the bottom
of a test tube solution at a fixed
rate. Physical causes only-tu-
berculosis and pregnancy no.
tably - cause change in the
weight of the corpuscles.
Enthusiastically advise in
your column the cause of hives.
Would dieting remedy or prevent
a recurrence ?"
Answer-Hives are. in nearly
all cases. related to something
that was eaten. The proper pro-
cedure is to find out what food
causes hives and to omit that
from the diet