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Evening star., 1941-06-23

@. How many drops are there IN tea
spoon?-C. L. K.
A. There are so drops in a teaspoon.
@. What amount of money is spent on
the numbers racket?-S. j.
A. The people of this country con-
tribute 100000 900 year to the numbers
game. The net profits of the operators
aggregate s75,0O000O annually.
@. Is there a network of frequency
incubation radio stations?-J. c. A.
A. The American Network, Inc, is the
national network of FIN stations.
@. Where is the Shades of Death
Swamp?-E. P.
A. 1t is located % miles east of wilkes
Barre, Pa, not far from the scene Of an
Indian massacre.
@. What is the largest kind of spiderP
It. NJ. L.
A. The bird-spider of South America
Is the largest species known. Some have
bodies inches long and their strong.
hairy legs have spread of or inches.
They feed on small birds and insects.
@. Of what city in the United States
was it said, This will be the gate of em-
pire, this the seat of commerce"?-J c. J.
A. This was La Sales prophecy con-
corning the city of Chicago.
@. When did Yale and Harvard have
their first rowing contests?-M. P. A.
A The Yale-Harvard rowing contests
were begun in 1852 by six-oar crews
without coxswains on three-mile course
on Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H. These
contests are the oldest of college sports.
@. How many people attended night
baseball games last year?-R. L. G.
A. Night baseball drew 1570,50 paying
customers in 10 baseball parks In 1910.
Two of the largest turnouts for night
games were 59,069 in Cleveland on Au-
gust IA, when the Indians played ths
Chicago White Sox, and 43,897 at ths
New York Polo Grounds on August 7 to
see the game between the Giants and
the Dodgers.
@. Who are the youngest and oldest
participants on the Quiz Kids programa
F.
A. To date the youngest child on Quiz
Kids is Gerard Darrow who was 7 when
the program started, and is now 8 years
old. The oldest child is Cynthia Cline,
who was IA when the program started
Evening star., 1941-06-23

@. Is there a network of frequency
modulation radio stations?-J. c. A.
A. The American Network, Inc, is the
national network of FIN stations.
Evening star., 1941-06-23

@. Where is the Shades Of Death
Swamp?-E. P.
A. 1t is located % miles east of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, not far from the scene of an
Indian massacre.
Evening star., 1941-06-23

@. How many drops are there in tea
spoon?-C. L. K.
A. There are so drops in teaspoon.
Evening star., 1941-06-23

@. Of what city in the United States
was it said, This will be the gate Of em-
pire, this the seat Of commerce"?-J. c. J.
A. This was La Sales prophecy con-
cerning the city of Chicago.
Evening star., 1941-06-23

c. What amount of money is spent on
the numbers racket?-S. J.
A. The people of this country con-
tribute $500 100000 year to the numbers
game. The net profits of the operators
aggregate s75oOO,OOO annually.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Appeals Court Dismisses
Charge Against {. 5. Smith
By the Associated Press,

AASSONANNNN
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. Is
Charges that Edwin S. Smith, for
mer member of the National Labor
Relations Board, displayed bias and
prejudice against, company dur
ing a board hearing have been dis
missed by the Third Circuit Court
of Appeals.
The court yesterday granted the
present Labor Boards petition. to
give the Berkshire Knitting Mills
of Reading a new hearing on cita-
tions of anti-union activity, with
out going into the Smith charges
On November 3, 1899, the Labor
Board of which Mr.. Smith then
was a member directed the COM
pany to do away with the Berkshire
Employees Association and to re-
employ several hundred workers.
The company later contended that
Mr.. Smith had disqualified himself
in writing several letters to a Bos-
ton department store in which it is
alleged he asked the store to use
its influence as a customer with
Berkshire in the interests of strikers
in 1886.
The opinion written by Judge
Herbert F. Goodrich gave no reason
for resembling of the courts prior
order Of July 81, ia which the N L.
R. B. was directed to inquire into
the company's accusations against
Mr.. Smith.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
West Virginia Raises Pay
OF Road Men 10 Meet Costs
nc Fatalities

BY the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. IS
A general wage increase for West
Virginia Road Commission en-
ployes ranging from 10 to IT'S per
cent, to help meet a % per cent
rise in living costs was ordered yes
terday by Commissioner Ernest l..
Bailey.
The increase is effective tomor-
row. The commission employs about
4,600 men in the maintenance di-
vision during the winter and about
1900 during peak summer months.
Unskilled laborers' pay will be up
to 7 cents an hour more and for
skilled laborers 5 to Is cents more.
The new pay range for unskilled
workers will be 40 to Al cents an
hour, Al to 30 cents for semi
skilled men and 80 cents to 81 for
skilled laborers, depending on the
localities in which they live.
The pay boost. Mr.. Bailey said, is
in line with similar increases in
other States and recent 85 per
cent boost by the w. P. A. He
added living costs in West Vir-
ginia have risen % per cent since
the defense program hit its stride.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Stanton Park Area
1oChoose Wardens al
Stuart School Meeting
Place of Gathering on
Night Of October Is
Announced by StuII

The sectional mass meeting to se-
lect air-raid wardens and other
civilian defense leaders in the STAN
ton Park area will be Saturday
night, October 25, in Stuart Junior
High School, the Stanton Park
Citizens Association was informed
last night by Harry N. Stull, tempo
rary chairman of the group of civic
leaders banded together for arrang-
ing the meetings.
A motion was made and passed to
request the presence of the Rev.
Oscar BlackWelder, pastor of the
Lutheran Church of the Reforma-
ton, and the Rev. E. P. McAdams
of st. Joseph's Catholic Church at
the local gathering. Mr.. Stull en-
phasized the fact that these meet
ings were of paramount Importance
to the citizens of Washington.
The association went on record as
opposing any increase in the water
rates for the District.
At the election of officers, William
Bartle was chosen president; Miss
Ver Branthaver vice president;
William H. Smith, treasurer; Miss
Dorothy Pyle, secretary, and Mr..
Stull and MI. Bartle, delegates to
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions.
The meeting was held in Peabody
School with Mr.. Bartle presiding.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
'Parents-Teachers
Adopt Military Salute
For Pledge 10 Flag
Follow Policy Of
Board Of Education
In Making Change

The Board of Managers of the
District Congress of Parents ana
Teachers yesterday adopted the mill
tary salute for the pledge of allie
glance to the flag, rather than the
outstretched hand. which Is similar
to the Nazi salute.
The Board of Education recently
adopted the military salute for use
in schools here.
Mrs. Evelyn Bright Buckley, Mrs.
Riley Elgen and Mrs. Edward r.
Seal, members of the Board of
Managers, were elected to member
ship on the Executive Committee.
The fourth annual George WASH
ington University Parent Teacher
Institute will be held November 4
and 5 and the theme will be Better
Health for Stronger Nation" Mrs.
H. N. Stull, second vice president,
announced. Sessions will be held
at the schools Hall of Government.
An appeal for clothing for junior
and senior high school boys and
girls was made by Mrs. L. A. Brooks,
chairman of student aid.
Mrs. Henry Lipscomb, District
membership chairman, asked that
chairmen of local units in the COM
ing membership drive meet at
PIT. A. headquarters in the Ma
tional Education Association Build
ing at 10 am. tomorrow to make
plans.
Named as members of a Nominat-
ing Committee for the PIT. A. con-
vention next spring were Mrs. C.
Alan Sharp, Mrs. Jane Davis, Mrs.
Louis Raebach, Mrs. Thelma
Richardson and Mrs. j. S. Simmons.
The meeting was held at the Ma
tional Education Association Build
ing.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Little Bit Of Norway
Created in Baltimore
For ExiIed Seamen
700 Norwegian Sailors
Stoy Free to Aid
Foes Of Germany
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE,
Associated Press Staff Writer

BALTIMORE, Oct. 15.-Olaf Hau-
gen has a date-an extremely in
definite date-to go home.
His home Is in Oslo, and he hasn't
seen it since before April, 1910, when
the Nazi war machine rolled into
Norway.
Since then home for Mr.. Haugen
and 25,000 other Morse seamen has
been the restless sea. They're de-
termined not to return until their
country again is free. The determi-
nation means fighting one of the
loneliest battles of the war, men
voluntarily without a country.
Mr.. Haugen and his fellows are
the crewmen for TOO Norwegian
ships sailing the seas, practically all
of them in conveys to England.
And for them "a little bit of Nor
way" has been established in Balti-
more, the United States second
largest port.
1t is the Norwegian Seamen's
Home, hotel and convalescent
home, with accommodations for IS
men, about 2 miles from Baltimore's S
water front.
There between ships Mr.. Haugen
and other Norwegian sailors can
live with their buddies in a hotel
run by NorWegians. with native food,
Norwegian magazines and books,
nostalgia pictures of Norway on the
walls of a comfortable, even lavish,
lounge.
There sailors talk of ships and
war and home.
Mr.. Haugen saw seven ships of a
huge England-bound convoy blasted
by submarines, but he won't speak
Of details.
Torpedoed men return to the sea
calmly. It's part of a sailors life
these days. But some are impatient
that the English don't invade the
continent, force the battle.
IF the English would strike
through Norway we would gladly
see everything leveled just to get
the Germans out" one man said.
The 700 ships and $4,000 Morse
sailors were at sea when Norway
Was invaded. From these ships was
formed the Norwegian Shipping and
Trade Mission-Nortraship-a pool"
operating until the wars end.
Through it the sailors can sup
port their families. Sums are de-
Quoted from their salaries and
banked in England or New York.
The families draw upon Norwegian
banks, will be reimbursed when the
tmpounded funds can be sent to
them.
Meanwhile the Seamen's home
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Hull Explains Why
u. 5. Has Cut Off War
Supplies 10 Finland
Declares AL! Efforts
Are Directed to Aid
Victims Of Aggression

Secretary of State Hull explained
today that American food and other
supplies are no longer going to
Finland because this Government is
concentrating its efforts on supply
ing the needs of nations resisting
aggression and whose defense is
considered important to United
States security.
Mr.. Hull's comment was made at
a press conference in response to
questions about published report
that the United States had notified
Finland it was cutting off further
credits and supplies because Finland
was carrying hostilities against Rus
sia further than necessary to regain
territory lost to the Soviet nearly
two years ago.
The Secretary said he had heard
of no communication to that effect,
but went on to explain that there
probably are no supplies available
for shipment to Finland. as well
as to some other nations seeking
them, because there was not enough
to go around after meeting demands
Of the nations resisting aggression.
This Government has joined with
Great Britain, the Secretary dis
closed last week, however. in eX-
pressing concern over whether Fin
land intended to become a par
ticipant in the general war as an
ally of Germany by advancing
into Russia beyond her original
boundaries. Finland has contended
that her fighting against Russia is
entirely defensive and that it was
necessary to occupy some areas be-
yond her 1889 frontiers because they
had been used by the Soviet as bases
for attack.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
H. |. Wait Elected Head
OF Benninq Citizens

The Benning Citizens Association
holding It's first regular meeting OF
the season, last night elected How
ard L. Wait president, B. l.. Pitzen
first vice president; Steven Bakero-
wicZ, second vice president, and Mrs
Grace M. Rupert, secretary. o. c
Splitter was reelected treasurer ano
C. A. Wood and Robert Clements
were chosen as delegates to the
Federation of Citizens Associations
Mrs. Edith Wood was named assist
ant to the secretary.
In a discussion of traffic problems
the danger to pedestrians crossing
the street at Minnesota avenue ano
Benning road was cited and g sug.
gestion was made that the traffic
lights be turned off at 9 a M, with q
policeman directing traffic.
Motions were introduced support
ing the rat-coutrol campaign and
denouncing the proposed increase in
water rates.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Corporation CounseI's S
Aide Called to Noyy

Julian A. Ross, "a, of 1924 Con-
necticut avenue NV. and aide in
the assistant corporation counsels
office at Police Court, yesterday was
called to active duty with the United
States Naval Reserve and is sched-
uled for assignment at the Navy
Yard asa yeoman in the recruiting
station.
A graduate of Columbus Uni
verSity. Mr.. Ross was admitted to
the District bar last June. Yester-
day he was admitted to practice
before the District Court and the
Court of Appeals. Assistant Cor
poration Counsel Milton D. Norman
made the motion for his admission
to practice before the latter tribunal.
Evening star., 1941-10-15

The place: Pennsylvania avenue
at Twenty-sixth street NV.
The accident: A 13-year- old girl,
while running across the avenue to
catch a streetcar, was injured IA
| tally when she ran into the side of
| a passenger car travelling east on
the avenue. 1t was raining at the
time of the accident, which oc-
CURED just east of the crosswalk
near the center of the street. The
driver, a stranger to the city, was
in the left lane of traffic. Witnesses
said the child was thrown into the
air by the impact, and the body was
picked up at about the same spot.
The victim apparently was running
to catch a westbound streetcar and
failed to see the machine. Records
of a local hospital showed the child
had impaired vision in her left eye,
the side on which she was struck.
She was taken to Columbia Hospital
nearby and treated for head and
internal injuries; she died 48 hours
later.
The time: About $50 am. Oc-
tober 10.
Weather conditions: Raining.
The street: Wet, straight and of
level grade.
The vehicle: A late model FIVE
passenger coupe. Driver said he
was travelling between 20 and 25
miles an hour. A witness said au-
tomobile was moving at normal rate
of speed. Police investigators found
no damage in front of machine, but
a cracked windshield on the right
side and dent in the right front
fender.
The driver: A 20-year- old student
from New Jersey with four years
driving experience. He testified he
did not see child until she struck
the side of his car. He told the jury
he had no accident record and was
accustomed to driving in heavy
traffic.
Coroner's jury verdict: Death was
held accidental and driver released.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Why Must They Die? No.7o
One of Series of Facual Analyses of D. c. Traffic

Analyses OF traffic deaths Nos.
so and 81 haze not been pub
hShed, pending completion OF
official Investigations.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Federal Bur Luncheon

John Lockwood, general counsel
to the co-ordinator Of Inter- -Ameri-
can Relations, will speak on IN
adequacies in United States Legal
Education for Latin America Stu
dents" at the weekly luncheon of the
Federal Bar Association at the Har-
rington Hotel at 1890 pm. to-
morrow
Evening star., 1941-10-15

A treaty was signed in Paris, Feb
ruary 2, 1921, putting Spitsbergen
under the flag of Norway.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Production of Tanks
Gained in September
Hy tte Associated Press

by tf-e AsSOCldIeQ PRESS.
Production of tanks increased sub
stantially in September, the War
Department reported today, with
output of medium tanks nearly
double that of August. Manufacture
of light tanks also made a good
gain"
Actual numbers were not disclosed,
but it was indicated that deliveries
of both types were expected to show
futher sharp increases in the next
few months.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
New Zealand Vote DeIuyed

WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
Oct. Is R)-Premier Peter Fraser
announced today in Parliament that
the general election scheduled for
this year would be postponed for a
year because of the war situation.
The last election was october Is,
1923.
Evening star., 1941-10-15
Iroq in Armed Revolt,
Fascist Editor Says
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. Oct. 15.-Virginio Gayda
editor of the authoritative Italian
newspaper II Giornale d'Italia, said
today that British-controlled Iraq
SIS in armed revolt" while danger
Gus troubles for the British are TAX
ing shape in Syria"
The situation in Iran Persia)
cannot be considered calm" he
added. z
Evening star., 1941-10-15

here, the latest provided in the ma
jor American ports for Norwegian
sailors. is small substitute for
their native land.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
FRENCH YOUTH
MAKE APPEAL TO
UNITED STATES

Today Little Mademoiselle from
Armentiers and all of her little broth
ers mad sisters cry for bread and
plead for milk. And they sicken and
die for want of medicine. And they
look westward toward America, won
dering- asking when we
will heed their cry-asking what they
have done to deserve starvation
wondering if, as their enemies say,
the great heart of America has hard
ened-if compassion and mercy have
left us.
Was it simply because France was
beaten? Was it because the truth
of her desperate struggle has never
been properly told?
Perhaps when you read the truth,
you will understand-andh here is the
truth, brought to you not by propa-
gandists, not by politicians, not by
so-called statesmen, but by your own
old soldiers; by group of A. E. F.
Veterans banded together to save as
many French children from disease
and starvation as they can.
The Truth: France lost over 1885,
90 soldiers killed in the war.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16

The Truth: Over 100000 prison
ers were captured by the Germans.
The Truth: 100000 French soldiers
were gravely wounded.
The Truth. $4,000 civilians were
killed either by areial bombardment
or by machine-gunning on the roads.
This is approximately three times
as many people killed as in all air
raids over England since the War
began.
The Truth: Over 100000 buildings
were destroyed-over 10000 bridges
and tunnels.
The Truth: It was largely due to
the heroic rear-guard action of
French troops that the English evau-
cation at Dunkirk was carried out so
successfully.
The Truth: Later, after Paris had
been taken, and Frances generals
had decided that the war could be
waged no longer-when more than
two-thirds of her war-making indus
tries were in German hands-when
roads were glutted by civilians, MAX
ing proper troop movements impos-
sible-when, in fact, all was lost, ir-
retrievably, irremediably lost.
France held out for eight more
agonizing days of slaughter, so that
the last British osldier could be en-
barked for England.
Is this the record of people who
deserve to starve?
Please make no mistake. We are
heart and soul behind England in her
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
RUSSETING OF
FOLIAGE OBSERVED
IN BOX WOOD

Considerable winter injury, charac-
terized by russeting of the foliage,
has been observed in Maryland box
wood this spring, according to w. d.
Mcclellan, of the University of Mary
land Plant Pathology Department.
The russeting is caused primarily by
excessive loss of water through the
leaves when the ground is frozen and
during periods of high winds such as
occurred this spring. Where winter
injury is particularly severe, one or
more branches may die back, disfig-
uring the plant mad making it more
susceptible to disease.
Mr.. Mcclellan says that all dead
wood and accumulated leaves should
be cleaned out of the plants, since
these act as a potentia source of di-
sease. It is advisable to spray the
injured plants with Bordeaux 4-4-5O
now and to follow with a second ap-
plication in two week. Fertilizing
should be done either in the next few
weeks, using readily available ma
terial, or BE- postponed until next fall
or winter, using a less available ma
terial. Plants should make vigorous
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16

desperate fight. We stand in admi-
ration-unbounded admiration = of
British heroism. We realize that
England must win, not only for her
own sake, but for the sake of decen-
cy in this world.
But that does not mean that France
should be deserted! That does not
mean that we Americans should stand
idly by and see these French children
die of slow starvation, of disease and
epidemics!
And we tell you there is something
you can do, NOW. In unoccupied
France are nearly 60 members of the
outstanding, God-fearing American
organization, the Good Quakers-
buying what food they can in Swift
erland, and distributing it to the des-
titute children through their own or
ganization, without interference from
anybody.
Americans, think! Must children
of this great race die? Must we
turn our backs on suffering?
Can we not come to the aid of the
people who were our first friends
the people whose devotion to our lib
erty helped us win that very liberty
Can we not let them see that we
have not forgotten-that by our SYM
pathy and compassion for them, we
encourage their fortitude to resist
the conqueror even longer?
Whether it be a dollar you can af-
ford, or ten thousand, we tell you
there is no greater help to Human
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16
MISS KATHRYN MCINTYRE
WINS ELKS FIRST PRIZE

Miss Kathryn Mcintyre, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Leonard Mcintyre and a
member of the senior class of the
Washington High School, Princess
Anne, received honors last week when
named the Somerset County winner
in the Elks National Patriotic Essay
Contest.
Miss Mcintyre was selected Tues
day evening by three judges appoint
ed by Mr.. Charles P. Dyer, local chair
man of the Elks' National Defense
Commission, and her selection was an
nounced at delightful party held in
Crisfield Lodge No. 1O44, B. P. O.
Elxs, sponsors of the contest Thurs
day night of last week.
Competing in the contest were
students from the Somerset County
high schools and the first place a.
ward of fifteen dollars was present
ed to Miss Kathryn Mcintyre.
Second place winner, for which the
award was ten dollars, was Miss Thel-
ma Bonneville, of Marion High School
and Mr.. Charles Calvin Taylor of the
Crisfield school took third place hon.
ors and the five dollar award set for
the third best essay.
The subject of the essays was
"What Uncle Sam Means to Me-"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-05-16

ity than help to the French children.
And the practical way to do it is thru
the Quakers.
Therefore, we ask your contribu-
tions. We ask you to send whatever
you can afford to the American
Friends Service Committee, 20 South
18th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. We
ask you to hurry.
And once again we thank you in
the names of the children whose lives
you will save.
A Group of A. E. F. Veterans,
endorsed by General John J. PERISH
ing) 80 East 57th St., N. Y. C.