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Evening star., 1941-08-10
18th Division Association

The Reunion Committee, headed
by j. Fred Chase, will hold special
meetings at the Willard Hotel each
Friday at pm. from now until
convention time, August 20 through
September /.
For the first time in the history
of this Government a division of
World War veterans will have the
opportunity to meet with the new
soldiers of the same division now
in our country's service in the pres
ent emergency. Gen. Milton A.
Reckord. commanding general of the
new 29th Division, who served in
France as colonel of the 115th In
fantry, 29th Division, during the
World War, has invited the mem
bers of the old 29th TO visit the men,
bers of the new 29th. Many of the
veterans while here will visit their
sons who are with the new 29th
Division at Fort Meade, Md. There
are any number of members of the
old 29th now serving both as Off
GERS and enlisted men with the new
29th Division.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Annual EIks' Cruise
To Be Held Tomorrow

Washington Lodge, B. P. o. Elks
will hold its annual moonlight
cruise at $50 pm tomorrow aboard
the steamer Potomac. The Elks
Boys Band. under the direction of
James L. Kidwell, will present a
concert on the docks from 7:30 to
8:15 pm.
The lodge will begin its regular
schedule of meetings in Septem-
ber and will meet every Wednesday
evening, with the following officers
presiding: Allan j. Duvall, exalted
ruler; Ambrose A. Durkin, leading
knight; Leonard L. Pearce, Loyal
knight; Charles r. Bush, lecturing
knight; Harry j. Leer, esquire; Will
liam S. Shelby, secretary; William
F. Engle, treasurer; Daniel A
Cleary, tiler; Thomas A. Nolan,
chaplain, and w. Seymour Hall, in
ner guard. .
The Traffic Safety Committee will
begin a new safety educational pro-
gram through newspaper and radio
announcements. Ambrose A. Dur
kin, committee chairman, an
nounced that q special effort WOULD
be made to curtail the most fire.
quent type of accidents caused by
thoughtless actions of drivers.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Joint installation

Joint installation of Branch No. 1
and Unit No. Of the Fleet Re-
serve Association will be held at the
Knights of Pythias Hall August IL
at 8pm. Dancing and refreshments
will be furnished.
Officers-elect of the unit are:
Mrs. Georgina Halsted, president;
Mrs. Margaret Rogers, vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Aida r. Potter, secre-
tary; Mrs. Evelyn Hamilton. treas
urer; Mrs. Ethel Sanders, chaplain:
Executive Board, Mrs. Merton Bona
marte, Mrs. Carrie Routzahn. Mrs
Irene Bartos, Mrs. Ellen Coons and
Mrs. Bertha Karnes, junior past
president.
Branch No 6 will have its annual
picnic August II at Baltimore, Md
Branch No I has been invited to
attend.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Navy Reaches Out
For Engineer
Students for Officers
Youths to Be Given
Commissions in
Junior Years

Impending shortage in engineering
personnel has prompted the Navy
to go into the engineering colleges
of the country to pave the way for
steady flow of young men with
such training during the current
emergency. 1t will, it was said, pro-
tect for the naval service any young
men who might be IN an engineering
course but who might be old enough
to be taken in the selective service
and thus have their college educa-
ton interrupted for the period they
might be held in the service and
which appears now to be rather
indefinite.
Under the system the students are
selected from the leading technical
and engineering schools. Those de-
string enrolment are urged to con-
tact the commandants of their re-
spective naval districts while in
their Junior year at college. If they
are accepted by the naval authori-
ties and recommended by the COL
lege officials they are enrolled as
probationary ensigns in the spe-
cialist class in the United States
Naval Reserve. This is the step
that protects them from being
taken up for some other service
and assures their being kept in
college.
On graduation they are assigned
to an indoctrinational school pre-
paratory to being sent to an in
tensive technical course appropriate
to their speciality. These courses are
to cover such subjects as Diesel en-
gineering, aeronautical' engineer
ing, Supply Corps duties. naval
architecture and ordnance. the
youths for the most part to be sent
to the fields of their liking and Sc
lection.
One of the schools has been es-
tablished at the Naval Gun Factory
here. 1t is an ordnance school,
where progressive type of instruc-
ton is given and the officers are
assigned specialized work in keeping
with their aptitude and basic en-
gineering training. Every effort is
made, it was announced, to place
them in specialized training in such
character as will materially aid
them In the practice of their pro-
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Some Naval Reserve Officers
Facing Inactive Status
Reports Indicate Some Found
Inefficient in Active ASSIGNMENTS

While for the most part naval re-
serve officers, who have been called
to active duty during the current
emergency, are making good in their
assignments, it was reported that in
number OF cases misfits have been
found and it is expected that SOON
there will be a general elimination
Of this type, by the means of placing
them on inactive status. How long
they will be allowed to hold their
commissions and remain in an in
active state is a matter of policy.
But 1t was said that it is not likely
that any, who are within the draft
age, would be allowed to circumvent
the selection laws for military serv-
ice by holding on to their COM
missions in the Naval Reserve for an
indefinite period.
The Navy perhaps has found like
the Army that it has within it men
with commissions who cannot per-
form the duties which their ranks
call for, even in the specialist
grades in the bureaus and shore sta
tions. Perhaps the greatest influx of
these officers are in the Navy De-
partment in Washington, where spe-
cialists have been called from pri-
vate life to jobs in the Navy De-
partment to handle tasks for which
most of them had no basic train
ing Most of the officers have had
what is believed to be a fair chance
to show that they are entitled to
retain their commissions, and those
who have not shown ability are ex-
pected to be separated from the serv-
ice to make way for others who
might be better qualified.
Little Naval Training.
1t was pointed out that several
of the bureaus in the department
here had civilian employees, experts
in their line and trained in naval
practices, who held commissions in
the Naval Reserve, but, who, in some
instances, were required to resign
their commissions in order to hold
their civilian jobs But the irony of
it lies in the fact, it was said, that
while these experts were forced to
give up their commissions, these
same bureaus have called into ac-
tive duty men with little training
and placed them in responsible jobs
with the civilians as their subor-
dinates.
However, it must be explained
that even in the Navy Department
this practice has not been uniform
In the Bureau of Aeronautics, it was
said, there were many civilian en-
ployes who held commissions in the
Naval Reserve. and who Immediately
upon the declaration of the emer-
gency were relieved of their civilian
status, called to active duty on their
Reserve commissions and continued
to carry on in the same jobs they
held as civilians. Reserve officers
who were forced to resign their COM
missions say they are at loss to
understand why there was discrimi-
nation within the department on
this matter.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
RoyoI Arconum

Municipal and District Councils
will meet at the Odd Fellows Temple
on August IL at pm. Regent Leroy
Dodson will preside. Grand Regent
Samuel G. Chestnut will attend ac-
companied by the members of the
Grand Council staff. Orator Will
liam T. Miskelly will present an en-
tertainment and will report on the
plans for ladies' night to be held
soon. Vice Regent r. B. Grassland
is taking reservations for the ban
quet on September %.
The 64th annual session of the
Supreme Council will be held at the
Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach, Va,
September 2 to 6. Dewey L. Shaw,
supreme representative of the Dis
trict of Columbia, will represent the
local councils. All the delegates will
assemble at Baltimore and make the
trip to Virginia Beach on the Old
Bay Steamship Line.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Col. McCarthyIs New
Executive for Capital
Military District
Succeeds Col. Baker,
Assigned os Attoehe
At Santiago, Chile

Col. Charles E. Mccarthy, new
executive for the Washington Mill
tary District, has assumed his du-
ties here. He was recently on duty
with the 57th Infantry Brigade OF
the 44th National Guard Division
at Fort Dix, N. j.
He was on duty with the 44th
Division as instructor. and follow
ing its induction into Federal serv-
ice he went along with it to camp.
He has been on duty with the di-
vision since August. 1899, before
which he was on duty with Ga
of the Philippine Division, in the
Philippine Department.
Col. Mccarthy succeeds Col Les
ter E. Baker, who left last Tuesday
for New York. from which port
he will sail for Santiago, Chile,
where he has been assigned to duty
as military attache.
With the approach of the mac
tive duty training schedule only q
few weeks away, those District Re-
serve officers who occupy an mac
tive status are looking forward to
the beginning of the 1941-42 troop
schools. Probably more interest
than usual is being evinced in the
approaching conference schedules,
due to the fact that the summer
active duty training of Reservists
was curtailed this summer. 1t was
announced this week at Reserve
headquarters that the fall training
schedule will begin after September
l. It is expected that within the
next few weeks the work of pre-
pairing the inactive duty training
schedules for the various arms and
services will begin.
The promotion of Capt. Walter
w. Woodruff to the grade of major
heads a number of promotions in
volving officers residing in the
Washington area. He will remain
assigned to the 306th Cavalry.
Promoted from first lieutenant to
the grade Of captain are the fol-
lowing: Capts. Connie v. Southern,
155th Field Artillery Brigade; Wal
ter H. Dabney, 428th Infantry: Ray
mond B. Carleton, 3o6th Cavalry,
and Wilfred j. Fleming, 320th In
fantry.
Second lieutenants of the 320th
Infantry promoted to the grade of
first lieutenant are Thomas B.
Pavne, John S. Jacobs, James K.
Hall. Thomas L. Walker, Raymond
Davis, jr.; James B. Berry, jr., and
Thomas o. Rooney. All will remain
assigned to the 320th Infantry Regi-
ment.
Other District officers promoted
to the next higher grade are Sec
ond 1t. Milton A Pitcher to first
lieutenant, 343d Engineers; Second
1t. Victor w. White to first lieu
tenant, 622d Coast Artillery; Second
1t. Thomas o. Rooney to first lieu
tenant, 320th Infantry, and Second
1t Robert G. McClanahan to first
lieutenant, 3l3th Field Artillery.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Meetings This Week.

Monday-U. S. S. Jacob Jones
Post, 1926 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, 8 pm; G. P. o. Post,
807 Monroe street NE, 8 pm.
Tuesday-Janles Reese Europe
Post, 1886 Fifteenth street NV,
8 pm; George E. Killeen Post,
1904 M street NV, 8 pm;
United States Treasury Post,
New Colonial Hotel; Depart
ment of Labor Post, BOT Monroe
street NE.
Wednesday-Nash Post, 200
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, 8
pm: Police and Fire Post, 419
Seventh street NV, 8 pm; Nc
Alexander Post, Willard Hotel.
Thursday-James E. Walker
Post, 1916 Twelfth street NV;
Potomac Post, Palisades Field
House.
Friday-Agriculture Post, room
1899. Department of Agricul-
ture, 3 pm.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Eastern Star News

The Executive Committee of the
1899 Association met at the home
of its president, Mrs. Elsie M. Mat
tern, and made arrangements for
lawn supper on August % at Mrs.
Mattern's home in Wheaton, Md.
Plans were also made for an oyster
roast on October 18 at the Franklin
Manor Beach Hotel, at Churchton,
Md.
For reservation for the supper call
Mr.. or Mrs. James r. Stringfellow.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Masonic News

L. Herbert Pennington, master Of
Justice Lodge, announces that the
stated communication on August Is,
has been designated as Congressional
Night. The Fellowcrafts degree will
be conferred at 8 pm.
Guests will include members of
Congress, members of the Grand
Lodge of the State of New Jersey,
and delegation Of Master Masons
from Bloomfield, N. J. All Master
Masons are invited. A special invi-
tation is extended to those members
of Congress and Capitol employees
who belong to the fraternity, as well
as all service men who are Master
MaSons.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

fession in civilian life after ths
emergency is over.
The first course here resulted in
the graduation of SO officers, whose
ages averaged % years. Another
class was started last week, after
having completed the premliinary
stage. the indoctrination course, at
the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis. In addition to the
indoctrination school at Annapolis
another course is being conducted at
Fort Schuyler, N. Y. where the
largest number of students Is en-
rolled.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
D. c. Eight and Forty
Holds Annual Marche
Beginning Thursday
Delegates to Be Picked
For National Session
To Be Held Next Month

The 18th annual marche of Dis
trict of Columbia Salon IA, De-
partemental of the Eight and Forty
will open Thursday at the Hotel
Washington. The sessions will be
held in the evening Thursday and
Friday Mrs. Catherine C. Cromp-
ton, chapeau departmental, will
preside with Demi Chapeaux Vir-
ginia Mccarthy and Mary Corwin
assisting. Miss Mabel F. Staub will
be secretary and chairman, with
Mrs. Ethel Wilt as her assistant.
On the opening night there will
be election of delegates and alter
mates to the national marche to
be held at Milwaukee September
Is. There also will be memorial
services. The closing night will be
devoted to presenting scholarship
award to Miss Tharon Kiser, in
stallation Of officers, entertainment
by the Sons of the American Legion
and a program arranged by John
S. MANHOOD. The National Guard
of Honor will take part in the
marche. National Pouvoir Member
Edith P. Landvoigt will give her
annual report.
The 2lst National Convention of
the American Legion Auxiliary will
be held at Milwaukee, Wis, Sep
tember Is to 18 in the main audi
torium of the Milwaukee Vocational
School. The Milwaukee Auditorium,
where the sessions Of the American
Legion will be held, is directly across
the street.
Membership of the Department of
the District of Columbia, at the close
of the books, passed the 1900 mark,
giving it 1T per cent standing at
national headquarters, according to
Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren, depart
ment membership chairman.
Mrs. Warren said that with 20
local units reporting, II had either
reached or exceeded last years
membership. The Margaret Frank
lin Trophy will be awarded to the
unit with the highest percentage
over the past three years average,
which trophy will be awarded to the
Kenneth H. Nash Unit, with 100 per
cent. The Lincoln Unit will be
awarded the S. cash award given by
Mrs. Warren for being the first unit
to reach its quota by November II.
Mrs. Helen NJ McCabe, depart
ment presidents Junior Membership
Award, for the largest percentage on
December 81, and the Dorothy B.
Harper's Eight and Forty Junior
Membership Trophy to the unit
with the largest percentage on June
/. will also be awarded to the Lin
coin Unit, with 160 per cent.
The Southern division, under the
direction of Mrs. Nettie Peters, lead
ing with 1874 per cent, will receive the
Membership Divisional Silver Tray.
Kenneth H. Nash Unit will receive
the Hargrave Trophy for being the
first unit to reach the department
nll0ta
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Ben Hur News

The annual family summer outing
will be held today at Bay Ridge.
Members will assemble at the Peace
Cross at 9 am. State Manager Ken
meth L. Canine of Charlottesville
Ind, will have charge of the cere-
monies.
United Court will hold its meet
ing In Pythian TEMPLE on Friday.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Meetings This Week.

Monday-Front Line Post,
1903 Fourteenth street NV.
Tuesday-Potomac Post, TIA
H street NE; Peary Ship, Ham,
ilton Hotel.
Wednesday-National Capital
Post, 935 G place NV; Colum-
bia Post. 1926 Massachusetts
avenue NV; Washington Post,
1903 Fourteenth street NV.
Thursday - Follow Me-De-
fense Post, 2020 Rhode Island
avenue NE.
Friday-Advance Post, 1903
Fourteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Plan Picnic and Rolly

The Womans Benefit Association
has arranged a Junior picnic and
rally to be held at Hams Point on
Tuesday. All members are invited
Games with prizes will be held and
refreshments served. It will be from
noon to 4:30 pm. Bring lunches.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
The Shepherds Of Bethlehem

Loyalty Lodge will meet tomorrow
at Fourth street NE. Trinity
Lodge will meet Tuesday Ia the
same hall.
Evening star., 1941-08-10
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Install Officers of DC. Council
William j. Schmitz Is New Inspector;
Plans Made for Armistice Day Ball

Officers of the Council of Admin
istration of the District of Colum-
bia Department, Veterans of For
eign Wars, were installed by Comdr
Leon B. Lambert last Monday eve
ming. They are William j. Schmitz,
inspector; Phillip r. Belt, chief of
staff; Joseph Shea and Christian
Scheible, color sergeants; william
P. Cavanaugh, historian; George w.
Fowler, inspector; Fred C. Steuo,
Americanization officer, and William
R. Casey, guard.
Chairman Foley conducted a
meeting of the 1941 Armistice Day
Ball Committee in department
headquarters last Friday evening.
The committee decided to reserve
the Shoreham Hotel for the evening
of November IL.
The And National Encampment
will be held in Philadelphia during
the week of August 24-29. Com
mander in Chief Joseph c. Memen-
dez hopes for a cord-breaking at
tendance. All members who have
not made reservations communicate
with Comrade Bacon, chairman Of
the "On to Philadelphia" Com
mittee.
National Capital Post will meet
next Wednesday evening at 935 G
place NV, Comdr. Margullis pre-
siding. This will be joint session
with the Ladies Auxiliary to Ma
tional Capital Post.
Representative Lawrence J. Con-
merry of Massachusetts,, v. F. w.
member. will be the honored guest.
Entertainment will be furnished by
Miss Arlene Peck and her group.
David C. Barrows, formerly OF the
Sd United States Volunteers in the
War With Spain, will be admin
istered the obligation.
The Follow Me-Defense Posts
annual veterans outing and picnic
will be held today starting at 10
am. at Buddington's Farm. Uni
versity Lane, College Park, Md.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

The Follow Me-Defense Posts
annual veterans outing and picnic
will be held today starting at 10
am. at Buddington's Farm. Uni
versity Lane, College Park, Md.
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Stories in
Fiji lslonds Menoced
BY Joponese Threats

X ECENT. velled japanese threats
10 protect her interests IN
The South Seas IN the event the
tinted States becomes involved n
the var involve, among others.
the $50 FIJI Islands, now a British
crown colony.
The stamp above. showing a na-
tive FIJI village with KING George
VI m the inset, was issued as part
Of a series Of 10 IN 1898.
The FIJI Islands we're first dis
covered BY Abel Tasman IN 1913.
Captain Cook came across another
section o. the islands 80 years
later. Because Of the hostile attl-
fude Of the natives, there was very
little intercourse between the IS
lands and other parts OF the world
until a group OF Wesleyan mis-
sionaries settled there in 1885. Five
years later, the first accurate sur
vey Of the Islands was made BY
an American expedition.
An offer . cede conditional
sovereignty % Great Britain vas
made in 1889 but vas not accent
&c. Instead, long negotiations De-
gan. and IN 1874. the British took
over unconditional sovereignty.
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benefits and profits from world
peace and order. but shirk all
responsibility for the preserya-
ton OF il. or its restoration. have
our leaders cravenly refrain from
judging the most fragrant and
coWardly violations OF all night
and decency because. forsooth.
some of Us are fearful OF risking
our money or hides FOR what We
know IS right.
The refusal TO Judge is a tacit
sanction of international anar-
chy. without judging there can
be no law. The very proposal
and It's obvious results THE
entire isolationist system Of
thought exposes its own absurd
futlityl are dealt with in Isaiah
IS 3 L adequately. Patrick
Henry was not so timid of a
German tryant Perhaps the
person who cried treason was
an isolauonist.
In future America will accept
her righttul share Of responsible
ity in the world for mankinds
common welfare and abandon
the adolescent disclaimer OF So
cial responsibility proclaimed by
isolauonists and despairing So
ciahst idealists.
o. B. GERMOND.
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AMERICA WILL
ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY

Editor The Times: Isolationist
peace societies. Socialists. Pear
sails denial that the Nazi cru
SADIE is different than other wars.
ali these are classed in the
phrase. refugees from reality"
To Pearsan. or Marx. the laws
OF nature and human natures
insistence upon its imperfection
and self-determinauon have moth
ing 10 do with economies or the
social order. They base their
thinking upon the assumption
that America Is world apart
not a part OF the world. ard Is
doing a favor instead Of a duty
in helping u restore order. or
help = neighbor resist an outlaw.
They would have Us ENJOY the
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They Found Out-and How!

The German people weren't told by their Goebbledup
press about their consuls being kicked out of the United
States The papers said nothing almost nothing about
IL until Germany retaliaed by kicking American consus
out of most of Europe which they occupy. Then il
all announced with the result that the average German
thinks Germany acted first and that her people coming
home only desperate and baseess reprisa by the
United States.
Thus whole people receives distorted idea of an
event that vitality it. That is what it to
have state-controled press Nothing be
pected of public opinion in country in which people
not given the information which to form opinion.
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QUESTIONS TO TEST
YOUR KNOWLEDGE

Can you answer seven of these
test questions Turn to tho
Woman's page for the answers.
l. How is Luftwaffe. the Ger
man word for air force, pro-
nounced?
z. Are zebras light colored
animals with dark stripes or
dark animals with light stripes ,
B. In which novel by George
Eliot is Maggie Tulliver' the
heroine
4. Which of the thirteen orig
inal states of the United States
was settled last?
5. Which European canal was
once named the Kaiser Wilhelm
canal?
I. How many amendments TO
the constitution were ratified
by state conventions instead of
by the state legislatures
s. Name the French man.
dated middle-eastern country in
yaded early in June by British
and Free French forces.
p. The corpse Of a murdered
person IL called in law c
d
10. For whom is Rhodesia in
Africa named