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Evening star., 1941-02-23

Ready Sergeant Doolan barked "Fire Johnny gave the
lanyard in his hand jerk and the firing mechanism clicked
Johnny smiled Some of this procedure seemed slightly
childish
YOU Number One!" Dooan snapped. "Whaddaya wait
ing for? An act of Congress to open that breech?"
Johnny started Color flooded his face as he reached for
the operating lever of the breechboc and yanked it. The
breechblock swung back oiled hinges pushed through
Johnnys confused effort to catch it, and fetched up with
heavy the end of its swing There moment COM
ete silence and then the sound of Dooan letting go the
breath he had held
''Je-eepersp' said Sergeant Doolan.
There restraint Doolans voice But his rock-gray
eyes betrayed mighty wrath wrath akin the emotion
of mother who has just her dropped on the
floor He stepped forward and pushed Johnny away from the
breeCh
MOI he said in a strained voice that almost whisper.
mo! You don't do it like that"
Sergeant Dooan slammed the breech and then opened
it. He caught the heavy block with his big hands and baked
it to gentle STOP you catch it like that You it back
Johnny flushed deeper hue. The of the section
looking with unconcealed pleasure.
That beeChbock Doolan went with the exaggerated
patience of school teacher explaining simple problem
backward child that beechbock is machined like watch
and you gotta that way It's gotta be tight
of don't shoot recrackers in oneftyve. There's gas
of 26OOO pounds to the square inch generated in
there when she fires service and that breech has gotta be
Evening star., 1941-02-23

the girl said And then: The bones have been hot"
"Bones?"
The rolling bones, Johnny. The only time soldier has
money is when he wins it in a crap game
"Oh. Well didn't win it in crap game I've got money.
Lots of it. More than know what to do with
How nice
Its handy stuff, Johnny conceded I'D like to spend
some of it on-on u.s.
You'd better hang on to it, Johnny.
Look, I'm not fresh guy Mary. You before
and you BEFORE but all of sudden like you
and - oh hell I'd like 60 riding with you and forget all
about this dirty army'
Mary looked at him thoughtully THE army isn't dirty
Johnny
Johnny grunted you don't know it."
II think do Johnny. And think know why you don't
get along with Doolan"
"Huh?"
"Dooan, Mary said quietly, lis soldier good one.
In France he wounded three times and decorated twice
He giving everything he had there while lot of
people were grabbing everything they could here"
Johnny felt uneasy little squirming deep within him.
He remembered how the Pendeton fortune had multiplied
many times during the unpleasantness of 1918
The service is Dooans life, Johnny He wants this mans
army to be the best in the world"
Il thought heard you call him a lug"
"You call lug in two different tones of voice.
Johnny
"Oh. see'
Evening star., 1941-02-23

In twenty years of service Doolan had dealt with
many rockies He thought he recognized in Johnny highly
developed specimen of a type he heartily detested
Wise guy eh?" Sergeant Doolans voice grated like
cleaning file on she'll Had your way all your life and
figure write your ticket here too eh? WE'LL emme put
you straight sweetheart There amt anything I'd rather do
than let you 60 ahead until someday you got picked up
basket Only gotta think about the health of the who
gotta work with you Now, and Sergeant Doolans voice
became very very gentle 1T happens that it amt good
let that breechblock slam back and Sergeant Doolans
voice became suddenly harsh 'f you let it happen
again. so help Hannah you'll see plenty of TNT"
HE table, Johnny had found, the place where
mans mates took his soul apart and stretched it quverg
on the table for all behold Johnny did not to
that evening after drill He walked out of camp still writhg
from the lash of Dooans tongue Johnny hatred for the
Sergeant mingled with the gnawng emptiness of his stomach
That why being hungry he went into the little diner
beside the road about mile from the post That why,
being at odds with the entire world Marys friendly smile
hit him as it did.
Hamburger" he said climbing stool. "Make it two,
and coffee"
She watched him of the of her eye she fixed
the hamburgers He NICE she thought little self
conscious in his uniform and seemingly bit blue. Needed
bit of cheering up She pushed the hambrgers the
counter and poured coffee into a cup.
How they going, SOLDIER" she asked
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fuses amt bite you Gunner For cpes sake get the
vertical hair of the sight the aiming stakes You duck
shooting with scatter gn you're trying put shell down
on little pillbox four, five miles out there!'
The odd part Johnny amazed find that he no
longer resented Doolan And odder STILL the resent
men between himself and the the section seemed to
be of the past The the big Iowan put it, evening
as they bvouacked night march, I'VE show every
body we be the best section the best battery the army
of the best damn country earth" And Johnny living
stretched out on the ground stared the squat howzer
lined against the stars and felt thrill 20 through him. He
Johnny Pendleton ILL., part of great giant that
slowly xng its muscles and arosing itself to stand suarey
against any and all comers.
Even as he strength to the giant Johnny felt himself
stronger too With the New York clerk and the little
creek and the lowan and the Kentucky mounaneers he
was one and part of tremendous force that stirred through
out the land that his and theirs Under those stars above
him there thousands of little groups being hammered
and welded by thousands of Doolans into single mighty
army Johnny remembered the thunder of the guns that day.
The ground had rembed beneath his feet as the snub tubes
OF the howzers beched fame and the heavy shells rmbed
toward targets thousands of yards away remembered the
swift sure movements of the they served their pieces
1t seemed to Johnny that the of those guns was sound
that must travel around the earth warning that nation
was manning its guns and clearing for action
1t was only when Johnnys thoughts went back to Mary
Continued page 75)
Evening star., 1941-02-23

81" hope So. Mary serious You'll get along better"
Johnny looked at her and queer little ache deep inside him
grew into great big ache Il know isn't any of my bust
ness" he said, but do you - do you like him ot?'
She smiled. 1T isn't any of your business Johnny but
think you're nice boy and if will make you try
Doolan in the right III tell you do like Doolan 1
like him great, big lot"
Walking back to camp in the darkness, Johnny felt like
fool He felt miserable too He didn't try deny himself
that he had fallen in love with Mary in the few minutes he
had known her He didn't try to fool himself that she didn't
love Dooan had been her eyes and her when she
spoke OF him.
But Doolan at least twice her age hard tough
Mary atrbutng virtues to him he did not possess She
under the spell of patriotic enthusiasm for the army
which denied that any soldier could be bad He couldn't let
Mary make the mistake she the road to making
of poignant nobility Johnny he decided
that his of action would be show Dooan up for the
bullying louse he was irrespective of what happened him
self And the first step in showing Doolan up would be to
become good soldier himself that what he would have to
say later would bear weight with Mary.
1t Johnny discovered the easiest task the world
to which he had applied himself Sergeant Doolan
pereconist No slight lapse escaped his eye and
twice repeated brought down upon the guilty scahng
barrage of sarcasm.
The rockies gowed and under their breath they
sweated But slowly they became They learned
Evening star., 1941-02-23

to switch posts and
carry on. They became
hard, and it became
easier for them to han
die the ninety-pomd
shells and to get on the
trail handspike to
swing the four-ton
howitzer. They learned
to do double duties in
the service of the big
gun.
There amt any
guarantee that some of
you guys won't get
knocked off," Doolan
explained acidly, and
the rest of you'll have
to keep firing just the
same.
They lie ned to
serve the piece by day.
light and in darkness.
They went through
gun drill in gas masks.
They went on tactical
marches with the bat
terry, and when they
were slower than the
veteran sections in get
ting ready for action,
Doolan snarled.
you guys are gonna
find out some day that
a coupla seconds will
make a hell of a lot of
difference in who gets
the first round out on
the other guy. You,
Number Threei Those
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right, see? And it amt
gonna stay right if
some cluckhead keeps
letting it slam back on
its hinges that way.
Understand"
The grins spread on
the faces of the gun
crew just as Sergeant
Doolan had expected
they would. In his day
he had reduced many
an innamed ego by ap-
plying a cooling poul-
tice of public ridicule
to it. What Sergeant
Doolan did not realize
was that public ridicule
did not have a cooling
effect on Johnny Pen
dleton III. 1t had, in
fact, precisely the OPP
posite effect. He re-
garded Sergeant Doc
Ian with extreme dis
taste.
Anyone he said
coldly, can make a
mistake once"
Sergeant Doolan's
eyes narrowed. YEAH"
he said evenly, "he can.
But when it's with
TINT. it can be his
last mistake too"
Johnny got redder.
And madder. Per
haps,' he said acidly,
you can show me the
T.N.T.?"
The Valley settler., 1941-03-14

When the question is Ssl.od Afcan:
farmers operate their own bus
iness?" Tho answer is, tho pro-
joct is not q failure, latanuslza
Far'rers have conducted their CO.
oporative's BUSINESS at q profit
vi tn out even Gems idcrin3 tho
hcndi caps involved to Wldo civ
ersity Of activities, location
ano snail operating capital.
TOGTT7h TT0p-7C
The Valley settler., 1941-03-14

HOST 1TAL NoT7S
RS. Anna Burchon hes boon
oehli tod for r1edi cal aUtentaon.
Robert Alem Jlou u7so sus-
tainod painful fract O. the
ankle while ski doing legs Was
admitted fer troat11
Carl En8s tro1e is being
treated for severe in octi on. of
the leg. .==..s = = -
Floyd ~ccu1logh yr. in
motor cycle accident, received
deep decorations oVor the eye
and G fractured ankle is res ting
easy since treatment.
lars. Grace Horbough is re-
coiving medical attoat on.
Iaaac Taalok OF -lclutno is
receiving troa tnent Tor an IN.
fection Of the arqa.
Austin Phillips of the Fern
mine was brought to the hoa-i tal
with an infected hand.
Danny Plorcy who has been
IN the hospital & long t Inc with
q broken loC hes been dIschorgod.
Dr.. Albro chit wi shed to an
nouncc the arrivclof the LIQUID
hopic lona, ct the hosH1 tai.
cEALA DRAWINGS LIKE VAIL GORD7RS
In Miss Williams art class
the pupils made cO1orod chalk
drawings. Whom the CRAVINGS wore
completed they were sprayed wi tn
thin fl In Of vornish. Lest Of
the drawings wore o1'itinol but
a few Wero copied. They we're
mostly about spring, Iorosts,
Lakes, and foW wore about wost-
orn house ranches. The drawings
save the room g very. spring. Like
atmosphere.
Barbara .-cAllistor
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Southeast Council
Approves Principle
OF Program
Vernis Absher Fuvors
Diverting Of Trucks
From Section

The $44,500, 900 highway improve
ment plan for the District was ap-
proved in principle last night by the
Southeast Council of Citizens As
sociations. Vernis Absher, chairman
of Committee on Highways and
Bridges, was named to represent
the council at the hearing on the
proposals May 20.
Although he approved the plan
as a whole, Mr.. Absher said that he
was in favor of diverting heavy
traffic away from Southeast. I'VE
don't want our residential section
to become a truck route" he said.
Pending further study, the council
took no action on the suggestion.
The council, on the motion of
Charles C. Gillikin, extended a vote
of thanks to William J. Smith,
president, for his work as chair
man of the spring festival sponsored
by the group May 8. Mr.. Smith
announced that the affair was a
financial success.
A motion by Mr.. Gillikin favoring
continuance of the present ratio
of natural gas for the District was
referred to the Public Utilities Com
mittee. The council passed Mr..
Absher's motion requesting a cross
town bus by the Military road route.
The council adjourned until the
fall. Mr.. Smith presided over the
meeting, held in the No. II police
precinct station.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Pepper Urges Shifting
Front Line Of Defense
Nearer Europe sCoast
Coils on U. S. to Seize
German, Italian and
japanese Assets

Senator Pepper resumed his bitter
attack on the Axis powers and a
call for "toughening" of American
attitude begun yesterday morning in
the Senate in an address last night
before Washington members of the
Explorers Club at the Army and
Navy Club
Celebrating on his speech delivered
on the Senate floor, the Florida
Democrat urged that the United
States seize all German, Italian and
japanese assets in this country as
one of the first moves in "phycho-
logical offensive" against totalitar-
ian "gangsters."
This Nations front line of defense,
he declared, should be moved to the
18th degree of longitude-the At
lantic area which includes Iceland,
the Azores and Cape Verde and
Canary Islands-instead of the 45th
degree, an area reaching to Green
land.
Urges Decision Be Made.
Senator Pepper said he believed
an expeditionary force would not be
necessary if this country took the
initiative now, as Germany has done
in every campaign on the continent.
Hitler can't be whipped by lacka-
dasical efforts" he declared.
I'VE should mobilize our will and
not be blind The time has
come for the American people to
make decision" Senator Pepper,
a stanch supporter of the admini-
stration's foreign policy, asserted.
A new front in under attack, he
said, and that front is the conf
dence of the American people"
United States history reveals I'VE
are ourselves when we act affirma-
lively" he added.
Warning that this country and
Great Britain combined are building
only half as much tonnage as the
Germans are sinking, Senator Pep
per urged that more ships be con-
structed capable of self protection
against raiders.
Day Of Reckoning Forecast.
An air attache at the British EN-
basSy who asked that his name not
be revealed preceded Senator Pep
per on the program and declared
that "a day of reckonng will come
soon with the aid that the United
States is giving my country"
I'D hate to be in German shoes
when that day comes" he COM
mented.
American aircraft in England, he
said, was greatly admired by
British flyers. He pointed out that
the Hudson plane, which the Eng
ish are using for reconnaissance,
is covering the continent from Nor
way to Bordeaux.
A specialist in flight training,
the attache stressed that air train
ing in this country should take into
account the preponderance of night
flying necessary in modern war
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Navy Lets Contract
For Research Station

The Navy Department yesterday
announced award of contract for
the construction of a field research
station near North Beach, Md, as
an annex to the Bellevue naval re-
search laboratory.
The Charles H. Tompkins Co., this
city, received the contract amount
ing to $l43,000 to provide the me-
chanical equipment. Of this amount
SGT 900 will be used to construct a
Evening star., 1941-05-07

third floor addition to the chemi-
cal laboratory at Bellevue.
The Navy also let a $235 800 sup
Elemental contract to the Jeffress-
Dyer Co. of this city for additional
facilities at the Dahlgren Va)
Proving Ground. The work includes
the construction Of additional build
ings, a sewage system and extern
sions to the garage, locomotive shed
and carpenter shop.
John McSwain, Inc, also received
supplemental contracts amounting
to $74,500 for additions to barracks
at the Quantico (Va) Marine Base.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Army Will Call 5000
Young R.O.T.C. Officers

More than 5000 young officers will
be called to active Army duty as
second Heutenants this summer on
their graduation from college and
completion of training in the Re-
serve Officers Training Corps.
Those who have not completed
their r. o. T. c. work or are under
81 years of age at the time of their
graduation are not to be called i'm
mediately. the War Department said,
but all others are to be merged with
the Army at the earliest possible
time.
The War Department announce
ment was made in connection with
the preparations for summer r. O.
T. c. training at 81 Army posts be-
ginning in June.
Evening star., 1941-05-07

619 18th ST. CO. 29SO 301O 14th St..
Restaurant, ia IIth st. NV.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
fare, as we'll as training under all

fare, as we'll as training under all
kinds of weather conditions.
He said there was nothing more
demoralizing to an R. A. F.. flyer
than to be bombed on the ground
by enemy flyers. The speaker was
a squadron leader during the battle
of Norway last spring and later
served in one of England's most
heavily bombed sectors-the south
coast.
Guests included George T. Sum-
merlin, chief of the Protocol Di-
vision of the State Department, and
Col. Mirko Burway, Military At
tache Of the Yugoslavian Legation.
Capt. H. T. Cowling, U. S. A. Air
Corps, acted as chairman.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
For Comfort
In Beautiful Surroundings

You are invited to have
funeral services in the beau
tiful new GaWler Establish
ment, without extra charge.
There is no greater aid to
overwrought nerves or pent-
up emotions than the sooth-
ing, friendly atmosphere
which prevails here.
Our Establishment offers
the quiet and privacy of a
well-ordered home, and the
ideal setting for a beautiful
memory picture of your last
tribute to a relative or friend.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
William (. Corbery Dies

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, May Lp).
William Edward Carbery. AZ, gen.
eral freight agent in Florida for the
New York Central Railroad, died
last night, following brief illness.
He had lived in Jacksonville for 18
months, coming here from Cincin-
natl, where he was travelling traffic
agent for the New York Central.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Pleading Not Guilty,
ArbuckIe Is Held to jury

William Withers Arbuckle, A.
manager Of the Senate restaurant
for six years before his suspension
on February 18, was held for the
grand jury today by United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage
on charge of embezzling $1,925 in
Government money.
The accused man, resident of
the District since 1917, entered a
plea of not guilty and posted $4,000
bond.
Appearing at the hearing was Ed
ward M. Tyler, General Account
ing Office investigator assigned to
the Senate Rules Committee.
Evening star., 1941-05-07

Demands of ships docking at
Durham has caused a coal boom in
Natal
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Large Choice of
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1873 $400 to $500
1876 $500 to $500
81 $500 to S7o0
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81 Above 5000
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Evening star., 1941-05-07
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They have too little Palpitation
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They sleep restlessy Eestiess Steep
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Evening star., 1941-12-19
Defense Sideights
District Government Posts Rules
For Buildings in Event of Air Raids

J. Kelly, who assigned them to
his headquarters staff" Maj.
Kelly, instructed them to be
ready to aid in the administra-
tion Of civilian patrOlmen In time
Of emergency.
approximately 200 employees of
business establishments received in
struction in the protection OF civ
ilians against gas warfare at the
second weekly defense training class
conducted by the Police Depart
ment last night. Speakers were In
spector Harvey G. Callahan, as
sistant superintendent Of police, and
Capt. John Fowler, director OF po-
lice training.
Volunteers for air raid warden
service in the Lincoln Park area will
be sought at a meeting to be held
at o'clock tonight at Eastern High
School under the sponsorship OF the
Lincoln Park Citizens Association.
Students of the National Catholic
School Of Social Service will learn
how to use gas masks in a DEM
onstration to be staged at the school
tonight by DR.. John r. Cavanagh,
a reserve lieutenant commander in
the Navy and instructor in clinical
medicine at Georgetown Univer-
sity, and a representative OF the
District Fire Department.
Volunteers for air raid wardens,
motor drivers, messengers, Office
workers, housing officers, first aid
workers and persons seeking gen.
eral information on civilian defense
activities in the Takoma Park
ID. c. area are asked to get in
touch with the civilian defense Of
fee in the Takoma Branch Library,
Fifth and Cedar streets N. w.
The Office will be open from 8
a. m. to 10 p. m. daily. The tele-
phone number is Georgia 9608.
About $50 volunteers have regis
tered for civilian defense, but addi-
tlonal volunteers are needed to pro-
vide adequate protection for the
area. bounded by Underwood street
on the south and Georgia avenue on
the west
A mass meeting of residents of the
Park View section will be held at 8
o'clock tonight in Beth Sholom
Synagogue, Eighth and Shepherd
streets NV, for a general discussion
Of plans for protection of the area in
emergencies. Police Supt. Edward j.
Kelly. Maj. r. S. Holt. chairman of
the areas Civilian Defense Commit
tee. and Max Schwartz, deputy air
raid warden, have been invited to
speak.
Rabbi M. H. Levinson and Rabbi
Julius Loeb will participate in the
discussions, and the Ladies' Auxil-
iary Of the synagogue will serve re-
freshments.
Evening star., 1941-12-19

steadily forward, one Cairo observer
declared Gen. Rommel's only re-
naming hope was to escape to the
hilly country behind the position
of his present defeat.
This source suggested the Nazis
might continue sporadic fighting in
this broken terrain in a desperate
effort to delay annihilation, taking a
long shot" chance that reinforce
ments and supplies could be slipped
in from European bases.
The success of any such scheme
was considered likely to hinge on
the number of tanks the Axis forces
were able to salvage from repeated
British assaults.
While the Cairo observer said the
Axis would be expected, for the sake
Of prestige. to make every effort to
save Gen. Rommel's army from total
destruction, he considered 1t unlikely
that even reinforcements Of German
air forces freed from duty In Russia
would be sufficient to alter the
course of the Libyan campaign.