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Evening star., 1941-11-23
Marine Corps Called
Defense Frontiersmen

Marines are doing duty as "fron-
tiersmen of the Nations huge new
defense network" Maj. Gen. Thomas
Holcomb, commandant of the Ma
rine Corps, said in a radio address
last night.
Reviewing the work of the Ma
rines in far-of places, Gen Holcomb
said:
The existing stations from the
Philippines to the Virgin Islands
have their garrisons increased. The
Navy's new bases-Iceland, New
foundland, Bermuda, Santa Lucia.
Antigua, Trinidad, Jamaica, British
Guiana, Dutch Harbor, Samoa,
Kodiak. the Hawaiian Island group
and other outlying st9t;ons-all are
garrisoned by United States Ma
rines'
The Marine Corps, the speaker
said, has four distinct missions with
the Navy. He listed them as MAIN
tenance of an amDhibious striking
force as part Of the fleet, main
tenenace Of Marine detachments
aboard ships of the Navy. provision
of safeguards for Navy property and
landing forces for the Navy.
Evening star., 1941-11-23
long. Rifle powder is about the size

long. Rife powder is about the size
of lead in lead pencil.
Rife powder has one perforation
running its length, cannon powder
has seven of these holes. They are
the secret of the controlled speed
of burning. AS the powder burns
on its outside surface the burning
area is reduced, but simultaneously
the burning on the inside increases
the surface, thereby stepping up the
combustion rate. BY varying the
thickness of powder between the
holes the speed of the burning is
controlled.
INT is the Army's and Navy's
most important high explosive,
made by nitrating toluene three
times with mixture of nitric and
sulphuric acids.
A charge of about % ounces of
TINT in a 75-mm high-explosive
shell weighing II pounds breaks
up the shell into approximately TOO
fragments. 1t is because of this
terrific power that INT is used as
a bursting charge for high-explosive
shells and bombs.
Amatol is high explosive used
as a substitute for TINT if there
is a shortage of the TINT materials.
Ammonium picrate is used in ar
piercing projectiles, because it
will not burst with impact. Tetryl
Is another explosive used sometimes
to help discharge TINT or amatol.
Lead azide and mercury illuminate
are used to detonate the high ex-
plosives.
Liquid oxygen, nitroglycerin and
dynamite are so sensitive to i'm
pact that they are USED only for
demolition work done by engineers.
The oxygen can be slowed down
by mixture with carbon, but what
may have been done to develop an
oxygen bomb is a military secret.
Evening star., 1941-11-23
Citizens to Meet

The Bradley Citizens As
sociation will hold its monthly meet
ing in the Bethesda Chevy Chase
Community House at 8 pm. Tues
day. After the business meeting DR..
Meredith F. Burril. assistant to Sec
retary OF the Interior Ickes. will
show colored pictures of Alaska.
Evening star., 1941-07-20

money. AS soon as get some, |
make to you the tip"
The slammlng door thumbed its
nose at Paco. and he resolved to settle
the problem once and for all. He
phoned the hotel haberdashery, and
within a few minutes a sleek indi-
vidual arrived with clothes. Paco or
dered in bulk.
But when he told the salesman to
charge it, the salesman said, Must
insist on cash No connection with the
hotel And he stared pOintedly at
Paco's attire.
PAY no attention at my style Of
dressing" Paco said Il am a con-
centric millionaire"
IT WAS useless. There followed an
impassloned plea to the credit mana
ger of the hotel to cash a check, but
the suspicious clerk who had regis
tered Paco had reached the credit
manager first. "You see, SIR" he was
told, your bank is in Havana, and
that's bit unusual Of course well
start investigation right away, and
perhaps we'll have an answer in five
or six days -
In desperation, Paco phoned the
Pullman Company and told them
what had happened. They assured
him that they would investigate at
once. but added that it would prob
ably be at least twenty-four hours
before the recalcitrant clothes and
suitcase " with money - could be
brought up from Washington.
Paco removed Mr.. Breen's suit and
once again slipped his bathrobe on
over his pajamas AS an added pre-
caution, he also transferred the pack
age from MIR. Breen's coat to the
pocket of the bathrobe.
Then he thought of Mr. Breen him
self. He looked up the gentleman's
address in the phone book and found it
without difficulty. And now that he
was safely ensconced in a thoroughly
private room. there seemed no reason
not to tell MIR. Breen what had hap
pened to his suit. OF course. care would
(ConfinVed on poge -
Evening star., 1941-07-20
MUST HURRY
Continued from preceding pose

More bad lucks," he said feelingly.
Always my life complicate itself"
The possession of the package en-
HANGED Paco's sense of guilt. He had
salved his conscience up to now with
the thought that the suit he had Dor
rowed was an ancient thing at best.
The package. however, might well
be something of Importance. Paco de
termined to guard it with his life.
Eventually the cab slowed over to
the sidewalk and Paco found himself
at the Hotel Tremaine. Clutching his
bathrobe, he stumbled out and ad-
dressed the doorman smilingly.
Please" he said, 81 have not suffi-
cient acknowledge of your language.
Do me the favor to pay the driver,
no. and charge it to my accounting?"
The doorman stared at the pajama
tops emerging from under Joe Breen's
coat.
That's quite all right. SIR" he said
grinning. Il understand perfectly,
sir"
Thank you" Paco said. 1t was
then that he was besieged by Freddie,
the bell hop. Your baggage. sir?"
Freddie exuded,
"Thank.you." said Paco. and hand
ed him the bathrobe. Freddie was
stopped momentarily, but then he
sparkled once again. Il catch on, sir.
Yes, sirr'
1HE room clerk was even more
baff1ed by Paco's attire; but the real
ordeal lay in reaching the elevators.
They were situated at the far side
of the lobby. and Paco suffered agony
as he padded across the floor. When
he reached his room, there was an
other problem to be met - Freddie's
tip. The bell boy snapped on the
lights in Paco's room, opened doors
and snapped on more lights - and
to cap the performance laid the bath
robe on the bed and smoothed it out
tenderly. He put his soul into an
Anything else, sir?' and waited.
Paco decided not to evade the issue.
He said, 81 am in the great difficulty.
l tell you what happen. | have no
Evening star., 1941-07-20
The Ocean Keeps Out

NRAWLING backwards into his bur
row, the crab drags the sand in
after him and in a couple of minutes
time has sealed the doorway securely
against the advancing water. BY the
same token. the tide isn't out fifteen
minutes before every one of them has
pushed out the sand door again, rolled
1t few inches away and stacked it
neatly for the next performance.
Many times between tides, of course,
occasional waves will wash up over
the colony, but apparently no crab
is ever fooled into thinking that the
tide is coming in ahead of time!
Fiddlers are vegetarians, and very
dainty eaters, too. They pick up
minute particles of food in the small
fore-claw and put them in their mouths
just as a human eats out of his hand.
Some fiddlers are colored much like
the mud or sand in which they live,
Others sport really gay, varied tints.
Like other crabs, they readily discard
leg or claw when caught by an
enemy. They are so agile, however,
that few other creatures bother them
- except the herons, who are very
shrewd. Realizing that fddlers al
ways disappear upon the approach
of any creature, the heron merely
stands quietly in the center of the
colony and waits. And as the cleaning
eyestalks of the crabs reappear in the
burrows, the swift striking bird pOunc-
es upon them.
Evening star., 1941-07-20
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

rled within the body in which water
is stored. They use these reserve tanks
to absorb oxygen from the air instead
OF bringing it in directly through their
lungs.
Despite the fact that the fiddIers
cannot live without recourse to water.
they obviously do not care to have
1t in too large doses - hence the sand
pellets around the mouths of their
burrows. At high tide, naturally,
their homes are under water. But just
about fifteen minutes before each in
coming tide reaches their doors you
will observe great activity in the crab
colony. Each individual goes prompt
ly to his own abode and begins to roll
back the sand pellets from the semi
circle
Evening star., 1941-07-20
bY Paul w. Keaxnev

y PEN had great trouble building
M bridges. piers and other un-
~ - derwater structures until
somebody hit on the idea of an air
tight enclosure submerged in the
water, in which they could work un-
impeded by the tide. Yet if they had
only thought of it, the engineers could
have got this idea centuries ago from
the tiny fiddler crab on the seashore,
for he is the fellow who developed it
first
Only about an inch or an inch and
a half in width, these ingenious crea-
lures live in burrows in the sand or
mud just below the high-water mark.
When the tide is out, they sit in the
doorways of their burrows or scam
per around near by for food. Each
home is surrounded by a crescent
shaped mound of sand pellets
Hundreds of fddlers will be seen
in colony. Seen, that is. if they don't
see you first. for Immediately upon
the approach of any stranger they
dart out of sight into their burrows
The telltale holes, however. inform
you that you are close to fiddler
crab village, and if you will only stand
quietly tor three or four minutes,
Evening star., 1941-07-20
The Boss Fiddler


/ HIS strange little creature got his
name fiddler" or calling crab" from
the one enormous claw which dis
tinguishes the male from the female.
This single front claw is as wide as
the entire body and you don't have
to watch colony very long before a
half-dozen of the masculine members
will be up on their hind legs, waving
their giant claws in a fashion that
Immediately suggests bass fiddler in
the Philharmonic. The procedure
seems aimless to us non-hddlers, but
it is probably just another way of
making an impression on the feminine
vote in the colony.
Between tides the crabs live en-
tirely out of water. yet they are not
air breathers. Two reservoirs are car
Evening star., 1941-07-20

head after head will reappear in the
holes, survey the situation, and then
climb out in sight again. If you COM
NIT no quick movements for the next
few minutes, they will lose all inter
est in you and resume their activities
so undisturbed that you'll find them
climbing over your shoes or into your
Outstretched hand.
Evening star., 1941-07-20

,s1LEACMM~ RI
My <
T rclN1xks
Clothes Keep White A.szi.gy
Continued on poge 81

Clothes Keep White Ansziagly
HERES another reason you should
L L change to Oxydol-the way it helps
keep that snowy, new-white look
without bleaching. If your clothes get
grayer and Older looking, one big
reason is your soap allows a gray de-
posit to accumulate in fabrics.
But Oxydol has an extra Ingredient
that cuts down that gray deposit with
OUT bleaching. Yes, it "pulverizes" that
gray deposit-disperses it-Aoats il out
amazingly in the rinse.
So, if you want clothes TO come white
and stay white, use Oxydol. And while
you may want TO use bleach for stains or
unusual pieces, you will be delighted to
see how white the rest of your wash
comes without il.
Evening star., 1941-07-20
BABY ENGINEERS

Watch the tiny fiddler crabs on the
beach this summer. They're fun
and the ocean can't fool them
Evening star., 1941-07-20

Even Dirty" Spsts Gene CIeoa
HAVE you had to do lot of tiresome
l. L rubbing to get clothes clean? Es-
Reciaily collars, cuffs and worn-in dirte
Today's Oxydol, with its extra ingre-
dent, is an amazingly rich soap. So rich
it gets dirty clothes shades wbifer thar a
whole group of well-known soaps.
So even with tough spots" just wet
them-work in a little extra Oxydol-
and throw them right into the machine
That way, see how things come out
sparkling clean, without need for further
rubbing.
That way you save yourself so much
unnecessary, hard work! And washday's
so much easier on your hands.
Evening star., 1941-07-20

\ AEN had great trouble building
. bridges, piers and other un-
V = derwater structures until
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Ex-Justice Holmes
Benefuctress Dies

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. 81
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row for Mrs. Anna Howell Findlay,
who, when a girl, helped to nurse the
late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
after he was wounded in the battle
Of Antietam.
Mrs. Findlay, widow of James
Findlay, died yesterday at the age
of 80. When she was 10, she and her
mother nursed Justice Holmes back
to health after he was shot through
the neck at Antietam.
Justice Holmes, then a 22-year-old
Union captain, was found on the
street and brought into the home of
Mrs. Findlay's mother. They cared
for him until he was able to travel
to Harrisburg to meet his father,
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Mrs. Findlay was a prominent
civic worker.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Hayden
Continued From Page A-11)

mon admiration of the efficiency Of
Hitler's youth-training methods.
Miss Thompson, speaking in
Washington recently, declared that
she was particularly Mortified on
recent visit to C. G. C. camp. to
discover that there was no effort
made ito develop community spirit
at meals" They eat in silence" +"
she said, whereas stimulating con-
versation is what is needed. Some
body should lead discussions"
Miss Thompson said further that
"there is mo circulation of blood
between the camps and communi-
ties" An important innovation at
the Sharon camp is that its enrollees
devote themselves to repairing
buildings, painting fences and
otherwise working for the farmers
of the community. When the Sharon
camp was first established it was
not popular with the natives be-
cause, they said, its inmates lived
much better than the surrounding
home folks.
Later the Sharon camp was
abandoned because there was no
worthwhile public employment in
that community. Now that the
C. C. C. boys have turned in to
help the neighbors, it is said, the
community attitude is much more
favorable to them-a great ac-
complishment in social understand
ing and democracy as DR.. Rosen-
stock -Huessy and Miss Thompson
see it.
(Released through North American News
paper AllianceD
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Raymond B. WALES Dies;
Scientist and Writer

Raymond B. Wales, AZ, chemist
and scientific writer, died yesterday
at his residence, 1os Mckinley street,
Bethesda, Md.
A graduate Of George Washington
University, Mr.. Wales was chief
chemist at the Washington Gas
Light Co for IT years until he re-
tired in 1899 because of a heart all
ment.
He was the author of several books
and numerous magazine articles and
was a member of the editorial staff
of Popular Science.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Hortense S. Wales; son, Raymond,
and daughter, Betty.
Funeral services will be at pm
tomorrow at the S. H. Hines funeral
home. Burial will be in Congress
sional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Dr.. Beury to Resign
As Temple U. Head
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 31.-Dr.
Charles E. Beury, president Of
Temple University since 1886, an
nounced last night he will resign
some time after August l."
The widely-known educator de-
clined to give his reasons.
The trustees of the university will
meet tomorrow to hear a report
from DR.. w. N. Parkinson, dean of
the medical school, whose resigna-
ton was refused recently by the
board. DR.. Parkinson has been
mentioned as q possible successor
to DR.. Beury. Temple is Baptist
institution.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
TomadeIIi Details
His CoIorfuI Career
Under Questioning
Wants Mail Fraud Cose
Evidence Thrown Out
As Illegally Seized

The bizarre career of Count"
Juan j. Tomadelli, whose 50-odd
years have found him a propagandist
with the italian government in
Argentina, a cultivator of rare
orchids and finally as the defendant
in a mail fraud case, was described
in District Court yesterday.
Tomadelli told his life story under
cross-questioning of Assistant United
States Attorney John w. Fihelly
during a hearing on a motion to
suppress evidence in the case against
him. The hearing, before justice
James M. Proctor, was to continue
today.
Charges Evidence Seized.
Defense Attorney Myron Ehrlich
filed the motion on the grounds that
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents had no right to search and
seize evidence in his clients Office
when he was arrested three weeks
ago. The Government contends
Tomadelli gave the agents, headed
by Guy Hotel, chief of the WASH
ington field Office, permission to
conduct the search and seizure.
Tomadelli said he was born in
Dalmatia and on one of his visits
to the United States was a witness
in the sensational New York murder
of Herman Rosenthal in 1912, for
which Police 1t. Charles Becker
was convicted.
1t was on an eight-year sojourn
in the Argentine that Tomadelli was
connected with the Italian propa-
ganda agency during the World
War, he said. His orchid-raising
experience has been gained at the
apartment he has occupied here
number of years.
Denies Swindling Charge.
The accusation that F. B. I.
agents have made against him that
he swindled a New Jersey man out
of S500,000 in the past B years in a
bottled sunshine" scheme is un-
true, Tomadelli asserted on the
stand.
There was an agreement between
u.s." he declared.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Draths
KATHRYN
SULLIVAN,

SULLIVAN, KATHRYN MAY. On
SsSda Wednesday lay Jsnuary 20 ls4l q her Tes;
Sullivan (aee 81 Heavef, aver fN Beloved wife sA Of
funeral home. 400 Chaplin st. nv. on
eauem mssS at ST. Mays Church at
3 am. Relatives and friends invited. In
terment Mount olivet Cemetery. 81
dag January 29 1941 MARIE RI BELL
Home. 3s4 % Brgant st. 81 NV % She leaves s''S to
Rston sB Brookyn NJ AID oher rea
Remains resting at Frazier's funeral
funeral services will be held on Friday,
coin Memorial Cemetery. SATURDAY. Feb
ruary l.
VAUGHN. MARY. Departed this life
lneer Has'fns Hospital anufiz MARY vAGdHN Re-
mains resting at Rollins funeral home,
Ms@pa4s sRa9 Hgn Of 81 bsna % rent ser no are Frday
ouested 10 be present at the funeral Sat-
urea n FEBRUARY !, at 80 Pm; from from
oficiating. Interment Lincoln Memorial
Sis HoRTENsE WASHINGTON. Leader.
SIS. ELIZABETH SHORES, Secretary.
MCKINLEY st st., sethesda' Md. RAYMOND
3. WALES, beloved husband Of Hortense
s, Wales and father of Betty and Bart
Services at the S. H Hines Co; funeral
hcp.; fO 290l I4th st. NV on on SstuTday. Ray
greSsonal Cemetery
WATKINS, MARGARET L. On Friday,
January 81. l941, MARGARET L; WAT
KINS, beloved mother Of Mrs. Margaret
L; Pope Mrs. Emily W. Wren and l.. P.
Funeral services at the Thomas F. Muir
ray funeral home 2oo7 Nieh9lS ave ssi ss,
atives and friends invited. Interment
Norfolk, Va. on Monday. February s.
WILLIAMS. ALICE. Suddenly on We'd
nesday, January 20, 194i, ALICE VIII;
LIAMS daushter, Of the late H9nry and
to mourn their loss a husband. Clarence
Williams; a daughter, Sadie Tracey; three
sons, Harry A, Bernie and Arthur VIII
liams; four sisters. Gertrude Braxton;
Isabel Bond one brother, Albert Stewart.
and host Of other relatives and friends.
Remains resting at the Ruth Dabney &
Co. funeral home. 453 o st. NV.
from Moan5 auGasg san sfoFGaFS r. charsh
gomery Hills Md.
WILSON, KATHARINE r. On Wednes-
day. January 80, 1941, at Garfield Hos
pital, KATHARINE R. WILSON of 1410
M st. NV, beloved sister of Mrs. Louis E.
REmphrey q SiTor Slen Bgrnts Mil i,oE E. B
Richard B. Wilson Remains resting at
the s. H. Hines Co. funeral home. 1901
lat st. NV.
Services at the above funeral home on
to ST. Psuls Church 18th and v sts. NV,
terment Mount Olivet Cemetery. BAL
timore papers please copy)
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Wins N. F. F..E. Merit Award

Henry w. Henrichs of Seattle has
been voted the highest award of the
National Federation of Federal En-
ployes, the annual award of merit,
it was announced today He is
president of the Washington State
Federation of the N. F. F. E. The
award which is large bronze me-
dallion, was authorized by unani-
nous action at a national conven-
ton of the Government workers
organization in 1887.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Accent Wage Is Urged
In Drug Industry
By III. Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A recommendation that 40 cents
an hour be established as the mini
mum wage for employees manufac-
turing drugs, medicines and toilet
preparations was submitted today
to Col. Philip B. Fleming, wage
hour administrator.
1t was made by wage-hour COM
mittee for the drugs and medicines
industry and approved by a COM
mittee vote of II to 6.
An equal number Of employers,
labor officials and public represent
atives made up the committee. The
six employer members, wage-hour
officials said, voted against the 40
cent rate after having failed to win
majority support for proposals Of
IS and 37l2 cents.
The 40 cent rate, if approved by
the administrator, would increase
the hourly earnings, officials said,
Of some 5000 workers out of $4,000
employed by $500 firms in the in
dustry.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

Earlier Miss May Bradford, BOAT
Porter street NV, told how the
serious, solemn" agents had filed
into Tomadelli's apartment the
night of his arrest in manner that
made her think they might have
been "gangsters."
Mr.. Hotel testified that Tomadelli
gave them permission to search
the suite.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Mrs. Bunkheud Gets
Ickes Appointment
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
Secretary of the Interior Ickes yes
terday appointed Mrs. Florence Nc
Guire Bankhead, widow of Speaker
Bankhead, as chief of the National
Memorials and Historic Sites Sec
ton of the Office of National Capt.
tai Parks.
She will succeed Randall r. Tru-
EFT, who is to become superintendent
of the Richmond National Battlefield
Park.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Lutin American Lectures

The Rev. DR.. Edwin Ryan, Sec
retary of the Institute of Ibero-
American Studies at Catholic Uni
versity, will begin a series of monthly
talks on Latin America Last Month"
Monday at pm. in Mcmahon Hall
on the campus. Purpose of the talks
is to interpret the events of the
preceding month in the Latin-Amer-
ican countries.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Son Born to Missing FLYER

QUINCY, Ill, Jan. 31.-A son was
born yesterday to the wife of Sergt.
Paul Mass of Quincy, member of
the crew of an Army bomber miss
ing on the West Coast. The plane
left McChord Field, Wash, for
Sacramento, Calf, January 16 and
has been unreported since.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

Gary Cooper lets his stand-in do
his clothes buying for him. They're
exactly the same size.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

eternal rest on Thursday January 30
ly4l. At her residence. 230 Eye st. s.w
osEPHINE c. PAYNE. beloved wife, o.
the late Harry F. PAYNE. devoted mother
of Mrs Ruth B. Goodal, daughter of Mrs
Annie Marshall She also is survived by
two brothers. John and Arthur ,Nimroc
Marshall; two sisters-in-law and other
relatives and friends Remains resting al
the funeral home of John T. Rhines q
Co., 3rd and Eye SITS s.w.
Notice of funeral later.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
ROBERTSON, LENA L. On

January 30, 1941, at the home Of her SON.
Charles Robertson, OXon Hill, Nd
LENA L. ROBERTSON (nee Allenl beloved
mother of Charles E. Robertson, Merrill A.
and John M. Robertson of Cincinnati, Ohio;
William E Robertson of Los Angeles, Calf 4
and Mary B Bass of Hermosa Beach, Calf
Services and interment in Spring Hill
cemetery Nashville. Tenn, on Saturday,
February l. Services by Chambers funeral
home 517 11th ST Sc.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
DENNIsoN. JEANETTE FRANCES; On

lWednesday, january 20, 1g41, at Hillside,
Nd, JEANETTE FRANCES DENNISON,
beloved wife of Thomas L. Dennison, ir.;
daughter of James B. and Ethel Ford of
Washington; mother of Calvin l.. Dennison.
q Services at Chambers funeral home. 517
u lth St Sc. on Saturday, February l,
at pm. Relatives and friends invited.
Tnterment Washington National Cemetery.
H
Evening star., 1941-01-31

Janmsrv 20, Ia41. at his residence, 1924
Neal St ne, LEONIDAS J. PARARAS, be-
loved husband of Ourania Pararas, father
of John l. Anthony L., Evangeline L. and
Anna L. Pararas
Funeral from the above residence on Sat
urdav. February l. 1T 30 pm: thence to
ST. Sophias Church, Sth and L sts. NV,
friends invited. Interment Fort Lincoln
Cemetery Services by Chambers funeral
home 611 1lth St Sc