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Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01
Closs's Column

A young man who has just COM
pleted his first year Of teaching Il
4 preparatory school says the war is
having d bad effect on his students.
Just a few days before Christmas he
collected 13 water pistols, four cap
pistols, n twenty-five, and two
B. BIS.
Another young man at another
preparatory school wrote his mother
that he was doing we'll ."having
been selected as a member of the
qulre' 49,. His mama was much
pleased, so that it was several days,
she says, before she noticed his SPELL
ing.
A very young lady had obtained
permission to spend the night with
her best friend, another very young
lady on condition they were
chaperoned by an older person. That
night the first young lady telephoned
her mother.
"Mary's mother isn't here" she
said, "but the maid and her aunt are
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01
Visits in Durham

Miss Frances SatterWhite, Of this
city, is visiting in Durham where
she is the guest Of Miss Charlotte
Pickett.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01

Nalona, the Italians chief supply port
IL southern Albania; a suburb of
Naples; and d chemical factory in
southern Italy also Were attacked.
In raids on the Bardia area yester-
DAY the British reported troops and
motor transports concentrating mill
tary stores in the besieged Libyan
port were heavily blasted.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01
In New York

Miss Mary Belle Gary and Mrs.
James A. Salter, Of Raleigh, are
spending the week in New York City
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01

The extreme nationalism Of .toda,
ilnds hardly Il parallel iii the past.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01

DOtn mere. Inc maid isn't but SIX
teen years old, and her aunt isn't but
fourteen, but if you add them to-
gether they're we'll over thirty. That's
old enough, isn't it, mama?'
Perhaps President Roosevelt was
SEATING more to the people outside
the lI!tcd States than he was to us
over here. Using this Interpretation
he was saying to Japan Our
fleets still in the Pacific.' to 80. Ire
land: How long would Hitler let you
remain independent with all of Eu-
rope under his control?' to -. Italy:
If you want to be on the winning
side, noW's the time to Change over"
to. Germany: Our ships to Bri-
tain are as neutral as your ore from
Sweden to-. Russia: The Nazi
purpose is world Nomination.
After the war: the three Rs. $3.50.
Relieving starvation, Rebuilding
towns, and Re-educating people. The
last is as important as the FIRST two.
If re-education is neglected we may
expect repetltions Of the attempt to
conquer the world by might-.an-
other war in another twenty years.
Hope for haters Of the dentists
drill: Dr.. Robert Stephen has found
a mouthWash (of carbemide) which
will help prevent decay and encour-
ages calcium deposits on the teeth
49,. then there's a new way of squirt
ing ethyle chloride on the tooth so
that it feels cold instead Of painful
When the drill goes to work and
a friend from Philadelphia reports
that her dentist put some pink
stuff on her tooth, left it on over
night, and then drilled on it next
day without her feeling it at all. She
didn't know what the pink stuff
was, but understood it was develop
ed at Harvard dental.
Dorothy Thompson, who is mar
ried to the novelist Sinclair Lewis,
was reported to be considering run
ming for president, Mr., Lewis WAS
Mortified.
please don't" he told his wife.
'Think what a time I would have
trying to write My Day."
The Facts About Lindbergh' is d
recent Saturday Evening Post article
compares the air forces Of the most
important countries just before the
war.
Russia: More planes than in 1858:
planes, factories, etc, copied from
other countries-little originality,
poor organization and poor mainten-
nee.
France: The French Air Ministry
was the only group who knew what
the score Was-but We're helpless be
fore appalling state Of politics.
Frances fastest pursuit plane was
much slower than Germany's bomb
ers-strikes, apathy.
England: Outclassed in speed by
German planes, except for speed Of
British Spittire; vastly inferior in
numbers to the Germans: somewhat
better than the French; maintenance
extremely difficult because of multi
plicity Of types. The English scoffed
at Lindbergh's report of German
might.
Germany: Only d few different
types, all standardized for easy MAIN
tenance, numbers enormous, no lack
Of fuel or materials for continuing
production.
America: Far outstripped (by ma
tions of Europe) IN performance of
combat planes; originality and adapt
ability, however; our aircraft indus
try has the ability to design and
build (airplanes) that would exec!
anything in Europe.
No matter how much one may
agree or disagree with Lindbergh on
what to do about the present war,
there is much to consider in his above
comparisons.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01

both here. The maid isn't but six
teen years old, and her aunt isn't but
fourteen, but if you add them to-
gether they're we'll over thirty. That's
old enough, isn't it, mama?"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01
British Planes
Raid Widely

Continued From rSce One)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01

Dorothy Thompson, who is mar
ried to the novelist Sinclair Lewis,
was reported to be considering run
ming for president, MI, Lewis WAS
Mortified.
please don't" he told his wife.
''Think what a time l would have
trying to write My Day.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01

After the war: the three RS.
Relieving starvation, Rebuilding
towns, and R~e-educating people. The
last is as important as the first two.
II re-education is neglected we MAY
expect repetitiOns Of the attempt to
conquer the world by might-.an-
other war in another twenty years.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-01-01

The Facts About Lindbergh' is d
recent Saturday Evening Post article
compares the air forces of the most
important countries just before the
Evening star., 1941-01-11

OUGHT" for in Shakespeare King
Henry VI" we read, The smallest
worm will turn, being trodden on" :"
Question-What is the pronuncia-
ton of leverage?-H. l..
Answer-LEE-v -ver-age is the first
choice in seven of nine standard
dictionaries. LEV-er-age runs
poor second.
Question-On a radio program
every one speaks of giving away
"momentos." Right?-J. H. j.
Answer-Wrong. Momento is the
Spanish word for movement. The
correct word is memento, pro-
nounced mee-MEN-toe.
Question-Recently you wrote,
"1nasmuch as every human has
- - You should know that hu-
man is an adjective. Your sentence
should have read human being -
Prof. F.
Answer-Please refer to the New
Websters and other modern die
tlOlldi lCo, plOlCooOl. IL Will Uc SCCll
that human is also very respect
able noun. My sentence is correct.
observation-disclosures is called the
Sooner State and the Boomer State
Which is right?-M. C.
Answer-Either. In the land rush
of 1899 much Of the best land was
reserved by "sooners," who eluded
the guards and staked their claims
before the Official opening of the ter
ritory. The name boomer" refers
to Oklahoma's later oil boom.
For my free leaflet giving a
simple, non n-technical key to the
correct use of SHALL-WILL
and SHOULD-WOULD, send a
stamped (3-cent), self-addressed
envelope to The Evening Star. 1t
will reach you promptly.
Evening star., 1941-01-11
Don't Take Ny
Word for 1t!
BY FRANK COLBY.

Patchwork of Words
Question-What caused the worm
to turn, and what did he do when
he did turn?-H. D. H.
AnSWer-He must have cried
Evening star., 1941-01-11
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

A question about bathtubs comes
from one Of our readers, Mr.. A. A.
Jesse. He writes:
you spoke of Archimedes splash
f'1g around in a bathtub. That was
somewhere around 200 B. c. Were
there bathtubs in Greece in those
days? During the World War,
Americans found few of them in
France and England If that wise
mathematician ever took a bath,
bet he went to a creek to do it,"
First I wish to take up the point
about bathtubs in France and Eng
land. Those countries do not have
just "a few of them, but many
thousands. They are not so common
as in the homes of the United States
and Canada, but they are present
In great number. Shower baths, on
the other hand, are seldom to be
found in either France or Great
Britain.
As to bathtubs, they are far more
arcient than some persons may sup
pose. In my travels abroad, I saw
q tab which had been dug up from
the ruins OF Pompeii, the city which
Evening star., 1941-01-11

therefore no point in monkeyine
about with the diamonds when yoU
can be virtually positive of game
at hearts.
Score 100 per cent for four hearts
80 per cent for three hearts, so per
cent for three diamonds, 40 per
cent for four diamonds, nothing
for any other bid.
Question No. 654.
Today you are David Bruce Burn
stones partner, and, with neither
side vulnerable, you hold:
AAK1os732
y
OK
%K10542
The bidding:
You. Jacoby. Burnstone. Schenken
IA Pass ~ Pass
What do you bid? (AnsUer Mon
day.
Released by the Bell Eyndicate, IncD
The Four Aces will be pleased TO
C3-cent, self-addressed envelope is in
closed with each communication ad-
dressed to the Four Aces. care of The
. If you desire the pocket outline Of
the Four Aces system OF contract
bridge: send with your request TO the
Four Aces. care of The Evening Star. a
size envelope and you viii receive an
outline without any charge.
Evening star., 1941-01-11
A Little Saturday Talk

was buried under ashes 1852 years
ago.
That tub was of very nearly the
same shape as some of those In
modern times.
Both Greeks and Romans of
ancient times took baths, and some
times used tubs or basins of one
kind or another. In Rome there
were more public baths than one Is
likely to find in any modern city
of the same size. The public baths,
however, had large tanks filled with
water, not tubs.
Archimedes. by the way, did not
live in Greece. His home was in a
Greek colony on the Island of Sicily
After the fall of the Roman EN-
pire, there came time when bathing
was not at all common in Europe.
Another reader, Mr.. Manuel H
Fidalgo. has sent notes about his
native island, Puerto Rico. Here,
in brief form. are several points in
his letter:
The Puerto Rican guitar is called
a "cuatro," and the name means
-four" This name was given be-
Evening star., 1941-01-11

cause the instrument has four
strings.
Most persons in Puerto Rico who
carry things on their heads are
peasant women. They carry baskets
of vegetables to city markets.
The number of persons in Puerto
Rico with Indian blood is small as
compared with most other Latin
American countries. CThere are,
however, many Negroes and mulat-
toes on the island.
The sport Of cockflghting has been
made lawful in Puerto Rico.
Evening star., 1941-01-11

West opened the three of spades
East winning with the ace. East re-
turned the seven of spades, South
played the jack, and West made
the key play Of the hand by refus-
ing to win the trick. That was the
end of poor South, for he could not
win nine tricks without touching
the hearts, and the moment he
led heart from the dummy, East
put up the heart ace and led his
last spade. And then Vests re-
straint on the second trick bore
fruit, for he was able to take three
spade tricks, defeating the contract.
The full importance of Vests de-
fensive play can be seen if we look
at what the result would have been
had he taken the spade king at the
second trick. With the taking of that
trick the West hand would be dead.
Even if West returned spade, set
ting up his remaining two spades.
he could never again regain the
lead to cash his good tricks. South
could easily establish two heart
tTlCkS LOT lllIIlSelI-dll he IleeQeQ 10
make his contract.
Since this situation occurs very
often, it is we'll worth a second
glance. When you have opened a
long suit without side entries against
. no-trump contract, don't be in too
great hurry to take the top cards
OF the suit.
X X X
Yesterday you were Oswald ia
eohy's partner, and, with both sides
vulnerable, you held:
A9732
0A105
oAQJ96
The bidding:
echenken. Jacoby. Burnstone. You.
"a ~ "a 90
Arswer-Bid four hearts. Your
partner must have long and strong
heart suit for his vulnerable over
call at the level of two. There is
Evening star., 1941-01-11
1~eA. Iea4

II you wish to join the 1941
Uncle Ray Scrapboek Club, send
me a Scent stamped en-
velope, carefully addressed to
yourself. You will receive
membership certificate, 4 leaflet
telling how to make = scrapbook.
and . printed design to paste on
the cover. Address me in care Of
The Evening Star.
Evening star., 1941-01-11
Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
HELPING HAND

David Bruce Burnstone, Mervin D.
Maier, Oswald Jacoby, Howard
Schenken, worlds leading team-of
four, inventors of the system that
has beaten every other system in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12

The situation had to do with squirrel meat.
 Casey went to Oaklahoma to ad- dress the State American Legion convention at Muskogee, and while there was invited to a squirrel and spare-rib barbecue at nearby country club. All went we'll until a platter of the main course was placed before him. Suddenly the Australian Minister lost his appe- tite.
 What's the trouble, MT. Min ister?" inquired Representative Jack Nichols. Aren't you hungry?"
 "Oh, yes," replied Casey. nibbling at a spare-rib. But you see this squirrel meat is new to me. We don't have any squirrels in Aus tralia."
 Go ahead and try some," some one urged. You'll like it. Squirrel is a great delicacy in this country
 But Casey still hesitated. Then flashing his handsomest ,smile,g he explained: ot0v8 iii Esta !.
 You see, my little girl. who is 12 and my boy. who is g, became quite attached to them in Washing ton parks. In fact, my boy L. is so fond of squirrels thai he put sn1s on my honor not to eat any -squir- rels when I left for oaklahouta
 That's neat diplomacy fer youl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
Friend? (Answerein English1
s-(The Philadelphia Record,

The Puerto Rican Bar Association recently issued report on the court-martial of marine private who acquitted of mansaughter in the shooting of laborer while guarding Navy housing project payroll
 The report suggests that insuar or federal court could have returned a different verdict, and suggests further that sentres duty in Puerto Rico should be Spanish-speaking. We don't know whether native court would have convicted the marine. But do know that putting a sentry on duty where he will come into contact with the native population without being able to speak the native language an open invita- tion to trouble. 4N#' eg
 Spanish is not of the languages. If the marines can't find Spanish speaking sentries it should not be difficult to find interpreters among native forces who act sentries.
 We don't believe our relations with our own Puerto Rico and Latin-American countries will be improved if more men get shot because they can't speak English
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
CAPITAL STAFF

The State Department Is plan ming to hire Lawrence Cramer. Ickes fired as Governor of the Virgin Islands, to head it's new bureau in> charge of the Caribbean Islands. Yet the State Department wants this new bureau to cooperate with Ickes regarding U. s. islands in the Caribbean Dave Niles has been requested to toften Ickes for the Cramer appointment 2. Just before the Nazi submarine attack on the U. 8. Destroyer Greer, three U. s. tankers had proceeded to Iceland where they transhipped oil to British tankers, which then proceeded to England .. This cut the usual ocean haul for the British by about one-third And of course the U. s. tankers had U. S. pro- lection as far as Iceland Des- pite the howls of General Maxwell, Budget Director Harold Smith has shaved the budget of Maxwells Ex- port Control office from s3.00O,OO to $l,000,000. This is the office which passes life or death sentehces on the right of Latin American countries to obtain vital materials here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
SAFE AND SANE BOATING

With steamboat inspection advanced to the stage where the Federal Inspectors can point to record of not passengers life lost in Alaska shipping in the past Is years the Bureau of Marine Inspec- tion and Navigation is buckng down to solving the safety problems of yacht and small boat operation
 Certainly the owners of small craft and pleasure boats shouldn't object to this inquiry Records show there have been ten times as many accidents on pleasure craft in recent years as inspected vessels
 Under revised motorboat act, passed last year. three new safety requirements pertaining to small boats are made mandatory. Namely, they are CD flame arresters (2 ventilation of bilges, and @ the examination and licensing operators of motorboats carrying passengers for hire.
 It may be a significant thing that two of these three major requirements have to do with the gasoline used as fuel in the boats Marine inspectors stationed in Juneau will testify that the big major ity of serious accidents small boats is directly to be blamed to the petrol without which the craft couldn't operate, but which constitutes an ever present danger unless handled sanely and carefully.
 These old boat men, who have held many a post-mortem examination of fires aboard small craft have healthy respect for the danger of gasoline. One thing which often strikes them the inspectors report is that often the accidents which should have been avoided the result of careless operation on the part of some old hand around boats, who should have knowh bettels Sf> ~ ~ ;
 So often they observe the landhbber with his first boat is caution itself, far the care with which he handles the gasoline supply is concerned. Then, as they get used to handling the fuel, the boat operators are prone to let down on their pre- cautions until day this laxness leads them to serious consequences. and often leaves them with no boat or even with lives lost and serious burns inflicted as the result of fire or explosion.
 'Vigience eternal vigience" is not only the price of Democracy but the guarantee of safety on gas boat
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
MODERN ETIQUETTE 1y ponrprA FEE

O. If friend handkerchief home thing
 courtesy launder the handkerchief mail handling laundering
 
 @ When the finished lay plate? A. With the pointing downwards
 o. What a social introduction imply?
 A. It implies that in opinion persons introduced will unless
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12

of raw materials until they have exhausted their hoardings; (3) 1t can require them to use their res- erves wholly for defense and essen- tial civilian goods.
 NOTE. For military reasons, res- ults of the Wallace Board survey are closely guarded, but certain in- dustries are due for drastic cuts in their priority grants. Their returns show that they were allowed to ob- tain quantities of materials far beyond the amount of defense they are now producing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
AMERICA FIRST FUNDS

The America First Committee has steadfastly refused to divulge any information about its source of funds or size of contributions. But as a result of the recent special congressional election in the First Wisconsin District, the Wisconsin branch of the America Committee may be forced to open it's books.
 State Attorney General John E. Martin has announced his intention to order the chapter to file an of ficial reports ats penditures- in the contest '
 The America First organization took a very active part in the canh- paagn in behalf of Lawrence H. Smith, successful fsepubiicar ran-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12

plenty of fire behind this smoke.
 It is not generally known, but the new Board Is armed to the teeth with authority both to ferret out and to commander these hid- den stores.
 Buried unnoticed in the ex- banded draft-industry law passed by Congress last May, is the signi- ficant language: "The President shall be entitled to obtain such information from, require such re- ports by, and make such inspection of premises of, any person, firm or corporation as may be necessary or appropriate, in his discretion. to the enforcement or administrator of the provisions of this section" :"
 Coupled with the greatly enlarged powers to seize property, this clause gives the President sweeping con trol over all raw materials in pri- vate possenssion. This authority he delegated in toto to Wallace's new Board.
 Known only to defense insiders, also, is the fact that nationwide checkup on hoarded material all ready is underway.
 Inventory questionaires went out to 65,00o firms. requiring them to make sworn statements on their holdings of l6 basic metals. The Census Bureau is handling the job of tabulating these reports; and from the information so far collected it is apparent that there is plenty of hoarding.
 Wallaee,ss Board has three courses open to it in cracking down on speculators and hoarders: i CD It can seize the excess stock piles at a government-fixed price; l2) it can deprive the companies
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
LOOK and LEARN S. Ssy c. GORDON

l. Who Abraham Lncolns a debates the slave question? a4s .s 9 Where is the largest bay B. Who is the composer of The Flight of the Rumble What the in to a member of the Presidents Cabinet? 5. How much ful-grown weigh?
 ANSWERS: l. Stephen Douglas
 g. Bay of Bengal the 3. Rimsky
 4 Perkins
 300 pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12

lieving it was not backed up by any cash in the bank.
 Held in jail here, Young yester- day wired the National Bank of Commerce in Seattle for money, and today the money was wired back to him, proving the purser was wrong and Young's story about having an account in the Seattle bank was quite true. A charge of disorderly conduct against Young was dismissed here this afternoon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
70 YEARS AGO {rfr fHB H: Dnp1nr 1,1l.
SEPTEMBER 12, 1921

SEPTEMBER L. Merritt had been on a his home the t&sa Irene to the Coliseum engagement several weeks excellent packing was reported from the Kodiak Packing Company. " Tanner retiring Marshal George Beau office of honor dinner given by Chief of Police T. E. P Keegafl; l3s , ,s. .,,
 +443 Fatty Hollywood comedanu being held on murder Francisco. sel1lt
 
 the westward where a inspection. Weather High, partly cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS say pen equally welas equally well, twill mn
 MISPRONOUNCED: Paronize Pronounce A in in SIGHT syllable OFTEN MISSPELLED  SYNONYMS: Frugal thrifty chary, sparng, economical a yours"
  OPPROBRIUM disgrace follows shameful finds difficult his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-09-12
Seward 'Stowaway'
 Can Return Home

Robert F. Young, the Seward man who unintentionally sailed on the Baranof to Juneau, without benefit of baggage, was released from Federal Jail here today and is at liberty to return to his home at the Westward.
 Young was partying with steer age passengers aboard the Baranof last week when the ship left Sew ard, southbound. When he discov- cred he was on his way to Juneau, he claims he attempted to write 2 check for his passage but the pur- ser on the ship refused it be-