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Evening star., 1941-10-19
Latin America
Theme of Session

Latin America" will be the theme
OF papers to be read before the Cap
itol Hill History Club Wednesday
following luncheon at 1890 pm. at
the Broadmoor.
Relations of the United States
With Latin America" will be the
subject of a paper to be given by
Mrs. j. Ward Eicher, and Mrs. STAN
ley H. Beasley will give Education
in Spanish Speaking Countries of
the Western Hemisphere" Pan
American News" will be the subject
of a responsive roll call.
Mrs. j. Clyde Hemphill will be
hostess, assisted by Mrs. Edward M.
Wallace.
Announcement has been made of
the election of Mrs. Earle F. Turner
as member of the club.
Evening star., 1941-10-19

Mrs. William E. Burke, wife OF
Maj. Burke, U. S. M c., has re-
turned with their children, Nicholas
Meredith and Crane. from Newport
r. l., where they spent the summer
Miss Edith SnoWden and Miss
Elsie Snowden have returned from
q vacation visit in Sperryville.
1t. Col. Pedro A del Vale has
returned to Paris Island after ac-
companying Mrs. del Vale home
from their long vacation at the
South Carolina resort. They arrived
home Tuesday.
Miss Gale Brown, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart K. Brown, was
hostess at buffet supper Tuesday
evening to members of Theta Alpha
Chi Sorority.
Mrs. Arthur J. Mourot has been
entertaining as her house guests
Mr.. and Mrs. William Farthing of
Durham, N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McLane Clark
are entertaining as their house guest
Mrs. Clark's brother law, Mr..
Elmer Greene of Boston, who is
painting portraits while here Over
the week end Sergt. Charles H.
Owsley will be the guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark.
Miss Nancy Washington, daugh-
ter fof Mr.. and Mrs. w. Selden
Washington, is attending the fes-
tivities this week end at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Anderson Burke
are entertaining as their house
guests this week end two visiting
officers of the British Army, 1t.
Bryan Maude-Ruxby and 1t Cor
don Hovey.
Miss Lleira Milburn has returned
from a vacation visit in Monterey,
Va.
The Rev. and Mrs. Stanley Brown
Serman have returned from their
summer home at Racquet Lake in
the Adirondacks, where they en-
tertained as their house guest Mr..
Walter Whichard of Norfolk and
Washington.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Mrs. L. H. Adams
IO Give lea

Mrs. Leason H. Adams will en-
tertain at tea Wednesday in
honor of Mrs. Newman G. Little
at Muircroft. her suburban home
on Bradley boulevard, near Be-
theSda.
Among the guests who have
been invited to meet Mrs. Little
are the officers, Membership
Committee, and committee chair
man of the Twentieth Century
Club.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
League of Shoppers
Back Price Bill

Support of the administration
price-control bill has been an
nounced by the Washington League
of Women Shoppers.
The league expressed approval of
the omission of wage controls from
the bill but advocated the establish
ment of agricultural parity at 100
per cent, wider range in rent-con-
troll provisions and the inclusion of
q general anti-profteering clause.
Mrs. Ruth Norr heads the Legis-
lation Committee.
The organization plans to make a
study of prices in collaboration with
the Consumer Council of the Dis
Eict.
Evening star., 1941-10-19
Personal News of Interest
In Alexandria Area
Mrs. Thomas E. Covel Entertans for
Daughter; Mrs. Bancroft to Give Party;
Warnings Have House Guests

ALEXANDRIA, 18Mrs
day afternoon
brated her 5th birthday anniversary
days earlier Mr. Mrs
guests whom the Belle
Tomorrow afternoon Mrs. Harding
will be hostess cocktail
Mr. and Mrs Charles w Waring
guests the end Mrs Warnings
New York; Mr. Parks Montclai
= NeuY YORK
Evening star., 1941-10-19
SOCIETY.
Nov we take pleasure in presenting
the exquisite Mary Chess ToiIetries

Those e0todn ogones emoKoDY m and o Come 70"
Evening star., 1941-10-19

Importont occasion dresses sJch
os tnus. ere Q po-ucI.or p1d= o-j
iooe @ specify IN our Hone7s
oress s0ap.
In the new collection you will f"7d
enchanting teo ord re-ept On
gowns, end OF course tns very
speclo. MS. Nnfre,' tos-ro~s
o5o,ed b. 50 many we.l-oressed
women.
(ADove) Very chic block roo7
crepe t0-soded with lush ro q
velvet in ether Anenco0 Beo.r
red or R. A. F. Blue, Sees s
TO q.
JeIIeff's-Women's Dress Shop,
Second Floor.
Evening star., 1941-12-17

other communication Indicated the
possibility that military effort based
on Formosa might be impaired.
Formosa, along with the Chinese
island of Hainan, of the south
China coast, long has served war
ring Japan as troop concentration
and training point. Formosa is be-
lieved to have served the Japanese
as a great proving ground for new
weapons and warfare techniques
much as Poland was used by the
Germans after the occupation.
Hiroya Ino, colonial affairs min
lister, was received by Emperor Hiro-
hito in the imperial palace and
answered the Emperor's question!
regarding the earthquake, Domei
reported.
Domei in its first report on the
quake said Southern Formosa was
shaken "by its biggest earthquake
since 1880, when 354 persons were
either killed or wounded and over
1000 homes were damaged"
Railway communication between
Kagi and the port of Tainan was
reported to have been disrupted and
dispatches said telephone lines
within Kagi were severed.
No Reference Made to '35 Quake.
An oddity of Domei's report was
that reference files show only a
minor earthquake in Formosa in
1880, temblor in which four per-
sons were killed. The island suf-
fered a disastrous quake in 1895
which killed $3.50 persons and in
jured 10000.
Evening star., 1941-12-17
Cope Town Clipper Back
From FIiqht to Congo

BY the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 1.-THE 42-ton
Cape Town Clipper arrived un-
expectedly in Miami last night after
making a 17,366-mile maiden fight
from Miami to Leopoldville in the
Belgian Congo and return.
The return trip, bringing 81 pas
sengers-including two wonderland
crew of IA under Capt. William
M. Massland, was made in four
! days.
The newest Pan American Air
ways Clipper plane, which normally
is scheduled to stop at San Juan,
Puerto Rico. came directly to Miami
because of heavy traffic on regular
lines between here and San Juan.
The women aboard were Mrs. John
Durland, American-born wife of a
Liberian government official, bound
for a vacation in New York, and
Miss Frances Jolly, Episcopal mis-
sionary at Fishermans Lake, Liberia.
Evening star., 1941-12-17

be scrupulously withheld at the
source.
1T Is necessary that watch be
set upon our borders, so that no
such information may reach the
enemy, inadvertently or otherwise,
through the medium of the mails,
radio or cable transmission or by
any other means.
"It is necessary that prohibition
against the domestic publication OF
some types of information, contained
in long-existing statutes, be rigidly
enforced.
Finally, the Government has
| called upon a patriotic press and
| radio to abstain voluntarily from
the dissemination of detailed in
formation of certain kinds, such as
reports of the movements of vessels
and troops. The response has in
dicated universal desire to CO.
operate"
Coordination of all these require
ments and undertakings into a single
policy Is the task facing the new
director, the President concluded.
During questioning at his press
conference, the President indicated
that the domestic censorship will be
imposed at the source of informa-
tion rather than upon copy as pre-
pared by newspaper or radio writer's.
He said also that the program will
continue to be partly voluntary and
partly mandatory.
Evening star., 1941-12-17
U. S. Newsmon, Later Injured, Tells How British
Ships RepeIIed Fierce Air Attack Off Libyo

Mr.. Allen, 33, native of Mount
Savage, Md, is the newspaperman's
hero in this war. He went to Egypt
in midsummer, 1910, when the
Mediterranean loomed as an active
war sector on Italy's entrance into
the war.
Since then he has ridden aboarC
Britain's men-of-war in encounter.
with the Italian fleet, their nu.
merous sweeps of the Mediter.
ranean, their raids on Axis trans.
ports and commerce and their sew.
eral bombardments of Axis harbor.
in Africa and on the mainland.
He was a veteran of that seven
hour air bombardment of the air.
craft carrier Illustrious in January
when sheets of flame swept the war
ship and an officer said sit seemed
like all the fires of hell had beer
kindled." The bombing sent the
Illustrious to an American shipyarc
for repair, but Mr.. Allen was un-
injured and told of the action ir
vivid dispatches.
One of the few reporters ever
actually to be present at a big sea
battle, he also was able to give ar
eyewitness account of the British
fleets foray into the Adriatic a year
ago when Valona in Albania was
bombarded.
Mr.. Allen was a correspondent at
Barcelona in the Spanish Civil War
and had brief experience at Rome
before he was assigned to Alex
andria. Before that he had had
five years service with the Asso-
ciated Press in West Virginia and
Washington, and 10 years of other
newspaper experience which had
taken him to Mexico, Cuba, Nova
Scotia and many other places.
Started on Cumberland Paper.
Lawrence Allen Finzel-he drop
ped the last name and became SIM
ply Larry Allen when he began
writing-is the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Lawrence Finzel of Frost
burg, Md.
He did his first news writing for
the Cumberland tMd0 Evening
Times, reporting Frostburg items
while at Beal High School. After
graduation in 1925 he worked for a
Charleston CIV. Va newspaper and
began service with the Associated
Press there in 1888 He also worked
on papers in Huntington. w. Va;
Portsmouth, Ohio; Washington ano
Baltimore.
Lawrence Finzel, sr., who died
about II years ago, won the dis
tinction of producing more coal thar
any other coal miner in the United
States during the last war. The
headstone above his grave in Finzel
Garrett County. bears the inscrip.
ton: He led the world in mining
coal during the World War"
Mr.. Aliens mother died about
four years ago. However, he main
tains his Allegany County ties
through two brothers, Raymond
Finzel of Frostburg and Jane;
Finzel of Midlothian, and an uncle
Ira Finzel of Frostburg. Miss Grace
Finzel and Prof. Edward Finzel
Beall High School faculty member
are Mr.. Aliens cousins.
Evening star., 1941-12-17
Formosa Earthquake
Kills 100, Injuries 164;
612 Houses Razed
Rails and Utilities on jap
Base Near Philippines
Reported Disrupted
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, Dec. II Official Radio
One hundred ninety persons were
killed and 1854 injured this morning
in an earthquake in Southern For
mosa, the Overseas Affairs Ministry
announced today.
A total of 612 houses were razed
and there was some damage to rail-
ways and other communications, the
ministry added. 1t said the Irinci-
pal damage to communications was
expected to be repaired during the
day.
The Japanese island, off the
southeast China coast and little
more than 200 miles north of the
northern Luzon coast, has several
air bases from which attacks have
been launched on the Philippine
Islands. 1t is likely that these fields
are in the southern part hit by the
quake.
The fact that the Japanese ac-
knowledged damage to railways and
Evening star., 1941-12-17

(Larry Allen, Associated Press
,Dar correspondent ,Dith the Brit
ish Mediterranean Fleet, Dhose
ptuid descriptions OF numerous
air and naval battles in that sea
hare been among the 1Uar's jour-
naliStic high lights, is lying in a
hospital in Alexandria. He is
being treated for painful but not
critical face and body bruises and
the effects OF bad 45-minute
plunge into OIL filmed 1Dater. HoW
he got there is still hidden by
the censorship, but the Germans
announced yesterday they had
sunk British cruiser of Aler-
dndria. The tolloWing story may
describe the action leading up to
his injuru.)
Evening star., 1941-12-17

first shells broke the leading forma-
tion. But one of them droned into
a dive and sent two heavy bombs
crashing into the sea between two
destroyers.
From then until nightfan the
skies were full of diving, twisting
Nazi craft. Once I saw Nazi plane
winging off in a cloud of smoke. los
ing altitude, but he got out OF sight
before / could count him downed.
Submarine Attacked.
Once some destroyers, detecting a
submarine, hustled around it to
drop their lethal depth charges.
Other of the Warships executed
emergency turns to avoid any tor
pedoes.
A little after 4 in the afternoon,
with every warship in the squadron
sending up a veritable hell Of fire
into the sky. I saw another dive
bomber go wobbling out Of the fight
into the west.
At sundown the squadron was
continuing on its course, and for
three hours thereafter nothing
happened.
TI,a,, oo roo q pouy q Ia ry,,
Evening star., 1941-12-17

quake In November, 1880, In which
285 persons were killed and 1000
injured.
The island has an area of 1890
square miles-roughly that of
Massachusetts,. Rhode Island and
Connecticut combined-and has a
population of more than 100000.
Evening star., 1941-12-17
BY LARRY ALLEN,

Associated Press War Correspondent.
ABOARD A BRITISH CRUISER
BATTLING DIVE-BOMBERS OFF
LIBYA, Dec. IA (delayed. After a
prolonged running fight against Axis
air and undersea attackers, the
crews of squadron Of British cruis-
erS and deStrOyers stood by their
battle posts there hours after night
fall tonight to repel a threatened
new attack.
mo dispatch has come through
from Mr.. Allen to tell what hap
pened after this alarm.
(The Germans announced
Tuesday they had sunk British
cruiser off Alexandria, but no
confirmation has been forthcom-
ing from the British. Although
Mr. Allen reported the Germans
were beaten off, there were indi-
cations they might have returned
to the attack later and sunk the
cruiser he was on.)
One of Wars Heaviest Attacks.
The squadron loosed one of the
heaviest barrages of the Mediter-
ranean war in beating off the COM
bined slashes of the Nazi dive
bombers, torpedo planes and at least
one submarine during the day.
They pumped hundreds of shells
into rainy sky against Axis air
craft which scattered bombs over a
line of screening destroyerS. spray
ing columns of water over the war
ships.
The cruiser on which I write this
seemed to be the principal target of
the Nazi air attacks. One dive
bomber machine-gunned the cruis-
er's boat deck and another gave me
one of my biggest thrills of the war
when it sent four big bombs scream
Ing toward the cruiser. They eX-
ploded a few yards to starboard.
Then the planes began coming in
waves-three to six at time, weav-
ing in and out of the clouds.
Skies Full of Nazi Craft.
Wearing a metal helmet and anti
flash gear to protect my head, face
and hands, watched the fight from
the cruisers bridge. The battle be-
gan at 1920 am, and this cruisers
Evening star., 1941-12-17
Larry Allen, u. S. Reporter
With British Fleet, Injured

CAIRO, Dec. II tP).-Larry Allen,
Associated Press correspondent who
has been aboard and described for
Associated Press members virtually
every major action of the British
fleet since the start of the war in the
Mediterranean, has been injured.
The manner in which the injury oc-
Cured has not been ascertained.
Mr.. Allen is in a hospital bed in
Alexandria suffering from painful
but not critical face and body bruises
having been rescued after As min
utes in the water, during which he
swallowed much oil and water.
Evening star., 1941-12-17

In addition to having air bases
on the island, the japanese have
a naval station in the Pescadores
Islands off Formosa.
The Japanese have had Formosa,
which they called Taiwan, since
1895, when 1t was ceded to them
by China.
Evening star., 1941-12-17

The inscribed stone to Frobisher
and Blake lies intact and readable
in the ruins of St. Andrews Church
in Plymouth, England
Evening star., 1941-12-17
D. G. Man Gets Post in Cuiro

CAIRO, Egypt Dec. IT R.-
Frank Mauran, jr, of washington
arrived here today with the press
and public information problems
connected with the United States
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
IDEAL FURNITURE
 FOR BABY'S ROOM
Reliable Furniture Com. pany Invites Inspection
 of Varied Stock

The Reliable Furniture Company Is now at their new location at 234 East Main Street at the junction of Cole street opposite Crosby High school. At their new headquarters they have over 2000 square feet of space. and now have Q complete line of furniture on display.
 If you are locking for anything for the baby's or Juniors room go up and look around the marvellous display the Reliable has of Chil- drens furniture. Prices are right and you are guaranteed to be satis- fled.
 The Gibson refrigerator line is carried by the Reliable Furniture Company and ct the present time they have e large display on hand. Qibgon's super freezer shelf. chill drawer and twin vegetable freshen- CTS meet todays and tomorrow's food needs. Inspect one of these Qib- sons and see for yourself.
 Charles Marsey and John Tam many co.ownerS of the Reliable Furniture Company extend you c cordial invitation to come out to their store and lok around at the real bargains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

dren agencies, both statewide and local. The Connecticut State De- partment of Health, the Newington Home for Crippled Children, The Connecticut Society for Crippled Children. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis are statewide organizations. The following clinics are conducted by local groups. The Hartford Dispensary, Hartford Mu- nicipal Hospital, Anna Hadley flakes Memorial Clinic in Winsted, the Henry Sabin Chase Memorial Dis pensary of Waterbury, the Crippled Children Aid Society of New Haven, the New Haven Hospital Dispensary.
 We are fortunate to have in Con- necticut local and statewide organ izations, each having certain func. tions, all so integrated that there is very little duplication of service, and yet all fields of endeayor are covered. There is still great need for extension of these services throughout the state so that they may be made available to every handicapped persons.
 No effort is too great to make these handicapped persons proud of living in democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
Public Now Conscious
 Of Aid For Cripples
Me-o-Dimes Campaign, Easter Seal Sale Stirs Hearts, Generosity of Public-State Institutions Praised

Much more is being heard about crippled children, especially during the past few years. Only recently contributions were made to the ile-O-Dimes for infantile paraly- sis and more recently the Connecti- cut Society for Crippled Children has had its annual Easter Seal Sale. During the year various organiza- tions make appeals for funds and services in the fight against crip- bling.
 Because of the multiplicity of appeals the question is being asked: Is too much stress being placed up- on such conditions? Are too many appeals being made? Are we doing too much for crippled persons? Are we over-sympathetic? Since these questions have come to some they should be answered.
 First, to undestand the extent of the crippled children situation in Connecticut, 1t must be known how many crippled children there are and what they need to make them happy, useful citizens.
 The State Department of Health maintains @ registry of crippled children in Connecticut. This is far from complete, yet, although started in 1899, 1t now contains over two thousand names. It is esti- mated that there are probably twice that many. This number is ex- elusive of children with rheumatic heart disease of whom there are several thusand.
 Special Needs
 Crippled children have all the needs of perfectly normal, healthy children. They require good food, adequate clothing and housing. In addition, however, they have special needs. Their medical and surgical attention is continued over @ long period of time. Various appliances, such as braces and casts needs changing and readjusting. Opera tons are frequently necessary, and hospitaliSatA0n may cover many months. Following the hospital stay, long convalescence is necessary. If the child's own home is not avail- able or not suitable, he may be placed in a convalescent institu- ton is very important. His handi- cap may prevent him from carrying on normal school activities. Voca- tional guidance and training must be adjusted for the individual, his attitudes being considered, as well as the handicaps. Above all, we must foster a democratic spirit in these children: they must learn to give as well as receive.
 You can readily see that to carry on all these activities in behalf of crippled children, many organiza- tons and individuals must give their efforts in providing funds and services. It Is Q job for local people and statewide organizations.
 Requires Aid
 There are various crippled chil-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

Okss EOWAkSU l. NVDEhEx
 Since the year 1928, May lst has been set aside as "Child Health Day" 90, as Health Offlcer, again I want to call your attention to the vital importance of the health and strength of your chil- dren. The future of America rests in the boys and girls of today and great care should be taken to see that they are provided with nu. tritious food, healthful recreation and adequate medical care.
 The importance of good health I'm Q community cannot be over- emphasized and mothers should take advantage Of the facilities now available for health super. vision and preventive medicine. If your child Is receiving the nec- essaFy protection, the health of the boys and girls in the com. Hnunity will be shared by his or her protection.
 I urge all fathers and mothers to accept what we offer them for the health and protection of their children. lt is essential that all parents realize the advantages of . healthy community and the OK. pense of an unhealthy enc.
 Therefore, let all parents enter into the celebration of "Child Health Day" remembering that the child ef today is the man Oe tomorrow and '"The Health OR the Child is the Power of the Nation"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

enough to be swallowed are unsafe, and should never be given a small child. tAf kkS. -S ff&
 A baby should never have too many toys at one time. A handful of clothespins, a silver teaspoon or . tin cup will please just as much as an expensive doll or other toy. It IS e good plan to have box or basket to keep the empty spools and other objects with which the baby may play. " 7StA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
SUITABLE TOYS AS
 BABY'S PLAYTHTNGS

Since a baby wants to put every- thing in his mouth, his toys must be those that can be used safely in this way. They should be washable and should have no sharp points or corners to hurt the eyes.
 Painted articles or hairy and wooly toys also toys having loose parts, balls or other objects small
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30

Over 60 per cent of Cuba's ex- ports last year were destined for the United States.