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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-23
By JOHN STAHLBERG

Alas for human life and its afflic-
tions!
Joe Jasper was as blithe man as
some
Until he bought paper called True
Fictions"
And read therein thing that struck
him dumb:
"Oh. try this dope that we are recon-
mending!
Your friends won't tell you!" sobbed
the magazine.
That night, to end the danger Of Of
Tending,
Joe cleaned his cavities with Stuff
agene.
To earn his bread Joe labored in an
Eleven blocks from home and hearth
and wife,
Considered gravely costs of brands of
coffees,
And thought about the mysteries of
life
Became aware the typists eyes were
bending
An absent gaze upon his back, be-
His shoulder blades. To guard
against offending,
That night he scrubbed his dome
with Stuffagene.
The wind blew harsh and cold, and
grim battalions
Of streptococci held the dusty
street;
True Elections" swore it was no time
for dalliance;
The unprepared were doomed to
swift defeat
That men with colds were fit for re-
pretending
Joe learned by reading in his mag
azine;
And So to guard against such gross
offending,
He kept his tonsils pure with Stuff
agene.
The wind blew hot and damp, its ma
ture altered
AS springtime passed and summer
came to stay,
And then it sank, and life slowed
down and faltered,
Oppressed and breathless through
the GREATNESS day
Joe Jasper watched the mercury as
cending,
And sweated and felt clammy and
unclean;
Then, to avert the danger of offend
ing,
He soaked himself for hours in
Stuffagene 9
His secretary was lovely creature: $
Her eyes were azure and her lips :
were red.
Joe Toasted on her every line and
feature,
And being human, although he was
wed, !
Wrote love-notes to her, but deferred !,
the sending
Because he thought their inky smell 9
too keen;
At last, to bare his heart without :
offending
He filed his fountain pen with Stuff ,
agene.
The cruel maid replied, There is a
another; 7
Within a month l shall became his p
bridei Il
I'd dearly love to have you for L
brother, u
But not - Here Joe resolved on :"
suicide. r.
He thought of shooting, and he B
thought of ending ii
1t all by being drowned in gasoline, a
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-23
SENATE REVERSES ITSELF

WASHINGTON. Administration
forces suffered second defeat in the
running congressional fight over the
purchase by the United States of Ar
gentine beef, as the Senate voted "a
to 29 for the ban. After an original
tie vote had been broken by Senator
Russells objection that he had voted
against prohibition and had been
counted in favor of it, the Senate, by
this new vote refused to go along
with the House in lifting the ban.
DEMAND THE UNION LABEL
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-23
YOUR DOLLAR
MEMS SHIRTS
BY CONSUMERS UNION

| MEMS SHIRTS
Prices of mems shirts have not yet
gone up appreciably, c. u found in
recent tests of IA brands reported in
April c. U. Reports. But two Of the
brands have gone down in quality
since C. US last tests. Both are
made of lower count fabrics than they
were year ago.
One Improvement has been made
in this years shirts; c. u noticed
less shrinkage and less bad fit due to
shrinkage than a year ago.
Among the Best Buys were Wards
Ashley Cat No. 1861 ($1.29 plus post
age); Campus Square (Sam's Cut
Rate Stores. Detroit) GLIB.
SHIRT LABOR
OF the shirts c. u tested, the fol-
lowing are union-made, under contract
with the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers (CIO): Arrow; Jayson
Whitehall; Tru Val Van Heusen
shirts are made by the United Gar
ment Workers (AFL).
Campus Square is distributed by
Sans Cut Rate Stores, which handles
union-made shirts, but also may or
may not handle other shirts, the ACW
saws
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-23

TORONTO.-(FP)- About one-fifth
of Great Lakes Canadian shipping was
tied up April 10 by strike of $50
seamen. The walkout was called by
the Canadian Seaman's Union (AFL)
against five companies which refused
to sign an agreement in accordance
with Cancellation board report of
last January.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-23

WASHINGTON (FP) - Contempt
proceedings against officers of the
Bethlehem Steel Co. have been insti-
tuted in the Boston circuit court of
appeals.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-04-23
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Continued from Page One)
quired more farm real estate than any
other type of lending agency"
After selling 3214 percent of the
farm real estate which they seized
after 1880 these rs companies now
hold farm real estate which they value
at $529,392,000 and an additional $751;
$4,000 of farm real estate under con-
tract of sale.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

equipped. The patrols were in
spected about noon on Saturday
and assigned camp sites on which
they pitched tents, stored food, un-
packed their supplies, and gathered
firewood for the evening meal.
Judges came around at different
intervals to grade each patrol on
the type of camping job it was
doing.
After dinner was eaten and the
cooking utensils put away, a large
camp fire was held, attended by
campers and visitors. Stunts, awards
and songs were the attractions. The
camp fire broke up about 9 pm,
and the boys called it day.
Every one was awakened on Sum-
day morning by reveille. After
dressing and eating breakfast, the
boys packed their equipment and
checked out by being inspected
again. The scores were then read,
the Standard Camper emblem being
given to members of each patrol
compiling a total of 500 or more
points out of a possible 600.
Each Scout who attends one of
these camporees, whether or not he
receives an emblem. learns at least
one thing which will be of value to
him on future camping trips.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write and draw for The
Junior Star. Prizes of 81 each are
awarded for the best five contribu-
tions published each week. The fol-
lowing rules must be observed:
1. All contributions must be orig
inal.
2. Name, age, address. telephone
number if any and school of the
author must appear at the top of
the first page of every written con-
tribution and on the back of every
drawing.
3. Stories, articles, poems. ETC.,
must be written on one side of
paper; typewriter, they must be
double spaced. Drawings must be
in black and white. and must be
mailed fiat, not rolled or folded.
- 4. The editors decision as to the
winners will be final and The Star
reserves the right TO publish any
Evening star., 1941-06-08

Ildu ID dIUtllldUc h"h@ IL h""AN'
red and white stripes, IS stars on
a blue field, and was II feet by 7
feet, four inches in size. My stars
were arranged in a circle to repre-
sent eternity. In 1894. after YER
mont and Kentucky had entered
the Union, I was changed to Is
stars and Is stripes. However, as
more States entered, it was deemed
impracticable to keep adding a
stripe for each State. So, in 1918
it was decided to have l3 alternate
red and white stripes and add only
a star for each State coming into
the Union. I now have 48 stars
and 13 stripes.
On the day of my adoption by
Congress, John Paul Jones was
placed in command of the warship,
Ranger, which was the first war
ship over which I was unfurled.
This was in July of the same year.
Whether I am made of silk, fly
ing from a mansion. or made OF
the coarsest cotton, flying from q
cottage, my colors mean the same.
Red stands for courage, white for
liberty and blue for loyalty. The
children salute me in school every
morning. Many songs have been
written about me. am glad to be
the flag of the United States OF
America
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Cash Prizes Are Offered

contribution received in whatever
form he may deem advisable, re-
gardless of whether 1t is awarded a
prize. Checks will be mailed to the
winners during the week following
publication of their contributions.
5. Contributions will not be re-
turned.
BOYS and girls who wish to act as
news correspondents of The Junior
Star may qualify by submitting at
least one feature story (the prin-
cipal stories on this page today are
good examples of what is wanted
together with the information called
for above. Those qualifying will be
given cards identifying them as re-
porters for The Junior Star. The
editor reserves the right, however,
to decline to issue reporters cards or
to revoke those already issued when
ever such action appears advisable.
Address Editor, The Junior Star,
Star Building, Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

j. S." says recent note from Jane.
tits really been fun writing for it."
But Jane is not the only scholar
ship winner at B.-C. c. Lydia
Stauffer and Frank Dorsey also have
been awarded A. U. scholarships,
while Mary Ring has earned
scholarship to George Washington
University.
Central High School has a Miss
Mister. She's IT, and her full name
is Mary Lou Mister. Journalism,
sweet music, Chinese food, tailored
sport clothes, pastel colors and post
card collections are her principal
likes" according to the Central
Bulletin. She is an associate editor
of the Central Review.
If didn't know Montgomery Blair
High School is in Silver Spring,
Md, I'd think it was in Hollywood
And you'd think So too, if you came
across the following names on its
roll of students: Ann Sheridan,
Hedy La Mari, Joe Yule mickey
Rooney's real name), Lana Turner,
Judith Garland. Ann Rutherford,
Cary Grant. James Stewart, Ar
lington Brugh (Robert Taylor's
right name) and Jean Arthur.
That. at any rate. is the situation
as reported by Silver Chips, which
adds that a new student named
Lowell Thomas has agreed to write
for it.
Junior jottingS:
Another scholarship winner whose
name has Just come to my atten-
ton is Marion Saunders. editor of
the Central Bulletin. She's to go
to Wooster ohio College :.
Greely Dawson. Woodrow Wilson
High School, usually spends his va
| cations working as assistant to the
keeper of a Chesapeake Bay light
house. This summer, however, he
wants to become a deckhand on a
coaStwiSe freighter q. . Montgomery
Blair is to have swimming pool.
1t will be of concrete, so yards long
by 25 yards wide, and special in
structor will be engaged to teach
swimming and diving John
Fondahl, Mckinley High School,
has been awarded a Civitan honor
key . So has Jack CasWell, presi-
dent Of the student council at Gen.
tral . Tech Life has been rated
by the National Scholastic Press
Association as the best high school
newspaper published in the Dis
trict Central students have
organized new club Ito further
interest in establishing friendly re-
lationS with the South Americans.
Its officers are Donald Lloyd, presi-
dent; Jerine Wann. vice president,
and Geneva Shirley. secretary
treasurer -Four members of
the Coolidge Courier staff-Bette
Foote, Adele Reese. Betty Scott
and Alice Deatherage-have been
elected to Quill and Scroll, inter-
national honorary society for high
school journalists.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

SWerS, knowing tneN Will De OF gen.
eral interest to air youth every
where
c. M A, Millersport. Ohio: Would
a practical shop training course help
me secure a job in an airplane
factory?
Answer-The trade courses of
value are airbruSh painting ma
chine shop work and woodwork pat
ternmaking. Sheet metal training
helps if it is closely associated with
airplanes. That is, it should in
clude work on airplane construction
material, mainly the light alum
mum alloys. The same goes for
machine tools. Work should be along
the same lines as those in an air
plane factory. the student using
blueprints. Blueprint reading today
is an absolute must Physics, me-
chanical drawing and practical
mathematics are also important.
j. R. T, Largo. Ind: I have heard
that some aviation factories have a
school connected with their plants,
and that to get work in the factory,
you have to go TO their school
AnsWer-In order to meet the de-
mands of the Government in speed
ing defense work. many aircraft
companies have established schools
to train their prospective employees
for one special phase of manufac-
ture. A high school education. a
minimum age of l8 years and me-
chanical aptitude are three of the
major requirements The Pratt e.
Whitney Co. of East Hartford,
Conn, is running its training schools
in three 8-hour shifts a day After
five weeks instruction. the students
move into factory production jobs
at 55 cents an hour.
Other factories have adopted
what they call the apprentice plan"
Under a special contract young men
go through a three-year learning
and training period with proportion
ate pay increases at the termination
of each period. The Curtiss-W Wright
Corp. is using this plan successfully.
j. s., Gettysburg. S. OAK: Are
there any boys who have built their
own gliders? Where can I obtain
plans for building gliders?
AnSwer-There are many young
men, nationally prominent today,
who have built their own gliders
Richard du Points first gliding train
Evening star., 1941-06-08
Girl Athlete Western High Becomes Expert Tber Years Time
lust Between Ourselves
-By PHILIP HI. LOVE
Junior Star Editor.

1t was fun playing in the swing.
The two girls, both about years
old, took turns, one swinging while
the other pushed.
Grace Boswell was doing the
swinging when her playmate dis
covered a BIB" rife lying on the
ground nearby. The gun belonged
to Grace's older brother, to whom
it had been a Christmas gift.
I'm going to shoot the barn,
Grace" the other girl said. She
stopped pushing the swing, stopped
and picked up the rifle.
Grace'S back was toward the barn
and her playmate was standing in
front of her.
*x
The incident occurred about eight
years ago. but Grace, now 13, still
has a vivid recollection of it. In a
letter to The Junior Star she says:
Just then l swung up and nv
playmate pulled the trigger. All of
a sudden my eye went shut. I
couldn't open it."
Grace can open her eye now. of
course. but she will never be able
to see with it. She is not sure that
the gun destroyed her sight. how
ever, as she had a severe attack
OF measles during the long period
that her eye was under treatment
by a specialist.
xx
But, regardless of what destroyed
the sight of Grace'S right eve, her
experience is one from which every
girl and boy can profit. 1t teaches
lesson that cannot be over
emphaslzed-namely, that even So
called toy guns can become dan
gerous weapons in the hands of
children. And, of course, the same
may be said of many other sup
posedly harmless" playthings, in
cludlng knives, swords, hatchetS,
hammers. saws, matches and fire
works. Small boys and girls should
never play with any TOY" capable
of infiicting injury on themselves
OF otnerS. AND even those who are
practically grown up should make it
point to handle such things with
the utmost care.
Three high school correspondents
of The Junior Star have won
scholarships. Jane Winnings. II, of
Bethesda Chevy Chase, and Mil
dred Elder. 16. of Anacostia. will
enter American University next fall
on scholarships which. under
stand. their work for the j. S.
helped them to earn. The other
scholarship winner, Alice Louise
Reed. II. also of Anacostia. will
enter dramatic school, Jane and
Alice will be among this month S
graduates, but Mildred completed
her high school course last Febru-
ary. All three girls are talented
writers, Jane specializing in news
stories and Alice and Mildred in
poetry.
Its going to be quite loss when
I turn to find I'm too old for the
Evening star., 1941-06-08


variably reply comes back within
a few days. I have obtained in this
way autographed pictures of Man.
uel Quezon, President of the Philip
pine Islands, and Harlan F. Stone,
Supreme Court justice.
Among the more valuable to me,
though not to the autograph dealer,
are the following: Autographs of
the late Neville Chamberlain and
Aviator Italo Balbo; Actresses Helen
Hayes, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Kath-
crime Cornell, Beatrice Lille and
Mary Pickford; Orchestra Leaders
John Barbirolli and Eugene Or
mandy; Pianists Josef Hofmann
an dWalter Kisiking; Anthony
Eden, Lord Halifax, Stanley Bald
win. Jan Masaryk, and Violinist Jo-
seph Szigeti; autographed photos of
Lynn Fontanne, Alfred Lunt and
Wendell Willkie A list of foreign
presidents from whom I have ac-
quired signatures would run like
this: Costa Rica. Cuba, Latvia, Pan
ANA, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal and
Turkey.
Douglas Corrigan wrote an inter-
esting postal; Author Kenneth Rob-
erts mailed me his autographed
bookmark, and from Greenwich
Conn, came a note from Author
Hendrix Van Loon, written in a
most novel way with massive black
figures.
Among the unique in my collection
Is an airmail letter from the White
Rajah Of Sarawak. The total air
mail postage totaled 90 cents, and
on the stamp, big as life, was the
Rajah himself.
I deem it best not to collect the
autographs of movie and baseball
stars, as they can be easily obtained
and many are soon forgotten. Thus,
! have the beginnings of a priceless
hobby.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

ing was in a homemade glider at
Cape Cod Stanley Hall of the
Southern California Soaring Asso-
citation is building his seventh. Ex-
cellent glider construction plans are
to be found in Gliding and Soar
ing" by Percival and Pat White,
published in 1881; "Sailplanes,' by
Chapman and Hall. published in
1887. and Flight Without Power" +"
by Levin Barringer. published in
1910. You should be able TO find
these books in your public library.
The book by Mr. Barringer lists all
the glider clubs in every State in
the Union.
G.. c. Parker. S Oak: I want to
become an air steWardeSS. but l
want to know how to fly a plane,
too. Could I do both?
Answer-Why not? Agnes Her
mansen serves as a steWardess on
the transports of United Air Lines.
As soon as her duties are over, she
goes soaring into the clouds at the
controls of a private ship. Miss
Hermansen began taking flying les
sons as soon as she became stew
ardess.
M. F., Baton Rouge. La: What
nursing must a stewardess do on
a plane Why must she be grad
uate nurse?
Answer-A stewardeSs is more a
gracious hostess than nurse. In a
1910 survey. only in 1000 passen-
gers checked suffered from air sick
ness. The registered nurse require
ment was adopted by the airlines
because a nurses training in the
hospital is one of disciplinary self
control. The airlines also believe
a nurses mind is quicker in grasp
ing problems of professional ma
ture. even though they do occur
rarely. Not long ago a man was
stricken with severe cramps aboard
an airliner. The stewardeSS made
her passenger as comfortable as
possible with extra pillows and an
ice bag. Then. through the pilot,
she radioed the next airport to
have an ambulance ready. The
passenger was rushed TO the hos
pital, where an immediate appendi-
citis operation was performed.
Three weeks later he continued his
trip on the same transport.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

nual tumbling meet, and Norma
entered it this year for the first time
She won medals in all but one Of the
events.
Norma's greatest thrill came last
winter. The Y. M. C. A. was asked
by a downtown theater for some
acrobatS to appear on its stage for
a weeks engagement. The ~" OF
course, asked Norma TO appear with
its regular tumbling team. She en-
joyed this appearance very much
Handsprings. forward and back
ward, are quite simple in Norma s
tumbling routine. So are the various
rolls" and bends" and the well
known trick of bending backward to
pick up handkerchief off the floor
with her mouth.
Il like tumbling' she said, and
those words tell why she is good
tumbler. Her appearances are fire.
quent, at school. in competitions and
at special entertainments, including
participation with a group from the
Elks Lodge.
After graduation from Western
next year, Norma plans to enter
George Washington University and
major in physical education. Some
day she hopes to be physical cul-
ture instructor, maybe at Western.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

u I
careful of mines and submarines,
though. and during the voyage,
which lasted 10 days. a submarine
was rumored TO have been near US,
but we never saw one.
Life in Scotland" she continued,
lis almost the same, but a few
things are different on account OF
the war. Every day while at school
over there, a whistle would blow.
1t was the signal for an air raid
drill. When it was heard, every
one in the building had to leave
whatever he or she was doing at
the moment and 60 to the air raid
shelter which was underneath the
school. When we got down there,
we used to sing. and sometimes We
put on our gas masks, which we had
TO carry wherever We went.
After about 10 minutes. the all
clear signals would sound, and then
We would 60 back to our classes "
This was ,Dorothys version of an
air raid alarm at school, but it
wasn't like that of Marjorie. who
went to a different school. When
ever our signal for practice rang. We
had to put on our gas masks and
get underneath our desks until the
all-clear signal blew" Marjorie said.
At this point Dorothy took uo
the story again. Another change
occurred after dusk" she said. las
soon as it began to get dark, people
had to darken the windows with
black paper or cloth. If any one
showed light he was flned-if he
were caught. In the winter, we
got out of school at 3 instead Of
4 o'clock. as we usually did, on
account of the blackout, for it gets
dark early then. On some wintry
nights you couldn't see in front Of
you, especially during the thick,
black fogs which occur about No.
vember and December
Across the street from where the
BermanS lived was a playground.
When the war started. however,
troops took it over and now COM
panies drill there all day long.
Some of them are the famous
Scottish Highlanders who wear kits.
The Berman sisters have worn
their kits quite often since they
came to this country. although they
feel somewhat insulted when friends
refer to them as skirts.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
TheStoryot the
Stars andStribes
Prize Contribution.
BY ANNA (. MOORE, Is,
Roosevelt High School.

I am the American flag. I was
designed by Francis Hopkinson, a
signer of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and made by Betsy Ross
in Philadelphia in 1776. 1 was
adopted by Congress on June IA,
1777. Therefore, my day is cele-
brated throughout the United
States on June IA. DR.. B. j.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

DhSh ASc8Sis' SOlOl dNAO' 4OSAAo
from every New England State, a
variety of mineral ore, petrlfled
wood from Maryland and also rocks
from Quebec, old Canadian prov
tnce.
All the work on the garden, once
saficient rocks are assembled Tor
its construction, will be done by
the students, Joan said.
Feature interviews on the pro-
cram were conducted by Jane
Winnings, II, Bethesda-ChevyC Chase
High School, and Robert E. Willen-
borg. 18, Eastern High School.
Jane interviewed Caroline Wilson,
is. a classmate, who is Eastern and
District table tennis champion and
whose ambition is to become a
phvsical instructor, while Bob Will
ienborg drew many interesting
scientific sidelights from Carr
Hellwig, 16, also of Eastern. Carl
has outfitted a home laboratory
over a period of years and asplreS
10 be a chemical engineer upon the
conclusion of his schooling.
He is a member of the Explorer
Patrol of Boy Scout Troop 88 and
has been nicknamed professor" by
the other boys His chemical knowl-
edge proves beneficial to the troop,
because on hikes he tests water OF
doubtful quality.
Raymond Bland, 13. of st. Pauls
Academy, frequent contributor OF
poetry to The Junior Star, filled
the Poets Corner of the broad
cast with a recitation of his poem,
1.-THE Way of Mother"
Bill Coyle, Star radio director,
announced the program; Philip H.
Love, Junior Star editor, spoke, as
usual, "Just Between Ourselves.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

apple, milk ana carrot, IN aooltlon
to grain and water.
I fixed a cage with a partition to
keep them separate. At the begin
ming of the experiment. Deal weighed
127 grams and Redeal 1873. At the
end of 10 days, Deal weighed 143
grams and Redeal 160. Both came
from the same litter, but Deal
gained only 16 grams while Redeal
gained %.
This experiment was continued
for the balance of the school year,
but the first results show you the
value and necessity of a balanced
diet. In fact, a balanced diet is
necessary for a sound body.