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Evening star., 1942-08-05

families OF protection against the
death Of their breadwinners, would
increase the need, in future years,
for Federal, State and local relief
expenditures. 1t is clearly desirable,
therefore, that the American people
continue to invest part of their saw
ings in life insurance.
In view of the Importance of life
insurance savings, both as a curb on
imitation, and as protection for the
American hole, it is to be hoped that
the Senate Finance Committee will
incorporate in the new war revenue
bill provision for a tax credit or ex-
emption for life insurance payments,
and that the Senate and House will
approve such a provision before COM
pleting final action on the measure.
Evening star., 1942-08-05
Anticipates Retardinx
OF Economic Progress.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
The problem of wages still is holding
the attention of good part of the
American people. While gains come
easier in times of quick decisions. is there
any proof that these gains will be per-
manent after the war? When the world
conflict ceases will not the principles OF
scarcity and demand again influence the
trend Of business economies?
Standards Of progress require that
gains must be slow but certain If they
are to endure. Considering the endless
future that lies before us, we should bear
with the few injustices that remain In
order to insure complete victory.
ARTHUR GOODMAN.
Evening star., 1942-08-05
Expanding Civilian Defense

Civilian defense officials, crying
Tor more volunteers, are berating the
less articulate citizens for their
apathy. One of them says that ANY
able civilian who is not working on
some phase Of defense could most
certainly be considered a Stacker" :"
Another has charged that the civilian
defense effort in Washington has
merely scratched the surface" and
compares the sluggish thinking"
and "haphazard devotion" OF many
Washingtonians to the contribution
being made by every man, woman
and child in Germany and Japan"
The comparison is without founda-
ton. Pearl Harbor proved that. On
December 9 last, more than three
thousand afraid wardens were
sworn in at one time and other pro-
tective\ services increased propor-
tionately. If this rush has subsided
the spirit still is there. The Star
suggests that the civilian defense
system look to itself to find how the
Districts protective services can be
fully manned.
To begin with, no official knows
today how many persons are enrolled
IN civilian defense. According to
leading official. the latest accurate
count was 10000, but that was as of
February, six months ago. 1t is re-
called that 10000 registered with the
Civilian Defense Volunteer Office
last June-six months before Pearl
Harbor. That Office filed cards with
, the names Of registrants, their abili-
ties and the extent of availability.
These files afforded a useful and
emcient reservoir until Pearl Harbor.
After that, with the rush of citizens
to volunteer at warden posts or police
and fire stations, the CDVO files
the only established source for new
personnel-became hopelessly out of
date, filled with the names of persons
already enrolled in civilian defense
without the knowledge OF the volun-
teer Office. Since then, there has
been sporadic registration at this
ofice. but registration insufficient
for the city's need.
To help get more volunteers, The
Star recently began printing articles
on What Can Do?" Appeals have
been made for nurses aides and for
help at the seven decentralized con-
troll centers. According to the Red
Cross and communications officials,
the response has been gratifying
The response, moreover, proves that
the citizens need no berating, but
only knowledge of what a civilian
defense job entails and when and
where they can be put to work.
1t is said that in the days to come
thousands need to be registered, par
ticularly daylight wardens and fire
watchers, Why not pass the wore
down through the existing warder
organization as to the number o.
wardens or fire watchers desired
There are night wardens who sa,
they do not feel authorized to sigr
people up as daytime wardens or firt
watchers. And there are citizen
who are willing to serve but hav,
never been asked. They would fee
honored by a call from a warder
and proud to be able to serve whel
the need was explained. Moreover
the wardens know conditions within
their communities and the peopl
who are able to serve. II ever
warden set out to do it, civilian de
fense enrolment could be greatly in
creased. The results. at least, woul
be far more impressive than those t
be gained by telling the people the
ore s1ackerS and SlupCardS
Evening star., 1942-08-05

@. What was the former name Of
Stalingrad?-E. l..
A. Tsaritsin. After the revolution Of
1917, Stain held the town and 1t was re-
named in his honor.
O. When were pews first introduced
into churches?-N. r. D.
A. Mention of pews occurs in church
records from 1450 onwards. Prior to that
time three-legged stools were used, but
until the early part of the 14th century
worshippers either stood or sat on the
floor.
@. Is it fact that the tails Of thor
oughbred dogs are bitten Oft. r.
A. This is an old legend without any
basis Of fact. The real truth Is that
when the puppies are three days old.
string is tied tightly about the tail
and the tail is cut. There is no sug-
gestion Of pain and the puppies never
whimper.
Q. Did Michelangelo prefer painting
or sculpture?-O. N. r.
A. Throughout his life the artist pre-
ferred sculpture. Painting, hs aveFred,
was not his business.
Q. What Is tho shortest distance in
which an automobile can b stopped
when travelling 100 miles an hour
L. M. r. -r-ayj
A. The minimum practical stopping
distance for speed Of 100 m.ph. may
be estimated as one eighth Of . mile.
This assumes that the stop Is made on
a straight, level, hard-surfaced high
way which is dry and free from loose
material.
Q. Does the Navy still accept binocu-
lars?-K. c.
A. The Navy still urgently needs
binoculars. zeiss and Rausch & Lomb
6x30 and 7x50 are the types desired.
Binoculars may be delivered, well
wrapped and tagged with the owners
name and address, to the Naval Obser-
vatory.
Q. How long should hostess wait
for late dinner guest?-F. R.
A. A hostess need not wait more than
| 20 minutes at most after the dinner
| hour.
Q. What is meant by going to Ca
nosSa"?-L. McC.
A. To go to Canossa" is to eat
humble pie. The reference Is to the
famous occasion when the Emperor
Henry w went to Canossa to humble
himself before Pope Gregory VII. He
was left out in the snow for three days
before being received.
Q. II the water in all the oceans were
distributed evenly around the earth. how
deep would 1t bel. S. H.
A. It is estimated that such a layer
Of water would be 2 miles deep il the
earths surface were level.
@. Is the horsepower of steam en-
! gine figured in the same way as for .
| gasoline or electric motor?-W. J. D.
A. The National Bureau OF Standards
says horsepower is horsepower no
matter how produced, and If, for In
stance, 20-horsepower steam engine.
| gasoline engine and electric motor are
correctly rated. they will all develop
equal power. Their power characters
tics, however, are very different, so that
one may be much better adapted to the
job in question than either Of the others.
Evening star., 1942-08-05
Hoskin's Answers
To Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskin


reader cdn get the anstDer to any
question OF fact by Drtttng The Epe-
ming Star Information Bureau. Fred
eric j. Hdskin director, Washington,
D. c. Please inclose stamp for return
postage.
O. When a member OF Congress dies
in Office. how long is his salary paid'-
G. w. w.
A. When a member OF Congress dies
in ONCE, 1t is customary to pay to the
family his years salary. No differentia-
ton has ever been made because OF the
length OF time an individual has served.
@. What was the daily cost OF the
First World War?-G L. D.
A. The total cost per day to all ma
tions involved was slo7o00,o0o.
O. How much has been collected In
dimes and otherwise for the infantile
paralysis fund sponsored by President
Roosevelt?-L. F.
A. According to the 194l annual re-
port of the Warm Springs Foundation.
total Of 1926. 06 has been raised by
President Roosevelt's birthday ceiebra-
tions.
Evening star., 1942-08-05
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 10riter, although the use OF
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserDes
the right to edit all letters Nth
d Die1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1942-08-05
Retorts to Complaint
About WPB Regulations.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Elizabeth w. Parker, writing to The
Star for August criticizes WPB regu-
lations which she says have stopped all
manufacture Of dressmaking articles
But would like to ask II she has tried
to purchase any OF these necessities for
the thrifty housewife Before COM
planning she should investigate what
supplies are on hand and find out to
what extent production has been cur
tailed.
However, her letter appears to fall into
the class of propaganda. A sarcastic
reference to the New Deal indicates the
formula used. 1t is method of blaming
the war on the New Deal and thus
creating distrust and disunity.
CAROLYN KELLY.
Joins in Objection to Plan
To Ban Mid Block Crossing.
To the Editor Of The star
am glad to see in The Star for August
3 report that the AAA, of which I
have been a member for nearly 20 years,
is against the proposal to forbid pedes-
trian mid-block crossing and that Wash
ington I. Cleveland, District AAA mana
ger, states that the Metropolitan Police
Department is also opposed to this
measure principally because 1t would be
unenforcible
To illustrate the folly of such meas
ure, take the following example: Suppose
you are in the middle of that long block
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets NV, say on @ street, and you
desire to cross over to the other side Of
the street to see some one opposite.
Under the proposed measure you would
have to walk to Seventeenth or Eight
zenith street, cross over and return to
the middle of the block on the other
Evening star., 1942-08-05

Laundries complain that due to
lack of priorities they have trouble
keeping their equipment in service.
Too bad, but it is more important TO
clean up the enemy first.
Evening star., 1942-08-05

Care Of Pets-A 32-page compila-
ton of the best information and sug
gestions available from governmental
and other authoritative sources on
the care of all kinds OF pets-how to
feed them, house them, train them.
exercise them, breed them, and look
after their minor ailments. If you
have any pets in your home you will
find this booklet of real practical help.
To secure your copy of this publica-
ton inclose 10 cents in coin, wrapped
in this clipping, and mail to The Star
Information Bureau.
Name
Address
Evening star., 1942-08-05
Quotes Official Survey
OF War Background.


In new book, The Background of
Our War;" the War Department, through
it's Bureau Of Public Relations lays bare
to "au American citizens now engaged in
total war at home and abroad" as al
ready is being done for all men in uni
form, the full story of the events which
have finally compelled America to rearm
and to prepare once more for major war"
In the first of the IA chapters. 1.-TWO
Worlds in Conflict" we read: There are
today two worlds in conflict; only one
Of them can survive-the Axis holds the
interior lines, the United Nations the
outer"
A reading of this cogent, heavily
mapped work OF the United States own
stroke by stroke. as the bolt from Berlin
crashed on successive nations from Po-
land to Russia, and as 10000 miles to the
east. from Toxic, the lightning struck
on country after country, from China
to Malaysia. gives in crystal-clear out
line the drama Of humanity to Arma-
geddon on the earth, which is its stage
In the concluding chapter full-page
diagram is shown entitled, 1.-The Axis
Pincers." which represents the world
under the threat of two gigantic double
pincers, with one fulcrum in Berlin,
the other in Toxic, but: The long line
of water and air communication through
Latin America is now closed to the AXIS
partners; both ends of the Axis are
blockaded. AS long as these blockades
can be maintained in both Pacific and
Atlantic, the Axis will face the problem
of constantly diminishing resources un-
less their interior lines help them to the
conquest of new fields particularly India
and Russia w, DANA,
Evening star., 1942-08-05

A, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication of all news dispa tches
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and a so the local news published herein
All rights of publication of special dispatched
herein also reserved
Evening star., 1942-08-05

side, thus walking the distance OF the
whole block.
Would any one be so foolish as to do
this? And would there be one chance in
hundred that there would be present
police officer who could enforce such
regulation?
I wonder whether persons who make
impractical suggestions such as this one
ever stop to consider their disadvan-
tageous aspects. A. E. LEWIS.
Editors Note: Thus far So persons
have been killed this year In traffic
accidents. Fifty -eight per cent lost their
lives crossing the street at point other
than the crosswalk)
Evening star., 1942-08-05
Member Of the Associated Press.

Entered as second class matter post office
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHING TON c., NOVEMBER 49, 1912

seven oncers from the vint Hill
Signal Corps School. The Gath
waites quite frequently entertain diff
ferent groups Of soldiers from the
nearby camp.
Another gathering in observance
Of Thanksgiving was a family din
ner given by the Rev. and Mrs. w.
o. Luttrell who invited relatives
from Washington and vicinity to
join them.
Slated for the coming week are
several small bridge parties, one of
which will be given Monday after
noon by Mrs. j. Carl Kincheloe at
Birmingham. Another is planned
by Miss Lucy Arlington for Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. r. B. Larkin will be hostess
at bridge Friday evening in honor
OF her house guest, Mrs. Eula Holt
Merchant of Richmond. Mrs. Mer-
chant will also be the guest of Mrs.
James E. Bradford during her stay
in Manassas.
Mrs. Robert L. Byrd will entertain
at luncheon Thursday for eight
friends who have also been invited
for an afternoon sewing bee.
Miss Marie Bauserman OF Madison
College, Harrisonburg, will arrive
Friday to spend the week end with
Evening star., 1942-11-29

Kincheioe, for several days this
week.
Mrs. Benjamin jacobson of West
Point, N. Y, is the guest Of her
mother, Mrs. l.. H. Hough, for
fortnight.
Mrs. Edgar G. Parrish has re-
turned from Northampton, Mass,
where she was the guest OF her
daughter, Miss Mildred Parrish at
Smith College.
Miss Caroline Rohr of Mary
Washington College, Fredericksburg,
is spending the week end with her
Evening star., 1942-11-29

Among those who entertained at
bridge this week was Mrs. Robert
Bayne who had a few friends In for
a game. and Mrs. B. r. Knox, who
was hostess Friday evening. Mrs.
knoxs guests included Mrs. Harry
Blakemore, Mrs. w. E. Mccoy, Mrs.
r.. G. Bowers, Mrs. Paul Cooksey,
Mrs. Mary Pope, Mrs. G. G. Allen
and Mrs. o. o. Holler.
Miss Sally Profiitt gave an in
formal dinner Tuesday evening
when her guests of honor were a
group of officers from the United
States Signal Corps Training School
stationed at Vint Hill Farms near
Greenwich. An equal number of
local young ladies were present.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Gothwaite had
as dinner guests Thanksgiving Day
at their farm on the Lee Highway
Evening star., 1942-11-29

her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G.
Bauserman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rembert Smith have
returned from a trip through the
Southern States.
The Rev. and Mrs. T. D. Clark
have visiting them their son, Mr..
Walter Clark Of Washington, who
has been spending the past several
months in San Diego.
1t. Carlton Clore of Fort Bragg,
N. c., is the guest of his borther-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. j. c.
Evening star., 1942-11-29
Manassas and Other Vireinia Places
Manassas and Other Virginia Places
Annual Hunt Breakfast Features
Many Events of the Week End
) Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Le,uis Hosts
Following Meet of Bull Run Club

= MANASSAS, Nov. 2S.-The out
standing event on the social calen-
dar this week was the annual
Thanksgiving hunt breakfast given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l.. Lewis
following a meet of the Bull Run
Hunt Club. One hundred and fifty
guests were invited to the affair held
at Portici, the ancestral Lewis home
adjoining the Manassas Battlefield
Park. The host and hostess were
assisted by Mr.. Percival A. Lewis.
Mr., Harold M. Mccall, Mr.. B. Higgs
Lewis, Capt. Henry Lee Lewis, Mr.. c.
r. M. Lewis and Mr.. Charles Walton
Lewis. Members of the Hunt Club
and their friends gathered at l
O'Clock for the Thanksgiving break
fast and remained throughout the
afternoon to enjoy the hospitality of
the Lewis home.
Evening star., 1942-11-29

parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lisle Rolar.
1t. Jack Alvey and Cadet Hamp-
ton Alvey Of the Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute, Blacksburg. are spend
ing q short leave with their parents,
Evening star., 1942-11-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Worthington Alvey at
Catharpin. Mrs. Alvey drove down
to Roanoke for the v. M. I.-V. P. I.
game on Thursday and was accom-
panied by her sons upon her return.
Evening star., 1942-11-29


WoMENs DREssEs-second Floor
15Womens tailored types
with white stripe detailed dresses with beading ucking braid
so-womens sss Day
necks in rayon crepe sut-dses in ribbed
and two piece dressup trock with color ucking braid novelty
BUTTONS long and bracelet sleeves black blue
o-women s2s75
types with metallic sequn braid bead embroidery
aqua es s wine
s-womens suis-Black trimmed with dyed black
e5Womens blue brown
wopece types with braid and fale detail others with
beads peplums seauins 612 to 241A; 36 to -----ssss
25-Womens s2295 dressy types rayon
necklnes with hmy yokes beads
sequins pepum green vine brown
black rayon crepe; 36 to A. 1612 to 2412
LARGER WoMENs DREssEs-second Floor
2-Iaser Womens sss Day and
styles with tuckng skirts bodices types
jewel clips; black blue wine brown; 4o 5o1assAs
sequn nahead metallic lingerie and color
peated skirts and sweetheart neckne blue,
MATERNITY DREssEs-second Floor VET st EH Eonr ss
2o-s7s5 crepe spun rayon frocks
tailored types with buoned fronts white collars,
with lingerie color detail adjustable placks
waists blue green black wine misses and Juniors
UNDERWEAR-street Floor TobIe
sos1 Vanity Jacketsdscontnued styles in
cotton or mixtures of 25 woolrayon cotton small
-sls5 Rayon Crepe Gownaored
Crepe Panties-trmmed with net blue tea rose
GREY SHOPS-Second Floor
200-S3 Sheer
plce neckines %
10e-S3 RayOn Crepe Chemisetrmmed fagong
derry and lace edging white. SO s---s1so
loo-$2 Tailored Lacey Slps-rayon san
white not all sizes style
sS Ryon Crepe Spsbodce tops with lace top and bottom
embroidered.
3l12 to 371a
HOUSECOATS, NEGLIGEES-Fifth Floor
3-$7s5 Housecoas-prints and solid
rose red pink brown and IL to 20
-sos5 Hostess Gowns Brides Neggeessod prints
rayon crepe satin brides blue
SATIN rayon crepe with lace accents; sizes 10 to 2ossB
5O-S495 $69 and S1995 Robes
IN solid color rayon crepes quilts in solid color brides
negigees in solid color
styles White pink blue red group; 49,
$7.4s $s.4s, $s.ss
BUDGET Temporarily Iocoted) Third Floor
179-Womens $395 S495
wool fabrics popadours dressy bms cao turbans nov
cred and feahered hats included Black
soldier blue, All
HANDKERcHIEFS-S Floor
60OO-S9c Hondkerchiefs-7oe
Evening star., 1942-11-29
MISSES ISIS AND UP DREssEs"-second Floor
1O-Misses' S2975 Dresses, Dinner Dresses-Sl488

| lz0-Msses' S29.75 Dresses, Dinner Dresses-Sl4S8
Nail studded wools Afternoon crepe
colored cowl yoke steal
beige, violet Jewelbutoned
Dnner-rayon frocks embroidery;
| and short sleeves. Grand choice sizes.
10-S25 Dinner GownsRose dbonnet pale
rocks,
satin
MISSES DRESSES-Second Floor
ll5-Msses Sl695 Street and Afternoon Dresses-S848
Tailored and dressy
tailed dresses and types
afternoon ocks in 1907 wool mix
lures an labeled accordance with labelling
long and short Black
coffee brides blue, gold, lpstck green
Evening star., 1942-11-29

6,000-59c Hondkechiefs-2oc
Gay prints in linens cottons Sheer cotton Chinese
embroidered Machine embroidered linens
cords coored initiated
ment)
Evening star., 1942-11-29

300 Poirs S695 Shoes-S345
combinations gabardnes t67To wool 33
coon) calls variety styles and choice of heel heights
| high, medium, low Black, blue brown red
Evening star., 1942-11-29

15-Misses S6975 Dress Coots-S3488
Black blue woods with Fox MAGELLAN
Kit Fox and Dyed Squirrel mostly
Evening star., 1942-11-29
HANDBAGS-Street Floor


10-Sl5 boadcloth dressnake frame pouch
and underarm STYLES Black
calf daytime handle
Slightly marred from handling Black
brown -
models smooth
calf leather, alle Dainty
enough for business papers in black brown s3s8
1876 tailored
unusual manufacturers samples In
capeskn amb) and leather coorfu printed
with thread patterns black and
styles Leather styles black $3.50
00s3 Day Evening BagSome manufacturers samples
stock slightly All desirable styles.
light dark satin types
S150
envelope models Samples and styles from stock
slightly marred Black, brown, $l98
50-S2 Bags-Smart daytime models Camb),
cotton fabrics black Party styles In white pink
shining
JEWELRY-Street Floor p,u, ,6. ,6.cfs Ear,
900 81 Costume bracelets, earrings in
assorted materials colors designs for 81
RINGS, Street Floor torJ
Rings-Se silver mounngs 81
Sterling sill
lo-sl25o Rngshand made mountngs in
one-of- kind design STYLES ------- S625 to $3.50
Evening star., 1942-11-29
WOMEN'S COATS-Thrd Floor Turrea c

25-Women's S2975 Wool Cosuo Box Coots-Sl488
errneoone mixtures and novelty weed beige blue brown
green; 331a to 432.
Evening star., 1942-11-29

CORSETS, temporarily Iocoted on Fifth Floor
169-s350 smaller
grdes Dorothy Bickum baiste Iasex' and
Sizes grdes and founda
tons Nuback novelty side and boned back
and girdles28 80 in Is and is inch
lengths Sizes in foundations 36 S195
209-$595 and
fuller Dorothy Bickum, Sknex and w. and Nuback
models samples and oneofa-style OF satin,
brocade, you'll find puon
Talon fastened models Sizes in
foundations grdes 25 to 32---s295, S395
$3.50
Dorothy Bickum Jelefs Special all of fine fabrics in
discontinued kind models. Boned and
boneess san silk brocade and "Lastex
girdes 28 80 38 l5
lengths foundations 34 35, 40 and
Al 495 $695
SHOES Fourth Floor
types; assorted colors S245
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1942-10-14
Farm Labor
Given Study
IN the Sir Walter Hotel.
i>iity Dispatch Bureau.
by lynn SISBEr

Raleigh. Oct. li.-Thc iarm labor
b. ...m int the governors office
b nNr angles Tuesday. \ confer
k WAS held with Colonel Walter
b adams and Captain Gleason 3.
d ..". regional and state liaiSon Off
L.. 60 ne mInpuWrr branch. civ,
d. r,,.umvi division of the Wo.
Department. al wuscn II" acute .arn
I.aH,g shortage was the main tonic
ILiI>u the govern received a tn'r-
Ic,lm from rJdi" station WHIT o,
Charlotte suggesting a general school
land business holiday Ia aid farmer,
i'm cotton piCl;i"G and other harvest
.i,g.
~ his conference with the liaiSon
G. i'rcrs Governor Brm,ghtpn en-
.phu-,lrd tn" mGUnC.. of farm needs
';.Nd ,:IGgV. ted sun" change in Scl,r
Tive service rygt;lr;.unS to leave men
ca inc farms. In r.s answer To IL.
fCh0rlutlc tcirG' mn nC also pointed
.u..I that many communities are in
.N'i.l- local holidays. and that The
S-'' c,S in many r'l.nticS are rlmn:r e,
ion snort seized 1l,S. However. he did
.iO; ,nrnE we'll of The idea of a urn
cr:I holiday by executive proclarna-
.tl,n. because of r"r industrial stun
.tIun. pr"tcrrinG 10 let communities
a"' III the best interest of cal
need. III" commended the spirit of
operation which has prevailed
.:mumg merchants and others 10 let
oup.rygCS 20 into the field.